Although the villagers from Xin San Village were eager to get down the mountain as soon as possible, they had been terrified and could only follow closely behind the group.
But the real trials that awaited them were just beginning. When the group arrived at the place where they had found Xiao Qin before, Wu Yong told a few of them to take Xiao Qin with them and follow.
When they saw Xiao Qin's miserable end, none of the men dared to lay a hand on him.
"You guys better hurry up, or we won't have time to waste here. If we don't get to our destination before dark, everyone will be in danger." Wu Yong wasn't just trying to scare them. His group was carrying a mangled wild boar carcass through the mountains, and if they didn't reach a safe shelter soon, they didn't know what other wild animals might appear.
"I don't dare. I always feel like Xiao Qin's eyes are staring at me." A younger villager broke down and cried.
"I don't dare either." With one person taking the lead, the others began to back away.
"You're already scared. Wait till you see the other two, and you'll realize this is the best you can get." Wu Yong was getting a little angry as they continued to pass the buck.
"Then you can decide for yourselves. Anyway, none of us have time to help you right now." We had already considered that these few people would be responsible for these corpses, so we didn't even let them help drag the wild boar.
Seeing that none of them wanted to make the first move, Wu Yong stopped paying attention to them and continued to drag the wild boar they were responsible for forward with Yun Heng.
The group kept passing by them, and seeing that they were standing around a corpse without doing anything, everyone just sighed and continued to follow the group.
As the procession was about to pass in front of them, Wang Zili gritted his teeth and pulled his companion next to him.
"Please help me put it on my back, and I'll carry it for a while first."
With Wang Zili taking the lead, the others gritted their teeth and hurriedly put Xiao Qin on Wang Zili's back.
However, even though they were both tall men, Wang Zili simply couldn't lift the person off the ground.
"No, I still have to carry it. I can't take the strain like this." Wang Zili tried to drag it forward, but his feet, which were still on the ground, kept dragging behind him, which increased the resistance.
"You should carry him. The ones ahead are already speeding up. If you fall behind the group and attract other wild beasts, it will be troublesome." Aman, who was walking at the back of the group, reminded them when he saw them dawdling. He should know that he was already at the back of the group.
After Aman left, they realized they had fallen behind the group. They didn't care about etiquette anymore and quickly lifted Xiao Qin up with their own hands to catch up with the group.
“This is it,” Si Cheng said, dragging two wild boars as he stepped through the natural stone gate. But he didn’t stop; he continued walking forward until he found an open space where he dumped the boars.
After everyone had stepped through the stone gate, he instructed Yun Jianying and Captain Liu, "You two take some men and find some large tree trunks or thorns to block this stone gate. Once we're settled, we can set up proper defenses. I'll take Xin Sancun and the others to go around to the back and bring those two people back. Otherwise, by tomorrow, they might be gone without a trace."
Although it's possible to cross over to the plains behind from here, this time without Yunqi's help, Chief Wu and the others will have to figure out a way themselves in the future.
"Brother, let me go with you. These people were hesitant when we asked them to carry the servants earlier. I'm afraid they'll be in such a terrible state when we see them with their limbs completely paralyzed." Wu Yong didn't want those people to hold Brother Cheng back.
"No need, whoever is responsible should take responsibility. You still need to deal with these wild boars here, otherwise, with this temperature, they'll stink by the time we come down the mountain."
The wild boars were already separated during the transport. Pinghe Village only took the few that they dragged, and the rest were left to Captain Xiao and Chief Wu to distribute among themselves.
From the moment Chief Wu and his companions stepped into this place, they felt that their eyes were not enough to take it all in, and at the same time, they exclaimed in their hearts that this was simply the legendary paradise on earth.
"This place is really great. With the mountains on all sides, all we need to do is install a big door on that natural stone door frame, and then we won't be afraid of these deep mountains anymore."
"This is wonderful! Before the disaster, this place could have been a tourist attraction. Just thinking about living here makes me feel so happy!"
"Ah, it's so beautiful!" someone couldn't help but shout.
"Don't shout so loudly. We haven't sealed the opening yet. We don't want to attract wild animals."
"Alright, don't get too excited yet. Everyone, quickly put down all your luggage. The young and strong ones, come with me outside to get some large tree trunks and thorns. The rest of you, help deal with these wild boars." Seeing that everyone was still sighing, Captain Xiao quickly reminded them that there was something more important waiting for them.
At this time, the new residents of Xinjiu Village were full of enthusiasm and felt no fatigue at all, even having inexhaustible energy.
"Let's move!"
Soon everyone started finding work according to their own physical strength, and for a time, no one, whether old or young, was idle.
Si Cheng also led the people of Xin San Village to the edge of the wild boar's den.
"There are vines over there. You'd better weave a rattan mat before wrapping them up," Si Cheng pointed to the vines not far away and gave them a friendly suggestion.
Although they had been mentally prepared by Wu Yong's earlier words, when they saw the two men's mangled flesh and their bodies crawling with worms, they forgot all their fear and vomited uncontrollably.
Si Cheng didn't urge them, after all, this was really hard to accept, and even he himself couldn't bear to look at it any longer.
"You'd better hurry, or it will be hard to get back once it gets dark."
With Si Cheng's prompting, the group suppressed their nausea and began to pull up vines from the side. While shedding tears, they skillfully wove rattan mats, filled with immense regret.
Sicheng saw that they had already started doing things, so he stopped paying attention to them.
He went to the former lairs of the wild boars to see if any had escaped.
The entrance to the wild boar's den is 1.5 meters high and 2 meters wide, and Sicheng has to bend over to peek inside.
He had initially thought it would be pitch black inside, but after sticking his upper body in, he discovered a hidden world within. It seemed to connect to the pile of rocks behind it, as light shone through from above, making the entire cave clearly visible.
No wonder, if the place were too small, such a large herd of wild boars would not be able to fit them.
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