The mane wolf was also puzzled by the situation before it, as no mortal had ever been able to escape its bewitching power.

"Master, should we continue the pursuit?"

"You can talk? That's great!"

Zhu Yanyan glanced at the maned wolf with suspicion, then sneered and patted her body, "Let's go, they can't get far."

Upon hearing Zhu Yanyan's command, the maned wolf leaped onto the wall and surveyed the surrounding area.

However, Pei Sining had already led everyone away through the tunnel before Zhu Yanyan arrived.

Pei Sining led everyone to the end of the wall, where they found loose bricks at the foot of the wall. With everyone's efforts,

After the stone bricks were removed, a hole appeared under the wall, and the group climbed down into it.

After an unknown amount of time, a ray of light appeared in front of the cave, and the group hurriedly crawled towards it.

Pei Sining was the first to climb out of the hole and gasp for air. Then Wang Haocheng and the others followed suit.

"Quickly block up the burrow so the maned wolf can't get out."

After everyone crawled out of the hole, Chen Xiang called on them to move a huge rock to block the entrance.

Pei Sining looked up at the darkening sky with a worried expression, and a cool breeze began to blow around her.

"Oh no, the weather is about to change!" Pei Sining turned around anxiously to look at everyone after feeling the biting cold wind.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Chenfeng wiped the sweat from his brow and stood up, following Pei Sining's gaze to look at the sky.

"The weather is really about to change. If we leave the ancient city now, we'll freeze to death on the road."

"Oh dear! Silly uncle, wolves are most afraid of the cold; they wouldn't dare to act recklessly in this cold weather."

[It's this eerie weather that's more frightening than the maned wolves.]

Xixi instinctively shrank her neck, made babbling sounds, and tried to attract other people's attention by carrying her bamboo basket.

It's so cold, let's hide!

After hearing Xixi's suggestion, Chen Xiang looked at everyone with a stern face and said, "Why don't we go back first? The maned wolf might not be able to come out from below."

Zhu Chenfeng agreed with Chen Xiang's point and nodded, "I agree. Let's go back first. If we stay outside any longer, we'll all freeze."

[So hungry, Xixi is hungry!]

[The uncles must be hungry too, so let Xixi feed them!]

Let's start with two sheep to warm everyone up.

Xixi, true to her word, waved her little hand and threw food into the house not far from the burrow.

To avoid arousing suspicion, she released two live sheep, along with other cured meats, eggs, and other items.

There are also many nourishing herbs and seasonings.

"Then hurry back! I'm sure Grandma Zhu is also very worried about this little girl."

Wang Haocheng didn't hear Xixi's voice, patted himself and was about to turn and leave.

As a result, upon hearing Xixi's suggestion, Chen Xiang, Zhu Chenfeng, and Zhu Haotian all remained motionless and looked around.

Just when they thought they had misheard, two goats ran out of the house, bleating.

"It's a goat! Quick, catch it!"

Pei Sining was also searching for the goat that Xixi had mentioned, and after looking around...

Finally, I saw the lively goat in the house diagonally opposite.

Many people had been starving for days, and when they saw the goats, they all went crazy and pounced on the two goats.

With everyone's efforts, the goat was successfully tied to the stick, and the weather was getting colder and colder.

After catching the goat, they also found a lot of food. They put the food in bamboo baskets and ran quickly toward their encampment.

When everyone returned, it was already snowing heavily outside. Zhu Chenfeng wrapped Xixi in his chest and hurried back into the house into the wind and snow.

"Third brother, how is the situation?"

Grandma Zhu had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time. When she saw Zhu Chenfeng return, she hurriedly went up to ask him questions.

Zhu Chenfeng's nose, face, and hands were all red from the cold, and he looked down at his niece in his arms, shivering.

"In my arms, Mother, come in quickly, we'll have goat to eat tonight."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Zhu glanced at the two goats that were coming in from outside the door, and quickly helped her son into the house, calling out happily to her daughter-in-law.

"Daughters-in-law, Xixi is back! Hurry up and wash the pots and cook, we'll have mutton to eat."

Liu sat listlessly on the haystack, sobbing. Zhu Dabao and Zhu Xiaobao sat beside her to comfort her.

Upon hearing her mother-in-law's voice, her previously dull eyes instantly brightened, and she quickly got up and walked towards her mother-in-law.

"Xixi, my daughter."

After entering the house, Zhu Chenfeng quickly took Xixi out of his arms and carefully handed her to Liu Shi.

"Sister-in-law, quickly put clothes on Xixi, it's too cold."

Reminded by Zhu Chenfeng, Liu realized that the weather had changed and turned to walk to the side.

Just as she turned around, she saw Zhu Dabao and Zhu Erbao coming over with blankets. The two of them happily handed the blankets to Liu Shi.

"Mom, you take care of Xixi, we'll go help the uncles kill a goat for you to eat."

With tears welling up in her eyes, Liu accepted the blanket her son handed her and quickly wrapped it around her daughter, holding her close in her arms.

Seeing her daughter's adorable sleeping face, she cried and pressed her face against her daughter's, afraid that her daughter would leave her again.

After everyone entered the house, Chen Xiang and Wang Haocheng split into two teams, with Chen Xiang and the others responsible for sealing the main entrance.

Wang Haocheng, along with his guards, killed one of the goats, while the Zhu family washed all the iron pots and bowls that Zhu Chenfeng had picked up.

With everyone working together, the once quiet house became lively, and everyone was full of energy helping each other.

The goat was quickly butchered, cut into small pieces, and placed in a pot. There was a well outside the house, which had not yet frozen over.

Wang Haocheng then led his men outside the courtyard and drew several buckets of water from the well. Just as he turned to go back inside,

Several figures flashed past, and Wang Haocheng assumed they were Zhu Yanyan's men.

He quickly led his guards out cautiously, looking around warily.

However, when he saw what was happening outside, he was immediately terrified by what he saw.

The group photo in front of them did not feature Zhu Yanyan and her companions, but rather mummified corpses dressed in Loulan ethnic costumes, slowly wandering around.

"Boss, what... what are these things?"

"Shh! Don't make a sound. Their hearing is very sensitive. They'll come over as soon as they hear a sound."

Wang Haocheng recognized what the half-dead monster in front of him was, and with a grim face, he signaled the team to retreat.

Under his instructions, everyone quietly returned to the house and blocked all the doors.

After blocking the main gate, Wang Haocheng went to the window to check the sturdiness of the wooden planks.

After noticing Wang Haocheng's suspicious expression, Zhu Chenfeng approached him from behind, puzzled.

"Manager Wang, what's going on?"

Shh, don't make a sound!

Wang Haocheng didn't have time to explain the situation to Zhu Chenfeng; he was looking out the window.