Xiao Gouzi Sixi paced anxiously around the legs of the Griffon Sea Eagle A'Diao.
Xiao Huangji A Chou translated for Xiao Gouzi Sixi. "Master, Sixi says Small Nine Xiang took Wufu underground and didn't bring him along, so he came back with me, A Chou."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She extended her Mechanical Arm. It suddenly lengthened, reaching all the way to the Small Dog on the ground. She scooped him up in one motion and handed him to Huo Yushen, who sat behind her.
Huo Yushen: "..."
Calm and collected, he took the obedient Xiao Gouzi Sixi and placed him in front of himself.
Seeing this, Xiao Huangji A Chou immediately flew down from Huo Yushen's Mecha shoulder and stuffed himself into the circle of Xiao Gouzi Sixi's arms.
Xia Chujian nodded in satisfaction and said, "Sixi, where did Small Nine Xiang dig into the Ground Cave?"
Xiao Gouzi Sixi barked several times, "Wu Er Fu!"
Xiao Huangji A Chou stretched out his short little chicken wings and pointed toward the east side. "...Over there."
The Griffon Sea Eagle sprang into the air and flew into the woods to the east.
Before long, Xiao Gouzi Sixi barked again.
This time, there was no need for Xiao Huangji A Chou to translate. The Griffon Sea Eagle had already stopped and landed on the ground.
Xia Chujian lowered her eyes and looked down.
She could not see anything different about the ground here compared with anywhere else.
It was all hard Black Soil, frozen solid like ice, with thick weeds growing all around—varieties she did not recognize.
Of course, to survive temperatures that remained between negative eighty degrees and absolute zero year-round, they could not possibly be ordinary weeds.
Xia Chujian activated her Mecha's built-in Radar and searched the surrounding area.
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