This was the first time that Ma Mengxiang saw the faint light that only people with superpowers had on her.
It took him a long time to recover: "Xiqing...it turns out you are also a superpower, my God."
For so long, she had been kept in the dark and knew nothing about Pei Xiqing's superpowers.
By the time she reacted, Pei Xiqing had already dragged her out of the vegetable garden.
"Slow down, run slower... watch your step!"
When Ying came over to tell Duan Xiaolin about this, the man was still feeding his newly woken child. Upon hearing this, he simply asked, "Where is the person?"
Ying lowered his head: "It hasn't left the base yet, we can intercept it immediately. If we don't stop it, it might be discovered..."
Duan Xiaolin held the back of the child's head and let him lie on his shoulder, his expression calm: "Let her rest."
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On the other side, Ma Mengxiang and Pei Xi had already left the base successfully.
The elevator ride from the basement was smooth all the way up, and the surroundings were so quiet that it was almost too quiet.
Ma Mengxiang couldn't help but ask, "There were quite a few people guarding this place last time I came. How come there hasn't been a single person here all day? Are they all resting?"
Every time she wanted to leave the base, she would be stopped and questioned several times. On this day, she didn't even get a single check.
Pei Xiqing put on his coat, hat and gloves, and handed her the flashlight by the door.
"You take this."
"Don't you want a flashlight?"
Pei Xiqing held up a small warm-colored lamp. "Brother Duan placed it here a while ago. I just used up all the supernatural powers in it, otherwise it would have been wasted."
"good."
When they walked out of the base gate, no one came to ask them questions.
Ma Mengxiang nodded frequently, and Pei Xiqing explained to her with a smile: "Brother Duan probably knew about this before we even left the house. He didn't stop us, so of course no one would come to stop us."
"That's right."
"Come on, show me around, but you should still remember the route."
Ma Mengxiang nodded: "I remember, I remember. I come out here from time to time recently to dig wild vegetables and so on. I am already very familiar with this area."
Ma Mengxiang led her forward, introducing them as they walked: "Over here, there are a lot of wild vegetables, but they don't taste very good and are difficult to keep alive. If you don't take good care of them, they will die in droves. To our right, the wild vegetables here taste okay, but there are not many seeds left. They are all buried in the snow. Sometimes it takes a long time to dig for a few seeds."
"But the survival rate of the seeds is not high, because they can tolerate cold, but not temperatures that do not meet the requirements. So some time ago, I spent a long time digging here and compared many seeds that I had planted in the village before. Finally, I found vegetables and fruits suitable for growing underground."
Pei Xiqing listened quietly.
There was also some admiration in the look in her eyes.
I didn't expect that she knew so many things that most people didn't know.
Ma Mengxiang realized it later: "Why are you looking at me like that? Did I not make something clear just now?"
Pei Xiqing shook his head: "I just think that you are really amazing. Being able to do this in the apocalypse, you have surpassed a large number of people."
Ma Mengxiang chuckled, holding a flashlight, and walked forward against the wind and snow for a while. After about ten minutes, she said, "Left, left. Going further ahead is that magnetic field that can scare people to death."
Pei Xiqing followed her.
The two held hands, one holding a lamp and the other holding a flashlight.
The wind and snow are still blowing.
Snowflakes fell on Pei Xiqing's shoulders.
Ma Mengxiang finally stopped.
She first used the hoe at hand to probe the hole in front of her, then stepped on it to test it. After she found no danger, she squatted down and said, "It's right here. I remember it very clearly. I was looking for it all the time and saw a light flashing in the black soil. Then I found the crystal core inside."
As she spoke, she fiddled with the soil inside and said, "Yes, yes, that's right, it's here. The soil is exactly the same, there's no change."
Pei Xiqing also squatted down.
Ma Mengxiang quickly took out the umbrella, opened it, and covered her head with it: "How is it?"
Pei Xiqing looked at it for a while and decided to reach in.
Ma Mengxiang quickly grabbed her and said, "This soil is also corrosive. You'd better wear gloves, otherwise it will easily hurt your hands."
"fine."
The moment she stretched out her hand, the horned snake had already covered her hand.
A faint green light emerged, and she reached into the hole in front of her.
After reaching inside, she found the soil inside was indeed corrosive, not much different from ice. She fumbled around inside for a long time before finally touching something. She pulled hard, but it didn't budge. She nodded: "Mengxiang, come with me."
Ma Mengxiang threw down her umbrella and said, "Okay!"
As he spoke, he pushed it in with her, stretched out his hands and tried to pull it out, but couldn't pull it out. He immediately began to use all his strength, "One, two, three! Come on! One, two, three!"
With the combined efforts of the two of them, they finally pulled out the unknown object hidden in the cave.
Pei Xiqing held the lantern and slowly scanned the object in front of him, moving upwards a little bit. He raised his hand to stop Ma Mengxiang from moving forward: "Don't come near."
"What's wrong?"
"This is a parasite." She covered her mouth and nose. "It's been dead for a long time, but the body only started to rot recently."
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Ma Mengxiang immediately smelled a foul odor.
Almost vomited.
Ma Mengxiang also quickly covered her mouth and nose, wishing she was wearing ten layers of masks on her face. "Parasites? Why didn't I notice it the last time I came here?"
"Maybe it wasn't completely dead when you came last time."
"What?" Does that mean she actually took the crystal core of a parasite from its face?
"Don't worry, it must have come out of the magnetic field. It no longer has any offensive power and can't hurt anyone."
"I was scared to death."
Ma Mengxiang shone the flashlight on the wall.
I saw that part of this thing was exposed.
It was round, black, and smelled terrible.
She asked: "Is this a parasite? Parasites usually look like this..."
"This is just its head. The body is still hidden in the snow behind it. We can't pull it out with the strength of the two of us."
"What?!" Ma Mengxiang asked hurriedly, "Then why did it die here, buried deep in the snow? It's clearly not dead yet, so why didn't it even struggle?"
Pei Xiqing frowned: "Perhaps it doesn't dare to move, and can't struggle."
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