"Honestly, I saved you and you didn't even say thank you, and you kept causing trouble. You should have just frozen to death there."

Fu Xiaxia really thought Captain Wang was right. Chen Sisi's brain must have been frozen. Everyone else said at least this when they were rescued, even the man next to her said it.

If Chen Sisi doesn't say anything, they don't necessarily need a thank you, but at least they should be grateful and not cause any more trouble.

Chen Si wanted to speak, but she really didn't want to thank Jiang Li and the others, because she felt that if she did, they would look down on her.

Moreover, seeing the warning look in Captain Wang's eyes, he didn't dare to say anything more and could only hide behind Gao Zhangwu in grievance.

Gao Zhangwu now deeply regrets bringing Chen Sisi out; he feels truly ashamed.

Looking at Chen Sisi now, he doesn't seem to like her as much as before, but at least he brought her out and sent her back safely. He doesn't want to care about what happens after that.

Chen Sisi panicked when she saw that Gao Zhangwu's gaze towards her had changed. She was afraid that Gao Zhangwu would no longer take her with him after they returned to the base, and then what would she do?

She never wanted to go back to the dormitory. Thinking back to her life there, she was terrified. The dormitory smelled terrible, there were dead people inside, and people would sometimes touch her inappropriately.

She is now filled with regret and harbors even more resentment towards Jiang Li. She feels that everything is because of Jiang Li; if Jiang Li hadn't appeared, everything would have been fine for her.

Some people are like that; they never look for problems within themselves. If Chen Sisi hadn't kept causing trouble for Jiang Li, she wouldn't be in this state now.

"Everyone, let's get rested and set off. Let's try to reach the summit today."

Captain Wang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Chen Sisi had finally quieted down. He was really afraid that she would say something thoughtless again.

After everyone got ready, they set off. Chen Sisi was secretly relieved to see that Gao Zhangwu was still willing to take her with him. It meant that he still cared about her. As long as he was willing to take her with him, she would have plenty of ways to make Gao Zhangwu like her again when they returned to the base.

After walking for a while, Jiang Li suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Jiang Li told Gu Jin what she felt, and Gu Jin stopped to take a look, but there seemed to be no movement nearby.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Fang Qingxun saw Gu Jin stop and asked.

"It's nothing, Jiang Li just felt something was wrong, but I noticed there was no movement around."

Suddenly everyone realized that the biggest problem was the lack of movement.

"Captain Wang, don't leave yet, there's a problem here."

Jiang Li quickly called out to Captain Wang and the others.

"What's the problem?"

Captain Wang stopped and asked.

"Captain Wang, don't you think it's too quiet here?"

Jiang Li said to Captain Wang.

"Jiang Li, are there any people in the mountains? Where did the noise come from? Don't make a fuss, okay?"

Chen Sisi felt she had caught Jiang Li red-handed and retorted.

“There are no people, but there are animals. A few days ago, at least there were animal sounds or traces nearby, but now look around, apart from our footprints, there are no other animal footprints at all, and there are no sounds at all.”

Jiang Li didn't have time to argue with Chen Sisi at the moment, and explained to everyone.

It was only now that everyone realized how quiet it was, almost too quiet, and there wasn't a single trace of animals around.

"Everyone, grab your weapons and stay alert. Something's definitely not right here."

Captain Wang picked up his weapon and said to the others, "We've been rushing and haven't paid attention to our surroundings. Luckily, Jiang Li and the others noticed us early."

If you look closely, you'll find that there's actually less snow here than halfway up the mountain.

Logically, the higher you go, the colder it gets, the more snow there is, and the slower it melts. The mountaintop should have more snow than the foot of the mountain, but here it's the opposite.

Everyone picked up their weapons, remained alert to their surroundings, and slowly moved forward.

The only sound all around was the sound of people walking on the snow.

Chen Sisi nervously tugged at Gao Zhangwu's sleeve and followed him forward.

Beneath the snow, something was moving slowly, so slowly that no one noticed.

"careful."

Shi Lin suddenly heard a noise and called out to warn them, but it was too late. The thing had already wrapped around one of his teammates' feet and was quickly dragging him up the mountain.

The thing was in the snow, and no one could see what it was. They only saw the team members being dragged away in the snow.

"Captain Wang, save me! Save me!"

The team members being pulled away cried out in fear.

The men chased after the snow, firing their guns into the snow, but they couldn't hit anything, as if there was nothing there.

The group followed their teammates who were being dragged to a place not far from the mountaintop.

The snow on the ground had noticeably lessened, and in the open space, a small vine was hanging from the end of which was the teammate who had just been dragged over.

The person was hung upside down and placed in the middle of a huge leaf that resembled a Venus flytrap. The leaf had sharp thorns on both sides and was slowly trying to envelop the person.

The person on top tried to shake himself down, but to no avail. Instead, he was pricked by the spikes several times, so he was even more afraid to move now.

The small vine was as thick as an adult's arm; otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible to pull an adult across the snow.

It's called "little vine" because the vine gets bigger as you go further in the story; eventually, it becomes as thick as an adult man's thigh.

The end of the vine connects to a bright red plant that is about half a person's height and resembles a heart. It is called a plant because the vine grows out of this heart.

A small portion of the bottom part is in the soil.

More than a dozen vines, just like the one before, extend from the "heart".

Each vine has leaves of the same size as those around it. Some leaves have closed up like a cocoon, wrapping up what's inside. A few are still open, but there are still faint traces of blood on them.

The contents of the "cocoon" seem to be supplying blood to the "heart".

"What kind of monster is this?"

Fang Qingxun and Fu Xiaxia spoke at the same time.

The others were also surprised, having never seen anything like it before. They couldn't tell if it was a plant, since it had a "heart," nor could they tell if it was an animal.

"Captain Wang, please help me!"

The man saw Captain Wang and his group following them and looked on with hope.

Now was not the time to think about what this was. The men quickly shot at the vine holding the man, and the vine, in pain, released its grip on the teammate.

The leaves were just about to encounter the person, and knowing there was no prey, they slowly began to open again.

However, because the vines were hit, the other vines also began to move and quickly started attacking everyone.