Guide Crow

When Lin Pengpeng heard Ling Feiran say she was going to look for Pei Xianjue, she blurted out, "I'm coming too!"

"Let's all go together!" Wang Xunmei suggested.

"Together?" Ling Feiran shook her head. "My Card can't protect that many people. Having Pengpeng come with me is enough. You all have walkie-talkies, so as long as we stay in touch, you can come help at any time if something happens. Also, it would be best to send some people back to the Quarantine Zone to deliver the news, so the Quarantine Zone doesn't make the wrong call."

The Divine Shepherd spoke up. "I'll take a few people back to the Quarantine Zone. The rest will remain on standby here. If we find General Pei, everyone can rush over to help."

No one objected. After a brief discussion, they split up and got moving.

Lin Pengpeng was frantic and could not wait another moment. She took Ling Feiran out of the Bell Tower and headed toward the altar.

They did not need Dove to guide them. They only had to follow the direction each stone statue faced to reach the altar.

The altar now looked as if it had been through a massive earthquake. Cracks crisscrossed the ground, four or five of the twelve stone pillars had collapsed, and the remains atop them had been buried beneath broken bricks and rubble.

Lin Pengpeng arrived at the spot where she had been separated from Pei Xianjue. Looking down into the pitch-black crack, she could not help feeling her heart tighten.

"It was here. I almost managed to pull them up, but then countless Mountain lice suddenly crawled out! And then..." Recalling the scene, Lin Pengpeng's eyes reddened. "Then I lost my grip. I couldn't hold on..."

Ling Feiran picked up a stone