Ji Lin'an called An Xin, who had encountered the same situation as Chen Hu. With Ji Lin'an's guidance, An Xin also embarked on the right path and unexpectedly saw Wu Feng. Overall, the paths in this forest were like a track with lines drawn on it. Some paths would randomly move backward. When people were not walking on a moving path, they would remain stationary. Once a person started walking, they would begin to move backward. Furthermore, every few paths there would be a barrier that prevented people on one path from seeing people on another path. Simply put, even if two people were standing on adjacent paths, they would not be able to see or hear each other because of the barrier.
A short while later, An Xin and Wu Feng joined us, leaving only Li Song and Dai Qiang to return Wu Yinxu. After Ji Lin'an and An Xin made a phone call, Ji Lin'an tried to contact the two of them, but their phones were no longer in service.
Ji Lin'an asked, "An Xin, do you have any other contact information for Li Song and the other guy? Have you added them as friends on Future Island? Check if they're still alive."
An Xin shook his head: "I've never met him. When we first met, I mentioned that I met Zhu Dachang and the other two outside the cave. We didn't know each other before that."
We looked around the corner and I said, "Li Song ran the fastest, with Dai Qiang close behind. Maybe they've wandered into somewhere else, otherwise why would their phones have no signal?"
An Xin nodded: "We'll just have to wait and see."
An Xin looked at his phone: "It's past 1 a.m. now. If we still can't contact them before 3 p.m., I think we'll have to give up on them. We need to save time to find new teammates, otherwise we'll be homeless again once the safe house closes."
Wufeng nodded: "Yes, I think we should go now, lest they rob us all, or we might kill them all."
I don't deny that Wufeng's words made sense; in fact, his way of thinking was quite rational. Ji Lin'an and I are ultimately driven by emotion, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten together. I looked at Ji Lin'an: "Why don't we listen to Wufeng? Actually, Li Song and the other guy..."
I didn't say the words "holding them back." I only relied on my superior skills and the protection of my leaderboard boyfriend. If I didn't have these, I might be even more of a burden than the other two. We have a large number of people now, and I don't have the magnanimity to put all eight of us in danger for the sake of two people.
Ji Lin'an said earnestly, "Let's go. Let's find someone to team up with first. If their phones can make calls, they'll call us. We can come and rescue them then."
I looked up at Ji Lin'an, who reached out and took my hand, then looked down and smiled at me. God knows how much I wanted to stand on tiptoe and give him a kiss. I counted the days in my mind; it had been so many days since I had kissed Ji Lin'an's lips. I turned to look at everyone and silently swallowed. Well, being alive is the most important thing.
We looked at the road on the right at the fork in the road. Now this was the only road we could take. We walked together in groups of four, trying to stay as close as possible. When we reached the corner, we saw a vast expanse of stone forest. But it couldn't really be called a stone forest. If what we had encountered before was a stone forest, then what we saw before us was a rocky desert, or rocky desert for short, at least 10 times larger than a stone forest.
The rocky desert is different from the stone forest. The rocky desert in front of us has steep slopes with almost no vegetation. The highest point we can see in the distance is about seven or eight stories high, and the height is not visible beyond that.
Some people hesitated, but An Xin said, "Let's go in. Even if we can't form a team today, we'll have to go in sooner or later. This is much better than the maze in the middle, right?"
An Xin was the first to walk forward. He headed towards the rocky slope to the right. The slope was full of jagged rocks. We all stood at the bottom of the slope watching An Xin, who stood at the top observing the surroundings: "Don't come up. There's a path over there that's not so steep."
We followed the direction Anxin pointed out. The further we went in, the more numerous and steeper the stone slopes became. When we were outside, it seemed like there was no end in sight, but once we were inside, we realized that the place where we had just entered was on top of a stone slope. So when we looked at the scenery inside, we didn't feel that the path was difficult to walk.
After walking for a long time, everyone was tired and hadn't seen a single living person. The group sat down on the rocks to rest. Ji Lin'an walked to a nearby rocky slope to observe the surroundings, then turned back and said, "It doesn't look like there's anyone here. I'll use my skill to check."
After saying that, Ji Lin'an activated his skill and looked around. As soon as he activated the skill, he saw Ji Lin'an frowning. After looking for a while, he came down: "The skill range has been shortened. You can only see the scene within two kilometers."
Zhang Funan exclaimed, "What should we do then? Did you see anything?"
Ji Lin'an nodded: "Yes, I did see a figure at the edge of the two-kilometer mark, but it quickly went beyond that range."
Wu Feng immediately stood up: "Then let's go, or they'll all be gone."
Everyone got up and quickened their pace. Ji Lin'an held up his phone, staring at the screen of the skill as he walked until the skill cooled down. We continued walking, and when we reached the place where the lucky person had disappeared, we found that there was a bottomless cliff in front of us, about 3 meters away from the road on the other side. We were stunned.
An Xin walked to the highest point on the edge of the cliff and looked to both sides. After looking, he turned to Ji Lin'an and shook his head: "There is no way to cross to either side."
Just as An Xin finished speaking, a figure suddenly appeared beside him, startling him so much that he took two steps back. He slipped and fell towards the cliff. We all ran towards An Xin in shock. A little boy appeared next to An Xin where he had disappeared. The next second, the little boy jumped down after him. With a whoosh, the little boy grabbed An Xin's arm, and the two of them stood back in their original positions.
Everyone who was about to raise their guns immediately lowered them. An Xin and Zhang Funan both showed surprised expressions and said in unison, "It's you!"
I asked curiously, "Who is it?"
Zhang Funan said, "It was this little brat who caused Wei Bin, Wu Feng, and I to fight with An Xin and the others."
The little boy stood there with an expression that said, "I'll just watch you talk bad about me," looking at Zhang Funan. An Xin looked at the little boy and smiled, "You're still alive?"
The little boy sighed: "You're still alive too?"
Zhang Funan shouted, "How dare you talk like that, you little brat? We are your saviors!"
The little boy laughed sarcastically, "What kind of savior are you?"
Before Zhang Funan could say anything more, An Xin interrupted him, saying, "You accused us of bullying you, but they rushed up to save you. They're your saviors."
The little boy pouted and glanced at Zhang Funan dismissively: "Now that you're all together, you're companions. I just saved your life, that's enough. We're even from now on."
Curious, I walked up to him and asked, "Little friend, what skills do you have? How did you get up here? Can you fly?"
The little boy turned to look at me, sized me up, and then said, "Yes, sister, I can fly. Do you want me to take you flying?"
I immediately clapped my hands and said, "Great! Great!"
Zhang Funan looked at me like I was an idiot: "Fine, fine, you'd even be willing to let someone take you to your death?"
I gave Zhang Funan a cold look, and he immediately turned away without saying a word.
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