novelraw #295 - Chapter 295: Tadpole Looking for Mother
#295 - Chapter 295: Tadpole Looking for Mother
“Still, we need to be careful. What if it's an ungrateful bear? If it wants a snack after it's full, we'll have to show it the consequences of greed.”
“Mm-hmm, I guarantee it won't even be able to extend its bear paw.”
Qi Jing and Tan Zuoyin slowly walked in the direction the little tree indicated.
On the way, they asked several small animals and several plants, but without any results.
The tree was still lazy and didn't pay attention to them, the grass was still just playing around and didn't remember the direction, the small animals were all nocturnal, and the little bugs were all ugly.
It's definitely not discrimination against bugs. The two of them did ask the bugs, but their vision couldn't see the places above, and they wouldn't actively look up, so asking was pointless.
They were only concerned with their own little patch of land, how could they provide information?
After walking for a while, Qi Jing stopped.
“We're here. It seems to be sleeping. Should we wake it up?”
“No need to wake it up, it's already awake.”
The webbed-paw bear's nose was still very sensitive. It immediately noticed the two unfamiliar animals nearby who hadn't concealed their scent.
The webbed-paw bear opened its eyes and quietly looked at the two.
Its body remained in a prone position, without any intention of moving.
Tan Zuoyin transmitted her voice to Qi Jing: 「It looks like it's a content bear.」
「Maybe it's just lazy.」
Qi Jing had the same expression when he didn't want to move after just waking up.
「I'll go ask it.」
“Mr. Bear, have you seen this fruit?”
Hearing Tan Zuoyin speak to it, the webbed-paw bear's eyelids instantly opened to their maximum.
This human is talking to it? Why can it understand this human's words?
Mom, I'm seeing ghosts!
Could this be the price of running away from home? It can already understand human words, is the next step turning into a human!
I don't want to become human!
I don't want to become that kind of skinny person who can't even breathe in water!
Tan Zuoyin didn't expect this bear's inner thoughts to be so rich:
“Mr. Bear, you won't turn into a human. It's just that I know the bear language.”
So that's how it is, scared the bear to death.
The webbed-paw bear's panic disappeared instantly, and its eyelids drooped again:
「Human, what do you want?」
“Mr. Bear, have you seen this fruit?”
「No, wait, I seem to have been woken up once, and I happened to see someone taking it over there.」
It stretched out its paw and pointed to the northwest.
Qi Jing, who was acting as a guard on the side, thought it was going to attack, but fortunately, his Observation Haki didn't detect any danger, otherwise he would have chopped off its bear paw.
“Thank you, Mr. Bear, then we'll leave first.”
「Go, I want to continue sleeping.」
After speaking, it closed its eyes directly, and its breathing instantly became even.
It looked like it had already fallen asleep.
Qi Jing and Tan Zuoyin exchanged a glance. Has its sleep quality always been this good?
The two of them continued to search in the direction the webbed-paw bear pointed.
Qi Jing joked: “We're like little tadpoles looking for their mother, asking this and asking that.”
“Don't mention it, it really is like that, but we've asked a bit too much. The little tadpoles found their mother without asking many questions.”
Busy Tan Zuoyin leaned down again and asked the vines below.
“Excuse me, have you seen…”
It wasn't until dawn that they finally stopped at a cliff about ten meters high.
If they hadn't trained, and if Qi Jing hadn't had throat lozenges in his space, Tan Zuoyin's saliva would have dried up from asking.
“It's here. Let Yan Cheng and the others come over.”
Qi Jing picked up the sound transmission device, input source power into it, and said:
“Calling Cave Dweller Demon, calling Cave Dweller Demon, this is Cave Dweller Turn, the target has been found, gather quickly, gather quickly.”
Although this sound transmission device is driven by source power, its other functions are very trash.
Besides the short distance, if it wants to have multiple people talk, it can only bind to the group, and cannot dial individually.
For example, right now, the sound transmission device on Tan Zuoyin's waist also rang, transmitting the words Qi Jing had just said.
After the sound stopped, less than two seconds later, Yan Cheng's voice came from inside:
“Cave Dweller Demon received, Cave Dweller Demon received, where are you guys?”
“I'll launch a flare for you and you'll know.”
Qi Jing took out a firework signal gun from his space, pulled the trigger, and shot it into the sky.
Shoo — Boom!
A large Xiaopi head image appeared in the dark sky, briefly illuminating this area.
The eyes of the three people sitting on the white dog cloud sparkled with the golden light of the fireworks.
Yan Cheng said to the sound transmission device: “I see it, I see it, these fireworks are really good, get me one too.”
“One credit can buy many, go buy it yourself, come quickly.”
Qi Jing put away the signal gun.
I don't know how many alien beasts will be awakened by this, be ready to open fire at any time.
But he waited for a while and found that no creatures were running towards him.
“Don't they have morning grumpiness?”
Tan Zuoyin said: “Do you think they dare to provoke creatures that can create such a big commotion?”
“Uh, it seems that's true.”
After all, one wrong bet is the price of life, and no creature would bet their life for morning grumpiness.
Qi Jing once again used Observation Haki to sense the Bellflower Fruit below the cliff.
Fortunately, it's still there, it hasn't grown legs and run away.
“I'll let Yan Cheng go down to get it later, hehe.”
“You're really bad, there are so many venomous tooth worms and thorn cage flowers hidden under this cliff, as well as poisonous gas. You could just use a Crane Control Capturing Dragon to bring it up, but you insist on waiting for Yan Cheng.”
Is this the friendship between boys? Tan Zuoyin doesn't understand.
“Don't worry, as long as he's careful, nothing will happen. Don't use your telekinesis to help him take it out.”
“Alright, alright, I won't take it out.”
Tan Zuoyin rolled her eyes.
She took out a freshly picked ice oak cherry tomato and fed it to Jile on her shoulder:
“Jile, look how bad he is, a big bad guy.”
“Big bad guy, big bad guy.” Jile swallowed the blue alien tomato in one bite.
“Haha.”
Before long, they saw a cloud flying from the sky behind them.
It's the white dog cloud.
“So it's here, it really is you guys, by the way, how did you find it?”
Hearing Yan Cheng's question, Qi Jing told them the story of their “little tadpoles looking for their mother” just now.
“Amazing, this power can actually be used like this, awesome, by the way, where's the fruit?”
Qi Jing pointed below and said:
“See that cave under the cliff? It's inside it.”
Yan Cheng stuck his head out and saw the two-meter-high cave entrance:
“Oh—why didn't you take it out?”
Qi Jing said solemnly:
“Of course, it's to wait for you. You are the most powerful person on our team. If you don't go, who will?”
“Too fake, your tone is too fake, your words are too fake, there must be some danger below, I'm not going.”
Yan Cheng felt something was wrong when he heard this. How could Qi Jing possibly praise him so much? There must be something fishy!
Seeing that he had been seen through, Qi Jing changed his statement:
“It's just that there are a few more bugs below, we have trypophobia, we don't dare to go.”
Yan Cheng asked: “Is it really just bugs?”
“Of course, it's true.”
“Alright then, your brother Yan will reluctantly take a trip.”