The Crow hopped a few times among the dense foliage and then disappeared.
Qingmu and Su Huilan had only exchanged a few words when they heard two Guagua cawing from the direction of the distant hillside.
Suddenly, the pores on his body, which had been tense, relaxed. Qingmu knew that the opportunity was not to be missed. He crouched down and darted out like an arrow.
"The trap is yours."
Su Huilan only heard Qingmu's words before she saw him rush out of the woods, leaping up the hillside in an S-shaped curve.
The Crow circling in the sky suddenly flapped their wings in a panic and swooped down into the valley on the other side of the hillside.
Then, a faint light flashed from the pile of rocks on the hillside, and a small cloud of smoke rose at Qingmu's feet as he sped along. This was the sniper who, after firing at the Crow in the sky, turned his gun and fired another shot at Qingmu.
Crow fly very high and very fast, making it difficult to hit them with a single shot. Su Huilan knew that this talking bird possessed incredible Mental Power; the sniper must have been mentally disturbed by Crow Crow before deciding to shoot it.
This shows that the sniper also possessed strong Mental Power; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to fire that shot at the Crow. Of course, his shot was clearly affected by this, losing its accuracy and allowing the Crow to escape quickly.
But his ability to immediately adjust his gun and fire at the rapidly approaching Qingmu is also rare. Although the shot was fired hastily, and Qingmu deliberately chose obstacles to conceal himself and moved quickly in a curved path, so it also missed, it wouldn't be difficult for him to hit a human target with a little adjustment.
From the two shots fired, Su Huilan had basically confirmed the sniper's location; the sniper was lying in ambush on that pile of rocks— the Tabuli that Qiqika had mentioned. However, she didn't notice the reflection from the sniper's scope when the sniper adjusted the direction of his gun, indicating that the opponent's gun might not be equipped with a scope, but more likely, the scope was covered with camouflage. If so, it meant the opponent was very professional, which also matched Su Huilan's understanding of Petru's background.
The situation looks very dangerous for Qingmu, but Su Huilan isn't particularly worried. She knows Qingmu has strong Mental Power; if he gets any closer, she can exert mental influence, making it difficult for Petru to fire his gun calmly.
Before that, the Crow flew back from the direction of the canyon where it had just disappeared, emitting a loud cry that was disproportionate to its size. Even from this distance, Su Huilan could almost feel the powerful spiritual fluctuations emanating from the Crow.
The second shot aimed at Qingmu did not arrive. Su Huilan believed that the gunman was turning his gun to deal with the Crow in the sky. At this moment, with the Crow's Mental Power fully unleashed, it would probably not be easy for him to aim.
The combination of Qingmu and the Crow was flawless.
Su Huilan couldn't help but wonder, just who were this guy and this Crow?
However, she didn't just watch the spectacle. After all, her current opponent was a master of mind control wielding a gun. She believed that if Petru hadn't been a master of mind control, he would have been dealt with by the Crow long ago, and Qingmu wouldn't have needed to risk his life to rush in.
She was holding a cat in her arms and had a suitcase beside her. She put the cat on the suitcase and then dashed out.
All of this sounds slow to describe, but it actually happens in the blink of an eye.
Su Huilan's figure didn't have the same sense of power as Qingmu's when he ran and jumped, but she was more agile and her speed was by no means slow.
She first ran to the tree where Qingmu had stood, parted the leaves to see where the three wooden arrows were, and then carefully climbed up.
Standing on the tree branch, you can clearly see the mechanism supporting the wooden arrow. It's a clever design that makes almost complete use of the natural elasticity of the gnarled branches, with only some auxiliary ropes added. Disarming the mechanism is also simple: just untie the ropes and remove the wooden arrow.
When Su Huilan went to untie the rope, she saw that the end of the rope had split into two strands. One strand was attached to the tree where Qiqika was hanging. In other words, as soon as Qiqika and the book came down, the rope, which was no longer pulled by gravity, would loosen and trigger the mechanism, causing three arrows to shoot through Qiqika and the person who saved her.
Another rope hung loosely behind the tree, seemingly unrelated to the mechanism and merely an extra rope. But when Su Huilan pulled the rope up, she discovered it was quite long and buried in a pile of fallen leaves under the tree. A short while later, a rope net was pulled out of the pile of leaves.
This is the third trap hidden behind the tree that Qingmu just mentioned.
If Qingmu had sensed the danger of being targeted by a gun and immediately hid behind a tree, he would have been caught in this net and hung in mid-air like Qiqika.
What's terrifying and Tushu is that at that moment, the rope that Su Huilan is currently holding will taut, and the three arrows on the arrow-shooting mechanism in the tree will rotate 180 degrees and shoot at the person caught in the net.
Su Huilan secretly rejoiced.
She and Qingmu discovered the mechanism at the same time, but luckily Qingmu ran over first, while she was a step slower because she was thinking about the third trap.
If the roles were reversed, she wasn't sure if she could sense the threat of the sniper rifle. Even if Petru deliberately let her discover his presence, in that situation, would she be able to calmly consider the hunter's motives and the danger behind the tree, just like Qingmu?
Before this, Qingmu's impression on her was that of a guy with naturally strong Mental Power but a dull, lazy, and easygoing personality. But now, she felt more and more that Qingmu was mysterious. Just that calmness alone was not something that ordinary people could do. Even geniuses would need to go through long periods of rigorous training or cruel experiences to cultivate it!
What exactly did this guy experience in his lost memories?
Su Huilan raised her head and looked towards the hillside through the gaps in the leaves.
In fact, she had been paying attention to the movements over there. The gun stopped firing, and Qingmu had already stopped, about two hundred meters away from the sniper's position.
The Crow were still circling in the sky.
Su Huilan knew there was no danger there anymore, so she prepared to disarm the traps and rescue Qiqika.
Just as she was about to untie the rope, she suddenly remembered something, and her hand stopped touching the rope.
Since the arrows would change direction and kill those who fell into the net after the mechanism behind the tree was triggered, it shows that the person who set the trap had no mercy and was just playing a hunting game. So why would they let Qiqika, who was hung up at the beginning, go?
But whether you trigger the mechanism behind the tree or untie the rope now, the rope holding Qiqika will loosen, causing Qiqika to fall to the ground.
He designed such an ingenious mechanism, was he really going to run over and shoot Qiqika when she landed?
That's not how you play games.
Su Huilan couldn't help but frown.
She lightly jumped down from the tree, carefully walked a few steps away from Qiqika, picked up a twig, and brushed away the fallen leaves and withered grass under Qiqika's head, revealing a tattered straw mat.
Lifting the straw mat revealed a deep pit underneath, with many sharpened wooden splinters stuck upside down at the bottom, enough to pierce a person's chest.
If Su Huilan had rashly untied the rope just now, Qiqika would have fallen into the pit and turned into a hedgehog by now.