I became a mermaid egg and saved the Imperial Marshal

Chapter 168 Questioning

The sky gradually darkened. After a day of fighting, everyone was exhausted. Qi Yan timely informed Potian not to release any more monsters so that everyone could rest.

The temperature difference between day and night on Sirius is quite large. Someone lit a fire in the cave, and everyone gathered around it in groups of three or four.

Qi Yan sat in the shadows, looking down at his arms.

The climate here is dry, and he consumed too much mental energy during the day, so he showed some symptoms of dehydration, and the skin on his arms became red and flaky.

At this time, Ryan came over and sat down next to him. Qi Yan quickly put down his sleeves when he saw this.

Rui En rubbed his arms and said, "It's freezing cold. Yan Yan, why don't you go and warm yourself by the fire?"

Because they were chased by monsters before, in order to escape, many people lost their survival supplies in the process.

Everyone spontaneously donated their heating equipment to the injured and women, so now they can only rely on the most primitive methods to keep warm.

Qi Yan smiled and said, "I'm fine, but what are you doing here?"

Ryan put his head on his knees and said in a muffled voice: "I don't know what the situation is like for Lingxing now."

This was the first time he couldn't contact Al, and he couldn't help but feel worried.

Qi Yan looked gloomy. Ryan tilted his head to look at him, then sat up straight in surprise: "Yan Yan, are you feeling unwell? You look very bad."

Qi Yan's face was pale and his lips were bloodless. Ryan handed him his water bottle and asked, "Would you like some water?"

Ryan had seen him drink water countless times throughout the day. He wanted to joke that he was made of water, but the current atmosphere was not suitable.

Qi Yan shook her head and refused: "I still have some."

Then he stood up: "I want to go out and get some fresh air."

"Would you like me to accompany you?" Ryan asked.

Qi Yan shook his head and refused, but his expression could not be clearly seen in the shadow of the fire.

Ryan looked at his back with worry in his eyes.

When we reached the cave entrance, the student on night watch kindly reminded us, "Student, don't go too far."

Qi Yan smiled and nodded at him. The man blushed and suddenly looked away.

When he scratched his head and looked again, Qi Yan had already walked into the darkness.

The night wind was chilly, and Qi Yan wrapped her coat tightly around her.

He found a rock to sit on and took off his shoes and socks.

What Ryan didn't know was that drinking water alone was no longer enough to relieve Qi Yan's dehydration. What he urgently needed now was to soak in water.

Fortunately, Li Jia had taken this situation into consideration and prepared a lot of water for him in advance. Soaking in water was impossible under the current conditions, but rinsing was possible.

He placed the water storage space on another rock, so that his feet could just touch the gurgling water.

The warm water rushed over my feet, relieving the dryness of my skin and taking away some fatigue.

However, Qi Yan did not feel relieved by this, on the contrary, she felt very heavy.

Ryan's worry was the source of his uneasiness. A day had passed and not only had the school's rescue efforts not arrived, but even the military had not made any move.

How could the military be unaware of the appearance of a monster on Sirius? To be arrogant, I am still on Sirius, and it is impossible for Brother Wen not to pay attention to the situation here.

The only possibility is that they are facing more difficult problems at this time, which prevents rescue from arriving smoothly.

After coming to this conclusion, Qi Yan felt even more depressed.

What kind of situation has caused the military to be in such a difficult situation? Will A Yuan be in danger?

He stared at the dark forest in a trance, feeling uneasy.

At this moment, a slight noise came from behind.

Qi Yan jumped off the rock quickly and turned around cautiously: "Who!"

Lin Che walked out of the darkness, and the faint blue light of the defensive barrier shone on his face, outlining a handsome but cold face.

At this moment, he pursed his lips and frowned slightly, feeling conflicted as if he had come at the wrong time but was unwilling to leave because of something.

His eyes fell on Qi Yan's bare feet.

At this time, Qi Yan was standing barefoot on the rock, his trouser legs rolled up below his knees, revealing his flawless white calves with water droplets hanging on them.

When Qi Yan saw that it was him, she relaxed her guard a little and put on her shoes and socks in an orderly manner.

After putting away the water storage space, Qi Yan stood up and looked at Lin Che: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Seeing that he was neatly dressed, the tense expression on Lin Che's face seemed to relax a little.

But when it came to business, his eyes turned cold and he went straight to the point: "How do you know the monster's weak spot is at the back of its neck? And..."

He paused, but now his tone was chilling: "How do you know that the monsters will attack again, and in numbers that we can handle?"

In fact, Qi Yan did not say anything explicitly about the second question, but considering the timing and number of the monster attacks in the afternoon, it was obviously changing according to their combat capabilities.

It was as if it was specially designed to cooperate with their training. After noticing this pattern, combined with what Qi Yan had said before, the result was not difficult to guess.

Although Qi Yan did not expect him to be so sharp, she answered his question without hesitation:

"I was attacked by this kind of monster in Cross, and Dad told me where its weakness is."

Then he pointed his finger towards the forest in the distance. Lin Che looked in the direction of his finger. At night, the continuous fire in that place seemed particularly dazzling.

"As for the monsters you mentioned, I was the one who let them go. Everyone was too frightened. If we hadn't intervened, some people would have collapsed before the monsters attacked us."

"Under these circumstances, only fighting and winning can inspire the hope of living."

Qi Yan spoke sincerely, and in fact he had no intention of hiding anything. Apart from changing Helka into Cross and the person who told him his weakness into Liga, everything else was true.

Lin Che did not speak. Perhaps it was because Qi Yan's expression was too calm, so that every shocking point in his words seemed so natural that people could not question it.

In fact, deep down in his heart, Lin Che already believed about 70% of what he said.

Because Lin Che is not like other people who have a lucky mentality. This can be seen from the fact that he inferred that someone was controlling it based solely on the timing of the monster's attack.

The monster that looked like a small hill that they had seen before would not disappear out of thin air, and the densely packed tide of monsters that were ready to attack would not suddenly stop.

So there must be someone blocking them ahead, but now no one from the school has shown up, which means the people blocking them are not the school rescue team.

Qi Yan's words at this moment undoubtedly confirmed his guess.

Moreover, when the unusual movement occurred before, he clearly saw a stream of white light rushing towards the group of monsters.

But what surprised Lin Che was what kind of person had such strength that he could stop an army of thousands of monsters by himself.

The only thing he could be sure of was that the other party was definitely not from the Imperial Military Academy.

At this time, Qi Yan did not reveal the identity of the man, so Lin Che did not want to continue asking. He was silent for a moment, then said, "Thank you for what happened during the day."