54 The escape (2/2)

To survive in the wilderness, they had to understand that the more beautiful a snake looked, the more dangerous was. The prettier the mushrooms looked, the more poisonous they were. The more gorgeous spiders looked, the deadlier they were.

So Ren Xiaosu naturally had some resistance towards beautiful things. He categorized the beauty of this wilderness as alluringly dangerous.

Everyone had already gotten out of their vehicles. Ren Xiaosu looked around and found that Xu Xianchu had indeed survived, as he was the first to react. But to his surprise, Liu Bu survived as well.

Ren Xiaosu did not hope Liu Bu would die, but he was a little puzzled. How did a timid person like him manage to survive when he all could do was shout and scream after getting scared?

Luo Xinyu also managed to survive. Ren Xiaosu remembered that Luo Xinyu had immediately gone to Xu Xianchu after the face bugs appeared. It was probably under Xu Xianchu's lead that she was fortunate enough to escape.

Xu Xianchu looked solemn as he counted the number of people. ”We only have 11 people left.”

When they came here, there was a total of 20 people. But now, only 11 of them remained, and they had not even reached the Jing Mountains yet. From here on out, they might face even more danger. It was difficult to say how many people could make it out of the Jing Mountains.

”I said that we should all head back, but you people still insisted on entering the canyon. That supernatural being cautioned us, so why couldn't you just heed the warning?” Liu Bu grumbled.

”Shut up,” Luo Xinyu said coldly.

Liu Bu seemed to have regained his courage at this time and even mocked his boss, Luo Xinyu. ”I told you not to risk our lives by venturing outside the stronghold. Why didn't you listen to me? Are you satisfied now?”

Luo Xinyu was livid. ”You were the one who readily agreed when I brought it up!”

”Would I dare disagree with you?” Liu Bu rebuked.

Xu Xianchu frowned as he looked at Liu Bu and said, ”What's the use of saying all this now? Do you want to go back and find the wolves? We were also forced to enter inside the canyon. Everyone is lucky to have survived, so stop arguing already. The most important thing for us now is to work together to overcome this difficult situation!”

Liu Bu and Luo Xinyu both kept quiet. Ren Xiaosu felt that he had to find another way out as he realized the team was falling apart. Any mention of ”working together” now was empty talk.

They could not keep driving. No one had expected the vegetation here to get as dense as a subtropical rain forest, which made driving through impossible.

”Let's get some rest first,” Xu Xianchu said wearily. They had yet to sleep soundly this entire evening as danger after danger kept coming at them. Everyone was on the verge of collapse at this point.

Ren Xiaosu pretended to be thoroughly exhausted as he sat on the ground far away from the woods. Not only did everyone have no food at this moment, but they also had no tents and blankets.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly regretted that he had forgotten to bring the rat carcass with him. He wondered if a face bug would turn into a ratface bug if it ate the rat carcass.

It did not seem so bad once he thought of it that way. In fact, he was even looking forward to finding out if that would really happen.

”Sir.” Luo Xinyu looked at Xu Xianchu and asked, ”What exactly is the mission that requires you to go into the Jing Mountains?”

Ren Xiaosu looked at Xu Xianchu. This was also a question he had.

Xu Xianchu hesitated for a moment but still did not tell them what he knew. However, Ren Xiaosu realized that Xu Xianchu had something on his mind.