Only now did Qing Qi Shu and the others understand the old shaman's wisdom.
Facing a 'thinker' like Wu Quji.
How much effort could he save by simply refusing to answer?
Qing Ba Zhi said to them, "Now do you know why I had to numb his tongue?"
Next to the Forest Bear's corpse, several Sacred Race warriors had set up a few simple traps, preparing to transport the giant bear back to the Land of Divine Shade when they returned.
The group of six regrouped and set off for the Land of Hidden Snakes once more.
Along the way, Jiang Wang found an opportunity to remind Su Qi not to steal from the Sacred Race warriors.
Oh … he also put away the Divine Dragon Wood Arrows that he had 'split' into.
After leaving the Land of Divine Shade, Su Qi seemed to be in a much more relaxed state. Jiang Wang had always felt that he did not care much about Yan Xiao.
Along the way, he looked left and right very carefully, as if he was looking for something.
But when Jiang Wang asked him, he did not say anything.
Wu Quji's Golden Needle Woven Bones had stabilized his injuries, but his right arm still could not bear any force. Only his left hand could be used, so he was placed in the middle of the group.
Three people walked at the front of the group.
Because Jiang Wang had a history of passing through the Land of Hidden Snakes alone, he held his sword and walked on the ground.
Su Qi's movement technique was astonishing, and he shuttled to the side on his own.
Qing Qi Shu's vitality was extremely tenacious, and he leapt from tree to tree with his shield raised.
"Here!" Su Qi suddenly shouted.
The group quickly spread out, faintly forming an encirclement as they slowly approached Su Qi's position.
When they got closer, Jiang Wang discovered that Su Qi was standing in place, his expression unprecedentedly unsightly.
"What happened?"
Su Qi did not say anything.
On the ground in front of him was a short skirt.
It was not damaged, old, or bloodstained … and there was no woman who should have been wearing it.
There were only a few floating leaves that served as embellishments.
This attire definitely did not belong to the Land of Divine Shade. Like Wu Quji and Su Qi, it came from Qi, a cultivator who had participated in the Seven Star Valley Secret Realm.
But the problem was … where was she?
There were no signs of fighting at the scene. At least, Jiang Wang did not see any useful information.
It was as if a very ordinary gust of wind had blown by, and the person was gone.
All that was left was a short skirt.
Danger lurked everywhere in the Forest Ocean Origin World, so they were mentally prepared no matter how dangerous the situation was.
However, it was precisely this ordinary and undamaged dress in front of him that sent chills down his spine.
What exactly happened?
Qing Jiuye came over to take a look and said, "It was invaded by Night."
It was not the first time that Jiang Wang had heard that the night would invade people here, but it was the first time that he had witnessed the result of the "night" invasion.
The people of the Sacred Race only dared to sleep in a fruit house made from Divine Dragon Wood in the Land of Divinity.
"So what happened to her? Is he dead? "Su Qi's voice sounded strange.
"You could say that he's dead. But to be more precise, they had disappeared. Because those who were invaded by Night never appeared again. However, no one has ever found the corpse, "Qing Jiuye said seriously." Just like now, only the clothes are left. "
Jiang Wang thought for a moment and asked, "Only people can disappear? Where are the things on his body? Disappear along with it? Or will only the clothes be left? "
Qing Jiuye said, "Only the person himself will disappear. Anything on his body will be left behind. Even if something disappears, it will usually be taken away by a passing beast. It has nothing to do with the invasion of Night. "
Su Qi squatted down and pressed a finger on the dress. He looked up at Jiang Wang and said, "The box is gone."
He was talking about the storage box.
Jiang Wang realized that the problem was different.
There were no traces of a beast passing by here. Moreover, a beast could not have taken the storage box without messing up the dress.
However, according to Qing Jiuye's description of past experiences, Night's invasion would only take away people and not items.
In other words, something had taken the storage box.
Was the so-called "Night's Invasion" a sinister phenomenon, a force of nature, or was it controlled by some kind of will?
Did the existence that created the "Night's Invasion" become curious about the "outside world" and take the storage box?
Or did another existence deliberately set up the "Night's Invasion"?
Su Qi definitely knew this woman who had disappeared. He was in a terrible mood right now, even though he tried his best to control it. However, his sorrow was already seeping out from his eyes, his eyebrows, and the trembling of his clothes.
Jiang Wang asked, "What exactly is the" Night's Invasion "? At the very least, what form does it take to 'invade'? How can it be triggered? Your sacred race grew up here, don't tell me you don't know anything about it? "
At this moment, Qing Qishu walked over. Qing Bazhi, on the other hand, had disappeared a few breaths ago.
"No one can say for sure." Qing Qishu replied, "We only know that as long as we don't sleep in the fruit house at night, we will be invaded by Night. Even if we're in the Shadowed Lands. "
"If that's the case, can't we just not sleep at night? Can't we just reverse our daily routine? "Jiang Wang asked.
"When we were lacking Divine Dragon Wood, we spent our days like this … but that was only in the Shadowed Lands," Qing Qishu said. "You were in the Shadowed Lands last night, so you didn't feel it. In the Forest Ocean Origin Realm, you'll feel 'sleepy' at night. You can't resist the 'sleepiness' and have to sleep. It's the Shadowed Lands that protect us. "
"Is this sleepiness absolutely irresistible?"
Qing Qishu fell silent for a moment before saying, "At the very least, no one in the history of the Sacred Race has ever succeeded in resisting it."
The message contained in this sentence was extremely tragic.
It was impossible for the Sacred Race not to research the cause of death. However, the truth was that they still didn't know anything about it even now.
Countless people had disappeared into the 'Night' in order to prove this sentence.
"Have you never observed it?" Wu Quji suddenly said. "For example, you can observe the person sleeping under the Divine Dragon Wood in the Shadowed Lands and observe … how they disappear."
This sentence was even crueler.
It implied that they were using the lives of their own race to try and understand the cause of the 'Night's invasion'.
Of course, for a medical sect like the Golden Needle Sect, such 'observation' was necessary.
Qing Jiuye continued, "As long as the person sleeping is observed, they won't be 'invaded'. This is one of the methods we use to fight against Night. However, this is only limited to the Shadowed Lands. No one can stay awake at night in the outside world. "
From the Sacred Race's tradition of 'hunting' and 'soul nurturing', it wasn't hard to see how much sacrifice they were willing to make in order to continue their fate.
Of course, they had also done the 'observation' that Wu Quji had suggested, and they had come up with a method to avoid being invaded by Night by observing the person sleeping.
"That thing has a will, right?"
The half-squatting Su Qi suddenly spoke up.
He stroked the long skirt on the ground with a strange expression on his face. "It purposely took away the box. That thing must have a will of its own, right? It can't be a simple tragic phenomenon, right? "
"... In other words." He gripped the long skirt tightly before releasing it and standing up. "At the very least, I have a target for revenge, right?"
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