Chapter 372 Arriving in Time
Hailin nodded and said his final goodbyes to them. "Oh, goodbye, my friends. Just a friendly reminder to you all: you must return to the tribe as soon as possible. You've been away for so long, and the drought outside will only get worse. Maybe some of our tribe members will die of thirst or starvation!"
Qian Jingyao tensed up for a moment when he heard this, but he suppressed his uneasiness and nodded, "Thank you."
This time they didn't waste any more time and rushed back. Since they had been here once, this time was particularly smooth. They bypassed many obstacles and turned into beasts and ran wildly for about an hour or two.
Xia Yueke signaled them to stop. "We can't go back so slowly. Look at the situation outside now. Many trees in the forest are dead. When we came here, there were birds singing, but now there are not many birds. You can imagine the tragic situation. So we can't continue to go so slowly."
Qi An was puzzled: "So what you mean?"
Xia Yueke looked at them cautiously: "We need to find a way." She glanced at everyone and said, "How about this, Qi'an, you, Luo Cihe, and Long Xiaoyu take Xiyuan and leave first. Go to the Fox Tribe and deliver the water. Now is the time to act, hurry up!"
Qi'an and Luo Cihe are both orcs who can fly, and their speed is many times faster than running on the road, so it is very reasonable to arrange this task for the two of them. Moreover, the two of them can take turns flying, while the other one can transform into a beast and sit on the back of the other one.
This way you can always change people when you get tired.
Qian Jingyao also agreed to do so. He looked at Qi'an and the others with a sincere look, "Yes, the situation outside seems to be more serious than we imagined. If we delay any longer, maybe a few more of our people will die. So please, I'll leave this matter to you."
Qi'an obviously understood what they meant and agreed without any hesitation.
But Long Xiaoyu was a little worried, "I'd better stay here. What if I leave you three here and you run into danger?"
Xia Yuke waved her hand. "It's okay. We know how to get back. We have experience. We want you to go back and practice quickly. If you keep accompanying us and rushing, we don't know how many days it will take to reach the tribe. You are the most important person now. You can't waste time here. For the truth and for the future, Long Xiaoyu, don't be willful."
Long Xiaoyu was stunned, but couldn't resist Xia Yueke, "Okay."
Luo Cihe looked at Xia Yueke reluctantly, "Ah, I didn't expect that we would be useful at this time. I wanted to stay with Xiao Yueke for a while longer, but fortunately this mermaid is going with us, otherwise I would not be happy!"
Xiyuan curled his lips when he heard Luo Cihe's mean words, but he also knew the seriousness of the matter. He couldn't quarrel with Sister Xia now, but she was really kind and loyal!
He was right about the person!
Seeing that they all agreed, Xia Yuke asked Qian Jingyao to take out some dry food for the road and asked them to take it with them. Then he asked Xiyuan to leave some water for them, and asked Qi'an, Luo Cihe and others to set off quickly.
As Qi'an turned into a huge white dove, Luo Cihe also turned into a beast. Xiyuan walked to Qi'an tremblingly. After all, he couldn't fly and was still afraid of heights.
However, Qi'an was the calmest among the three, so he might as well sit on him.
Xia Yueke quickly patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Xiyuan, they will protect your safety. Just go up. You are the bravest mermaid in the sea!"
Xiyuan could only sit on it with a stern face, grabbing Qi'an's white feathers with his hands, and Qi'an immediately clucked several times.
Xia Yue was helpless and could only quickly ask Xiyuan to hold him more gently. Luo Cihe laughed at her, "Oh my, you're usually so arrogant, why are you so cowardly before we even reach the sky?"
Xiyuan was a little unconvinced after hearing his words. He loosened his grip and straightened his expression: "I'm not afraid. Let's go, hurry up. I'm also the most powerful mermaid among us. I can even fly in the sky!"
Qi'an had already started flapping his wings, and in two or three flaps he flew out like an arrow. Xia Yuke, who was on land, thought that Xiyuan had really become stronger, but then he heard Xiyuan's scream, like the scream of someone riding a roller coaster.
Xia Yue couldn't help but become worried. Looking at the black dot in the sky that was getting smaller and smaller, she muttered, "Can they make it? And Xi Yuan won't be scared silly, right?"
Lang Ce came over and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Luo Cihe knows the seriousness of the situation and will be there to support Xiyuan."
"However, I'm afraid he'll tease Xiyuan himself. That kid's on his own!"
Xia Yuke was choked by Lang Ce's words of comfort and didn't know what to say.
"Forget it, let's get going quickly and get home as soon as possible."
Everyone stopped talking and began to transform into animal forms and head in the direction they came from.
This time, without Xiyuan as a burden, they were much faster. Because he was a mermaid, he had to be carried by Qian Jingyao or Lang Ce, which wasted a lot of time.
Xia Yueke also turned into a red fox and ran wildly on the ground. Now her speed was not inferior to theirs at all.
Driving alongside them, Du Jiang increased his speed to the fastest, eating when he was hungry and drinking when he was thirsty. In just three days, they arrived at the fox tribe.
When they arrived, they were shocked by the scene before them.
The fox tribe at this time was very different from before they left. The lush greenery before had now turned into dry and withered leaves.
And those originally tall trees had no branches or leaves at all, and it didn't look like they had fallen naturally, but as if they had been pulled down by someone. Even a layer of bark was missing, and no one knew where it had gone.
They walked into the tribe. Luo Cihe and Xiyuan had already arrived a day and a half earlier and distributed some water to the orcs.
But as Xia Yueke looked along the way, the orcs still looked dehydrated, their lips were extremely dry and cracked, and their eyes had become lifeless, as if they had no interest in anything. They were sitting or lying everywhere on the streets of the tribe, and some orcs were lying in their own homes. Everything was so terrifying.
Xia Yueke was extremely panicked.
A few orcs who were more energetic still greeted them: "Young Chief, you are back. Thanks to you, we are much better. We each drank a bowl of water! Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to speak today."
But even so, Xia Yueke still felt that their voices were extremely hoarse, as if there were grains of sand grinding against her throat.
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