We had already prepared the torches.

Firstly, to prevent the inconvenience of starting a fire by friction at night.

Secondly, we had suffered countless losses in such forests long ago, so everyone took a torch and the light became very bright.

If there were any wild animals around, seeing so many flames, they would only run away and would absolutely not dare to rush up and threaten our lives.

Where there is fire, there is hope; and when you have fire in your hands, you always feel more secure.

We originally planned to go back the way we came, because we had gotten lost in the woods once before.

So this time, we stuck a seashell on the tree trunk with each step we took as a marker.

But there was no stream on the road we came from.

When we came back, we clearly saw the seashells we had left on the tree trunk, so how could there suddenly be such a water flow?

Upon seeing the red water, Wang Ping immediately bent down and reached out to touch it. After looking at his hand, he immediately frowned and turned pale.

"This looks like water mixed with fresh blood. Smell it, it's very fishy!"

I took a sniff, and it did indeed have a bloody smell, and the color was not a good sign.

The foreigners looked terrified, turning their heads to look in the direction the water was flowing, and gritted their teeth as they looked at me.

My male colleague translated for me, "The foreigners asked, 'Should we go up and take a look? They suspect something must have happened up there!'"

Wang Ping remained silent, but Bai Wei poked his head out from the crowd and leaned close to me: "Zhao Sihai, what does their death have to do with us? What if we encounter danger if we go up there? I think we're not sure about this. Let's go out first. If we really want to come back out, there are already markings here. We can come back in tomorrow during the day!"

Bai Wei is a man who never follows any rules in his speech or actions, and he is arrogant and conceited, and likes to take advantage of others.

But this time I felt that what he said made a lot of sense, after all, these foreigners' partners are enemies, not friends, to us.

If we were to go and check on their situation, it would only end up hurting our own colleagues, which is simply not worth it.

But these two missing foreigners were, after all, living, breathing human beings. If they had indeed died in this forest, it meant there was danger in the forest.

It wouldn't be good for us to keep going, but this foreigner with the big beard clearly wanted to go up.

Because he had already taken a gun out of his pocket, cocked it, turned to me, and started babbling on and on.

My male colleague translated for me that these foreigners said they absolutely had to go up and see what was going on. If it really was their partner, then even if it meant death, they would take their partner's body out of there and not leave it there to rot in some dark place.

Everyone has their own beliefs, and beliefs are worthy of respect. Perhaps in their minds, it is already pitiful for their companions to die, and it would be even more cruel for them to be left here to be devoured by wild beasts or rot.

Seeing these foreigners' willingness to risk their lives for their companions, I was deeply moved. Although we are not from the same country, their spirit of never abandoning or giving up is something we should learn from.

Moreover, separating now is definitely not a good solution.

So I looked at Wang Ping and said, "I don't think it's a good thing for us to split up now. Why don't we go up and take a look together? This bloody area wasn't there just now, but it suddenly appeared. I don't think it's a good sign. If we take a look, we can feel more at ease."

Wang Ping didn't say anything, but nodded solemnly. Bai Wei was panting heavily, but he couldn't argue with us, so he could only hide in the crowd and keep rolling his eyes at me.

I couldn't be bothered with him, so I had my male colleague tell the bearded foreigner what I was thinking.

When the bearded man found out, he said we should go with him too, and immediately showed a grateful expression.

Then, each of us holding a torch, we carefully walked up in the direction the water was flowing out.

The stronger people were all on the outside, while the weaker ones were standing inside.

Fortunately, our group of over 20 grown men were still quite formidable, and after walking about ten meters, we finally noticed that the trees had thinned out.

There was a large open space ahead.

There was no movement in that open space, and it was pitch black ahead, which looked a bit eerie. I tugged at the bearded foreigner walking in front of me.

"Be careful, we don't know what's ahead."

The bearded foreigner nodded, pulled out his pistol, and we all simultaneously pointed our guns at the open space in front of us. Then I grabbed a torch and threw it towards the open space.

The torch pierced the darkness, swaying and illuminating the area he passed through.

I suddenly saw something standing in the open space ahead, but because the torch was quickly dropped to the ground, it could no longer illuminate the thing in front of me. However, I was certain that there were no indigenous people in the open space ahead.

"Let's all be careful, pay attention to our surroundings, and hold our guns very firmly!"

Wang Ping and the others immediately pulled the trigger and followed behind me. I held a torch in my hand and probed the path ahead little by little. When I got closer, I found that what was standing there was actually a large pile of stones.

Beneath the pile of stones lies the so-called red water we just saw.

As everyone approached, the torchlight instantly dispelled the surrounding darkness.

After carefully examining the surroundings, we discovered many messy footprints on the ground, and these were footprints from people who hadn't been wearing shoes.

The bearded foreigner immediately became wary and stammered, "The area where they encountered the indigenous people before was also covered in these footprints. It seems that some indigenous people have been here before."

I became even more nervous and carefully observed the surrounding movements. I stood there for about two minutes and found nothing unusual before taking a few more steps forward.

After we reached the large, upright pile of rocks, I noticed that the red water on the ground flowed very slowly, yet continuously.

The bearded man had already hurriedly circled around to the back of the pile.

I was about to warn him to be careful and not to be ambushed, but before I could say anything, I suddenly heard the bearded foreigner howl, and then the torch in his hand fell to the ground. He stumbled backward a few steps and fell to the ground.

Wang Ping was very vigilant and immediately raised the gun in his hand, pointing it at the area around the bearded man.

But the bearded man only screamed twice and then fell silent. The other foreigners around him immediately followed suit, their faces showing the same panic as the bearded man.

I sensed something was wrong, so I quickened my pace and went around to the back of the stone tablet. After just one glance, I felt incredibly disgusted.