An hour later, they entered the mountain. Looking at the scattered weapons and traces on the ground, the three of them felt a tightness in their hearts.

"What a sin! How did these rats get here? Sigh!"

"I wonder where everyone is? What's going on?"

"Daughter, do we still need to follow?"

She nodded and said, "Mom, the official road is blocked now. We have no choice but to cross these mountains."

Tang's mother looked worried and sat down: "Forget it, if my old bones die, then they die, but these children..." As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.

Tang Youyou didn't know how to persuade him. She caught a glimpse of a corpse out of the corner of her eye and frowned.

"Dad, Mom, I need to go pee. Please wait for me for a moment."

In just half a cup of tea, she came back with a piece of cloth and a cloth bag on her shoulder.

"This...where did you pick it up?" Old Man Tang was extremely surprised. How come his daughter always got a lot of rewards every time she went out?

She opened the cloth bag and sighed, "Dad, I don't know who put it on the tree trunk, but the person is gone."

Tang's mother called the children over and said, "Look, white flour buns!"

The eleven children pursed their lips but refused to take it.

"Eat! Eat your fill, we have to keep going!"

The children's eyes were filled with tears, thinking that they would die after eating this hearty meal, and they were all choking with sobs.

With a "hiss" sound.

"You kid, this is fine cotton cloth, what are you doing with it?"

Tang Youyou explained: "Mom, look, there's a corpse nearby. The smell of decay is terrible, and there are a lot of flies. I heard from Doctor Xiong that flies and rats are poisonous. I happened to have some cloth here, so I thought of making a mask to cover my mouth and nose."

Old Man Tang slapped his thigh and said, "Listen to my daughter. My life is gone, what's the point of this cloth?"

Tang's mother also nodded: "Doctor Xiong is quite capable, and his words are trustworthy!"

So everyone started tearing the cloth with their bare hands.

Little did they know that the Dr. Xiong they were talking about was going crazy.

"These damned creatures are not even afraid of this mint!" He was perched on a big tree, looking at the mice below at a loss.

"Boom!" With a sound, several dry branches fell from the sky.

Then Butcher Zhang's voice rang out: "Doctor Xiong, throw the tinder!"

Seeing this, Dr. Xiong tore off a piece of his clothes, lit it, and threw it down. However, the branch was too high and did not catch fire at all.

I tore off another piece, but it still didn't light up.

Butcher Zhang on another big tree was almost going crazy: "Take off your clothes..."

Doctor Xiong was stunned at first, then he gritted his teeth, took off his clothes, lit them, and threw them down. The branches ignited instantly.

Chief Liu was at the entrance of a cave, pacing back and forth anxiously.

An elder of the clan rubbed his brows and said, "Chief, can you please not leave? I feel dizzy!"

Upon hearing this, Chief Liu sat down on the ground, no longer showing his former demeanor.

"Alas! There are still more than forty members of our tribe missing. I don't know where Brother Tang and the others are either."

Someone chimed in: "Woo woo woo... these damn rats! We're trying to escape without a single grain of food. What are we supposed to do?"

"Where do all these rats come from? Could it be that God is angry and won't let us live? Wuuwuwu..."

The atmosphere was depressing.

Suddenly, someone screamed: "Look, there looks like a fire!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone came out of the cave.

"Someone must be driving away the rats!"

"Alas! These mountains are so dense that if they catch fire, no one will be able to escape."

"What should we do? Are we destined to die here?"

"Chief, can you come up with a plan?"

A trace of tears flashed across Chief Liu's cloudy eyes, and then he said firmly: "Run! Run to the other mountain! Run as far as you can."

When a man heard this, he hurried over to help him.

He refused: "Young people, children go first..."

Everyone's eyes were bloodshot, and they said in unison: "Chief..."

"Stop wasting time. When you get to Nanzhou in the future, remember to erect a group monument for us old guys!"

Seeing that everyone was standing there motionless, the clan leader angrily shouted, "Why don't you leave? Do you want to wipe out the Liu clan?"

Everyone was in tears and had snot running.

The elder of the clan stamped his feet and said, "Hey, hey! Go!"

So, men and women with children walked in front, and the elderly walked at the end.

Doctor Xiong had already jumped down from the tree. Looking at the defeated rats, he breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Butcher Zhang: "Brother Zhang, this time it's all thanks to you!"

Everyone jumped down from the tree and sighed.

"Wuwuwu... This damn beast scared me to death..."

"I wonder where Youyou and the children are now?"

"The rats have retreated now, but what should we do about the fire?"

Only then did everyone realize that the fire was getting bigger and bigger. They reacted and started to put out the fire, but it was no avail.

"Go, go quickly, the fire is too big!"

"Wow, wow, wow... What should I do? How can a person run too fast..."

So, everyone started the second wave of escape.

Tang Youyou climbed up the tree and naturally noticed the thick smoke not far ahead. She felt a pang in her heart: Could it be that someone was using fire to drive away rats?

This is extremely absurd. How can this forest be compared with the official road? Not only is the forest dense, but it is also dry now. Wherever the sparks float, the place will be burned. Do they want to die together?

Which idiot came up with this idea?

Seeing her daughter frowning and saying nothing, Tang's mother quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Mom, there's a fire ahead. We have to change our route."

"It's on fire? Holy shit, isn't this adding insult to injury?"

Tang Youyou took out the map, looked left and right, and finally locked on the riverbed.

"Dad, Mom, let's go down from the right side. There's a river underneath. We can only go that way now. It's safer."

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say!"

An hour later, they arrived at the riverbed, which was very low and they could see thick smoke from the mountain.

"Oh! I hope the people in the mountains can run faster..."

"Mom, do you think all the mice were burned to death?" Xiao Er seemed to be thinking about something.

Tang Youyou rubbed his hair: "Rats can dig holes, and only a few are burned to death."

Several children burst into tears.

"Wuwuwu... I wonder how my parents are doing now? Wuwuwu..."

"They must be in the mountains, 嘤嘤嘤..."

She didn't know how to comfort the children and looked at Tang's mother for help.

The latter sighed and said comfortingly, "Your parents are running so fast, they may have already climbed two mountains. We must hurry up and not let them worry, right?"

The children sniffled and nodded.

"This riverbed is all sand and rocks. I can't push you anymore. You have to walk the rest of the way by yourselves. Can everyone do that?"

The children said in unison: "Yes!"