After that, Yunwen and I took a short nap until we felt the lights outside were flickering, which was particularly irritating to our eyes. We then woke up. The unstable voltage meant that the battery power was no longer sufficient, which meant that about three hours had passed, and that our rest time was over.

I placed Bailu on a modified wooden ox and horse and let her sit back. I pushed her forward, while Yunwen wrapped a piece of animal skin in a linen quilt, tied it with a linen rope, and placed it on Sanfu together with an iron pot, a military kettle filled with water and other things, and let him carry them. She also put on one herself, and led the way in front, and then we set off.

When we walked out of the house, it was not yet fully light, and it was freezing cold outside. The cold wind was particularly stinging on our faces. Yunwen took the horse to eat the grass and drink enough water, and then we went outside, opened the door of the post station, and went outside.

As soon as I got outside, I saw some large footprints on the ground. I compared them and it was unlikely to be that of an orangutan, but the shape of the footprints was somewhat similar. It seemed that it had been here last night, but just didn't find the opportunity to attack, so it waited outside for a long time. It seemed that it left shortly after dawn, and it was only a few steps away from us.

"What grudge does this guy have? Why has he been targeting me so closely lately? Why didn't he do this before, but only recently?" I said to myself.

But at this moment, it was quiet outside, so Yunwen heard it. She said, "If the other party's identity is related to the ancient Red Eyed Clan, I know why she is targeting us. It must be related to the fact that we destroyed the orangutan's sacrificial ceremony, or it may be related to the lost Yin Xie Pot."

"Why?" I asked.

"That [Yin Eclipse] is an evil object obtained by the Blood Eye Clan by sacrificing the boys and girls in their tribe and the blood of countless innocent people. They regard it as a treasure and will definitely come to find it if it is lost. We are the ones who caused its loss. Moreover, many practices of the gorillas are similar to those of the Red Eye Clan, including sacrificing living people and refining corpses to prolong their lifespans. Moreover, only the Blood Eye Clan knows how to use and sacrifice with that bronze tripod, but the gorillas are very skilled in using it. It is unlikely that this was taught by Senior Li Mufeng." Yunwen said.

"You mean, the gorillas know the sacrificial method from the personal teaching of the red-eyed monster? And if possible, the red-eyed monster can also get some benefits, and we have cut off its 'financial' path? Is that right?" I asked.

"If it's not explained this way, there's no way to explain everything clearly. Otherwise, how do we explain that the tripods and sacrificial methods used by the gorillas are the same as those of the Blood Eye Clan? There must be no such coincidence in the world. If the relationship between the red-eyed monster and the gorillas can be connected, then everything can be explained, which is what you said. The red-eyed monster and the gorillas are in cahoots, but they were destroyed by us, ruining the sacrifice and making it ineffective, so strange things happen one after another." Yunwen said.

"If that's the case, why did it kill the fifty members of the Black Skull Organization before? And then it killed the Gu Diao. Could it be related to the disruption of the gorilla's late-night sacrifice?" I asked.

"I'm not very clear about this, but when the Gu Diao is hunting to lure others into the trap, it usually makes a sound like a baby. The Blood Eye Clan has always believed that babies are the most spiritual sacrifices. If their corpses can be refined while still alive, many crystals will be refined, which is the most nutritious. So it is possible that it accidentally killed them when passing by." Yunwen said.

That's right, the red-eyed monster was also an ape, and no one was that smart. Perhaps it really thought that the Gu Diao was a human baby when it heard the cry, so it killed it. Who would have thought that the Gu Diao was so smart all its life, and had eaten countless people on the island with this trick throughout the ages, but in the end it was killed by mistake because of the same skill. I really feel sorry for it.

How did an ape learn how human babies call? Could someone else have taught it?

"Then there are the fifty Black Skeleton members. I think most of them died in the West Camp of the Canyon, the place known as the City of Death. I guess they were invaded by the Red-Eyed Monsters, or the Blood-Eyed Clan hiding in the city, and were therefore brutally murdered. This is just my guess." Yunwen said.

Before we knew it, we had been following the footprints for over an hour, but still hadn't seen any signs. However, those footprints seemed to have been left in advance, and we could see and discover them continuously, as if someone was leading the way ahead.

I felt something was wrong, so I asked the team to stop and rest for a while, and I squatted down to check the footprints. I always felt like something was wrong, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Judging from the depth of the footprints based on the time, they were basically deep enough. They may have set out two or three hours earlier than us, so the footprints were fresh but would gradually fade and become lighter with time, and this characteristic was completely consistent.

This shouldn't be surprising, but I have a feeling that my speculation is eerily accurate, not a single mistake, and completely consistent with the facts, which makes me alert.

But now the only clue is to follow the footprints, otherwise we will be wandering around like a headless fly. So even if we have doubts, we can only keep going, so I called the team to continue moving forward.

Bailu foamed at the mouth and twitched several times along the way. Her face was so pale that we had to stop several times to feed her water with a military bottle. Yunwen also chewed some herbs for Bailu to swallow, which could alleviate the strong symptoms of her nerves being stimulated by the insect. We continued to move forward after she felt a little better.

Soon we arrived at the middle of the dangerous forest, where there were many footprints of vicious beasts and broken branches on the trees. I guessed that some ferocious beast was living there. I tried to speak as quietly as possible. I slowly picked up the Golden Que Sword and untied the eight hand gestures first to prevent any accidents and not being able to defend or counterattack in time. However, I did not see any of them along the way. Further ahead, there were footprints of bison and wolves, but strangely, I could not see any of them.

And the strange thing is that although there are traces of various animal footprints in the whole forest, proving that it lives nearby, I can't see a single one. Just like last time, there are no birds and it is quiet and silent, as if it is hiding from us. I looked carefully and found that this is still a dangerous jungle and has not yet reached the monkey forest area.

Besides, all the previous leaders of the gorillas were killed by me, including Old Gray, the Tyrannosaurus, and the Four-Armed White Ape. The whole family is finished. The gorillas are trapped on the Claw Dragon Mountain and will not affect the ecology of the Monkey Forest too much. If that's the case, then why is it so quiet and scary?

Not long after that, I found a piece of blood jade on the ground. The blood stains on it looked really scary and weird. After Yunwen took it, her first reaction was: "This is red lotus jade, made by soaking a baby's corpse. It is the 'masterpiece' of the Blood Eye Clan. Zhou Bo, can we throw it away?"

I nodded, and Yunwen threw it away immediately.

Since I got here, I felt something was wrong. How come I hadn't seen this thing before, and I happened to pick it up this time? Yes, this fully proves that the red-eyed monster took this road, but this time when I picked it up, I felt like I was being baited and was about to be hooked.

"Wait, I suddenly thought of something!" I ordered them to stop.

Yunwen immediately pulled the horse back, and we stopped. She asked in confusion, "Did you find anything?"

"What a coincidence, everything is too coincidental and too strange. Whatever I expected, it happened. I thought there should be footprints, so there were footprints, and the depth and shallowness were exactly the same as I inferred. I thought there should be evil beasts nearby, so all kinds of characteristic traces of evil beasts appeared. I thought the branches should be broken by the evil beasts, and there really were quite a few. It was just what I wanted! This is more like a deepening of my egoistic consciousness, so here... this should be an illusion, but the blood jade has revealed its bottom line." I said.

Yunwen trembled and asked, "What did you reveal?"

I searched around, then poured the water from the kettle onto my hands and applied it on my eyelids and ears. I asked Yunwen to do the same, and the scene in front of me changed drastically in an instant!

We found that we had already walked into a canyon mountain road. The time was wrong. It was already afternoon, approaching the afternoon. A faint fragrance was floating in the wind around us. It was the scent of the devil's claw flower. Not far in front of us, there was a broken city gate that was open. On the gate was written "West Camp"!