What is responsibility?
A red-backed jackal grabbed the opportunity, jumped with a jump, dodged Lin Lu's sword move, and rushed towards Qi Ning'an's side. Qi Ning'an changed from half-squatting to standing, bent down, and moved back and forth around Lin Xuan, not allowing him to take advantage of it.
The jackal who broke through was very smart, and did not rashly attack, but stared at Qi Ning'an's movements, as if he wanted to consume her, and began to move slowly from side to side
Soon, Qi Ning'an noticed that something was wrong, and the jackal in front of him was a little absent-minded, and his movement slowed down.
She was puzzled just now, and Lu Kongkong shouted in the distance, "Qi Ning'an, behind!" ”
She turned her head suddenly, and there was a red-backed jackal behind her, jumping up in the air, her sharp mouth wide open, and she bit down on Lin Xuan's thigh
Qi Ningnian let out an angry scream, her spiritual power was running the fastest, and she threw herself down on Lin Xuan desperately, her right hand was just stuck in the jackal's mouth, she got up in pain, picked up the sword with her left hand, and wiped it on the jackal who was biting her arm, ending its life
The other jackal jumped up and opened its mouth to bite her calf, but she kicked her and kicked her to the ground, followed by a sword stab, and her body was pierced
Qi Ning'an, who quickly solved the two jackals, covered the injury on his right arm, and did not dare to relax the slightest to stay by Lin Xuan's side
Lu Kongkong, who had been paying attention to this side, breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to fight quickly, so he was even more ruthless, and under the rapid and intensive chopping with a breath, the white-backed badger was finally solved.
Two white-backed badgers and five red-backed jackals exhausted Lu Kongkong and others, and everyone was more or less colored
Qi Ning'an's right arm was black and swollen, and it was difficult to lift it, let alone Lin Lu, there were at least three or four bites on his two legs, and his arms were also covered with scratches.
Lu Zhihai, Lu Zhili and Lin Yuan dealt with a white-backed badger, and the injuries were relatively light. In addition to the wrist injury on the first day, Lu Kongkong also had a bite on his right leg, which was deeply visible.
Night came quietly after the fierce battle they had ended. Walking forward, there is still an endless prairie, and they don't know what kind of creatures they will encounter, so for the sake of stability, they decided to turn around and hide in the stone cave at the beginning, and wait for everyone's injuries to heal before hurrying.
Lin Xuan had a high fever that night, he had lost too much blood and had been in a coma, and he had a high fever that did not go away, the internal and external medicines in Qi Ning'an's small medicine box had been used up, and the other people were just ordinary trauma medicines, which were not useful at all
The people did not dare to rest, but kept by his side, praying that he would get well soon.
It's a pity that God didn't hear their prayers
In the early morning of the third day, after Qi Ning'an fell asleep for half an hour, he heard Lin Yuan's sad cry in a hazy way, "Lin Xuan!" Lin Xuan! …… Wake up! …… Don't sleep, you get up! ……”
Qi Ning'an woke up suddenly, turned his head to look, Lin Yuan was lying on Lin Xuan's body, crying bitterly. Lin Lu pulled Lin Yuan, silently shedding tears.
Lu Zhili buried his head on Lu Zhihai's shoulder, his shoulders shrugged, Lu Zhihai, who was holding his shoulder tightly with his right hand, had red eyes, his teeth biting his lip tightly, and a low wail overflowed from his throat.
Lu Kongkong stood not far from her, his face hidden in the absence of light, and he couldn't see his expression clearly. The hands hanging on either side of the thighs were clenched tightly in fists, the green tendons protruded, and blood dripped from between the fingers.
Qi Ning'an walked to Lin Xuan's side like a dream, his feet were weak, and he fell to the ground. She turned her head stiffly little by little, and saw Lin Xuan's face still frowning tightly, her fingers gently stroked, and her brows loosened, but when her fingers touched the tip of her nose, she couldn't feel her breath.
Tears poured out of Qi Ning'an's eyes, and the hand that was still on Lin Xuan's face trembled uncontrollably
She couldn't believe that Lin Xuan, who had been taking care of everyone in the past few months and had taken her to taste a lot of delicacies that she had never tasted, Lin Xuan, who was still yelling to catch the long-eared rabbit a moment ago, left them like this.
Lu Kongkong raised his head and kept looking at the top of the cave, listening to the cries of everyone in his ears, as if he had returned to what Captain Lu Yi said to him when he led the team out for the first time
“…… When your team is safe and sound, you won't feel much, if one day, someone in your team dies unexpectedly, you will realize the heaviness of the word captain, and you will really understand what is the responsibility of a captain! ”
Lin Xuan's departure brought them unforgettable grief
After three days of cultivation in the stone cave, Lu Kongkong buried Lin Xuan under the yellow frangipani bush behind the stone cave, the scenery here is the best, you will definitely like to see the scenery, Qi Ningan said to Lin Xuan in his heart, the moment when they enjoyed the scenery together at the entrance of the cave flashed in front of his eyes, and his eyes were red again.
On the seventh day of entering the plains, they walked past the place where they had encountered the white-backed badger before, and did not stop, but soon continued on their way
In the words of Lu Kongkong, there is still a long way to go from the road of the Constant Realm, and if you stay in sadness, it will only hurt more people in the team. And their medicines are almost used, and they must go ahead and find the herbs that can be used.
Traveling through the vast grasslands to the west where the sun had set, no more powerful creatures were encountered. As long as Lin Lu had time, he taught Qi Ning'an to identify some commonly used medicinal herbs, and Lu Zhihai and Lu Zhili accompanied Lin Yuan without a trace, and the laughter and laughter of the past no longer existed, replaced by the forced smiles on their faces.
After stepping out of the open prairie area, they entered the hilly terrain. Numerous mountain peaks, large and small, provide a great hiding place for many creatures
Lu Kongkong was extra cautious, and kept telling everyone not to disperse and not to go far, especially Qi Ning'an and Lin Lu, who wanted to follow them when they went to the toilet.
Qi Ning'an felt his nervousness, knowing that Lin Xuan's death had brought him a lot of pressure, and he felt a little distressed for him.
At noon, the weather in the middle of summer was very hot, and most of the hills on the plains were dwarf shrubs, with no shade to cover them.
"Lord Lu, I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?" While several other people were sitting together, Qi Ning'an walked up to Lu Kongkong and asked him.
"There's jerky, do you want it?" Lu Kongkong took out a small bag of jerky from the package and handed it to her. Qi Ning'an took out a piece of jerky and returned the bag to him. Lu Kongkong didn't answer, and said, "You take it, I'm not hungry" Qi Ning'an took a bite, and said vaguely in his mouth, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself"
Lu Kongkong didn't hear clearly, looked at her suspiciously, Qi Ning'an swallowed the jerky, cleared his throat and said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, we are not powerless, and we will protect ourselves well"
Lu Kongkong didn't speak, just smiled at Qi Ning'an, and said "thank you" in his heart. Qi Ning'an didn't dare to say more, and he didn't walk back to sit with them after eating the jerky, but chose to stand beside him and stand guard with him quietly.
When Lin Lu got up to get water, he saw the two standing together, Lu Kongkong was looking sideways at Qi Ning'an and smiled, his face was soft like he had never seen before
Qi Ning'an tilted his head and smiled back at him, and quickly turned his head back, and the two looked at the back in the distance together, there was a kind of beauty that no one could bear to disturb.
His chest was a little stuffy, and Lin Lu said to Lu Zhihai, "Brother Zhihai, I want to go for convenience, can you accompany me?" Lu Zhihai nodded and readily agreed
As the youngest Lin Lu in the team, he always has to care a little more, doesn't he?
The two walked side by side towards a small forest, Lu Kongkong glanced back at them, and asked Lu Zhili, "Why are they going?" "It's convenient, what else can you do" Lu Zhili replied lazily.
Walking to the middle of the woods, after solving his personal problem, when Lin Lu just wanted to beckon Lu Zhihai to go back, the corner of his eye suddenly swept to the left not far in front of him, there was a small green tree, which was the neem tree planted the most in the Heng Realm, and the leaves could be chewed and applied to the wound to quickly stop the bleeding
Just in time to pick a little back, he thought, as he walked in the direction of the tree.
Lu Zhihai heard his footsteps and thought he was coming, but when he looked back, Lin Lu was still walking inside, and he shouted, "What are you doing?" Go back" Lin Lu turned around and waved his hand at him, pointed in the direction of the neem tree and said, "There is medicine to stop bleeding, let's go pick some?" ”
Lu Zhihai walked a few steps quickly to follow, and his mouth was still saying, "You can find medicine if you pee, and you can ......"
The two people who walked in front of the neem tree were taken aback when their eyes fell behind the tree. Lu Zhihai looked at Lin Lu with a stiff head, wanting to confirm whether he was dreaming, but Lin Lu seemed to be frozen, his mouth was wide open, and he didn't move
He pulled his legs and ran out of the woods, and as soon as he got out of the woods, he said, "Brother Kongkong, come on, there is an unknown little world here"
Lu Zhili and Lin Yuan, who were resting, jumped up, and when Lu Kongkong and Qi Ning'an were still wondering if they had heard it wrong, Lu Zhihai said again, "It's a small world without a boundary ring, we didn't go in, I don't know if anyone else is in it."
In the records of the Hengjie, the Yugu Plain has not built a small world here for nearly a hundred years, Lu Kongkong felt strange, he had walked through the nearby roads several times, and had never seen a trace of human beings, how could a small world suddenly appear?
Lu Zhihai led the four of them inside, and Lin Lu, who had returned to his senses, was already standing in a pile of rubble, rummaging for something. A few columns were moved away, and under the mud fragments, there were a few bones, and Lin Lu was just about to clear out the bones to take a closer look, when they came in.
The first thing that catches your eye is the earthy yellow broken wall that forms a circle on the periphery, and in the center of the circle are a dozen small buildings close to each other, indicating that this is a place that was once inhabited by humans. But the mud-built building was not very solid, and as the years passed, under the baptism of wind and rain, only a few walls in front of it and fragments of mud tiles were left all over the ground.
Several people looked at each other and were speechless for a while. Lu Kongkong turned over the mud bricks piled together, and found several human skeletons, which turned into powder and scattered in the air at the slightest touch