78 No retrea (1/2)

If they could not retreat, they had to go forward.

It seemed like Ren Xiaosu, Xu Xianchu, and Yang Xiaojin were the most interested in the secret of the Jing Mountains. Luo Xinyu, Liu Bu, and Wang Lei were different. They only hoped to quickly join up with those from the Qing Consortium!

Regardless of the secret, they would only have a chance of survival if they headed somewhere with a lot of people!

They had seen the Qing Consortium's combat brigade in Stronghold 113 before, and the private troops definitely paled in comparison. So they believed they would be safe once they joined up with them.

And besides, both Luo Xinyu and Liu Bu could say that they were on good terms with the Qing Consortium. Although they were not particularly close, they had met Boss Luo on several occasions.

Therefore, if they brought up Boss Luo's name and made known their identities when the time came, they would immediately get returned to ”human civilization.”

To them, the wilderness was a world that belonged to the beasts.

There was also another point. As they almost had an encounter with the mysterious monster of the forest last night, they wanted to quickly get out of this place before it got dark again.

Worried about the monster, Ren Xiaosu tried his best to travel in the open areas of the mountains instead of going through the forest.

Who knew if that monster would be active during the day? It was not as though it had personally informed them that it wouldn't venture out in the day! What if it just liked being a night owl and was actually not afraid of daylight? What if its daily routine had been messed up today?

No one knew for sure!

Their cave was about several dozen kilometers away from the sound of the explosion in the Jing Mountains. If they hurried up, they could reach the range by evening.

Of course, Ren Xiaosu was also afraid of any potential accidents. He held a discussion with Xu Xianchu and Yang Xiaojin. ”We can't only consider the straight line distance of the route in the mountains. We have to account for the winding paths that we might need to take. We may need to walk for several more days based on the distance that we worked out before we can get there.”

”What do you mean?” Xu Xianchu asked.

”If we can't get there by today, we must not take the risk of traveling through the night.” Ren Xiaosu said firmly, ”If y'all insist on it, I'll find a place by myself and wait until dawn.”

Xu Xianchu thought for a moment and said, ”I agree. We won't travel through the night.”

Xu Xianchu and Ren Xiaosu looked over to Yang Xiaojin, and she said, ”I agree.”

”Let's hope the journey won't be too difficult,” Ren Xiaosu said.

Nobody knew where Luo Xinyu and Liu Bu found their strength from for today's march. They had just burst the blisters on their feet last night by picking at them. But with the intensity of walking to be done today, the skin on their soles would probably be torn off by the time they were finished.

Seeing this, Ren Xiaosu teased them by suggesting that they could rest for the day. However, Liu Bu stated matter-of-factly that he was fine with carrying on.

As Liu Bu, Luo Xinyu, and Wang Lei were just normal people, it was obvious they had unleashed their greatest potential due to their desire to survive.

Suddenly, Xu Xianchu said, ”There's a human body up front.”

Ren Xiaosu looked up and spotted a human body lying quietly in the middle of the valley of the mountain pass. But what surprised him was that there were scattered pieces of clothing lying next to the nearly skeletal remains of the body. The blood had dried into a dark purple patch on the rocky ground.

Ren Xiaosu said in bewilderment, ”Since there's still flesh and blood and no decomposition, it means that this person died not too long ago!” 'Wait a minute, why would a relatively fresh human corpse appear here?' ”Could it be someone from the Qing Consortium?”

”No.” Xu Xianchu shook his head and said, ”Look at what he was wearing. That's the uniform of the private army. The uniform of the private army is dark blue while the Qing Consortium's uniform is black.”