She immediately forced herself to refocus her thoughts.
After all, she could guarantee that she and Chunshan had never encountered any heat in the ice cave ten years ago.

While hesitating, Ji Jie's voice suddenly came over:
"Please allow me to go in and explore the way!"

"Master's wife's formation has been activated. No one can predict what will happen if they rush in..."
Xia Pingwu explained the pros and cons, and then heard Ji Jie's voice become more determined:
“Captain Ming is right, interns are also members of the team and should take responsibility.
"So, I applied to take the initiative to go in and explore the way."

Before Xia Pingwu could object, Ming Chunshan had already stepped back with her on his back and said, "Okay, come here."

Then, the communication headset rang with the rustling sound of someone tying a safety rope around Ji Jie and letting her walk in alone.

Things have come to this point, there is no other way.
Xia Pingwu had no choice but to look back at the passage in front of him and reminded Ming Chunshan: "Let's get back to the topic of the strange beast.
"Haruyama, can you feel it?"

The surroundings fell into silence again. Ming Chunshan listened for a moment and asked, "What?"

Xia Pingwu lowered his voice and said, "The strange beast is gradually approaching."

Ming Chunshan immediately became alert, and unconsciously tightened his grip on Xia Pingwu's legs: "Where should we retreat to?"

"We can't retreat." Xia Pingwu slowly leaned over, stretched out his arm, and covered the back of Ming Chunshan's hand, "Chunshan, lend me some supernatural power."
Her lips brushed against Ming Chunshan's ear, her voice so soft that no one seemed to notice:
"Be careful, don't alarm the other side, and don't alarm the cave wall."
If too much supernatural power was released, perhaps the cave wall would collapse, she was not sure.

The feeling of fullness filled his body again, and the detection ability was successfully released. Xia Pingwu whispered to Ming Chunshan to share information:
“Only the hole in front of me can be sensed, but its location cannot be determined.
"She didn't move. She seemed...waiting for me to come over."

The force restraining her legs tightened again. Xia Pingwu looked down and saw Ming Chunshan looking up at her, with a smug look in his eyes:
"Don't worry, Sister is on my back now, I won't let you pass."

Xia Pingwu laughed and habitually reached out and touched the top of Ming Chunshan's head:
"Okay, I'll rely on you then."

Ming Chunshan paused for a moment, then quietly turned back, hiding his slightly red face, and tried to keep his tone calm:
"…Are we just going to wait here? What else can we do?"

The answer came immediately: "Chunshan, do you know why Master's Wife uses a fire cave to imprison strange beasts?"

……

Suddenly, there was a sound of violent running in the silent fire cave.
There was also Ming Chunshan's panting dissuasion:
"Sister, if you do this, your body will carry too much superpowers and you won't be able to bear it."

At the same time, countless bright red lights were pouring in from all directions, blending with the blue light at Xia Pingwu's fingertips, bursting out, and suddenly rushed into the cave among countless fireworks.
Xia Pingwu's tone was still light, but with an undisguised cheerfulness:
“We are just diverting the energy that is already in the fire cave so that it won’t collapse.
“And the reason why Master’s Wife chose the Fire Cave is because the alien beasts are most afraid of fire, whether it is the fire from guns or the fire in the fire cave.
"So, if we do this, we can definitely force her out!"

She knew what she was thinking, of course, but that wasn't what she was worried about.
Ming Chunshan wanted to persuade him again, but someone held his neck tightly and an excited voice sounded in his ears:
"I heard her screaming! She's about to give up!
"Haruyama, thanks to you, I definitely wouldn't be able to run so fast by myself."
She smiled, with a high note at the end:
"It would be great if Ning Xuan's combat aircraft was here."

Ming Chunshan paused, but Xia Pingwu didn't notice.
She carried two spears on her shoulders, waiting for any trace of strange beasts, trying to kill them as soon as they appeared.
"Haruyama, I saw it!"

"what--"
At the same time, a piercing scream came from the communication headset. Ji Jie seemed to be frightened to the extreme, and his voice almost broke:
"Report! There are lots of fires! There are lots of fires!"

"Ji Jie? Ji Jie! Report your location!" Ming Chunshan and Mao Xiqing started asking at the same time, but the signal from the headset began to become intermittent, and Ji Jie's voice became increasingly vague.

The bullets from the rifle beside my ear were still firing, but my back suddenly felt light.
Ming Chunshan pressed the communication headset in annoyance, turned his head and saw Xia Pingwu jumping off his back.
The latter handed a spear to Ming Chunshan, with excitement on his face:
“Haruyama! I understand!
“Mao Xiqing said there was anger, and Ji Jie also said there was fire, which means that Ji Jie and the strange beast were in the same path just now!
"And this path must connect the Ice Cave and the Fire Cave!"

There was insufficient evidence to support this inference, but Ming Chunshan naturally trusted Xia Pingwu. She took the gun and continued:
"That means our supernatural power just now accidentally injured Ji Jie. As long as we save Ji Jie, we can go back and reunite with the team."

Xia Pingwu nodded heavily and moved his hands and feet briefly:
“That’s right, and I just saw the strange beast escape to the next road. You won’t run into that guy if you go to save Ji Jie.
"Quick, split up and do it this way!"

Ming Chunshan was thinking too fast, and he was stuck for a moment, and immediately denied it:
"No, the monster is too dangerous. You can't defeat it with just a gun. You can't go."

Xia Pingwu held Ming Chunshan's shoulders:
"The fire in the fire cave is too strong. If Ji Jie brings it back to the ice cave while evading and retreating, the ice cave will collapse."
Her voice was firm:
“And only I can see this strange beast, so I must go.
"Chunshan, I promise you, I will just follow closely and not attack rashly."

"That's not possible either."
Ming Chunshan's voice was firm. She raised her hand, grasped Xia Pingwu's wrist, and then pulled her closer.
"We can activate empathy. Although I can't sustain it for long on my own, I will definitely kill the beast as soon as possible."

The distance between the two people suddenly shortened, their foreheads touched, and a faint beam of supernatural power flowed.
Ming Chunshan is building empathy.

Therefore, Xia Pingwu almost immediately realized that he had a fever again.
The intense quarrels and continuous tasks were no longer something her body could withstand after ten years.

Her crow-like eyelashes drooped. After an unknown amount of silence, Xia Pingwu finally spoke softly:
"Okay, let's exchange tasks."

Before the two separated, Xia Pingwu heard Ming Chunshan say the last words:
"Sister, the ice cave is too cold and you are menstruating, remember to keep warm."

*
The Superpower Bureau.

"Reporting to Captain Ruan, all the debris that flew out of the cave has been cleaned up, and the detailed cause has been handed over to the laboratory for investigation."
After listening to the subordinate's report, Ruan Zhuyun responded and waved his hand:
"Continue to closely monitor the pollution level outside the cave, and restore contact with the communication headset inside the cave as soon as possible."

She stood up, looking unhappy: "I'm going out for a while and will be back as soon as possible."

The subordinate did not ask any further questions, but simply performed a standard salute and then watched Ruan Zhuyun leave.

……

The bottle in the pocket was not big, even smaller than the one Ming Chunshan usually used to hold medicine, but Ruan Zhuyun felt it was heavier than a thousand pounds.

She subconsciously rubbed the bottle through her pocket and her pace quickened.
Then he was stopped by someone.

"Captain Ruan, you can't take anything from the Bureau of Supernatural Powers out of the Bureau of Supernatural Powers. Do you want to be punished too?"
The newcomer was dressed in tight clothes, but to be honest, Ruan Zhuyun was more familiar with her in a lab coat.

After working together for so many years, if she still can't react to what happened at this moment, then all these years have been in vain.
So Ruan Zhuyun stopped, looked up naturally, and smiled gently:
"Ning Xuan, I don't understand what you are talking about."
She opened her arms, looking very natural and relaxed:
"Are you talking about me? I'm a psychic, an affiliate of the Psychic Bureau. I can't go out, right?"

Ning Xuan stared at Ruan Zhuyun. Years of being in the laboratory had made her skin look sickly pale, but her eyebrows and eyes were still sharp:
"Ruan Zhuyun, don't play word games with me.
"I hated that about you when we were in school, too."

Ruan Zhujun crossed her arms, and the smile on her face faded a little:
"When you were in school, you promised Pingwu that you would always stand on the same side with us."

"You know what I'm talking about."
Ning Xuan took a step forward and stretched out his hand to clamp Ruan Zhuyun.
"Give me the stuff, and you don't have to get into this muddy water."

Ruan Zhujun laughed, and his voice became even lighter:
"You come to stop me, doesn't that mean there's something fishy going on? It's even more impossible for me to give you anything."

“You’ve been targeted.” Ning Xuan approached and wanted to say something else, but Ruan Zhujun immediately retorted, “I’ve been targeted for a long time.
"Me, Pingwu, Mingchunshan, and you."

Ning Xuan did not answer. When Ruan Zhujun passed by her, she only left a faint sentence:
"Ruan Zhuyun, do you think I'm the only one who's dirty?
"The people you trust may not be completely clean."

*
As he stepped out of the aisle, Xia Pingwu couldn't help but press his collar.
The ice cave is still so cold.

Ji Jie, who had fainted on Mao Xiqing's shoulder, was immediately picked up by Mao Xiqing. The emergency medical kit was activated. Xia Pingwu watched from the side and reached in to take out a few antipyretic pills.
Then she reached out to the person behind her:
"Give me enough bullets and a tranquilizer bow."

Ji Jie didn't seem to be seriously injured. Her eyelashes began to flutter under the first aid. Xia Pingwu ignored her, packed her equipment, and turned to walk to another path:
"I'll go pick you up, Team Ming. You guys continue to look for the exit. Remember, it's best not to use your super powers."

When Xia Pingwu was about to enter the cave, she vaguely heard Ji Jie talking to Mao Xiqing.
The voice was too quiet, she could only hear Ji Jie asking:
"Deputy Xia sent me back? Who was the person who fought the monster?"

……

Yes, a strange beast.
Chunshan has not encountered the strange beast yet, but according to the information transmitted through empathy, she should encounter it soon.

When Xia Pingwu's body completely fell into darkness, she stroked her forehead and reminded softly:
"Chunshan, I feel her. She is in front of you on the right." She could hear Ming Chunshan's subconscious grip on his spear, his increasingly slow footsteps, and...
"It's now!"
There were continuous sounds of gunfire, but the muzzle of the gun was not noisy due to the silencer. Xia Pingwu held his breath and carefully felt every bit of what was happening over there.

There was no movement.
No heavy objects fell to the ground, no strange beasts roared.
All she could hear was Ming Chunshan's suppressed breathing.

Xia Pingwu quickened his pace.
She was sure that the strange beast had turned into this road, but in the endless darkness and silence, she began to worry.

What if she was wrong?
What if... Chunshan got hurt because of this?
Just as I was feeling extremely confused, two voices suddenly overlapped.
She heard Ming Chunshan finally speak over there, his tone full of disbelief:
"Why... is it you? Why are you still alive?"

At the same time, there was a strong light in front of my eyes.
Ming Chunshan's portable flashlight rolled to the ground, emitting patches of light.

Ming Chunshan knelt on one knee where the light and shadow overlapped, his body covered in blood.

"Haruyama, how are you? Where's that guy?"
Xia Pingwu knelt in front of Ming Chunshan, but before he could check the situation clearly, he heard a sudden movement beside his ear.

The flashlight moved automatically without wind, and when Xia Pingwu turned around, he saw that the wall of the road suddenly surged as if it had life.

Layer by layer, as if covered with mucus, something crawled out from it.

First, there was the familiar faceless face.
Then, suddenly, he had limbs and a body.
Xia Pingwu felt that this guy looked familiar.

Ming Chunshan behind her seemed to suddenly wake up and reached out to push her: "Sister, hurry up."
Her tone was urgent: "This guy... is the one that should have died before..."

"Xia... Ping... Wu?"
The strange beast looked over. Its two eyes seemed to have just grown, and it was difficult for it to move. It seemed to be hesitantly looking at Xia Pingwu, and its voice was very vague.
"Why...another Xia Pingwu appeared?"

These words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Xia Pingwu on the head immediately.
again.

She understood immediately and turned around to look at Ming Chunshan. Ming Chunshan was still wearing her shirt, which was covered in blood and seemed to have new blood flowing out.

Chunshan was wearing her clothes and was mistaken for a monster.

Thinking of this, Xia Pingwu felt cold all over.

She felt the remaining coldness in her body begin to penetrate into the bones, and the subconscious sounds seemed to be overflowing from between her teeth.
She was saying, "Haruyama, I'm sorry, it's all my fault."

Ming Chunshan didn't know where he was injured. He clearly didn't find any trace when he felt the pain before, but now he was already a little shaky and couldn't kneel.

Xia Pingwu saw that Ming Chunshan seemed to want to raise his hand and grab her to say something, but the stench of the strange beast behind her was getting closer and closer. She didn't have time to ask more questions and turned around.

The strange beast seemed to be frightened by this action, and then paused.

Xia Pingwu stood up and readied his gun.

The strange beast immediately became excited. She opened her mouth and said vaguely:
"Come on, come on, do you think you can defeat me like this?"

“I don’t know what happened, but I know that Chunshan had a gun, but he was still hurt by you.
"In that case,"
Before Xia Pingwu finished speaking, a majestic blue light suddenly burst out, and the woman leaped up, swinging her spear horizontally, and hit the strange beast heavily -
"You must have never tasted my supernatural powers!"

A burst of blue light suddenly hit the monster's mouth, causing it to cry out in pain and clench its teeth instantly.
At this moment, the spear had arrived and hit the monster's upper jaw hard!
The sharp teeth broke immediately, but that was not the end. The bow was thrown away casually, and the anesthetic needle that was ready to go pierced the monster's eyes accurately with tremendous force!

The anesthetic was injected instantly, and the sharp claws of the strange beast paused immediately. After a few seconds, they drooped down limply.

Xia Pingwu stumbled to the ground, and immediately took off her clothes to wrap Ming Chunshan:
"Don't be afraid, I'll take you out right away."

Ming Chunshan grabbed Xia Pingwu's wrist with his backhand, and even though his voice began to sound a little weak, he insisted:
"Sister, I have something to say, you have done nothing wrong to me.
"It's me...I'm sorry for you."

Xia Pingwu had already carried her on his back, and answered casually:
"Why are you apologizing again? You've already apologized before.
"After all, it was the doctor's advice seven years ago. You have reflected on it, so I choose to forgive you."

Ming Chunshan seemed to say something else behind him, but unfortunately Xia Pingwu didn't hear it.

Because she had only walked a few steps with Ming Chunshan on her back when there was movement behind her -

The dose of the anesthetic injection was too small, and it was difficult to knock the guy down completely.

She had no idea of ​​the guy's speed. If he could move within the wall, she would probably be stopped before she could escape back to the ice cave.
The gun was broken, and she never expected that the guy would grow limbs and hands and feet. The anesthetic bow she brought was definitely not enough.
Call Mao Xiqing over now? The passage is too small, and if we run into trouble, no one will be able to escape.

Xia Pingwu hesitated, but she also knew that she didn't have much time to hesitate.
She didn't know what kind of injury Ming Chunshan had suffered. If she missed the best time for treatment...

There was a sudden burning heat behind me.
It is Mingchun Mountain that is bleeding.

Xia Pingwu frowned and called out, "Chunshan?"

no respond.

Xia Pingwu's heart tightened, and he subconsciously reached out to touch the short blade at his waist.

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded in my ears:
"Xia Pingwu, are you going to leave here again without knowing why?"

Xia Pingwu lifted up the unconscious Ming Chunshan's body.

The voice was getting closer and closer: "Xia Pingwu, why did you become like that the last time you came to the Ice and Fire Cave? Don't you want to know?"

Xia Pingwu drew out his short blade and spoke in a cold voice:
"You chased me just to tell me this?"

The voice suddenly laughed, but before it could speak again, a ticking sound was heard in the silent passage.

The strange beast suddenly became more excited: "Xia Pingwu, are you bleeding?"

"Yeah, it's bleeding."
Xia Pingwu's voice was very light, but her steps moved forward suddenly, and her voice immediately rose an octave.
"My blood is the death warrant that will drag you into hell!"

She jumped up again, her five fingers formed into claws, and grabbed in fiercely!
If someone was here, they would be able to see that Xia Pingwu's arm holding the knife immediately swelled up, and it was exactly the same as the hand of the superior!
She flew forward, and then used a decisive "Tiger Heart-Dropping" move, accompanied by the beast's hoarse cry, then immediately turned around and retreated, withdrawing her move neatly, and even had time to adjust the position of the person behind her.

In front of her, the chest and abdomen cavity that had already given birth to maggots suddenly ruptured, and almost immediately a disgusting stench spread out. Along with the blood splattering, there was also a crumpled piece of paper -

The piece of paper actually landed right next to Xia Pingwu's feet.

The latter lowered his eyes subconsciously.

Then, I saw the heading of the paper, with a few large characters written in bold ink:

【divorse agreement】

(End of this chapter)

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