"Didn't I just say the reason?"

Lu Mingze spread his hands, signaling that he was really just trying to persuade her to go back for the sake of zero undefeated dogs.

It's just—

"That's not the whole reason, is it?"

Nono asked.

To be honest, Lu Mingze's persuasion was indeed very reasonable, so much so that even Nuo Nuo regretted a little that she shouldn't have run out to carry out the mission, and she regretted it even more in her heart after seeing Zero decisively run back.

Shouldn't she wait for her to go back and find out that not only Xia Mi has a daughter, but even Zero has a daughter?

After her heart was stuffed for a moment, she thought that even if she went back, she probably didn't have much chance, and there seemed to be no relationship between whether Zero could succeed or not.

After realizing this, she calmed down and noticed Lu Mingze's problem.

"Okay, okay, profiling is such a nuisance."

Hearing Nuo Nuo's question, and with a vigilant look, Lu Mingze shrugged his shoulders and said honestly.

"Don't worry, I didn't intend to be unfavorable to you, otherwise Su Mo wouldn't have entrusted me with the mission with you, the reason why I broke that guy was just because it was too risky for the two of you to enter here at the same time."

"What risk?"

Nono's face was full of confusion.

"You don't need to know this, you just need to know that this choice is the safest for Su Mo."

Lu Mingze didn't say much.

And from his attitude, Nuo Nuo judged that Lu Mingze was not lying, and considering that Su Mo also trusted Lu Mingze himself, he temporarily let down his guard.

At this moment, a chill spread from all around the body to the spinal cord.

"Ahh

Nono, who had been soaking in the water for a long time, sneezed, and then remembered what was going on.

"So, it's time for us to go in, right?"

Soak again, and she felt like she was going to freeze.

"Well, you just go in."

Lu Mingze nodded.

Hearing this, Nuo Nuo immediately touched the Hella mark in his body and disappeared in place, and Lu Mingze's figure disappeared with it.

After all three of them left, the crew of the YAMAL woke up as if from a dream, shivering at the empty deck.

"What's going on, guest?"

Sasha's voice trembled a little, if he lost the guest, it would be a big problem, and the family behind the guest who was willing to spend millions of dollars to see the iceberg wanted to spend millions to kill their negligent crew.

The rest of the crew also panicked and rushed to the deck to see if the guests had jumped overboard, when the ship's satellite phone rang while they were at a loss.

"Hello, I am EVA who booked the service with you before, your task has been completed, please return to the port as soon as possible, do not linger in the same place, the balance will be credited to your account in ten minutes."

The voice of the girl who had been impressed once sounded again, and the content of what she said made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Either way, it's good not to hold them accountable.

And when the phone hung up, the crew looked at each other, looked at the empty deck, and suddenly felt a little panicked.

"So where the hell are those two guests, they suddenly disappeared in this kind of ice and snow, we shouldn't be carrying people, right?"

"Shut up! We don't know anything, we don't know anything, let's go and go back to drinking! ”

Sasha didn't know what to do, but he didn't let the panic creep in and beckoned the crew into the cabin.

Don't watch, don't listen, don't think, so that you can live a long time.

On the surface of the Arctic Ocean, the world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker immediately increased its horsepower, cutting through the deep blue sea like a sharp arrow from the string, and sailing back in the direction it was in.

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"Smack! Smack! ”

Nono walked on the beach with his soaked shoes.

After touching the mark, she was transferred directly to the beaches around the island.

According to Lu Mingze's explanation before, this rocky island of Avalon is already under the surface of the sea, but just like SpongeBob SquarePants has a bikini beach inside, the island under the sea is actually no different from a normal island, and the air is even fresher.

After entering Avalon, Lu Mingze disappeared, but Nono was used to this kind of treatment, and after waiting for a while, he understood that the other party must be hiding again.

If you look up, you can see the deep blue sky, and if you look closely, you can even see the lines of the sea, and when you look down, there seems to be a faint golden light in the depths of the sea, as if the sun is about to set.

After noticing these details, Nono panicked, considering that the shadow of Avalon she saw was an upside-down shadow, she suspected that what seemed to be the sky above her head was actually a bottomless sea, and the sea under her feet was actually the real sky, and the top and bottom were directly reversed here.

If she mistakes the direction when she leaves, she may sink into tens of millions of tons of Arctic Ocean water, but fortunately, with the bracelet given by Su Mo, the pressure of the deep sea is not fatal to her.

Thinking so, Nono moved his gaze to the island in front of him as he moved.

As seen before, the island is full of towering trees, which take hundreds or even a thousand years to grow to a height of 100 meters, but trees of this height can be found everywhere, and the closer you get to the center of the island, the higher it gets.

However, these towering trees, which are a wonder outside, failed to attract Nono's attention at first sight.

What caught her eye the most was the towering giant tree in the center of the island that could only be seen completely, existentially, and even above the entire island.

Nono didn't know how many meters the giant tree was, but against the backdrop of this truly towering giant tree, the other big trees were as short as weeds or bushes.

Its height reminds Nono of the mythical Jianmu that connects heaven and earth, which is a ladder that connects heaven and earth.

However, its appearance does not correspond to the legendary straight tree, but instead this towering giant tree has very prosperous branches and leaves, and the shade of the verdant tree is like a canopy, almost covering most of the island.

It was at the beach that Nono had the opportunity to see the whole picture of the giant tree, and if she stepped into the stone island, she would probably see nothing but the dense shade of the trees that completely obscured the sky.

"Strange ......"

Looking at the giant trees gathered in the center of the island, Nono had some doubts in his heart.

It stands to reason that the more trees you are next to, the more difficult it is for other trees to survive, because they rob most of the sunlight, but on this island, the law is reversed, the closer you get to the towering tree, the taller it grows, and the trees at the edge of the island are much shorter.

Why is that?

Is it because photosynthesis is not important on this island? Or is it because the trees need more nutrients to grow in the center of the island?

Unable to find an answer for the time being, she took the question to heart, and looked up at the huge tree again, and another question welled up in her heart.

"Why does it sound familiar?"

Have you seen a similar shape anywhere?

After thinking for a short time to no avail, she continued to walk towards the interior of the island, whether it was to save her mother or to help Su Mo's seniors, she had decided on this Longtan Tiger's Den.

Walking through the beach and into the jungle, the deeper Nuno went, the more mad he felt, and the goosebumps were inexplicable.

At first, she didn't know why she was fidgeting, but it wasn't until a moment later that she realized the problem was – it was so quiet.

Knowing that it was a warm and comfortable island, but she couldn't hear any birds and squirrels, she tried to dig into the ground and found that there were not even earthworms or insects here, as if all life had been completely wiped out.

It was such a dense jungle, but it was like a dead graveyard, lifeless.

"Ahh

She was already chilling, and she sneezed directly.

"This is the task of Su Mo's seniors, and I still want to see my mother! Can't back down, can't back down, can't back down! ”

Touching the bracelet given by Su Mo, Nuno whispered to drive away her cowardice, and it didn't take long for her to come to a stone staircase, which was obviously a path specially opened up by humans.

Nono looked up, and the stone staircase led up to the center of the island and down to the edge of the island.

Instinctively activated, she closed her eyes and felt it for two seconds, confirming the function of the stone staircase.

"Majestic, solemn, fanatical...... This is the way that was built for the audience of God! ”

Since the upper reaches are the audience with God, the lower levels are naturally the gathering places of human beings, if there are human beings here.

Here, Nuo Nuo ushered in a small choice, which was that he should go up and help Su Mo investigate the plan of the Holy Palace Medical Association first; Or should you go down and find your own mother first?

After some hesitation, she took a step upward.

Mother is naturally the most important, but Su Mo's predecessor's kindness can't be repaid, even if it can't be repaid at all.

And as soon as she took a step, a little boy in a small black suit and black leather shoes appeared in front of her, blocking her way.

"I suggest you go in a different direction! Although there is nothing wrong with the idea of wanting to repay Su Mo first, but now the time is not right, those big guys are ready to return to the nest! ”

This little boy is naturally Lu Mingze.

"Big guy? Back to the nest? ”

Nuno was slightly stunned, what other dangerous creatures are on this island?

Just as he was about to ask, Lu Mingze's figure had disappeared again, obviously not intending to explain to himself.

After hesitating for a moment, Nono chose to listen to the persuasion and turned around and walked down.

Halfway there, she saw a huge white veil fluttering in the wind on the side of the road, a bit like a bag of fertilizer used to hold urea and other fertilizers in China.

Just as she was about to take a closer look, there was a sudden sound of rustling not far away.

Nuno suddenly became vigilant, there were no birds and insects on this island, and she hadn't seen any animals before, if there were any living creatures, except for humans, there would be only the big guy in Lu Mingze's mouth.

After thinking about it, she slid the bracket on the bracelet given by Su Mo, activated the alchemy realm [Dark Light], and tiptoed up.

Arriving at a position about ten meters away from the source of the sound, Nono showed a look of surprise as she heard a human voice!

When she had the courage to continue approaching, she saw two women dressed in spacious robes like robes, the women looked to be in their twenties, muttering something as they went, and they all looked sad, as if they had encountered some difficulty.

The two of them spoke very quickly, it sounded like some kind of slang, but Nuno did not frown because of this, but his eyes lit up.

She could understand the language they spoke, it was Punjabi!

The first official language of India is Hindi, which is the lingua franca of the country, Hindi is spoken by about half of the population in India, and more than 80% of the population can understand Hindi.

However, despite being spoken more widely in the country than English, due to colonial influence, India's elite preferred English as a second official language, and in many cases even higher than Hindi.

In general, if you go to India to learn English, no one will learn Hindi, let alone Punjabi, which is considered a dialect even in India.

But Nono is different, she has really learned the language.

Because, this is the language used by her mother.

After her mother fell into a deep sleep and became a vegetative state, she always regretted why she had not studied the language so hard that she missed the only opportunity to communicate with her mother, so she desperately began to learn Indian dialects, not only Hindi, Punjabi but also Assamese.

I thought that this skill would be useless before my mother woke up, but I didn't expect it to come in handy this time.

After following them for a while, she understood what they were discussing, that they were complaining that they had not gained anything this time, and that they would go hungry again.

One woman said she should borrow it from Mother Aloush, and the other said that she had borrowed it two or three times in the past few days, and that she was embarrassed to go again, because they had not had enough to eat since the adults had increased.

Hearing this disrespectful words, the woman's companion immediately panicked and told her to shut up, and after looking around for a while, she lowered her voice and whispered.

"Dare to speak ill of adults, don't you want to die? I also know that it's not good to go to Alush to borrow it all the time, but I can't go to the adults and exchange blood for food, right? Who knows if they're using some horrible witchcraft! Samarra had been lying in bed since the last time she went, and if it hadn't been for Aloush to give her her fruit, she would have almost died here! ”

At the mention of death, the eyes of the two women were filled with fear.

Short words contain a lot of information, and either one is worth investigating.

Nono did say these words in her heart, but she didn't have much time to think at the moment, and she was completely stunned when she heard the familiar name in the mouths of the two.

Alush, is her mother's name, which means light.

Before this, Su Mo guessed that her mother was very likely to be on this island, and when she chose it, she chose to go up because she wanted to repay Su Mo, but there was also a small reason for being close to home, and she was afraid that she would not find her mother.

But after hearing the names of the two people, she was overwhelmed by great surprise.

Although she didn't see herself, she was extremely convinced that the woman who was extremely gentle and trusted by the two of them must be her mother!

Thinking that he would soon be able to meet his longing mother, Nuno became excited, and his dark red pupils shone brightly, as if he had suddenly floated to the clouds.

Before that, she had only had a similar reaction when she saw Su Mo.

If Su Mo is the sky that can ignite her longing and make her heart yearn for it, then her mother is the warmest harbor in her heart, which can contain everything she does without words...... This is a person who is willing to give up his life and transition his life to himself!

In such an excited situation, she was no longer able to think about other things, but followed the footsteps of the two women with anticipation, fantasizing about meeting her mother.

As the minutes passed, the sky darkened completely, and there was no sun or moon, but there was still the concept of day and night.

Nuno followed the two women until late at night, and saw the two women walking around under the big tree, as if they wanted to collect the fallen tree fruit.

Nono couldn't help but feel a little good.

Obviously, neither of them wanted to trouble others too much, as long as there was a slight possibility, they still wanted to try their luck to find the tree fruit, but they were not very lucky, and they never found it.

Nuno wanted to help, but when he looked up, he couldn't find any fruit, even if he was dozens of meters up.

So, how many people live here? Is the food so tight?

After being puzzled for a moment, she touched the compressed food she was carrying in her backpack and hesitated, but finally did not show up.

She didn't know how these women treated outsiders, but she didn't want to startle her until she saw her mother.

After two or three hours of shaking with the two, the two depressed women finally returned to their place of residence.

As soon as they entered the hut-like camp, they saw a bonfire burning and a woman standing in front of the campfire with a concerned face and two light red fruits the size of a potato waiting for them.

The excuse between the three women did not attract Nono's attention, and the backs of the two women finally leaving with the fruit with shame and gratitude did not make Nono cast any eyes.

Looking at the woman in front of the exuberant bonfire, who was extremely familiar, extremely young, and looked exactly like the first time they met when they were young, Nuno's eyes silently condensed mist.

She opened her mouth slightly, and uttered an inscrutable call in a hoarse tone.

"Mom!"

(End of chapter)