Night Patrol Together

Mantis Shrimp was comforted. He moved his head and responded to Su Xiaolu. Hearing Su Xiaolu say that it was delicious, he stopped thinking about it and ate.

However, Mantis Shrimp had already started to think about a question.

He might also be able to meet people in human form.

With this thought in mind, although he was still resistant, it might not be long before he could convince himself.

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“It’s indeed delicious.”

Mantis Shrimp praised the lamb chop in a childish voice. He actually felt that it tasted good, but he was very happy to eat it with Su Xiaolu. Even if he ate the ones that Su Xiaolu had personally roasted, he still felt that it was delicious.

Not long after dinner, the sky outside darkened.

Su Xiaolu kept Mantis Shrimp in her pocket and went out.

When Wang Tianan saw Su Xiaolu, he smiled and waved. “Young Master Su, are you ready?”

Without waiting for Su Xiaolu to answer, Wang Tianan said, “If you feel tired, you can rest for the night first.”

Night patrol was a common occurrence. It didn’t matter if one more or one less person came, because no matter how much they patrolled, they couldn’t change the fact that something would happen.

“It’s okay. I’m not tired.”

Su Xiaolu smiled and said. Although she was traveling, she was not in a hurry, so she had never been tired along the way.

Wang Tianan smiled and did not say anything else. He led Su Xiaolu into the team and left.

Canger Town was not big. There were only five or six streets. The four teams were separated in different directions, but in the end, every team would walk through the entire town.

There was no one during the day, let alone at night when it was dangerous.

The entire town was very quiet. Apart from the moonlight, there were no lights.

No one spoke. As they walked, there was only the sound of their teammates’ footsteps.

There was also the rustling sound of the wind.

Mantis Shrimp leaned against Su Xiaolu and said to her in a childish voice, “Xiaolu, the entire town has the aura of Interface Stones.”

Su Xiaolu was a little surprised. She asked in her sea of consciousness, “You can smell the Interface Stones?”

“Yes, I can smell a little, but I can’t tell where it is. There are auras everywhere in this town. Are there Interface Stones under this town? Xiaolu, do you want to find a place to dig during the day?” Mantis Shrimp was looking forward to it. Canger Town was not big, but it was not small either.

If there were Interface Stones below, how many would there be?

Just thinking about it made him happy, but with so much, it would be hard for Xiaolu to dig…

Mantis Shrimp secretly glanced at Su Xiaolu and felt a little guilty.

Su Xiaolu agreed without thinking. “Okay, I’ll dig tomorrow.”

Mantis Shrimp smelled the Interface Stones and said that the entire town was filled with it. Su Xiaolu sniffed and released her senses. She smelled all kinds of smells, trees, soil, and living auras, but there was no Interface Stone.

Did the stones smell?

Su Xiaolu could not smell it. She would only know when she touched the stone.

She sealed her senses. After all, it was really uncomfortable to smell so many strange smells.

She only amplified her hearing.

The entire town was quiet. There was not even the sound of snoring.

Not everyone was asleep. Passing by the houses and streets, Su Xiaolu could feel the aura of restraint.

Thinking about it, it made sense. The commoners were terrified. How could they sleep peacefully?

A few hours passed and they found nothing. As the sky lit up bit by bit, Su Xiaolu heard Wang Tianan sigh and say, “A night has passed.”

The night had passed and day had arrived. This meant that someone had disappeared silently overnight.

“It’s dawn. Let’s go back. Everyone, go back and eat something and rest well.”

Wang Tianan spoke with a heavy and helpless tone.

When they returned to the camp, breakfast was ready. It was buns and porridge.

Su Xiaolu took a bowl. Seeing that she had a pet, she received half a spoonful more porridge.

Su Xiaolu returned to her room and ate with Mantis Shrimp. She gave the meat bun to Mantis Shrimp and ate the porridge herself.

Before they finished eating, they heard a commotion outside.

Su Xiaolu listened.

It was the daytime guard who returned to report. A woman went missing today. At night, the couple slept together. The husband was fine, but the wife had gone missing.

It was the husband who woke up and realized that his wife was missing. He looked around but couldn’t find her, so he confirmed that the person who disappeared last night was his wife.

The man followed them back to register.

Su Xiaolu looked around the door. She did not feel good.

The man’s face was pale and his eyes were listless. The child beside him had tears in his eyes. He did not cry. The silent tears were even more suffocating.

Many soldiers could not bear to watch and turned their faces away.

The man numbly said his wife’s name. After recording it, he left with his child on his back.

After the man left, someone sighed softly.

“There are not many left in Old Zhang’s family. There were four of them in his family, but now they’re only left with two. Sigh…”

“If we don’t find anything, sooner or later, everyone in this town will disappear.”

“Damn it, what kind of demon is it? What’s the point of hiding? If you have the guts, come out and fight us. I’m not afraid of death.”

...

They were the garrison troops guarding Mobei. They had fought for their entire lives. They were not afraid of bloodshed or death, but this helplessness of not knowing the enemy made them suffocate.

What should they do?

They were furious, but they couldn’t find a place to vent.

Wang Tianan said loudly, “Stop complaining. Eat when you need to, and rest when you need to. Regardless of whether there’s progress or not, our arrangements still haven’t changed. Who’s willing to be the vanguard the day after tomorrow? I’m organizing a small team to explore.”

Even though he knew that someone would die if they went out, he still had to do it because he could not give up.

Even if there was no chance, they had to continue.

After Wang Tianan spoke, everyone fell silent.

Su Xiaolu went to bed after breakfast. She would not make things difficult for herself if she had no clue.

Su Xiaolu fell asleep, and Mantis Shrimp leaned against her and closed its eyes to rest.

In the afternoon, Su Xiaolu woke up and went out.

She went to the kitchen to find a steamed bun to eat and went out.

...

Mantis Shrimp followed her. He ran forward and came to a wide place. Mantis Shrimp stopped and said to Su Xiaolu, “Xiaolu, here, here. No one lives here, and no one farms here. Let’s dig here.”

It was not easy to dig where someone lived.

Su Xiaolu nodded. She took out a hoe from the Space and started digging.

Mantis Shrimp also dug the soil with its two small claws.

As he dug, Mantis Shrimp gave up. He sighed and said, “There’s no smell in the soil. There can’t be an Interface Stone down there.”

“Then let’s dig somewhere else.”

Su Xiaolu could not smell it. She stroked Mantis Shrimp’s head and comforted it.

Mantis Shrimp pulled itself together again. After changing places several times, Mantis Shrimp lay on the ground and said, “Xiaolu, stop digging. The smell is all on the surface of the ground. There’s none under the ground. Don’t waste your energy.”

“You said that the entire town has the aura of the Interface Stone?” Su Xiaolu stopped and narrowed her eyes. She seemed to have an answer, but she seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog and could not see it.