Ji Mohan searched for a long time in the cold, damp woods. He looked up at the sun's position and tried hard to determine the direction.
He felt increasingly uneasy as he walked. Yunzhou City was suffering from a severe drought, while Huangzhou had a humid climate. Logically speaking, since both Huangzhou and Yunzhou belonged to the Northwest, there shouldn't be such a big difference between them. How could the two places be so completely opposite?
Ji Mohan couldn't care less about anything else. The longer he didn't see Yan Wan, the more panicked he became. He wondered if Yan Wan was alright, or if she was scared all alone. At this moment, he felt an intense hatred for himself for not protecting Yan Wan.
"Yan Wan, Yan Wan, where are you?" Ji Mohan looked around and called out. He didn't care what his shouts might attract; he only had one thought in his mind: to find Yan Wan as soon as possible.
The leaves rustled in the wind, and the only responses to Ji Mohan were the startled birds and the chirping of insects.
Ji Mohan frowned, took a deep breath, and continued walking forward. He was determined to find Yan Wan.
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On the other side.
Yan Wan woke up from her coma. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that everything in front of her was pitch black. She carefully reached out and touched herself, and found that she was still in the sack. She struggled hard, but the sack was tied very tightly and there was no sign of it loosening.
Yan Wan thought for a moment, then took out the dagger she had won in a lottery from her spatial storage, cut the sack open from the inside out, grabbed the sack, and crawled out.
As soon as she stepped outside, Yan Wan was dumbfounded. How did she end up in a primeval forest? Had she transmigrated into another book?
She looked around and tentatively called out, "Jingxi, Wei'er, are you there?"
There was silence around her and no one responded.
Yan Wan didn't dare to wander around alone, afraid of getting lost. She walked to a tree, picked up her dagger, and drew an arrow on the tree. This would not only remind her that she had been here, but also leave a signal for anyone looking for her.
After marking the area, Yan Wan looked up at the sun to determine her approximate location. She then observed the surrounding terrain and walked towards the side without animal footprints.
She first needed to reach a water source to ensure she wouldn't die of thirst. Yan Wan decided to sleep in a tree for the night; in the primeval forest, she was afraid of encountering some large, ferocious beast. It was best to be cautious.
Yan Wan walked forward cautiously, leaving her mark as she went. She had never walked through such a forest before, and her heart was trembling slightly.
Yan Wan thought with some disappointment, "If only Ji Mo Han could find her." But she also knew that even if Ji Mo Han looked for her, it wouldn't be that fast. Before Ji Mo Han found her, she could only try her best to save herself.
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As Ji Mohan walked further and further in, he didn't see a single person along the way. He couldn't help but wonder if he had missed something or if he had gone in the wrong direction.
Just when he was at his wit's end, he suddenly saw a mark on the tree. Ji Mohan walked closer and saw that it looked like a signal carved on the tree with a dagger. He identified the direction and quickly walked in the direction indicated by the arrow.
Yan Wan originally planned to avoid large predators to avoid danger, but she chose another route and still ran into a wild boar.
Yan Wan swallowed hard; her heart was pounding in her chest. She could only try to calm herself, gripping the dagger tightly and pointing it intently at the wild boar.
The two stared at each other. Beads of sweat dripped from Yan Wan's face. The wild boar seemed to be getting impatient. It rubbed the ground with its hind hooves and suddenly charged towards Yan Wan.
Yan Wan mustered her strength and barely managed to dodge the wild boar's attack. The wild boar, seeing that Yan Wan had escaped, grunted angrily and turned to charge at her.
Yan Wan twisted her waist when she dodged, and she saw the wild boar charging towards her again. She looked helplessly as the wild boar got closer and closer to her.
"Is she about to die?" This thought flashed through Yan Wan's mind.
If she died, would she no longer be able to protect Ji Mohan? And what about her parents, brothers, and other relatives and friends far away in the capital, and Jing Xi and the others? A thousand regrets welled up in Yan Wan's heart, and she suddenly realized how precious life was.
Yan Wan was suddenly overcome with a strong will to live. No, she couldn't die. Her mission and tasks were not yet completed. She hadn't even said goodbye properly. How could she leave with such regret?
In the instant the wild boar charged, Yan Wan tried to dodge its attack by turning to the side, but her back was still hit. Yan Wan was in so much pain that she couldn't stand up and lay on the ground, her consciousness becoming somewhat blurred.
She vaguely saw the wild boar heading her way again, but this time, she didn't have the strength to dodge. Resigned, Yan Wan closed her eyes. The system, which hadn't appeared since she entered Huangzhou, began to buzz in her mind with an electronic sound, though she couldn't understand what it was saying. The sound was intermittent, and Yan Wan wondered if the system sensed something was wrong with her.
She was truly a terrible host; failing to complete the mission might even implicate the system and lead to punishment. Yan Wan whispered in her mind, "I'm sorry, system."
The buzzing sound grew louder and louder, but there was still no sound.
A loud thud rang in Yan Wan's ear. The death she had been waiting for never came. She rolled her eyes in confusion, trying to see who had helped her. The next second, Yan Wan fell into a warm embrace. Her ear was pressed against the other person's chest. She could hear their heavy breathing and hear their heart pounding incessantly.
The presence of the other person made Yan Wan feel very at ease. Yan Wan wondered in her mind, "Could it be Ji Mohan who has arrived?"
Looking at Yan Wan, who was in a daze in his arms, Ji Mohan anxiously called out, "Yan Wan, don't sleep, wake up, I'm here, don't be afraid."
When Yan Wan heard Ji Mohan's voice, she wanted to raise her hand to touch him and comfort him, but she felt her body was very heavy and she couldn't even lift her hand. Even her eyelids were slowly drooping.
"Yan Wan, Yan Wan, please don't sleep, okay? Don't scare me, okay?" Ji Mohan was worried and scared. He looked at Yan Wan, who was slowly closing her eyes, with a somewhat frantic and broken expression. It was all his fault. If he had been a little faster just now, Yan Wan wouldn't have been hurt.
Ji Mohan picked up Yan Wan and slowly walked towards the other side of the cave. His gaze was dangerous, dark, and obsessive. Ji Mohan glanced bloodthirstyly at the outside of the forest, then looked tenderly at Yan Wan's face. Ji Mohan gently pressed his forehead against Yan Wan's forehead and said in a hoarse voice, "Yan Wan, if anything happens to you, I will go and avenge you, and then go down to be with you, okay?"
If anything happens to Yan Wan, then none of us should live anymore.
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