Why didn't anyone tell me this is a parallel world?

The feeling of being watched did not go away.

Xia Liuying concealed all thoughts in her eyes, just like a girl who accidentally got lost in the desert and found an oasis by chance.

"What a big lake! The water is so clear~" Xia Liuying jogged, as if she couldn't wait.

The person who was hiding was very patient, so Xia Liuying also insisted on acting.

Throwing the backpack on the empty space beside the lake, Xia Liuying bent down to scoop up the clear water, took a big sip, and exclaimed, "Wow, it's so cool!"

"Xiaodai, Xiaodai, come here quickly and drink some water. There is water here." She waved to Xiaodai, who was walking slowly behind her but often lowered his head to nibble on plants on the ground to supplement his meals.

He turned around and looked at the scene behind him, searching for places where people might be hiding, but found nothing.

There is only a sense of surveillance following me everywhere, which won't go away.

Xiaodai walked to the lake, looked at the water, then looked at Xia Liuying who was behaving strangely. Before thinking about the reason, he chose to accept the current situation first, so he lay down obediently and started drinking water.

Xia Liuying took the opportunity to look away, stretched herself, and added her part, "I've been walking all day, I'm so tired, my feet are so sore, Xiaodai, Xiaodai, please move over there, I want to wash my feet, please don't drink my foot washing water..."

As she said that, she really took off her shoes and rolled up her trouser legs, but after taking two steps towards the lake, she suddenly turned around and said, "No, no, I have to get some water to drink first, otherwise I will have to drink the water I used to wash my feet."

Then he opened the backpack that was casually placed there, and seemingly scattered the things around casually, but in fact he stuffed those items that could easily be seen as problems into the bottom of the backpack.

For example, there are some certificates of the seal of the No. 12 Greening Reconstruction Base, or certificates and permits for various special permissions, as well as taking away the uneaten military food from Captain Sun.

The reason is actually very simple. Most of the people Xia Liuying met were not good people, otherwise they would not have been hiding all the time. They would have come out and greeted them openly a long time ago.

Then letting the person in hiding see the official things would be dangerous to Xia Liuying and would attract unexpected hatred to her.

But if it was just an ordinary young girl who came to participate in a desert hiking activity, it would hardly arouse too much vigilance.

The fact that he has been hiding until now and refusing to show himself, nor has he directly attacked Xia Liuying, means that the person is observing Xia Liuying to decide on his next move.

Xia Liuying first threw her backpack aside "without any planning" - experienced people would not let their important items leave their side before making sure the environment is safe. They would always be alert to the surrounding environment and make sure they could leave at the first opportunity.

Then he took off his shoes without hesitation - the physical fitness of people with special abilities is indeed stronger than that of ordinary people, but they also need protection such as shoes when walking in a desert environment, otherwise they will still get injured if they walk too much, which will affect their mobility.

Finally, he "very unguardedly" opened his backpack recklessly, took items without any rules, and piled them up randomly - if he really encountered an unexpected situation, he wouldn't even have a chance to pack up his things. People who would do this are mostly young people with no savvy.

It also fits Xia Liuying’s personality.

After Xia Liuying took out a folding basin, bent down very unsightly to scoop a basin of water from the lake, put it aside, and returned to the lake to sit down, and really started to wash her feet, a faint sound was heard from the woods not far away.

But Xia Liuying did not react, because the sound was very far away and very weak, and she "could" not hear it - the man was still testing.

Xia Liuying swung her legs lively, splashing water on the surface of the lake. She giggled as if she had discovered something fun.

Xiaodai raised his head to look at Xia Liuying, and was splashed with water. He thought for a while, and before getting up and leaving to find another place, he lowered his head to continue drinking water.

When Xia Liuying saw Xiaodai's reaction, she laughed even more wildly.

At the same time, the sound coming from the woods became louder and louder, until it approached the edge of the woods. Xia Liuying stopped treading water, hesitantly turned around and looked around.

In the woods, a branch began to shake noticeably.

Xia Liuying jumped up from her spot like a startled cat, not caring at all about her wet soles which were covered in sand.

"What is that?!" Xia Liuying took a defensive stance and did not directly say who it was, but pretended not to know what it was.

After all, in the desert, people are actually the hardest to see.

"I'm not afraid of ghosts! Who the hell are you? Don't scare me. I'm not afraid!" Xia Liuying muttered to herself to comfort herself, and took careful and tentative steps towards the woods.

Before Xia Liuying could take two steps, the branch was lifted up and a figure walked out. Xia Liuying stood there in a daze.

A young woman wearing clothes with ethnic minority patterns and some special accessories walked out with a smile on her face. She looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, very young.

She had an alien hairstyle with small braids on her head, with some golden ornaments hanging on it. I didn't know if they were real gold or golden ornaments.

"Little sister." The young woman greeted with a smile, her attitude friendly and kind.

"Are you a human or a ghost?" Xia Liuying asked vigilantly.

"Pfft." The young woman seemed amused and took two steps forward, pointing at her own conspicuous shadow under the bright moonlight, "What do you think, little sister?"

Xia Liuying stretched her neck to look over there, and really saw the shadow. She breathed a sigh of relief without leaving a trace, and then quickly asked, "Who are you? Why are you here?!"

The young woman looked helpless. "Little sister, I was here first, so I should be the one asking you."

Xia Liuying blushed instantly, and acted like a girl. She didn't argue, but was very embarrassed. She spoke stumblingly, "I, I was participating in this desert hike... I accidentally got lost, and followed Xiaodai... It was this camel that found me here. Did you too?"

"Desert hiking? Not me, little sister." The young woman smiled and her answer was beyond Xia Liuying's expectations.

"I am a member of the Talimul tribe. Our tribe makes a living by picking desert plants and selling them. I came to this oasis specifically to pick plants."

As if to support this, the young woman shook her arm, which contained a bracelet with obvious ethnic patterns, and made a crisp sound.