The new passengers were so frightened by the news that they tried to push forward, causing chaos.

"All of you, behave yourselves!"

As Mo Shuwan's roar subsided, several torches went out without warning, and terrified screams erupted from the back of the line, quickly affecting other passengers. The vast majority of passengers followed suit and screamed without thinking twice.

Mo Shuwan took a few deep breaths to suppress her unease and shouted again, "Shut up, what's going on in the back?"

Unfortunately, the new passengers carrying torches were terrified by the sudden turn of events. They huddled together, trembling, and no one answered Mo Shuwan. In the end, it was Liu Dongcheng who replied, "The fire went out as soon as we entered the forest."

At this point, a passenger spoke up: "It was probably blown away by the wind."

"I think so too. No wonder I felt a chill down my back just now."

"Yes, yes, it must have been the wind. It's all your fault for making such a fuss. Please stop being so alarmed. You've scared us into making things worse."

The passengers all chimed in, trying to downplay the incident by calling it an accident. If it were a different leader, they would probably have gone along with the crowd and treated it as an accident, regardless of whether it was real or not.

But Mo Shuwan had no intention of glossing over the truth. After the passengers were reassured, she sneered, "Then tell me why nothing happened after walking a few hundred meters, but the fire went out as soon as we left the ruins and entered the wooded area? Such a big torch, how strong of a wind would it take to blow it out in an instant? Was there any wind just now?"

The noisy queue quieted down again. The truth was laid bare before the passengers, leaving them with no way to deceive themselves and their fears exposed.

“I told you long ago not to take any chances. This is no longer the world you are familiar with. If you want to survive, you can’t let any disturbance go unnoticed. From now on, treat every situation you encounter as if it were the worst possible scenario.”

Not only the new passengers, but even the regular passengers were so shocked that they dared not say a word, and all nodded obediently.

But it was pitch black, so who could see anything? So Mo Shuwan asked again in a cold voice, "Did you all understand?"

"Understood, Captain."

Mo Shuwan turned back to Wen Zuo's side and continued walking. After a few steps, she raised her voice again and said, "Now you should not only pay attention to your own safety, but also to the people around you. Only by linking the safety of everyone together can we prevent unknown dangers from taking advantage of the situation."

Upon hearing this, the passengers immediately began to care for their companions. In the darkness, a withered yellow branch that had been reaching out to the passengers quietly retracted, lying in wait for an easier prey. No one in the group of dozens noticed its presence.

After traveling an unknown distance, at the repeated requests of the passengers, Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo finally decided to stop and let everyone rest for a while.

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Mo Shuwan opened her phone, looked at the time displayed on it, and fell silent.

Wen Zuo handed her a bottle of water.

"It's almost seven o'clock, and there's still no light. Is some kind of dramatic change happening in this world?" Mo Shuwan spoke the last sentence very softly, almost to herself, but Wen Zuo, whose hearing was extraordinary after his physical condition improved, still heard it.

Wen Zuo: No matter what dramatic changes occur, we have only one goal.

Mo Shuwan smiled and continued, "Live on."

Following Mo Shuwan's instructions, the anxious passengers, even while resting, would occasionally turn around to check on the people around them. Most of the passengers had huddled together for warmth, and the temperature had dropped again.

Completely unprepared for this situation, Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo did not exchange for warm clothes, as they only intended to stop and rest temporarily. No one lit a fire, as everyone was unbearably cold, their bones shivering.

"I...I think...um, let's make a fire, it's really too cold!"

It was the new passengers who made the suggestion. The old passengers were all quietly huddled around Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo, barely making any noise. This was partly to conserve their energy, and partly because they felt the situation was too strange and were afraid that making a sound would cause something to go wrong.

At this moment, Mo Shuwan, who was also shivering from the cold, was pulled into Wen Zuo's arms. Neither of them cared about being shy or embarrassed. Just half a minute ago, a strange sound seemed to come from afar.

"Quiet down." After trembling as she instructed the passengers, Mo Shuwan immediately took the flashlight from Wen Zuo's hand and shone it in the direction from which the sound came. There was nothing there, only flowers, plants and trees swaying in the cold wind.

"team leader?"

Mo Shuwan's tension affected Cai Zhongqi and the others around her. Their hearts were on edge, and they hugged each other even tighter. All the unknowns filled them with fear.

Mo Shuwan, panting heavily, trembled slightly as she put the flashlight back into Wen Zuo's palm. Strangely enough, in such cold weather, Wen Zuo's palms were like furnaces, and Mo Shuwan, who was touching his hands, was so warm that she was reluctant to pull her hands away.

"It's alright, rest here for now. New passengers, stay where you are. You all come with me to cut some branches, but don't go too far."

Besides Wen Zuo staying behind to protect the new passengers, even Qi Hao voluntarily followed Mo Shuwan to cut tree branches. However, even though she hadn't told them to, none of them dared to stray too far.

"Captain, aren't we taking a break? Now we need to light a fire... Have you discovered something?"

Mo Shuwan, who was cutting tree branches in the cold wind, paused slightly and turned her head to look at Yang Zhou standing beside her. She couldn't help but think of how he had schemed against her in the previous world. Although he had performed quite well in the end, he was still far from being trusted.

He shook his head and chuckled, "I didn't find anything. The temperature is dropping lower and lower. If we continue walking, I'm afraid everyone will be unable to stand it. It's better to rest where we are."

Yang Zhou looked at Mo Shuwan with a hint of hesitation, but seeing that she was focused on chopping tree branches again, he had no choice but to suppress his doubts and take the useless dagger and saw through a tree branch as thick as an arm.

Wen Zuo, who remained where he was, was tense. Holding a flashlight, he slowly walked toward the place where the new passengers were gathered. As he approached the new passengers, Wen Zuo's expression suddenly changed. He rushed forward and pulled a passenger away. A long drag mark appeared in the passengers' sight where the flashlight shone.

"ah!"

The passengers who had been sitting on the floor jumped up in terror and rushed behind Wen Zuo, panting heavily as they stared in disbelief at the marks that were clearly left by someone being dragged. But how could this be! Everyone was huddled together just now, when exactly did that happen?!

Hearing the commotion from not far away, Mo Shuwan quickly led Cai Zhongqi and the others back carrying firewood. Squeezing through the crowd, she frowned when she saw the drag marks that had appeared out of nowhere.