Wu Xie and Fatty, who could hear Qing Li's thoughts, were both surprised, while Zhang Qiling's expression remained unchanged.

Seeing that A Ning had taken the notebook, Wu Xie had no choice but to speak first: "I've read all the information inside, but there's only one thing I don't understand."

Ah Ning asked in confusion, "What?"

Wu Xie: "It."

Ah Ning: "Chen Wenjin and his colleagues have been researching this for so many years, but they still haven't figured it out. We won't be able to figure it out anytime soon either."

Wu Xie glanced at Qing Li discreetly. She was probably the only one who knew the situation, but he couldn't ask her directly.

Zhang Qiling stroked the cat in his hand, also wondering what it was.

Qingli lived up to everyone's expectations. [It doesn't refer to any specific person, but rather a mysterious organization established for the purpose of achieving immortality. They've drawn you all into their scheme to help them find the secret to immortality.]

The group suddenly felt as if the clouds had parted to reveal the moon.

Fatty realized that Wu Xie could also hear it because he saw the change in Wu Xie's expression.

"Tianzhen, are you one too?" he said, gesturing towards Qingli.

Wu Xie nodded, and the two exchanged a silent glance, then looked at Xiao Ge together, understanding each other without saying a word.

Next, everyone decided to find the Queen Mother of the West's Palace first.

Fatty Wang: "Qingli, do you know the route to the Queen Mother of the West's Palace?"

Ah Ning looked at her curiously, and the others looked over as well.

Noticing everyone's attention, Qingli calmly nodded.

Wu Xie asked curiously, "Didn't you have amnesia? How do you still remember how to get there?"

Qingli: "Intuition."

This time, not hearing her true feelings, everyone believed what she said.

Spending the night outdoors, Qingli sat on the ground with her arms crossed.

Zhang Qiling sat beside her. It was windy at night, and he handed Xiao Qi to Qing Li.

"Here you go." The voice was as emotionless as ever.

Qingli took it: "It's perfect for me to cuddle with while I sleep later."

Everyone ate compressed biscuits that night. Zhang Qiling opened his bag, took out one, paused for a moment, and then took out another one and handed it to Qingli.

Qingli accepted it: "Thank you."

Zhang Qiling didn't say anything, and lowered his head to silently nibble on his biscuit.

Qingli tore open the packaging and handed the cookies to Xiaoqi: "Eat up? You must be hungry too."

Xiao Qi happily ate the cookie with her mouth; everything tasted delicious.

Zhang Qiling glanced at the cat, then looked away. Not being comfortable speaking, he decided to get her another one.

Fatty Wang asked, "Can this cat eat this stuff?"

Qingli: "You can eat it. It's different from a regular cat."

Wu Xie handed a cookie to Qing Li: "You gave yours to the cat, I have another one for you."

Qingli: "No need, I have food."

After saying that, he took out several packets of beef jerky from his sleeve and distributed one packet to each person, including Xiao Qi.

Zhang Qiling silently accepted it: "Thank you."

Fatty Wang: "You still have this stuff? It tastes much better than compressed biscuits."

Wu Xie took back his own cookies, accepted the gift, and thanked him, saying, "Thank you."

Panzi and Aning thanked them and accepted the gifts.

*

The next day, everyone followed Qingli toward the Western Queen Mother's Palace.

Along the way, they encountered equipment and supplies left behind by Aning's men, and everyone took whatever they could use.

The Corpse Beetle King is coming! We need to speed up; there's a cliff ahead.

Upon hearing about the Corpse Beetle King, the group quickened their pace following Qingli.

Reaching the edge of the cliff, Fatty Wang asked, "Do we really have to go this way?"

Qingli: "Yes, we need to go down from here. Below is the rainforest, and the Queen Mother of the West's Palace is in the rainforest."

Upon hearing this, Ah Ning immediately decided to slide down using a safety rope.

Pan Zi also started to move, and Wu Xie said, "Qing Li, shall I get you a rope?"

Of the group, she was the only one empty-handed, without even a bag, but everyone knew she must have somewhere to put her things.

Qingli: "I have my own."

Zhang Qiling hesitated for a moment before reaching out his hand to Qingli.

"give it to me."

Qingli knew he wanted to lighten her burden, and she was quite familiar with his abilities, so she entrusted Xiaoqi to him with peace of mind.

Qingli: "Xiaoqi, are you scared?"

Xiao Qi: "Host, I'm not afraid, and I don't feel pain."

Qingli: "I'm so envious. See you downstairs then."

Xiao Qi: "Okay, host, I'll go first."

Qingli: "Mm."

Zhang Qiling took Xiao Qi from the bag, opened it, put her inside, and left the zipper slightly ajar.

Then, pull yourself down the rope.

Fatty Wang said enviously, "I wish I could be a cat. How am I ever going to lose weight?"

Wu Xie: "Even if you were a cat, you'd still be a fat cat."

Fatty: "Hey, why is this considered a personal attack?"

Qingli took out a rope and tied it up: "My rope is longer. If you can't reach the bottom later, use my rope."

Wu Xie and Fatty were delighted to hear this. Fatty breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. Qingli is still the most reliable."

Qingli started pulling herself down the rope.

Once Zhang Qiling and his companions reached the bottom, they first observed the surrounding environment and then waited for the people above to come down.

He let the cat out and placed it on the ground, then looked up.

Qingli pulled herself down the rope to the bottom, where Xiaoqi went to greet her.

Qingli picked it up and stroked it.

After that, Wu Xie and Fatty also climbed down Qing Li's rope.

This time it went smoothly, and Fatty didn't crush the mushroom eggs, preventing Wu Xie from growing mushrooms.

Everyone decided to take a break. Fatty looked at Aning as she took off her coat and said to her, "Your leather jacket is too hot, you can't wear it anymore."

Ah Ning gave him a cold look: "Mind your own business."

The fat man then saw Qingli, who was still dressed in ancient costume, with several layers of clothing covering her up completely.

"Qingli, aren't you hot wearing so much?"

Qingli calmly replied, "It's not hot."

Fatty: "You're in pretty good shape; you're not afraid of the heat at all."

Qingli didn't speak. Zhang Qiling glanced back at her clothes, then continued to observe the surroundings.

Xiao Qi got off Qing Li and wandered around.

"Miss Qingli, please take some of these supplies with you, so that we don't get separated."

Qingli: "No need, you can just split it equally. I've prepared plenty."

I don't want to eat compressed biscuits or carry heavy loads; if I can afford it, I'd rather be comfortable.

Seeing her determination, Pan Zi had no choice but to agree.

After resting, everyone set off. The rainforest was shrouded in miasma and teeming with mosquitoes, so we had to be careful along the way.

As they passed the human-faced bird statue, everyone except themselves, Zhang Qiling, and Fatty started to feel uncomfortable.

[It's those holes that generate the infrasound.]

Wang Pangzi and Wu Xie worked together, pretending to discover a problem and blocking the hole, which allowed them to pass through smoothly.

After walking for a while, they sat down to rest. Panzi placed a yellow smoke on the ground, yellow indicating danger ahead.

Panzi: "Let's contact Third Master as soon as possible, so he won't worry."

Fatty: "Yeah, Naïve. If you're worried about Third Master, just say so."

Wu Xie: "Who knows if he'll even listen to us?"

Pan Zi: "Third Master will definitely respond when he sees this."

Wu Sansheng isn't your third uncle; he's Xie Lianhuan in disguise.

"What!" Wu Xie stood up excitedly, while A Ning and Pan Zi looked at him in confusion.

The fat man quickly pulled him aside: "Tianzhen, don't get excited, you can't just ask directly."

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