After the group wear, I became the group darling of the big guys

When Bennett woke up, he found himself lying on the bed, with Xingqiu, Amber and Cole lying in a row beside him. The boy with light blond hair was in front of the laboratory table, flipping through his notebook.

"Hiss..." Bennett rubbed his aching head and sat up in bed.

Hearing the noise, Albedo turned around with a calm and indifferent expression: "You're awake, are you feeling any discomfort?"

"It's Mr. Albedo... I just have a headache now, but nothing else matters." Bennett moved his wrists, but couldn't find Shi Ning and her little fox, so he asked, "Where's Ning Ning? Isn't she with me?"

Albedo shook his head: "When I found you, there were only four of you, and Shi Ning was not here."

"She's not here..." Bennett frowned, "Then I'll go out and look for her first."

"Don't worry, I have placed resource points in many places to facilitate adventurers to explore the snow-capped mountains. Those supplies are enough to sustain Shi Ning for a while." Bubbles suddenly appeared in the test tube in front of Albedo, and he quickly picked up the test tube to check the color of the liquid inside.

The comforted Bennett came over and said, "Mr. Albedo, what are you researching?"

"How to improve the cold resistance of external organisms." Albedo said without turning his head.

Bennett scratched his face and asked curiously: "But, didn't you study this topic a long time ago?" Is it really necessary to study a topic that has been studied and concluded again?

"I found a new way to save some time." Albedo frowned slightly, "There is soup in the pot. Go drink a bowl to warm yourself up, and save one bowl for the three of them."

In the boiler not far away, the steaming soup exuded an enticing aroma. Bennett still felt something was wrong. Albedo in front of him always made his hair stand on end, which would never have happened before.

And...the notebook Albedo was holding was clearly the notes he had written before.

Can you really find new methods by experimenting with old notes?

Bennett was a little cautious.

***

Shi Ning, whose foot injury had healed, followed behind Meiqiu. She had already warned this fox, which looked particularly shrewd.

Before leaving the academy, it must stay with Shi Ning closely, and after leaving the academy, she will let him go and give him freedom.

Shi Ning made the decision on his own and ignored the fox's protest. What a joke! How could anyone be willing to continue being a pet when they have freedom?

Besides, how could the base camp allow a “person” whose background is unknown to them to roam around freely?

The man and the fox walked further and further along the rugged path, and finally they stopped in front of a huge stone gate.

Coal Ball took two steps forward and used his claws to scratch the stone door that looked particularly thick, but the stone door did not move at all, and even the ice crystals on it did not show any signs of being scratched off.

"Oh oh" The fox turned to Shi Ning and patted the stone door, signaling her to try.

Shi Ning curled his lips and tried to pull the door, but it still didn't move.

Xia Yujie put down his claws and pushed them back, his expression somewhat serious.

He brought Shi Ning here because he smelled a faint smell of blood, and to the hearing of animals, there seemed to be extremely weak breathing sounds and a slow but continuous heartbeat behind it.

There was no one here except him and Shi Ning, those weird furry masked monsters, and the smell of blood behind them. He didn't smell any other smells, which was actually a very bad thing.

No other smell means there is no way out, which means they are trapped here and die.

As for how he got in... Xia Yujie didn't know either.

His memory stayed at the moment when a large amount of white snow rushed towards him. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on the icicles with his arms and legs spread out. He was almost falling down, while Shi Ning was lying face down on the edge of the cliff.

By the time Shi Ning was dragged from the edge to a barely safe place with great effort, the girl's black school uniform was already torn in many places.

Simply put, after waking up from a sleep, the man and his pet found themselves in a strange place. It is not ruled out that someone brought them here on purpose.

In short, all the truth must get out from here first.

"Is there no other way?" Shi Ning leaned over and carefully observed for a moment the thin gap that could be called a door crack. The gap was so thin that not even a piece of paper could be stuffed in.

"Hmm" the fox cried, Shi Ning nodded, "Okay, I'll see if there are any traps around..."

The snow that never melted all year round piled up by the door. Shi Ning dug out the accumulated snow and soon dug out a strange device. It was long and thin, with a semicircular gap at the top. Obviously, the missing part of the device was the key.

Shi Ning turned around and dug out three identical devices from different locations.

"It probably isn't there. Let's look for matching parts first. If you find anything, call me... and if you find something you don't recognize, call me too. Let's split up and look for it."

After Shi Ning finished speaking, he immediately turned around and started looking around.

Although she could leave here and even leave the academy through the system, she would still appear here next time. Instead of staying here until next time, it would be better to work hard now and find a way out.

Geto Xiayou only had time to call out twice, reminding the little sorcerer in fox language to be careful, and then he began to search the other side.

The fox was small in size and agile in movement, so it easily reached a higher place. Squinting its eyes and observing from above, Xia Yujie soon discovered another creature here.

A strange creature that emits light blue light and is translucent and floating around.

what is that?

Xia Youjie jumped down along the icicles. As soon as he got close to the creature, it slowly floated away, as if guiding him somewhere.

No smell and no sound?

Xia Youjie became more alert, and the whole fox was in a state of vigilance. He lightened his steps and approached again.

The creature floating alone in the air floated away again the moment Geto Suguru approached.

The fox stopped where it was and watched the strange creature float away for a distance, then stopped when it saw that the fox was not catching up.

...What on earth is this?

After thinking for a while, Xia Youjie decided to follow.

Following the creature slowly walking back to the stone gate, Xia Youjie watched the creature circle around a device several times and then merge into it. Then, a blue ball appeared in the empty space on the device.

Xia Youjie:......

It's stupid of me to be so alone and alert like this.

But no matter what, at least the key to open the door was found. The next step is to find the remaining three of these creatures.