Chapter 806 - 496: Exploring Anomalies

"I... alright..." Li Wenxi lowered her head, then mumbled, "You said the same thing last time."

Last time, they were probably referring to that exploration of the underground world.

As a result, they didn’t return until a day and a night later.

Xu Xin could understand her feelings too; after all, waiting is quite tormenting.

"Wenxi, I’ll give you my watch." Lou Fei’Er took off her watch and handed it to Li Wenxi, "My watch is still working, so you can use it to contact us."

"I also have a watch! Ah..." Zeng Tao swiped her watch, "My watch is no longer working..."

It seems that her treehouse had already been gnawed away by insects before.

She had mentioned that when she returned to her treehouse earlier, it was filled with insects crawling inside, so her treehouse was probably destroyed at the very beginning when the swarm first started to chew through it.

However, giving Li Wenxi a watch that could communicate is actually something Xu Xin also wanted to do.

Lou Fei’Er just acted a step ahead of him.

They needed to ensure communication between them and the treehouse, because...

The place they were heading to now was very close to the treehouse.

A distance of 800 meters was within the range of the treehouse’s crossbow!

If anything happened, if any danger appeared, they could completely make use of the treehouse’s crossbow!

"Wenxi, I’ll stay in touch with you, and you can help us operate the crossbow in the treehouse. If we encounter anything, we will need your help."

"Crossbow? Ah!" Li Wenxi immediately understood what Xu Xin meant and nodded vigorously, "Okay! I got it!"

At the same time, Xu Xin also contacted Ma Hongwei, asking him to provide remote support from the treehouse as well.

With the support of the treehouse’s crossbow, he immediately felt much more confident.

"Alright, let’s make the most of our time and set off then."

He led the three women down from the treehouse.

"It’s so hot!"

The temperature under the treehouse was as hot as ever.

"Ying!!"

The four of them wrapped themselves tightly, while Xu Xin held the struggling Keke in his arms and charged through the line of fire, bypassing the many insects still near the campfire.

These insects were probably drawn from far away by the light; his campfire had cleared out the insects from a large area around.

Once they entered the jungle, the number of insects decreased significantly.

Compared to when the infestation had just started, the number now was almost equivalent to none.

After moving 300 meters away from the treehouse, the temperature returned to normal.

Forty degrees or so, for the people present, didn’t count as high temperature at all.

However, Keke’s state was not very good.

It had almost been roasted!

It lay listlessly, the whole bear limply sprawled in Xu Xin’s arms.

Xu Xin made his way toward where Qin Fu had disappeared as quickly as possible.

The three women followed closely behind him.

Among the four of them, the slowest should be Xu Xin.

Lou Fei’Er and Zeng Tao’s mutations were of the speed type, and Jin Yue’s legs were also fast due to her mutation, so following behind the sprinting Xu Xin was relatively easy.

A few dozen seconds later, Xu Xin stopped about fifty to sixty meters from where Qin Fu disappeared.

"It’s just up ahead, be careful, everyone," Xu Xin reminded them, then cautiously proceeded step by step.

Lou Fei’Er quickly walked ahead of Xu Xin: "I’ll scout ahead."

Jin Yue kept an eye on the situation behind them at all times.

Zeng Tao held a huge blade, walking beside Xu Xin; however, this time she was very careful not to let the blade scrape the ground and make noise.

The three women appeared to be protecting him.

"...My combat skills shouldn’t be much weaker than yours, no need to be so cautious," Xu Xin remarked helplessly.

"That’s not okay!" Zeng Tao swung her huge blade, "If you die, we all die too. If we die, we have another life, so any sensible person knows what choice to make."

Even though Jin Yue hadn’t signed a contract with Xu Xin, she was doing the same thing.

Fair enough.

"Um... have you arrived yet?" At that moment, Li Wenxi’s very soft voice came through Xu Xin’s watch.

"Hmm, we’re getting closer to where Qin Fu disappeared."

"But... the jungle is too dense, I can’t see your location from here... I don’t know where you are."

"Don’t worry, if there’s any real danger, we’ll launch exploding crossbow bolts. The explosions are quite visible at night."

"Oh, okay!"

The four continued to move forward cautiously.

"...There doesn’t seem to be anything special here?" Lou Fei’Er, who was leading, said in confusion.

The number of insects here was indeed more than in the jungle around the treehouse, but that was because most of the insects around the treehouse were drawn to the fire, so it seemed less.

The slight increase here was normal, so it did leave the others a bit puzzled.

"...Watch your step," Xu Xin reminded them.

Based on Qin Fu’s current situation, he had some suspicions.

He couldn’t see Qin Fu’s light point on his map now.

There were two possibilities in such a situation.

One was that Qin Fu was currently underground, so it wasn’t displayed on his map.

The other was that he was now too far away, beyond the range of his map, so it wasn’t displayed.