1262 Disturbance (1/2)

The light of the camp got farther and farther away. After he passed a small honeycomb-like sand dune, it finally disappeared.

Zhang Zian was worried that someone would get up in the middle of the night and see him leaving the camp. He had been walking barefoot in the dark. Now, he could finally use his flashlight, but even so, Fina's footprints were difficult to spot.

Her stride was sometimes long, sometimes short. It was long when walking straight, but rather short when turning. Sometimes, she would jump to the side, as if avoiding something.

In general, her footprints coincided with Peter Lee's squad car prints on the ground. This meant that they were all heading into the depths of the Devil's Sea.

Zhang Zian judged that Fina had not gone far and decided not to drive. Driving would make it harder to track her and likely wake up the other members of the expedition team.

Fina might have been to the Devil's Sea before, but 2,000 years had since passed, and it was now a strange place to her. Thus, she proceeded with caution and did not move too fast.

Famous walked in the front, and the other elfins fanned out to expand the search area.

He simply told the rest about Fina's disappearance without giving too much detail. He also said that she had been behaving abnormally recently, including eating and drinking a lot. Perhaps she was storing fat in her body like a camel.

Old Time Tea sighed a little. ”Fina is stubborn. What she wants to do, she will get done immediately.”

”That's okay, but she should at least mention it to us and not leave quietly. Won't her actions simply make us worry more about her?” asked Zhang Zian. His flashlight was shining only on his feet. The elfins didn't need the lighting.

”I would definitely not sit around to wait for her. However, according to the Bedouin guide, the Devil's Sea is a dangerous place. You will not want to be involved in the danger,” said Old Time Tea.

Old Time Tea seemed to be able to understand Fina's train of thought very well. Everyone could picture Fina saying this. ”This is my own business. What business do you have getting yourself involved?”

”It is dangerous... Yet how come I do not see any danger?” He used his flashlight to illuminate the surroundings. He couldn't care less about Nabari's warning.

At night, dead branches that struggled to come out of the ground were like ghosts' claws scratching the landscape. Miniature whirlwinds whispered and blew, and dust that rolled up often got in his eyes. The scene reminded him of horror flicks he'd seen. If he had to walk through here alone, he would probably feel very afraid. However, with the elfins around and talking merrily, he did not feel that afraid.

Besides, Vladimir couldn't wait for ghosts to come out so he could fight them.

He prayed hard that ghosts did not appear, for he would worry about his own safety if they did.

A sudden sound startled Zhang Zian. Everyone looked at him, as the sound seemed to have come from him.

He groped his body and touched the walkie-talkie at his waist. It seemed to be coming from the walkie-talkie.

Who was talking? The research team? Peter Lee's team?

The latter was unlikely because it was reasonable to say that they had driven far away, out of the coverage of the walkie-talkie. This was, of course, unless they headed back to camp.

He took off the set off his waist and put it next to his ear.

He was not sure if he was far enough away from the camp and didn't want to wake up the expedition team. Thus, he didn't speak, just listened silently.

There was another sharp whistle.