She closed the door, and when she saw that we had put a large pile of wild fruits on the kang, there was no other movement, and we had nothing else in our hands.

Zhao Qiqi looked at us with some hesitation.

"You ...... Did you just bring back these wild fruits? Gone for so long, what about the prey? ”

At this time, Situ Cao, who was squatting by the fireplace and looking at the iron pot of boiling water, also turned his head to look at us.

It seems that by the time we were gone, they had washed the iron pot and added new snow water to sweep the hot water.

There are also some twigs piled up next to the charcoal, which look like they were picked up during this time.

Facing their puzzled eyes, several of us suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

I scratched my head and told the two of them what had just happened.

After Zhao Qiqi and Situ Cao listened, their faces obviously became a little gloomy.

Especially Zhao Qiqi.

She was silent for a moment, then looked up at me, "You mean to say that in the permafrost snowfield, there are creatures that have retained their intelligence and thinking after being possessed by blue metal stick insects?" And there is more than one kind of creature? ”

"That's right." I nodded earnestly: "This is also what makes us very confused. Judging from the previous situation, once a living creature is infected, it loses consciousness and becomes a monster that only has the desire to eat. At least that's the case with the zombies in the Forest of No Return and the Desert of Resentment. But in the permafrost, things have changed. When infected, they become significantly more aggressive, but they are not unable to think. On the contrary, I even feel ...... I feel that the minds of some of the best of these animals seem to have reached a level close to that of humans. ”

Speaking of which, I suddenly felt a chill in my back.

I immediately remembered the snow wolf leader who had confronted us earlier.

It made me feel like a human in wolf's clothing.

The strange blue metal stick insects, the unidentified infections that broke out in various regions at the same time, the mysterious scientific researchers who sent us messages, and the open and secret battles between the three forces, what is the connection between all of this, and what secrets are hidden in this world called Noblus.

Perhaps all the puzzles will be revealed only when we complete the required tasks.

For a moment, the wooden house fell silent, only the boiling water in the iron pot was still bubbling.

Zhao Qiqi touched his chin, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, she suddenly looked at me again.

"After listening to what you said, I had a certain idea in my heart. It's an idea of the possibility of the biggest secret of the game world, but it's not time to tell you yet. In addition, if there is nothing missing from what Gao Wei just said, I can tell you good news. As he spoke, Zhao Qiqi chuckled.

"What's the good news?" I looked at her puzzled.

Zhao Qiqi took out a lollipop from his pocket, peeled off the wrapping paper and ate it again.

As she ate, she said, "After listening to what you have said, I have thought of a possibility. If a creature has just been possessed by a metal stick worm and then killed. As long as the stick insect leaves its body, then the flesh of the animal should be edible. Of course, if a creature is possessed after death, or if it has been possessed for a long time, then when the stick worm leaves its body, the creature's body will quickly decay, just like the two brown bears. In other words, if we really run out of food in the future, and we happen to encounter a creature that has only just been possessed, then we can completely eliminate the stick insect and eat it. We won't get infected because of this. But...... This is just my guess, and I am about 85% sure. It's up to you to take the risk......"

As soon as I heard that Zhao Qiqi actually suggested that we eat infected creatures, I immediately felt disgusted.

Enduring the discomfort in my heart, I looked at her with a tangled expression: "Qiqi, are you sure?" Eating infected creatures always feels a little ......"

Before I finished speaking, Zhang Qiang also interjected: "Yes! Isn't this terrifying? In case you're guessing wrong, aren't we all burping? ”

Zhao Qiqi shrugged: "I mean, on the premise that there is no food at all, you can try to eat creatures that have not decayed after killing stick insects, and I didn't tell you to eat them now." But if you want to try it now, I won't stop it! ”

As he spoke, a malicious smile appeared on Zhao Qiqi's face.

Zhang Qiang and I were startled and waved our hands busily.

"No, no, no. Don't worry about it, wait until the mountains and rivers are exhausted to think about this matter! I said with a sneer, glancing at the wild fruits piled on the kang, and quickly changed the subject: "Ah, that, Situ!" You see we've picked so many wild fruits, but to be on the safe side, let's take a good look! Let's see if this fruit can really be eaten, after all, this is a matter of the lives of the whole team, so it's better to be cautious. ”

Situ Cao was listening to us, but she didn't expect me to call her suddenly.

Slightly stunned, Situ Cao turned his head to look at me and nodded: "That's right." Then I'll check it out again! ”

So saying, she stood up, walked to the side of the earthen kang, reached out and took a fruit, and looked at it carefully.

After looking at it for a while, she sniffed the fruit from under her nose.

He then pulled out a silver needle from his leg bag and plunged the tip of the needle into the flesh.

In the curious eyes of everyone, she took out the silver needle and looked at it, and then took out a packet of powder from her arms, and after tearing a corner of the peel, she sprinkled the powder directly on the pulp.

After a few seconds of waiting, the flesh did not change at all.

Situ Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and she turned to look at the others: "The fruit is fine." I tried both the silver needle and the Situ family's special poison test powder, and nothing happened. It shows that this fruit is non-toxic, so you don't have to worry about it, you can eat it with confidence. ”

The other teammates were also very happy to see this.

Although I didn't find any prey, I was able to eat some wild fruits.

However, just as we were all happy, Situ Cao suddenly spoke again.

"Although the fruit is not poisonous, I found that some wild fruits seem to have some strange little holes on the top. Look here......" Situ Cao said, putting aside the wild fruit just now, and then picking up another wild fruit from the earthen kang.

Everyone was suspicious and hurriedly got together.

When I saw the small hole in the wild fruit, I was instantly stunned.

The wild fruit that Situ Cao was holding had two obvious holes, which looked as if it had been bitten by something.