Xu Xin immediately turned around to look.
The ground behind him looked very calm; with the naked eye alone, it was impossible to see anything unusual.
"Ying..." Keke also poked her little head out to look back, then immediately shrank into Xu Xin’s arms, letting out a small sound, feeling a bit frightened.
Xu Xin thought for a moment and roughly understood what was going on.
It should be pretty much as he speculated.
A moonless night, a special area, a deterrent-type protective zone.
The combination of the three made this a relatively dangerous area.
So when Xu Xin and the others passed by, the underground creatures that had already started to emerge in this zone detected their movements and wanted to burrow out from underground to attack them.
But due to the effect of the energy core fragments, these underground creatures retreated and no longer dared to come out of the ground to attack them.
Therefore, just as they were about to probe above the ground, they sensed the deterrent power of the energy core and quickly retracted back underground.
This led to the situation on the map where the red dots would light up but not fully, then immediately dim.
The underground creatures ran away!
"This core is really impressive, just got it and it’s already come in handy." Xu Xin clutched the core, feeling quite lucky.
Xu Xin raised the core to eye level to observe it.
The gentle glow was not at all dazzling, nor did it show any signs of weakening.
He suddenly thought of a question.
If all the bloodline mutant creatures are afraid of the glow of this core, then is it possible that he now...
...doesn’t necessarily have to walk through the protective zone but can directly step into the dangerous area?
With this core, all areas around him illuminated by the white light would be protected by the core, and the mutant creatures might be affected, perhaps just like the piranhas in the underground lake, and die outright.
Then this core is almost like a moving protective zone, isn’t it?
Wait... this core, like the treehouse core, gives off a similar white glow...
What exactly is the relationship between the two?
...Anyway, it seems he really could try stepping into the dangerous area now.
The source of the boost effect he previously identified lies within the dangerous area. If this guess is correct, he could now venture in to find it!
... Once Qi Xuefei activates the coordinates, he should try heading into the dangerous area.
With the red dot waves following behind them, one man and two beasts quickly passed through the special area, stepping into the protective zone of Ma Hongyu’s treehouse site.
The bloodline markings on Silver King had completely faded, and on the map, the red dots behind them no longer lighted up faintly.
The anomalies over there were indeed very closely related to this special boost.
This place was quite close to the treehouses of several of them, presenting a non-negligible threat that needed to be resolved at some point.
Traversing the barren jungle, Xu Xin finally arrived under Qi Xuefei’s treehouse.
Keke, who insisted on following him out, had fallen asleep drowsily in his arms.
Silver King, on the other hand, was full of vigor; although they ran the whole way, passing through the special area restored some of his energy, and he was still lively now.
"Sister Xuefei, are you there?" Xu Xin called out under the treehouse.
Qi Xuefei’s voice immediately came from the third floor of the treehouse: "I’m here, just a moment, I’ll be down right away!"
She said it would be right away, but Xu Xin waited for several minutes for her to come down, vaguely hearing the sounds of various instruments being operated from the third floor.
Xu Xin looked at the treehouse of the woman captured by Ji Chaoyang, seeing that it was lit, likely from the fireplace glow.
At that moment, the woman’s half head peeked out from the side of the window to glance at him, and upon being seen, she immediately retracted it.
"Coming, coming!" A voice came from above, and then Qi Xuefei swung down from the treehouse to land beside Xu Xin, "Sorry about that, I was right in the middle of an experiment and couldn’t stop, or the materials would have been wasted."
"No worries." Xu Xin nodded in understanding, "Go ahead and choose a place to place the coordinates."
Qi Xuefei led Xu Xin to her chosen spot, and Xu Xin used this time to craft a blue-level teleportation token for her.
That was also something he’d planned. Each of their [Explorers] members’ areas would have a coordinate, so he made a blue-level teleportation token for each of them—one token per area would suffice; as for others, green-level tokens could be given out, or none at all, depending on the situation.
"How about here?" Qi Xuefei chose a position close to the woman who had been captured, knowing that those transported out needed protection due to adverse reactions, and wanting to protect the teleportation point as well.
Xu Xin said nothing, directly activated the teleportation point, and handed the blue-level teleportation token to Qi Xuefei: "Go and try it, activate the transmission points for the three of us."
"Alright." Qi Xuefei took the token, stepped forward, and reached out to touch the metal pillar.
"Step back when you activate it, or it will directly suck you in," Xu Xin reminded.
"[Ji Chaoyang’s Treehouse], [Xu Xin’s Treehouse], [Li Wenxi’s Treehouse]?" Qi Xuefei got the prompt, chuckled, "Did you come up with these names? They’re way too straightforward. Is my coordinate just going to be [Qi Xuefei’s Treehouse]?"