From winter to now, the wheat is basically about to mature, but Yunwen and I have been living a normal life, so the time is indeed enough, but it will take another ten days or half a month before it is completely ripe and the wheat ears can grow full and long enough to hang their heads down.

I also hold on to this fluke mentality, hoping that the situation will deteriorate more slowly, so that we can have more time to hold on until the wheat is fully mature and can be harvested. Although this is very dangerous, because it is equivalent to gambling on the safety of our own lives. If not, we may all die in the teeth of the wild beasts coming from the dangerous area.

This is a desperate move.

I have also stepped up patrols over the past few days. During the day, I would specifically patrol the area to see if there were any other footprints that I didn't recognize, or if I smelled any wolf urine or something like that. At night, we would go back to the two-person shift system.

Fortunately, I haven't found anything unusual recently. The forest is still full of feces of wild dogs, jackals, wolves and the like. Everything is still the same. There are no footprints of other animals. When we were on guard at night, there was no unusual movement. This also made us relax a little bit of our tense hearts.

What Song Yingchun said was not without reason. The wild wolves could not go down the three or four meter high fault. Perhaps for this reason, they found it difficult to cross the jujube forest and were blocked at a high place, so everything seemed to be fine.

I also checked the condition of the wheat these days. Perhaps it was the white snow that "covered us with three layers of snow in winter" that gave it special motivation. Even though it is not fully mature yet, the wheat ears are already obviously full and have hung their heads. Today is a week after we encountered the wolf pack. As for the harvest, it will be almost time for tomorrow. But I thought that it might be fine to hold on for another half a month, so I still plan to hold on a little longer.

It was also on this evening that Bai Lu prepared dinner, which was still the same wild vegetables with bone soup, and a small plate of slate beef. It was another meal with both meat and vegetables, and everyone enjoyed the meal very much. While enjoying the delicious food, everyone felt much more relaxed, and began to relax their vigilance regarding the matter that we thought was very serious.

Even if they were vigilant, it was just a superficial effort, just for the sake of appearance. But psychologically, everyone agreed with Song Yingchun's statement, just like me. They would rather believe that the wild wolf was trapped and could not come down, and they hoped that other changes in the situation caused by the death of Bigfoot were just empty talk.

There is only one exception, and that is Bai Lu.

"Zhou Bo, have you noticed anything unusual these days?" Bai Lu asked me.

"No, I've strolled around the area where I should have, and there was no sign of wolves arriving. I think they have long been accustomed to their previous core hunting areas and will not change rashly, so the last time we saw them was just a coincidence." I said.

"Sister Bailu, I have written down all the situations you asked me to record these days. Basically, there is nothing noteworthy. I just remember you told me the day before yesterday morning that you heard a faint baby-like cry, but later you changed your words and said it was auditory hallucination. This is the only thing that happened this week." Yunwen said.

"A baby crying? We have been away from the civilized world for a long time now. Besides, Bailu, you are single. Logically, even if it is auditory hallucination, you usually only hear some familiar voices. How can you hear a baby crying? The probability of this is not high." I asked.

"Don't think too much. It might be the sound of wild cats courting mates in the spring. Don't be so alarmist. Just listen to me. It's okay if we just stay here. Why do we have to stay in a place that's so suffocating and stinking? That's just self-torture." Yingchun said.

"Yingchun, we must be prepared for danger before it happens, otherwise it will be too late if we react after it happens. Zhou Bo, I have seen the growth of the wheat, you don't have to hide it from everyone, is it ripe for harvest? If so, we'd better prepare immediately and not delay and hope for luck." Bai Lu said.

Bailu looked very abnormal. Normally, she would not easily refute her sister and always agree with little Yingchun. Today, the situation was the opposite. We agreed with what Yingchun said, but Bailu was the first to disagree. I always felt that she might have noticed something in advance but just didn't tell us.

I didn't respond immediately, because I didn't want to move away easily. But at least before Bailu, we all have a deep affection for this place and don't want to leave easily.

"I think, unless it's absolutely necessary, we should hold on for a few more days?" I said.

Yunwen and Yingchun nodded immediately, while Song Bailu slammed the table, stood up angrily and said, "You are trapped in your comfort zone. Don't forget, this is the wild, not your rural mud house!"

After saying that, she stood up and left, leaving the three of us looking at each other.

Not long after, Yunwen also went out to comfort Song Bailu, and it was the first time I saw her so angry. Normally, even if she was sharp, she would do it in a gloomy way and never be so direct.

"Has your sister ever been so angry before?" I asked Yingchun.

"No, she has always been kind to everyone and I rarely see her lose her temper. The only time I saw her lose her temper was because a male classmate kept pestering me and didn't listen to my warnings. She was very angry and beat him up. Later, because of this, she apologized to the boy's family and spent a lot of money and used a lot of connections to settle the matter." Yingchun said.

The unpleasant meal was over, and I thought Song Bailu would gradually become more relaxed because of everyone's attitude, so I didn't care much about it.

After dinner, I was waiting for Yunwen and Bailu to come back and plan to arrange the shifts for tonight. To be honest, I was planning to have one person per shift, so that everyone could have more time to sleep. Anyway, there was nothing unusual this week.

But after waiting for a long time, they didn't come back. According to Song Bailu's personality, she has a good control over her emotions. Moreover, she pays great attention to self-protection. She stayed outside for a long time without coming in, putting herself in danger. I believe others, but why don't I believe Bailu's words that she would do this.

Since she wouldn't do that, but she has been staying outside and not coming back, could it be possible?

"Oh no, something must have happened!" I said hurriedly.

"Don't be so startled. Maybe you're just in a bad mood. Why do you always..." Song Yingchun hadn't finished her words, but she was as surprised as I was by the noise outside.

Wow! Wow—

All I heard was the baby's cry, which was particularly loud, just like a newborn baby crying for food. The sound was not very far away, and my ears were particularly good, so I could listen very carefully. This sound was very different from the moaning of wild cats when looking for a mate. The former was loud and forceful, the cry was short and somewhat intermittent, while the latter was long and continuous with glissando.

Therefore, based on this point alone, I can be completely sure that the one crying is definitely not a wild cat, nor is it an ordinary creature, but rather a baby spirit that appeared from somewhere.

I glanced at Yingchun and said, "Listen, just stay here, by the campfire, and wait for me to come back."

She closed her lips, stared at me blankly, and nodded.

I picked up my gun and walked out quietly, looking for Yunwen and Bailu. From time to time, I could hear the baby crying. In this remote place, hearing this sound really makes one's scalp tingle and one's hair stand on end.

So weird!

As I was walking, I was suddenly pulled down by a force. I didn't have time to open the ejection port of the gun, and the gun was not ready to fire. I was immediately in a state of panic...