Meanwhile, Leng Yuexiu and his group were getting ready to set off and continue their journey deeper into the mountains and forests.

When venturing into unfamiliar wilderness, if one knows the course of the watercourses, one would typically choose to follow the current.

On the one hand, carrying heavy loads while hiking is very physically demanding and requires water replenishment; on the other hand, following the water flow makes it less likely to get lost.

But such common sense about the wild doesn't apply to them.

Firstly, they have water-based ability users, so their need for water is not so urgent.

Furthermore, as they ventured deeper, they discovered numerous traces left by wild animals.

They will inevitably stay by the waterway, and if they continue along the waterway, the probability of encountering those animals will greatly increase.

If it's a small wild animal that hasn't turned into a zombie, it's okay; you can scare it away. But zombie animals usually have maxed-out agility and speed, making them hard to defend against. The smaller the animal, the easier it is to overlook.

If it's a large wild animal, the question isn't whether it's become a zombie, but whether it's a normal animal or an evolved mutation.

The behavior logic of mutated animals cannot be inferred using conventional thinking.

Their large size inherently gives them a certain hunting ability, and in this respect, the fact that they had to deal with them while traveling was not something everyone wanted to see.

Fortunately, no one in their team is superfluous.

The rabbit's eagle eyesight was not weakened in the mountains and forests; on the contrary, no movement could escape its notice.

As a decision-maker, Leng Yuexiu can always find a way that is both feasible and easy to navigate.

Black Hawk was happy to do what he was good at: using his speed-enhanced abilities to explore multiple locations. Only with sufficient proficiency could he make more solid use of his abilities.

With the dark powers of the shadow faction constantly eroding his power, he naturally hoped that orthodox powers would become stronger, so that the two different types of powers could be evenly matched and reach a balance.

This is not a form of restraint, but rather a way to make oneself stronger by leveraging this characteristic.

They had only been walking for a short while when they heard rustling sounds of footsteps landing in the grass.

The group paused, looking in the direction of the sound. The superhumans' senses told them it was a wild rabbit running away in a panic.

No one spoke up; instead, they looked at Leng Yuexiu, who was standing at the front of the line, waiting for his command.

A gentle breeze ruffled his hair. Leng Yuexiu looked into the distance, then turned back knowingly and whispered, "Let's go. They must be foxes that came out to hunt early this morning."

"Foxes? There really are foxes in these mountains!" Niu Erzhu exclaimed in surprise, his voice low.

“Three years ago, I went on an adventure with some friends to reach a temple halfway up the three peaks. On the way, I kept feeling like something was following us.”

"When I went to pee, I saw a fox's tail. It ran so fast that it flashed by. I'm sure it wasn't a weasel. When I told my friends, they didn't believe me and said I was trying to scare them."

Ignoring the noise from the rabbit, the group continued following the people in front.

Zhang Zhiheng gossiped, "How mischievous! Do you think you can just go to any deserted temple in the mountains? And then what?"

Niu Erzhu smiled sheepishly, "That was because we were ignorant. After crossing the first mountain, before we even reached the place where we rested last night, we kept hearing strange laughter. And since it was a cloudy day, we didn't dare to continue."

The rabbit overheard the two chatting, looked around to determine the direction, and pointed to a spot in the distance.

"Erzhu, is that the temple you mentioned?"

Following the direction the rabbit pointed, Niu Erzhu indeed saw a rather conspicuous, exposed temple building, though it was too far away to see clearly.

Niu Erzhu hesitated, "Probably, but later the academic pressure was too great, and there was no time for a mountain climbing and spring outing at all. I've almost forgotten about it."

It's no wonder Niu Erzhu couldn't be sure. Ever since entering the mountains, he had been constantly changing directions, sometimes going uphill, sometimes downhill, and sometimes climbing cliffs. He had lost his sense of direction.

All he could see were trees and rocks. If he were left here alone, he probably wouldn't survive a week.

The rabbit said with interest, "Hmm, you guys are lucky. It really is abandoned; even the signboard at the entrance has fallen off."

Su Jiancheng added cheekily, "Yeah, it's a deserted temple in the middle of nowhere, taken over by mountain spirits and monsters. If a few living people suddenly appear, do you think they'll let you go?"

Upon hearing this, Niu Erzhu shuddered and said plaintively, "You can't scare a child like that."

Just then, a hissing sound came from the haystack behind them, and then the sound gradually faded into the distance.

Cheng Kaixi and Bai Mengyan walked at the back. Cheng Kaixi couldn't help but say, "It seems that fox is quite big. We're going to have a good meal now."

Based on his superpower level, he clearly sensed the fox's aura and movements.

And he was quite certain that this fox was a new species that had completed its mutation. The energy waves emanating from his supernatural perception intersected with the other party's brainwaves, and he sensed the energy fluctuations of the crystalline body.

Bai Mengyan chuckled, "It's still a baby fox, catching this rabbit is just for hunting practice."

Su Jiancheng turned to look at the two of them, then at her teammates who seemed unfazed by the situation, her resentment deepening. "Tsk, unbelievable! Can you two sense such details?"

Bai Mengyan smiled, her eyes narrowed. "I saw it."

Cheng Kaixi immediately chimed in, "I sensed the energy fluctuations within its body; it seems to be a genetically mutated fox."

Snow Leopard put his arm around Su Jiancheng's shoulder and joked, "Actually, if you don't say anything, no one will notice that you can't perceive this."

Su Jiancheng's face stiffened, her expression changing rapidly as she pointed at the snow leopard and said, "Oh~ so you didn't notice either."

The snow leopard pondered how to tactfully comfort Su Jiancheng, and said with difficulty, "Um... almost... about right."

Leng Yuexiu glanced at them and said, "Hurry up and get going."

As his gaze swept over Niu Erzhu, he thought for a moment and said, "The idea that you can't just enter an abandoned temple is actually not that mysterious; they're exaggerating."

Niu Erzhu's dejected mood was quickly restored. "I knew they were just trying to scare me. Temples have incense offerings, they're not that scary."

Leng Yuexiu gave him a deep look and had to explain again, "From a magnetic field perspective, the positive energy in an abandoned temple will be completely depleted over time. Depending on various environmental and climatic factors, the magnetic field within the temple will also change accordingly."

"I suggest you don't tempt fate."

Niu Erzhu's face turned pale, and Su Jiancheng, Xue Bao, and the others were already suppressing their laughter.

It would have been better if Leng Yuexiu hadn't explained; the explanation only made things more complicated.

They stepped over a ravine crevice, using the fallen tree trunks as footholds. Leng Yuexiu and the others received the message simultaneously on their wristbands, as did the reserve team members.

"Grey: Follow the blue macaw, it will lead you to me."

After seeing the message, they indeed heard the sound of wings flapping in the air. The parrot that the black hawk had brought back last night had reappeared in everyone's sight.

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