Chapter 71: Rescue

Xu Jiaojiao felt a series of chaotic data flash through her mind, interspersed with some incomplete information.

Just as she was about to discern it carefully, she saw the little figure in palace attire, along with the system page, flicker and then suddenly disappear like a computer shutting down.

Having caught the keywords, Xu Jiaojiao didn’t care where it went at the moment.

She got up and headed towards the mountain she had climbed yesterday.

Before she reached the foot of the mountain, she saw a beam of light, which looked like a flashlight.

Xu Jiaojiao was a little surprised. Who was so rich that they could afford a flashlight?

Then she heard a familiar voice.

“Comrade Xu, are you going up the mountain?”

Xu Jiaojiao: …

The person holding the flashlight was none other than Gu Qingbai.

It was said that he came from a cadre family and lived better than other city educated youths.

“I’m going to find Erni over there.” Xu Jiaojiao replied, then walked on.

She didn’t seem to want to stay with him for long.

“I’m going up the mountain too, I have a flashlight.”

Xu Jiaojiao: Amazing!

She had one too! But she was afraid that taking it out would scare him to death!

Without saying anything, Xu Jiaojiao raised her torch and hurried towards the foot of the mountain.

Gu Qingbai: …

He held the flashlight and followed her, walking towards the other side of the mountain.

Hearing the footsteps behind her, Xu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but frown.

But since he was kindly helping their family find the child, she couldn’t say anything harsh.

However, her steps unconsciously quickened.

With the help of her memory, Xu Jiaojiao walked smoothly and soon reached the foot of the mountain.

The entire mountain, in the darkness, was like a giant monster.

The forest was eerily quiet, with only the occasional animal cry.

Suppressing her fear, Xu Jiaojiao prepared her self-defense weapons from her space and headed towards the mountain path.

Behind her, Gu Qingbai followed, not too far away.

The light from the flashlight was much more penetrating than the torch.

It illuminated the bushes by the roadside, casting shadows that looked like clawing monsters.

Xu Jiaojiao walked along, calling out Erni’s name.

But in the silent forest, apart from her and Gu Qingbai’s footsteps, there was only the crow’s caw.

For some reason, Xu Jiaojiao didn’t feel afraid anymore.

Her steps became faster and faster, as if she didn’t want to stay with Gu Qingbai for long.

Looking at her agile figure, Gu Qingbai couldn’t help but be speechless.

Following her memory, Xu Jiaojiao quickly found the trap Qin Shuo had pointed out to her.

The trap was concealed by weeds, and she cautiously approached it with her torch.

But Gu Qingbai was faster than her. He pushed aside the weeds and shone the flashlight inside.

Xu Jiaojiao looked into the trap following the light. There was nothing but some rotten leaves at the bottom.

Not finding anyone, her heart grew even more anxious.

Without lingering, she turned and walked towards the next trap.

The firelight illuminated the woman’s delicate face, revealing a worry and anxiety he had never seen before.

Gu Qingbai couldn’t help but be stunned.

Thinking back to the things the team members had said about her these days, he suddenly felt something different in his heart.

She was truly different from before.

Not just her appearance.

How could Xu Jiaojiao know what he was thinking? Even if she did, she wouldn’t care.

To her, Gu Qingbai wasn’t even a stranger.

The other educated youths in the team were more pleasing to her eyes.

Xu Jiaojiao walked in front, Gu Qingbai followed behind. There were only two sets of disordered footsteps in the quiet forest.

Yesterday, when she went up the mountain, Qin Shuo had already pointed out the locations of the traps to her.

Soon, Xu Jiaojiao found another trap.

This time, before she got close, Gu Qingbai pushed aside the weeds again.

Without hesitation, Xu Jiaojiao walked forward and looked into the trap.

From a distance of two or three steps, the evening wind carried the faint fragrance of her body towards him. Gu Qingbai’s hand holding the flashlight froze involuntarily.

But before he could react, the woman with the torch turned and left again in a hurry.

Gu Qingbai: …

Holding his flashlight, he quickly followed.

The crows in the forest continued to call out in a chilling manner, but Xu Jiaojiao seemed not to hear them.

All she could think about was the threat from the garbage system.

It was a pity that she had interacted with it for too short a time and hadn’t obtained accurate information.

Now, she could only search one by one.

“Erni!” Xu Jiaojiao called out again.

Suddenly, a faint sound came from a distance.

“Over there!” Gu Qingbai said, and ran towards the source of the sound.

Xu Jiaojiao followed closely behind. As soon as they got closer, they heard a weak voice coming from inside.

“Th… Aunt… help…”

“Erni!” Hearing this familiar voice, Xu Jiaojiao was overjoyed.

She rushed forward.

Sure enough, the voice became clearer.

“Aunt is here, don’t be afraid! I’ll come and save you!”

Xu Jiaojiao said, and inserted the torch into a crack in the rock nearby.

Making sure it wouldn’t cause a forest fire, she turned and walked towards the trap.

“The trap is very deep, we need a rope to get down.” Gu Qingbai had already shone the flashlight on it.

The height of this trap was already more than two meters, close to three meters.

Erni’s small figure lay quietly at the bottom of the trap, motionless.

She didn’t know if she was injured.

Seeing the bloodstains on her body, Xu Jiaojiao was anxious.

But she didn’t have any other tools to get her up right now.

Her space did have climbing claws and ropes.

But the key was that now there was an extra person, and she couldn’t take them out to save her.

“Erni, wait a moment, Aunt will see if there are any vines.”

Xu Jiaojiao said, and started searching around.

But she didn’t know if it was bad luck or what.

Within a few steps, there were no sturdy vines.

Gu Qingbai searched around, but also found nothing.

Both of their faces were not good.

Just as Xu Jiaojiao was considering going further to find some tools, she heard Gu Qingbai urgently say to her, “Watch out above!”

As soon as he spoke, Xu Jiaojiao also felt something was wrong.

A cold and dangerous feeling came from above her head.

Without raising her head, Xu Jiaojiao’s spine already felt a chill.

The thing hanging above her head seemed to be sticking out its tongue.

Xu Jiaojiao’s entire body froze like a stone.

Her peripheral vision saw Gu Qingbai slowly bend down, as if he was going to pick up a stick.

She quickly connected to her space, and the poisoned needle landed in her hand.

The next second, the snake suddenly shot out and flew towards her.

Unexpectedly, it suddenly attacked. Xu Jiaojiao’s pupils contracted, and her body instinctively rolled forward.

At that moment, a “thud” sounded behind her, the sound of something falling to the ground.

Before she could turn around to see, she was pulled up by someone.

The next moment, she fell into that familiar embrace!