The cold starry night is evergreen in the forest, and the ice and snow elves are deep in the tree holes.

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The faint sunlight swayed faintly on the horizon, as if it could be easily blown out by a gust of wind at any moment. The sun, which brings light and heat to all things, has sunk below the horizon, and only the faint afterglow is reflected by the clouds above.

However, the world did not fall into darkness, on the contrary, the night of the Northern Yuan Continent was still very bright and brilliant. The boundless silver stars converged into a beautiful chain of light, forming two intersecting silver arcs in the sky, and together with the central circular core cluster, they formed a huge eye staring at the earth hollowly.

Gangli shimmered with a golden-red glow in the middle of the sky, while the silver-white frost rain hovered low above the horizon, staggering past the seemingly small Qingqi and appearing in the wild sky as if it were fabulous beauty.

On the snowfield, Xijie shook the hair on her body, but large pieces of flying snow still continued to fall from the sky to her, and her blue eyes looked at the sleeping earth under the starry sky, revealing a deep grievance: "My sister is a liar!" It's useless to rush to the road, and you still have to sleep in the wilderness in the end......"

"No, no, no, I promised you that you wouldn't sleep in the wilderness." Xinglan walked on the gradually thickening snow, she didn't even wear shoes, but stepped directly on this cold and biting snow barefoot, grinning, "We don't sleep open, but rush forward directly overnight~"

"What!" Xijie suddenly stopped, and the little guy ran on the snow in a way that was far more flexible than Xinglan, jumping up and slamming into Xinglan's arms, "Don't go, don't go!" ”

"Okay, you rest, I'll go." Xinglan touched the tide knot in her arms and began to pretend to sleep with some amusement, she naturally didn't need to sleep and rest, but after all, the tide knot was still using her original body when she moved, so it was normal to be a little sleepy and tired, "I'll take a look at the terrain around here......"

Xinglan looked around, her ruby eyes turning and distorting slightly, infrared detection replacing the visible view at night, and she didn't always observe the world with signal sub-scans unless necessary.

"There seems to be a forest in front of the left about a few hundred meters away." Xinglan struggled to make out the details, and the snowflakes were constantly interfering with the vision, blurring the scenery, "It seems like a good place to hide from the wind and snow...... At least compared to the rest of the world. ”

Indeed, it's pretty good to find a forest on this ice field to shelter from the wind and snow, but you don't have to expect to find a ready-made warm igloo, right? If you are looking for a spacious natural cave, there is still a little possibility.

The whistling sound in his ears became louder and louder, and the cold wind on the ice field at night intensified, and even Xinglan, who was not worried about the cold, couldn't help but frown, and quickened her pace, preparing to hurry to the woods before the snow accumulated deeper.

However, after about half a minute, Xinglan suddenly realized that something was wrong, it was clear that the snow had been falling heavier and heavier, but instead of thickening, the snow on the ground was getting thinner as she advanced, and even occasionally exposed the dirt floor that was not covered by snow!

"Did you reach your destination so quickly......" Two minutes later, when Xinglan stopped, she finally stood in front of the grove in the ice field, where there was no more snow on the ground, and even the temperature in the air had increased significantly, "The temperature difference is quite obvious, this forest is really full of mysteries." ”

"Strange, how did it get warmer...... Did my sister light a fire to keep warm? Xijie, who was still shivering from the cold just now, poked his head out of Xinglan's arms in a daze, and looked at the woods in front of him strangely, "Huh? It's actually a green forest? ”

It's not strange that a green forest is there, but if it is so abruptly in the middle of a snowy wasteland, it is really strange to think about it.

"yes, are you going to come down and go by yourself?" Xinglan watched Xijie jump from her arms to the ground, and couldn't help but be stunned, "Although I don't know what the reason is for the time being, the environment here is much warmer than outside, so I think it's better to spend the night here tonight." ”

Xijie walked around the ground a few times, gently rubbing his little paws against the dirt: "It really doesn't feel so cold, no wonder these trees can survive here, the temperature here is only a few degrees below zero." ”

"Even the snow is much lighter than it was just now." Xinglan looked up at the night sky, the infrared perspective was full of dense low-temperature dots fluttering, she looked around again, "But it seems that something is wrong, this kind of warm place should attract a lot of animals here, but I can't find any moving objects with a temperature above ten degrees here." ”

"Sister lies! People obviously feel obvious biological neural activity! Xijie looked up at Xinglan and tugged at her trouser legs with some puzzlement, "How can there be no creatures!" ”

Xinglan was stunned for a moment, and once again used the infrared perspective to inspect the surrounding woods, and then scanned it with the low-light detection mode, but still found nothing: "Are there really animals?" However, not only is it invisible to visible light, but even infrared light does not detect any moving objects...... Could it be a cold-blooded animal? No, it should be completely impossible for cold-blooded animals to move in such an icy environment. ”

"There really is! If it weren't for my sister, the signal of your electronic system would have been too strong, and people would have found the specific location a long time ago! Seeing Xinglan's suspicious look, Xijie suddenly became anxious, closed her eyes and carefully sensed the electrical signals sent by the nervous system of the surrounding creatures, and after about ten seconds, she opened her eyes, "Found it, here!" ”

"Really?" Xinglan looked at Shiojie as he ran forward, smiled, and went deeper into the woods, until Shioyu finally stopped in front of a large tree that looked a little crooked.

The tree must have been decades old from the outside, the rough trunk twisted and rose in a strange posture, and the tide knot seemed to be choked with air so excited that the hair all over her body made a faint static sound, and she looked carefully next to the twisted trunk before nodding affirmatively: "This is it." ”

"Here?" Xinglan bent down, looked at the position of the big tree close to the root, switched the perspective to visible light, and then stretched out his palm to face the front, the bright light in the palm of his hand suddenly illuminated the place brightly, and he could vaguely see a very hidden black hole at the root of the trunk, "This is...... Tree holes? ”

"Well, that's right, it's the tree hole, and I can feel that there are several different sources of weak bioelectric signals in it." Xijie gently tapped on the trunk of the tree, as if he had made up his mind, and gently jumped to the junction of the trunk, "Sister, help me shine the light, I'll go in and see what kind of creature is inside." ”

"Doesn't it matter to you?" Xinglan watched with some concern as Xijie poked his claws at the mouth of the tree hole, "In case the creature inside has a strong attack power, you will be in danger." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Xijie shook his head, but there was a hint of excitement in his eyes, "I can feel that the electrical signals inside are very weak, it is definitely not a large-sized animal, and even if the creatures inside have unexpected attack methods such as poison, it is still no problem to escape back~ I'm not a child who has always needed my sister to help deal with problems." ”

"Yes, be careful." Xinglan turned the light in her palm to the maximum and aimed it at the entrance of the cave, watching as Xiyue carefully poked her head into the tree hole, and finally the first half of her body got into it, moving inside......

"Found it!" The sound of the tide knot came from the tree hole and looked a little muffled, and then the little guy dragged out of the front paws for a while, and finally succeeded in pulling his whole body out of the tree hole, and the things surrounded by the claws were also dragged out and fell to the ground at once......

Ah, yes, it's just a drop to the ground.

"That's what you're going to show me?" Xinglan looked at a few round balls rolling all over the ground, looked at them carefully a few times, and then turned to the panting Xijie and asked, she felt that her forehead must be full of black lines at the moment, "Are you really sure that these are not snowballs?" ”

However, the interesting thing is that before Xijie could answer, the answer had already appeared on its own, and under Xinglan's surprised gaze, the pile of snowballs that were rolling all over the ground suddenly tilted their bodies, and then several of the small snowballs suddenly opened a pair of small red eyes on the surface, and the sides also opened long ears and short limbs.

"Rabbit...... Rabbit? When Xinglan finally came to her senses, she finally managed to find the creatures that most resembled the little ones in her memory, although the result shocked her even more.

"Yes, yes, how? People say there must be creatures here! Xijie walked over triumphantly, but these little rabbits who had not yet come back to their senses suddenly let out a frightened scream, trying to escape indiscriminately but were dizzy and unable to maintain their balance, and finally under Xinglan's speechless gaze, they simply squeezed together with each other, trembling as they looked at the approaching Xijie.

"What cute little guys~" Xijie lowered his head, looking at these inconspicuous little dots interestingly, revealing his sharp little fangs, "I really want to take it back and raise it~"

No...... I don't think the rabbit thinks so. Xinglan couldn't bear to look directly at those poor little rabbits who were almost frightened when Xijie showed their little fangs and smiled, and the frequency of trembling instantly increased by an order of magnitude, she bent down and gently reached out and grabbed one and put it in the palm of her hand, stroking it gently.

"The surface of their bodies is really a layer of snow......" Xinglan teased the little guy in her arms, it was strange to say, these little rabbits were not afraid of Xinglan at all, but bit her finger affectionately, "It looks really cute, let's call you Snow Crystal Rabbit." ”

"It's not fair!" Xijie looked at the way the Snow Crystal Rabbit rolled lazily in Xinglan's hands, and his eyes were almost red, "Why are they not afraid of their sister at all, they are so scared when they see me?" ”

"Well...... Probably because you're a carnivore? Xinglan smiled evilly and poked at the bunnies on the ground, watching them squeeze around each other, "But then again, it's weird, why did they form a snowball before?" Is this also a special camouflage of appearance? ”

"That ......" Xiyu suddenly spoke, turning his head a little embarrassedly, "Actually, I deliberately forcibly crumpled them into a ball in order to make it easier to get them out at once......"

“…… You're not in a position to ask them why they're afraid of you! ”