42 Losing ones home (1/2)

It looked like Liu Bu had been pissed off by Ren Xiaosu eating the crackers.

But in reality, Ren Xiaosu knew that even if he had not eaten the crackers, Liu Bu would still have treated him with the same bad attitude. Ren Xiaosu had already expected to not be given any of the convoy's food. However, he was surprised at how upfront they were about it.

It was better this way, honestly. Ren Xiaosu was quite relaxed about it. This way, he would not have anything to worry about. And he had been prepared for the current situation.

He turned around and walked to the forest, but Liu Bu asked in panic, ”Where are you going? If you run away now, you'll never be able to return to the town at Stronghold 113!”

If Ren Xiaosu were to leave, they would have wasted their time again today. Without a guide, it would be impossible for them to pass through this forest and find their way to the Jing Mountains.

It had to be said that Ren Xiaosu was fairly impressed by these people. It took another five days to get to the Jing Mountains from here. Last time, they were fortunate to have lost their way early on and eventually found their way out of the forest. If they had walked for another few days and gone deeper, they would probably not have been able to get out.

It would not just be a waste of a day if that happened. These important people who were used to living comfortably in the stronghold had not yet realized whose territory they were in...

Of course, Ren Xiaosu understood that people were suspect to cognitive inertia. It was not as though the important people in the stronghold had only just started despising the refugees. As such, it should be expected for them to be unable to change their mindset so soon into the expedition.

Ren Xiaosu turned around and grinned. ”I'm just going to look for something to eat. What are you panicking for?”

”I wasn't panicking.” Liu Bu explained in embarrassment, ”I just wanted to remind you that the previous guide died around this area. Don't follow in his footsteps by somehow dying in this place and wasting our time.”

The previous guide had brought them here and then led them the wrong way forward. In the end, when everyone felt that they had been going in the wrong direction after walking for several days, they decided to return back to the Yun Range. However, that guide suffered an unfortunate end in the morning when he went to the river to wash his face.

As they were talking, a band member exclaimed, ”There's some animal tracks on your side of the ground!”

Ren Xiaosu frowned. What wild animals could be here? Very few wild animals would live at the edge of the forest. Besides, when humans started constructing the strongholds, the larger beasts were shut out on the outside of the stronghold's perimeter. Very few large beasts could get through the defenses on the outside of the stronghold perimeter and get into the zone around Stronghold 113. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

Like the wolves that had attacked the factory, such examples were rare.

Everyone went over to see what the animal tracks on the ground looked like. The soldiers were unconcerned. What was there to be afraid of when they had guns with them?

But when they saw the tracks, they were all stunned. The animal tracks continued all the way into the forest, and each footprint looked about half the size of a person's head.

When the soldiers saw this, all of them immediately raised their guns and nervously aimed into the depths of the forest. For some reason, the troops of the private army suddenly felt unsafe even with their guns.

”We didn't see these tracks when we were here last time, right?” someone said in a trembling voice.

”No.” Someone shook their head.

When Ren Xiaosu observed the tracks, he knew exactly what kind of animal it was and felt relieved.

Then he gazed at the clearing where the band was going to set up camp. He immediately noticed some garbage that was left behind by the group the previous time they were here. There were a lot of food scraps still lying around on the ground. He said in a serious tone, ”It's a bear. It was attracted to the food scraps that y'all left behind the last time.”

Liu Bu said with a doubt, ”Nonsense! Do you think I've not seen what a bear's paws look like?”