My carefree life in space

Chapter 30 Xiao Qin is Trapped

Many strange things happened along the way. Of course, these strange things mainly happened to Xiao Qin.

For example, as the group was walking normally, Xiao Qin suddenly felt someone tapping her on the shoulder from behind. Turning around, she saw that Xiao Yi, who was closest to her, was only a few meters away. Xiao Qin thought it was just her imagination.

After walking a few dozen meters further, Xiao Qin heard a sound in her ear. Thinking someone was talking to her, she turned to look at Ning Shiyu beside her, only to find her lost in thought, clearly not her.

When she listened more carefully, the sound was gone. She felt a little relieved, thinking she had misheard, and didn't take it to heart.

For the next half hour, nothing else strange happened. Xiao Qin finally realized that the strange thing just now must have been her imagination; such things were not uncommon in the dense forest.

Before she could even relax, her ankle felt like it was wrapped up by something, and she couldn't move it at all.

In the dim light, she looked at her ankle, thinking she was in the same situation as Ning Shiyu, but found nothing. She tried to move it, and it moved easily; nothing was tangled around it.

Xiao Qin was suspicious. She stopped in her tracks. Was it just her imagination?

Ning Shiyu, who was walking alongside her, noticed that she hadn't followed. She turned around and saw that she had stopped there. Curious, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired and want to rest for a bit."

Upon hearing this, Gu Heng, who was walking behind, looked at Mo Chen, who in turn looked at his brother.

Mo Ze was indifferent; if they left, he would leave; if they stopped, he could stop too. In any case, he would only escort them to the edge of the forest.

So, everyone found a flat spot and sat down to rest against the tree trunk.

"Did you encounter anything strange just now?" Xiao Qin asked tentatively.

“No, oh, except for the tree roots just now,” Ning Shiyu replied.

Xiao Qin then looked at the rest of her team. Gu Heng, Xiao Yi, and Li Yong all shook their heads, indicating that they didn't.

Xiao Qin, unwilling to give up, looked at Mo Chen and the others. Mo Chen and the others also indicated that they had not encountered anything strange.

Actually, what Xiao Qin really wanted to ask was Mo Ze. He was incredibly powerful and would surely be able to discover things that others hadn't. Unfortunately, Mo Ze didn't even give her a second glance.

Xiao Qin could only suppress her doubts for the time being.

When they set off again, Xiao Qin deliberately walked in the very center. In front of her was her cousin Xiao Yi, behind her was Gu Heng, to her left was Ning Shiyu, and to her right was Li Yong.

Lin Shushu had observed Xiao Qin's reactions throughout the journey, and she was secretly laughing to herself. "Serves you right for being so naughty, I scared you to death!"

That's right, all the strange things Xiao Qin encountered were orchestrated by Lin Shushu.

With her current abilities, it would be far too easy for her to do these things without anyone noticing.

Her subtle actions might fool others, but they couldn't fool Mo Ze. Of course, she didn't intend to hide them from him either.

Seeing that she was having fun, Mo Ze not only didn't stop her, but was actually happy to see it happen. If it weren't for the fact that it would be beneath him to tease a woman like this, given his status, he would have taken matters into his own hands.

With people all around, Xiao Qin thought that nothing strange would happen this time.

Unfortunately, she relaxed too soon. This time, it wasn't something done in secret, but something that was out in the open.

Then they came to a wide-open space. Strangely, there were no trees on the ground, but overhead, the branches were so dense that they blocked out the wind.

Mo Chen seemed to have thought of something. He looked at his cousin and asked uncertainly, "This, this is just a tree?"

Everyone was shocked to see Mo Ze nod affirmatively. Such a vast area with only one tree—just how big was that tree?

Filled with curiosity, everyone continued walking. After walking about 50 meters, they indeed saw a huge tree blocking their way.

Ji Feng quickly ran forward, stretched out his arms and hugged the trunk of the tree. It was so big that even if all 11 of them held hands, they couldn't hug a quarter of the tree.

Curious, everyone stepped forward, touching and looking at everything, marveling at the sights.

Suddenly, countless vines hung down from above, their target being them.

Before anyone could react, they were all lifted off the ground by the vines, and gasps of surprise rang out from the crowd.

Of course, Mo Ze and Lin Shushu were not taken away. The moment the vines attacked them, they decisively used their spiritual power to cut them off.

After the initial panic subsided, Mo Chen, Ji Feng, Tang Yucheng, He Fan, Gu Heng, Xiao Yi, and Li Yong all calmed down and tried their best to save themselves.

These vines, though seemingly fierce, were actually not very dangerous. The group easily cut them off and returned them to the ground.

The group stopped and breathed a sigh of relief, only to suddenly realize that Xiao Qin and Ning Shiyu were missing.

Although the two were purification masters, they weren't exactly weaklings. Cutting these vines wouldn't have been difficult for them.

After searching the surrounding area, they found Ning Shiyu lying on the ground. However, no matter how hard they searched, they could not find Xiao Qin.

Xiao Yi and the others tensed up. If something happened to Xiao Qin, the consequences would be unbearable for them.

Xiao Yi looked at Mo Ze, hoping he could help find Xiao Qin.

Mo Ze pursed his lips. He knew he needed to find Xiao Qin, but not now. However, he couldn't say it outright, so he simply nodded.

Why can't we look for it now? Of course, it's Lin Shushu's idea.

While everyone was bound by vines, Lin Shushu used her wood spirit root attribute to communicate with the big tree and asked it to take Xiao Qin away from here.

It turns out that this great tree has existed for tens of thousands of years and has now developed a tree spirit with the mind of a six or seven-year-old human child. It bound the people with vines not out of harm, but simply out of curiosity and a child's mischievous nature.

Lin Shushu was able to communicate with it, which made it very happy. So when Lin Shushu asked it to help hide the xiao qin temporarily, it readily agreed.

So, where is Xiao Qin now?

Actually, Xiao Qin wasn't far from them. It's just that one was above ground and the other was underground.

Indeed, Xiao Qin was hidden underground by the tree spirit, in its roots.

The tree spirit believed that hiding meant finding a place that only it knew about and that no one else could find.

Therefore, even though Gu Heng and the others searched for Xiao Qin immediately after discovering she was missing, they still couldn't find her whereabouts.

At this moment, Xiao Qin was lying in a place where it was pitch black, her body tightly bound with vines, unable to move.

The tree spirit's roots swept over her, almost scaring her out of her wits.

Since there was no light, she couldn't see anything around her and assumed that the things moving around on her body were disgusting snakes, which terrified her.