Bai Yaoyao put away the mutant eagle's corpse. With no target left to bark at, Doggie finally ran back to her side, whining for affection.
Bai Yaoyao hesitated, then crouched down and hugged Doggie. There was no denying it-when Doggie had been snatched away, she really had been scared...
Still not enough training. Otherwise, Doggie wouldn't have been caught so easily. Looks like I'll have to increase the training load...
Doggie nestled into the warm embrace and was just about to howl with excitement when the hug seemed to turn a little colder. A distinctly dangerous feeling crept up. What is Master planning?
Doggie instinctively edged away from Bai Yaoyao.
"Let's hurry back and find Stone and Dada Juan first," Bai Yaoyao said.
"Okay. I left markers all along the way." Fat Brother pointed them out.
Bai Yaoyao extended her mental power to scan their surroundings, but found no sign of Stone or Dada Juan. They were probably still too far away, so she hurried back.
But they had almost reached the edge of the forest, and there was still no sign of them.
"Something's wrong! Those two are in trouble," Bai Yaoyao said with a frown.
"But surely they would've had time to send up a distress signal."
"Head back."
Everyone unconsciously quickened their pace. This wasn't like when Doggie had been snatched away, when they all knew what had happened. The unknown was the most frightening thing of all.
"Sister Yao, there's a scorched leaf here!" Peiqi had been watching the ground beside the path and finally spotted a clue.
Fat Brother glanced at it. "Dada Juan's special ability probably left that."
"Search the area carefully." Bai Yaoyao forced herself to calm down. Her life had already taken a completely different course from her previous one. Whatever she