I want to protect my family, but you force me to take the lead

"You're back, how's it going?"

"We've made the contact. Let's leave here now." Li Guihua took the kettle handed to her by her husband, took a sip of water and said in a low voice.

"Ah."

The two of them came to Wei Jie and Qin Yang together, "Captain Wei, there is a place where we can rest temporarily. It is only about two miles away from here, and the water source nearby cannot be used for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Wei Jie and Qin Yang asked at the same time: "Is there a problem with the water source there?"

"Yes."

"Okay. Let's go over there first."

After that, Wei Jie stood up with Qin Lang's help, looked at everyone with a serious expression and said, "Everyone, get up. Let's go to another place to rest."

"Yes."

"clear."

It didn't take long.

The group arrived at the place Li Guihua mentioned.

This is an open area, with a river on one side and cliffs or forests on the other three sides.

Seeing them coming, a woman in tight clothes immediately came up to them.

"Sister, is there anything we can help you with?"

Li Guihua waved her hand and said, "Go ahead and do your work. I'll let you know if there's anything I can say."

"Okay." The woman who responded did not leave, but looked at Qin Lang, "Brother-in-law is here too. Sister, we have something to deal with, so we need to trouble brother-in-law for help."

Li Guihua nodded, "Brother Lang, go ahead. If we can solve this problem sooner, we might be able to go back earlier."

When Qin Lang heard this, his eyes narrowed, then he nodded and left with the woman in tight clothes.

After Qin Yang helped Wei Jie settle everyone, he returned to Qin Nuan and said softly, "Girl, are you curious about who those people are?"

Qin Nuan didn't say anything, but just looked at him with bright eyes.

Qin Yang scratched her nose and chuckled, "Those people are your aunt's clansmen. To be more precise, they are your aunt's guards. Your father only knows that your aunt is from an island. She is not only good at kung fu, but also can speak animal language.

Your uncle may look simple and honest on the surface, but he is actually very shrewd. His greatest strength is not his martial arts, but his chemical research. "

When Qin Nuan heard this, her already bright eyes became even brighter.

"Dad, if we give this stone to uncle, can he figure out what kind of energy is inside it?"

"What are you thinking? This is not something your uncle can decide alone."

After that, he looked at Qin Xiaolin and said, "Come on, I'll take you to see it."

The brother and sister nodded like little chickens pecking at rice, and then slowly walked in the direction Qin Lang left...

Although Qin Yang and his two companions saw their undisguised actions, they did not say much and tried their best to recover their strength.

"Zixia, my brother-in-law is here, take out all the questions you have."

The thoughtful woman looked up at the sound, and the next second she exclaimed in surprise, "Sister, are you recovered? Completely recovered?"

Li Guihua nodded, "Yes, it's completely recovered. Ziyuan said that your research encountered problems, and your brother-in-law happened to be here, so let him go with you to see what's going on."

"Great."

"Sister, brother-in-law, we found something similar to some kind of energy in the water source here, but we can't analyze it. The source of this water source is in that place we can't enter."

"Similar to some kind of energy?"

Qin Lang murmured, and then thought of what his niece had taken out of the "monster"'s body, and then thought of his own abnormality when he approached the "monster", his face suddenly sank, "You don't need to test it. That thing is indeed a kind of energy, but the side effects of that energy are very unusual."

"Let's go, let's go find the girl first. She has something that caused the change in the river water here."

Having said that, Qin Lang turned around and walked out of the tent, preparing to go back.

Before he even put his foot down, he saw his younger brother coming over with his son and niece, so he smiled softly and said, "Third brother, you are still as smart as ever."

"Brother, how is it? Any ideas?"

"Girl, can you show your uncle what you took out from that man?" Qin Lang did not answer, but looked at Qin Nuan seriously and asked.

"Okay. But uncle has to tell me what this thing is."

"it is good."

When Qin Nuan took out the stone from her bag and handed it to Qin Lang, the silent system sound suddenly rang out.

[Ding! An energy body capable of upgrading the system has been detected. The system is recovering...]

[Host, can the system absorb energy autonomously? ]

Tongzi, not for now.

You said this is an energy body that can help you upgrade?

[Yes, host. 】

System, start scanning.

【receive. 】

While the system was scanning, Qin Nuan looked up at Qin Lang again, "Uncle, does this energy stone have any effect on you?"

Qin Lang was slightly stunned. He didn't expect his niece to ask this question, but when he saw his third brother beside her, he understood.

It seems that my younger brother has told the child something.

Then, he smiled lightly, "It doesn't have much impact, I just want to confirm it again."

"Yes." Qin Nuan responded and placed the energy stone in Qin Lang's hand, "Uncle, give it a try. If you can't control it, then we will find a way to destroy it."

Looking at his eleven-year-old niece, Qin Lang lamented that they were old and not even as good as a child...

Qin Nuan no longer paid attention to Qin Lang, but talked to the system.

Tongzi, is this energy body harmful to the human body?

[Yes, host. If you cannot control that kind of energy, you will become a monster that is neither human nor ghost. And as long as the energy stone is indestructible, that person will never die.]

Tongzi, what happened to you these two days?

[Host, it may be a magnetic field problem. The system has entered a suspended state. The system will not resume until the energy body appears.]

Qin Nuan agreed with this deeply.

[Ding! Energy body detected. Please ask the host again, can the system absorb energy autonomously? ]

Tongzi, where is the energy body you detected?

[There is a weak energy three meters away from the host. As you go north, the energy becomes stronger and stronger. ]

[Release trigger hidden tasks: absorb energy, upgrade the system to level 2, enable new system functions, rewards: ??? ??? ???]

Hearing about the hidden mission and the super mysterious reward, Qin Nuan was damn excited.

So while everyone was studying the stone, he quietly stepped back and walked towards the river.

Qin Yang, who had been paying attention to his daughter, immediately spotted Qin Nuan sneaking away, followed her, and whispered, "Nuan Nuan, are you going to the river?"

Qin Nuan turned around and looked at him seriously, "Dad, if, I say if, if I could make this strange energy disappear, would you think I was..."

"My daughter, you haven't recovered yet. Dad will go with you." Qin Yang quickly interrupted his daughter. He was afraid that what his daughter would say next would be too shocking. He was even more afraid that it would be heard by someone with ulterior motives, which would bring unknown trouble to his daughter.

Seeing the panic flashing across Qin Yang's eyes, Qin Nuan's heart softened, she reached out and held his hand, looking up and said: "Dad, then you have to protect me~"