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"It hasn't been long since we fell asleep. We should be able to find him if we look for him now," one investigator said.

His proposal was quickly endorsed by other colleagues.

Then everyone looked at Wang Jing. As the captain of the team, whether to act next could only be done with Wang Jing's permission.

"You work in pairs, be careful. If you notice something is wrong, retreat immediately and come back here..." Wang Jing thought for a moment and agreed with the suggestion of looking for researchers.

Afterwards, several investigators immediately left the cave and looked around for the missing researcher.

Wang Jing acted alone. She used her mental perception to explore the surroundings, carefully searching for the missing researcher.

The five people took the cave as the center and searched around. Because of the darkness, it was much more difficult to find the missing persons.

"Gugu..."

There were birdsong in the distance. The investigator looked up and saw several small figures standing on the branches, looking at them curiously and making calls from time to time.

After investigation, it was found that the birds on the tree were just ordinary creatures, so there was no need to pay attention to their gazes.

"Look over there." Someone spotted something in the grass in the distance and shouted.

Then, the two investigators slowly approached. When they saw clearly what was in the grass, surprise smiles appeared on their faces.

"Found it."

The missing researcher was lying in the grass. He had his eyes closed at the moment, his face was calm, and he looked like he was sleeping soundly.

The two investigators quickly squatted down and checked each other's vital signs.

I was relieved when I found that the researcher was still alive without any wounds on his body.

"Zhao Dongsheng, wake up."

The two called the researcher's name and shook their hands a few times.

The sleeping Zhao Dongsheng's eyelids moved a few times, and then he opened his eyes.

Seeing the two investigators so close, their excited expressions came into view. Zhao Dongsheng was completely confused when he saw this scene.

"What happened?"

Zhao Dongsheng was very confused at this time. He hadn't realized that he was lying in the grass yet, so he asked the two investigators.

"Look around you."

"What...what is going on?"

Zhao Dongsheng looked around. At this time, what he saw was a dim night, with flowers, plants and trees swaying gently in the breeze.

He was obviously resting in the cave, but when he opened his eyes, he was outside the cave.

There is no memory of leaving the cave in his mind. No matter how stupid he is, he will know that something is wrong.

The two investigators continued to talk about what happened. Since they also fell asleep without knowing it, the specific situation was unclear.

"Did something like this happen?" Zhao Dongsheng said to himself with a serious face.

Then he quickly checked his physical condition and found that he was fine.

This is strange. According to common sense, if you encounter this kind of thing, you will suffer some damage.

However, now that several investigators and researchers are safe and sound, what is the purpose of the enemy who did this?

After a while, Wang Jing and the other two investigators quickly returned to the cave after receiving the news.

When they entered the cave, they saw the researcher safe and sound.

"Zhao Dongsheng, is there really nothing wrong with your health?" Wang Jing asked with concern.

"I just checked it carefully and found no problems." Zhao Dongsheng replied.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Is the guy who caused this messing with us?"

"The other party was able to put us all to sleep and take us away without anyone noticing. Their strength is extraordinary!"

Several investigators talked about it, and everyone discussed it, but there was no answer.

When Wang Jing saw that her colleagues were worried, she thought for a few seconds and then spoke.

"Everyone just needs to be more careful and don't put too much pressure on."

"Yeah." Everyone nodded after hearing this, feeling a little less stressed.

After this incident, several investigators became very vigilant.

"Eh?" Zhao Dongsheng made a confused voice.

When Wang Jing heard this, she immediately turned her head to look at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Several spiritual stones on my body are missing." Zhao Dongsheng said.

"Look carefully to see if it's in the bag..." Wang Jing reminded.

Zhao Dongsheng opened his backpack and rummaged around, but still found nothing.

"It's not in the bag. Those spiritual stones may have been lost outside."

The few missing spirit stones are not particularly important to the few people present.

So everyone helped me look for it, and if I didn’t find it, I stopped looking.

"We will continue our journey at dawn tomorrow morning, so everyone should take the time to rest."

Wang Jing arranged the order of tonight's vigil, then came to the entrance of the cave and sat down, leaning against the wall and looking into the distance.

The four investigators found an open space to lie down, closed their eyes and slept to regain their energy.

Zhao Dongsheng is a protected person and rests in the innermost part of the cave.

Although I didn’t feel anything about the experience I just had, I still have lingering fears when I think about it.

Therefore, he could not fall asleep while lying down like the four investigators.

"It's rare that I go out on a mission with an investigator. It's only my first day and I encountered such a weird thing. My luck is really bad.

I hope that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future, otherwise with Wang Jing's cautious attitude, she might cancel this mission. "

Zhao Dongsheng leaned against the wall, his thoughts scattered in his mind, and he talked to himself silently.

A few kilometers away from the cave where Wang Jing and his group rested, there was a sturdy tree.

This tree was more than 30 meters high, and it took three people holding hands to hug it.

The lush branches and leaves collided with each other in the breeze, making a rustling sound.

The moonlight fell under the tree, illuminating several huge footprints clearly.

If you look closely, you will see several spiritual stones that have exhausted their spiritual energy scattered next to the footprints.

When the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual stone is exhausted, the crystal clear spiritual stone will become grayish white.

There are some scratches on the surface of these spiritual stones scattered on the ground. If Zhao Dongsheng saw these spiritual stones that had exhausted their spiritual energy, he would recognize them at a glance based on the scratches on their surfaces. They were the spiritual stones he had lost.

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In the lively restaurant, various sounds intertwined and echoed in the room.

The waiter was busy walking between the tables, placing the dishes ordered by the guests on the table.

"Lin Li, are you full? If not, I'll ask the waiter to bring some more dishes."

Su Yue's appetite was relatively small, she had already eaten a long time ago, and now seeing that there were few dishes left on the table, she asked.

"I'm almost done, no need to ask the waiter to bring more dishes." Lin Li counted how many dishes he had eaten at first, but later he was concentrating on eating, so he didn't count again.

After a feast, Lin Li was now eight-tenths full.

If nothing unexpected happens, his stomach will not growl in the next few hours.

Su Yue nodded with a smile, then picked up the half cup of coconut juice on the table and drank it.

After Lin Li finished eating the lamb chops, the whole table of dishes was considered finished.

He took out a tissue to wipe his mouth, then stood up.

After a while, the two left the dining place. 　　　　As soon as he walked out of the gate, he found that several cars came on the road in the distance.

Lin Li and Su Yue saw these cars parked on the roadside. After the doors opened, many young men and women got out of the cars.

Judging from the way these people were dressed, they should be tourists from other places.

The manager of the restaurant came up to them and contacted the tour guide.

Then, dozens of people walked into the restaurant.

"Fortunately, we came at this time. If we came half an hour earlier, there would be no empty seats in the restaurant to accommodate so many people." Lin Li said.

"Looking at the conversation between the manager and the tour guide, the two sides should be quite familiar with each other.

The tour guide brought the tour group to eat at this time, and also saw that the guests dining in the restaurant had almost finished their meals at this time, and the seats were vacant..." Su Yue guessed.

Lin Li retracted his gaze and said as he walked towards the parking place, "Let's go!"

Su Yue followed, and the two passed by the green belt and heard the very noisy sound of crickets.

Although there are also crickets in the green belts in the city, compared with here, the number is definitely not superior.

Even in some parks, due to the non-original ecology, the number of some small animals cannot be compared with that in the suburbs.

"Lin Li, look there." Su Yue stopped and pointed to a brick in the distance.

Hearing this, Lin Li looked in the direction of Su Yue's finger.

In his sight, two crickets were doing some embarrassing things on the brick at the moment.

"Aren't you going shopping? Let's hurry up and leave here!"

"Yeah."

Su Yue nodded, and then followed Lin Li to the parking place.

The silver-white van was parked on the side of the road for a while, and many dry leaves fell on the roof.

Occasionally, a strong wind blew, and the dry leaves on the roof would be blown down by the wind.

When these dry leaves fell to the ground, they did not stop immediately, but continued to be carried away by the autumn wind.

"The leaves have fallen significantly these days, and people can clearly feel the arrival of autumn."

"Why do I feel that the roadside trees last year did not shed leaves like they do now?"

"Is there? Maybe you remembered it wrong?" Su Yue smiled.

"Maybe!" Lin Li felt that this was not a particularly important matter, so he turned to ask Su Yue where she was going to go shopping?

Su Yue thought about it seriously, gave an address, and then Lin Li started the car and drove Su Yue to the destination.

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The silver-white van was driving fast on the road, and dry leaves were blown down by the wind from time to time, just landing on the windshield of the car.

Fortunately, these leaves would not hinder Lin Li's sight, otherwise he would have to slow down the car.

Su Yue looked at the swaying trees on the street and said to Lin Li who was driving.

"It's windy, and it's so windy."

"It's like this in the suburbs. When we enter the city, the wind will be much smaller." Lin Li replied.

Ten minutes later.

The silver-white van left the suburbs and stopped near a shopping mall on the border between the bustling city and the deserted suburbs.

The place Su Yue chose to go shopping was not far from the restaurant where she had dinner. She chose this because she had never been to this mall before.

Today, by chance, she came here to go shopping.

After the silver-white van stopped, Lin Li unfastened his seat belt.

At this time, there was no movement in the passenger seat. He turned his head and found that Su Yue was actually asleep.

"We are here."

Lin Li shouted, and Su Yue heard someone calling her, and her long eyelashes trembled quickly, like butterfly wings.

She opened her eyes and looked at Lin Li who was calling her in a daze.

"Are we there yet?"

"We've arrived. You're so sleepy. Why don't you stop shopping? I'll take you home."

Su Yue raised her right hand and rubbed her eye sockets with the back of her hand. She unbuckled her seat belt, opened the door and got out of the car. At the same time, she said to Lin Li, "Since we're here, go shopping for a while before going back."

Lin Li got out of the car and came to Su Yue's side. He looked at Su Yue who was still a little confused, thought for a while, and spoke.

"There's ice cream for sale over there. Do you want some?"

"Yeah." Su Yue's eyes lit up when she heard about eating ice cream.

The two quickly walked to the ice cream shop on the side of the road. A few minutes later, one of them walked out of the shop with a tempting ice cream.

"So cold." Su Yue scooped a large spoonful of ice cream with a spoon and put it in her mouth. The refreshing taste instantly made the sleepiness on her face disappear.

Lin Li glanced at Su Yue and said to her unhappily, "Don't eat so much ice cream in one bite, be careful not to upset your stomach."

Su Yue followed Lin Li's advice and did not scoop a large spoonful of ice cream with a spoon. She opened her red lips and ate it in small bites.

"There is a chair over there, let's go sit over there..." Lin Li found an empty bench next to the green belt not far away.

A dozen seconds later, the two sat down on the bench, watching the lively crowd in the distance while enjoying the sweet and cold ice cream.

"I didn't expect the shopping mall here to be so lively." Su Yue smiled.

"There are several residential areas nearby, and there is no shortage of traffic." Lin Li said.

"I just checked the weather forecast. There will be a cold wave in the next few days, and the temperature will drop sharply."

"How much will the temperature drop?"

"At least six or seven degrees colder than now."

"That's a big drop in temperature."

"Yes! Many clothing stores are selling autumn clothes now. Let's see if there are any suitable ones and buy a few."

"My autumn clothes at home can still be worn."

"I don't think the autumn clothes you wore last year look good. I'll pick a few for you later."

"Uh..."

"It's settled."

"Okay!"

The two sat on the chairs, chatting and eating ice cream.

When they finished eating the ice cream, they got up to throw away the garbage and were about to walk forward when the ground suddenly began to shake.

"Huh?!!!"

Su Yue had felt such shaking not long ago, but she didn't expect it to happen again, and she was shocked.

"It's an earthquake."

Lin Li nodded seriously, and at the same time reached out to support Su Yue who was standing unsteadily.

When the earthquake happened before, Su Yue was not as calm as she is now, and she was not panicked at all.

Maybe it was because Lin Li was around, so he felt safe.

The busy shopping mall was in chaos, and anyone with a little common sense knew that they should run to an open place at this time.

Soon, the square where Lin Li and Su Yue were was crowded with people.

…………(End of this chapter)