After the blue smoke was swept away, Morin took a deep breath and felt refreshed. Ying Xiao went out again and came back with a chimney. It was unknown where he had found it. He put it crookedly in the vent of the stove and connected it to the hole created by Lu Ping's punch. But Ying Xiao looked very satisfied and clapped his hands with a proud look.
"Rest for a while and then we will continue our journey, or stay here for the night." He turned his head and asked Lu Ping.
Lu Ping and Su Tang did not answer and looked at Morin at the same time. Morin trembled and asked, "Is it far?"
"It's not too close. Even if Lu Ping carried you there, it would take him until nightfall to get there," Ying Xiao said.
"Can't we talk properly?" Morin was very unhappy. Ying Xiao's words were obviously implying that Lu Ping was faster when carrying him than when he was walking on his own.
"If that's the case, why don't we go there tomorrow morning?" Su Tang looked at Lu Ping and said.
"Yes." Lu Ping nodded his head, indicating that it did not matter.
"Tomorrow …." Ying Xiao heard the decision of the two, but looked a little embarrassed.
"Is there any inconvenience?" Su Tang asked.
"If we go tomorrow, won't I have to make dinner for you?" Ying Xiao said resentfully.
"We still have some food here." Su Tang patted the package beside her and said.
"That's great." Ying Xiao immediately sat down happily.
"What do you usually eat here?" Morin was curious. After passing Yandang Mountain, they only saw a world of ice and snow, no plants, and no animals. Morin could not think of what they eat here.
"The hunting team will go out to hunt regularly, so there are still some animals in the snowfield. But the vegetables that we eat inside the pass are very rare, only pickled vegetables. "Ying Xiao said.
"What is pickled vegetables?" Morin continued to be curious.
"Occasionally, there are some areas where the snow layer is thinner. Shovel away the snow and you will find a plant growing on the icy soil." Ying Xiao said.
"Is it delicious?" Morin asked.
"It's very precious to us, but for you …" Ying Xiao shook his head. After all, he had traveled within the pass and seen the food and delicacies within. The plants that they called snow vegetables were precious on their side, but compared to the various vegetables and fruits inside the Pass, they were nothing more than weeds.
"Can't you get something from inside the pass?" Su Tang asked.
"Occasionally. But if it can't be cultivated and propagated, it won't have much meaning, "Ying Xiao said.
"It's been tough," Su Tang said.
"The seniors from a thousand years ago probably had it even harder. We are much better now, at least we still have this." Ying Xiao pointed at the stove.
The three of them nodded and did not say anything else. After that, Su Tang took out the food from the bag and divided it among the four of them. As they ate, they realized that Ying Xiao did not even have water. Ying Xiao could only run out and bring back a stove of water, as well as four cups.
"Are you robbing that Wang fellow?" Morin asked.
"Of course," Ying Xiao replied in an extremely natural manner.
Lu Ping and the other two imagined that Zheng Zheng was in his house. Ying Xiao had rushed in and thrown him out, and then he would come back and steal something, and then he would come back again and steal something. For some reason, they found it quite funny.
After eating, they had nothing else to do, so they went back to rest. Night fell along with the wind and snow. The howling of the cold wind sounded like the roar of a monster in the house. Hearing this sound, Lu Ping thought back to the past, but he could not remember if he had heard such a sound when he was locked in the organization's cell.
"Sleep." Su Tang, who was beside him, said as if he knew what he was thinking.
"En, let's set off early tomorrow," Lu Ping said. Thinking that they might be approaching the organization soon, Lu Ping found that he could not be as calm as he usually was. It was not because of hatred, nor was it because of fear, but because he saw the dawn of breaking the boulder that had been pressing on his heart for many years. He could not help but feel excited and expectant.
The night passed without words, only the occasional crackling of the stove could be heard, as if it was resisting in the bitter cold wind.
The next morning, the three of them were ready to set off under Ying Xiao's lead. Before leaving, they saw Eighth Elder again, but he did not come over to speak to them, only nodding his head slightly. However, the villagers were still looking at them with vigilance in their eyes.
Ying Xiao had roughly told them where they were going. It was not in the village, but a mining site where they had previously searched for blackstone. At that time, Ying Xiao was in charge of guarding the mining site and lived there. He had inadvertently discovered the mud that could be used as medicine.
Leaving the village, they crossed the glacier and continued north. In the afternoon, when the snow was about to stop, Ying Xiao pointed to the front: "It's here."
In front of them were countless huge pits dug out, but according to Ying Xiao's introduction, this mining site did not have any blackstone at the beginning, so it was quickly abandoned. Only he would come here from time to time after discovering the godly medicine. But after the mud lost its medicinal effect, he came less often. Every time he came, he was filled with anticipation, hoping to see if the mud had regained its medicinal effect, but in the end, he was completely disappointed.
Following Ying Xiao to the side of a huge pit, Ying Xiao pointed to an ice house that had been trampled into pieces: "I used to live there."
"Where's your godly medicine?" Lu Ping asked.
"Right in front of you." Ying Xiao said.
"Ah?"
"It's right here!" Ying Xiao stretched out his hand and pointed downwards. But because of the heavy snow, everything was white, and nothing could be seen at all.
"In the past, this place was surrounded by frozen soil, and it was just a piece of mud. But it's not the same anymore. " Ying Xiao said as he jumped down. In the end, with a plop sound, half of his body had disappeared, and this sound was obviously not made by jumping into the snow.
"Me?" Ying Xiao was shocked, but very quickly revealed an excited expression. He twisted his body twice, then immediately raised his head and said to the four of them: "Quickly come and see! The godly medicine is back! "
Lu Ping furrowed his brows. The three of them did not jump down like Ying Xiao, but carefully slid down the side of the pit. At this time, Ying Xiao had already jumped out, and the area up to his knees was covered in mud. He grabbed a handful and brought it to his nose to sniff, and immediately confirmed: "Yes, it's the one!" Then, with a strong wave of his palm, the layer of snow covering the area was immediately pushed away, and a small quagmire could clearly be seen, appearing extremely strangely in the hard frozen soil.
Lu Ping and Su Tang each bent down to scoop up a handful of mud, and after sniffing it, they exchanged glances. Lu Ping jumped back onto the pit, and looked around.
The relationship between the quagmire and the organization could basically be determined. 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 divine effect. And all these years, Ying Xiao had been paying attention to this place, which more or less meant that in these years, at least the experimental base that Lu Ping and Su Tang escaped from had not carried out any experiments.
But now that the quagmire had recovered, could it be that the experimental base that imprisoned them was resurrected?
"When was the last time you came here?" Su Tang asked Ying Xiao.
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