Chapter 029 Canyon Scouting
When breakfast was almost ready, everyone who was still sleeping was finally awakened by the smell.
Everyone came out of their tents with sleepy eyes, saying good morning in twos and threes.
Duan Shi stirred the soup in the big pot and turned to look at them. "Are you all awake? You can come over for dinner after you wash up. We will set off for the canyon after breakfast."
After breakfast, everyone started packing tents and luggage with the help of the soldiers.
It took nearly an hour to pack up, and then everyone was ready to set off for the canyon.
The soldiers were still responsible for carrying the sophisticated instruments and heavier luggage, so that the experts with poor physical fitness would not be unable to keep up with the pace of progress.
They first took a car to the place closest to the canyon, then got out and started walking. The entire exploration team was led by Liang Hang and Liu Jimeng, with Yu Gaoyuan as the rear guard. Duan Shi and other soldiers were scattered in the team to take care of the team, and Qiao Ji controlled the direction in the air.
The group traveled through the rugged mountain road with great difficulty.
Among them, except Qiao Ji, Liu Jimeng walked the easiest. Although she is only in the fusion stage, she is still a plant-type half-demon. Taishan's plants are currently just ordinary plants, neither spiritual plants nor demonic plants, so it is easy for her to control them.
She was leading the way at the front, directing the densely grown plants to automatically separate and create a forest path that was easier for everyone to walk on.
"Hoo~ Let's take a break, Team Leader Duan. We can't bear it anymore." Fang Xiuwen stopped panting, supporting his waist with his hands and breathing rapidly, speaking a short sentence in a halting manner.
After driving on the mountain road for more than half an hour, several experts from the research team were a little exhausted. Their most intense exercise usually is walking from one laboratory building to another. It is already an extraordinary performance that they can last so long with such a short stamina bar. Now they really can't walk a step.
"Okay, then let's rest here." Duan Shi looked at their situation and saw that they were all very tired, so he arranged for the team to stop moving forward. Then he walked over to Fang Xiuwen and asked with concern, "Teacher Fang, are you okay? Don't sit down for now. Stand for a while and wait a few minutes before sitting down."
At this time, Liu Jimeng also came back from the front of the team and asked with concern: "Teacher Fang, how do you feel?"
Seeing that they all looked as if their bodies were hollowed out, she thought for a moment and raised her hand to cast a spell.
The moment the spell was completed, a beam of emerald green light burst out and exploded among the crowd. The scattered light instantly covered several experts including Duan Shi. As the light swept past, everyone felt their exhausted bodies instantly become full of energy, as if they could immediately stand up and run 800 meters.
Several experts were amazed. Their main areas of research were not in the medical field of the human body, so they only knew that Liu Jimeng was a half-demon, but had never studied her abilities. This was the first time they tried it themselves.
“This is truly amazing...”
Fang Xiuwen felt his physical condition and couldn't help muttering to himself.
It was the first time he felt the wonder of spiritual energy so intuitively, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited. Although he had some experience in studying spiritual energy and had successfully developed some instruments, he was unable to absorb spiritual energy, so there was always a layer between him and could not fully understand it.
I experienced it myself today, and my understanding of Reiki has deepened a little.
Liu Jimeng's hair stood on end at the experts' 'hungry' gazes. She shuddered, gave an awkward smile, and quickly ran back to the leader Liang Hang.
"Ahem"
Seeing Liu Jimeng running away, Fang Xiuwen cleared his throat a little embarrassedly, knowing that they had scared the little girl, but it would be a bit redundant to apologize specifically, so he had to look at Duan Shi.
There was no need to make a fuss about this matter, so Duan Shi changed the subject as if nothing had happened: "How do you feel now, Teacher Fang? Xiao Liu's healing technique is still very effective."
Fang Xiuwen stretched his legs and said confidently, "No problem at all. I'm full of energy. Let's continue!"
Other experts also agreed that they did not want to waste time recovering their physical strength.
Seeing that everyone was willing to do it, Duan Shi led the team towards the destination again.
After walking on the mountain road for nearly half an hour, the bridge girl who was showing the way finally informed us that we were almost there.
Everyone was instantly cheered up. Several experts who were exhausted again couldn't help but lift their sore feet, speed up, and run in the direction that Qiao Ji pointed.
Seeing them passing several soldiers and running to the front, Liu Jimeng quickly increased the intensity of controlling the plants and cleared the way to the destination in one go. However, this also caused the spiritual energy in her body to be rapidly consumed, and it was almost exhausted after a while. She couldn't help but stop and stand there to catch her breath.
Duan Shi rushed over from the middle of the team. Seeing how tired she looked, he couldn't help but reach out and hold her arm with a concerned look.
Feeling his concern, Liu Jimeng curled the corners of her mouth and smiled at him, then shook her head slightly to indicate that she was fine.
Duan Shi just stood beside her silently, waiting for her to recover her spiritual power.
The first group of experts who arrived have already started working with great energy. Under the command of Fang Xiuwen, they and the soldiers who helped them, like industrious worker bees, assembled the precious equipment bit by bit.
Qiao Ji was there to help by lifting some parts that needed to be raised into the air to facilitate their assembly.
Liang Hang and his two companions and the remaining soldiers checked the environment nearby, drove away some snakes, insects, rats and ants, and cleared out a clean campsite.
After the recovery just now, the spiritual power in Liu Jimeng's body is enough to use. Seeing that everyone was busy, she quickly joined the cleaning team. With her joining as a new force, the efficiency of the cleaning team increased immediately, and within a few minutes they had cleared a large area.
After everyone was busy for a while, the preparations were basically completed.
Then the experts started the intense data collection process. Fang Xiuwen watched from the side for a while, and after seeing that the instrument was running normally, he walked over to Qiao Ji.
Duan Shi and Liu Jimeng are both here, and they are discussing the anomalies here.
"How is it? What's the specific explanation?" Fang Xiuwen pushed his glasses and asked seriously.
"I just connected with the plants here and sensed it. It is true that the changes in spiritual energy are not normal."
If Liu Jimeng exerts his full strength in this jungle which can be called a paradise for plants, his perception can even barely rival that of Qiao Ji who is in the 4th stage of the 5th century.
Just now, under the protection of Qiao Ji and Duan Shi, she let go of all her mind and communicated with the nearby plants for perception, and then she found that the abnormal spiritual energy here was indeed not caused by the growth of spiritual plants or the evolution of monsters.
"It looks like we have found the right place." Fang Xiuwen was so excited that his breathing became rapid. Unexpectedly, they were so lucky that they made a breakthrough on the second day.
Duan Shi was also very happy, with a big smile on his face. He reached out his hand and patted Liu Jimeng's shoulder vigorously, saying, "Xiao Liu, work harder and try to find out the specific location today."
Liu Jimeng was almost knocked off balance by his pat, and when she heard that he had such high expectations for her, she couldn't help but let out a wry smile, and said helplessly, "It's not that easy, my team leader Duan. Even our seniors can only do this, so how can I go one step further so easily?"
Duan Shi smiled embarrassedly when he heard that. He knew that what he said was unreliable, but he was still happy.
"Just do your best. I'm just so happy."
"I know."
Chu Yi was watching this scene from the side, silently complaining to Juzi in his heart: "Tsk tsk tsk, Juzi, when do you think they can be together?" '
How can these two people regard this feeling as friendship?
However, she chose the wrong target to complain about. Orange was just a simple elf who didn't quite understand human emotions. It couldn't see through the tricks that Chu Yi mentioned.
Sure enough, just as Chu Yi finished speaking, he heard it reply in an innocent voice: "Is there?" '
'......'
Well, she was the one who made things difficult for an elf.
Since no one was complaining, Chu Yi's gossiping spirit instantly faded. She adjusted her expression and pretended to be serious about her work.
Fang Xiuwen stayed with them for a while, and seeing that there would be no new progress in the short term, he walked back to the instrument and stared at the data with his men.
Juzi accompanied Chu Yi and pretended to work, chatting with her: "Lingling, are you going to let them find the stone tablet by themselves? Or reveal it yourself? '
'We'll see. If they still can't find it within a week, I'll do it myself. ' She shrugged inwardly, 'But I still hope they can find out by themselves. After all, I can't do everything by myself. '
She was just shouldering the responsibility of reviving the spiritual energy, and she was not a babysitter who had to take care of everything.
Time passed as everyone was either working hard and enthusiastically or pretending and chatting.
Soon, the sun disappeared in the sky, and in the quiet forest, there was no other sound except the camp where everyone was staying.
The world fell into a deep sleep.
Fortunately, the soldiers had made preparations in advance, set up tents and built bonfires. When it got dark, the bonfire was lit.
Now, under the warmth of the blazing fire, everyone who had been tired all day sat together and started chatting and resting.
In the light of the bonfire, everyone's faces looked very soft.
Today, apart from confirming that the spiritual energy here is indeed abnormal, there were no additional discoveries.
The data obtained by the instrument after a day of hard work were all normal.
However, experts such as Duan Shi and Fang Xiuwen were also very satisfied. At least they had found the direction, which was much better than groping blindly.
After chatting for a while, everyone, who were tired after a day of work, went back to their tents to rest one after another. They wanted to get enough rest before fighting again tomorrow.
As usual, Qiao Ji is on guard tonight.
She is a ghost cultivator and does not need sleep. It is just a small thing for her to keep watch while meditating. After spending a few days together, everyone became much closer. Seeing that she insisted, they did not hesitate and went to rest when the time came.
The spiritual energy here is even richer than that on the top of the mountain. Liu Jimeng didn't want to waste it, so he stayed outside to meditate and keep watch with Qiao Ji.
Since she was working so hard, Chu Yi certainly couldn't stop her. The two monks protected everyone and spent the quiet night.
A few days of repetitiveness passed like this, and things finally took a turn for the better on the fourth day when they went down into the canyon.
On this day, everyone was doing their job as usual, silently carrying out their work. Liu Jimeng also closed his eyes as usual to communicate with the plants around him, sensing the subtle changes in spiritual energy.
Just when everyone thought that today would be a normal day, Liu Jimeng and the experts guarding the equipment all let out a surprised “Huh?”
Liu Jimeng quickly opened his eyes and looked at several experts to confirm that the changes just now were not an illusion.
A dazzling light suddenly burst out from their eyes, and Liu Jimeng was so excited that he even caused the surrounding spiritual energy to vibrate.
However, her behavior was obviously inappropriate. The vibration of her spiritual energy caused the data on the instrument to fluctuate. Fang Xiuwen and other experts instantly changed their happy expressions and looked at her with resentment.
Liu Jimeng put his hands together awkwardly to express his apology, then quickly closed his eyes and communicated with the spiritual energy here to comfort himself.
By the time Liu Jimeng had calmed the surrounding spiritual energy, Fang Xiuwen had already taken the freshly-released data and had begun a serious discussion with Duan Shi and other experts.
Qiao Ji also rushed back from a distance and listened to their discussion from the side.
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