Chapter 588 Welcoming Ceremony (1/2)

GOR Chapter 588 Welcoming Ceremony

Soo Soo, who was seated on the grassy ground, stood up and walked some distance away.

In the beginning, neither Tian Lie nor Nicole paid any heed to her actions. They had assumed that this little girl was looking around. However, after observing her for a while, they noticed that Soo Soo was moving closer to the forest.

“Hey, what are you doing?” Tian Lie asked loudly.

“Finding something,” replied Soo Soo without even turning her head back.

“What are you looking for?”

Soo Soo sighed and shrugged. She then turned backward to face the two ‘adults’.

“Your reactions are really dull.” Blinking her eyes, Soo Soo pointed at Tian Lie and asked, “You say you cannot find any fish in the river?”

“Err, yes.”

“What about you? You did not see any birds up above the trees?” Soo Soo pointed at Nicole.

Nicole nodded.

“That is why you two believe that this world has no other life forms?” Soo Soo continued her questions.

The two of them grew silent.

“If so, where did the squirrel come from?” This question from Soo Soo dumbfounded Nicole.

Tian Lie knitted his brows and said “Squirrel? What squirrel?”

“A squirrel.” Soo Soo gestured with her hand for a bit before continuing, “It is about this big, furry and very, very cute. Sis Nicole had caught it for me to play with.”

Tian Lie turned to look at Nicole, who froze for a moment. Her face was filled with confusion as she looked back at Tian Lie.

“You caught her squirrel?”

Back then, Tian Lie was in front, using the machete to hack open a path. Thus, he had not seen Soo Soo holding the squirrel.

At present, there was confusion within Nicole’s eyes. She subconsciously shook her head and said, “I… … do not remember that.” She then raised her voice and asked, “Soo Soo, did it happen back in the forest?”

“Yes. I saw that there was a squirrel on a tree and thought that it looked cute. You then helped me catch it so that I can play around with it. After that… … after holding it for a while, I let it go. Because it appeared very terrified.”

There was a very solemn look on Tian Lie’s face as he looked at Nicole. “You cannot remember anything about that at all?”

“… … no.” Nicole said, “No such thing happened.”

Tian Lie suddenly stood up. Seriousness was reflected upon his eyes as he checked their surroundings.

Nicole had likewise realized that there was something wrong. She quickly made her way to stand before Soo Soo. Crouching down, she asked in a serious tone, “Are you certain that incident had occurred?”

“Yes.”

“If so… … we have a problem.” Nicole took a deep breath. “Either something happened to my memory – someone messed around with it – or… … it is… … something happened to yours. Someone had inserted an illusion into it.”

“I have a way to test it out.” Tian Lie suddenly smiled and walked to stand before Soo Soo. “How old are you?”

“… ten years old, what about it?”

“Which grade are you in right now?”

“Fourth grade?” Soo Soo frowned. “Your questions are very strange.”

“A fourth-grade primary school student, eh? If that is the case, your general knowledge must likely be not that good… … mm, don’t frown. I will ask you one more question. Do you know about fire?”

Soo Soo rolled her eyes. Next, she stretched out her hand and a clump of flames burst out from her outstretched palm.

“Mm, that is right. Your skill is fire. In that case… … let’s do an experiment.” Tian Lie grinned. “Soo Soo, I have another question for you. There is no need for you to think about it, just answer it spontaneously, can you?”

“Sure.”

“I want you to think, if a fire is ignited here, how long would it take for a large tree to burn up?”

“Probably… … very fast.” Following Tian Lie’s request, Soo Soo did not think much about it and simply answered what came to mind. “Trees are wood. Wood burns quickly, no?”

“Mm, very good.” Tian Lie did not attempt to correct Soo Soo’s error. “If so, let’s give it a try. You, set fire to the forest.”

“Eh?” The little girl became stunned. “But… … setting things on fire is not a good thing.”

“It is just an experiment.” Tian Lie smiled and continued, “Do it!”

The seriousness on his face caused Soo Soo to hesitate for a moment. In the end, she slowly nodded. After that, this little girl turned around to face the lush forest, both her hands slowly rising up…

Red light burst out!

…

“Since the other side is observing us, trying another such test would be pointless.” Chen Xiaolian spread his hands and looked at Hossein. “I have already verified what I wanted to verify. Next up… … let’s hurry to meet up with the other side! Follow the instructions given by the signboards!”

Hossein had a calm look on his face and he nodded silently. Next, he held Jenny by her shoulder and said, “If so, let us head out.”

The four of them moved on following the direction indicated by the signboard. After moving for over one hour, they saw a second signboard. Then, a third… … and a fourth…

Finally, after reaching the fourth signboard, they reached a mountain peak.

Before them was a very deep cave. The signboard indicated that they should move into the cave.

Chen Xiaolian took a deep breath and shouted. “Hey! Following your request, we have arrived! We are now going to enter!”

The sound echoed around but no one responded.

“Let us go!” After a moment’s consideration, Chen Xiaolian pulled out another sword from his Storage Watch and gripped it in his hand. After thinking about it some more, he retrieved another two protective suits. He gave the suits to Lin Leyan and Jenny and had them wear them.