Seeing how flustered they were, Zhang Meng wanted to get something out of them, but that was impossible.
Thinking of this, she immediately walked forward and checked the necks of both of them.
"Answer me whatever I ask you. Tell us everything you know. Do you understand?"
After the inspection, Zhang Meng explained to them both with a serious face.
The two were already frightened by the needle wounds on their necks, so no matter what Zhang Meng said, they immediately nodded without thinking. Zhang Meng quickly asked, "First, tell us how you got here."
The man who was named touched his neck, his lips trembling as he spoke haltingly, "When we first left the group, we just wanted to see if there was anything to eat nearby. Then, when we were not far ahead, we heard a noise similar to a chicken's. We were so excited that we thought it was a live chicken. When we ran over here, suddenly everything went black. We really don't know what happened next."
"Yes, that's me too. Neither of us has any recollection of what happened afterwards. I don't even know where the needle hole came from."
Just then, Gu Mingtai, who had just walked away, approached again from a distance. "It seems they were ambushed. I went to the back and checked, and there were several sets of footprints. And judging by the shoe prints, they don't belong to the kind of shoes we Chinese wear."
Zhang Meng immediately raised her head, "Could it be someone from R country?"
Gu Mingtai nodded. "It's possible. Look at the shoe prints. They're the kind of wooden shoes that people from R country wear."
"You two have been following us all the time. Didn't you hear us say that there are no living things on this mountain? You two were actually led here by the crowing of chickens. You are really stupid." When Gu Mingtai thought about the fact that these two people were tricked by the R countrymen and almost sought death, he felt very disappointed with them.
The two men were also frightened. No matter how Gu Mingtai scolded them, they kept their heads down and dared not say a word.
Zhang Meng patted his shoulder and said, "Now that it's already happened, it's useless even if you scold them. Now that the R people have discovered us, I have a feeling that our journey ahead will not be smooth. We all need to be careful."
Gu Mingtai glanced at her, then immediately turned to look at Wang Qingliu and the others and instructed, "When we go up the mountain later, everyone must not fall behind without permission. If such a thing happens again, whether you live or die, it will have nothing to do with the Ghost Extermination Team."
As soon as he finished speaking, no one present dared to say a word.
Especially the two who made mistakes, their heads were lowered so low that they were almost stuck to their necks.
Everyone returned to their original place and rested for another half an hour before continuing towards the mountain.
Just when they were almost at the top of the mountain, an old man with white hair and a face full of wrinkles suddenly stopped by the side of the road.
"Are you going up the mountain? Don't go up anymore. It's not good up there. You will die if you go up." The old man gasped for breath while persuading Zhang Meng and others.
Everyone was curious about the sudden appearance of an old man on this dead mountain.
Gu Mingtai made a stop gesture to his men behind him.
Then he slowly walked towards the old man sitting by the roadside.
Seeing this, Zhang Meng followed him and took his arm, "I'll go with you."
Glancing at her, Gu Mingtai pursed his lips and simply instructed, "If there's any danger later, leave first and don't worry about me."
Zhang Meng nodded randomly, took his hand and walked towards the old man.
As the two approached the old man, they discovered that he was emitting a faint light all over his body.
The couple was immediately surprised. If a mortal like this had golden light on him, he must be a great master or someone who had done a lot of good deeds in his life.
At this time, the young couple finally realized that the old man could stay in this mountain.
It must be the golden light on his body that protected him. Since he was not a ghost, the young couple let go of their guard and slowly walked up to the old man.
"Old man, can I ask what you are doing here?" Zhang Meng asked as he squatted beside him.
The old man coughed softly again and pointed down the mountain. "There's big trouble up there. I'm afraid someone will risk their lives to go up here again. I'm here to guard. If I see them, I'll tell them not to go up. But if they don't listen to me, there's nothing I can do."
At this point, the old man sighed and said, "Just now, a group of people ignored my advice and went up the mountain."
When the young couple heard his words, they immediately looked at each other. Gu Mingtai immediately looked at the old man and asked, "Grandpa, can you tell us what those people are wearing?"
The old man stroked his long white beard and was silent for a moment before continuing, "They're dressed a little strangely, unlike us. Their clothes look like skirts. Also, I don't understand what they're saying. I just told them not to go up the mountain, but they didn't appreciate it. They kept mumbling as if they were scolding me. But luckily, I don't understand, otherwise I would have had a big fight with them."
After hearing the old man's description, Zhang Meng immediately looked towards Gu Mingtai and shouted, "It's the R countrymen. It seems they went up the mountain before us. We must catch up with them."
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