After dinner, several people had dinner.

Xia Lunong rubbed his eyes and felt sleepy.

He had overused his supernatural power and now his eyes were almost unable to open.

Xia Huoqu said, "You two go to sleep first, we will keep watch and call you in the second half of the night."

Xia Lunong yawned, "Brother, remember this."

Xia Huoqu waved his hand and asked him to hurry up.

Xia Lunong climbed into the back of the car, found his sleeping bag and got in.

It was autumn, and the sleeping bag was a little thin and not warm enough. Xia Lunong was too thin, and curled up in it, turning around, but his feet were still cold.

Kong Zhi lay side by side with him and whispered, "How about sharing a sleeping bag with me?"

Kong Zhi was tall and used a large sleeping bag, so Xia Lunong could barely sleep in it.

Xia Lunong wanted to crawl into her boyfriend's sleeping bag, but his brother was outside, and it would be embarrassing to be caught crawling into her boyfriend's sleeping bag.

He thought about it and reluctantly refused, "Forget it, it's not very elegant."

Kong Zhi was lying on his side facing him, smiled, reached out and touched his cheek, opened the warm sleeping bag, and suggested, "How about turning into a cat and crawling in?"

This is fine.

Xia Lunong's eyes lit up, "Then I'll change."

Kong Zhi: "Okay."

Xia Lunong instantly turned into Xia Cat, raised her head and meowed sweetly at Kong Zhi.

Kong Zhi reached out and picked up the big, smooth cat, stuffed it gently into the sleeping bag, held it against his chest, bent down and kissed the cat's head, "Go to sleep."

The furry cat's body was soft and warm. It lay on its side next to Kong Zhi and rubbed its head against him, making Kong Zhi's neck itch and his heart soften.

It might be a bit too much for two men to sleep in a big sleeping bag, but one man and one cat was just right.

Xia Mao's head arched against Kong Zhi's neck, and his breathing soon became even, and his body slept warmly.

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, Xia Huoqu went back to the car to call people. Seeing them and the cat snuggling together, he gently touched Kong Zhi's shoulder, waited for Kong Zhi to open his eyes, and whispered: "Why did Xiao Nong turn back into a beast form?"

Kong Zhi said: "The sleeping bag is not warm enough. It's more convenient for you to sleep with me in beast form."

Kong Zhi said as he climbed out of the sleeping bag quietly and put on his coat. "Brother Huoqu, I can be on duty alone. You guys go to sleep."

Xia Huoqu took the big furry cat out, stuffed it into his arms, and whispered: "We agreed that two people will be on duty together. You take him out. We can talk to him when he wakes up."

Xia Maomao moved his ears, and moved from one familiar embrace to another familiar embrace without closing his eyes, and continued to sleep soundly.

Kong Zhi held the cat in his arms, nodded to Xia Huoqu, and went outside.

It was late at night, the dew was heavy, and the wind outside was quite cool.

The wind blew the cat's fur in all directions, and blew directly through the cat's fur to Xia Maomao's flesh.

Xia Maomao opened his eyes, shook his tail, looked at the sky, looked at Kong Zhi, kicked his hand with his hind legs, and jumped to the ground.

It's amazing that a big cat can be so light and agile. He ran away with four paws in a few steps, jumped into the back of the car and disappeared.

Kong Zhi looked down at the palm of his hand and watched his back disappear.

Xia Maomao jumped into the car, but couldn't brake in time, and directly hit his brother's leg. His brother stretched out his hand to gently block it.

Xia Huoqu had just taken off his coat and shoes to sleep, and looked down at the cat brother under his palm, "What's wrong?"

Xia Maomao took two steps back, changed back to human form, took out his clothes from the sleeping bag and put them on, "It's not convenient to chat in beast form."

He put on his T-shirt and yawned, "Brother, I'm going out to guard the night."

Xia Huoqu: "Go ahead, be careful."

Xia Lunong yawned again and said, "Well, brother, cover yourself with an extra blanket, it's a bit cold tonight."

Xia Huoqu waved his hand to show that he understood.

When Xia Lunong went out, Yan Xinian and Kong Zhi were chatting in a low voice.

Yan Xinian saw him coming out, stood up and said, "I'll leave the sentry work to you guys, I'm going back to the car to sleep."

Xia Lunong yawned sleepily and said, "Brother Xinian, don't worry."

The two of them took a short handover, Yan Xinian returned to the car, and Xia Lunong came over and sat down next to Kong Zhi.

Kong Zhi fiddled with the bonfire in front of him to make it burn more vigorously, and asked, "Why don't you use the beast form?"

"It's inconvenient for us to chat in the beast form." Xia Lunong yawned again, "Actually, I slept almost as much, and I slept for so long during the day."

Kong Zhi looked at his sleepy eyes with tears in them, and said "hmm" with an ambiguous meaning.

As soon as Xia Lunong saw him like this, she knew what he was thinking. She raised her hand and patted his thigh, "I just haven't woken up completely yet."

Kong Zhi said, "Do you want to sleep on me for a while?"

Xia Lunong looked at his shoulder and was very tempted. After thinking for a moment, she still refused and sighed, "Forget it, I won't sleep. It's easy to get sleepy when you are on duty alone at night. It's more dangerous."

Xia Lunong said, turning her head to look around.

Their bonfire became the only bright color nearby, like a flower blooming in the dark night.

Xia Lunong took a deep breath of the cool air.

The air went deep into his lungs, and he became a little more awake and felt refreshed.

Xia Lunong asked, "The air is quite humid. Is there a swamp nearby?"

"Look at what is written on the map. It should be. There is a long river swamp a few hundred meters away." Kong Zhi watched him turning around. "The wind at night is a little more humid than during the day."

Xia Lunong sniffed. "It seems that there is more than just water. I also smell a very faint fragrance."

Kong Zhi also smelled. His sense of smell was not that sensitive. After smelling for a long time, he could not smell anything. "Could it be the scent of flowers?"

"No, the scent of flowers is heavier and more concentrated. It doesn't have this kind of fragrance."

Xia Lunong smelled again, and felt the cool and humid air entering her nasal cavity and penetrating into her lungs. The faint fragrance in it disappeared.

He shook his head and said, "Forget it, I think I heard it wrong."

Kong Zhi said, "I'll take you to see it when it gets light."

It's not the autumnal equinox yet, the days are long and the nights are short, and the daybreak comes quickly. It was getting light at around four in the morning.

Xia Lunong washed the rice and cooked. For breakfast, they had bamboo shoots and white rice porridge and big buns with bird meat, all freshly made.

The two chatted while making the buns, which was not difficult.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian slept for more than four hours and got up before half past six. After washing up, they came to get the big buns and ate them while drinking porridge. The morning glow

filled the sky above.

The autumn wind blew over, making the nearby plants rustle.

Several people sat by the fire, eating the hot and soft meat buns with thin skin and large fillings, and occasionally drinking porridge. They ate until their foreheads were slightly sweaty.

"This life is so comfortable!" Yan Xinian finished the last bite of the bun, "At this time last year, it was simply unimaginable that one day I could live like this."

Xia Lunong was full of confidence, "This is nothing, maybe it will return to the level before the disaster in the future."

Kong Zhi finished drinking the porridge, "I'm full. I'll take Xiao Nong out for a walk later to see where the lost truck is."

Xia Huoqu nodded, "You guys be careful, try to fly higher, and don't provoke the flock of birds."

"I know." Kong Zhi stood up and took the bowl that Xia Lunong had finished drinking porridge with to wash.

Xia Lunong raised her two hands that were stained with grease and asked, "Do I want to change into a beast?"

"Human form, sit on my back, it will be easier to communicate."

"Okay." Xia Lunong squeezed beside him and washed her hands with water, "I'll go get the rope."

"Well, let's go to the direction where you smelled the fragrance

later." Yan Xinian looked here and there, "What kind of stupid riddle are you guys playing? What fragrance?"

Xia Lunong went to the car to get the rope, and said casually, "I smelled a fragrance in the evening breeze last night. I don't know if it's real. Let's go and have a look later."

Yan Xinian nodded in understanding, "I guess it's just an intuition. Your brother and I didn't smell it. You caught that smell, so it's probably true."

Xia Lunong held the rope and carried a large backpack, "Anyway, we'll know if we go and have a look. Brother Xinian, you guys clean up the camp first, and we'll set off directly later."

Xia Huoqu waved his hand, "You guys go, and be safe." Kong Zhi

finished washing the dishes and turned back into a beast in the open space.

Xia Lunong gathered his scattered clothes, stuffed them into his backpack, and put the rope around him to make a simple safety rope.

Xia Lunong was very skilled in this set of movements. She tied the safety rope in a few seconds, climbed onto Kong Zhi's back with her hands and feet, hugged his neck and shouted to Xia Huoqu and the others, "Then let's go out!"

"Jie——"

The golden eagle took a few steps, flapped its wings, and flew Xia Lunong into the air.

The visibility in autumn is particularly high. As soon as it flew into the air, Xia Lunong could see far away.

When Kong Zhi flew high, Xia Lunong saw the truck that Lu Shiyi and his men had lost.

The truck was stuck on the river beach.

Xia Lunong had sharp eyes and could see it clearly.

The windshield of the car was shattered, covered with bird droppings and blood stains, and the hood of the car was also broken.

He looked at the large birds sleeping densely on the opposite side of the river beach and on the river island in the middle of the river.

It can be imagined that Lu Shiyi and his companions had startled the flock of birds that day.

Under the desperate siege of the large birds, they had to abandon the car and flee in panic.

Xia Lunong felt that not to mention Lu Shiyi and his companions, even if he faced such a situation, he would have no choice but to run for his life.

After all, the birds nowadays are omnivorous creatures. If he was not careful, he would probably be eaten up by the flock of birds.

"Jie——"

the golden eagle shouted.

Xia Lunong came to her senses and realized that he was asking in which direction the fragrance came.

Xia Lunong looked up and looked at the rising sun on the horizon. After making a judgment, she shouted into the wind, "It's in the southeast. Let's go to the southeast."

"Jie!" The golden eagle cried again and flapped its wings to the southeast. The flock of

birds was startled.

Many birds flew up and were about to attack, but when they saw the giant golden eagle flapping its wings above them, they immediately cried and scattered. The

golden eagle is the natural enemy of ordinary birds. With so many birds below, no one dared to fly over.

Instead, the flock of birds was startled and flew up one after another, like a flock of birds covering the sky in an instant.

For a while, the flock of birds cried in disorder, feathers flew everywhere, and the air was full of the smell of feathers and bird droppings.

Xia Lunong couldn't see or smell, and was worried about being hit by the flock of birds. She could only hold Kong Zhi's neck tightly and wait for him to fly out of the flock.

The chaotic flock of birds flew for a long time, and it took five or six minutes before Kong Zhi left them behind.

After leaving the range of the flock of birds, the air was much fresher. Xia Lunong spat out the tiny bird feathers in her mouth, wiped her nose with difficulty, and shouted: "I think I smell it! Fly a little closer."

The golden eagle continued to fly as he said.

Xia Lunong stared at the bottom and soon found a large and endless lotus field below.

At this time, the lotus flowers were withered, and the lotus leaves were yellow, revealing the water below.

Xia Lunong responded immediately, "I found it! What I smelled was the fragrance of lotus flowers and lotus leaves! Kongzhi, let's fly over and take a look."

"Jie!" The golden eagle took him to the lotus field.