Zhou Ziheng put his hands behind his back, flying leisurely in front of him like an idle cloud and a wild crane.

Shen Shuming sped up and chased after him, and said, "Tsk, how did that kid's little brain grow? How could he come up with such a good idea? Why don't you talk to him? Are you angry with him?"

Zhou Ziheng shook his head and said, "Could it be that I am so cautious and knowledgeable like a child?"

Shen Shuming's sanity made him try to resist the urge to nod.

Uh-huh, knowing that it's still a good friend if you don't say it.

When Zhou Ziheng saw Shen Shuming's expression, he knew what he was thinking, glared at him fiercely, and continued: "I ignored him because that kid was too guarded. Don't you feel it? He's deliberately keeping a distance from us. ”

"Hmm, does he have it?" Shen Shuming, who was nervous, actually didn't think about it that much at all. For so many years, he has been a man of action, not a staff person.

"Absolutely. The path of cultivation is extremely difficult and dangerous, and if you want to reach the top of martial arts, talent, exercises, diligence, resources, and opportunities are indispensable. Although he was young, he was promoted to the fifth level of the Force, but to put it mildly, it was just a first glimpse of the way, and there was still a long way to go, and there were still many difficulties, not to mention the dangers on the road of cultivation. ”

Zhou Ziheng paused, "Although I haven't reached the top of the martial arts, I am already a seventh-level Force Master, I am well-informed and experienced, and in my lifetime, it is not impossible for the martial arts to reach the top." Looking at the entire Chu country, I can be regarded as one of the top ones, right?"

Shen Shuming echoed in a low voice, "Of course, of course." ”

"And you know how many resources I have. ”

Shen Shuming nodded again and again, secretly thinking, "Back then, you just used massive resources to trick me into being a coolie." ”

"These resources, not to mention cultivating him, three or five more are enough. How many people tried their best to worship me as a teacher, but I refused. However, when I offered to take him as an apprentice, he was unwilling. What does that mean?"

Shen Shuming thought for a while, and said tentatively, "Does he have a better teacher?"

Zhou Ziheng shook his head, "Impossible." Looking at the entire Chu State, I dare to say that there are only those five old men who have better teachers than me. Don't you know their apprentices? Have you heard that any of them have taken in apprentices? If it were their apprentices, how could they not report themselves to my family when they met me? Besides, they would throw their apprentices in the forest and live alone for so long?"

"If there is no better teacher, then why is he unwilling?"

"I guess he has some secrets. He didn't want to get too close to us because he was afraid that we would know his secrets. That's why he refused to allow me to take him as an apprentice and made a deal with me instead. Moreover, he also put forward the condition that I would not be allowed to investigate his background. Hmph, this is clearly trying to cover up. ”

Shen Shuming nodded thoughtfully, "I see." So why don't we find out about him?"

Zhou Ziheng smiled slightly, "I have already asked Yu Wanlai to check." Yu Wanlai left before he made a request, and it is not considered a violation by us. As for whether to check it in the future, it depends on the news brought back by Yu Wanlai. ”

"I suspect he may have been coaxed. Children, simple-minded, give a mallet as a needle (true). Maybe his so-called secret is not important to us at all. If you want to talk about secrets, who else in this world can have more secrets than the inspection institute?"

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Xiaotian finally caught up with Zhou Ziheng and them.

Judging from the speed, at first, Zhou Ziheng and the others, in order to take care of Wang Xiaotian, did not use all their strength to hurry. After discovering that Wang Xiaotian was using a glider and hurried away, Zhou Ziheng and the others began to speed up.

So, what was originally about ten hours of travel actually took about eight hours.

Wang Xiaotian saw that the three of them were standing in front of a mountain cliff, looking down motionlessly, and immediately became curious. He rushed over to take a look and was immediately shocked.

Below, there is a ...... that is hundreds of miles in circumference City Ruins!

Although the forest obscures many of the buildings on the ground, there are still dozens, huge high-rise buildings, which penetrate the canopy to form a dome, standing proudly between heaven and earth.

These high-rise buildings, without exception, the walls are seriously damaged, and the decorations of the exterior walls have long been gone, revealing rough and mottled reinforced concrete, only in some inconspicuous corners and corners, there are still very small, colorful color blocks, showing the magnificence of the past.

There are also a few rooms that miraculously retain the windows, but the glass on them, most of them are gone, and a few of them still have some glass fragments on them.

Some buildings have half collapsed, revealing thick steel bars in the cement, others have a huge hole in the middle, like a disemboweled monster, still others, part of the bottom has collapsed, but the top is still standing strong and forming a twisted figure-7, and some buildings have been reduced to a pile of rubble, with only a small part of the top exposed above the canopy, like a sandbar in the sea that has been flooded by the tide at any time.

On these broken buildings, there are many green vines entwined. Some vines are unusually thick, several feet thick and very lush, while others are very delicate, no more than three or five centimeters in diameter.

Some buildings have been entangled by these vines, and some buildings have very few vines, only a little green. In addition to plants and rubble, Wang Xiaotian also saw some animals, which instinctively ran, jumped, preyed, and escaped quickly among vines, ruined buildings, and rubble.

Wang Xiaotian found that many of the animals in the ruins should not live in the forest at all, but they really appeared in front of him.

A thought popped into his mind, "This may be a separate world, completely different from the forest below. ”

"What are you thinking?" Zhou Ziheng saw that Wang Xiaotian looked at the ruins below in a daze, and suddenly asked.

Wang Xiaotian pointed to the ruins below, "There, there are sparrows, rabbits, cats, and mice. These animals should not be found in the forest. ”

"But, they appeared, what do you think is going on?" Zhou Ziheng asked interestingly.

Wang Xiaotian thought for a while and said: "They should have lived in this city before, but then something happened and the city was abandoned, but they survived. As the forest expands, more and more forest animals occupy the world below the canopy, and they climb tall buildings to survive on the canopy. ”

Zhou Ziheng nodded, "Your analysis is good." In the old days, it was a very large city, and the population of the city was three to four million. At present, the population of Xijing City is only one million. The city's population is three or four times that of Xijing, so you can imagine how big it is. ”

"Due to the years of war at the end of the old era and the secondary disasters caused by the explosion of the new era, ninety percent of the population was wiped out, and the survivors fled the forest. ”

"Mice and sparrows have always lived in cities, and cats, dogs, and rabbits are pets that used to be kept by city dwellers. The survivors did not have time to escape, but survived on the ruins of the city, until now. ”

Zhou Ziheng paused and said, "However, compared to their ancestors thousands of years ago, these animals, both in size and internal organs, have undergone great changes. They are larger than their ancestors, with sharper teeth and claws, and more ferocious and cruel personalities. ”

He pointed ahead, "Look at the rabbit that bites with two rats." ”

Wang Xiaotian looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a gray man, two hind feet on the ground, nearly 1 meter tall, two long ears drooping, two red eyes, two large teeth more than two inches long, drooling, and the toenails on the two paws were an inch long...... The rabbit is fighting fiercely with two black rats, which are more than 40 centimeters long, not counting the tail, with thick and long tails and two incisors more than an inch long.

A rat bit the rabbit's thigh, but was trampled on by the rabbit's other leg, squeaking in pain.

Another mouse, trying from behind, attacks the rabbit's fragile butt in order to free its companion.

But the rabbit ignored the danger behind him, and thrust his two front paws into the mouse at his feet.

"Click" twice, and the mouse under his feet was disemboweled.

Now, the rat's cry was even more miserable.

The rat in the back bit the rabbit's ass fiercely.

The rabbit also squeaked in pain, and tried to turn around and try to catch the mouse behind it. Why can't the two front paws reach behind the back, and no matter how you catch them, you can't catch the mice behind.

As soon as the rabbit moved its body, it stepped on the mouse's leg and let go. The disemboweled, disemboweled rat twice weakly, trying to get up and escape.

At this time, a mountain eagle suddenly appeared in the sky, and pounced on the injured mouse, wanting to play a hand of "fishing for profit".

When the rabbit saw it, he jumped up violently to meet the mountain eagle, shook his head hard, and with a "snap", the rabbit's two hanging down ears were thrown up like two slaps, and they were pulled to the mountain eagle's wings, and the mountain eagle was pulled away.

Seeing this scene, Wang Xiaotian couldn't help but be amazed.

The rabbit fell, and the rat that had bitten its ass still didn't let go.

The rabbit was spinning around, trying to shake the mouse off, when he heard a "meow".

Both the rabbit and the mouse shuddered.

The rabbit stopped and circled to follow the sound, and saw a spotted civet cat more than a meter long, quietly walking towards it.

The rabbit bared its teeth at the tanuki, and its two red eyes stared at the tanuki, but its body was slowly retreating.

The rabbit retreated, and the spotted tanuki stared at the rabbit and walked forward slowly, always keeping a distance of about three meters between the two animals.

This is a relatively safe distance. At this distance, the time it takes for the spotted tanuki to pounce is just enough for the rabbit to escape, and the one-hit hunt will turn into a chase.

Such a result is not desirable for both the piebald civet cat and the rabbit. The piebald civet wants to get food without much effort (cats have always been lazy).

The rabbit had already spent a lot of strength in the fight just now, and his legs and buttocks were injured, and if he fled, he was more likely to be bitten to death by the piebald civet cat.

The two sides maintained a tacit understanding, one advancing and the other retreating. The mouse on the rabbit's ass was also frightened stupid by the natural enemy piebald civet cat, and he trembled all over, but he didn't let go, and was led back by the rabbit. The instinct for survival tells it that if it loosens its mouth, it is a dead end.

The rabbit retreated to the dying mouse, and was about to bow his head and pick it up, when the spotted civet cat immediately "meowed".

This is a warning from the spotted tanuki.

Hearing the cry of the spotted civet cat, the rabbit could only abandon the mouse in its mouth and continue to slowly retreat.

The spotted civet cat came up to the dying mouse, bit the mouse's head, turned and ran away lightly.

The rabbit stops and retreats. At this time, the mouse that bit its butt had been pressed under it, and the rabbit pressed down hard, using the weight of its body to press the mouse fiercely. The rat bites desperately and does not let go.

The rabbit was furious and jumped high, trying to crush the mouse with the impact of its body.

When the rabbit jumped, the rat suddenly let go and fled quickly.

The rabbit landed and jumped after the place where the mouse had fled.

Watching a rabbit and a mouse chase and disappear into the building, Zhou Ziheng suddenly asked, "After seeing what happened just now, what do you think?"