The group was already shivering from the cold, and now, to avoid being discovered by the monster, they had to hold their breath. They also dared not continue sending messages, fearing that such a small noise would attract the monster's attention.
Yang Zhou, clinging to hope, desperately wanted to spread that hope. Although he wasn't so cold anymore, holding onto that hope felt like a hot potato. Everyone else was freezing, but he was the only one warming up, which made him uneasy!
The monster horde didn't completely leave until more than two minutes later. Once there was no more movement above their heads, Yang Zhou immediately sent the message of hope to Chen Jiaxu, who was sitting next to him. Chen Jiaxu didn't dare to have too much hope either. After feeling his hands warm up a bit, he immediately sent the message to Yang Zhou, who was sitting next to him.
Yang Zhou didn't dare to linger. As soon as he got his hands on it, he immediately sent the message out. By the time it reached Mo Shuwan, only a little over three minutes had passed.
She placed her hopes on herself and Wen Zuo, and the Stratosphere she was holding nuzzled against them. It seemed to have finally realized the difference between itself and its brother, and let out a low growl, scratching at Mo Shuwan's clothes with its little paws.
Mo Shuwan looked down at it, "What's wrong?"
Stratosphere turned its head and rammed its head against Hope, growling incessantly. Hope ignored Stratosphere for a long time, but finally seemed to get impatient with the noise and chirped a few times.
Mo Shuwan nudged Wen Zuo, asking him to pass on the hope. After the heat source was transferred, she couldn't help but shrink her neck. Then, she looked down at the stratosphere in her arms in surprise, afraid that she had misjudged it. She waited a little longer until the warmth of the hope she had just held completely dissipated before pulling her hand back from Wen Zuo's grasp.
Wen looked at Mo Shuwan from the left and saw her touch the stratosphere.
After confirming through testing that the heat was indeed coming from the stratosphere, Mo Shuwan smiled and placed the stratosphere between herself and Wen Zuo, saying, "Keep your hopes alive, there's no need for it to come over."
"That won't do."
"The stratosphere is warming up too. I hope you can hold me. Wen Zuo and I are fine with the stratosphere." Because her body was warming up, Mo Shuwan spoke much faster.
Liu Dongcheng, who was about to pass on his hope to Wen Zuo, was stunned for a moment and then passed it on to Yang Zhou. But the previously quiet hope refused to cooperate.
Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!
Yang Zhou carefully held Hope in his arms and quickly reached out to comfort it. In no time, Hope struggled and ran away, stepping on Liu Dongcheng next to it, and returned to Wen Zuo's leg, rubbing against Mo Shuwan's fingers and barking excitedly.
Yang Zhou hesitated and said, "Captain, it seems like Hope understands what you're saying. It's not happy about it."
Mo Shuwan, somewhat amused and exasperated, reached out and patted Hope's head, finally managing to calm it down. She said helplessly, "Wasn't it fine just now? Why is it suddenly unwilling now?"
grumble!
Hopefully, it jumped onto Mo Shuwan's lap, completely squeezing the stratosphere that was squatting on her lap onto Wen Zuo's lap, and then, having taken over Mo Shuwan's lap, it let out a satisfied cry.
Chirp~
It seems they were angry and went on strike because they heard Mo Shuwan say that the stratosphere was enough!
Wen Zuo was both amused and exasperated, and had no choice but to hand over the stratosphere on his leg to Liu Dongcheng. Fortunately, the stratosphere did not go on strike because its owner handed it over, and dutifully made its body warmer. The little guy was even a little smug.
"Roar~"
Hopefully, the stratosphere automatically learned to dissipate the body's heat outwards, which was equivalent to having two large furnaces nearby, making the five people feel much more relaxed.
More than an hour later, Mo Shuwan and the other four finally crawled out of the cave. Although the wind hadn't subsided much, at least it no longer posed a threat to them.
After confirming that the sandstorm posed no threat to them and that no monsters appeared around, Chen Jiaxu suddenly collapsed, panting as he took out a bottle of recovery potion and drank it. Feeling that the frostbitten parts of his body had returned to normal, he gasped and said, "These were definitely the most desperate few hours of my life."
Yang Zhou, who was squatting next to him, turned his head to look at Chen Jiaxu and said mercilessly, "Don't worry, this will definitely not be the most desperate few hours for you."
Chen Jiaxu: "..."
Mo Shuwan, who had given it half a bottle of recovery potion in high hopes, couldn't help but chuckle and interject, "Don't discourage him."
"The captain is the best." Chen Jiaxu said with a smile, then got up and touched the majestic stratosphere. "Let's hurry up and leave, I'm afraid those monsters will come back later."
"etc."
Mo Shuwan shook her head and followed the shallow footprints on the ground a little further. She finally found a few relatively well-preserved footprints. After the monsters left, they had stayed in the pit below for at least an hour. How could they still leave footprints under such strong winds and sand?
Then the monster is definitely not simple.
Mo Shuwan's eyes darkened, and she quickly took out a map. The next moment, she suddenly froze, "There's an extra monster spawn point?"
Hearing this, Wen Zuo, who was squatting beside her observing the footprints, stood up and looked at the map. At this moment, another red dot appeared on the map, and the red dot was very far away from them. It shouldn't have attracted their attention, but before this red dot appeared for no reason, the only living things they had encountered were those monsters.
These red dots most likely represent those monsters.
"Get up, everyone. Let's hurry and find the oasis first."
Mo Shuwan carefully put away the map with a worried expression, bent down and hugged her hope to her chest. After Chen Jiaxu and the others stood up, she quickly led the team towards the oasis. She reviewed the situation she had just seen on the map in her mind and said worriedly, "If the extra red dots on the map are those monsters, we're in trouble this time."
Chen Jiaxu, Yang Zhou, and Liu Dongcheng, who hadn't even looked at the map yet, all looked at Mo Shuwan with confusion.
Mo Shuwan took out the map and handed it to Liu Dongcheng: "Take a look at it yourselves first."
"Does this extra red dot represent a monster?"
"It's highly likely that the only living creatures we've encountered so far are monsters. The red dots don't appear out of nowhere. The only possibility is that we've encountered monsters, which is why the game has marked them."
Yang Zhou frowned and looked at the distance between the two red dots. He hesitated and said, "Captain, I don't think it's those monsters. This red dot is too far away from where we are now."
After saying that, he gestured to show the distance between their current location and the oasis, then compared it to the red dot that resembled the monster, and found that it was actually farther away than they were from the oasis. "In just over an hour, could they have gotten this far?"
Mo Shuwan was stunned. Although it was far away when she saw it just now, she shouldn't have used the word "too far".
Unable to resist, he leaned closer for another look and was immediately stunned. "Wen Zuo, come and take a look. Isn't this red dot farther away than when we first saw it?"
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