The surroundings were quiet, and only the click of the soles of the feet on the dead branches and leaves could be heard, and Xiyu walked behind Qi Zhao, carefully observing the movements around him. A crow swept by, accompanied by an ominous 'ah-ah' sound, Yuzu couldn't help but feel creepy, the gray weather was the most suitable to stay in such an eerie place.

A mouse scurried past Yuzu's feet at a rapid pace, Yuzu was so frightened that she stepped back and barked, her unsteady pace almost made her fall, but fortunately, Qi Zhao's eyes were quick and she used the scabbard to support the girl's crumbling body, which made Yuzu barely stand still.

"I didn't expect you to be so timid, I thought you were very bold when I saw you fighting with strangers before." Qi Zhao threw away the cigarette butt and smiled crookedly, his stubble face was not sloppy, and he had a unique mature man's temperament.

Xiyu hurriedly got up and thanked Qi Zhao, embarrassedly tidied up his clothes, and glared angrily at the mouse that ran away, before he said with a kind of shyness that was poked in the center: "Girls are always afraid of some animals hiding in the dark, this is an instinctive reaction." ”

"That's right, that's true." Qi Zhao deliberately dragged out a long voice when he spoke, as if he really understood, and Xiyu didn't continue to explain, leaning down and continuing to look for clues.

"Still, you're actually going to Dx Academy." Qi Zhao peeked at the girl's serious appearance and said casually.

Yuzu raised her upper body and took a breath, half-squatted to the side and looked at the burly man, then lowered her head and continued to look for it: "After all, it can be regarded as a dream." The girl's tone was light, as if she was saying something that had nothing to do with her, or perhaps with a slight sense of inexplicable loss.

Yuyu wore trousers, knelt down without scruples to study a strange abrasion mark on the ground, the mark was still very clear, as if it had only recently appeared, but how could such a new abrasion mark appear in such a deserted place for no reason? Unless it's .....

She raised her hand and motioned for Qi Zhao, wanting him to come over and take a look, but under Yuyu's repeated calls, Qi Zhao looked away before looking at her, and he walked by nimbly, squatting down to check the subtle clues that Yuzu had found.

Yuzu looked up and said, "This should be a recent trace, it seems that someone has indeed been to this place." When Qi Zhao heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, there is the potential to become an investigator." ”

Yuzu continued to inspect the nearby lawn around, and found dozens of fresh marks, long and thin friction marks winding upwards, all pointing to a factory building on the right side of the center of the factory.

From a distance, most of the red paint on the periphery of the factory has been worn away, and the remaining dilapidated remnants are around the walls, and the factory is covered with cement on all sides, except for a large chimney on it, and the iron lock has oxidized and welded the door and a small window on the side.

Yuzu and Qi Zhao obviously can't go up to the highest chimney, and the gate can't be passed, so if they want to get in, they can only go through this window. This should be a light-passing window for lighting, or a small, narrow window for ventilation, about three meters above the ground, which can only be passed by smaller people.

Qi Zhao and Xi Yu glanced at each other, through Qi Zhao's deep eyes, Xi Yu knew that she had to complete this chore, looking at the dark building inside, her heart couldn't help but beat in a panic.

The glass is very dirty inside and out, and even if you wipe the outside clean, you can't see the inside clearly, and it's gray and unbright. Yuzu leaned on the glass and listened to the movement inside for a while, it was unusually quiet, there should be no one, but all the brand-new traces on the ground pointed to this factory, if she could, she really didn't want to go in at all.

Xiyu looked at the window in a daze, silently rolled up her sleeves, but there was no next move, Qi Zhao looked at her and asked, "What?" Don't you go in? ”

"Phew—of course you have to go in, but you have to be prepared." Yuzu gasped for breath to calm her mood and breathing, "But how do you open the window?" Yuzu looked down at Qi Zhao, who was a lot shorter than her, and knocked on the glass in front of her, which was a few centimeters thick.

"Can't you pry it open?" Qi Zhao raised his head, fortunately the girl was wearing pants, otherwise at this height, the bottom of the skirt would be unobstructed, he was sometimes quite puzzled about his female alien companions, wondering how they could easily run on the edge of life and death in skirts and high heels.

Yuzu shook her head, looked at the rusty window eaves, and said, "It's already rusty, besides, there will be a sound when you pry it open, if there is really anything inside, it won't startle the snake." Just as Yuzu was silent and trying to figure out a way, an object thrown from the ground suddenly flew out from one side, and Yuzu grabbed it with the water element, and when she looked at it, it was an object that looked like a pen.

"What is this?"

"You press that button and make a circle along the window." Yuzu did so, holding down the button at the end of the 'pen', a green laser shot was sent out instantly, drawing a circle along the window, the glass was cut according to the route, Yuzu took off the round glass and put it on his side, and looked at the 'pen' in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is also too convenient.

"Hey." Hearing the call below, Xiyu looked over, Qi Zhao compared an action of entering, and then continued: "The light pen in your hand, inject some spiritual power, you can use it as a flashlight, and the rest depends on you." ”

Yuzu stared at the light pen for a moment, and the front of the pen emitted a wide range of light, like a strong flashlight, everything around it became clearly visible, but it was limited to one direction, and the rest was still dark.

Yuzu exhaled a breath, with a trembling tail note, people will inevitably be afraid of the darkness of position 2, Yuzu is not, her heart is beating faster than usual, and she secretly wraps her circle in the water element, although it is useless, but it also brings her some comfort in her heart.

Sudden laughter came from the ground behind him, Qi Zhao lit another cigarette, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I've been waiting for you here, if something happens, I will save you, don't worry." ”

Yuzu took a deep breath and jumped into the darkness, and when she stood still, she looked around with the light pen in her hand, she was now in a very large square room, but there were only countless bunk beds and table cabinets in it, and nothing else.

Yuzu covered her mouth and nose, and the air around her caused a lot of dust from her jump, which made her nose feel very itchy, Yuzu endured the discomfort and gradually stepped forward.

Walking to the corner of a bed, Yuzu leaned over and touched the ground, there was no dust accumulated here, the ground was very flat, and if you looked closely, you could see some traces of pushing the dust away. It was similar to the traces of the grass outside, and it seemed that she had come to the right place, and this was where the fresh traces gathered.

Yuzu projected the light of the flashlight into the distance, and suddenly there was a rustling friction sound, and the yin wind blew behind her, and she couldn't help but shudder, and her heart gradually haired, and the cold hairs stood up.

She carefully moved towards the place where the sound was made, holding the electric pen that emitted light in her left hand, while her right hand began to condense the water element, and a circle of light blue light gathered around Chenwei, which made Xiyu feel a little relieved, and continued to stroll forward.

The air quality here is not very good due to the lack of air circulation for a long time, the oxygen content is not high, and there is a strange smell in the air.

This factory seems to be full of beds, which should be the place where the original workers lived, obviously there is such a large space here, but there is only a small window, each bunk is close to each other, and there is only a road for single people to pass in the middle. It's too depressing to feel here, can workers really work well in such a life?

If Yuzu were asked to tell how she felt here, she would only feel that this place was not like a place to live at all, but like a prison for people, claustrophobic and claustrophobic in people's hearts yearning for freedom.

When Yuzu walked to the place where the sound came from, the surroundings suddenly became quiet again, she squatted down to check, and found a trail of drag on the ground, slowly moving forward along the trace, Yuzu saw a transparent strip cloth bag scattered randomly on the ground,

Yuzu lifted the cloth bag and tilted her head to take a closer look, it was very new, and there were no traces of dust covering it, was it just produced? Yuzu's fingers rubbed the cloth bag in his hand, and the uneven textures were neatly arranged, and the touch felt familiar, but Yuzu still didn't think of anything.

"This feeling...... I'm about to think about it, what is it...? Yuzu felt that the answer was about to come out, the winding crawling traces, and the uneven and neat cloth bag on the skin, it was like ...... Snake!

Yes, it's a snake!

Just when Yuzu was happy to grasp the answer, a hissing sound suddenly came from the right back, Yuzu turned around instantly, threw the snake skin in his hand to the place where the sound came from, and then quickly condensed the water element in the air, and his fingertips swiped in the air, accompanied by the sound of liquid flowing, the sound of an object being cut into two and falling to the ground followed.

Yuzu raised her light pen and shone it at it, and sure enough, it was a snake that had been cut in half, and its slender body had a bright color, and it was a poisonous snake that didn't need to be guessed.

"Snake ......" Yuzu stared at the skeleton of the snake and was silent for a while, and suddenly there was a sound of friction in all directions, as well as the sound of metal colliding on objects, oops, Yuzu was secretly worried, so it seems that this is a snake's nest, and it turns out that the traces outside are all snakes' crawling routes.

Yuzu ran quickly towards the window that had just come in, the number of snakes was so huge, it was better for her to escape, so she wouldn't disturb them hibernating, Yuzu clenched the light pen in her hand, her right hand continued to condense the water element, opening up a path for herself, she used the bed frame of the discharge, using her agility and flexibility to cross between spaces, the training of the limit of the line has greatly improved her physical fitness, and she can use the elemental power more easily than before.

Finally, with the help of the metal shelf placed under the window, Yuzu propped her left hand on the table, kicked her body upward, drew a graceful arc in the air, and stepped firmly on the eaves of the window, and at the moment of departure, her light pen shone on a corner she didn't care about.

An obvious person's handprint fell in the middle of the dusty ground, it was not the place she touched, the handprint was very clear, there was no dust on it, it was not caused by the people who lived in it before, this place, there were people!

The poisonous snakes that kept flying interrupted Yuzu's thoughts, Yuzu jumped backwards and raised her right hand in the air, the water element continued to condense into a wall of water, sealing the window she had just fled, countless poisonous snakes hit the wall of water, unable to move, unable to jump out of the window, and the riot subsided slightly.

Seeing Yuzu flying out of the window, Qi Zhao was surprised at first, but soon returned to his original state, he snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, looked at Yuyu, who was really about to get up on the ground, and asked about the situation inside.

"It's full of snakes."

Qi Zhao frowned slightly, knowing it in his heart.

Yuzu continued: "There are still people, there must be people, I saw the handprint. ”

Qi Zhao stretched out his hand, took advantage of his strength to help Yuzu, and said, "It seems that we have found the right place, and the next step is not just a reconnaissance operation." ”