Wen Jiajia's actions were so smooth and effortless that everyone was completely stunned.
Yue Qi, who knew Miss Wen's true nature well, was the first of the six to react. Even so, by the time he got up, Wen Jiajia had already run more than ten meters away.
Not only that, the young lady was frantically trying to climb onto the back of the flying monster, but perhaps because there was something special about this place, none of the flying monsters with wings could take off.
"Holy crap!" Miss Wen looked up at the sky and launched into a string of exclamations of traditional Chinese opera, successfully waking everyone up.
Su Su's mouth gaped open wide enough to fit an egg. "She, she, she's planning to abandon us and run away alone? -- That's so disloyal!"
“That’s normal, she always does it this way.” Yue Qi had also started packing his things at some point. “Let me give you a piece of advice: if you want to survive, just follow Wen Jiajia. She’s absolutely unparalleled in the world when it comes to escaping.”
Yue Qi's credibility is much more reliable than Wen Jiajia's. As soon as he made a move, everyone immediately got busy.
"Time is running out. Cangyun Mountain is so vast, we might have to fight tooth and nail." Yue Qi finally made the decision and then took the lead in chasing after Wen Jiajia.
The others followed suit and began desperately chasing after Wen Jiajia in the direction she had run.
The Mirror Lake where they were located was originally halfway up Cangyun Mountain.
Although Cangyun Mountain doesn't look very high, the paths in the deep forests of western Hunan are winding and twisting. Even with a map to guide them, such a massive amount of exercise is an extreme challenge to a person's physical strength.
"Huff—huff—I can't take it anymore!"
After running for just over half an hour, Su Su was the first to give up and insisted on resting.
Compared to her, the others weren't much better off; most of them were panting heavily, and even Wen Jiajia, who initially came in first, was almost at the bottom.
Nevertheless, no one suggested stopping.
Su Su's physical strength was clearly not as good as Wen Jiajia's, so after she stopped, Yue Qi and the other two did not wait for her to rest, but instead took a picture of the map, made a copy, and handed it to Sun Ning.
"You all better take care of yourselves." Yue Qi wasn't unsympathetic towards them. Based on his calculations, the mountain road ahead was at least an hour's journey away, and they were already struggling to get out on their own, let alone stop.
Sun Ning took the map with a complicated expression, but said nothing.
Before leaving, Yue Qi, still somewhat soft-hearted, said one more thing.
“We’ve only covered a third of the distance so far, and the road conditions ahead are even more complicated. I suggest you persevere, because if you lose your life, you really are gone.”
The three gradually ran away, and Sun Ning could see them clearly. Among the three, Wen Jiajia, who was running at the very back, had her legs trembling the whole time, but she still didn't stop.
He glanced at Su Su, gritted his teeth, and said, "We can't stop, we have to keep going!"
Su Su stared at him with resentment, but Sun Ning remained unmoved.
In the end, the two of them, carrying only the necessary food and water and discarding all their baggage, took turns carrying Su Su and ran forward, managing to catch up with Yue Qi and his two companions.
Yan Che looked back and said with a wry smile, "This Sun Ning is a ruthless person."
The process of the three going from being heavily armed to traveling light naturally didn't escape everyone's notice. In such a critical moment of escaping for their lives, these people were all going all out.
However, their journey was destined to be anything but smooth sailing.
To run downhill from the mountainside, they had to pass through a thicket covered in vines. They had taken this same path on their way up.
However, since "Chu Jiang" was leading the way, no accidents occurred.
But things are different now. Yue Qi stopped at the entrance to the jungle, hesitant to take a step.
"Why did you stop?" Yan Che was also puzzled. This jungle looked pretty normal, didn't it?
Yue Qi pointed to the roots of a vine in the jungle, "Look there."
Following the direction of his finger, we saw the part where the vines met the ground. The soil there was a slightly blackish color. Meanwhile, the roots of the lush green vines were a vibrant, blood-red color.
"These vines here can eat people!" Yue Qi said shockingly.
"How is that possible!"
At first glance, this jungle seemed utterly ordinary. And these vines weren't anything rare either; they were just common long vines, and the types were quite common, such as Virginia creeper and ivy—ordinary, harmless plants.
Yue Qi did not refute them. Instead, he took out a piece of bloody meat from his pocket and threw it directly into the jungle.
The anomaly occurred at this moment. Before the piece of meat could even hit the ground, seven or eight vines suddenly appeared in the air, pointing in different directions and piercing straight through the meat.
The group watched in disbelief as, in less than three seconds, a ten-pound chunk of meat was completely destroyed, leaving not even a bone fragment.
The jungle fell silent once more, and this time, everyone felt a chilling fear.
The air fell silent once again.
a long time.
"Then, wouldn't it be better if we took a detour?" This time, it was Wen Jiajia who made the suggestion; she didn't want to become food for those wretched plants.
Unexpectedly, Yue Qi shook his head. He pointed to a point on the map in his hand and said,
"This is where we are right now. If we want to take a detour, we'd have to climb over the mountaintop. But we're running out of time—"
He showed the watch to everyone. Under the dim light, the luminous watch stood out, and the hour hand pointed precisely to eleven o'clock.
"We only have one hour left."
Yue Qi sighed, and the next moment, a long sword appeared in his hand. At the same time, the nameless swordsman silently appeared behind him, assuming a ready-to-attack stance.
"You just wait—"
After saying this, Yue Qi flew into the jungle, with the nameless knight in shining armor close behind.
As soon as he entered, five or six long vines attacked him with lightning speed.
"Nameless!" Yue Qi shouted, completely disregarding the vines that were about to tear him apart, and pointed his long sword at the sky.
Behind him, Wuming wielded his hands repeatedly, one hand holding a broadsword and the other a longsword, his movements so fluid and unstoppable that he chopped down all the vines coming from all directions into a pile of broken branches, managing to prevent Yue Qi from suffering the slightest harm.
"My God!" Wen Jiajia exclaimed, "Wuming is so cool! So this is the true strength of the mysterious title!"
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