Zuo Ling turned around immediately, and sure enough, the cave entrance they had come in through was gone.
Looking around, the trees are lush and green, with the sounds of insects and birds, creating a verdant and lush scene.
A scream rang out: "Come quick, someone else has come in!"
A dozen or so men and women with sallow and emaciated faces emerged.
The two sides sized each other up, and one of the other side stepped forward: "You also came in from that cave?"
The speaker had gray hair and looked to be in his sixties or seventies.
"yes."
"Hi." The other person immediately lost interest in asking questions and turned to leave.
"Hey, what did you mean by that question?"
The man stopped in his tracks, and instead of turning around, asked, "How old do I look to you?"
"6...60+?"
No one likes to be told they're old, so Zuo Ling, against her conscience, gave the bare minimum.
"I am 42 years old this year."
Zuo Ling's eyes widened. 42? You, you, you look way too old!
Zuo Ling's reaction stung the man, who said as he walked away:
"I am you six months from now. If we can't find a way out, we'll both die here."
Zuo Ling chased after her, "You mean, you weren't like this six months ago?"
The man stopped. "Smell carefully. Can you smell anything?"
Xiao Hao suddenly said, "Sister, there's a bloody smell in the air."
The man glanced at Xiao Hao in surprise. He only noticed the faint smell of blood in the air after discovering the abnormality in his body.
Unexpectedly, the new boy noticed something was wrong so quickly.
He sighed, said nothing, and continued walking.
"Hey, we're here to find someone. Do you know Xue Shan, Liao Jie, and Jiang Ya?"
The man didn't even turn his head. "I've never heard of it. It's very big inside. You guys can look for it."
Perhaps because he was in a bad mood, the man showed no intention of answering their questions.
"Excuse me, are there any vampire vines here?"
Zuo Ling caught up with him, took out the pancakes that Dai Jianzhong had given out, and stuffed them into the man's hand.
The man thought that there was no shortage of food here, hesitated for a moment, and then accepted it anyway.
"Who are you people? Why are you asking if we have vampire vines?"
“A friend of mine went to a very strange island where there are vampire vines. Judging from what you’re saying, something doesn’t seem right here, so I’m asking.”
His gaze swept over Zuo Ling and the other two several times: "I've never seen a vampire vine before, perhaps..."
Thinking of something, the man frowned and remained silent.
"Perhaps what?"
"Perhaps, the sudden disappearance of someone is related to the blood-sucking vines you mentioned."
Because they had to search for food everywhere, they would run into people from time to time, and over time, many of them became familiar faces.
The man realized that he hadn't seen many people for a while. He initially thought they had gone elsewhere, but after listening to Zuo Ling's words, he had a new idea.
Not getting any more useful information from the man, Zuo Ling was a little disappointed, but still politely thanked him.
But the person didn't leave:
"Didn't you ask your friend how he escaped from the island?"
"They say it was caused by a military unit that stormed in and started shelling them."
"gun?"
The man's eyes dimmed further as he muttered to himself, "Where can I find a cannon? Where are there any cannons?"
After the person walked away, Xiao Hao asked, "What do we do?"
Judging from what the man said, this place could drain a person's life essence and accelerate aging, so Xiao Hao didn't want to stay for even a minute longer.
"We need to find Xue Shan and a few others first before we can proceed to the next step."
To be honest, Xue Shan and the others only came here because of them, so it wouldn't be right to abandon them.
"This place is so big, how are we supposed to find it?"
Zuo Ling pulled out a signal gun, and with a whoosh, a red signal flare streaked across the sky.
Xue Shan and his men were all scouts; if the person was still alive, they would come to check the situation out of professional habit.
"If they haven't arrived in three days, we'll make our move."
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