Chapter 49: Zi Che's Grave (Middle)

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath, her heart racing wildly, and held the phoenix bone dagger horizontally in front of her chest. Then, crouching down, she slowly backed away, extremely cautiously retreating step by step.

  That black shadow rolled past him, and Wen Baiyu couldn't see what it was at all. It seemed to be a round stone that made a "squeaky" sound similar to an insect's, and it rolled far away without even noticing Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath, his hands shaking. He was completely unfamiliar with the environment here, which seemed to be a mix of wild wetlands and primitive forests, and possibly even a desert outside. These were all things he couldn't cope with, especially without equipment.

  Just as Wen Baiyu relaxed, the "squeaky" sound started again.

  Wen Baiyu's nerves tensed up instantly, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva. His throat was already swollen due to his cold, making the act of swallowing even more difficult.

  Wen Baiyu held a dagger in one hand and covered her mouth and nose with the other, crouching down cautiously like a cat, ready to sprint at any moment.

  That black thing rolled back, gurgling, knocking on the ground, sweeping away fallen leaves, making a gurgling sound while letting out strange "squeaks", especially piercing.

  Wen Baiyu took another step back, and the round thing indeed rolled back, getting closer and closer. Through the dense weeds, Wen Baiyu saw clearly, her eyes widening in surprise - it was a human head!

  A man's head, cut open from the neck, with fresh blood still flowing from the severed neck, his face twisted into a grotesque and eerie expression, even with a sinister smile on his mouth, rolling over quickly.

  Wen Baiyu saw that the man's mouth was wide open, and his tongue was still wriggling, as if it were crawling. Every time he moved, he let out a "squeak... squeak..." sound.

  Wen Baiyu was startled, this is too eerie, a head rolling on the ground can still make a loud cry, as if it had left its body and was still alive!

  Wen Baiyu took another step back, her head spinning a little closer, and she saw clearly that it was a man from the car team. Although Wen Baiyu couldn't remember his name, she could confirm that he was someone Miss Chen had brought along.

  Wen Baiyu was even more covered in cold sweat, feeling his breathing becoming increasingly difficult. The people from the convoy had actually appeared here, and were now only left with their heads, possibly transforming into monsters. What about Wan Qi Jing Hou? Wan Qi Jing Hou suddenly disappeared, would he also encounter some kind of danger?

  Wen Baiyu's mind was in a mess, and that head rolled over with a gurgling sound. When it was about ten or so meters away from Wen Baiyu, it suddenly stopped, then its eyeballs made a thick, watery sound, and suddenly turned around, rolling up to stare at Wen Baiyu with the whites of its eyes showing!

  "Hmm—"

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath and was frightened to the point of turning pale. That head was alive, not only could its tongue move, but its eyeballs were also rolling around!

  Wen Baiyu subconsciously retreated, "Crack" a branch was trampled and broken, her heart suddenly shouted out in alarm.

  Then, the head let out a sharp "squeak" and the eyeballs and tongue rapidly rotated several times. Even the skin on the head bulged up, before the head suddenly rolled quickly towards Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu immediately turned around and ran, cursing as he went, and plunged headlong into the thicket. The thicket was dense with leaves and overgrown with weeds, and the lower soil was moist and soft, like a vast expanse of primeval forest.

  Wen Baiyu ran inside with great difficulty, the branches and weeds were like hands, blocking Wen Baiyu's way. Wen Baiyu frantically hacked with his dagger while running forward quickly.

  "Rustle... rustle..."

  "Squeak!"

  "Squeak, squeak——"

  The head behind him kept making strange cries, and Wen Baiyu could hardly run. The terrain here was too unfavorable for him. The head rolled on the ground, at most with the resistance of weeds, but it ran faster than Wen Baiyu's two legs, and it seemed to be about to catch up.

  Wen Baiyu turned his head to look, and that head was facing him with a straight smile. The corners of his mouth revealed a cold and sinister sneer, the skin at the corners of his mouth twitching constantly. Every time he smiled, he made a "squeaking" sound.

  Wen Baiyu only looked back, "Bang" and hit a tree, instantly dizzy and almost fainted. He raised his head, looking at the dense treetops, suddenly had an idea, then bit the dagger in his mouth, using his hands and feet to climb up.

  "Boom!"

  The head hit the tree trunk with a loud thud, and that grinning head actually bounced back, almost hooking onto Wen Baiyu.

  Wen Baiyu let out a loud "ah" and quickly hugged the tree trunk, climbing up. As a child, Wen Baiyu had often been naughty, and was even beaten by Uncle Wen Kai several times for climbing trees to steal eggs. It seemed like she only remembered the fun, not the pain. Her tree-climbing skills were almost at max level, and now that her life was in danger, everything became an instinctual act of self-preservation. With a few "whooshing" sounds, she climbed up and then used her hands and feet to grab onto a thicker branch.

  The white bird perched on top, looking down, that head seemed stupid, round and slippery, couldn't climb up, could only desperately hit the tree trunk.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang, bang!"

  It crashed several times, and the head suddenly started bleeding. Fresh blood flowed out from all over the face, and the skin on the face was scratched by the tree trunk, revealing the raw flesh inside. But it still kept crashing, with a feeling as if it wasn't its own head.

  Wen Baiyu swallowed his saliva, still in a state of shock, and gripped the dagger in his mouth with his hand, repeatedly clenching it, afraid that the head would suddenly pop up. However, after looking for about five minutes, Wen Baiyu relaxed, realizing that the head was just repeatedly bumping against the tree trunk.

  This big tree is extremely thick and sturdy, it's impossible to be knocked down, at most the branches will sway slightly.

  Wen Baiyu gradually relaxed, it's good to rest on the tree, the terrain is high here, can overlook the whole situation, after hitting his head enough, he will go down to find Wan Jijinghou.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but worry as soon as he thought of Wan Kuang Jinghou. Perhaps the other party's skills didn't need him to worry, what he should be worried about was his own inexperience. However, Wan Kuang Jinghou's eyes had not fully recovered, and this environment was so unfamiliar, Wan Kuang Jinghou was guarding himself, but suddenly left, there must be a reason for it, but what reason, Wen Baiyu couldn't guess.

  Wen Baiyu was stunned for a while, holding onto the branch. When she looked down, that head was still stubbornly there, already completely battered and bruised, with blood all over the ground, emitting a foul smell. However, the head was still smiling. Wen Baiyu almost didn't dare to look at it directly, as its eyeballs were rolling around in a particularly frightening way.

  Wen Baiyu briefly raised his head, looked up, then put the dagger in his mouth again, and climbed upwards with his hands and feet, wanting to climb out of the treetop to see the overall situation.

  Wen Baiyu climbed up in no time, this tree was extremely tall, almost towering above the rest, he stuck his head out of the treetop, and suddenly felt a wave of weakness and despair wash over him.

  All around were treetops, a dense and uniform green, he had no idea how vast this forest was, with so many trees, straining to look back, could vaguely see the reflective water, perhaps it was the lake they came from, but the creatures in the lake were too terrifying.

  In the distance, a vast expanse of green stretched out as far as the eye could see. Just when Wen Baiyu was about to lose hope, a loud "Boom!" echoed from afar, and Wen Baiyu's eyes suddenly widened - it was the signal.

  A colored smoke burst open in the sky, in a place that couldn't be any farther away. However, Wen Baiyu knew that there must be someone there, perhaps it was their team, or perhaps other lost villagers in the forest, but no matter who it was, finding people was always better than not finding them.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly became excited, took a deep breath, and the smoke was about to disperse. Wen Baiyu was a bit flustered, hastily grabbed a large leaf with his hand, drew a few strokes on it with his phoenix bone dagger, roughly marking down the position as a reference, then stuffed the leaf into his own pocket.

  Wen Baiyu finished all this, looked around and suddenly said "Hmm?", then looked down and saw a black hole not far away, which was inconspicuous in the lush green surroundings. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the hidden pit he had seen before!

  Wen Baiyu had experienced this kind of ambush before, and he suddenly felt a little flustered. But he mustn't let the zombies climb out, there were so many corpses and he was alone with no equipment, he couldn't deal with them at all.

  At this moment, Wen Baiyu suddenly felt that someone had touched her foot. Wen Baiyu was startled and quickly pulled her head under the tree crown, thinking that the skull had rolled up, but when she looked again, she almost fainted.

  Snake!

  It's a snake!

  A slender snake coiled around Wen Baiyu's ankle, hissing and spitting out its tongue. Wen Baiyu let out a loud cry, the snake's head darted forward in an instant, and Wen Baiyu was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat, feeling a sharp pain in his calf. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand and pinched something, not knowing if it was luck or not, but he had actually pinched the snake's head.

  The snake's mouth was wide open, pinched by him and unable to close its mouth. Wen Baiyu saw a shallow hole on his calf, bleeding, this kind of snake with flower-like spots must be venomous.

  The white feathered arrow was no good, unexpectedly the thatched cottage encountered a night rain, under the tree there was a head, on the tree there was still a poisonous snake, he tightly grasped the snake, then with his left hand holding a dagger, the dagger sliced through iron like mud, in one go it sliced off the snake's head.

  Wen Baiyu was also startled, he threw away the snake body in his hand, panting heavily, and hurried to press his wound. But at this moment, "swish" another leg was entwined. He looked up to see that so many snakes came out from the dense tree crown, it's unknown whether they smelled the blood or not, their stomachs were already starving.

  Wen Baiyu's leg was entwined by a snake, and she lost her balance. In an instant, her whole body fell like a tree, just as she thought she would hit her head, Wen Baiyu shouted loudly and found herself suspended in mid-air.

  The snake's body was very long and had great strength, it coiled him up slowly and hung him up, opening its big mouth, the other snakes also spat out their saliva, ready to enjoy a big meal.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that her hands and feet turned cold. The snakes here were too eerie, snakes are not social animals, yet there were so many of them moving together at the same time, and they seemed to be cooperating closely with each other. It would be great if Huashe were here right now!

  Wen Baiyu was slowly lifted up, just as the snake's mouth was wide open and about to bite down. Suddenly, Wen Baiyu waved her hand and with a "pa" sound, she cut off the snake tail that had wrapped around herself. The snake, in extreme pain, flailed its tail wildly.

  "Damn it..."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt dizzy and his eyes blurred, and he was actually thrown out by the snake. He fell from the tree, drawing a parabola in mid-air, and landed on the ground with a "thud".

  The white feather was knocked to the ground, and just as it was about to get up, it felt a sudden jolt. Its body dropped down with a "whoosh" sound, and in a flurry of panic, it grabbed wildly at the air. Shaking its head and opening its eyes, it saw that half of its body had fallen into a hidden pit!

  He grasped the edge with both hands, exerting himself to climb up. Down below was a den of blood corpses. If he fell, his body wouldn't even be enough for one blood corpse to use as a toothpick. Wen Baiyu suddenly thought of He Liu and felt a chill in her heart. Her two arms were numb with fatigue, but she absolutely couldn't relax her grip.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was struggling to climb up, he suddenly heard a "hiss" sound. Wen Baiyu immediately raised his head and saw a snake mouth spitting out a foul smell, wide open, and biting towards his face.

  "Ah!"

  Wen Baiyu let out a loud shout, his hands subconsciously loosening, and his body plummeted downwards, irrepressibly falling.

  "Bang! Bang...... Bang, bang......"

  Wen Baiyu was about to spit blood because he didn't fall vertically, but instead hit the rocky wall of the pit and started bouncing back and forth like a ball on a table. In an instant, he was battered from head to toe, his internal injuries almost bursting out.

  Finally, with a "thud", Wen Baiyu crashed to the ground, her head throbbing in pain, warm blood gushing out, and her vision turning black as she instantly lost consciousness.

  Wen Baiyu didn't know how long he had fainted, vaguely feeling a severe pain in his legs, as if someone was scraping him like cutting meat. Then his body felt cold and hot alternately, like having a fever, probably due to the snake venom. At this moment, Wen Baiyu infinitely missed Wan Kuang Jing Hou.

  The white feathers were dull and heavy, the throat was very painful, woke up and fell asleep again, slept but not soundly, finally slowly woke up.

  The surroundings were somewhat dimly lit, but he had actually turned on a lamp. There was someone sitting next to him, who vaguely looked like Wan Jiahui.

  Wen Baiyu's body shook violently, and she suddenly sat up, but her legs hurt badly and she had no strength in her body. With a "thud", she fell back down again.

  "Don't move."

  Someone was speaking, and their voice even had an echo.

  Wen Baiyu heard the voice and was instantly disappointed again, it wasn't Wan Kuang Jing Hou. Indeed, after taking a closer look, he realized they just looked similar, but this place was too dimly lit, so he hadn't seen clearly at first.

  It's a child car.

  Wen Baiyu looked around and saw a flashlight next to the child's car, but it could only illuminate a very limited area. They were in a circular pit, and its diameter was just enough for Wen Baiyu to curl up and lie down, not even able to stretch his legs out straight.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly looked around in some terror and said: "This...this can't be a hidden pit, can it?"

  The child nodded.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and looked around again, Zi Che said: "There is no corpse in here."

  He finished speaking, and Wen Baiyu suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

  "Take a rest first, you've been bitten by a snake on your leg. Fortunately, it's not serious, just a shallow wound. I've let out some blood and administered antivenom serum, so you should be fine."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and let out a sigh of relief, saying: "Thank you."

  "The child cart said: 'This should be a hidden pit for burying prisoners, but there are no corpses or dumplings inside. Moreover, I found a very narrow tunnel here, perhaps at that time some prisoners were thrown down, but in the end they all escaped. You rest first and wait until your physical strength recovers, then we'll go in and take a look.'"

  He said that, and Wen Baiyu also noticed that at the bottom of this pit, there was another inconspicuous small pit. Because it was too small, people who were a bit fat or strong might not be able to crawl in.

  Wen Baiyu nodded slightly and lay down relaxed, took two deep breaths, and suddenly said: "Do you know where Wan Qi Jing Hou is?"

  The little cart shook his head and said, "After you fell into the water, you didn't show up for a long time, everyone was worried that something had happened, so many people went to find you, I also went, but in the water, except for that jellyfish-like monster, there were also a bunch of insects with pincers, those insects chased us all the way, and they could even go ashore, everyone was driven away and ran all over the place."

  Wen Baiyu rubbed his face with his hand, and Zi Che said: "Don't worry, Wan Kuang Jing Hou's skills, you don't have to worry about him."

  Wen Baiyu also knew this truth, but although it was said so, it was unrealistic not to worry.

  Wen Baiyu lay there for a while, but couldn't lie down anymore. Her physical strength had recovered a bit, although her legs still hurt, she could barely walk without any problem.

  The little cart got up, stretched its limbs and said: "I'll take the lead, you pay attention to yourself. If it's really not working out, just pull me and we can stop to rest."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, he couldn't say another word at this moment.

  The little cart quickly lowered its body and crawled into the cave entrance. Wen Baiyu took a deep breath and followed in as well.

  The cave is very deep and extremely narrow, Wen Baiyu feels that his body is just barely enough to fit through without touching the sides, and climbing up this hole is also extremely laborious, with some places requiring him to exert great force to squeeze through.

  The digging was very rough, but fortunately the cave was passable. Although the slope was gentle, it could be felt that they were walking upwards all the way. This indeed was an escape route.

  Wen Baiyu's physical strength was exhausted, and he had also been poisoned. Although he wanted to hurry out, he simply couldn't hold on. Halfway through, he pulled the rickshaw boy's ankle, and the other party quickly stopped. Wen Baiyu lay on the ground panting heavily, his voice echoing loudly in the long corridor.

  After a long time, Wen Baiyu finally notified the front car to continue moving forward. They didn't know how long they had been crawling, but Wen Baiyu finally saw the front car move quickly and squeeze out in an instant.

  Wen Baiyu felt the light and couldn't help but squint his eyes, crawling out of the cave entrance. Zi Che stretched out his hand to pull him out, pulling him out completely.

  Wen Baiyu collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, feeling like half her life was gone.

  The little cart suddenly said: "Look."

  As he spoke, Wen Baiyu suddenly raised his head and was shocked. In front of him was an ancient city just like the one in the desert, only it had already been ruined. Many walls were hidden under accumulated water and mud, making them look particularly desolate. The architectural style here was extremely strange, something Wen Baiyu had never seen before, perhaps from a primitive tribe.

  Wen Baiyu got up from the ground and the two of them slowly walked in, passing through a patch of stagnant water, finally entering the ancient city.

  The ground was covered with broken pottery shards, which shattered completely as soon as they were stepped on. Perhaps it was because of the long passage of time, even the stones had become brittle.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly took a deep breath, pointing to the ground. Zi Che turned his head to look over and saw that in the center of the ancient city, there was a huge stone slab that had toppled over. The stone had broken into several sections, some of which had shattered into dust. A pile of skulls surrounded the massive stone, lying around it.

  The little cart slowly passed by, and Wen Baiyu said, "Will it raise a corpse?"

  The little cart shook its head and said, "Only bones are left, how can we revive the corpse?"

  He squatted down and looked at these white bones, and couldn't help but let out a "hmm?"

  Wen Baiyu also squatted down and said: "What's wrong?"

  "These bones all have visible scars and injuries. They must have been hurt or abused before they died."

  Wen Baiyu's voice suddenly tightened and he said: "You say these people, could they be the prisoners of war who crawled out from the hidden cave?"

  The child said: "This is hard to say, but suppose it exists. Let's talk about romance"

  He said, and went to see the giant stone surrounded by skulls.

  Wen Baiyu also looked up and said, "It's really strange. If they were prisoners of war, after escaping from the hidden pit with great difficulty, why did they all die here? Why didn't they continue to escape?"

  He said, "Huh?" and lightly touched the texture on the giant stone with his fingers. The texture was already very shallow and couldn't be seen clearly. He said, "What is this thing, all twisted and turned."

  The child looked at him with narrowed eyes and said: "I understand... if these people are really prisoners of war, then it's reasonable to die here."

  "What's going on?" asked Wen Baiyu.

  The little cart said: "This stone is a totem."

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "Totem?"

  "The ancient tribes regarded totems as their faith and gods. Dying beside a totem was reasonable."

  Wen Baiyu said: "What is this totem painting?"

  The little cart shook its head and said: "The corrosion is too severe, but judging from this, it should be a dragon..."

  He said, Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered Xi Chi's words and said: "Is it Zhu Jiu Yin?!"

  "Squeak..."

  Just as Wen Baiyu finished speaking, Zi Che hadn't reacted yet when the two people suddenly heard a strange "squeak" sound coming from beside their ears.

  Wen Baiyu's whole body tensed up, thinking "That guy actually followed me?"

  At this moment, Zi Che suddenly shouted "Not good".

  "What's wrong?"

  He finished speaking, and then a head full of blood rolled out from the grass, and with a "plop" fell into the stagnant water, instantly dyeing a patch of stagnant water red, and then rolled out again from the stagnant water, coming towards them.

  That head wasn't the man from just now, it was a different person, but Wen Baiyu recognized him too, he's also someone from the team, one of Mr. Xue's bodyguards.

  His head was rolling on the ground, his eyeballs were flipping back and forth, the corners of his mouth were also revealing a sinister smile, and his tongue was constantly wriggling in his mouth, looking extremely eerie.

  "What on earth is this? How can a head still move?"

  The little cart retreated a step and said: "What's moving isn't the head, but the worms inside. This head is filled with countless worms."

  He stretched out his hand to stop Wen Baiyu from retreating, and said: "This is the insect in the lake. Although it's not big in size, it forms groups and each one has iron pincers on its body that can instantly tear a person's head apart. Moreover, these insects especially like to drill into people's heads to build nests."

  Wen Baiyu let out a "tsk" sound, it really couldn't get any more disgusting than this.

  The little cart said: "Don't make any sudden moves, this bug only eats live things and will only bite if it's moving."

  Wen Baiyu immediately didn't dare move anymore. It turned out that this worm was also nearsighted, and could only see things that moved. If something didn't move, it would be directly ignored.

  Wen Baiyu clenched her fists, standing still as a statue. Her head quickly rolled over and she looked down to see that indeed, through the gap, she could see that this head was filled with black, squirming insects. When its eyes flipped and its tongue curled up, some of those black insects would reveal themselves. They weren't very big, but they really did have a pair of pincers, just like crabs.

  Wen Baiyu was so angry that he wanted to die, but he couldn't move. His head "thudded" against Wen Baiyu's calf, and the pain made Wen Baiyu's heart throb with fear. A cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and the hairs on his back stood on end, but he still couldn't move!

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened as he stared at the head that had bumped into his leg, where there was a wound. The bloodstains on his head were suddenly wiped onto his leg, and he could even feel the insects' tongues licking his leg, making him feel extremely nauseous. Wen Baiyu almost fainted.

  Wen Baiyu's eyeballs moved slightly, and he saw Zi Che giving him a series of eye signals, telling him not to move.

  Wen Baiyu closed her eyes and could only endure silently.

  The head bumped against Wen Baiyu three times, and Wen Baiyu's legs went soft. Only then did the head turn away from Wen Baiyu and roll far away.

  Wen Baiyu and others rolled their heads far away, suddenly let out a breath, their legs softened, "thud" knelt on the ground, and couldn't get up again.

  The child hurried over, took out a disinfectant and disinfected him, saying: "I don't know if there's poison on this thing, so it's better to be careful."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, he couldn't say a word anymore.

  The little cart was given to him for disinfection, and Wen Baiyu sat on the ground, looking around, when he suddenly heard the sound of "gurgling... gurgling...", Wen Baiyu turned his head towards the accumulated water.

  All I saw was a small patch of stagnant water, and yet bubbles were rising from it, as if someone was underwater.

  Wen Baiyu's nerves tensed up instantly, and he pointed at the accumulated water.

  The child was also found, but this puddle of water was too small, just over the calf, and neither adults nor children could hide in the water without being discovered.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was about to speak, he saw that in addition to bubbles rising from the accumulated water, ripples began to appear on its surface, as if something was moving beneath.

  With a "plop", the water surface broke open, followed by a "rustling" sound, and a group of small black insects crawled out, with two large pincers on their heads, exactly like the previous insects, except that these insects didn't use their heads to make nests.

  Wen Baiyu was so scared that she almost died, what the hell is this, a massive phobia-inducing scene? A large swarm of black bugs surged forward, "rustling" as they crawled towards them. Wen Baiyu couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to get up and run away.

  The little cart also crawled up from the ground, but the two of them made such a big commotion that those insects seemed not to have noticed them at all, without even giving them a glance, and instead passed by, crawling quickly with a "rustling" sound.

  Wen Baiyu and others were stunned, saying: "Uh... are these insects vegetarian?"

  Just then, a loud "splash" was heard, and a big wave of water splashed up. Zi Che's face suddenly turned serious, and he grabbed Wen Baiyu, saying: "Quickly run, these insects are escaping!"

  Wen Baiyu turned his head to look, and the water surface broke again. A gigantic insect crawled out from inside, its shell resembling a stone, with excellent camouflage colors. Two large pincers were stuck on its head, motionless, looking like two small stones. No wonder they hadn't discovered it earlier.

  Wen Baiyu had never seen such a huge insect before. The insect didn't even use its full strength to pull him, and it shouted: "What the hell is this?!"

  The little cart ran and said: "I don't know either."

  Two people ran wildly, with rustling sounds still coming from behind them, as well as the sound of insect legs snapping tree branches.

  "Wen Baiyu shouted: 'Is it afraid of fire?! Aren't ordinary insects all afraid of fire?!'"

  The child patted his body twice, took out a lighter, blew it hard once, and the lighter ignited. The child suddenly stopped, handed the lighter forward.

  The giant insect saw the flames and actually recoiled a bit.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a wave of frustration, grabbing the hand of Zi Che and saying: "Are you kidding me?! This little flame, is there not something bigger? Do you think this can scare off a small bug like me?"

  The child said: "Apart from this, I only have a lighter on me."

  Wen Baiyu grabbed him and said, "Then hurry up and run! Be careful that your arm gets bitten off."

  The huge insect was afraid of the flames, but only for an instant. It quickly pounced on them again. Wen Baiyu pulled the child's cart and ran wildly, no longer feeling any pain in his legs, as if they had lost all sensation.

  They ran wildly for a while, and suddenly several tents appeared in front of them. Wen Baiyu was so surprised that she almost fainted, shouting: "Is anyone there?"

  Wen Baiyu and Zixia rushed over in their carriage. Three tents were pitched on the ground, but inside it was quiet as if there wasn't a single person.

  Wen Baiyu cursed loudly, but unexpectedly no one was there. At this moment, Zi Che suddenly picked up the gun on the ground and turned around to shoot "bang bang" twice.

  The insect's reaction was extremely fast, and the huge iron pincers seemed to be immune to bullets, actually using the pincers to deflect the bullet.

  Wen Baiyu stared blankly, while Zi Che narrowed his eyes and fired two shots.

  The insect blocked the bullet, but its crawling was also hindered. It didn't crawl forward again, but instead looked at them vigilantly with two black eyeballs protruding out like a crab.

  The child held a gun in his hand, and his palms were all sweaty, saying: "Hurry up, I'll hold him back, you go first."

  "What will you do then?"

  The child glanced at the tent, and there were still a few packages of luggage on the ground, probably thrown away by those people before they left. They should all be some heavy things, but having equipment is better than nothing.

  The little cart said: "Take the luggage on the ground and go quickly. Don't worry about me, one can escape is an escape."

  Wen Baiyu was about to speak when the insect suddenly moved, as if it had understood their intentions. It headed towards Wen Baiyu, and Zi Che fired a shot, but the bullet was blocked by a buckle. Unexpectedly, Zi Che immediately fired another shot, which hit the insect with a loud "crack".

  The insect emitted a sharp "squeak" sound, as if it was shouting.

  Just then, a black shadow suddenly ran over and jumped up, flipping its body onto the insect's back shell. The insect felt someone on its back and quickly stretched out its iron claws to grab the person on its back.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened instantly, it was Wan Kuangjinghou!

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou half-bent his waist, standing on the back of the insect to stabilize his lower body. When the huge pincers swept over, he suddenly ducked down, and the pincers passed over the top of Wan Kuang Jing Hou's head, striking an empty blow.

  At this moment, Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly lowered his body and slid down along the back of the worm. Just as Wen Bai Yu thought he was going to slide into the worm's big mouth, Wan Jie Jing Hou's hand suddenly rose up.

  "Ahhh!!" A sharp cry, the insect opened its big mouth and let out a pungent smell.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou had accurately and flawlessly stabbed the dagger into the insect's eyes, then borrowed force to jump, fiercely flipping his body backwards in a single bound, steadily landing in front of Wen Bai Yu.

  "Squeak—squeak—"

  The giant insect had one eye pierced, and General Wan Zonghou struck again with precision and ruthlessness. The insect was somewhat intimidated, letting out a painful roar, but it did not dare to move forward. Its two pincers swept twice, as if making a final struggle, before shrinking back and retreating deep into the forest.

  Wen Baiyu let out a breath of relief, relaxed for a moment and suddenly felt leg pain, throat pain, whole body pain, legs softened, and almost fell to the ground.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou reached out and caught Wen Bai Yu, gently placing him on the ground, letting him lean against the tent and sit down, saying: "Injured?"

  Wen Baiyu waved his hand repeatedly and said, "It's nothing, I was bitten by a snake, the wound has been treated, it's just that I've been running for my life all the way, I'm exhausted."

  The young man also let out a sigh of relief, panting heavily for two breaths before sitting down with his gun, his back completely soaked in cold sweat.

  Wen Baiyu grabbed Wang Ju Jing Hou and said: "Where did you go suddenly, I opened my eyes and couldn't see you... Eh, your eyes are better?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and looked at his tense appearance, stretched out his hand to help him wipe the mud off his face, saying: "It's okay now, you can see clearly."

  He said, going to turn over the remaining backpacks in the tent, there are some food and water inside, estimated to be selected from the leftovers, everything that is not convenient to carry and save, as well as large equipment and appliances.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou brought out water and food, lit a bonfire outside, heated the food, and said while moving: "After you fell asleep, many insects emerged from the water, similar to just now. You didn't notice, so I carried you for a long time. Later, I found that these insects only attacked moving things, so I put you down to lure them away. However, when I came back, you were already gone."

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh and said, "Well, it seems I woke up at the wrong time."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou fiddled with the fire pit, watching as the food started to simmer and bubble, and smiled, saying: "Missing me?"

  Wen Bai's face turned red, although it was really hard to speak out loud, but to be honest, when Wan Qi Jing Hou was not around, he really couldn't feel at ease in his heart.

  Wen Baiyu nodded calmly without being overly sentimental.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was stunned for a moment, then leaned forward and kissed him on the lips, saying: "I am too... When I couldn't see you, I got scared, fortunately you're fine."

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit embarrassed, but Wan Jingshou always spoke like this. To say that he was frank would be an understatement - every time he opened his mouth, Wen Baiyu's heart would thump wildly. Sooner or later, he'd give himself a heart condition.

  The child looked at them leaning against each other, couldn't help but look away, then let out a sigh.

  They were all fast food, the food was heated quickly, and there was meat, which made Wen Baiyu, who had just escaped from death, very satisfied. Wan Qi Jinghou gave him a lot, and Zi Che took a portion and sat down beside him, not saying a word, eating absent-mindedly.

  Wen Baiyu looked at his expression and couldn't help but laugh, saying: "Hey, did you cry because it's delicious?"

  The little car looked up at him and suddenly said out of nowhere, "I'm very envious of you."

  Wen Baiyu was somewhat perplexed and couldn't figure out how this kid's brain worked.

  Wan Qi Jinghou suddenly looked up at him and said: "The bronze box in the Wu Mu's tomb, who took it away?"

  The young man didn't show a surprised expression, he just shrunk his knees. Seeing that he wasn't speaking, Wan Xi Jing Hou asked again: "Is it someone you're familiar with?"

  After half a day, Wen Baiyu still thought that Zi Che would not speak, but the result was that he heard him say: "No, it's someone I trust... my adoptive father."

  Wen Baiyu was somewhat surprised and said: "That... that gunshot to the chest, was it also him?"

  He nodded slightly, as if recalling something, his eyes reddened, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "I was an orphan since childhood, it was my adoptive father who raised me, for me, he is the only relative I have in this world. My adoptive father taught me many things, then told me that I could leave his tutelage, later I was sent to Beijing, Miss Chen saw me and hired me as a mercenary, actually I had some doubts about why she insisted on hiring me, but later when I saw him, I understood, unexpectedly there are two people in this world who look so alike."

  Wen Baiyu thought of Miss Chen and felt uncomfortable in her heart. She glared at Wang Jinghou with a stern expression.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Why did your adoptive father want to grab the bronze box?"

  "I don't know, I've never been allowed to ask about his affairs. I used all my strength to grab that box, without even knowing what was inside... To be honest, I don't understand him at all, I don't know what he's thinking, and I don't even know his real name."

  Wen Baiya shrugged and thought to herself, "What kind of relatives are these?" Even if Uncle and Little Uncle had picked her up from the grave, they would have developed feelings for each other after all these years.

  Wan Kuang didn't ask again, after eating and getting ready for bed, he let Wen Baiyu sleep, saying: "I'll keep watch tonight, you get a good rest."

  Wen Baiyu hadn't spoken yet, when Zi Che said: "Today I'll take the night watch, Wen Baiyu is injured, and our dry rations here aren't many. Whether we can get out of here still depends on you, so don't waste your energy."

  He said that, then hugged the gun and walked out of the tent, sat in front of the bonfire, stretched out his hand, and let the fire temperature bake his own hands.

  Wen Baiyu lifted his head and looked around, but Mo Jinghou had already pressed him down and was lying beside him, saying, "Sleep."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Eh, Zi Che can guard alone at night, right?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou opened his eyes and said: "Don't worry, this person is not simple."

  Wen Baiyu seemed to understand and yet not understand, when Wan Zonghou said: "Be careful of him, his words are all true, but not entirely."

  Wen Baiyu was even more confused, but since it was said by Wan Kuangjinghou, there must be a reason, so Wen Baiyu nodded.

  "Go to sleep quickly."

  Wen Baiyu closed her eyes, but suddenly thought of something and stretched out her hand to hold onto Wan Jingshou's arm, causing him to pause in surprise.

  Wen Baiyu said: "I'll hold onto you, lest I open my eyes and you're gone again."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled lightly and said: "No."

  Wen Baiyu said: "You say others have gone elsewhere, this place is so big and so many people have died, can we really find that sunken ship?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou rubbed his face and said: "Don't worry about it anymore, go to sleep first and rest well, we'll find the way tomorrow."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and leaned against Wan Kuang Jinghou to sleep, still hugging his arm. Although this action was very uncomfortable, Wen Baiyu slept very soundly.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou saw his appearance, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, then lowered his head and kissed Wen Bai Yu's brow, also closing his eyes.

  Wen Baihe slept very soundly, he had escaped with his life and was exhausted, and having been poisoned by the snake, he had already overexerted himself. With Wan Jinhong by his side, he could sleep peacefully.

  She had only slept until midnight when she suddenly heard some noise, "squeak squeak squeak", as if something was calling out. Wen Baiyu's nerves were already on edge, and she immediately woke up with a start.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou had already opened his eyes, and there was no confusion in his gaze, as if he had been awake for a long time. He let out a soft "shh" sound, signaling to Wen Bai Yu to be quiet.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened as he saw the child cart suddenly come in and say, "It's bad, those insects have arrived!"

  "What should we do?"

  It's pitch black outside, if we escape now, with one foot deep and one shallow, who knows where we'll end up.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou's eyes swept over and said, "Dismantle the tent."

  He said that, then went to grab the tent's fixed frame, and with a "bang" sound, the tent collapsed, pressing them underneath.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou pressed down on Wen Bai Yu's shoulder with one hand and covered his mouth, saying: "Don't speak, try not to breathe."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, opened her eyes wide, and found herself surrounded by complete darkness. They were covered with a canopy, only able to hear the "rustling" sound outside, accompanied by high-pitched cries.

  The tent seemed to be trampled by something, and then a piece of something crawled onto the tent. The three people inside held their breath and remained motionless. Wen Baiyu felt a dense, crawling sensation on his body, as if something was brushing against him through the fabric of the tent. This feeling made Wen Baiyu's skin crawl, but he couldn't move, only rolling his eyes around.

  After a long time, the rustling sound finally crawled over from above the tent.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou was the first to move, patting Wen Bai Yu's shoulder and signaling him not to move. Then he crawled out of the tent, where the bonfire outside was still burning. It seemed that those insects were afraid of fire and walked around it without causing any damage.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou pulled up the tent at this time and supported Wen Bai Yu from inside, and everyone gathered around the bonfire.

  Wen Bai let out a sigh of relief, glanced at his watch and really wanted to curse the eighteen generations of ancestors of that damn bug. It was only 3 o'clock in the morning, not letting people sleep well.

  Wen Baiyu was also disturbed by the commotion and couldn't sleep, so everyone sat by the bonfire, prepared breakfast in advance, ate their fill before dawn, and then started packing up their luggage.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou picked up all the food and water, divided them evenly into three backpacks, each person carrying one. This way, even if they lost a backpack, they wouldn't go hungry. Then he also picked up equipment, leaving behind only large weapons that were not easy to carry, as well as some heavy surveying instruments.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou put away the weapons, which could be used in case of an emergency, and then gathered other items, taking away alcohol and medicine. By the time they finished cleaning up, it was already dawn.

  Wan Qi Jinghou gave Wen Baiyu the lightest backpack, then handed another one to Zi Che. Zi Che didn't even look inside to see what was in it and just put it on his back.

  It was dawn and they were about to set off, but they really didn't know where to go. Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered the signal she had recorded when she climbed the tree, and quickly took out the leaf from her pocket.

  The leaves are still intact, but after the intense escape, the leaves have been squeezed out of the water, and there are several more strokes on the surface. Wen Baiyu's painting is also abstract, making it difficult for him to recognize again.

  They climbed up the big tree, looked down and saw that Wen Baiyu was struggling to identify the location of the signal, which seemed to be still far away, and no matter how they calculated, they would have to walk for at least a day.

  Wen Baiyu and they didn't delay any longer, immediately got down from the tree and rushed towards the location of the signal.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou told Wen Bai Yu, this is not a distress signal. Someone sent the signal, indicating that there was a discovery, but these Tu Fu Zi who entered the desert were all here for the secret of longevity. If they had made a discovery, it would be impossible to send such a stupid signal to inform others. The only possibility is that these people have made a discovery, but they can't cope with it.

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Jie Jinghou rushed forward, Wan Jie Jinghou's physical strength was very good, the child car was trained to have physical strength, only Wen Baiyu was injured, physically exhausted, Wan Jie Jinghou wanted to carry him, but didn't know what would happen ahead, Wen Baiyu didn't want him to waste his energy.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou looked at Wen Bai Yu and saw that he was sweating profusely, saying: "Don't force yourself."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Don't worry, if it really doesn't work out, I'll let you all stop."

  The road ahead was very difficult to walk, and it started to show the characteristics of a wetland. The trees became shorter, and the ground was full of ponds and swamps, with some insects around.

  Wen Baiyu and they didn't dare to stop, as long as they stopped, there would be some unknown insects rushing over to bite them. Fortunately, when they were moving, these insects were timid and didn't dare to bite, so they had to keep advancing without stopping.

  Wen Baiyu and they walked for a day, Wen Baiyu's legs were numb, only at noon when everyone picked a relatively safe place to sit down and eat lunch, then started the long journey again, also didn't know how far away that signal was.

  Just as Wen Baiyu was about to faint, she suddenly heard a loud cry of "Ahhh!"

  Wen Baiyu was startled and looked up to see where the sound came from, which seemed to be coming from a very far place. Although the screaming voice had become much lighter, it still sent shivers down her spine.

  "Wen Baiyu was shocked and said: "Is there someone in front?"

  Three people rushed forward quickly, Wan Qi Jing Hou blocked Wen Bai Yu behind him, then loaded the gun, and Zi Che was also in a well-trained manner, holding up the gun with narrowed eyes and walking slowly forward.

  "Squeak!"

  A loud shout, a black shadow rushed towards them, Wan Xi Jing Hou raised his hand and fired a shot, Wen Bai Yu saw a black shadow fall to the ground, then flipped over, kicked its legs on the ground, convulsed twice, and died immediately.

  It was actually a flower spider bigger than the palm of one's hand!

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took a glance and said: "It's poisonous, don't get bitten."

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "This forest has everything."

  They were saying this as they continued walking forward when suddenly someone shouted loudly: "Quickly run! The spider is coming!"

  Then came the chaotic footsteps of people.

  Wen Baiyu and the others quickened their pace, and soon they saw a group of people in front of them, seemingly chasing after something. Further ahead were several people running for their lives. Wen Baiyu's sharp eyes picked out that it was a mix of several groups of people, including Pengzi and driver Shen Lin, as well as Mr. Xue. There were also a few of Chang Ye's men scattered among them, but the others he didn't recognize, probably other camel handlers who had entered the desert.

  Those people desperately ran forward, from time to time someone turned back and fired a few shots, but the spiders were too numerous, they couldn't be driven away, and these spiders seemed to be starving frantically, chasing after them relentlessly.

  The little cart's eyes suddenly widened, gritted his teeth, weighed the gun in his hand, and then quickly ran forward.

  Wen Baiyu shouted, but the little guy rushed into the spider heap like his life depended on it. He fired a machine gun, sweeping away a cluster of spiders, then rolled forward and suddenly found himself sandwiched between the crowd in front.

  Among those people, someone recognized Zi Che and called out his name.

  The child suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed Mr. Xue in front of him, then quickly aimed, but when he pulled the trigger, it made a "click" sound, an empty shell...

  Zi Che broke out in a cold sweat, the spider had quickly crawled over, and suddenly pounced high, about to bite him. Zi Che "slapped" his gun, instantly smashing the spider into mush.

  Then he stopped, and the spiders behind him rushed up again, pouncing on his neck. Zi Che let out a hiss, drew his sword and slashed at it. The spider let out a shriek as it fell to the ground, rolling over and over. At the same time, Zi Che's neck was suddenly covered in blood, with some of it being a faint blackish color.

  The child stumbled and fell to the ground with a "thud", seemingly dazed, while Pengzi shouted loudly: "Someone's been bitten! Someone's been bitten!"

  Mr. Xue's two bodyguards immediately turned back and quickly set up a stretcher, immediately pulling the person to the back, at this time the child had completely lost consciousness.

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Jinhou were still in the back, Wen Baiyu said: "What to do?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately took off his outer garment, then pulled out the alcohol from his backpack and poured it on top. With a whoosh, he lit it on fire and threw it into the spider group.

  The spider was burned by fire and suddenly cried out loudly, fleeing frantically in all directions like a madman.

  Wan Kuang Zong Hou grasped Wen Bai Yu tightly and rushed in immediately, merging with the crowd in front.

  Pengzi saw them and burst into tears. Among them, Wan Zijun was undoubtedly the most formidable on the road, and in Pengzi's eyes, he was like a god. He immediately shouted: "Master Jing! You've finally arrived! We're all about to be eaten by spiders!"

  Wen Baiyu swept a glance over the crowd, who all looked extremely disheveled. Compared to them, she was still relatively better off. After taking a look, her expression immediately changed, and she asked, "Where's Xi Chi?"

  Pengzi said: "Who is Xi Qi?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "It's that little boy who looks like he's only fifteen or sixteen years old, and there should be a man next to him who looks very honest and proper."

  Pengzi patted his head and said, "I remember now. It was that one who looked just like a little girl. I don't know, everyone was busy escaping and got separated. We were also looking for the signal to come here, and we just reunited."

  He said, and several people with Chang Ye also said: "We are also watching the signal come over."

  Others were also surprised and said: "Hey, isn't that your signal? Who is it then? We also followed the signal to get here!"

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly suspicious, could it be Mr. Xue and his group? But looking at their appearance, they were probably just rich people with nowhere to spend their money, which is why they came into the desert to dig up newly unearthed antiques. They were all wearing suits and didn't have any equipment, let alone send out those special signals that only people in the trade would know.

  The child's condition is very bad, his face turned pale all of a sudden. Perhaps the injury was on his neck, which is more dangerous than other places, and the skin itself is thin.

  He lay on the ground, his face pale, his lips white, convulsing non-stop, seemingly cold, but with beads of sweat on his forehead, painfully emitting groans.

  Pengzi took a look and said: "Quickly get the serum, I don't know if this antidote will work or not. I've never seen such a freaky spider that can even fly."

  He said, Shen Lin hurried to rummage through his backpack and took out the serum. Mr. Xue was faster than them, immediately lowering his head and burying it in the child's neck. After a short while, he raised his head and spat out a mouthful of black blood, then lowered his head again to suck on the spider-bitten wound.

  The bodyguards hastily blocked him, saying: "Sir..."

  He hadn't finished speaking when Mr. Xue spat out a second mouthful of poisonous blood, and the bodyguard didn't say anything else.

  After sucking out the toxic blood, Mr. Xue took a knife and cut a small cross-shaped incision on Zi Che's neck, then started bleeding to ensure cleanliness, before heaving a sigh of relief, letting Shen Lin administer an injection of antivenom to Zi Che.

  The bodyguard rushed over and said, "Sir, are you okay?"

  Mr. Xue shook his head.

  At this moment, Zi Che's throat made a meaningless groan, and he finally regained some consciousness.

  The crowd immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the spider was also driven away. They all sat down to rest.

  After being tossed around like this, the sky quickly darkened again, and everyone worked together to set up their tents. They lit a bonfire because they were afraid of these strange insects, so the fire was very big. Then, everyone gathered around to start eating dinner. The dry rations that everyone brought were more than enough. When escaping for their lives, everything could be thrown away except for dry rations and water. Now, taking them out to look, they found that there was still enough for a long time.

  But this is not a good thing, because they have been here for so many days, and they have seen quite a few poisonous insects, snakes, and scorpions, but they haven't even seen the shadow of a tomb, let alone a sunken ship. Moreover, there are mysterious signal flares that seem to be intentionally leading them here.

  Wen Baiyu really didn't understand. Was someone guiding them? But there was no tomb here either, or were they trying to catch a turtle in a jar?

  As soon as she thought of this, Wen Baiyu shook her head immediately. What's good doesn't work and what's bad does, so she didn't think about it anymore.

  The venom in the baby snake is much more ferocious than that of the white python, especially when the spider bites, it's really vicious, unlike when the white python was bitten and immediately grabbed the snake's head, with the snake's fangs not sinking in.

  The child woke up for a short while and fell into a coma again. He was sometimes awake, sometimes in a daze, and couldn't be woken up when it was time for dinner.

  Mr. Xue said: "It doesn't matter, let him sleep, it's the same when he wakes up at night and eats."

  After dinner, everyone prepared to rest and conserve energy. At night, it was absolutely forbidden to wander around in this forest.

  Pengzi said, "Tonight I'll keep watch with Linzi for the first half of the night, and then trouble Changye's few men to take over for the second half. After that, I don't know how many more days it will be before the others come to take turns, so let Jingye have a good rest tonight."

  Although everyone thinks that keeping watch is a painful thing, these people also think that Pengzi's words make sense. They don't let Wan Kuang Jing Hou keep watch because among them, Wan Kuang Jing Hou's reputation is the most impressive, and on the road, he is also mysterious and divine. Following Wan Kuang Jing Hou makes one feel somewhat safe, and Wan Kuang Jing Hou can be considered a lifesaver. Who dares to make him stay up all night?

  Everyone had no doubts, Pengzi and Shen Lin sat by the bonfire with their guns, chatting occasionally. The others entered their tents to rest.

  The child lay in the tent, as if something was wrong, had already gained consciousness at first, but soon began to have a high fever again. The toxicity of the spider seemed very overbearing and repetitive. The child started convulsions again, accompanied by violent coughing, and the wound was torn open, starting to bleed continuously.

  A few people came over to treat his wound, shaking their heads and saying: "We've given him plasma, but even with our advanced equipment, this isn't a hospital. We can only wait and see what happens. No one can say for sure, but the kid's body is pretty strong, maybe he'll make it through the night."

  Wen Baiyu was somewhat anxious, but it was of no avail.

  Listening to the constant humming of the child's car, Wen Baiyu also couldn't sleep well, constantly waking up, but later his eyelids became very heavy and he fell asleep instantly.

  The two night watchmen, Pengzi and Shen Lin, were chatting when they seemed to smell something sweet. Before they could react, they covered their mouths and noses, but it was too late. The two of them fell down beside the bonfire.

  Everyone was fast asleep, with long, deep breaths, without any sign of waking up.

  At this time, the people in the tent suddenly moved, and Mr. Xue actually crawled up from the ground, looking for something, and after feeling around for a few moments, he suddenly revealed an expression of relief, then quickly pulled out a syringe.

  Mr. Xue walked over to Zi's side, squatted down, injected something into his body, and then casually threw the syringe into a nearby ditch.

  He reached out and massaged Zi Che's stiff arm, and soon Zi Che's breathing calmed down, his eyelids moved slightly, as if he had woken up.

  He slowly opened his eyes, and in the darkness, he vaguely saw a figure. The person was surprisingly looking at him with worried eyes. Zi Che shook his head, bitterly smiling to himself, it must be an illusion.

  As expected, in the blink of an eye, that person had already composed his expression. Ziche opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his neck hurt with a slight movement, and his throat was hoarse, struggling for half a day without saying anything.

  Mr. Xue let out a soft "hiss" and said, "Don't worry, save your energy, the others are all asleep."

  The child nodded, and then pulled at the wound again, letting out a pained "hiss".

  Mr. Xue lowered his head and gently stroked Zi Che's cheek, saying, "Foolish child, don't get hurt again."

  His voice was very gentle, with a mature magnetism and depth.

  His eyes stung for a moment, but he knew that this person was only saying and doing these things to get him to help complete the task. To achieve his goal, he could be gentle with you, or he could shoot you without hesitation.

  Mr. Xue saw him dazed and said, "What's wrong, is your wound painful?"

  Zi Che shook his head, and Mr. Xue said: "You have a good rest, tomorrow take them to the tomb."

  The little cart's throat slid, nodded, and finally said: "I want to know what's under the grave, why Father wants to lead these people down the grave?"

  Mr. Xue smiled and said, "You've been asking inappropriate questions lately."

  The child's throat moved again, but he didn't say anything else, only a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

  Mr. Xue saw his expression, lowered his head, and kissed the corner of his mouth, saying: "What's wrong, want a reward?"

  The child's eyes widened, feeling Mr. Xue's warm lips, and he shrunk his body, then said: "Uncle doesn't need to go to such lengths... whatever you say, I'll do it... no need..."

  Mr. Xue gently patted him and said, "Then go to sleep, good boy..."

  The child immediately closed his eyes.

  Mr. Xue's face suddenly clouded over, he glanced at Wan Qi Jing Hou sleeping beside Wen Bai Yu, sneered and lay down as well.

  The next morning, Wen Baiyu felt a ray of sunshine and stretched his waist. He thought he had slept particularly well last night.

  Wen Bai stretched his waist and sat up, finding that the people beside him had not woken up, and Wan Kuang Jing Hou was also not awake. The face of the child in the distance turned rosy, looking like nothing was wrong.

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief, then went to look at Wan Kuang Jing Hou again. These two people really looked too alike, but Wan Kuang Jing Hou seemed more mature, while Zi Che was younger, and although his behavior was very mature, he also appeared somewhat immature.

  Wen Baiyu lay down again, turned sideways to face Wan Jie Jing Hou, and smiled as he sized him up.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's face was extremely beautiful, with delicate features and perfect facial structure. However, unlike the ambiguous feeling of a beast, he exuded an air of elegance, and the mole at the corner of his eye made Su's heart skip a beat.

  Wen Baiyu looked at him, and suddenly felt dry mouth and tongue. When Wan Jingshou closed his eyes, his face appeared gentle, completely without the coldness and sharpness when he opened his eyes. His outer jacket had been burned, the inside clothes were open at the collar, two buttons were undone, the third one was already half unbuttoned, from top to bottom, you could see his strong chest, smooth abdominal muscles, looking at it made Wen Baiyu's heart itch, oh heavens, it's really unfair, such a good-looking face, and such a great figure.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but touch his own belly, there was no excess fat, but also no muscle...

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but drool as she gazed at Wan Jieyinghou, who was sleeping soundly and exuding an aura of weakness all over his body. Wen Baiyu's wicked intentions grew stronger, and she leaned forward to plant a kiss on the mole at the corner of Wan Jieyinghou's eye.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou's eyebrows only moved slightly, seemingly without any signs of waking up. Wen Bai Yu suddenly burst out laughing in her heart, feeling extremely stimulated and excited. This was the legendary sneak attack.

  Wen Baiyu stretched out his hand and touched the mole at the corner of Wan Jingshou's eye, it was really a pity that he had a mole in this place, if others had one, they would definitely look feminine, but Wan Jingshou didn't.

  Wen Baiyu's fingers slid down from the corner of his eyes, touched Wang Juexiang's nose, and the other party still didn't wake up. Wen Baiyu's courage grew bigger, and he reached out to poke Wang Juexiang's lips.

  She gently touched her upper lip, which was cool and soft, just like Wang Yu's personality - he looked cold and distant, but actually had a good heart and was soft-hearted. No matter what others thought, Wen Baiyu felt this way...

  Perhaps it's just Wen Baiyu who thinks so...

  Wen Bai's finger had brushed against his upper lip, and now began to brush against his lower lip, lightly tracing the outline of his lips. Due to dehydration, his lips were a bit dry, giving off a somewhat worn look that added to his masculine charm.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick her lips, still in a daze. Suddenly, she felt something wrap around her fingers.

  Wen Baiyu let out a soft "ah" and jumped in fright, only to see that Mo Jinghou, who was lying beside her, had already opened his eyes. His eyes held a faint smile as he looked at Wen Baiyu, his lips slightly parted, taking in her fingers, then sliding his tongue back and forth.

  A cool feeling, Wen Baiyu shivered and wanted to withdraw her hand.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "How's that? Had enough?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu had an urge to hit the wall, it seemed that Wan Qi Jinghou was already awake, and she not only got played but also got caught!

  Wen Baiyu ignored him, pretending he hadn't heard anything. Just as he was about to get up, he was pulled back down by Wan Jinhou, who grabbed his hand and yanked it downwards.

  Wen Baiyu was stunned and stared with her eyes wide open, saying: "How can you be so reckless in the wilderness, you're also being emotional!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "You touched me and kissed me, what can I do?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was speechless!

  Indeed, it was himself who early in the morning faced Wan Jie Jing Hou and touched and kissed him, with a foolish expression, doing all the things he didn't dare to do normally.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou suddenly pulled him forward, and the two people stuck together tightly. Wen Bai Yu was startled and wanted to turn his head to see if the person behind had woken up.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou was already holding his hand and stretching out his leg to squeeze between his two legs, saying: "Help me, don't worry, they're all asleep..."

  Wen Baiyu cursed inwardly, "Damn it", but Wan Jingshou's voice was urgent, his breathing sprayed on the side of his ear, and he grabbed his hand, to be honest, Wen Baiyu's heart was excited to death, his throat dry, had long been dizzy from Wan Jingshou's kiss, so Wen Baiyu plucked up the courage, tightly hugging Wan Jingshou.

  Wen Bai's mind was a complete blank, and in the end, he didn't even know who was helping whom. He just felt that they were all too crazy, in this desolate mountain forest, where poisonous insects and scorpions might pop out at any time, they were actually carrying out a harmony movement.

  Wan Bai's feathers were ruffled, and General Wan Jinghou gently kissed his forehead again, chuckled softly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Bai Yu."

  Wen Baiyu murmured "Huh?" as he had just vented and still felt a lingering sense of fatigue on his body.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou hugged his his waist and smiled: "This time when we go back, let's do it till the end, okay?"

  Wen Baiyu let out a "Pfft!" and spat it out, staring at Wan Jijinghou, then turned his head to cautiously look around and said: "You... keep your voice down!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was indeed worthy of being called the Emperor of Acting, but suddenly he revealed a very disappointed expression and said: "Can't do it? I won't force you, don't worry, from now on I will never force you to do things you don't want to do..."

  Wen Baiyu's sense of guilt suddenly soared, and he coughed, saying: "No... it's not that, I just wanted you to keep your voice down..."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's mouth suddenly curled up and he said, "So that's okay?"

  Wen Baiyu felt like she had fallen into a trap!

  Wen Baiyu rolled her throat twice and then lowered her voice: "Just do it, don't talk so much..."

  He said with a sudden laugh, laughing very slyly, saying: "Cough... cough, it's doable, but that... thing, let's just do it once each, okay?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou raised an eyebrow, as if he had heard something interesting.

  "It's only fair this way, originally... it was meant to be. Look at your face, so pretty, what a waste if not! I'm also a big shot, right? Ah!"

  He also said that Wan Qi Jing Hou had already pressed over, kissed his lips, narrowed his eyes dangerously and smiled: "Beautiful?"

  Wen Baiyu suddenly felt a chill down her spine, coughed and smiled foolishly.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou raised an eyebrow and said: "Alright, it's not like it can't be done. If you can come, then come."

  Wen Baiyu was so excited that she almost died, looking at Wan Jingshou with excitement, as if Wan Jingshou was a big piece of shiny red braised pork, and said: "Really?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "Really."

  Wen Baiyu smiled foolishly, but what made her hair stand on end and her back feel chilly was the other person's smile when they said "really".

  Wen Baiyu was smiling foolishly, and then he was kissed again by Wan Qi Jinghou. Wen Baiyu was so enchanted by the "beauty" that he became dizzy and disoriented, with a silly expression on his face. He was caressed by Wan Qi Jinghou until his whole body went soft, and unexpectedly, he climaxed again. He felt like his legs were going to go weak, this wasn't the rhythm of conserving energy at all.

  After venting, Wen Bai's eyes grew heavy and she fell asleep. Suddenly, she recalled what Wan Qi Jing Hou had said: "If you can come, then come." At that moment, she felt as though her life was hopeless, as if she had fallen into another trap...

  Wen Baiyu slept very soundly and was startled awake. When she looked outside, the sun was shining brightly. She lowered her head to look at her watch and found that it was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon!

  Wen Bai got up from the ground, surprised to find that everyone in the tent was still sleeping, not showing any signs of waking up. It didn't make sense that he overslept, but others also overslept!

  Wen Baiyu crawled out of the tent and saw Wan Qi Jinghou sitting outside, setting up a bonfire and cooking rice. A delicious aroma wafted over, making Wen Baiyu's stomach growl with hunger.

  Wen Baiyu crawled out and saw Pengzi and Shen Lin hugging their guns, sleeping soundly on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "Aren't these two on night watch? It's already afternoon, why aren't they calling everyone to get up?"

  Wan Xi Jinghou asked him to sit down, then handed him a disposable bowl with food and said: "They sucked something in, the medicine hasn't worn off yet."

  Wen Baiyu jumped in fright and said in surprise: "You mean... those people in that tent too?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded.

  Wen Baiyu was even more shocked. This was too strange. Was someone poisoning them? The environment around here was so terrible, did they want them to die on their own?

  But it's already been a whole night and morning, and apart from sleeping well, no one was hurt, not even a mosquito bite.

  Wen Baiyu was truly at his wit's end.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at him with a puzzled face and said, "Don't worry about it, let's eat first, have some more."

  "You think you're feeding pigs."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou laughed and seemed to mean it, Wen Bai Yu suddenly flared up and wanted to pounce over to bite Wan Jie Jing Hou, who pretended to be scalded by fire.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly tensed up, holding Wan Jingshou's hand and looking him up and down, asking if he was injured. However, she soon discovered that Wan Jingshou was faking it, the emperor of facial paralysis acting skills.

  Wen Baiyu ate his meal in a bad mood. Wan Kuang said, "Eat a bit more and keep your strength up. We're going to the tomb today."

  The white-robed woman's red lips curled up in surprise: "You've found the sunken ship?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head, and Wen Bai Yu felt even more mysterious, saying: "Then how did you know to go down to the grave?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou gave a deep and mysterious smile, beckoning to Wen Bai Yu with his hand. Wen Bai Yu felt like he was being teased like a little dog, but still approached him.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou wrapped his arms around his waist and lowered his voice in his ear, saying: "Someone said."

  Wen Baiyu said strangely: "Who?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said, "I won't tell you for now."

  Wen Baiyu glared with her eyes and said: "Why didn't you tell me."

  At that time, Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Because you can't hold back your temper, I'm afraid you'll make a fool of yourself."

  Wen Baiyu was speechless for a moment, and indeed she said: "Forget it, don't tell me then. I'm also afraid of doing something wrong. If I follow you, it's definitely right."

  Wan Jie Jing Hou was very satisfied with Wen Bai Yu's trust, and Wen Bai Yu listened to him say in a very mysterious low voice, "Use the enemy's plan against them."

  Wen Baiyu finished eating, and the people in the tent finally made a move. A group of people woke up with a start, then rushed out of the tent, saw Pengzi and Shen Lin lying dead, and shouted: "What the hell is going on!"

  "Night watch! How did you fall asleep?!"

  "It's already three o'clock!"

  "What's going on here?!"

  Pengzi and Shen Lin were dizzy for half a day before they came to, both of them shocked, jumping up. Pengzi shouted: "Damn it, I've been tricked! Yesterday I smelled a sweet and silky smell!"

  "But here, our equipment is intact, no one is injured, and we haven't been attacked. Why would someone want to knock us out? It doesn't make sense!"

  A man who looked like a bandit leader cursed and scolded, Wen Baiyu heard someone call him Lü Lǎodà, seemingly a small leader.

  Lü said: "Could it be that someone else wants to get into the tomb before us, so they knocked us out?"

  Pengzi said: "It shouldn't be like this, we don't even know where the tomb is, in such a desolate and remote mountain wilderness."

  Lü Lǎodà slapped his thigh and said: "Thinking about it this way, could the sunken ship be near us?"

  As soon as he said it, everyone thought it made a lot of sense and started getting excited, eager to give it a try.

  Everyone sat down and ate first, then dismantled the tent, started packing up their gear, and prepared to hit the road.

  Wen Baiyu thought of what Wan Kuang Jinghou said, "using the enemy's plan against them", and also thought about how he had previously told him to be careful with Zi Che. He couldn't help but associate these two things together. Wen Baiyu wasn't stupid either, so naturally he thought of something - there was something strange about this person Zi Che. Although he hadn't harmed them, it seemed like he had kept many things unsaid, and often spaced out, lost in thought, as if thinking about something.

  Everyone started their journey, heading deeper, although the child had been injured, but after a night, he seemed to have pulled through and was in good physical condition, having fully recovered, walking at the front, suddenly shouted: "There's something here."

  Everyone gathered around and saw a mark on the tree, which was carved on it.

  "Isn't it strange? There's actually a sign here, like a guidepost. Is it guiding us?"

  Lü said, "It's probably those people in front of us who left these behind. They'll come out again and estimate that they're leaving a mark for themselves to retreat. We'll follow these marks and we won't go wrong!"

  Pengzi is more cautious. Lao Da said that after all, he was a monk who came out halfway and had some skills. Outsiders thought it was okay, but insiders saw through him at once.

  Pengzi looked at Wan Kuang Jinghou and said: "Jingye, what do you think?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou did not refute, but just nodded his head.

  Pengzi was somewhat surprised, did Lü Laoda actually say something right?

  Only Wen Baiyu saw it, and Wan Qi Jinghou was about to make a plan, letting that person lead them into the ancient tomb.

  They didn't walk far before discovering many signs, and with these signs, there were no fierce beasts or poisonous insects on the road, so they walked very smoothly.

  Around dusk, Lü's men suddenly shouted "My darling! Where the hell have we walked to?"

  All along the way, the forest turned into a wetland, and the wetland began to dry up, and finally, it even stepped into a desert...

  In the face of wind and sand filling the sky, under the bleak dusk, it looks desolate and majestic. In the yellow sand, one by one, the broken walls and broken spears are like a chaotic burial mound.

  Lü Lǎodà spat out a mouthful of yellow sand and said: "Ptooey! I thought it was a sunken ship, but at most it's just a grave mound!"

  Wen Baiyu was also somewhat disappointed, looking at the sky which was about to darken, were they really unable to enter the tomb?

  At this moment, Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed forward, saying: "Look."

  He pointed, and the crowd looked up in surprise, only to see a huge sunken ship, half of which was already buried, with only a broken section of the hull and a snapped mast exposed.

  The sunken ship suddenly appeared, and it was just in front of them, not far away, exactly the same as the one seen in the ancient city, but this sunken ship was strange, as if floating in mid-air...

  Wen Bai looked at it in surprise again, and it was another mirage.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "It should be here, the mirage seen is refraction and reflection, but it's not necessarily a complete thing, maybe it's a new combination, the sunken ship that has been passed down, should be the composite image of this pile of ruins."

  Everyone listened and immediately became excited, the ancient tomb was likely here, so they immediately dispersed to search.

  Lü Lǎodà's man suddenly shouted: "Here! There is a thief hole here! Damn it, the people in front must have gone down already!"

  He was about to crawl in when his shoulder was suddenly pinched by someone, and it turned out to be Zi Che.

  "The little cart said: 'Don't go in yet, let's take a look at the situation first.'"

  That man impatiently waved his hand and said: "You're just a young punk who hasn't even grown all your hair yet, still daring to block my way."

  He said, quickly tied a rope around his waist, let Lü Dàgē pull the rope, and he crawled into the thief's hole.

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit tense for a moment, looking at Zi Che's face which didn't look too good, and he also didn't know if it was due to tension or the toxin not being fully cleared.

  Everyone was silent for a moment, staring at the thief's cave, waiting for news of that person.

  Wen Baiyu hooked her finger at Wan Jinghou's palm, wanting to ask him what he meant.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou suddenly grasped Wen Bai Yu's hand and said in a low voice, "Something's off, pull the rope, bring him up quickly."

  His voice was very majestic, Lao Da involuntarily trembled and then started pulling the rope.

  Lü Lǎodà pulled the rope, and suddenly felt something was off. The rope was too light, but not completely weightless, it still took some effort to pull.

  Then there was a sudden "swish" sound, and the rope was abruptly pulled up from the hole...