It was like a thunderbolt exploding in my ears.

Zhou Qing looked at Li Xiao blankly, his eyes full of disbelief.

In the end, she still asked-

"Why?!"

Li Xiao showed an apologetic wry smile on his face, and slowly explained the reason.

"Didn't I say I found a mistake at noon? And this mistake is that I found that I have been protecting you and Zhou Yi a little too much, or calling it protection."

After a slight pause, allowing Zhou Qing to digest the words, Li Xiao spoke again.

"You know, this Ark Island is extremely dangerous! And we will be on this island for a long time...... Three-year ...... Or maybe eight or ten years! There are countless tribulations to face in the future!

We, the players, must be cautious and cautious in order to survive in this dangerous world.

It took me many deaths to understand this truth; And you, although you have experienced more reincarnations of death than me, you faced these with the mentality of an ordinary person, and you were too afraid of the world at that time.

And when you understand that you are a player, that you can grow stronger and stronger, and slaughter the creatures that have killed you at will, you become brave and fearless......

This is not a good thing. Because you also become impulsive, you become ...... Forehead, head iron!

But the reality is that you're really weak! Weak enough that a medium-sized carnivore can easily kill you!

Under my protection, you will not have such a sense of crisis at all, and you will lose your sense of fear of this terrible world.

This will definitely do you more harm than good for your future development!"

"Is that your reason?" Zhou Qing stared at Li Xiao's eyes. "Why do you want to leave angry because I hit you?"

"Oops......" Li Xiao patted his head, understanding that his words were in vain.

He grabbed Zhou Qing's shoulders with both hands, and said:

"Don't you understand? My development with you will only drag us down! My level is much higher than yours, and the experience points I have leveled up are also huge, in this southern region, I can't get so many experience points at all, your level is constantly increasing, but my level is stagnant. This is the stupidity of picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon......

You know, in comparison, my level increase is more important!

Also, at first, I was going to take you with me all the time, to upgrade you, to develop you...... But when you went out alone to hunt pterodactyls, I realized that everything about this kind of thing was done without your consent or consultancy. Judging from your farewell this morning, perhaps...... You'd rather live alone."

"I understand...... Zhou Qing's tone was aggrieved, he rudely pushed Li Xiao's arm away, turned around and continued towards the exit of the cave. It seems that not only are you angry that I beat you, but you also think I am of low rank!"

"Oh, I'll go!" Li Xiao found that Zhou Qing didn't listen to what he said, and slapped his thigh angrily.

"Why can't this girl understand people? Why are you still angry?"

Seeing that Zhou Qing's figure was about to disappear around the corner, he hurriedly followed.

The moment he turned the corner, Li Xiao's eyes shrank suddenly! In an instant, he had a loaded pistol in his hand!

In front of him was a small space that he had just passed through when he entered the cave, and there were originally some clawed bats in the space, which had been cleaned up when they came......

But what made Li Xiao nervous was that at some point, there were a few more long strip-shaped creatures on the top of the cave!

Gumalu!

Seeing that Zhou Qing was getting closer, Li Xiao's eyes were about to split, and he opened his voice and roared:

"Come back! Crown! Danger!"

Zhou Qing, who was traveling in front, heard Li Xiao's warning, she stopped, looked up at the top of her head, and found several creatures with seeping appearances!

But her next move made Li Xiao so angry that she wanted to scold her mother.

I saw that Zhou Qing did not leave, but directly took out his pistol and aimed it at the top of his head!

She hadn't seen Gu Malu before, and she thought that these creatures were at the same level as the clawed bat spiders she had killed earlier, and she was going to kill them directly.

Seeing Zhou Qing's actions, Li Xiao shouted that it was not good, and without saying a word, he rushed forward directly!

"Get out of there!" He shouted and rushed towards Zhou Qing, however...... The gunshots still rang out!

The defense of the Gumalu is not high, and the bullets of the improvised pistol can also cause a lot of damage to it, and after a few bullets, one of the Gumalu struggles to fall.

But the dangers of Gumalu have never been known for their defense!

Seeing that, a few streams of dark green solution splashed and shot towards Zhou Qing below!

These solutions were not a clump, but like a stream of water squeezed out under high pressure, they dispersed in mid-air, covering Zhou Qing and her surroundings!

There is no way to avoid it!

The dark green liquid appeared, and Zhou Qing remembered the cave creatures that Li Xiao had explained, and also understood the danger of these liquids-

The solution spit out by Gumalu is highly corrosive, not to mention the carapace armor, even if it is a metal armor, it will be corroded and penetrated by it in an instant! The consequences of touching the flesh and skin are even more unimaginable!

Watching the corrosive liquid like rain slowly fall above his head, Zhou Qing was completely stupid......

Her next result seems to be a foregone conclusion!

However, a tall and majestic figure suddenly appeared and blocked in front of her! t.

It's Li Xiao!

I saw him holding a wooden shield in one hand, and taking the frightened Zhou Qing into his arms with the other.

Bending down and raising his shield, Li Xiao used his body as Zhou Qing's protection.

This series of actions was only in a moment, and then the "corrosive rain" fell!

A solution that can easily corrode and rot even metal can be blocked by a wooden shield?

The solution eroded through the shield in an instant, and then, all these solutions fell on the carapace armor on Li Xiao's back.

Where the solution came into contact with the armor, pungent smoke came out, and on the armor, pits the size of fingertips appeared!

"Uhh

A drop of solution fell on Zhou Qing's uncovered arm, and she felt a heart-piercing pain in an instant.

Quickly peeled off the armor on her wrist and saw that the solution had corroded the armor and the clothes inside, burning a small wound on her arm.

The "corrosive rain" came and went quickly, and a few seconds later, Li Xiao, who was distorted by the pain, fell down, revealing a almost undamaged Zhou Qing......

The gun in her hand spewed fire, killing the remaining Gugu Malu one by one.

Then, she dropped the empty pistol, knelt down, and looked at Li Xiao with a worried expression.

Li Xiao had fainted from pain at this moment, he was lying on the ground, there was no movement, and the smooth carapace armor on his back was already devastated at the moment.

Zhou Qing used a sharp metal axe blade to cut the connected leather belt along the junction of the carapace armor.

Gently, she slowly lifted Li Xiao's back armor.

The tragic scene in her eyes made Zhou Qing couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose, her eyes were moist, and she stretched out her arms tremblingly.

Li Xiao's back is most appropriately described as miserable at this moment.

The corrosive liquid penetrated his armor and clothing, directly corroding his flesh and skin, and it looked like his entire back was full of pitted and corroded wounds.

"Ah~"

A low snort of pain came, and it was Li Xiao, who had fainted, who woke up.

He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist, cold sweat broke out on his brow, and it was obvious that the pain was still tormenting him.

I saw him trembling and took out a bottle of potion and threw it to Zhou Qing.

"Now, you get it! You're a fool, and you're going to have to go back if you want to go back!"