Between mountains and seas

Chapter 123 Rescue Team

Shao Jingxing didn't know that Huo Qing was also using idioms indiscriminately, so he just urged him: "Wipe your face quickly. The water will be—"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of flapping wings, and when he looked up, he saw a few birds.

These birds look similar to owls, especially the faces.However, the feathers on its body were as red as fire, but its head was white, obviously not what an owl should wear.

"What!" Shao Jingxing immediately became nervous, but these birds ignored him at all, and instead rushed towards the fire he had lit, seven or eight pairs of wings flapped vigorously, and the flames burning under the pot first With a whoosh, Lao Gao rose up, and then went out.

"Hey!" Shao Jingxing bounced out with a fireball.He boiled this pot of water for Huo Qing to drink!What a mess these birds are making!

The fireball exploded in the air, and several birds were instantly covered in flames.However, the feathers of these birds looked no different from ordinary feathers. Now that they were exposed to fire, they discovered that there seemed to be a shiny film on the surface of the feathers.

But after being burned like this, the parts of these birds that were touched by the fire became much darker, as if Shao Jingxing's flames had melted the film.

At this moment, the birds panicked, screaming and flapping their wings to escape into the distance. Shao Jingxing frowned upon hearing the rough owl-like voice. The fire was lit again.

Using supernatural powers to boil water is much faster than ordinary fire, and small fish-eye bubbles soon appeared on the surface of the water. Shao Jingxing took a shell and scooped a bowl for Huo Qing—this shell was the one that confused Huo Qing at the time, and he was going to bring it back. The special affairs department went to inspect, and now I don't care if it will be scalded by boiling water: "It's a pity that there are no ice-type supernatural powers here..." Otherwise, the temperature of the water will drop when you knock on the bowl, how good it is. .

Huo Qing smiled. Seeing that Shao Jingxing was about to throw the roasted dried oysters into the pot to make soup, he shook his head: "Put out the fire."

Shao Jingxing was taken aback for a moment: "Why?"

"That's Stealing Fat." Huo Qing pointed to the distance, and simply reminded, "The Nine Classics of the Middle Ages."

Shao Jingxing looked up, and sure enough those birds flew back again, and the number was at least five or six times larger, and they were rushing towards this direction aggressively.

"Stealing fat—I remember it!" It is said in "Shan Hai Jing Zhongci Nine Classics": There is a bird in Gushan, which looks like an owl with a naked body and white head. Its name is Stealing Zhi, which can resist fire.

It's just that this thing is a walking fire extinguisher, and it gets excited when it sees the flames. No wonder it came towards the fire just now!

etc!He also burned these things with fire just now. Could it be that this thing also regarded him as a potential source of fire and was about to be extinguished?

"Just put out the fire." Huo Qing calmed down and took a sip of water while holding the shell.

Shao Jingxing quickly extinguished the fire, and the menacing army of fat-stealing birds pressed the border, but found that there was no target, so he couldn't help but circled above suspiciously.

It was only now that Shao Jingxing took a good look at this bird.The thin film on the outer layer of the feather seems to be a waxy thing, making the feather bright red and shiny as if it had been polished.Shao Jingxing wondered if it was something secreted from some gland in their body, just like the oil secreted by the tail fat gland of a duck can waterproof the feathers, this stuff probably can prevent fire if it is applied to the feathers.

The fat-stealing birds don't look big, but they are probably wind-type beasts. Such a group is circling in the sky, and the airflow stirred up has blown sand and dirt away on the ground. Seeing that the pot of water is full of dirt, Shao Jingxing Hugging the dried roasted oysters in his arms, so as not to be blown away by the wind, he wondered whether the bird could eat it.

"It's not delicious." Huo Qing squinted his eyes, as if reading his mind, said, "The coating on their feathers doesn't smell very good." To be exact, it's almost body odor, because After years of applying it, the smell has already soaked into the body, and the burned meat has a lingering stench.Anyway, Huo Qing would rather eat beef and fish jerky than eat it.

"No wonder I smelled something just now..." Shao Jingxing couldn't open his eyes because of the dust, "When will this thing go away!"

"We can walk." Huo Qing drank all the water in his hand, feeling that his physical strength had recovered a lot, "They don't attack people casually." It's just that they are very sensitive to fire. I don't know if it's because the Great Desolation Mountain Next to it, it is often necessary to burn it.

What Huo Qing said was right, because there was no open flame, these fat-stealing birds only hovered in the air, until Shao Jingxing and Huo Qing walked away with each other's support, they didn't show any attack.Only the few thieves that were burned by Shao Jingxing for the first time flew out with them for a while, seeming to be a little suspicious, but seeing that there were no more fireballs coming out of Shao Jingxing's body, they finally gave up.

Shao Jingxing was covered in dust by them, even his mouth was full of dust, he poohed as he walked, "Isn't this a scam, the water was boiled for a long time..." Fortunately, Huo Qing still drank a few mouthfuls.

Huo Qing smiled, and touched his waist: "How is it?"

"What's the matter?" Shao Jingxing blinked his muddy eyes inexplicably, looked at Huo Qing tearfully for a few times before he realized, and coughed dryly, "Morning, I'm fine now." It doesn't matter if your back hurts, the important thing is Don't lose face!If it's not enough to do it a few times, then how can he be a man!

Huo Qing was a little speechless looking at Shao Jingxing desperate for face, and wanted to remind him if he had forgotten who was carrying whom on the wild mountain just now.Think about it or forget it, if something like this happens again, Shao Jingxing insists on running away by himself in order to save face, wouldn't it be worse?

Shao Jingxing had really forgotten his miserable situation in the Great Desolation Mountain.He hasn't used his brain for so many years, and the result is that now he can only think about one thing at a time, and when he often thinks about 2, 1 has already been left behind by him.

Shao Jingxing is thinking about another thing now, which he thinks is also very important: "Then what..."

"What?" Huo Qing found it strange to see him hesitating to speak.

"That's all..." Shao Jingxing thought about it, which is related to his future happiness, and finally said, "This time you are on top, next time it's my turn. Then what, you did it three times..." So to be fair , he has to do it three times.

Huo Qing smiled gently, and raised his hand to look at the watch on his wrist: "The Boundary Breaker is stable."

Huh, fair?How can there be absolute fairness in this world?Especially in this kind of thing, who would be fair?Besides, fairness means you once and me once?Of course not.To be fair, it should be to take advantage of the bed and be considerate after getting out of bed. This is fair.

Shao Jingxing had no idea what Huo Qing was thinking in his heart, because his attention had been completely absorbed by the Boundary Breaker: "Does it mean it can be used?" Can they finally get out?

"Hmm." Huo Qing showed him the boundary breaker, the fan-shaped red area was already filled, and the pointer no longer frantically jumped left and right as before, and it was indeed in the "usable" state.

"But—" Huo Qing looked back at the direction they were coming from, "I think we should not use it for now." There is something wrong with this place.

"It's not right." Shao Jingxing agreed with him, "The Mountain of the Great Wilderness is in the Department of the Western Classics of the Great Wilderness. Why did we come to Mount Gu when we ran outside?" Is this too far away?

Huo Qing looked at the group of fat-stealing birds still circling in the air, and said slowly, "Maybe Gushan isn't in the first series of the Nine Classics at all."

"How is it possible—" Shao Jingxing said half a sentence without thinking, and suddenly realized, "You mean, the map in "Shan Hai Jing" is drawn after Nuwa's formation..." The person who drew the map thought he was still walking in the middle On the way to the second series, in fact, this is not a place to learn the nine classics at all!

"If this is the case, then the map of "Shan Hai Jing" will have to be redrawn." Maybe the map is wrong at all.

"Ah?" Shao Jingxing felt dizzy for a while, this is a big project!After Dayu's flood control was completed, it took several years to travel all over the world of mountains and seas before he came up with this "Shan Hai Jing". It must be right, unless you get rid of all Nuwa's talismans first.

Huo Qing looked at his expression of "the sky is falling and I'm going to die", and said helplessly, "I'm just talking." This project is impossible to complete after thinking about it, and the task of the special affairs department is not to go through the whole process again. In the world of mountains and seas, it is necessary to ensure that the barrier is safe and separate the two worlds, so as not to let any strange beasts come out to harm people.

"You have such a head..." Huo Qing raised his hand and rubbed Shao Jingxing's chicken coop-like hair—I really don't know how it grew, sometimes it was smart and sometimes it was confused, and its state fluctuated.

"Men can't move their heads." Shao Jingxing covered his head and reached out to stroke Huo Qing's hair.This kind of action like comforting a child should be done to Huo Qing, why is it the other way around now!

Of course Huo Qing didn't let him mess with his hair, and turned his head away: "Don't make trouble. Now that we can go out, we have to think about what to say after we go out."

Who started the trouble?Shao Jingxing complained secretly.But what Huo Qing said was really important, so he had no choice but to put down his hand resentfully—anyway, Huo Qing refused to let him touch it, so he would definitely not be able to touch it, so it's better not to bother.

"You mean, you can't talk about the eggs, right?"

Huo Qing nodded: "We have to find this person first."

"This person", of course, is the person with the eggs in his hands.Before finding this person, not only can they not publicize the matter, but they have to pretend that they don't know anything, otherwise if that person finds out—to be honest, according to Shao Jingxing's description, this bug is too elusive Huo Qing himself is not sure that he can prevent it, let alone let Shao Jingxing take risks.

"Could it be Yuan Fei?" Shao Jingxing shook his head as soon as he said something, "No, it's unlikely." If Yuan Fei had insect eggs in his hand, he wouldn't be just a mere worm when he left the Special Affairs Department Middle and low-level abilities.With Yuan Fei's temperament, I'm afraid that he will make himself a high-level person sooner rather than later.

To put it that way, Gu Sheng was really the most suspicious. Shao Jingxing observed Huo Qing's expression carefully, but didn't dare to speak immediately.

However, after Huo Qing lost his composure once in the Aozuzhu, it seems that he has adjusted his mentality to the point that at least now Shao Jingxing doesn't see any expression on his face: "Let's investigate slowly, before that, don't mention it to anyone. .As for Yuan Fei, we will know when we catch him."

"But where to catch them?" Shao Jingxing was a little worried.Ordinary policemen couldn't catch Yuan Fei at all, but the Special Affairs Section—with people like Yang Shuming interfering, he saw that Yang Shuming didn't intend to make great efforts to catch Yuan Fei, but just used Yuan Fei as him. That's all the reason for being stationed in the special affairs department.

Huo Qing couldn't answer this question for a while, and the two smiled bitterly at each other for a while, feeling that they had caught a big hot potato, which they couldn't throw away, and couldn't hold it.

"Otherwise, let's discuss what to say when we go back first." Shao Jingxing decided to put the difficult problems aside first, and solve the problems that can be solved first.

Huo Qing pondered: "The conjectures about the talisman array must be reported, including the fact that the Great Wilderness Mountain is adjacent to the Gu Mountain." Only with detailed data can those who are proficient in the talisman array in the special affairs department be able to reverse the calculation and understand Nuwa. s arrangement.

"What about the scorpion pillar?" Shao Jingxing couldn't help but turned his head and glanced in the direction of the Great Desolation Mountain. Although he couldn't see anything here, "There are insect egg shells in there..."

"There is no space for the five-color moth to come out independently, and the Aozuzhu may have been burned by the scorching heat just now." Huo Qing dared to say this, of course he considered the consequences.Even if the Aozuzhu hadn't been burned, the Special Affairs Division would not havetily send people in for a field survey in a place like the Great Wilderness Mountain.

You must know that although the sun and the moon move regularly, the time here is completely different from the outside—Huo Qing thinks that time may even pass at different speeds in different mountain systems—it is difficult to calculate when the sun will be When it comes.If the calculation is not good, the person who enters has no time to escape, and the result can only be burned to ashes.

Thinking about this, Huo Qing was actually a little scared.Fortunately, when they explored the Aozuzhu, the four clay puppets were still there.If the four five-colored moths had emerged earlier, and the independent space disappeared while he and Shao Jingxing were still in the pillar, then now... Maybe they have passed through life and death several times without knowing it—I think Want to see, when the sun goes down, it burns like this, what will happen when the moon goes down?Anyway, it is definitely impossible to be safe and sound.

Glancing at Shao Jingxing, Huo Qing decided not to say these words, so as not to scare him again: "Go back and say that we just traced the writing on the outside of the Aozu column, and the sun went down." Then they ran out, Aozu The column was burned, which makes perfect sense.

In addition, the reason why the fat-stealing birds in Gushan evolved this ability to resist fire and vigilance is probably because they lived on the edge of the wild mountain. The fact that the mountains are connected is enough to prove the error of the current "Shan Hai Jing" map.

"In addition, there are Fangfeng's bones, and the bugs encountered by poachers can be reported, just don't mention that you saw the eggs." Only when people move can they find out.

Shao Jingxing nodded like pounding garlic.He was too lazy to use his brain, so he just did what Huo Qing said anyway: "I don't know if those poachers are dead or not..." At that time, a group of brooding snakes all ran away with the egg shells in the kestrel's pocket. It would be good if all these people were buried in Shekou!

"By the way, there is also He Maochuan!" This guy is like a lingering ghost, and he can always be encountered in the world of mountains and seas, which is annoying!

Huo Qing pondered for a while: "Actually, you don't need to be so afraid of him." Shao Jingxing didn't realize at all that his abilities were improving, while He Maochuan's was being weakened—ah, I really don't know how to call him stupid , it is better to say that he is smart.

"Ah?" Shao Jingxing really wanted to say that he was not afraid of He Maochuan, but he felt guilty after thinking about it, so he still didn't say it.To be honest, when he met He Maochuan for the first time, the unlucky new bride had really left a deep impression on him, and now thinking of how that thing sucked people's brains, he felt his scalp explode.

Huo Qing stroked his chicken coop-like hair, and was about to analyze it carefully, when he heard a low-pitched roar in the distance, followed by a faint rumbling sound, and the ground seemed to tremble slightly.

"What is it again?" Shao Jingxing's courage has actually grown a lot. At least now that he heard the roar of the beast, he set up an awning to watch it with interest, instead of just jumping on Huo Qing like he saw the duck before.

It's been much better.Huo Qing thought very tolerantly, then looked forward, and then saw several figures: "Huang Yu! Gu Rong! Zhang Sheng!" They are people from the special affairs department!

Among the three, Huang Yu didn't mention it. Gu Rong was a soldier, and his clothes were always neat and straight; while Zhang Sheng seemed to be out of the habit of young people who like to pretend to be B, and also paid attention to appearance.But now, these three people have no image at all, they just keep their heads buried and run wildly.

"Huang Yu!" Shao Jingxing called out to him and waved his hands vigorously.

Huang Yu raised his head upon hearing the sound.When he saw Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing, he was ecstatic at first, and then he yelled, "Run! Run! If you don't run, you'll die!"

At this moment, the rumbling sound that was barely audible just now has gradually become clear, and the ground has visibly shaken, and from afar, a cloud of smoke and dust is gradually rising on the horizon.The first thought that flashed through Shao Jingxing's mind was the "million wildebeest galloping wildly" that he had seen on TV.

No, it can't really be a herd, can it?No matter how powerful a strange beast is, there are still ways to deal with it, but if there are hundreds or thousands...

Before Shao Jingxing could finish thinking, Huo Qing had already yanked him, "Run!" He was so dazed, he had already seen that in the smoke and dust rising from behind, there were many heads moving faintly, and there were still some With long horns, it looks like a bull.

"What is it?" Shao Jingxing also saw it, and suddenly went crazy.They just ran the speed of life and death once, and they are going to run again!Will run dead!

"It's Xiqu!" Huang Yu and the others had already run close to them and joined them, "It's time for a long life, and we met a group of Xiqu!"

"Isn't Xiqu the first department of the Zhongshan Classic?" Shao Jingxing yelled frantically before he figured it out. Kushan isn't from the Zhongshan Classic. Didn't he also come here from the side of the Great Wilderness Mountain?

"It's the Zhongshan Classic!" Huang Yu panted, and kept talking, "We are looking for you to death, and when we find Lishan, who knows, we will bump into these things! I don't even know, Xiqu can still Discuss the group!"

The rhinoceros, like a cow, has a voice like a baby, and cannibals.

Shao Jingxing always thought so too.The number of such people-eating things should not be too many. Last time in the cemetery, two roe owls appeared at one time, which was considered a special case.But the number of rhinoceros canals coming from behind should be at least a hundred.More than a hundred giant beasts, which are nearly half the height of ordinary bulls, rushed side by side. Even if the four clay puppets go together, they will be trampled into powder, right?What's more, the five of them...

"How did you provoke this thing..." Shao Jingxing was about to cry, "We just had a run and almost died..."

"The devil knows!" Huang Yu was also panting like a bellows, "We just arrived in Lishan, and we haven't done anything yet! If it wasn't for the muddy presence, he let go of his voice and yelled a few times to block it, we might meet face to face It was trampled into wonton stuffing!"

It was only then that Shao Jingxing realized that the cat was in the backpack behind Huang Yu's back. The whole cat was huddled together, with only a pair of eyes exposed. When it saw Shao Jingxing, it whined softly, looking pitiful.