mother of beasts

Feeling lost in his heart, Li Jia didn't understand where the feeling in his heart came from, but the box gave him an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

Shaking his head, he put the unknown thoughts behind him, took out some compressed coarse grains and a piece of meat with a very high dehydration rate from the bag, and quickly finished the food with water and little monsters.

Standing up, the surrounding scenery remained the same. He didn't know which road led to where, so he could only walk straight towards a certain road so that he would not get lost in this identical landscape.

Nathan Hill...

He heard those people talk about such a place that day, and it seemed that it was not far from here. He murmured these three words in his heart, and kept walking.

In any case, he had to find a place with people, ask the way before moving forward, if he went in the wrong direction, he would never be able to reach the imperial capital for the rest of his life.

The little thing in his arms has been sluggish, and he doesn't know why.

Maybe it was God who pitied this unfortunate young man, after he walked hard for a long time, he finally saw some people.

To be exact, it was the group of people who once wanted to rob him.

Li Jia quickly got down on the ground, hid behind a certain big rock, and quietly aimed at the group of men through the gap between the stones.

Although these people were not good people, he had only seen such a group of living people after walking for so many days. If he didn't seize the opportunity, he might never be able to leave.

Those people seemed to be discussing something, and suddenly there was a burst of laughter, and then a group of people pushed the cart and walked leisurely in a certain direction.

Li Jia didn't dare to move, and waited for them to walk away for a certain distance, then quickly picked up the little monster and followed.

As if playing a game of tracking, the group of people in front walked slowly, and Li Jia followed closely with his little things, not daring to slack off at all.

Maybe it was because the wind was too strong, or maybe there were too many stones here. Li Jia followed for a long time until he walked out of the rocky forest in a roundabout way. None of the group of people found the young man who had been following closely behind him.

Already out of the Stone Forest, Li Jia squatted behind the last big rock and frowned.

After getting out of the stone pile, there was not no cover in front of him, but there were few. If he kept following like this, he would inevitably be in danger of being discovered, and once he was discovered, he couldn't guarantee whether he would face these people head-on again.

But if he didn't follow, it meant that he had to rely on him to go out the rest of the way.

He didn't have a map, and he didn't know if there were any other dangers ahead. Taking the Stone Forest just now as an example, if he didn't follow this group of people all the way, it would be difficult for him to guarantee that he could get out of it.

So, following them, I felt like I had an extra guarantee, a guarantee to leave here safely and return to the imperial capital.

Gritting his teeth, he looked at the group of men who were almost out of sight, and continued to follow.

Several hours later, Li Jia was stunned when he saw several men entering a tall building made of iron and stone not far away.

He never expected that there would be such a magnificent building in such a desolate and desolate place. From the outside, this building could even be compared to the houses of some rich people in the imperial capital.

Could this house be the trap of these robbers?

Li Jia thought about it and decided to slip away quietly.

He didn't have the fearless spirit of sacrificing himself in order to eliminate evil, and rushed to the door when he didn't know what was going on inside. This kind of behavior would be stupid to put it bluntly in the end.

Just when Li Jia decided to take a sneaky detour, there was a sudden commotion near the building.

Li Jia stopped the movement of wanting to leave, bent down and looked there.

It seemed that another group of men had returned, and the two groups of men met at the door, and they burst into laughter after saying something.

Li Jia squinted his eyes. After all, his hiding place was a little far away from that building. It was obviously impossible to see the situation there clearly, but there was a figure of a man among the group of people, which was very obvious.

The man was dressed in black and white clothes, and his body was a bit tall. He looked very special among the group of robbers in coarse and old clothes.

Li Jia's eyes were a little puzzled, he felt that this man and these robbers did not seem to be in the same group.

In the last days, there are levels among people. If the robbers belong to the lower class, then this man must be at the upper class.

He didn't know if it was Li Jia's hallucination, but he always felt that this man had just glanced in his direction.

The little thing in his arms seemed a little dissatisfied with Li Jia's gaze, and after a while stretched out his claws to scratch Li Jia's arms.

Li Jia lowered his eyes, stretched out his hand to hold down its claws, and then continued to look at the building.

The men seemed to be going in. I don't know what they did to the stone gate. The gate opened suddenly, and a group of people walked in slowly one by one. The man walked among the robbers, paused and went in. .

Li Jia stood there motionless, with a silly expression on his face.

Just before the man walked in, taking advantage of a group of people not paying attention, he quietly took out something from his cuff and shook it in his direction.

That thing is very similar to the box that Li Jia lost.

The strong sunlight reflected on the surface of the box almost blinded Li Jia's eyes. He squatted on the spot with an expression so icy that he could freeze a stone.

"Well--"

The little monster let out a soft cry, and twisted its body in his arms dissatisfied, calling back his far-away thoughts.

Calmly stuffing the little monster into his clothes, Li Jia made up his mind, picked up the gun and slowly moved towards the building while there was no one around.

Standing still a few meters away, Li Jia looked at the gate. There was no surveillance system around. He tried to throw a stone near the gate, but there was no response.

Li Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and approached the door lightly.

The thick stone door was very tight. He pushed the door a little harder, but it didn't open. He was far away just now, and he didn't see how those people opened the door.

Just when Li Jia was thinking of a way to open the door, the little monster suddenly jumped out from under his clothes, and the sparse short hair on his fleshy body shone brightly in the sun.

Under Li Jia's gaze, the little thing twisted his body and approached the stone gate, and pressed his paw on an inconspicuous little bump in the lower right corner.

"boom--"

The door opened at the sound, and just in case, Li Jia quickly picked up the little monster and hid aside when the door opened.

Quietly, after the door was opened, nothing happened, no strange people came out of it, and no strange weapons were fired.

He lowered his head and patted the little monster's head as encouragement, Li Jia continued to throw it back into his arms, and tiptoed in with his weapon.

The moment Li Jia walked into the gate, the man walking in front of a group of robbers suddenly paused at this moment, the corners of his mouth drooped and his head curled up, and a small detector that could destroy all light rays flickered in his hand .

"Stop what, stop! Go!"

A man behind roared violently and pushed the man mercilessly.

The man frowned slightly, and slightly dodged to the side, avoiding the man's hand, and then glanced at the man.

The man who was about to push people froze. The prisoner's look just now was obviously normal, but he felt a chill all over his body.

Blinking his eyes hard, leaving the feeling of not knowing why, the man shouted again in a rough voice: "Let's go!"

The man in black and white clothes ignored the man, just straightened his messy clothes, and then continued to walk forward with a calm expression.

When a group of people walked forward slowly, Li Jia quickly followed up from behind.

This building looks huge from the outside, and even bigger when you walk in. If there is no one to guide you, you will usually get lost.

But Li Jia quickly and accurately found the route that the group of people took just now, and caught up with the people in front in the shortest time, and slowly followed behind.

That man deliberately wanted to lure him over, and Li Jia knew this very well.

Otherwise, he would not deliberately expose the box, nor would he drop a handful of seemingly inconspicuous dust every few meters on the road he walked.

However, even though he knew that this man was weird, Li Jia had no choice but to follow.

The box fell into the hands of the man for some reason, and he wanted to get the box back.

The little monster has been very quiet, nestled in Li Jia's arms and let him lead him to dodge left and right.

The footsteps of this group of people were not slow, and after a while, they arrived at a large-looking room.

A man stepped out of the line and knocked on the door:

"Boss."

After a while, a voice came from inside:

"Come in".

Pushing open the door, a group of people entered the gate respectfully, completely gone from the foolish look just now.

The man seemed a little curious, and looked at the environment inside the room as soon as he entered, and then turned his gaze to the person sitting on the seat above with his legs crossed.