to blame

Ming Xia recalled, just when he found Zhong Ning, Qing Qiu was still nestling on Zhong Ning's shoulder.Later, the large turf of roots exploded in mid-air, he was tied up almost instantly, and a tree root passed across his neck, Qingqiu was probably pushed out of him at that time up.

Then the tree roots wove a big net around them, and carried them back and forth. At that time, he was only thinking about how to get out of trouble, but he really didn't pay attention to where the little Qingqiu fell.

Ming Xia was so anxious that she couldn't imagine what to do if she really lost Qingqiu.He waved the flashlight around, still shouting at Qingqiu in disorder.

Nan Jiang was also in a hurry, but he wouldn't panic like Ming Xia, who was out of order.He divided the personnel, leaving Tang Xun to guard the equipment, Li Youran and Lin Su to take care of the wounded, and the rest of the people divided into groups to find Qingqiu.The focus is on the strip of rock where the roots of the tree retreated last.

Since the small yellow dot representing Qingqiu is still on from the instrument, it means that it has not been thrown away.

Nan Jiang gave Ming Xia an idea to call Qingqiu's name in his mind.

Although Mingxia doesn't have any monster abilities, he and Qingqiu often use the method of consciousness communication to send messages. It can be said that Qingqiu is very familiar with the energy fluctuations in Mingxia's brain, and this fluctuation may help them determine its orientation .

Ming Xia felt that what he said made sense, so she stopped shouting, but kept calling Qingqiu's name in her mind, even shouting nonsense like "Take you to the night market" and "Take you to eat fried chicken".

After an unknown amount of time, Ming Xia heard a trembling voice in his mind saying, "I...I want to eat two..."

Ming Xia wept with joy, "I'll buy you twenty!"

"Speak... count... count!" Qingqiu's voice sounded extremely weak, "You come and save me first, I'm stuck here, the dark crack in the stone is on the ceiling of the cave."

Ming Xia hurriedly called everyone to focus on the lighting and search the roof of the cave.

Qingqiu also sensed Ming Xia's position, it doesn't know the coordinates, it can only control Ming Xia by feeling, "Oh, I'm far away again... Come back a little... Go left, turn left, to your left... A little to the right..."

Ming Xia thought while wiping her eyes, luckily this little guy still knows the left and right.

Ming Xia found Qingqiu in a palm-width crack in the stone.It has to be said that this little thing was lucky. Its two little claws were entangled by a thin root and hung upside down on the root of the big tree.When the tree root retracted, it was shaken by the tree root, bumped into the rock wall, and knocked itself out.

Then the roots retracted with the trunk, and it got stuck in the crevice of the stone.If Ming Xia hadn't been calling it in his head, it would probably have fainted for a while.

Ming Xia cut off the roots wrapped around its claws with a dagger, hugged it into his arms, rubbed it, then raised it to his lips and kissed it, the little heart that was beating up and down was regarded as returning to its place.

Qingqiu closed his eyes and leaned against his chest, murmuring lazily, "I knew you missed me so much. You hear how fast your heart is beating, are you worried about me?"

Ming Xia seemed to be holding some lost and recovered treasure, her excited mood could not be calmed down for a long time, and the corners of her eyes were a little wet.Fortunately, the light in the dark passage was dim, and no one would notice the flickering light of the flashlight.Only when Nan Jiang walked by him, put his hand on the back of his neck, "Relax."

Nan Jiang said softly, "It's fine."

Ming Xia took a deep breath, "I know."

The big hand on the back of his neck squeezed twice as hard as a puppy, "It's also a demon after all, you need to have more confidence in it."

Ming Xia's heart twitched slightly.

That's right, although he has always treated Qingqiu as a child, but in fact it is not.It is his friend, companion, and comrade-in-arms, but it is not his...children.

Ming Xia took a deep breath, "I understand."

Qingqiu accepted the welcome of the whole team in the stupor that had not yet recovered from the concussion.

Everyone squeezed over and stroked it, and Li Youran whispered in its ear, saying that he would not quarrel with it in the future.Qingqiu was so moved.

After the equipment was adjusted, the wounded were all given medicine. Fortunately, none of them were seriously injured. They took a rest and began to study the nearest emergency exit.

"Exit No. [-]." Tang Xun clacked on the keyboard with his hands, and called up the map of their location.

From the map, Exit No. [-] is located in the northwest of Supply Station No. [-], to the east of the site of the herd of wild horses, the terrain is relatively low, and it is next to a dry riverbed.

"During the last routine inspection, the risk assessment was level four." Tang Xun said: "It is a relatively safe location."

Ming Xia listened to Tang Xun's science popularization for him, and knew that their "sixth group" has six levels of risk assessment, and completely harmless environments will be rated as six levels, and they will be pushed up in turn.The danger level of water lily and beautiful pine is about three levels.

However, this kind of evaluation can only be used as a reference, just like the previous Shenxing Lake, the danger level is also level four, but no one expected that the water scorpion would occupy Shenxing Lake and drive away the original owner, the Feiyi Clan up.

On this point, after they return to the "sixth group", they must submit a report.

Qingqiu nestled in the pocket of Ming Xia's cotton coat, wrapped in a small towel provided by Lin Su, and slept all night.It didn't open its eyes in a daze until a strong fragrance wafted over.

It huddled under its little quilt and kicked its paws, and asked Ming Xia anxiously, "What delicious food did you make?"

Ming Xia touched it, "Lin Su is cooking the soup."

"Pheasant soup?" Qingqiu's small head suddenly stiffened, "No, Feilong soup?"

Ming Xia couldn't help but laugh, "Don't listen to Tang Xun's nonsense, the flying dragon is a second-class national protected animal, and if you eat it, you will be sentenced."

During the break before, a group of people chatted, Tang Xun said that the climate and geological conditions in this area are similar to those in the Greater Khingan Mountains, and there must be flying dragons... So Qingqiu remembered it.Tang Xun also teased it that if it could catch one or two flying dragons, he would definitely make soup to make up for it.

As soon as Qingqiu heard the word "sentence", he immediately became honest.It is still a prisoner now, and it is about to be released after serving its sentence, and it will become a demon again, so it can't make mistakes again.If it is punished again, where will it cry?

Qingqiu thought with lingering fear, Ming Xia is still waiting to see its beautiful appearance.

"Okay, don't eat." Qingqiu said immediately, "I am a law-abiding monster...you can prove it to me!"

Ming Xia is as good as others, "I'll prove it to you."

Qingqiu suddenly felt something was wrong, "Why is it so bright?"

Ming Xia unbuttoned the neckline a little, and let it poke its head out to look out, "We just left Exit No. [-]. This is the west bank of the Dunshui River."

Qing Qiu got out from Ming Xia's neckline, and the first thing he noticed was a dry riverbed.The river bed is covered with large and small pebbles, and occasionally a few clumps of weeds emerge.

A little further away, near the center of the river bed, a river several meters wide flows through, and the river surface is as calm as a mirror.

Qingqiu looked across the rocky beach on the other side of the river, where there was a large green pine forest, following the ups and downs of the terrain, it stretched to the halfway up the mountainside of the snow peak in the distance.

Above them, there are towering snow-capped mountains.

Pine Cliffs.

"The body of the beauty pine is right there." Tang Xun sat down beside them with hot soup, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "This guy really can't be underestimated."

Ming Xia visually measured the distance to here, and secretly sighed inwardly that the Beauty Pine could spread its roots so far.

They are sitting at the foot of the North Peak of Peak No. [-] at the moment.This area belongs to the branch of Pine Tree Cliff, because there is a No. [-] supply station, it is also called No. [-] peak.

The north peak of the No. [-] peak is relatively steep, and the side facing the Dunshui River is even more rugged.Standing at the bottom of the mountain and looking up, a few old pine trees occasionally protrude from among the large smooth rock walls, and there are almost no places for people to climb.

As soon as they came out of the No. [-] emergency exit, what they saw was the river beach in front of them.No matter what dangers lurked in this area, the open environment, sunshine and fresh air still refreshed their spirits.

Qingqiu also sighed slightly, "I can tell from such a distance... Is it the root system of the Beauty Pine itself? Or is it controlling other pine trees in the mountain?"

Tang Xun shook his head, "There are red dots and yellow dots on the screen, but the pine trees are too dense to be distinguished. And if you look at the topography of the No. It doesn't look very capable. There is only a forest on the top of the mountain, but it can't be seen clearly from such a long distance."

Ming Xia turned her head and glanced at Nan Jiang, thinking that their main task was to attract their attention. Now it seems that Meirensong has been paying attention to them.

"Walk along the Dunshui River later," Tang Xun said, "This road has the least pine trees."

"What's the difference?" Ming Xia asked him, "Didn't it mean that the ground is full of roots of the Beauty Pine?"

"Of course there is a difference," Tang Xun's eyes widened, and he argued with him righteously, "In addition to the roots of the Beauty Pine, we also need to add such a large pine forest... n enemies, Brother."

Ming Xia, "...That's right."

Nan Jiang clapped his hands and signaled everyone to pay attention, "Hurry up and rest, we will leave in a quarter of an hour."

Before he finished speaking, there was a violent shaking under his feet.

"earthquake?"

The gang jumped up.

In front of them, the calm river suddenly churned, and the water splashed. The big and small fish in the river jumped out of the water one after another, and some jumped too far at once, so that they couldn't go back to the river, so they could only stay on the river beach in vain. bouncing on.

Gravel rolled down from Peak No. [-] behind them and clattered on the river beach.

Nanjiang hurriedly organized everyone to run towards the open river beach.A group of people carried luggage, and those who carried instruments carried instruments. When they reached the open area by the river, the place where they stopped to rest just now had been buried by a pile of rubble.

And the riverside is obviously not a safe place anymore.The river, which was originally only a few meters wide, suddenly increased in volume, spreading to the place where they were standing in a short period of time, and in the blink of an eye, the river had already overflowed their feet.

Everyone has no choice but to continue to look for a higher foothold with their things on their shoulders.

The river climbed inch by inch as if chasing after their footsteps. By the time they climbed onto a large rock beside the river, the river had tripled in width.

Although it is said that all kinds of strange things can happen in the monster world, this scene is still frightening.There are mountains on both sides of the riverbed of the Dunshui River. If the river continues to rise, they can only climb up the mountains with their luggage on their backs.

Ming Xia raised his head and looked at the smooth and steep rock wall of Peak No. [-], thinking that this is really not a good way out.