Long Teng didn't understand the driver's exclamation at all, and smiled brightly: "We are from Xingcheng."
Bai Jiao chuckled and the driver rolled his eyes with a 'are you kidding me' expression.
Xie Sen ignored them. He summoned watermelon vines, let them tie him up, and then slowly moved towards the door.
Even though he was protected by the watermelon vines, he still couldn't help feeling nervous.
For the first time, he thought, he might be afraid of heights.
Long Teng reached out and grabbed his arm: "Don't be afraid, it will go down in a moment."
Xie Sen smiled at him, took a deep breath, stepped back and leaned out, stepped on the traction ladder, slowly moved his hands to both sides of the ladder, and after making sure he was standing firmly, he said to Long Teng: "It's OK."
Long Teng let go, and Xie Sen looked down at the ladder, slowly moving down. The traction ladder shook because of his movements, and he couldn't help but tremble. He glanced down, then quickly looked away.
So scary!
Going down so slowly like this is simply too torturous! He instructed in his mind: "Hold me up and move slowly down along the ladder."
The watermelon vine pulled him one step outside the ladder. He felt the pulling force and let go of his hands. His hands and feet left the ladder almost at the same time and were lifted up by the vines, floating in the air.
The watermelon vines followed his instructions and slowly moved down the ladder.
He kept his eyes on the traction ladder in front of him so that he could quickly grab it in case of any accidents.
After he adapted to the speed, he sped up the watermelon vine and it soon fell to the ground.
As soon as he landed, Maine hugged him from behind. He held Maine's hand and breathed a sigh of relief. It was really uncomfortable to be hung by the vines.
It was still considered lucky for him, as he was moving downward at a speed slower than that of free fall, just like a person hanging on a tree being slowly let down.
Before, Maine was instantly pulled down by the vines. Being pulled by the vines must have been even more uncomfortable.
He looked at Maine worriedly, untied the watermelon vine from his body, and reached out to unzip Maine's shirt: "Were you hurt just now? Let me take a look."
Maine grabbed his wrist and said, "I'm fine. Let them come down first."
Xie Sen glanced at him and ordered that Bai Jiao be tied up with watermelon vines.
The next moment, his communicator rang, and Bai Jiao said, "I want to go down in the same way as you did. Climbing down is too exhausting, and the situation in the forest is still uncertain. Let's conserve our energy first."
Xie Sen thought it made sense, so he agreed and reminded her, "Okay, I'll slowly adjust the speed later. If you feel uncomfortable, tell me."
The two of them kept in touch during Bai Jiao's landing. Xie Sen commanded the vines to change speed, and Bai Jiao landed smoothly on the ground.
When Long Teng came down, he still used the vines. He kept asking to speed up along the way. Xie Sen simply let him fall freely to prevent him from getting hurt. When he was about to land, he let the vines lift him up to slow down.
After Long Teng landed, he jumped in front of Xie Sen with an excited look on his face: "It's fun!"
Xie Sen asked, "Are you injured?" He couldn't help but look at Maine with concern, "Especially you, you were moving too fast."
Maine shook his head: "I'm fine." Bai Jiao and Long Teng also said they were fine.
Maine opened the bracelet and pointed to the map, saying, "This is the highest place nearby. There is only a weak signal. There may be no signal at all in other places." He paid the balance to the driver and marked the location.
He looked at his teammates seriously: "Walk together, and don't get separated."
Xie Sen and the others nodded seriously.
Maine asked Xie Sen: "Which way?"
Xie Sen called out to A Dan, who sensed it for a moment and said excitedly, "It's not far from us, in the northeast."
Xie Sen said: "Northeast."
Maine pulled up the map, traced along the northeastern edge, and looked at the cliff in the northeast: "Could it be under the cliff?"
A Dan said in Xie Sen's mind: "Within ten kilometers."
Xie Sen relayed his words, and Maine thought for a moment: "See if we can get down from the cliff."
A few people walked to the cliff, which was almost vertical and had many protruding rocks on the surface, making it impossible to go down.
Opposite the cliff is the other half of the mountain, as if a complete mountain suddenly split in the middle, forming a canyon in the middle.
White fog was floating above the canyon, and the situation below could not be seen clearly. All one could hear were the chilling bird calls and the fierce roars of wild beasts.
Bai Jiao said, "It seems like a fight has broken out down there."
Maine nodded and looked around: "It's too quiet up there. Since we landed, we haven't encountered any large animals except the blackbird."
"They must be all down there!" Long Teng said excitedly.
Xie Sen couldn't help but worry: "The beasts have their own chassis, it's not right for them to gather together."
Maine said, "Maybe it's related to the anomaly." He turned on the bracelet and said, "According to the map detected by the detector, the terrain on both sides of us is gradually decreasing. We should go east first, and then go north when the terrain is low."
Maine determined the route and led the way forward, Xie Sen and Bai Jiao walked in the middle, and Long Teng followed behind.
Not long after they walked, Bai Jiao suddenly said happily: "Wait a minute!"
As he spoke, he ran to the woods on the right, squatted down, took out a shovel from his backpack, shoveled a plant, and walked back to his original place with it in his eyes shining.
Long Teng leaned closer with curiosity: "What is this? Is it food?"
Xie Sen looked at the spherical red fruit of the plant and said hesitantly: "Is this... Panax notoginseng?"
Bai Jiao looked at him in surprise: "I have seen a picture of Panax notoginseng in an ancient herbal book. How did you know about this?"
Xie Sen smiled and said, "I forgot where I saw it before, but it looked familiar to me. I probably saw it by accident when I was watching the courseware!"
Bai Jiao thought that he was a student of the Department of Botany, and suddenly realized: "That's right." He carefully put the Panax notoginseng into his backpack, "This is great, I hope I can find other herbs."
The few of them continued to move forward, and Bai Jiao collected several kinds of herbs along the way. The flowers and fruits of the herbs were all red.
Xie Sen suddenly thought of what Adam said. Red energy corresponds to red plants. Are these herbs related to red energy?
After walking smoothly for more than an hour, Long Teng couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it dangerous? Why can't I see anything except small insects?"
Just as he finished speaking, Maine suddenly stopped, turned on the audio and video data sent back by the detector, and turned the volume up to maximum.
The heavy footsteps came from far away and even if you just listened, it was as if you could feel the ground shaking. A huge figure flashed across the screen, and the footsteps gradually faded away.
Maine said: "It's a giant tiger beast."
Long Teng's eyes lit up: "There really is a high-level contract beast, I wonder if there is a flying dragon beast!"
Bai Jiao frowned: "There is no other movement, not hunting or avoiding danger, this speed is very wrong."
Xie Sen stared at the screen: "It's heading towards the canyon. There might be something there."
Maine nodded: "Let's keep going."
The four of them walked for more than an hour along the edge of the cliff, but still hadn't reached the lowest point. However, the terrain had become much lower, and the cries of animals became clearer.
They stopped to have lunch.
Long Teng ran to the edge of the cliff and looked down. After a while, he shouted, "I saw a huge bird!"
The next moment, a large dark gray bird flew up from below, screamed, and attacked Long Teng. Long Teng quickly jumped to the side and dodged it.
The big bird flew past him and due to inertia flew straight towards Xie Sen and the other two who were cleaning the lunch area.
Maine's eyes were cold. He picked up a wooden stick and smashed it at the bird. The big bird screamed, flapped its wings to avoid it, and hovered in the air, staring at them.
Xie Sen was startled and looked at it warily.
Long Teng ran over to them and pointed at the big bird: "It was the one who started it!"
Bai Jiao frowned: "This kind of bird usually won't attack humans. The color of its eyes is wrong. Normally, they should be light gray."
Xie Sen looked intently into the bird's eyes: "Now there is red in the gray."
As he was speaking, a large bird suddenly swooped down towards Maine and Long Teng.
The two men quickly took out weapons from their backpacks, and the moment it approached, they attacked at the same time, attacking its wings and neck respectively. The blades drew silver-white light in the air and brought out red blood.
"Jie!!!" The big bird screamed in pain and flapped its wings violently, forcing the two men to retreat. It took the opportunity to fly into the air, circled in the sky for a few times, and flew away unwillingly.
Long Teng pointed at the sky and chased after him: "If you have the guts, don't run!"
Xie Sen looked at him with amusement and took out a watermelon: "Come and eat watermelon."
Grilling takes too long, so eating watermelon is a good way to fill your stomach and quench your thirst.
Long Teng stopped walking and ran to Xie Sen like a gust of wind, looking at the watermelon with shining eyes: "Is the flesh of the watermelon tastier than the rind?"
"Of course." Xie Sen said.
Long Teng swallowed and said, "I can't imagine it." He picked up the round watermelon and opened his mouth to take a bite.
Maine grabbed him by the back of his collar and said coldly, "Put it down."
Xie Sen quickly took the watermelon, took out the prepared fruit knife, and divided the watermelon into four portions, one for each person: "This is all we have. There will be no more after we finish eating."
Maine let go of Long Teng, and Long Teng quickly picked up his portion, leaned in to smell it, his face lighting up: "It smells so good!" He took a bite, his eyes suddenly widened, emitting a very bright light.
He said nothing and continued to eat with big mouthfuls. His cheeks were bulging, and with his baby face, he looked like a little squirrel.
Bai Jiao ate the watermelon much faster than usual, and only said at the beginning: "It's delicious."
Xie Sen looked at the two energy 1 prompts and raised the corners of his mouth. It seems that Xigua is really welcome!
Maine sat down next to Xie Sen, quickly finished his watermelon, and said to Xie Sen, "Lean on me and sleep for a while. I'll call you when the meat is ready."
Xie Sen didn't act pretentiously. He knew that if he didn't get enough rest, it would cause more trouble, so he simply leaned on Maine's back to rest.
After Long Teng finished eating the watermelon, he was ready to talk to Xie Sen with sparkling eyes, but he met Maine's warning eyes. He looked at Xie Sen with his eyes closed, covered his mouth, and blinked.
Seeing that he understood, Maine looked away.
Half an hour later, Maine woke up Xie Sen. After they finished eating the barbecue, they prepared to continue their journey.
Maine squatted in front of Xie Sen: "You sleep for another half an hour. I don't know when you can rest after that."
Xie Sen hesitated for a moment, but still put his arm around his neck, climbed onto his back and let him carry him, whispering, "Thank you. If you need anything, remember to call me."
His breath hit Maine's neck. Maine's body stiffened for a moment, but soon returned to normal: "Okay."
Long Teng couldn't help but ask, "Are you feeling unwell, Asen?"
Maine said: "He needs to rest frequently."
Long Teng suddenly realized, raised a brilliant smile, showing his bright white teeth: "If you are tired, I can also carry him, I am not tired!"
Maine said flatly: "No need."
It was not until an hour later that Maine woke Xie Sen up. Xie Sen got off him and looked around. The terrain they were currently in was already very low. "Are we there yet?"
Maine looked solemn as he opened the data that the detector had sent back not long ago.
Xie Sen looked over and saw that the screen was full of various birds and beasts, which were fighting in a ball. Countless animal corpses were lying on the ground, and the surface was almost covered in blood.
He was stunned. He stared at the screen for a while and found that it didn't seem to be a melee. He pointed at the screen and asked, "Why do I feel like they are preventing them from going in?"
The beasts split into two, one trying to advance and the other trying to stop them from advancing.
Bai Jiao said: "I think so too."
Maine pointed to the area on the screen where the beasts were fighting: "This is the entrance to the canyon. If we want to go in, we have to pass through here."
Xie Sen's scalp tingled: "It's too dangerous."
Even Long Teng, who always gets excited when hearing about fighting, couldn't help but say, "We will definitely be eaten by them!"
Bai Jiao analyzed: "The distance is too far to have any empathic reaction, so I can't be sure if they are all contracted beasts, but I can confirm that there are a few that are, and they are all above level B. The giant tiger beast we saw before is also here, and they are all preventing the other beasts from entering."
Maine was puzzled: "Contracted beasts and wild beasts have always lived in harmony, why would they fight?"
Bai Jiao shook his head, also looking puzzled.
Long Teng touched the back of his head and said, "Is there some treasure inside? They are afraid of being robbed?"
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