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Along the way, Scrawny Monkey kept asking around, trying to find out more about us, but Wu Ji naturally answered his question flawlessly, and made our identities as two ordinary rural children.

I didn't know what Wu Ji was planning, and didn't dare talk to the Scrawny Monkey for fear that he would see through it.

Furthermore, he was tired of being chased by that big rat just now. Now, he really wanted to lie on the ground, so he naturally wasn't in the mood to chat with that chattering Scrawny Monkey.

During this time, when we were on our way to rest and boil some water, I made an excuse to ask Wu Ji when he went to pick up firewood.

Wu Ji said that since he met this guy, he will definitely follow us. Therefore, he temporarily brought him along to plan things out, since he has the gun in his hands after all, and if we don't find out about the details now, we will tear off all decorum.

As for our purpose for coming here, we will just follow our original plan and search around the vicinity. Since the Scrawny Monkey doesn't know the way, if there are any questions, we will just say that we are really looking for medicinal herbs.

I've always listened to him. I nodded without saying anything.

When we returned, the Scrawny Monkey was fiddling with a mobile phone. When he saw us, he complained that the forest was not very deep and that there was no signal even on his satellite phone.

In addition, he admitted that he had entered many deep mountains and ancient forests before, but never had he been surrounded like this and unable to leave. He asked us if there was anything wrong with this forest.

I didn't know. Wu Ji also shook his head, it was normal to say that there was no signal in the forest, there was nothing strange about it.

In fact, we both felt the same way.

The Xiao Xi Kou had been set up with a barrier formation, isolating it from the outside world. Not only were the living beings here strangely enormous, even the auras here were different from the outside world.

If one were to use a more scientific method to explain it, it was that the Xiao Xi Kou and the biomagnetic field were completely different, as they were in two parallel planes. It was like two three-dimensional spaces that were connected but not merged together.

However, we will naturally not tell Scrawny Monkey about this.

"Lil 'Bro, why isn't your sister talking all the way? What's wrong with her body?" Scrawny Monkey looked at me from time to time and asked Wu Ji curiously.

Wu Ji laughed and said: "I'm tired, nothing serious."

Scrawny Monkey looked at me and nodded after hearing what I said.

"Big bro, look, you're not a local. Where are you from?" While they were waiting for the water to boil, Wu Ji asked the Scrawny Monkey.

"I'm also from the Northeast, so I'm half from the Northeast. I heard that there were a lot of mountains nearby, so I came to try my luck. I didn't expect to be so obsessed in this forest, but luckily I met you two siblings. You two come here often? " Scrawny Monkey replied with a smile.

Even if Wu Ji and I didn't see that, he wouldn't have completely trusted his words when it came to chasing down Big Mouse with a gun. I looked at his sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, but he didn't seem to be a reliable speaker.

"The second time we came, we tried our luck, but were unable to find anything. Today, we will be returning to the village after another round." Wu Ji pulled at the firewood, making it burn even hotter.

Scrawny Monkey was afraid that we would not bring him away, so he hurriedly nodded his head and agreed. He said that he would search with us, and then go out of the forest tomorrow, saying that there would be plenty of people to take care of.

Wu Ji just smiled and nodded without saying a word. I looked at Scrawny Monkey and thought that he was just spouting nonsense and did not even bother to draw a rough draft, whatever he wanted to say, it would be fine.

Furthermore, it's obvious that he doesn't completely trust the identities of Wu Ji and I. Otherwise, he wouldn't have used words to probe our background from time to time.

It's just that in this old mountain forest, I was once again in the countryside. Seeing how young I was and my face was covered in dirt and dirt, I probably didn't think much of the two of us.

This was because Wu Ji needed to investigate the direction of the nearby landmarks in order to find the location, but since he couldn't let the Scrawny Monkey see it, he made an excuse to go nearby to see if there were any herbs.

Scrawny Monkey wanted to follow along, but Wu Ji said that he couldn't be at ease with me staying here by myself, so he asked Scrawny Monkey to protect me.

One could tell that although he was a little hesitant, he still agreed. He only warned Wu Ji not to go too far and come back quickly.

Thinking that he would see that I was staying here, Wu Ji wouldn't throw him aside and directly leave.

Wu Ji gave me a meaningful glance. Before we came back, we had already discussed this beforehand, he gave me a dagger and a handful of unknown debris, telling me to put it in his pocket together. He said that if there was anything wrong with Scrawny Monkey, I would throw it in his face.

This made me recall the matter of Wei Xiaobao splattering quicklime. However, what Wu Ji had given me was not quicklime, so when I asked him what it was, he was unwilling to say anything further.

After Wu Ji left, there was no one left in Scrawny Monkey to talk to, so he turned around and started to chat with me.

I didn't answer him. He was able to talk about the economic development of the countryside from the gluttonous family dishes to the young people who like to watch Korean dramas …

There was a widow Zhang from the second village. She had no children and was alone. She was in her forties and looked pretty, but no one had ever dared to marry her.

It wasn't that she loathed the idea of her husband losing his wife, but that Zhang Widow's mouth could rise from the sun and even speak of the moon in the middle of the sky without taking a breath.

People in the village all said that Widow Zhang's old man was killed by her single mouth.

After listening to Scrawny Monkey nagging for a long time, I felt like my ears had calluses growing. I was even more afraid that if Wu Ji didn't come back, I would be nagged to death by him!

"Little sister, your little brother and sister are pretty brave. How dare they break into Wang Lin's forest without an old man following them?" The Scrawny Monkey looked at me as he spoke.

I didn't answer or look up. I would pretend to be stupid and carry on to the end.

After a moment of silence, Scrawny Monkey asked me again, "Little sister, what kind of prey are you two siblings seeing in the forest?"

I knew in my heart that Wu Ji wouldn't be able to get anything out of him, and now that he has decided on me.

He also understood what the other party was asking, but he didn't reply to the other party's question.

"Aiya, old sis, your elder brother isn't a bad person. It's fine to stay here and chat idly. Why don't you say something?" Seeing that I did not reply, the Scrawny Monkey rubbed the back of his head impatiently.

"Me doesn't know what kind of prey it is, but it's also the second time my brother and I have entered this forest. We haven't even seen the medicinal ingredients yet, how can we care about looking at the prey?" I rolled my eyes at him impatiently.

Scrawny Monkey smacked his lips. After a moment of hesitation, he asked again, "Then, did the old man in your village ever say what was in the forest?"

I hated it when people kept asking me questions, so I didn't give him any face.

"What are you going to ask? Are you done chatting?!"

Scrawny Monkey was startled, he did not expect me to get angry.

He blinked his eyes and grinned. "Look at you, little girl. Why are you so angry? I was just chatting with you."

"Didn't you ask my brother once already, and now you're asking? What, what's wrong with your brain or what!"

I am really a little angry at the moment. Firstly, I was already frustrated after being tired for a few days, but Scrawny Monkey's endless chatter made me even more annoyed. I even had the urge to directly go up and give him a big slap on the head.

"Alright, alright. Bro, you don't need to ask anymore. Little sis, don't be angry." Scrawny Monkey still needs us, I don't know if he's really angry or if he's deliberately suppressing the flames. Anyway, lick the smiling face to apologize to me.

I saw that the boiling water had cooled a little, so I poured it into the kettle and used it on the way.

Scrawny Monkey looked at the bonfire and muttered to himself. If only there was some mountain food to roast, I wonder if that thing would eat.

"What kind of stuff can you eat?" I asked.

"Ah!" "It's nothing, I just saw a dead thing a moment ago. It's probably already rotten, so I probably won't be able to eat it." The Scrawny Monkey realized that he leaked his mouth and stuttered.

I glanced at him, but didn't expose him on the spot.

However, thinking about the big rat with the corpse in its mouth, he wanted to roast more to eat more. Immediately, he felt a wave of nausea, but luckily he didn't eat anything.

After putting away the water bottle, Wu Ji still hasn't come back. I'm worried that something might happen to him. He wanted to go in the direction that Tang Wulin had gone.

But before Scrawny Monkey and I could even get started, we suddenly heard a muffled rumbling sound in front of us, like that of a mountain collapsing. Even the ground beneath our feet trembled a little.