Since Dumpling said so, Chris had no more doubts.
Anyway, as long as he killed the Wendigo, there was no doubt he could return.
The only problem now was that Chris had no idea where the Wendigo was, so he naturally couldn't kill it.
When Chris told Dumpling about his predicament, the infant genius found a map and said, "Tell me the locations of the Ogres you've killed during this time."
"Are you trying to deduce the Wendigo's whereabouts? Can that really work?"
Although Chris felt it was unreliable, he still told her the truth.
He and Ruby had traveled across most of America in the past six months, clearing over a hundred Ogre nests.
Thousands of Ogres had died at Chris's hands, but without exception, only two-thirds of their life essence had been accounted for.
So, even if that Wendigo hadn't hindered Chris's return, Chris would still tear it to pieces.
After all, thousands of grey essences, each missing one-third, accumulated to a quantity that could make Chris more than 20% stronger.
In fact, the reason Chris and Ruby returned to Texas again was precisely because Chris found that the further away they were from Texas, the rarer the Ogres became.
He thus guessed that the Wendigo was in the Texas region.
However, he had tried calculating using Dumpling's method before, but after going there, he hadn't found any suspicious targets.
It was precisely because of this that Chris felt it was unreliable for Dumpling to try and find the Wendigo using this method.
However, thinking of the intelligence gap between them, Chris didn't say it directly; instead, he carefully and truthfully reported all the addresses where he had killed Ogres.
After Chris had filled the map with markers, he found that Dumpling didn't start calculating as he expected; instead, she began a shamanistic dance.
As Dumpling stepped onto the map and began to chant and perform a strange dance, Chris felt a cold aura emerge from the void.
Guided by this aura, Dumpling gradually stopped her dancing body, then lifted her foot and stomped hard, before suddenly opening her eyes and saying, "That guy is right here!"
Chris looked closely and saw that the location Dumpling was stepping on was the border area between Texas and Arkansas.
Although the general location of the Wendigo was determined, Chris was more curious about what method Dumpling had just used.
"What were you just doing? Was that a shamanic dance to communicate with the Spirit of the Earth?"
Dumpling wiped the sweat from her face, looked at Chris, and smiled, "Oh, no, I was just waiting for the computer to give me the results. I was bored, so I did an impromptu dance. It wasn't bad, right?"
"But I clearly felt a sinister aura just now!" Chris said, disbelieving.
"Oh, you mean that." Dumpling extended her wrist, tapped her bracelet twice, and then Chris felt that sinister aura reappear.
"This is an energy detector. It can emit a detection wave with a radiation range of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. Thanks to it, I was able to determine the Wendigo's whereabouts."
Knowing that the reality was too different from what he had imagined, Chris didn't know how to complain for a moment and could only stand there awkwardly, stunned.
Fortunately, Ruby walked in at this moment. She looked at the strange atmosphere in the room as if she hadn't noticed anything, and went directly to Dumpling's side.
"Come and try it. I picked a few sizes, and I don't know which one suits you yet?"
Dumpling happily let Ruby dress her, chuckling, "Wow, you're so thoughtful."
Because of Dumpling's sudden visit, Chris and Ruby could only call a truce for one night, and the two of them had a rare quiet sleep.
Early the next morning, when Dumpling woke up, she found that the truck was already heading towards the Arkansas area.
"Want a sip?"
Looking at the bottle cap of dragon blood potion Chris handed over, Dumpling took it, took a sip, and then became full of energy.
"Are you in such a hurry to go back? How do you plan to arrange for Ruby? Are you just going to leave her in this world?"
For this woman who took special care of her, Dumpling uncharacteristically felt sympathy and spoke up for her.
Ruby, who heard Dumpling speaking for her, her eyes flickered. She knew Chris was not from this world, and she understood that Chris would eventually return to his world.
So Ruby had always deliberately avoided this question, and she had never thought that she could leave with Chris.
However, through yesterday's events with Dumpling, Ruby had to consider how she would live after Chris left.
In fact, with Ruby's abilities and the knowledge Chris had taught her, even if Chris left, she could still live very well.
Even because of her superhuman physique, she could easily become a member of high society.
However, material conditions can be easily satisfied, but spiritual deficiencies are not easy to mend.
So, at this moment, when Dumpling brought up this topic, although Ruby was driving, she still perked up her ears, wanting to hear Chris's thoughts.
"Weren't you the one rushing me to go back?" Chris looked at Dumpling in surprise, not understanding what this kid was saying.
"Ah, oh! Is that so?" Dumpling lowered her head in thought and realized that it was indeed she who couldn't stand that silent world, which was why she was in a hurry to find Chris.
But how could she blame herself? Dumpling said arrogantly, "Don't talk about all this nonsense yet. Just tell me how you plan to deal with Ruby. Are you just going to let her fend for herself in this world?"
Chris looked at Dumpling, found her acting like a stubborn rogue, and knew he couldn't do anything about her.
Then Chris looked at Ruby again, knowing that this girl was also very concerned about this issue.
"You're so powerful, can't you build a machine to help take Ruby back? Instead, you're making things difficult for me. What are you trying to do?"
Chris was indifferent to Ruby. He had originally taken her in as a little follower, but who knew that after drinking the dragon blood potion, her deformity was repaired, and she looked pretty good, so he treated her as a card player.
He had originally planned to arrange a good identity for her before returning, and then leave directly.
But Dumpling might have felt a bit of kinship from Ruby, and actually set a trap for Chris like this.
So Chris threw the problem back to Dumpling to see how she wanted to handle it.
After all, Chris hadn't figured out his own transmigration mechanism. He didn't even know how he transmigrated, let alone thinking about taking others with him.
Seeing Chris throw the problem to her, Dumpling was speechless. After a moment of thought, she said, "The technological level of this world is too low. There are no available instruments for me to build equipment to take her away."
Hearing this, Ruby's eyes darkened, and then she pretended to be nonchalant and said, "This is my hometown, and I don't want to leave here."
The two brothers listened to Ruby's words but did not respond.
After all, the insincere emotions in her words were overflowing; there was no way they couldn't understand.
The problem was caused by herself, so she naturally had to solve it herself. Dumpling thought for a moment and said, "Although I can't take her away, I can lock this time node. When you return to this world in the future, you can enter directly from the moment after we leave.
This way, in Ruby's timeline, it will be as if you only left for an instant, and you won't miss her life at all."
"Good idea!" Chris nodded, approving Dumpling's arrangement.
And Ruby, hearing this method, her eyes were also full of joy. It felt good not to have to leave her boss.