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"What is this?" Ming Xia dragged Song Qing's leg, panting, and pulled it back, "Nu Wa's offspring?"

Li Youran took out a bottle from the inner pocket of the jacket, sprinkled the powder inside evenly around them, and said angrily, "I don't know." It was also the first time she had seen such a monster. I don't know, how do I know who their ancestors are.

"However," she put away the bottle, and saw that the monster that was closer to them had started to back away anxiously, she nodded in satisfaction, "... Nuwa is the ancestor of all monsters, so it's normal to kowtow."

Ming Xia was agitated by the word "monster". Before, he thought that Luo Luo was like a monster, dropping from the sky without warning, and picking people up and biting them.Today's incident was even more outrageous. Walking on the street in a good manner, there were so many snakes out of nowhere.By the way, the old city is still far away from the Yaojiang River, and there are no wetland lakes nearby. At most, there are a few wild water bubbles in the suburbs. How can so many snakes be raised?

Especially the way they appeared, Ming Xia could see clearly, they were obviously drilled out of the thicker and thicker fog.This proves that this thing is not a real animal in nature.Although Ming Xia is a science student, he has also watched novels and TV dramas. Isn't that how it was acted in "Journey to the West", but whenever monsters appear, they are always accompanied by clouds, fog, and wind.Now that Li Youran said the same thing, it must be right.

"Really a monster?"

Li Youran sneered, "Where do so many monsters come from? This is a low-level trick, you can just watch it for fun."

Ming Xia asked again, "What did you sprinkle?"

Li Youran ignored him, her eyes swept back and forth among the snakes, as if looking for something among them.

Outside the fan circle, strange snakes were swimming around, raising their heads and spitting snake letters at the people in the circle, making a threatening gesture.Not long after, a small strange snake swam out from the group of snakes. It swam back and forth along the powder circle for a few times, and then got close to the powder, bent its body tentatively, and moved its head towards it.

Suddenly, Li Youran leaped forward, grabbed the little snake by seven inches, and threw it to the ground desperately. When he picked it up again, the little snake had already wilted.

There was a commotion among the snakes, but some rushed forward, some retreated, and instead formed a mess.Ming Xia watched with horror, fearing that these strange snakes would rush over the powder regardless of everything.

Li Youran ignored this, she held the little snake's head in her hand, stared closely at its eyes, and said word by word: "Whatever you want to see, just let the horse over here, don't use these shady little tricks .”

As soon as the words fell, the little snake struggled, and its tail twisted around Li Youran's wrist.Then with a snap, the little snake exploded on her wrist.

The smoke dissipated quickly, and the surrounding lights became much brighter in an instant, and all the strange phenomena in front of him disappeared.There were no strange snakes with ear fins, and no dense fog shrouded the street entrance. The street lights on both sides of West Street were bright, and from where they stood they could see the flickering pink and white signboard of "Sakura Bar".

Ming Xia sat down on the ground top-heavy, feeling as if he had traveled back to the real world from a nightmare.But when he looked down, he could see light-colored powder stained on the dark-colored floor tiles, so... Was what I saw just now really an illusion?

Song Qing who was lying beside him grunted and woke up.

Ming Xia, "..."

It's time for this guy to wake up.

Li Youran glanced at Song Qing, turned around and looked down at Ming Xia, with a clear warning look in his eyes.Then she raised a finger and pressed it gently to her lips, "Shh."

Song Qing got up from the ground very confused, "This is... what's wrong? Ming Xia, are you injured?"

Ming Xia glanced at the blood oozing from his shoulder, and sighed, "It's okay, I fell a bit."

Song Qing looked around, "I fell too? Did you fall while helping me?"

"No." Ming Xia experienced a shock, his whole body was sore and weak, and his speech was weak, "Don't guess, it has nothing to do with you."

Song Qing didn't seem very relieved, he carefully helped Ming Xia up, "Does it matter? Go and bandage it."

"There are medicines and bandages at home, don't worry, I can handle them myself." Ming Xia looked at Song Qing enviously, thinking that this kid was really lucky.If only he had been in a coma and woke up only after the monster snakes had disappeared.

While they were talking, Li Youran kicked the powder away with his feet.The night wind blew past, leaving no trace on the dark ground of the square.

This old town is a goddamn hell.Ming Xia thought distressedly, what Nan Jiang said was right, one shouldn't wander around Huaxin Street after dark, as one would encounter strange things while wandering.If he continues to stay here, will he become a psychopath?I don't know when the isolation in the old city will be lifted. He grew up in his twenties, and he has never wanted to go home so wholeheartedly!

On the other side, Song Qing was still puzzled, "I'm usually good at drinking, I can drink some white beer, how can I get drunk when I get drunk... Oh, I made you laugh... I doubt that the drinks in the bar are mixed with alcohol. I figured it out..."

The three of them walked across the square amid Song Qing's perplexing questions.Li Youran took the car and went back to report. Song Qing always felt that Ming Xia's wound might be related to her, so she insisted on staying to help him change his medicine again.He was worried about Ming Xia's injury, but the two were only in a normal relationship, and it was not appropriate for him to stay, so he had to leave his phone number and asked Ming Xia to call him if there was anything to do.

Everyone who was supposed to go left, the rolling gate was locked again, and even the glass doors and windows with big holes in the inner layer were carefully closed by Ming Xia.That's not enough, Ming Xia deliberately took out two rolls of tape from the toolbox, and pasted the window openings and door cracks tightly.

How stupid he thought he was.Really, I thought that Luo Luo, who was rarely seen once in hundreds of years, would be scary enough, but I didn't expect to go out for a stroll and gain knowledge, so there is something even scarier!At any rate, there was a movement when Luo Luo rushed forward, the snake could sneak in through the crack of the door quietly, it was hard to guard against.

The more Ming Xia thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she began to regret letting Li Youran go.Although he may not be able to keep people around by rolling around, but at least he has to give it a try.The next best thing is that he should keep Song Qing. Although this guy didn't play any role in the whole process other than slowing down, he can still be a companion if he stays.

Ming Xia walked back and forth in the room, and finally dragged the table at the front desk that was scratched by the beauty to the side of the cat cage, spread bedding on it, and made himself a simple bed.The table is a bit shorter, but you can sleep with your legs curled up.The main reason is that cats, cats and dogs are all sensitive, and if there is a little trouble, maybe they can report to him in advance.

The beauty was originally sleeping in the nest on the top floor of the cat climbing frame, but when she looked down and saw that the desk at the front desk was occupied by Ming Xia, and she dragged it under her nose to show it to her, she was furious.As soon as Ming Xia lay down here, the beauty had already jumped off the cat climbing frame like a tiger descending a mountain, and jumped onto the table after three or two sprints, stepping on Ming Xia's chest and raising her claws to scratch.

Ming Xia was in a state of frightened birds, and she reacted quickly, unexpectedly grabbing the beauty's paw.

"Beauty," Ming Xia knew what the ancestor was up to, and hurriedly begged for mercy, "Beauty, listen to me, I'm not trying to grab territory, I'm just too scared."

The beauty was caught by his claws, and her lungs were almost exploded. Several sharp nails on the tip of the claws were poked out.

"I'm not going to lie to you." Ming Xia wasn't sure if the cat was as smart as Tu Qing boasted, but he definitely couldn't let go of it right now, as soon as he let go of it, its paw really came over, "I encountered a strange thing today. I was so frightened that I didn't dare to go back to the house to sleep. Do you want to lie down next to you without looking at me to strengthen your courage?"

The beauty stared at him unblinkingly with her furious cat eyes.

Ming Xia suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, he felt that the beauty seemed to be really thinking about whether his words were true or false.

After a while, the sharp nails on the tips of the beauty's claws slowly retracted, then it lowered its head, and sniffed lightly at Ming Xia's neck.

Ming Xia didn't know what to say anymore, "You must be able to smell it, right? Look, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

The beauty broke away her paw from his hand, shook it with some disgust, then stepped on his chest and walked back and forth a few steps, looking a little uneasy.

Ming Xia boldly touched its back, "If you don't mind, you can sleep with me."

The beauty made an unhappy purring sound, as if she was disgusted with his proposal.But after stepping on his chest and walking back and forth a few times, the beauty finally mercifully lay down on his chest.

Ming Xia was so oppressed by it that she didn't dare to resist, and continued to flatter it against her conscience, "Beauty, you are so rewarding. I'm so moved."

The beauty gave him a disgusted look, as if she finally relaxed, she put her head on his chest and narrowed her eyes.

Ming Xia touched its back lightly, feeling that with such a warm and heavy body next to her, it seemed that she really wasn't that scared anymore.

Perhaps the presence of the beauty really provided him with a strange sense of security, and Ming Xia didn't even have a nightmare that night.Although the comfort of this simple bed was a bit low, when he opened his eyes in the morning, he still felt that his condition was much better than the previous two days.I am full of energy, and my body is stronger than before.

The beauty was still nestled against his chest, her whole body was sleeping softly, and she was sleeping soundly with her eyes closed, showing a kind of obedience and docility that could never be seen during the day.

There was a knock on the rolling gate.

Ming Xia realized that she only woke up when she heard the knock on the door, and hurriedly agreed to get up.The beauty was woken up, stretched out her paws unhappily, and was about to roll up and nest under the quilt again, when suddenly, as if she had noticed something, she jumped out of the quilt and headed towards the door There was a meow.

The knock on the door rang again, Ming Xia didn't bother to tidy up the bedding, put on her clothes and ran to tear off the tape and open the door.It was already dawn at this moment, and the morning light shone through the opening of the rolling shutter door, and the horrible experience last night seemed to be far away from him.

When the rolling gate just opened a gap, Ming Xia could see that the person was not Tu Qing, but Nan Jiang.The man always wore a black training suit and black ankle boots, and he couldn't be mistaken.

Ming Xia was a little disappointed.It has been two days since Tu Qing entered the mountain. Since he has already met Tu Qing, why didn't he bring him back?

In the early morning light, Nanjiang looked dusty, his forehead was red and swollen near the hairline, and his clothes were torn in several places, as if he had been through a fierce fight.

Nan Jiang stood outside the tattered glass door, looked at him tiredly and smiled, "Ming Xia, did you disturb your rest?"

Seeing him like this, Ming Xia's heart began to pound again, and he felt that something was wrong.

Nan Jiang seemed extremely tired, leaning against the door frame as if he couldn't stand while he was opening the door.Seeing his appearance, Ming Xia quickly dragged a chair out of the room, "Sit!"

Nan Jiang was not too polite, and sat down with heavy steps, and let out a long breath, "Woke up by me?"

"It doesn't count," Ming Xia poured him a glass of water, "You just came back? Where are the others? Where's Lao Tu?" He looked outside, there was only one car on the side of the road, and there was no one in it.

After hearing what he said, Nan Jiang was silent for a moment, stretched out his hand and dragged the backpack in front of him, then unzipped the zipper and began to take things out.

He didn't say anything, and he didn't show anything unusual, but Ming Xia seemed to foresee some kind of danger, flustered and short of breath, and his heartbeat became more and more rapid.

"Did something happen?" He stammered and asked Nanjiang.

Nan Jiang's hand stopped for a while, and then took out a round, fluffy thing from inside, "This is what Tu Qing asked me to bring back, so that you can take good care of it."

Ming Xia was a little dumbfounded, "...he said that?"

Nan Jiang nodded, "He said it was his life, root, son."

Ming Xia had known Tu Qing for nearly 20 years, and for the first time he knew that his life was a silly rabbit weighing about four to five catties, with mottled black and gray fur, and a scar on the left ear.