An Moxue suppressed a laugh and asked calmly, "Oh! So, how have you been?"

In the darkness, Wu Sicheng couldn't see her expression. He only said aggrievedly, "Oh no! Just at lunchtime, an unattractive woman came up to chat me up. I yelled at her until she cried, and she left. What bad luck! These past few years, there have been so many strange women, it's impossible to guard against them all. I'm having such a hard time. They look at me like I'm a piece of Tang Sanzang's flesh, it's terrifying!" After he finished speaking, he exaggeratedly let out a long sigh of relief and looked at An Moxue expectantly.

“Excellent people are popular everywhere! But there are many ill-intentioned people. All sorts of coincidences, pretending to encounter bad guys so you can be a hero and save the damsel in distress, pretending to be weak, pretending to be drowning, pretending to be kind, pretending to suddenly jump into your arms, bringing food, making small talk, creating trouble out of nothing, oh my, there are so many tricks! Which ones have you encountered?” An Moxue’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Wu Sicheng, with an expression that said she wanted to hear some gossip.

Wu Sicheng was utterly speechless; this was the only expression she could muster. But as a girlfriend, wasn't she unqualified?

What should we do?

You have to bear the consequences of your own choices.

He said sullenly, "You've met them all, are you satisfied now? Have you forgotten that you have a secret boyfriend like me in Lan Kingdom?" He had reason to suspect that when she agreed to be his girlfriend, she was completely indifferent.

For some reason, he solemnly said, "Be careful once you enter Maple Leaf Temple. Take care of yourself. I've been here once before, and it seemed like a very ordinary temple. I didn't hear anything strange about it. But I feel that something is off about this incident."

"Yes, you should be careful too."

After that, the two of them didn't say anything more and just ate their dry steamed buns.

An Moxue gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

Wu Sicheng looked at her, his eyes as deep and dark as the night.

His subordinates looked strangely at the tree where he and An Moxue were. Although they couldn't see anything, they felt that their leader was acting differently than usual.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and Xu Qingfeng announced, "Comrades, time's up. Assemble and let's go."

They set off again, with Xu Qingfeng in front, An Moxue behind him, and Wu Sicheng at the very back of the group.

In the deep woods, the occasional hooting of an owl was mournful and eerie, and the silence in the woods was terrifying.

The group moved forward quickly, leaving afterimages in their wake.

As you walk by, you can clearly hear the sound of leaves and branches being kicked up.

Suddenly, Xu Qingfeng stopped and whispered, "Spread out and hide."

The group quickly found their positions and hid, even slowing down their breathing.

Before long, a group of people carrying torches emerged from a mountain hollow in the distance. No one spoke as they slowly walked towards a mountain path not far away, seemingly heading downhill.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there were three people in total, and the tallest of them was estimated to be no more than 1.7 meters tall.

Having discovered the situation and knowing that the others had gone some distance, the six people reassigned their tasks, with Wu Sicheng leading one person to follow the three.

Xu Qingfeng led a group of people to explore the small hill.

An Moxue led a group of people to search around Maple Leaf Temple, and then they met up there at dawn.

Xu Qingfeng and his companion returned first, followed by Wu Sicheng and his companion, and An Moxue and her companion returned last. The six of them sat together and shared their experiences.

Xu Qingfeng said, "That little valley is unremarkable, but why did the person come out from there? Logically speaking, there must be something going on when someone comes down the mountain at night, but there are no traces of them coming from other places, as if the person came out of nowhere from the valley, but we couldn't find any mechanism. There must be a secret there."

Wu Sicheng said, "We followed the two men down the mountain. The two men didn't say a word the whole way. When we arrived at a house in Maple Leaf Town, I left Duan Qing there to continue monitoring him."

An Moxue said, "This Maple Leaf Temple should be dilapidated by now, but the buildings and corridors look well-maintained at first glance, and the roads are clean. But where are the people? At the very least, the buildings should look like they've been deserted for a long time. That's the strangest and most unreasonable thing."

Xu Qingfeng said, "It seems there must be something wrong here. Hummingbird, is there anything else unusual?"

An Moxue thought for a moment and said, "There are traces of cooking in the kitchen recently. But it's as if many people were living here in an orderly manner, and then suddenly, one day, everyone evacuated, and the evacuation was quite complete, leaving no clues or flaws."

"It's like going out for a visit, leaving the house spotless, and being able to come back whenever you want. And we didn't find a single clue left by our comrades."

Wu Sicheng said, "I came here once when I was very young. At that time, there were still many monks in the temple. So where did these people go after the Cultural Revolution started? As far as I know, this temple has a history of more than a thousand years. What has enabled it to stand for a thousand years without falling or being defeated?"

Xu Qingfeng said, "Even if all seventy-eight people were killed and buried, it would still require a very large pit. They couldn't have disappeared without a trace."

Xu Qingfeng said, "Let's investigate again. We'll switch tasks. I'll investigate the temple, Hummingbird, you go down the mountain, and Commander Wu, you go to that valley. When we come back, we'll exchange information again and see if we can find any details we missed last time. What do you guys think?"

"Okay." The group nodded, and then it was time for a meal and rest, which they decided to do for three hours.

An Moxue casually found a large tree branch, climbed up, and fell asleep fully clothed, ignoring everyone else.

When she woke up again, there was no one else around. After checking the markings, she knew that they had all gone to do their work earlier. An Moxue took out some food, ate it quickly, and went down the mountain.

He exchanged tasks with the person monitoring him, and went to rest while An Moxue continued to monitor him.

When the two people in the house came out and started walking up the mountain again, An Moxue put some medicine on them, then turned around and went back into the house. She quickly checked the place and found a basement with a radio transmitter inside, but nothing else.

The discovery of the radio station proves that the two people came back last night to send messages to the outside world. Logically speaking, shouldn't the radio station be safer and more hidden in the mountains?

How did it end up in a house in town? And this house doesn't even look like it's in a remote place.

Everything that defies common sense indicates that things are unusual.

She suppressed her doubts and followed the scent, entering the Maple Leaf Temple with the help of the people inside.