After the blue smoke was swept away, Mo Lin took a deep breath and felt refreshed. Ying Xiao went out again and got the chimney back from somewhere. He placed it crookedly on the chimney outlet of the stove and connected it perfectly with the hole made by Lu Ping's punch. But Ying Xiao looked very satisfied with this, clapped his hands and looked very proud.
"We'll hit the road after a short rest, or spend the night here." He turned to ask Lu Ping and the others.
Lu Ping and Su Tang didn't answer, but looked at Mo Lin at the same time. Mo Lin said tremblingly: "Is the place far away?"
"It's not too close. Even if Lu Ping carries you there, it will probably be dark before you can get there." Ying Xiao said.
"Can't you just talk nicely?" Mo Lin was very unhappy. Ying Xiao's words obviously meant that Lu Ping walked faster when he carried him on his back than when he walked on his own.
"In that case, why don't we wait until dawn tomorrow?" Su Tang looked at Lu Ping and said.
"Yeah." Lu Ping nodded, indicating that it was meaningless.
"Let's go tomorrow..." Ying Xiao looked a little embarrassed after hearing the two people's decision.
"Is there any inconvenience?" Su Tang asked.
"If you go tomorrow, won't I have to get you dinner?" Ying Xiao said bitterly.
"We still have some food here." Su Tang said, patting the package next to her.
"That's great." Ying Xiao immediately sat down happily.
"What do you usually eat here?" Mo Lin was curious. After crossing Yandang Mountain, they walked all the way and saw only ice and snow. No plants or animals were seen. Mo Lin couldn't think of what food they had here.
"The hunting team goes out to hunt regularly. There are still some animals in the snowfield. But the vegetables eaten in the pass are very rare, only pickled vegetables." Ying Xiao said.
"What is snow vegetables?" Mo Lin continued to be curious.
"Occasionally, in some places where the snow layer is relatively thin, you can shovel the snow layer away to find a plant that grows on the icy soil." Ying Xiao said.
"Is it delicious?" Maureen asked.
"It's very precious to us, but your words..." Ying Xiao shook his head. After all, he had traveled within the pass and had seen its food and delicacies. The plants they call pickles are very precious here, but compared with the various vegetables and fruits in the pass, they are just weeds.
"Won't you get something from inside the pass?" Su Tang asked immediately.
"Occasionally. But if you can't cultivate and reproduce, it won't mean much after all." Ying Xiao said.
"It's quite hard." Su Tang said.
"I'm afraid the seniors from thousands of years ago had a harder time. We are much better now, at least we still have this kind of thing." Ying Xiao pointed to the stove.
The three of them nodded and said nothing more. Then Su Tang took out the food in the package and divided it among the four of them. As he ate, he found that there was not even water in Yingxiao. Ying Xiao had no choice but to run out again and come back with boiler water and four cups.
"Are you trying to grab the guy named Wang?" Mo Lin said.
"Of course." Ying Xiao replied very naturally.
Lu Ping and the other three imagined that the person was at home, first being rushed in and thrown out by Ying Xiao, then coming again and again, snatching away something, and then coming again and snatching away something. For some reason, they found it a bit funny.
After eating, they had nothing to do, so they went to rest separately. Night fell with the wind and snow, and the howling of the cold wind sounded like the roar of a monster in the house. Lu Ping listened to the sound and recalled the time, but he couldn't remember whether he had heard such a sound when he was locked in the organization's cell.
"Go to sleep." Su Tang beside him said as if he knew what he was thinking.
"Well, let's hit the road early tomorrow." Lu Ping said. Thinking that he might be close to the organization, Lu Ping found that he was not as calm as he always was. Not because of hatred or fear, but because I saw the dawn of breaking the boulder that had been weighing on my heart for many years, and I couldn't help but feel a little excited and looking forward to it.
There was no words all night, except for the occasional crackle of the fire, making a rebellious sound in the shrill cold wind.
Early the next morning, the three of them, led by Ying Xiao, were ready to hit the road. Before leaving, they saw the Eighth Elder again, but he did not come over to talk to them, only nodded slightly. And the people in this village still looked at them with caution.
Ying Xiao gave a general description of where he wanted to go. It was not in the village, but at a mining site when he was looking for the black stone. Ying Xiao was in charge of guarding the mine at the time and lived there. He accidentally discovered the mud that could be used as medicine.
Leaving the village, crossing the glacier and continuing north, in the afternoon when the snow was about to stop again, Ying Xiao pointed ahead: "It's this way."
There are countless huge pits dug out ahead, but according to Ying Xiao’s introduction, no black rocks were found in this mine at first, so it was quickly abandoned. Only he came to search for the magic medicine from time to time after discovering it. But after the mud lost its medicinal effect, he had much less bowel movements. Every time I come here I come with high expectations to see if the mud will regain its magical effect, but in the end I am completely disappointed.
Following Ying Xiao, he came to a huge pit. Ying Xiao pointed at a broken igloo opposite: "I used to live there."
"Where's your magic medicine?" Lu Ping said.
"Right in front of your eyes." Ying Xiao said.
"ah?"
"That's right here!" Ying Xiao pointed down, but because of the heavy snow cover, everything was completely white, and there was nothing special about it.
"In the past, this piece of land was surrounded by frozen soil, and it was just a piece of thin mud. But it is no longer the case." Ying Xiao said as he jumped down, and as a result, he heard a pop sound and his body suddenly disappeared. Half, and the sound is obviously not what jumping into the snow should make.
"Shall I go?" Ying Xiao was startled at first, but soon showed an excited expression. After twisting his body twice, he immediately raised his head and said to the four of them: "Come and see! The magic medicine is back!"
Lu Ping frowned. The three of them did not jump down like Ying Xiao, but carefully slid down the edge of the pit. Ying Xiao had already jumped out at this time, and his knees were covered with mud. He grabbed a handful and put it in front of his nose and smelled it. He was immediately more sure: "Yes, it is!" He then waved vigorously. With the palm of my hand, the snow layer covering this area was immediately pushed away, and a small quagmire could be clearly seen, which appeared extremely strangely in a piece of hard frozen soil.
Lu Ping and Su Tang each bent down and picked up a handful of mud. After sniffing it, they exchanged glances. Lu Ping jumped onto the pit again and looked around.
The relationship between this quagmire and the organization has basically been locked. Four years ago, when Lu Ping and Su Tang escaped, the experiment was stopped and the medicine was no longer used, so the quagmire gradually lost its magical effect. And Ying Xiao has always paid attention to this area in these years, which somewhat shows that at least the experimental base where Lu Ping Su Tang escaped has not conducted experiments in these years.
But now that the quagmire has recovered, is the experimental base where they were imprisoned resurrected again?
"When was the last time you came here?" Su Tang asked Ying Xiao.
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Posting another book today, after a long day of work, I am exhausted...
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