Why is it the hottest time of the year here? I think it is probably still concerned about Yunwen's safety, and misses her very much, so it wanders around here. Although it is a dragon horse, it is really loyal to its master. And from the way it licks me with its tongue, mostly on my face, it can be seen that it is probably not passionate about me, but because I have the scent of Yunwen on me, especially on my face, so it is so excited, or it is partial to me.

But it’s okay. I was afraid that I didn’t know how to get back. With Sanfu carrying me, I believed I could get back to the post station soon. After I left the hole, almost all the other worker ants went back, except for the one with a red dot on its body. It kept following Sanfu and me, probably to make it easier for them to find us in the future.

I remember that when I went out with Hu Lingshang to this pit, it was very early in the morning, but now it is already evening and the sky is almost dark. It can be seen that we have been in that dark cave for a long time, but to me it is really like a dream.

I intentionally asked Sanfu to slow down to make it easier for the worker ants to follow. Soon we passed the southwest road of the dangerous jungle and finally found the main road. After finding the main road, we continued to run and sprint forward. Along the way, we saw many fresh footprints and some gray hair left on the tree trunks. In addition, there were signs of broken branches on many high branches. From this, we can judge that the so-called rat men are at least two meters tall. Generally, rats live in a nest, so these rat men should also live in nests. Who knows how many such big enemies there will be.

However, their footprints only appeared in the dangerous jungle, and only for a short distance. They were no longer seen after reaching the main road. From this, I thought that they were probably called back by their master, so they did not continue to explore forward, but moved around within a range of about one kilometer of the sinkhole.

We ran along the main road for about another hour. It was already dark. Sanfu and I had left the dangerous jungle and came to the outside of the wall. When the hyena people saw me, they immediately opened the iron gate for me and welcomed me in. After I went in, I saw all the hyena people huddled around the campfire, waiting at a loss. They didn't know what to do with the fruits in their hands. But when they saw me, they all shouted noisily as if they had seen a savior.

Along with the noise, the people in the inn house were called out. I stretched out my hand to all the hyena people, and they immediately stopped making noises and knelt down and kowtowed to me.

At this time, Hu Lingshang and Song Bailu both came out. They were extremely surprised to see me, especially Song Bailu, who looked tearful and staggering.

"Welcome Zhou Lang back safely! I smelled it, but there was no scent of Sister Yunwen. Why can't I see her? Could it be possible?" Ling Shang asked.

I shook my head and said, "We'll talk about this later. The most urgent thing now is to quickly distribute the food to my hyena man, so that he won't starve. Song Bailu, this is your responsibility. Why do you desert your post when I'm not around for a moment?"

"You don't want me anymore and you want to go look for Zhang Yunwen whose life or death is unknown. Why should I still think so much about you?" Bai Lu said aggrievedly.

I walked over, put my hand on her shoulder, and said in a very kind tone, "Well, let's put it this way. You slapped me, and I took my anger out on you and said some unpleasant things to you. Let's call it even, how about that? Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, this is really not the time for us to have internal conflicts, so don't rush to lose your temper, okay?"

"How can I have the right to lose my temper? Why don't I just go and cook now?" Bai Lu said as she tried to break free.

I sighed. Indeed, when I left in the morning, I spoke too harshly to her, which hurt her feelings as a girl. No matter what her intentions were, no matter how detrimental it was to Yunwen or how beneficial it was to me, she was more or less thinking about me. I didn't appreciate it at all and blamed her completely, which was a bit too much.

So I supported her, helped her wipe the tears from her face, and said, "You said you were not angry, but you must be angry now. Calm down, okay? In fact, I just hope that you can be more united, and be more tolerant like Lingshang, and tolerate each other. In fact, when you all agreed to be my daughter-in-law, I regarded you as members of the Zhou family. No matter which of you got into trouble, I would be anxious. If you were in trouble, would you like Yunwen to let me save you or not?"

Bai Lu seemed to understand something, nodded, and said, "I see, Brother Zhou Bo's concerns are right."

"Yes, so what we want to say is that we should all unite now and fight the enemy together. We should regard each other as our only family. There should be no internal fighting and no incompatibility. So both in public and in private, I am mainly thinking about our own good. As the saying goes, we must first stabilize the country before we can resist foreign aggression. As my good wife, you must take this into consideration." I said.

Bai Lu smiled brightly after hearing these words and said, "If Brother Zhou Bo had said this earlier, I wouldn't have been sad for so long. I'll go and prepare a dinner right away and also prepare a welcome meal for you."

"Go ahead, take the two assistants I arranged for you. I'll go back to the room to wait for you. I have something else to deal with." I said.

She nodded, and called the two female hyena people to help her organize the food in the backyard, push it out with a cart, and then cook the food. The hyena people also had their own forged large iron pots, and with the two female hyena people brought by Bai Lu helping her in the kitchen, it was much more convenient and easier for her to prepare the meals that the hyena people liked.

Lingshang and I returned to the post station in advance, brought Sanfu back to the manger, and prepared feed for it. The worker ant followed me. It had received special instructions from Yunwen, so it might have to get a reply from me before it would go back. Yunwen had told me this before. The reason why flying ants were not used was that most of the ants with wings were male ants. In the ant family, they are mainly responsible for reproduction. Long wings mean that the breeding season is approaching. Once the ceremony with the queen ant is completed, the wings will fall off and it will die alone away from the group.

Therefore, it is not easy to use that.

After I entered the house, I found the flat stone that I often used before, got a charcoal pencil, and wrote some words on it. The main thing was to say that I was home and to let her know I was safe so that she could rest assured. The rest were some sweet words like I missed her, but they were all from the bottom of my heart. After writing, I deliberately let the words face downwards and let the worker ant hold it to prevent the charcoal from being worn away when he passed by somewhere.

After it got the stone, it left with the dead body in its hand. I watched it walk away.

I sat at the dining table and took a sip of ginseng tea to moisten my mouth. It was hot and stuffy in the cave, and there was nothing to drink, so my mouth was dry. I kept thinking about whether Yunwen could bear it there. But she said that if she could find food in there, she would definitely be able to get water. It would be really convenient to have the ability to communicate with all things.

Not long after, Bai Lu came up, followed by her two hyenas who were helping in the kitchen. None of them were holding a silver plate, while Bai Lu was holding a bowl of hot soup. She said, "Brother Zhou Bo, I think the iron pot is convenient, so I'll cook your meal there too. Do you mind?"

"I don't mind. In this wild place, it's good enough to have a stutter. It's not that important." I said.

I saw a bowl of baked potatoes, a bowl of seafood noodles (kelp, scallops, fungus and pasta cooked together), a plate of stewed grilled fish, and some pickles. She said that it was not enough and there were steamed buns left over from the morning, so I started eating. After running around from last night to today, I was already tired and hungry. Every bite of potatoes, pasta, and fish blossomed on my taste buds with great satisfaction. It was so delicious that the way I eat now looks even uglier than a hyena.

Bailu was eating some rice cakes and also picking up some vegetables, looking at me with satisfaction.

After we finished eating, I asked Hu Lingshang to come over and we had a small meeting together. When the three of us sat together, I told them about the current situation. They were all surprised, especially Hu Lingshang. She didn't expect that the enemy was not an ant but someone else. When I said that the Lord of the Ghost Cave was released by me accidentally, she was so scared that she almost fell off the chair!

"What? Zhou Lang, you actually let Mei Sanniang go!" Hu Lingshang shouted almost in collapse.