“Hebrew, you have come.”
Ji Xiaoxiao came out hunched over, sweat dripping from her face.
“Star Lord,” Hebrew said, “Star Lord, you sought me?”
Ji Xiaoxiao hummed in agreement, then walked to the cool open space and found a large rock to sit on.
"Come and sit down."
Hebrew sat down next to Ji Xiaoxiao.
"I called you here today to confirm something," Ji Xiaoxiao said seriously, "Are Changchong and Musen really in this little hill?"
Hebrew nodded solemnly.
How did you know?
He was unconscious in a clearing near the forest, so how did he know that the long worm had traveled a long distance and brought Mu Sen and the others to this small hill?
The Hebrew man stammered and couldn't give a coherent explanation.
"Hebrew".
“Yes, Lord Star.” Hebrew paused, then answered naturally.
"Speak," Ji Xiaoxiao sighed.
Hebrew hesitated several times before speaking, “Lord Star, I did indeed faint in the open space and do not know what happened afterward. However, after stepping back there and fainting again, I could vaguely sense... no, I could read the memories of the long worms and understand their thoughts, as if I were one of them.”
A member of the long worm?
Ji Xiaoxiao's eyes were dark and her thoughts were unpredictable.
"Star Lord, am I... am I being parasitized by a worm?"
The Hebrew crossed his arms, trembling with fear, like a poor, homeless creature.
Ji Xiaoxiao neither agreed nor disagreed, and gently comforted Hebrew for a few moments.
"Star Lord, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."
Hebrew was sullen, his head hung low, and he was listless.
Ji Xiaoxiao waved her hand, and Hebrew left.
“Andra,” Ji Xiaoxiao suddenly called out.
"Star Lord." A figure appeared out of nowhere.
"Andra, after the operation tomorrow, take some people and leave quietly..."
Ji Xiaoxiao had a bad feeling about entering the small hill tomorrow.
...
After a night of preparation, Ji Xiaoxiao began to take real action.
“Hebrew, you lead the way,” Ji Xiaoxiao instructed.
Hebrew responded "Yes," and led his army to choose a cave with an entrance that could only accommodate one person at a time. Upon entering the cave, they found it cold, damp, and dark, with a howling wind blowing in.
"Here." The cave was also a maze of interconnected passages; without Hebrew's compass, Ji Xiaoxiao and the others would definitely have gotten lost.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Ji Xiaoxiao and her group crossed a narrow passage, and suddenly a tall and spacious cave appeared before them.
"this……."
Inside the cave, a milky-white river flows.
"This place is full of snakes."
The cave is very tall, very large and very deep, with long worms climbing on the mountain walls, like flowing white walls.
"Keep your voice down," Ji Xiaoxiao instructed.
Ji Xiaoxiao opened her eyes and looked around, trying hard to find Mu Sen and the others in the sea of long snakes.
"Star Lord, General Mu Sen... wait, and General Shui Miao, they're over there." Hebrew's eyesight was even better than Ji Xiaoxiao's; he spotted Mu Sen and the others at a glance.
Following Hebrew's finger, Ji Xiaoxiao saw a dozen human men with their lower bodies embedded in a huge white pillar in the center of the cave. Among the unconscious men were Mu Sen and Shui Miao, whom Ji Xiaoxiao and her companions had been searching for.
"Use a life detector."
Separated by vast distances, Mu Sen and the others remained motionless, their souls never returning to their homeland.
Someone immediately took out a life detector and used it calmly.
"How about it?"
"Although the heartbeat is extremely slow, there are still signs of life."
Ji Xiaoxiao waved her hand, and everyone slowed their breathing and blended into the surrounding environment.
Musen and his companions are safe and sound, a stroke of good luck amidst misfortune. The question now is, how do we rescue Musen and his friends from the worm's nest?
Ji Xiaoxiao racked her brains, but still couldn't come up with a good idea.
"Lord Star, I have an idea."
At that moment, Hebrew was like a warm and comforting presence to Ji Xiaoxiao, like her mother's sweet little cotton-padded jacket. But when Ji Xiaoxiao heard Hebrew's so-called solution, her face immediately fell.
"You're going to rescue them alone?"
"Yes, since I've been parasitized by the long worms, I must be one of them. They shouldn't attack me since I suddenly appeared."
"That's just your guess. Whether you've been parasitized by a worm or not, without precise testing, no one can say for sure. You..."
Hebrew had no time to listen to Ji Xiaoxiao's lectures, so he took advantage of a moment when Ji Xiaoxiao wasn't paying attention and dashed out.
"Beep beep beep..."
The Hebrew stopped in his tracks.
"Beep beep... beep beep..." The snakes began to chirp rhythmically, and the snakes on the mountain wall fell down one after another.
Hebrew dared not move, and let the worm do as it pleased. After a while, a small stream of milky white water flowed toward Hebrew.
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