Chapter 807 - 496: Exploring Anomalies

Combining this with the current situation where his watch can’t communicate, it’s more or less these two possibilities.

Either he’s somewhere underground without watch signals, or he’s simply too far from the treehouse. In this scorching heat, being too far from the treehouse naturally means no signal on the watch.

So, he feels that Qin Fu is very likely...

Just like how Shi Wanyun was inexplicably teleported away back then!

Teleported to a distant place.

"Everyone, pay attention to your feet. If you see patterns resembling blood marks, be careful not to step on them. They might be Teleportation Arrays," Xu Xin reminded the three women again.

"Teleportation Arrays?" Zeng Tao was a bit surprised, "What do you mean? Are you talking about those Teleportation Array Patterns used to activate the Snow Mountain Array?"

The three women present were the activators of the last Snow Mountain Array and naturally knew the appearance of the Snow Mountain Array’s Teleportation Array Patterns.

"Exactly, it’s almost that kind of thing," Xu Xin nodded and said, "It’s very dark now, and the colors aren’t obvious, so you need to pay extra attention and observe carefully."

"Teleportation Arrays?" Li Wenxi’s voice also sounded surprised, and she advised in a whisper, "Like the ones Shi Wanyun encountered? You must be careful not to trigger them; if you’re teleported away, it’s very hard to return!"

"Don’t worry."

In the end, the few of them wandered around here for a long time but found nothing.

"What’s going on!" Zeng Tao was getting a bit irritable from being mentally tense for so long; she slammed the ground with her huge blade, making a "clang" sound, "What is even happening? Qin Fu always likes to create trouble when there’s none!"

Initially, she was afraid the sound of the huge blade would cause some danger, so she was very cautious not to let the blade touch the ground, but now she would rather something be drawn out.

It’s better than futile searching here.

Jin Yue continued to survey the surroundings, vigilant against any potential dangers.

Lou Fei’Er stopped and said helplessly, "I’ve searched all around here, but there’s nothing..."

Xu Xin also stopped and frowned.

Why?

If Qin Fu really encountered a Teleportation Array...

Could it be that the Teleportation Array is a one-time use?

So, did the Teleportation Array disappear after sending Qin Fu away?

Could that be why there’s nothing found here?

No.

Before Qin Fu disappeared, he told him that the trees here all felt sickly, 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 what he held: "Keke, haven’t you noticed anything... this little guy."

Xu Xin shook his head helplessly.

He wondered why this little guy had been so quiet.

Turns out it had fallen asleep.

After experiencing such high temperatures, the little guy’s condition wasn’t great and now seemed to be sleeping soundly.

I could see little snot bubbles forming.

"Keke, wake up." Xu Xin gently patted its little head.

"... Whine?" Keke opened its eyes and snuggled closer to Xu Xin.

Xu Xin was wearing a purple-grade steel armor now, which felt somewhat cool to the touch, so the little guy wanted to snuggle closer to him.

"Alright, help me check if there’s anything unusual around here."

Xu Xin picked it up and turned its little face forward.

"Yes, Keke, please help us check if anything’s around!" Zeng Tao chimed in, "If there’s nothing, we can head back and not worry about that troublesome fellow!"

She now felt like a player stuck at a puzzle in a mystery game, unable to find anything, and just wanted to check a strategy guide.

"Whine...?" Keke blinked its confused eyes, then suddenly widened them, "Whine!"

It immediately broke free from Xu Xin’s hands, jumped to the ground, and started running in a certain direction!

Xu Xin brightened up.

As expected, we have to rely on Keke!

"Follow it!"

The group quickly moved following Keke’s lead.

Soon, Keke stopped at a location, looked at the ground, and scratched twice with its little claws, then stood up, tilting its head: "Whine? Whine whine?"

"...Is there anything special here? I’ve been here before," Lou Fei’Er crouched beside Keke, touching the ground.

The ground was very ordinary; just hard and dry soil, very ordinary soil.

Xu Xin stretched out his hand and touched it.

... Well, it’s ordinary soil, not even polluted.

"... Whine!" Keke scratched the ground again with its little claws.

Judging by its demeanor, it seemed to think the site was normal, yet it felt something was definitely wrong here.

"... Something’s definitely odd here." At this moment, Jin Yue, all along quietly following, spoke up.

"Oh? What’s odd?" Xu Xin turned his head to her.

"I’ve been observing the surroundings. This soil, before the jungle grew thickly, was exposed to intense sunlight, usually showing some cracks." Jin Yue explained while crouching down, touching the ground here, "But this piece of soil... is very intact."

"When you put it that way... it does seem true!" Zeng Tao also nodded, "Even the ground around our treehouse is dried and cracked from exposure."

Xu Xin also began to closely examine the soil here.

It’s true.

This land, roughly about five or six meters in circumference, is very intact.

That’s indeed quite strange.

"Whine whine!" Keke clawed at the ground once more.

Its meaning was clear.

"... Let’s dig here," Xu Xin looked at the ground, squinting, "Perhaps we’ll find the answers we’re looking for beneath."