The next morning, before Shen Miao was fully awake, someone splashed cold water on her face.

She jolted awake and opened her eyes.

Across from her, a ghostly face came into view, startling Shen Miao. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was the skeleton leader wearing a mask.

The other person was staring at her with a gloomy expression, his tone filled with anger that had been building up all night, "Have you thought it through? If you don't speak up today, you won't have another chance to speak."

Shen Miao said calmly, "What does the leader want me to say?"

The skeleton leader stepped forward, stretched out his withered claws, and grabbed Shen Miao's collar, saying in a sinister tone, "Don't try anything funny. Tell me honestly, what's going on in the tribe?"

“Chief, I have been captured by you, and the situation in the tribe will definitely change as a result. Even if I tell you, it will be useless information,” Shen Miao said innocently.

The skeleton leader gritted his teeth in hatred, threw Shen Miao to the ground, and pointed at her, cursing, "You fucking want to die!"

Shen Miao hadn't eaten anything early in the morning, had been tied up all night, and had been thrown around. She felt dizzy and nauseous.

She opened her mouth and vomited a few times, then lay half-dead on the ground, saying to the skeleton leader, "In this state, there's no need for me to die. Leader, use a little force and throw me a couple more times, then you won't have to ask any questions."

"Are you threatening me?" The skeleton leader squinted.

Shen Miao said weakly, "It's not a threat. How could I dare to threaten you? I'm just telling the truth."

The skeleton leader sneered, "You think you can die so easily? Not so easy. From now until nightfall, if you still refuse to tell the truth, I'll throw you to my men and let you reward my warriors with your body."

With that, the skeleton leader turned and left.

The skeleton soldiers guarding Shen Miao came over and dragged her up from the ground. Shen Miao was like a lump of mud, her eyes closed, barely breathing.

"I hope he's not dead."

"She looks like it, but the leader still wants to ask her questions. What if she dies and we get blamed?"

"Never mind that for now, let's loosen the ropes on her. She's been tied up for so long, what if she dies from being tied up?"

"What if it runs away?"

"Look, her legs are all swollen from being tied up. She definitely can't run. Untie them."

The two of them worked together to untie the ropes binding Shen Miao.

Shen Miao still didn't react, so the two skeleton soldiers had no choice but to leave her on the ground and go do other things. When they remembered Shen Miao, they looked back and found that the female beast that had been lying there was nowhere to be seen.

I quickly ran over to check and saw that the nearby grass had been trampled.

It seems that Shen Miao first hid in the grass to lower the skeleton soldiers' guard, and then ran away when no one was paying attention.

Two skeleton soldiers shouted loudly, and soon a group of skeleton soldiers gathered. They split into several groups and began to search for Shen Miao's whereabouts. They were convinced that Shen Miao could not have gone far and might be hiding nearby.

At this moment, relying on her tenacious willpower, Shen Miao had actually run quite a distance.

She wasn't as weak as she appeared in front of the two skeleton soldiers; she did so to get them to untie her ropes.

After achieving her goal, she found another opportunity to slip into the bushes and escape.

She took out food from her spatial storage to replenish her energy as she walked, staggering as she ran into the mountains. The forests were dense, and as long as she hid there, it would be difficult for pursuers to find her.

Shen Miao was overjoyed, but her joy turned to sorrow. In her carelessness, she stepped into a trap. The trap was very cleverly set, and the bamboo strips were extremely sharp, piercing directly into her flesh.

By the time she finally managed to pull the bamboo strip out, there was no time to bandage it. Dragging her injured leg, she limped forward.

The skeleton soldiers tracked the trail very quickly. Following the bloodstains, they found Shen Miao's hiding place in less than half an hour. They then began a precise search and soon located Shen Miao hiding at the bottom of the slope.

Shen Miao jumped up, kicked the nearest skeleton soldier over, and ran away.

But after running a few steps, she stopped, because she suddenly realized that the whole mountain was covered with skeleton soldiers, and she couldn't escape at all.

When my leg wasn't injured, I could have tried, but now I can only get caught.

She cursed inwardly, thinking, "They have so many people they don't know what to do with them. Do they really need to send out so many skeleton soldiers just to capture one person like me?"

Because of Shen Miao's running, the skeleton soldiers were very rough with her, ignoring her injured leg and dragging her back to the camp.

When she was thrown in front of the leader, her injured leg was stained red with blood, and she was in so much pain that she was drenched in sweat and couldn't even stand up.

The skeleton leader was furious. He lifted Shen Miao off the ground and beat her severely with both hands and feet.

"You still dare to run? Where do you think you can go? Do you want me to dump you on them ahead of time?!" the skeleton leader asked coldly.

Shen Miao was covered in dirt, her face was covered in sweat and blood, and she looked extremely disheveled.

She struggled to open her blood-covered eyes, a defiant smile playing on her lips. "Go ahead and dump me on them if you dare, but I'll never tell you about the tribe again."

“When a person is about to die, they are still hard at their core. So, as you wish.”

The skeleton leader ordered his men to drag Shen Miao out.

On the other side.

Qingchen and Jiuying waited anxiously, thinking that Shen Miao had simply killed a wave of defeated skeleton soldiers to vent her anger and would be back soon.

Two days have passed, and Shen Miao still hasn't returned.

The children also sensed something was wrong and ran over to ask Qingchen. Qingchen tried to remain calm and told them that Shen Miao had gone out and would be back soon.

But he knew in his heart that something might have happened to Shen Miao.

Otherwise, she couldn't have gone out alone for so long. Shen Miao can be impulsive at times and has a strong sense of justice, but she is definitely not a stupid person.

After the children left, Qingchen immediately grabbed his weapon and prepared to go out to look for them.

Jiuying quickly followed, feeling somewhat guilty, and said, "I should have stopped her. She must have fallen for the skeleton soldiers' trick. There were so many of them, and she was all alone. It was my fault."

"You can't persuade her." Qingchen's voice was very calm, and he knew Shen Miao very well.

Shen Miao's personality is such that she cannot be persuaded.

Jiuying looked at Qingchen with a puzzled expression, "Aren't you worried? You don't seem particularly anxious?"

Qingchen's voice was cold and clear, "She deserves to be taught a lesson."

He wasn't without worry, but more than worry, he felt that Shen Miao was disobedient. In that situation, she shouldn't have chased after him, especially since she was alone.

Hopefully, she'll behave herself after this.

Qingchen's eyes darkened, and he quickened his pace.