The man holding the torch tried to burn the attacking hornet to death, but the hornet was obviously not a brainless animal. After dodging several times, it kept its eyes on the man, looking for an opportunity to attack, determined to sting the other person to death.
Xu Xuening and others were of no help either. When the wasp sensed people approaching, it would fly upwards.
"That bumblebee seems to have a grudge against you. Did you poke a hornet's nest?" Mr. Chen, who had figured out something, looked at the man.
But the man's face was filled with despair at this moment, his lips trembling and he didn't even know what to say.
"Wait, listen." Zhang Ziqiang suddenly pulled out Chen Sheng who was about to help, and his ears twitched.
The people standing beside him fell silent when they saw Zhang Ziqiang's appearance. They had been relying on Zhang Ziqiang to avoid danger many times during their journey. This was also a great guarantee for their safety in this mountain.
At this moment, Zhang Ziqiang not only heard the buzzing sound of the bumblebee next to him, but also heard more footsteps running towards them on the crunching snow. But to his horror, there were more buzzing sounds running towards them following those footsteps.
"This is bad." He looked at his companions and pointed at the bumblebee that was hovering in the air, looking for an opening to deal with the man. "There are more of these things coming towards us."
When everyone heard what Zhang Ziqiang said, they immediately became alert.
Xu Xuening and others looked at Xie Yan and Wei Zizhou.
"There is no space to hide nearby, and it's too late to go back to the cave." Zhang Ziqiang carefully identified the distance between those people and them, and estimated when they would arrive here.
After hearing Zhang Ziqiang's estimated time, Xie Yan pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked towards the bumblebee in the sky. "Han Xiaoxiao, how much bigger can your fire get?"
Two balls of sparks immediately appeared in Han Xiaoxiao's hands. She looked at Xie Yan and said, "It's as tall as two people."
"Everyone else, quickly prepare leaves and branches to help Han Xiaoxiao add fuel to the fire."
After hearing Xie Yan's instructions, everyone immediately took action.
A pile of branches finally gathered around them. In this snowy day, trees were not easy to burn. It took a long time to light about ten torches.
Soon, the group of people on the mountain rushed down, running towards them in a panic and madness.
"Fuck, there are so many bumblebees. Tell me, have you found a hornet's nest?" Seeing a dark cloud behind the group of running people, moving towards them quickly, Han Xiaoxiao and Zhang Kaiyue both cursed on the spot.
"You are seeking death and you are still trying to drag people into it!"
"We didn't do anything!" A frightened man holding a torch said in despair. At this moment, he also saw his companions and the bumblebees running behind him. He had already thrown the mission out of his mind. No matter what was on the mountain, whoever wanted it could take it.
He really doesn't want to lose his life here!
But it was too late for him to think this way. The group of companions behind him had brought a large wave of hornets. Thinking that anyone stung by the hornets would quickly corrode into a pile of bones, even the bones would be corroded completely, the man immediately rushed out from between Xie Yan and Xu Xuening and continued to run down the mountain.
One bumblebee left, but another group of bumblebees came. Xie Yan and Wei Zizhou knew what they were going to face.
Xu Xuening immediately put Xiao Hai back into the space. She looked at the dark mass and was a little worried whether Han Xiaoxiao could burn all the bumblebees by herself.
But all her worries were useless.
"Let's just let it return to nature. I don't think it has such a strong digestive ability." Old Chen said regretfully, looking at the bumblebees on the ground. "If it were edible, it would be highly nutritious and high in protein!"
"I'm going to eat you to death!" Ning Hong glared at him.
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The group of people who had rushed down the mountain earlier had already run away. Xie Yan looked at the hornets and said, "Put back that stinger."
Upon hearing Xie Yan's order, everyone in the team sprang into action, carefully pulling out the stingers one by one and watching as the hornets were quickly rotted away by their own corrosive fluids after their stingers were removed.
Finally, a pool of black water remained on the ground, and it was impossible to tell what had happened here.
"Pack them up, maybe they will be useful in the future." After handing all the collected thorns to Xu Xuening and properly placing them in the space, they set off again.
Not long after walking, they saw a man on the ground who was slowly corroding. He was already dead, but judging from the clothes next to him and the extinguished torch, he was the man who had used Xu Xuening as a shield before.
After they simply buried the man in the earth, there was silence for a moment.
In the mountains, death seems to accompany everyone at any time, but it is not limited to this.
Every life seems to exist vividly in these mountains.
No one can predict his own path, but everyone strives to move forward. Perhaps he will stop at a certain moment and leave a mark for other lives.
"Boss, after we arrive in Huacheng, can we take a hot bath?" Mr. Chen approached Xie Yan and asked.
Xie Yan looked at Lao Chen and said, "That depends on the situation in Huacheng. However, it's so cold, and I don't know how the heating system is in Huacheng. Perhaps your wish is a bit extravagant."
"Alas," Old Chen sighed after hearing this, raised his hand and sniffed his clothes, and said with a sad face, "I feel like I stink. If I don't take a good bath, I'll have to change my name to Old Pig!"
"No, Lao Chen, you can change your name to Lao Zhu now!" Sun Jian immediately made a pig face and said to Lao Chen.
"Fuck you, I, Grandpa Pig, will teach you a lesson." Old Chen pretended to be angry and chased Sun Jian to beat him.
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After going down the mountain, they headed straight towards Huacheng.
When approaching the east gate of Hwaseong, looking at the dark crowd, people with trypophobia suddenly felt as if their whole body was covered with small insects, which was uncomfortable.
They finally understood why the man had suggested that they go through the west gate.
Outside the east gate, there are countless tents and tens of thousands of cars parked.
Many people looked pale and thin, and bursts of crying could be heard from the tents from time to time.
Some people were shouting that their bread had been taken away.
Although the situation outside Huacheng is not peaceful, the living people walking around bring them infinite vitality.
"Ah, what a nice smell!" Chen Sheng smelled a familiar scent coming from a small tent nearby. "It smells like the wild vegetables I cook at home."
"Are we still going to Ximen?" Han Xiaoxiao looked at the tents and felt that this place might not be safe. He still couldn't forget the scene of a group of people being bitten by zombies in the busy vegetable market. It was at that time that his mother immediately grabbed him and rushed back from the vegetable market.
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