Chapter 497 Exploring Anomalies (4900 words)
It was extremely dark in the lush jungle after dark, with almost no light.
Even though Qin Fu had eaten blue-level red berries and gained night vision, he still couldn't clearly grasp the situation on the ground.
Just like turning on night vision goggles at night, the perception of colors will be much worse.
Therefore, when he noticed that the land under his feet was turning red, half of his body was already sunk into the soil.
But before he could say anything, he was completely immersed in it and disappeared.
"What happened? Qin Fu?"
Xu Xin's heart immediately tightened after hearing Qin Fu's sudden exclamation.
As a result, no matter how he called, there was still no response from the other side.
Even after more than ten seconds, the call that was still connected was suddenly terminated.
If you call again, you will no longer be able to communicate.
This...
Xu Xin narrowed her eyes.
What happened over there?
Qin Fu...
Something happened?
He immediately checked the name on the private message.
Fortunately, Qin Fu's name was not gray, which meant that he was not dead.
But his name has dimmed like other survivors far away from here.
In other words, it is indeed impossible to establish contact with him now.
On his side...
what happened?
Xu Xin looked at the map.
On the map, the light spot that originally represented him has disappeared.
Disappeared without a trace.
Within a radius of dozens of kilometers of his treehouse, his treehouse was the only one with green light spots that represented his companions.
Xu Xin looked out the window, in the direction where Qin Fu disappeared.
Over there, it's about 800 meters away from his tree house.
Not too far.
There is real danger over there!
...He wants to visit the place where Qin Fu disappeared!
According to Qin Fu, there is probably a way to solve this insect nest over there.
Moreover, he couldn't leave his men to die without saving them, still so close to the tree house.
"Yin Wang, Mimi, and Ah Fu, it's time for you to go out for a walk. You've been staying in the tree house, I'm afraid you'll get rusty." Xu Xin stood up and faced the three animals lying in the corner. , looking at the three beasts who seemed not to move at all.
"Ouch..." Silver King slowly stood up and walked over.
Ah Fu also jumped over.
Mimi lay on the ground and didn't move, she just raised her eyes and looked over.
Mimi was supposed to love going out the most, but now she doesn't seem to want to go out at all.
This is what these guys have looked like since the scorching summer came.
Coco just doesn’t want to go out, but she is still very energetic.
But these guys didn't know what was affecting them. In short, they just had a lazy attitude and didn't want to move at all.
However, it still felt dangerous to go out this time, so he still had to bring them all.
But looking at their appearance, Xu Xin put them all directly into the bracelet.
"Keke, you also come out with me." Xu Xin found Coco hiding behind the sofa, picked it up and said.
Coco always finds something he can't. Xu Xin can feel at ease when she is out exploring dangers.
"Ugh..." It was obvious that he couldn't hide and had to go out. Suddenly, his four short legs and big tail drooped.
It seems that this little guy doesn't want to go out.
But yes, in this weather, he also wants to stay in the tree house...
But there was no way, he couldn't sit still and wait for death.
Xu Xin immediately came to the second floor.
On the second floor, the girls are chatting.
Xu Xin knocked on the door, and everyone looked over.
"Lou Feier, Zeng Tao, Jin Yue, come out for a moment, we have something to do."
Of course he wouldn't go alone.
After all, there is strength in numbers.
"Ah, are you guys going out again?" Li Wenxi stood up and followed him out.
Xu Xin briefly informed them of the situation just now.
"Huh? That guy Qin Fu went out to seek death again." Zeng Tao obviously felt a little unhappy, "Why can't this guy be more honest? Finally, tonight's matter was resolved..."
"...Over there, can we find the source of these bugs?" Jin Yue thought for a moment.
"That guy's ability is quite powerful, right?" Lou Fei'er stretched her body and said, "Maybe it can solve the problem this time? I don't want this kind of bugs to always be around the tree house."
"I think so too." Xu Xin said, "Since there is indeed something abnormal so close to the tree house, we need to eliminate it. It is too close there and can easily affect us."
"You just came back not long ago and you are going out again..." Li Wenxi was a little disappointed, "I wish I had the ability like you, so I can go out with you."
"What's so good about our abilities? Your abilities are the best!" Lou Feier immediately consoled her.
"That's right, if it weren't for you, our equipment wouldn't be so good!" Zeng Tao also patted her backpack, which contained weapons that she was very satisfied with.
"Hey!" Coco also jumped towards Li Wenxi and jumped into her arms.
Li Wenxi's current increase in affinity was not just for show. Everyone wanted to comfort her after her loss.
"Don't run." Xu Xin pulled Coco out of Li Wenxi's arms and said to her, "Wenxi, you don't have to worry about us. There may not be any problems over there. We will be back soon."
"I... okay..." Li Wenxi lowered her head and muttered, "You said the same thing last time."
Last time, I was probably talking about the time when I explored the underground world.
As a result, they came back after a day and a night.
Xu Xin can also understand her feelings. After all, waiting is also very painful.
"Wen Xi, let me give you my watch." Lou Fei'er took off her watch and handed it to Li Wenxi, "My watch can still be used, so you can contact us."
"I have a watch too! Ah..." Zeng Tao slid her watch, "My watch doesn't work anymore..."
It seems that her tree house has been eaten by insects before.
She also said that when she returned to the tree house before, the inside of her tree house was already covered with bugs, so her tree house might have been destroyed when the bugs first started eating the tree house. .
However, giving Li Wenxi a watch that can communicate is actually what Xu Xin wants to do.
Lou Feier did it one step ahead of him.
They need to make sure there is communication between them and the treehouse because...
The location they were going to now was very close to the tree house.
The distance of 800 meters is within the range of the treehouse heavy crossbow!
If there is any situation or danger, they can definitely use the treehouse heavy crossbow!
"Wen Xi, I will keep talking to you. Just help us control the heavy crossbow in the tree house. If something happens to us, we will need your help."
"Heavy crossbow? Ah!" Li Wenxi immediately understood what Xu Xin meant and nodded vigorously, "Okay! I understand!"
At the same time, Xu Xin also contacted Ma Hongwei and asked him to provide remote support for herself in the tree house.
With the support of the Treehouse Heavy Crossbow, he immediately felt much more confident.
"Okay, let's hurry up and set off."
He came down from the tree house with the three girls.
“It’s so hot!”
The temperature under the tree house is as hot as ever.
"嘤!!"
The four of them wrapped themselves tightly, while Xu Xin held the hot and struggling Coco in his arms, rushed out of the line of fire, and passed through the bonfire, where there were still many insect swarms.
These bugs probably followed the light from farther away. His bonfire cleared away the bugs in a large area around him.
After burrowing into the jungle, the number of bugs was greatly reduced.
Compared with the number at the beginning of the insect plague, the number now is basically equivalent to none.
Three hundred meters away from the tree house, the temperature returned to normal.
Forty degrees is not a high temperature at all for the few people present.
But Coco's condition is a bit not good.
It was almost cooked!
It looked listless, and the whole bear lay limply in Xu Xin's arms.
Xu Xin moved towards the place where Qin Fu disappeared as quickly as possible.
The three women were following closely behind him.
Among the four of them, Xu Xin was probably the slowest.
Lou Fei'er and Zeng Tao's mutations were both speed-type, while Jin Yue's mutated legs were also very fast, so it was easier to follow Xu Xin who was moving at full speed.
Tens of seconds later, Xu Xin stopped fifty or sixty meters away from where Qin Fu disappeared.
"It's right in front, you guys, be careful." Xu Xin warned, and then moved forward slowly and carefully.
Lou Fei'er walked quickly in front of Xu Xin: "I'll explore the way."
Jin Yue is always paying attention to the situation behind her.
Zeng Tao held a giant blade and followed Xu Xin, but this time she was very careful not to let the giant blade rub against the ground and make a sound.
The three women seemed to be protecting him.
"...My combat power should not be much weaker than yours, so there is no need to be so careful." Xu Xin was a little speechless.
"How can that work!" Zeng Tao waved her giant blade, "If you die, we will all be buried with you. If we die, we still have one life. Normal people know how to choose."
Although Jin Yue did not sign a contract with Xu Xin, she was still doing the same thing.
That’s okay.
"Um...are you about to arrive?" At this time, Li Wenxi's very quiet voice came from Xu Xin's watch.
"Well, if you go further, you will find the place where Qin Fu disappeared."
"This...the jungle is too dense, I can't see your position...I don't know where you are."
"It's okay. If there is really a danger, we will also launch explosive crossbow bolts to attack. The explosion of the crossbow bolts is quite obvious at night."
"Oh ok!"
The four of them continued to move forward cautiously.
"...There doesn't seem to be anything special here?" Lou Fei'er, who was walking in front, said with some confusion.
There are indeed more bugs here than in the jungle around the tree house, but that's because most of the bugs around the tree house are fighting fires, so there are fewer.
It's normal for there to be a little more here, so a few people present are indeed a little confused now.
"...Be careful where you step." Xu Xin reminded.
He had some rough guesses based on Qin Fu's current situation.
On his current map, Qin Fu's light spot cannot be seen.
In this situation, there are two possibilities.
One is that Qin Fu is currently underground, so his map cannot be displayed.
The other is that he is too far away from here now, beyond the scope of his map, so it cannot be displayed.
Combined with the fact that his watch is currently unable to communicate, there are almost two possibilities.
Either there is no watch signal underground, or he is too far away from the tree house. In this hot summer, the watch will naturally have no signal if it is too far away from the tree house.
Therefore, he felt that Qin Fu was likely to...
Just like Shi Wanyun, he was teleported away inexplicably!
Teleported to a very far place.
"You all should pay attention to your feet. Are there any patterns like blood patterns painted on them? Be careful not to step on them. They are probably teleportation arrays." Xu Xin reminded the three women again.
"Teleportation array?" Zeng Tao was a little surprised, "What do you mean? You mean...the kind of teleportation array that activates the snow mountain array?"
The three women present were all activators of the last snow mountain formation, and naturally they all knew what the teleportation pattern of the snow mountain formation looked like.
"Yes, it's almost the same thing." Xu Xin nodded, "It's very dark now and the color is not obvious. Please pay more attention and observe more."
"Teleportation array?" Li Wenxi was also a little surprised in her voice, and whispered, "Is it the one Shi Wanyun encountered? Then you must be careful not to trigger it. If you are teleported away, it will be difficult to come back!"< br>
"Don't worry."
As a result, several people walked around here for a long time and found nothing.
"What!" Zeng Tao was a little irritable because she had been highly stressed. She hit the ground with her giant blade and made a "clang" sound, "What on earth happened! Qin Fu, this guy is really I like to look for trouble!”
Originally, she was afraid that the sound of the giant blade would cause any danger, so she had been careful not to let the giant blade touch the ground, but now, she would rather have something be attracted out.
It's better than them searching in vain here.
Jin Yue was still looking around, alert to possible dangers.
Lou Fei'er stopped and said helplessly: "I should have looked around here, but there is nothing..."
Xu Xin also stopped and frowned.
Why?
If Qin Fu really encountered a teleportation array...
Could it be that the teleportation array is one-time use?
So, the teleportation array disappeared after teleporting Qin Fu away?
That's why I can't find anything here?
wrong.
Qin Fu told him before he disappeared that the trees here had a sickly feeling, as if there was something unclean here.
The teleportation array... shouldn't be something unclean, right?
Or is there something else?
He looked down at his arms: "Keke, didn't you find anything...this little guy."
Xu Xin shook his head helplessly.
He said, why doesn't this little guy talk much?
Turns out he was asleep.
After just experiencing the high temperature, the little guy's condition was not very good, but he was sleeping soundly now.
They are all running out of noses.
"Keke, wake up." Xu Xin patted its little head gently.
"...Huh?" Coco opened her eyes and leaned against Xu Xin again.
Xu Xin is now wearing purple-grade steel armor, which is still a bit cool to the touch, so the little guy wants to lean against him.
"Okay, okay, help me see if there is anything unusual around here."
Xu Xin picked it up and put its little face forward.
"Yes, Coco, help us take a look, see what's around here!" Zeng Tao also came over, "If there's nothing, we can go back and ignore the guy who wants to die!"
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She is now like a player who plays a decryption game. After playing a level for a long time, she can't find anything. She doesn't want to play anymore and just looks at the strategy.
"Huh...?" Coco blinked her dazed eyes, and then opened her eyes, "Huh!"
It immediately broke free from Xu Xin's hand, jumped to the ground, and started running in one direction!
Xu Xin's eyes lit up.
Sure enough, we still have to rely on Coco!
"Follow up!"
Several people followed Coco and moved forward quickly.
Soon, Coco stopped in one place, looked at the ground, and scratched twice with her little paws. Then she stood up and tilted her head: "嘤?嘤嘤?"
"...Is there anything special here? I've been here before." Lou Feier walked to Coco's side, squatted down and touched the ground.
The ground was very ordinary, just hard, dry earth, very ordinary ground.
Xu Xin reached out and touched it.
...Well, ordinary land, not even polluted.
"...嘤!" Coco scratched the ground with her little paws again.
Looking at it like that, it seems that I feel that this place looks very normal, but I also feel that there is something wrong here.
"...There is indeed something strange here." At this time, Jin Yue, who had been following silently behind him, spoke up.
"Oh? Why is it strange?" Xu Xin turned to look at her.
"I have been observing the surroundings just now. Because the land here was exposed to strong sunlight before the jungle became lush, there will basically be some cracks." Jin Yue explained while squatting down and reaching out to touch the ground here, " But the land at this location...is complete."
"When you say that...it seems true!" Zeng Tao also nodded and said, "Indeed, even the land around our tree house has been dried and cracked by the sun."
Xu Xin also began to look at the land here carefully.
Indeed.
This piece of land, this piece of land that is about... five or six meters in radius, is very complete.
This is indeed a bit strange.
"Hey!" Coco scratched the ground with her little paws again.
The meaning is obvious.
"...Let's dig here." Xu Xin looked at the ground and narrowed his eyes, "The answer below may be what we are looking for." (End of Chapter)