Miss White Wolf's Terra Travel Journal

Volume 4: Chapter 112 Traces

Time goes back to the present, five hours after Aina and Bo Lu encountered the infected body at the experimental base.

Bai Lang woke up from her nap yawning. She checked the time on her phone and saw that it was just past 5:30 in the morning, which meant that she had only rested for less than half an hour.

Although she was very sleepy and wanted to close her eyes and continue to rest, the dim sky in the forest kept reminding her that it was time to act.

She stretched out her arm, plucked a green leaf from the branch, put it in her mouth and chewed it.

A fresh taste with a strong bitter taste instantly exploded in her mouth. This method was very effective and she no longer felt sleepy immediately.

At this moment, not far in front of her, Qin Liu had been keeping an eye on the white wolf.

In such a dangerous area, as a 'Guard Knight', Qin Liu never thought about sleeping from beginning to end. Protecting Olicia was her most important task.

What's more, she discovered today that watching Miss Olivia taking a nap was actually an extremely interesting thing. During this time, she couldn't help but fantasize about many things.

She was thinking, if she could hug the person in front of her, just hug him, without any other strange thoughts, hug that soft body and listen to the other's peaceful breathing, how happy that would be.

If, and here I mean if, if Miss Olicia would act coquettishly, shake her arms and make a gentle request, then her heart would definitely melt, and she would find a way to help her pick the moon.

"Hey, what's so good about it?" Bai Lang suddenly noticed that Miss Qin Liu was leaning against the tree trunk opposite, observing him without blinking, so he threw the leaves away and asked unhappily.

This emotionless remark suddenly woke Qin Liu from her sweet dream and made her realize the cold reality. She walked over, picked a leaf from the same tree, and said dryly as if forcing a topic:

"Nothing, I was just curious about what it smelled like. Well, now that it's daylight, let's get on with our business. This place is pretty close to where you mentioned."

After saying that, she put the leaves in her mouth and chewed them. Then her expression suddenly changed and she spat them out with a "Puh, Puh, Puh" sound.

However, the unsympathetic White Wolf was only gloating at the side. After Qin Liu had suffered a lot, he took out the small water bottle with little water left and handed it to Qin Liu: "Here."

"You let me use your kettle?" Happiness came so suddenly that Miss Qin Liu found it unbelievable.

"Don't worry about it. I thought you people from the Guard Academy didn't care about these little things." Bai Lang quickly put the kettle back into her pocket. Her hands were so fast that it was hard not to wonder if she had never intended to give it to others.

Qin Liu realized belatedly that she had missed a great opportunity, but it was too late to regret. Miss Olisia had already taken a step forward, and she could only hurry up and catch up.

The two continued to walk through the jungle, and the white wolf suddenly smelled a faint smell of blood. Based on the wind direction, it could be estimated that it was within 300 meters due north of the two.

She stopped, greeted Qin Liu, then lightened her steps and slowly crept towards where the smell was.

As the distance shortened, her ears also detected unusual sounds, chaotic and irregular, as if there was a herd of animals moving around nearby.

Finally, after passing through a small patch of dense bushes, they found the source of the unusual noise.

It was a group of infected beasts fighting for food. There were about thirteen or fourteen of them. Each of them had blood on its fur, red eyes, and conspicuous Originium crystals behind their heads.

At this time, the group of beasts were frantically tearing apart the corpses of their own kind under their feet.

The white wolf narrowed her eyes. She saw an abandoned package near the group of infected beasts. When she met Miss Aina and the others before, they seemed to have used such a package.

Could it be that Aina and the others...

She was anxious, and her right hand reached silently for the hilt of the sword. There were only a dozen infected beasts. If she used the Originium technique, she should be able to easily deal with them within half a minute.

But before she could grasp the hilt of the sword, another tall hand grabbed her hand first. Bai Lang turned his head and looked at Qin Liu beside him in surprise.

"Don't be afraid." Qin Liu lowered his voice and said, "They are almost done eating and will leave on their own soon. We will go out after it is safe."

But I'm not afraid. Bai Lang thought, but Miss Qin Liu's approach also makes sense. It is the safest approach to not take action if possible and save energy.

At this time, she realized that the other party was holding her hand and had no intention of letting go, so she shook it back. Her palm felt soft, warm, and even a little wet.

Is Miss Qin Yanagi worried so much that her palms are sweating?

Although she herself did not have any fear, she suddenly discovered that holding something solid in her palm made her feel strangely at ease. What was the principle behind this?

Is it true that humans just like the feeling of grasping something?

Or do you just want to hold something that makes you feel comfortable?

While she was daydreaming, she subconsciously rubbed Miss Qin Liu's palm, and then she saw that her face was slightly red, and she was looking at her with a strange, as if willing, look.

A strange thing happened. Bai Lang actually felt something scared in that weak look. She wanted to let go of her hand immediately, but Miss Qin Liu held her hand tightly and pointed in the direction of the Source Stone Beast, signaling her not to make a sound.

The mental torment lasted for a few minutes and ended as the Originium beasts slowly left.

Fearing that Miss Olicia would become wary, Qin Liu reluctantly let go of her hand when the time came, and then said with a righteous face:

"Now, let's go quietly and check the package. We must not alert the herd."

"They've been gone for a long time. It won't alarm anyone there." Bai Lang complained as he lowered his head and walked over to check. Qin Liu pretended not to hear anything.

After opening the package and taking inventory, Bai Lang nodded: "There is water and compressed biscuits inside, and half a box of reagent bottles. I guess they are all their things."

Qin Liu also observed the ground and said, "We can see their footprints on the ground. The distance between their steps is very large. They must be running. Something is chasing them."

She squatted down on the grass again and pointed to the white wolf, saying, "The grass that the two of them stepped on has basically recovered. It seems that a long time has passed. Olicia, we'd better be mentally prepared."

Bai Lang nodded. She knew the hidden meaning in Qin Liu's words: because the accident lasted too long and the danger level of this place was extremely high, Aina and Bo Lu might have met with an accident.

She sighed helplessly, looked into the distance, and said calmly: "No matter what, we must not give up before the result is confirmed."

Next, the two of them followed the blurry footprints on the ground and chased forward.

Volume 4: Chapter 113: Waking Up from a Dream

Following the footprints, they entered a valley, and the trail began to meander upwards. Finally, the two stopped near a cliff.

The vegetation here was sparse and there were hard stones all around. Footprints were no longer recognizable in such a place. The two were forced to slow down and had to look for clues around them.

White Wolf was squatting on the ground, carefully distinguishing whether some tiny traces were footprints, when he suddenly heard Qin Liu shouting from the left front:

"Olicia, this way."

She immediately stood up and ran over, only to see large drops of dried black blood scattered on the stone not far in front of Qin Liu. If one looked carefully, one could find brown Originium particles visible to the naked eye in the blood drops.

"It should be the blood of an infected beast." White Wolf said thoughtfully, "We can first check the source of the blood to see if we can find any new clues."

Qin Liu nodded, and then earnestly warned: "Yes, but I feel that we may encounter infected beasts later, so don't stay too far away from me."

"Okay." White Wolf agreed verbally reluctantly.

As the two moved, the blood in their eyes became denser and denser, gradually forming a line. During this process, White Wolf also found many trivial body fragments, and only bones were left in the fragments, and the flesh and blood had been eaten clean.

Perhaps it was another case of cannibalism, she thought to herself.

The two soon reached the end of the blood trail.

It was at the bottom of a cliff. A pool of black and red blood inexplicably appeared at the bottom of the reddish-brown cliff, and next to it were torn pieces of infected beasts.

White Wolf observed the area nearby, then narrowed his eyes, took a few steps to the right, and picked up a reagent bottle from the ground.

She took it in her hand and looked at it, then handed it to Qin Liu: "Aina and the others should have escaped here."

Qin Liu took the reagent bottle, looked at it, nodded, and then walked to the cliff. While checking, he said: "The problem should be here, but there is nothing here...ah, there is a crack."

The White Wolf also came closer to observe and indeed found a regular, thin crack on the cliff. The crack went straight up, then turned right about two meters, and then went down, forming a rectangle as a whole. The bloodstains on the ground seeped out from the bottom of the center of the rectangle.

"It should be a secret door or something like that. Since the clues are interrupted near here, Aina and the others are probably in here." White Wolf said, patting the cliff with his hand.

"That's right, Olisia, I have an idea, please move aside." Qin Liu drew his sword and said to Bailang.

When the white wolf walked to the back, Qin Liu swung the sword hard on the stone wall several times, and the surface of the stone wall collapsed and shattered, revealing a silver-gray metal door inside.

Qin Liu tried to chop at the metal door, but his weapon bounced off.

"No, this is a special alloy, it's impossible to force it, we have to think of other ways."

Qin Liu made a comment and then began to carefully examine the stone wall, hoping to find some mechanism that could open the door.

Bai Lang walked to the front of the gate in disbelief, reached in and touched the metal door. With a thought, she concentrated her energy on her right index finger, and the door was pressed down like soft tofu, leaving a dent.

It looks like it can be fixed, she thought.

Qin Liu, who was not far away, was still trying to find other ways to open the door, so Bai Lang greeted her, "Qin Liu, don't look for it anymore. I have a way."

Qin Liu jumped over and asked in confusion, "What's the solution?"

White Wolf smiled and said, "Use my Originium skills."

Qin Liu then remembered that Miss Olicia was a warlock. Along the way, she was always thinking about protecting her and had forgotten that the person she was protecting was a warlock with combat capabilities.

But this doesn't make sense. She remembered that when the other party demonstrated the Originium skill, a flame formed on his hand. That means Miss Olicia should be a fire sorcerer. How can a fire sorcerer open such a door?

Could you throw a fireball to burn the door open?

Before she could think about more things, Bai Lang had already started giving orders: "Qin Liu, step back a little."

Qin Liu took two steps back as he was told.

"Back a little further, at least five meters further." White Wolf turned his head and added.

Qin Liu wanted to say that she understood fire-attribute Originium skills. She was from the Guard Academy and had seen a lot of related Originium skills. Besides, opening a door did not mean launching a range attack, so there was no need to let people retreat so far.

Although she felt strange, she still stepped back as she was told and looked at the white wolf in front of her curiously.

She saw White Wolf look back to confirm again, then nodded and drew the ornate ceremonial sword from his waist.

The swords of the nobles are just beautiful. She thought that it would probably take a month or so just to carve the patterns on them. What would Miss Olicia do with such a prop?

She soon understood everything.

Moreover, before this, Qin Liu could never have imagined that the unforgettable scene would suddenly appear before his eyes.

Olicia held the sword in her right hand, with the blade slanted to the lower right, and walked slowly towards the metal gate. A strange red flame suddenly burned from the sword as she walked.

With every step the opponent took, the color of the flame became darker. After five steps, Olicia stood in front of the door, and the flame on the sword had turned into a strange blood red.

Qin Liu could no longer see the other person's back. The huge heat caused the air to distort, as if there was a transparent flame burning and jumping continuously.

If it weren't for the gravel nearby, something would have caught fire long ago.

In the blurry and flickering vision, Qin Liu vaguely saw Olicia swinging two swords, and then there was a loud bang, and then the high temperature disappeared instantly, as if everything before was an illusion. Only the dry air and the still hot skin showed that everything was real.

Qin Liu did not go to meet Bai Lang immediately. She stood there in confusion, with a huge sense of loss occupying her entire body and mind.

What was she doing along the way?

Does Miss Olicia need her protection?

The strength of the two is not even in the same league, or in other words, with Miss Olicia's ability, perhaps only Miss Chen can compete with her.

Qin Liu lowered his head and looked at his sword in confusion.

She remembered that every time she encountered danger, she always asked the other party to stay behind her, and every time she camped outdoors, she would foolishly go to guard the night. What was the point of all this? Miss Olicia must have laughed at her in her heart for overestimating her own abilities.

She is just an ordinary, clumsy Vaifan. The only ability she has is the fighting skills she learned at the Guard Academy. She has always hoped and fantasized about using these abilities to protect Miss Olicia and become the guardian knight she most desires.

But now? Facts have proven how stupid my idea was.

As if waking up from the most beautiful dream, she said to herself bitterly:

Jane Willow, you are the most ridiculous guardian knight.

……

She still responded to Miss Olicia's call instinctively, but kept a certain distance from her, just like when they first met.

Volume 4: Chapter 114: Decision Making

Qin Liu ran to the metal gate and saw a large triangular hole as tall as a person on it. Miss Olicia next to her looked back at her, pointed into the hole with her right finger, and then went in first.

Qin Liu gently touched the gap in the metal door with her finger. The still hot temperature made her retract her arm as if she had been electrocuted. She bent down and carefully crawled in.

Bai Lang was looking around in the lobby just after entering. When he saw Qin Liu coming in, he said with a depressed look on his face: "This place looks similar to the research institute I visited before. Look at the corridor in front. It is usually equipped in research institutes. But we have already removed their door. What if it is a serious research institute..."

Qin Liu said seriously, "If you are not sure, you can contact Feng Di and ask her to ask the instructors of the national university. They will definitely know."

"That's right, I'll contact him now." Bai Lang nodded thoughtfully, took out the communicator and dialed Fengpi's number.

"Huh, no signal?"

She looked at the notification on her phone in confusion, and suddenly understood why Miss Ina had lost contact.

After hearing what Bai Lang said, Qin Liu also took out his cell phone and checked it, and said, "My communicator has no signal either."

After that, she changed several places to test, and finally stopped by the gap in the gate: "Ms. Olicia, there is a signal at this location, but it is relatively weak."

"It seems that there is a signal shielding device in this research institute." Bai Lang said as she walked to the big hole she had made. When she saw that the communicator did respond to the signal, she dialed the phone.

At this time, Bagpipe had already arranged the affairs of the garrison and was leading nine members of the Guards Academy to the disaster area center to organize rescue. Seeing Miss Olicia calling, she immediately signaled everyone to stop temporarily and then connected the communicator.