Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 242: Chapter 220 Survivors in the Same Area (4000 Words)_2

The mysterious voice once said, never abandon your treehouse. He wondered if staying overnight in another survivor’s treehouse would count as abandoning his own.

He wanted to find someone to test this idea, but the test subject couldn’t be Li Wenxi.

After Xu Xin shared this idea with her, Li Wenxi also fell into deep thought.

”Indeed... it sounds risky, well... let’s forget it then, maybe wait until you set up the coordinates next time. Otherwise, it’ll be troublesome for you to take me back at night.” Li Wenxi agreed reluctantly.

”It’s no big deal, I need to take you back anyway. If I don’t, you’ll have to go back on your own.”

”Oh, right...”

While they were chatting, Silver King’s speed didn’t slow down but instead got faster. Xu Xin suddenly noticed the blood pattern on Silver King became more vivid than usual.

What’s going on?

Xu Xin suddenly grew alert.

The last time the blood pattern on Silver King lit up was when they crossed the Red Mist. Could the current environment be similar to the Red Mist?

”Silver King, stop!” Xu Xin called out to halt Silver King.

Now, the treehouse was less than a kilometer away from them. From just a few hundred meters, the structure of the double-story treehouse was clearly visible.

Silver King came to a sudden stop, causing Li Wenxi to yelp. Fortunately, Xu Xin held her tight, preventing her from being thrown out.

”Wh-what’s wrong? Is there something around?” Li Wenxi asked, looking vigilantly around without complaining.

”There might be something. Silver King’s condition appears unusual.” Xu Xin looked at the unusually bright blood pattern on Silver King with a serious expression. Was something around affecting it?

”Silver King, do you feel anything different?” Xu Xin asked.

”Awo?” Silver King tilted its head towards Xu Xin, eyes seemingly filled with confusion.

After running for so long, it seemed neither fatigued nor exhausted, instead even more energetic than before.

This is odd. Previously, when running alongside Ji Chaoyang’s Bai Ma by the creek, Xu Xin felt it was somewhat tired, needing a short rest in between. Why is it more vigorous now, even with two people?

However, judging from Silver King’s reaction, it didn’t seem to sense anything unusual.

”Silver King? Oh, the blood pattern on Silver King, it’s so bright!” Li Wenxi exclaimed, covering her mouth in surprise, ”Much more vibrant than Aniu’s!”

Xu Xin scanned his surroundings. Apart from getting closer to the treehouse, there was nothing else.

The jungle now seemed desolate. He could see most of the scenery around at a glance. Except for the bright green treehouse, there seemed to be nothing else.

Could it be because of that treehouse? Is there something wrong with it?

Xu Xin squinted at the treehouse a few hundred meters away.

A two-story treehouse with two wooden crossbows mounted around it. Judging by the location, the treehouse owner should be from District 188, likely having bought the crossbows from [Explorers].

Besides that, there wasn’t anything special. Just a usual treehouse.

”Xu Xin, the blood pattern on Silver King is fading again,” Li Wenxi tugged on his arm.

Xu Xin immediately looked back at Silver King. Indeed, the blood pattern was no longer as vibrant as moments ago, it dimmed and returned to its original color within seconds.

Though back to its usual color, it was still more vibrant compared to Li Wenxi’s Aniu.

”This...” Xu Xin scrutinized Silver King, perplexed, ”What’s happening? Could it not be an issue of the area but a problem with Silver King itself?”

”Awo?” Silver King also made a puzzled sound, not feeling anything strange at all.

Never mind, there’s no use in getting tangled up now. I’ll check the situation again when we pass by here on the way back.

”Let’s go check out that treehouse up front. It should be one of us.”

Silver King sprinted swiftly, reaching the treehouse in several seconds.

”This treehouse is really small...” Li Wenxi whispered, ”Do they really have enough space?”

”It’s enough if they only have one or two functional areas.”

”Oh, I see...”

There was no activity inside the treehouse. Li Wenxi looked up at the treehouse window, calling out, ”Hello, is anyone there?”

After her shout, footsteps suddenly sounded from the first floor of the treehouse. Because the short treehouse stood only three meters tall, the footsteps were clearly audible from the window.