Thinking of Professor Pei's usual care for him, Huang Jinghe inserted a pen he had on him next to Professor Pei when he left, as a kind of companionship for him. The pen was also in its original place, so they definitely did not put it in the wrong place.
In other words, they walked for more than an hour and returned to the same place again.
Pei Xin said, "Could it be that my grandfather's remains were moved by someone? In fact, the cabin is not the one we just stayed in."
Lao Shi frowned and said, "Let me go in and take a look at the situation."
After saying that, Lao Shi walked towards the cabin and pushed the door open. After seeing the environment inside, Lao Shi was sure that this was indeed the cabin they were in at the beginning, because the bedbugs that Ling Jiang had frozen with his supernatural power were still frozen in the same place.
The frozen scene was very conspicuous. Even if people did not go in, they could still see the situation inside from a distance.
But this is very strange. They have been walking in a straight line all the way forward. They have not encountered any turns or forks on the road. They were clearly walking in a straight line, so how could they go back to the starting point?
There are almost no cases of taking the wrong path.
Could it be that——
Ghost wall?
But this also seems impossible. The end of the world has come, why build a wall? If that were the case, just blow it up directly.
So, could it be that there was some toxic substance in the dense forest that paralyzed everyone's nerves without their knowledge? When everyone was walking on the road, they clearly took a fork in the road but did not notice it at all.
But this is just a guess.
Captain Zhang said, "Experimentation reveals the truth. If we want to know if it's a ghost wall, why don't we have someone walk through it and find out?"
Zhou Zhiye said: "You mean..."
"That's right." After Captain Zhang finished speaking, he immediately asked all the team members to take out the ropes in their backpacks. He first calculated the distance everyone had walked on the road, and then tied all the ropes together according to the distance. He left a few people there, and sent a few more people to hold the ropes and walk forward. In this way, the people did not separate, and they could also verify the situation just now to see whether it was a ghost wall or not.
But, there's a saying that everyone knows, and I don't know if it's appropriate to say it, "There are only 14 of us now. Given our walking speed, even if we put a long rope together, it's impossible for us to walk for more than an hour and still touch one end of the rope."
"But who would be so confident as to walk without a leash? Besides, we can't just sit there and wait for death."
But the rope was definitely not long enough. In the end, Captain Zhang led the team, along with Huang Jinghe, who might have been infected with some virus, Zhou Zhiye, and Pei Xin, and they walked the entire circle from beginning to end.
If Huang Jinghe was replaced by someone else in this team, their four-member team would have no objection, but Huang Jinghe——
In short, the people in their team were the first to disagree.
Finally, Lao Gao, Shen Zhiyu, and a team member from the H City base joined the team.
Before leaving, Lan Jin said, "Send a signal if anything happens."
Captain Zhang naturally had no preparation for flares, but since Lao Gao had superpowers, he simply condensed a powerful superpower ball in his hand and threw it into the air. After a certain period of time, it exploded by itself. In this way, those who were far away could immediately know their location and current situation.
Unless it is an extremely critical moment, Lan Jin naturally does not recommend the other party to use his supernatural powers in this way. What if the explosion is too loud and wakes up other dangerous creatures here?
Lao Gao knew what was going on. "Don't worry, I won't do anything unless it's a matter of life and death."
After getting ready and giving each other final instructions, Captain Zhang's team set off again.
…
People who wait in place are actually more difficult to calm down than those who go out for "adventure".
However, due to Captain Zhang's previous actions, there was not much trust among the team members. Even though they were all staying in the open space in front of the cabin, they did not actually speak to each other. Instead, they stayed in a shady place and rested on the spot.
The temperature was scorching hot, and even though Lan Jin was wearing thermal clothing, she felt dizzy from the heat.
She thought about it, took out a small ice cube from the space and put it into her mouth. After a while, she felt much more comfortable.
But Ling Jiang, who was sitting next to her, felt uncomfortable. He couldn't take off the thermal insulation suit, which meant he couldn't drink water or eat. Even if Lan Jin wanted to feed her ice, she couldn't put it into her mouth.
Lan Jin whispered in her ear: "Just bear with it. What if you turn into bones alive?"
Ling Jiang was speechless. "It's not that I can't bear it, it's just a little uncomfortable."
Lan Jin has never been stingy. She would share her own share with the three of them, but the situation does not allow it -
But then she thought again, that's not right, she herself has ice-related abilities, and she's not moving at the moment, so why doesn't she get some ice to cool herself down?
As soon as she had this thought, she placed her hand on the ground. After activating her supernatural power, large ice cubes appeared next to the people who were resting there. Almost instantly, everyone felt that their body temperature had dropped a lot.
Everyone was delighted and expressed their gratitude immediately.
Shen Zhiyan even said: "It's convenient to have superpowers. Hey, did you cool down like this when you were on the boat before?"
Although the Shen brothers and sisters were on the same ship with the four of them, they had always been working in shifts. They usually met each other when the ship was in danger or when they were changing shifts. So naturally, they didn't know whether the four of them used this method to cool themselves down when they were on duty.
Ling Jiang said: "No, I just came up with this idea a while ago. However, I feel like we haven't been in Maolin for long, but I feel like time is passing so slowly."
Lan Jin agreed with this point. "That's right. It's mainly because the weather is too hot. The last time I entered Maolin was when it was extremely cold. The time back then wasn't as difficult as it is now."
Shen Zhiyan inquired, "Have you been to Maolin once before? Captain Zhang seemed to have mentioned it before."
"Yes, that was when we first went to the H City base, but the missions these two times were different, and not so many things happened last time." Ling Jiang said helplessly.
At this time, the member of Team Zhang who stayed behind said, "Actually, the last mission was also very dangerous, but you guys told us to get down the mountain as soon as we encountered danger. So even though it was dangerous, it seemed much better when the casualties were not that severe."
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