"Captain, Captain, we, we should hurry up and leave!" Lu Xingkai's branches fell to the ground, his legs went weak, and he stared at the drag mark as he stammered.
The passengers, already terrified by the scene, urged each other to leave quickly.
Mo Shuwan frowned, threw the branch on the ground, and said, "Get back."
As soon as she finished speaking, the passengers around her jostled and stepped back several steps, making room for Mo Shuwan.
Mo Shuwan pursed her lips and swung her fire-attribute longsword at the pile of branches on the ground. The branches snapped cleanly in half, and flames burst forth from the broken ends. She quickly squatted down, tore some fabric from her clothes, and threw it into the fire before it went out.
As the flames gradually grew larger, the passengers, who had been bewildered, finally realized what was happening. Their faces turned pale, and their voices trembled as they said, "We'd better leave quickly. Something has already happened here; staying is not a wise move."
Mo Shuwan stood up and said in a deep voice, "The monsters in the shadows have already attacked us. If we leave now, they will only have an opportunity to take advantage of us." After saying that, she looked down at the drag mark on the ground and said, "Everyone, come with me to remove the flowers and plants around here."
Why...?
No one dared to ask this question. Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo's calmness infected most people. Although they were terrified, they were not as panicked as they had been at the beginning. It was just weeding... Even Wen Zuo couldn't guess Mo Shuwan's intention.
Half an hour later, surrounded by bonfires, the passengers, feeling incredibly safe, couldn't help but look at Mo Shuwan with admiring eyes.
At this moment, all the passengers were sitting around a bonfire, with six or seven meters of open space behind them, followed by another ring of bonfires, and then another two or three meters of open space. Under the firelight, the surrounding situation was clearly visible, in order to prevent that unknown thing from making a move again silently.
Surrounded by the warm flames, the bone-chilling cold was finally dispelled, but everyone's mood was heavy at the moment. They had just counted and found that someone was indeed missing.
Who was closest to the missing person just now?
After a moment of silence, three passengers shakily raised their hands.
Mo Shuwan's gaze swept over the three terrified faces. She nodded to the only girl among them and asked, "Tell me, did you notice anything at the time?"
"No, no, I was scared to death. I was clinging to the person in front of me the whole time. I didn't notice his movements, but I could actually feel that he was right behind me the whole time. I don't know when he disappeared."
The girl's face was flushed, partly from being frightened, and partly because Mo Shuwan had told her to pay attention to her companions, but she was too scared to check on the person behind her.
Mo Shuwan squinted and pondered for a moment, then turned her head to look at Wen Zuo.
Noticing her gaze, Wen Zuo turned his head and gently tapped his phone at Mo Shuwan.
Mo Shuwan thought he wanted her to look at his phone, so she quickly leaned her head closer. Wen Zuo, who had been looking serious, was taken aback by this sudden action and subconsciously turned on the screen to show Mo Shuwan the message he had just sent.
However, Mo Shuwan could only see a mosaic. At this moment, she realized that Wen Zuo must have reminded her to look at her phone. She coughed awkwardly and quickly opened her phone.
Wen Zuo: The sound we just heard should be the sound of passengers being dragged away by the enemy.
Mo Shuwan nodded. She had shone her flashlight when she heard the noise, but she hadn't found anything then. Now it seemed that the enemy had already captured a passenger and hid him very well, so he hadn't been discovered at all.
Both of their expressions darkened.
Mo Shuwan suppressed her turbulent emotions for the moment and looked at another passenger who had raised his hand, "What about you? What did you discover at the time?"
"Captain! He was right in front of me, and I held onto his arm the whole time! I didn't let go even during breaks. He couldn't have just disappeared without a trace!"
As the passenger's shout faded, everyone present felt a chill run down their spines. If he had been holding the missing passenger's arm the whole time, when and how did the person disappear?
“Me too. I was sitting next to him. We were scared, so we had to grab onto the people next to us for courage. I’m sure I never let go! And I only let go after Wen Zuo came over and pulled me away.”
Upon hearing this, even Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo felt a chill run down their spines. The place where they were sitting was the spot where the passenger had disappeared. Although all the weeds around had been cleared away, there was still a history of an incident.
At this moment, Cai Zhongqi interjected with a sob in his voice, "You all say you never let go, so how did he disappear? You said you only let go when Wen Zuo grabbed you, but he was already gone by then. So who were you holding on to before?"
"Ah! Stop talking!"
The passengers were so frightened by Cai Zhongqi's words that they screamed and covered their ears in fear, unable to listen any longer.
But Cai Zhongqi is telling the truth. Since the three passengers around him said that he was always there, then when exactly did he disappear? If it was after Wen Zuo went there, how could Wen Zuo not have noticed him? But if it was before Wen Zuo went there, then who was the person the three passengers sensed?
Who stayed in the queue in place of that passenger?
Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo also looked extremely grim; the information revealed in this conversation was truly chilling.
Taking a deep breath, Mo Shuwan whispered to Wen Zuo, "Did you bring paper and pen?"
Wen Zuo nodded and immediately took out paper and pen.
Mo Shuwan tore off a page of paper, cut it into four pieces, and said in a deep voice, "For the sake of our safety, I now need to verify your identities. From now on, no one is allowed to speak. If I find anyone communicating in private, I will treat them as monsters."
The whispering crowd immediately fell silent. No one asked what it meant to treat them as monsters, but since they were monsters, their fate was unlikely to be good. The passengers naturally had no objection to Mo Shuwan verifying her identity, as it concerned their own safety, and they hoped that Mo Shuwan would be more cautious.
"Qi Hao, you go first."
Qi Hao got up and walked to Mo Shuwan, took the paper and pen, and wrote down his name and personal information under the watchful eyes of Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo, as well as some of his experiences from the previous world.
To prove they were indeed themselves, the veteran passengers almost all wrote down their experiences from the previous world. If there really were monsters mixed in among these dozens of people, they would never know what happened to them in the previous world.
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