Xinghai entered the ventilation duct, which was a very unfamiliar environment for it, with cool metal walls on the left and right, and a straight passage in front and back, and a faint cool breeze poured in from the passage in front of it, swept over its cheeks, and blew to the rear. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It lowered its head, noticing that the metal walls below were covered in a thin layer of dust, and that several rows of paw prints left by critters had disappeared around the corner from one end to the other. The paw prints are messy, in both directions, and don't seem to have been left by the same critter.

Xinghai raised one of his front paws, tilted his head and stared at it for a few seconds, then placed the paw next to one of the paw prints, and after a slight comparison, the size seemed to be very close, and the shape was the same.

"Bad boy......" it muttered to itself.

At this time, an anxious voice came from under the passage: "Where is Xinghai?

The sound was a little distorted through the tight metal wall, but it was immediately confirmed that it was Zhang Zi'an's voice.

Xinghai shouted below without hesitation: "Zi'an, Xinghai is in!"

After shouting, it stared at the metal wall under its feet, quietly waiting for Zhang Zi'an's response.

"Be careful, Xinghai. His voice came again.

Xinghai was a little disappointed because he didn't get the praise he expected, but "be careful" didn't seem to be a bad thing.

It didn't know what to be careful about, because there was nothing in the passage but it, and if there was, it was just dust floating in the air, paw prints on the metal walls, and a few tiny hairs—all colors, white, black, yellow, gray......

What's next?

Xinghai thought about it carefully, but he had no clue. Seeing that Zhang Zi'an was embarrassed, it decided to come in on impulse, but it didn't know what to do after coming in.

It felt stupid, and when it thought of Fina and Lao Cha, it felt very envious in its heart, and if they were here, it would definitely act without thinking. Lao Cha is always unfazed, no matter what happens, he just smiles faintly, and then uses his profound wisdom and superb martial arts to solve it easily; Fina is only interested in shiny things, and is always indifferent to other things or people, as if to say, don't bother me, go as far as you want...... Perhaps except for Zhang Zi'an.

What should I do? Do you want to go out and ask Zi'an, Lao Cha, and Fina to come in again?

Meow ~ I feel so embarrassed!

Xinghai tried to wrinkle his nose and sniff like old tea, but he couldn't smell anything strange - maybe there was, but it couldn't tell the difference, after all, it wasn't actually a cat, and it didn't have such a sensitive sense of smell.

In short, choose a side to take a walk first, if there is really any danger...... Escape.

It looked down again at the paw prints, and one of them, which looked fairly clear and fresh, came from the front and went from the back, so it decided to follow the paw prints.

The passage was long and dark, and it felt like it was back in that horrible black box, and if it were any darker and narrower, it would have wanted to escape. Even now, it was terrified, as if it had stepped into a never-ending tunnel that would narrow and narrow until it was completely trapped.

It didn't want to just run back because it would be humiliating. Although Zhang Zi'an will definitely comfort it, saying that it doesn't matter, it's good for Xinghai to come back safely, but it is still very embarrassing. And it really wants the bad boys to correct their mistakes, not to steal, to be good boys, and then they will definitely meet people who really like them.

Xinghai walked cautiously, looking down at the paw prints, and then looking up at the front. A faint light came from the passage ahead, sunlight that had been refracted several times and had become faint. It misses the laid-back time in the pet shop, always so calm, you can lie in the warm sun and close your eyes and take a nap, even if there is something, there are Fina and Lao Cha to solve it.

It moved its ears, and through the metal wall, it could faintly hear the conversation between Zhang Zi'an and Lao Cha, it couldn't hear what was said, but the sound itself made it feel reassured.

Step by step, the light in front of him became brighter and brighter, but Zhang Zi'an's voice became weaker and weaker.

The fork in the road has arrived.

Here the ventilation ducts are divided into four sections, leading to the front, left, right, and top.

Xinghai looked up, the light came from above, and on the top of the building far away, the ventilation fan rotated at a constant speed, with a low humming sound, crushing the sunlight to form a mottled and changing light and shadow, and fresh air was continuously sent down.

It crouched at the fork in the road, staring blankly at the three passages ahead, left, and right, not knowing which one to choose. There were paw prints left in each passage, and it wanted to search them all, but it was afraid that it would get lost and never return home.

This building is so big, so complicated, it's like a labyrinth, and Zhang Zi'an is like a small grain of sand in the maze, and it itself is another smaller grain of sand.

But it has to choose a direction, and if it just retreats, won't the previous efforts be in vain?

At that moment, a vague sound reached its ears.

Hiss -

It's like the sound of something sharp scratching against metal.

Xinghai felt that this voice was somewhat familiar. It thought about it, and sometimes Fina lost her temper because the food tasted so bad, and the sound of her paws slicing across the metal pan was similar to this.

The sound came from the passage ahead, and it thought about it and decided to take this path. However, as soon as it took a step, its body seemed to encounter an invisible wall and was blocked.

Xinghai stretched out a front paw and pressed it a few times in the air in front of him, there was indeed an invisible wall in front of him, the air could flow, the dust could fall, and it seemed that only it could not pass through.

It remembered the new parrot elf, and it seemed that it had encountered this situation on the roof of the pet shop, as if it was imprisoned by the game setting or something, and even the old tea with great wisdom had taken a long time before he could leave Zhang Zi'an's side freely.

What to do?

Another soft sound came from the depths of the passage ahead.

Xinghai didn't want to wait any longer, thinking was not its forte, so it closed its eyes, and when it opened its eyes again, it had already teleported forward a short distance, leaving the fork behind it, and appeared on the other side of the invisible prohibition, but there were no new paw prints left on the floating dust of the metal channel, only the air contracted and expanded accordingly due to its sudden disappearance and appearance, rolling up a subtle vortex invisible to the naked eye.

"Star Sea hide-and-seek is the best. It whispered to itself.

It trotted up, pursuing in the direction from which the sound had come from.

At the same time, the screen of Zhang's mobile phone installed in his pocket lit up, and the game "Pet Hunter" started on its own, but the game interface flashed a few times as if it was disturbed, and then quit on its own.

The screen went off as if nothing had happened.