"Captain?" Bai Yi looked at the stunned Ji Yueyao and said softly.
"Let's go." Ji Yueyao breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and took the backpack from Kaqi's back. She glanced at Chongyuan, who was watching the commotion from the side, and rolled her eyes. "Kaki, you should go back now."
They were currently located on the northern edge of the Forbidden Forest, which was also within the territory of the Nanxiao Base. At the southernmost edge of the Nanxiao Base, there was a very high isolation wall, and outside the wall was a passage leading directly to the Forbidden Forest.
Kachi had always wanted to see her off, but now that she had arrived at the Forbidden Forest, Kachi could return to the Nanxiao Base. As for Chongyuan... he was a sick, shameless man who insisted on seeing her off, and he had been looking gloating the whole way.
“Captain… Yueyao, be careful.” Kachi gritted her teeth, looked at Ji Yueyao’s youthful face, which was just as young as her own, took a deep breath and looked away. “Don’t forget we are all waiting for you. No matter what, you have to come back safe and sound.”
"Yes." Ji Yueyao nodded and smiled faintly, "I will."
"I didn't expect you to go to the Forbidden Forest." Chongyuan looked at the menacing tree roots twisting at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes. "Although I don't know what you're going to do in the Forbidden Forest, I still hope you can come back and continue trading with me."
“Of course.” Ji Yueyao tilted her head and shook her short hair.
“Let me tell you something else. The person behind Wei Qin, the second seat holder… who is also the leader of the Northern Military Region, Qin Lichang, is now at the Nanxiao Base. They seem to have already started some kind of operation. Most of the people on the second seat’s side have started to act in a high-profile manner. I estimate that they are preparing to eliminate me, remove dissidents, and take over the Nanxiao Base.” Chong Yuan looked at Ji Yueyao, his roguish smile disappearing. “I don’t know how much longer I can hold out. You need to be prepared.”
"What do you want me to prepare?" Ji Yueyao narrowed her eyes. "In short, whether you use your hidden forces or rely on the power of your mysterious partner, you have to protect my people for me."
"A mysterious partner?" Chong Yuan was slightly taken aback, a look of disbelief flashing across his eyes. "You even know about him... Alright, I'll do my best."
Ji Yueyao shrugged, something flashing in his dark eyes.
She didn't actually know anything about the mysterious partner, but the "master" that Wang Yingjie and her brother had mentioned made her think for a long time. If it was Chongyuan, according to their previous address, it would definitely be "Master Chongyuan," not the one who was vague and only mentioned "master." So the only thing she could be sure of was that the "master" definitely did not refer to Chongyuan.
It seems that Chongyuan really has quite a few hidden secrets.
Watching Ji Yueyao and Bai Yi disappear from sight, Kaqi wiped away the tears that hadn't yet spilled from the corners of her eyes and strode back the way she came. At the same time, her admiration for Mu Yanxuan plummeted. If it weren't for him, why would Ji Yueyao have needed to enter such a dangerous place?
Chongyuan looked up at the sky expressionlessly, then hummed an unknown tune before turning around and sauntering back.
The moment Ji Yueyao entered the Forbidden Forest, she felt short of breath. She stopped to catch her breath and, along with the termites, put on the masks they had prepared beforehand. She looked warily at the towering trees around her; the faint sunlight filtered through the trees and fell on her face, but she felt no warmth whatsoever.
“Captain, this is a gas-type alien plant.” When Termite saw Ji Yueyao stop, he assumed she didn’t know about these alien plants, so he pointed to a large black stain on a tree and said, “This is the mark of a gas-type alien plant. They use this to exhale a toxic gas that is slightly harmful to the human body, but this gas will only cause temporary paralysis of the limbs and is not very harmful. However, this alien plant sometimes secretes a kind of black, sticky resin, which is quite disgusting.”
“But in the Forbidden Forest, it’s not just one tree exhaling poisonous gas, but the entire forest exhaling it.” Ji Yueyao waved her hand and took out a flashlight to illuminate the area ahead. “This poisonous gas is enough to paralyze someone until they die.”
"So you knew, Captain." Termite scratched his head.
“I’m someone who trained at the Xiyu base, after all.” Ji Yueyao glanced at Bai Yi, then remained silent, only gripping the pistol in his hand tightly.
The termite fell silent. That's right, Ji Yueyao came from that training camp at the Xiyu base, and he was personally taught by him. It would be strange if he didn't know these things.
However, Ji Yueyao always had an innocent and naive look on her face, which sometimes made him forget this and think that Ji Yueyao was harmless.
"Then... Captain, what are you spacing out about?" Bai Yi walked ahead of Ji Yueyao to clear the way for her, hesitated for a moment, and then asked with some curiosity.
"Termites? I never noticed them before. You talk too much." Ji Yueyao pouted and reached out to touch the black stains on the breath of the gas-type alien plant. The countless tiny bumps on it instantly gave her goosebumps, and she had an urge to peel them all off. "I just have a bad feeling."
"..." The termite, feeling scorned, burst into tears, then took out a signal device that he had prepared beforehand to indicate the direction.
"Our master's destination is here. We should be able to find traces of him in the vicinity of this place." Bai Yi pointed to the small red dot on the screen and whispered to Ji Yueyao.
Ji Yueyao nodded, then suddenly his gaze sharpened as he pulled out a dagger and stabbed it straight at the termite. Immediately afterward, a snake's head fell from the termite's shoulder.
Snake-like birds are usually weakly related species.
Throughout all of Ji Yueyao's actions, the termite remained completely still, utterly calm.
"Aren't you afraid I'll prick you?" Ji Yueyao raised an eyebrow slightly as he watched Bai Yi calmly drop the snake-like bird on the ground.
The termite shook its head, lowered its eyes, turned around, and continued walking forward. "I believe in the captain."
Blinking, Ji Yueyao slightly curled her lips. This feeling of being trusted gave her a sense of pressure, but also a sense of conviction.
“But there are quite a few snake-like exotic birds in this area.” Ji Yueyao looked at the group of writhing snakes coiled on the branches in front of him and touched his cold arm.
The termite casually used its knife to deal with a few snake-type alien birds that pounced on it, trying its best to avoid their territory. "Usually, weaker aliens will form a group to minimize the chance of being eaten by stronger aliens."
Weak-type aliens generally lack intelligence; they simply search for food to survive, much like wild beasts.
"Try to avoid them. I don't want to be surrounded by such a large group of snake-type alien birds." Ji Yueyao looked at the snakes crawling all over the tree, turned off her flashlight, and squeezed through a gap at the edge, trying to avoid the snake-type alien birds' attack range as much as possible.
While light won't attract snake-type birds, it will easily attract other strange creatures. If the two groups of creatures fight each other, it will be extremely difficult for them to escape in the chaos.
Termites walked ahead of Ji Yueyao, clearing a path for her in the darkness. (To be continued.)
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