° Bing Shi knelt down to examine one of the ants and found no visible injuries or signs of illness. "This is strange," she said, furrowing her brow. "These ants are dying without any reason."
° Everyone immediately looked at the little boy in accusation. The ants obviously dropped dread from the stress Ying Xiong was placing on them.
° Ying Xiong looked up at the group, his innocent face behind the gask mask was confused, "Daddy?"
° Bing Shi chuckled and patted his head. "Maybe it's something in the air. Like a gas or something. Let's keep our masks on and be careful."
° After a while, they came across a large cavern where the tunnel split off into multiple paths. Bing Shi noticed her son's fatigue and picked him up, "Let's take a break," she said, finding a nearby rock to sit him on.
° "Come on, we can't stop now," Xiao Pu protested, "We don't want to be caught in the middle of a high-traffic area like this. Let's keep going."
