The temperature in the mountains dropped rapidly at night, and a pale blue mist, carrying a strange and indescribable smell, slowly spread through the forest.
They tore off some spare clothes and lit torches.
The girl was protected in the middle, and the group carefully walked into the woods.
At first, the forest seemed normal, no different from the mountains and forests in the countryside. But gradually, the entire forest fell silent, with only the sound of footsteps remaining.
Bai Xuesheng asked timidly, "Where are we going? It feels really scary."
The group slowed their pace and looked around, sensing that something was amiss.
There were no birds or wild animals in the forest, nor were there any mosquitoes or ants; only occasionally could one see a few spiders crawling in the dark corners.
It was as if all living things had disappeared, leaving only a desolate forest.
Feng Luo stood beside a large tree, on which were some thin spider webs.
Unlike spiders elsewhere that spin a large web, their webs hang like ribbons from the trees, swaying in the wind.
Yang Guang walked up to Yang Wei and said, "Brother, this place is really strange."
Yang Wei nodded. He had originally hoped to find a cave in the mountains to stay in for the night, but the forest was becoming increasingly eerie.
Within Feng Luo's sea of consciousness, a slender figure peered through Luo Luo's eyes, looking around with concern. "Something seems wrong here. It's eerily quiet, there's no sound at all. Something must be wrong. We can't go any further in."
The little girl pursed her lips and remained silent.
"Hey, aren't you scared? Why don't you give me control and I'll take your place!"
Feng Luo turned to look at her: "No!"
"Why are you so stubborn? Look, if the body is a family, your father and mother gave birth to you and then to me. You can live in this family, and I can live in this family too, right?"
"You weren't born to my parents!"
“I…I’m not,” the woman stammered, then thought for a moment and said, “Just like the imperial palace in the capital, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty could live there, and the emperors of the Qing Dynasty could live there too. The house next door is the same; Grandma Li could live there, and Grandma Li’s children and relatives could live there too. What’s wrong with letting me stay for a while? Don’t be so stingy.”
"..."
The little girl looked at the woman without saying a word.
The woman frowned. Her own memories dissolved within her sea of consciousness, and the little girl could see a portion of them, but she wasn't sure what the child's intelligence level was or whether she could understand what she meant.
The two were locked in a stalemate within the sea of their souls.
Wang An said weakly, "How about we turn back? We can stay with the main group for one night, and maybe things will be better tomorrow."
This argument gained a lot of support, and the Yang brothers became hesitant and uneasy.
Yang Wei himself wasn't sure, so he said, "Let's head back and see if we can run into anyone else and team up."
Perhaps we shouldn't have gone into the mountains in the first place; we should have stayed with the main group, which would have increased our chances of escaping if we encountered danger.
A-Jiang was also unsure about the current situation, so he quietly summoned Xiao-Hei and hid nearby to follow.
These young men and women were unaware of the situation at first, and their judgment was based on past experience. Although they had walked some distance, they all felt that it was not too late to turn back.
But when everyone turned around, they found that the forest was even darker, and the path they had come from was submerged in thick fog; they would lose their way after just a few steps.
More and more spider webs were floating around him and above his head.
"Hey, Li Daniu is gone!"
The crowd stirred; everyone had been on edge, and they hadn't even noticed their fellow villagers who were walking on the periphery had disappeared.
"Chen Fei, Tang Yunyun is also missing!"
Everyone panicked completely. Their companions had just disappeared without a trace. Who wasn't afraid that they would be next?
It's not a good thing that they suddenly disappeared from this place.
The crowd panicked completely, losing their minds and running erratically through the woods.
Feng Luo staggered along with the main group, without uttering a word.
Branches and dead wood tore their clothes and scratched their bodies. The sweet, pungent smell of blood seemed to excite something in the shadows, and rustling sounds came from the woods.
Liu Guifang asked, her voice trembling with tears, "What is this?"
"Don't talk, run!" someone whispered a reminder from the side.
Everyone wiped away their tears and gritted their teeth to keep up.
A chubby boy was panting heavily and slowed down as he ran. Several girls also gradually ran out of energy and fell to the back of the group.
Although we are all children from the countryside who work in the fields every day, we haven't been eating or sleeping well these past few days, and we've been through such a shock. We've been feeling weak all this time, and we've only managed to get through this thanks to sheer willpower.
"I... I can't run anymore."
"Run if you don't want to die!" Yang Wei warned, his eyes red.
An eight- or nine-year-old child cried, "Brother, I can't run anymore."
Several teenagers, wiping away tears, struggled to keep up, but it was clear to anyone with eyes that they were truly exhausted.
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