Chapter 1123: Departure, Heading to the Forest Center

Gu Yanqi made simple sandwiches for everyone as breakfast.

Since Xiao Han was handling vigilance and guiding the way, Ning Chen did not need to be particularly tense.

Taking the sandwich Gu Yanqi handed over, Ning Chen looked up, rubbed Gu Yanqi's head twice, and also glanced at the Little Qiongqi eating happily in her arms.

Little Qiongqi sensed an unfriendly gaze, looked over just then, met Ning Chen's eyes, and the food in its mouth suddenly lost its flavor.

Fortunately, Ning Chen had to drive, so he did not look at it for long before shifting his attention to the front.

The car continued driving inward; the deeper they went, the tighter Ning Chen's brow furrowed.

He always felt uncomfortable in his heart, yet was drawn inside.

His general feeling was that whatever was inside would be very important, but the inside would be very dangerous, possibly dangerous to a degree he and Xiao Han could not possibly handle.

Xiao Han, sitting in the passenger seat, clearly felt this too; his whole body tensed up as if ready to fight anyone at any moment.

The car stopped within the range Xiao Han could explore; beyond that, Xiao Han's ability could not explore further.

This also meant they had reached the central area.

Ning Chen stood up, pulled the Little Qiongqi lying in Gu Yanqi's arms while digesting, and immediately tossed it to Xiao Han.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing! I am one of the Four Fiendish Beasts, how can you treat me like this!"

Little Qiongqi, having finally climbed off Xiao Han, cursed and waved its claws at Ning Chen.

If it had not sworn earlier not to harm them, its claws would probably already be striking Ning Chen's face.

Of course, whether it could win or not was still uncertain.

Ning Chen sat back in the driver's seat, listening to Little Qiongqi's chirping in his ears, which made his head spin.

"Shut up and guide the way."

Ning Chen's voice was not gentle; it could even be described as somewhat cold.

Little Qiongqi pouted; guiding the way was fine, but why be so fierce?

"Twenty meters forward, turn left one meter, then thirty meters forward again."

Little Qiongqi diligently waved its claws to guide Ning Chen.

Clearly, it was very familiar with this place; even without looking at the surroundings, it still knew where everything was.

With a professional navigator, Ning Chen drove much faster; aside from nearly hitting trees several times in the middle, there were no other flaws.

Of course, every time he nearly hit a tree, Ning Chen would glance at Little Qiongqi, after all, he did not believe this was the other party's mistake.

At such times, Little Qiongqi would respond with unjustified confidence: "What's wrong? We didn't hit it, did we? What's the big deal about a slight estimation error!"

Ning Chen was too lazy to argue with the other party and simply focused on the scene before him.

He turned the headlights to maximum; basically, everything within a ten-meter radius around them could be illuminated.

Unfortunately, the trees here were still numerous and intricately complex; the range the headlights could illuminate was probably only three or four meters before being blocked by trees.

"By the way, I forgot to ask you guys, what are you going to do at the central location?"

Little Qiongqi looked at the road ahead and asked curiously.

To be honest, it rarely went to that place either; although staying there was comfortable, it always made one feel addicted, wanting to never leave.

If it had not been so determined, it might truly never have come out.

Xiao Han did not respond to Little Qiongqi's question, and naturally, Ning Chen did not respond either.

Seeing the two aloof humans, Little Qiongqi thought: Fine, if you won't say it, I won't tell you there's a problem inside!

As they went deeper, Little Qiongqi became increasingly restless.

It was a fiendish beast and had almost been bewitched inside; if these humans were here, they probably could not resist at all.

Although this group of humans had beaten it into this state, there were still some good points.

For instance, that young Miss treated it well, and since it was in this form now, it had to rely on these humans, so these humans could not die right now.

Hmm, yes, that's right; I am helping them because I still need them; yes, that's how it is.

After some self-persuasion, just as Little Qiongqi was about to tell the two the situation inside, it discovered they were already infinitely close to that place.

How does this human drive so fast!

Seeing they were about to reach the place that disturbed the mind, Little Qiongqi roared with a heart-wrenching cry: "Stop!!!"

This sound could be described as shaking heaven and earth; even the birds on the surrounding trees were shaken into flight.

Ning Chen stomped on the brake; the car stopped abruptly. He turned his head to look at Little Qiongqi, which had suddenly spoken, his eyes asking what was wrong.

Because it had concealed things earlier, Little Qiongqi did not dare to look into Ning Chen's eyes; even the words on the tip of its tongue dared not come out, fearing the other party would tear it apart.

Waaah, it's just a human, how can it be so terrifying?

It was completely different from all the humans it had ever seen; this must be a monster.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Little Qiongqi say nothing, Ning Chen thought the other party did not understand the meaning of his gaze, so he asked aloud.

Little Qiongqi lowered its head, timidly stammering: "I, I..."

Seeing this, Xiao Han understood; he placed Little Qiongqi between the two of them.

"Judging by this, you are hiding something from us. Fine, what are you hiding from us? Speak; is the location wrong?"

At this, Little Qiongqi wanted to cry even more; did this group of humans all have mind-reading abilities?

"I, um, we cannot go inside here." After much hesitation, Little Qiongqi mumbled it out.

Ning Chen frowned slightly: "Why?"

Once the first sentence was spoken, the following words were easier to say; seeing the other party had no intention of blaming him, it told Ning Chen about the abnormal conditions inside.

"In another ten-plus meters, you will reach that range; you are humans, so it is best not to go further."

It would make people think they don't want to leave?

If it was truly like this, then they indeed could not enter lightly; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But since they had already arrived here, not going in was not an option.

"By the way, even if you go inside, you may not necessarily find a way out. There is nothing in here except for a single lake."

Ning Chen pondered what to do; the current situation was that it would be most, most correct for him to explore the interior alone.

Ning Chen and Xiao Han exchanged a glance: "I will go in, you stay. If anything happens, use your ability to drag me out."

Xiao Han did not refute Ning Chen's words but nodded, then pushed Little Qiongqi forward, signaling him to take it along.

After all, this Little Qiongqi would not be affected by the interior for a short period; it was just right to follow along to guard against any contingencies.

Ning Chen picked up Little Qiongqi, placed it on his shoulder, left the passenger seat, and prepared to get out and move forward.