Survival for all, my island is the last pure land on earth.

It was 12:30 PM, an hour before Jin Xiaoman set up her stall.

The fluffy ball was busy in the forest.

It knocked on the little hedgehog's door, and a rustling sound came from inside: "Who is it?"

Maoqiu: "It is I, Your Excellency has given the order."

Upon hearing this, the little hedgehog immediately put down what it was doing, ran to open the door, and asked, "What instructions does Your Excellency have?"

"This morning, the magistrate looked in the direction of (501,44,03) and said there was a dark shadow lurking there. Have you seen anything in that area recently?"

The little hedgehog shook its head: "I didn't see anything."

Furball shrugged in disappointment, then reluctantly took out a small notebook from his pocket and drew a checkmark next to the little hedgehog's name: "Okay, sorry to bother you."

Above the little hedgehog, there were many names written densely, making it clear that the fluffy ball hadn't gained anything.

The little hedgehog took out a hawthorn ball and gave it to Furry: "Didn't you eat lunch? Have this to tide you over."

Maoqiu shook its head: "The lord has already given me food."

"Alright then." The little hedgehog put away the hawthorn balls. "But there's something I don't know if I can help you with."

"you say."

"I don't know if I'm being too sensitive, but I feel like the forest has been acting strangely lately. When I'm sleeping at night, I always feel like there's something moving around outside, but when I go out to check, I don't see anything."

The furry ball asked, "How many times?"

"Twice, the most recent being last night."

The fluffy ball was making notes when a sound suddenly came from under the tree.

A little deer looked up and said, "Gentlemen, like the little hedgehog, although I can't see anything, my ears can still pick up some sounds."

"That sounded like a two-legged creature walking, very fast, and it was out of my hearing range almost instantly, but I'm sure it wasn't Lord Envoy."

Maoqiu took careful notes.

The little hedgehog asked worriedly, "Master Furball, has something unclean gotten into the forest?"

"I don't know yet, but it's best if you travel with a friend recently. If you encounter any problems, remember to communicate with me in time."

It closed the notebook, waved goodbye to the two little ones, and headed to its next destination.

On the way, they met a little rabbit. The rabbit perked up its ears and greeted the furball: "Hi, Ball Ball, I'm here, come over."

The fluffy ball paused for a moment before leaping down from the tree: "What's wrong?"

"I heard you were asking about the coordinates (501, 44, 03)?"

"Do you have any leads?"

"Of course, I'm telling you..."

"boom--"

A deafening roar came from afar, followed by the earth trembling.

The little rabbit drooped its ears in fright and lay prone on the ground: "Oh dear, what happened?"

"It sounds like the sound is coming from the coordinates."

The little rabbit looked up: "That's—Lord Magistrate? What is he doing?"

Maoqiu's eyes lit up: "The adults are blasting the mountain."

"Blast the mountain?"

The two little ones stood on tiptoe to try to see more clearly, but unfortunately, their height was limited, and even when they jumped, their field of vision was only so-so.

Maoqiu grabbed the little rabbit's front paw, and the two figures vanished from the spot in a flash.

From the tree, the little rabbit looked at the devastation of the cave before it and asked, "Do you still need to ask what happened here?"

Maoqiu looked at the small notebook in her hand, somewhat disappointed: "Looks like we don't need it anymore. It seems Lord Shijun has already solved the problem. Let's go."

The fluffy ball leaped to another tree, without even using Flash.

The little rabbit looked back at the cave, which was half collapsed, and heard a terrifying howl coming from inside. It turned around and followed the furball: "Wait a minute, I have something to tell you."

Furry: "Shall we ask about the time for exchanging supplies? It'll be 1:30 PM. The adults will be there on time."

"Oh no, that's not it."

The little rabbit grabbed the ball of fur: "Did you hear that sound just now?"

What was that sound?

"That one—"

The little rabbit knelt down, put its hands behind its head, looked up to the sky and howled, imitating the man from the roadside shouting, "Abundant wealth!!"

"This is it."

Furry: "..."

Little rabbit: "..."

The two little ones stared at each other for a moment, then the furball suddenly laughed: "I heard you, what's wrong?"

"I heard the same voice in another place, but the content was different. However, I guarantee that the tone was the same, and it was very hoarse and unpleasant."

The furball perked up: "Where? Take me there."

The little rabbit grinned and said, "Aren't you sad anymore?"

"If I can help you, Lord, I'm certainly not upset."

"It's good that you're not sad. I'll take you there now."

The little rabbit took the furball to three places: "It's strange, I didn't see anything, but there was definitely something making a ghostly noise."

The last place is a pond, but it is frequented by some of the people of Norse, who are more noble and powerful than the ordinary animals in the forest.

Therefore, small animals are reluctant to venture here because they are easily bullied.

Maoqiu frowned: "This place is too far from (501,44,03)."

"More than that, the places I've given you are all very far apart, it's like they're scattered throughout a forest."

Furball: "The little hedgehog and the little deer also said that they heard the sound of two-legged animals walking."

The little rabbit covered its mouth: "Oh my god, I was right!"

After thinking for a moment, the fluffy ball took the little rabbit home and repeated its instructions to the little hedgehog: "I'll go ask the rest of the friends. Be careful."

They then disappeared into the woods.

........

At 1:30 p.m., Jin Xiaoman set up her stall on time with velvet grass and a cotton coat.

She had just laid out the full-length mirror and cotton coat when the fluffy ball fell from the sky and landed precisely in Jin Xiaoman's arms.

It chuckled, its face beaming with undisguised joy: "Sir, I've discovered what you asked me to do this morning."

morning?

A cave?

That area has already been resolved; what new discoveries could there be?

Jin Xiaoman held the fluffy ball in her hands and asked in a high-pitched voice, "What new discovery?"

Maoqiu took out a small notebook from his pocket: "I asked all my friends, both familiar and unfamiliar, and one-fifth of them said they heard strange noises at night."

It imitated the rabbit, covering its head and shouting, "Money galore!!"

"It's this strange tone, the voices are very similar."

Jin Xiaoman couldn't help but laugh out loud, but her laughter froze on her face: "Wait, you're saying there are other places making this kind of noise?"

"Mmm." Furry: "And it was already there during the flood."

Jin Xiaoman suddenly felt a chill run from her back to her brain. Did this mean that there were still countless shadowy figures in the caves on her deserted island?

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