Seeing that he could not turn back, Liu Bu said to Ren Xiaosu, "You sit in the back of the pickup truck by yourself. Cheng Donghang, you sit in the car." He sneered and said, "Since you said you didn't lead us the wrong way, you'll have to face the danger yourself."
At this point, he could not care less about whether Ren Xiaosu would eat the biscuits or not. After all, no one wanted to die. Besides, compared to being eaten, life and death were obviously more important.
Ren Xiaosu ignored him and walked over to check on Xu Xia's injury. He removed Xu Xia's hand from his neck and was surprised to see a long stinger on his neck. Ren Xiaosu recognized it at a glance. It was a hornet!
He quietly pulled out the stinger with his back to the people behind him because he did not want the others to know how Xu Xia had died. The atmosphere in the group was getting weirder and weirder. Sometimes, it was more beneficial for him as a "guide" to make this group afraid of the wilderness. Ren Xiaosu had never considered himself a good person, nor was he obliged to tell the others everything. His own survival was the most important thing.
However, Ren Xiaosu heaved a sigh of relief. As long as it was not some mysterious species attacking them, everything was fine. In fact, he was also shocked just now.
According to Ren Xiaosu's deduction, a hornet might have stayed in the back of the pickup truck, and the sound of Xu Xia climbing up the truck startled the hornet. As a result, the hornet stung him.
However, he did not expect a hornet's sting to be so fatal. Was it suffocation caused by the swelling of the neck? No, no, that couldn't be right. If it was suffocation, it would not have taken more than 10 seconds to kill him. It would have taken at least some time. It looked like the problem was with the hornet venom.
Ren Xiaosu had also been stung by a hornet when he was young, but only half of his face was swollen for a few days. He did not die.
The wilderness was getting more and more dangerous.
Sometimes, Ren Xiaosu would feel very conflicted. On the one hand, he was attracted by the mysterious wilderness and wanted to know its secrets. On the other hand, he knew very well that he might die if he was too curious.
Humans are multifaceted, and their thoughts are always complicated. This is what it means to be human.
The shadow of death shrouded the entire convoy, and the most relaxed person in the convoy now was Ren Xiaosu. Xu Xianchu came to check on his wound, but he could only see a red dot on his neck. Ren Xiaosu observed everyone's reaction. Yang Xiaojin also pretended to check on Xu Xia's wound by accident. In the end, Yang Xiaojin also frowned.
Only Ren Xiaosu knew that Xu Xia had only been stung by an evolved wasp in the wilderness …
"What about Xu Xia's body? We can't just leave his corpse in the wilderness, right? "someone said.
"What else can we do?" Liu Bu frowned. He had planned to dump Xu Xia here, but it would take some time to bury him. He did not want to stay in this godforsaken place any longer than necessary.
Luo Xinyu said, "Put him in the back of the pickup truck. Let's leave here first and bury him in a suitable place."
As the leader of the band, what would the others think of her if she left Xu Xia behind? If word of this got out, it would be a stain on her reputation.
When Liu Bu heard that, he immediately said, "Ren Xiaosu, carry Xu Xia into the back of the pickup truck. You'll sit in the back as well!"
Ren Xiaosu did not have any objections. He had not eaten any biscuits for more than a day, and he missed them quite a bit.
As for staying with the corpse, he did not feel any psychological pressure at all. He was not afraid of the many corpses left behind when the wolves attacked the factory.
The people in the stronghold were in awe of death, but Ren Xiaosu only had respect for it. He did not fear it at all.
The convoy set off again. Ren Xiaosu sat in the back of the pickup truck while eating biscuits and drinking bottled water. He muttered to Xu Xia, "Why did y 'all have to come out here for no reason? Well, you're dead, aren't you?"
"Hey, what do you think it's like inside the stronghold? Many of us outside are starving to death, yet y 'all are still in the mood to listen to songs and praise celebrities."
"Even if y 'all transport the pork inside, we won't be able to eat it either."
Ren Xiaosu was purely doing this because he had nothing better to do. But the two buddies in the driver's and passenger's seats of the pickup truck did not think so. When they suddenly heard Ren Xiaosu's voice on the road, the driver's scalp went numb. He asked his buddy in the passenger's seat, "Who's he talking to?!"
"I … I don't know either. He's probably talking to himself …."
"Do you think there's something wrong with his head …."
That night, the convoy could not find a particularly suitable place to set up camp and could only barely find a small clearing. No one was in the mood to chat and brag today. All that was left was silence.
The next morning, Ren Xiaosu got up and stretched. He did not go out to look for food last night. After all, he had eaten so many biscuits that he was almost stuffed.
The chocolates were originally placed in the back of the pickup truck as well. However, Liu Bu was alert enough to carry the box of chocolates into his own vehicle. As there was no space in their vehicle to store the box of chocolates, Liu Bu ended up carrying it around the entire afternoon.
Ren Xiaosu's plan was very good. There was no need for him to eat breakfast in the morning. After the convoy set off, he could eat whatever he wanted in the back of the pickup truck.
But at this moment, he heard a scream. He immediately turned his head and looked in the direction of the pickup truck. A soldier shouted, "Where's that Xu Xia's body? Have any of you seen his body? "
Everyone was stunned on the spot. "Wasn't he in the truck?"
"The body's gone!"
This time, Ren Xiaosu's scalp went numb!
What was going on? The body was placed properly in the back of the truck, so how could it have gone missing?
A normal adult man weighed between 140 to 180 kilograms, so it would be very strenuous for a person to carry a body. It was impossible for there to be no movement at all.
There were so many people present, so how could no one have heard the noise? Who could have moved Xu Xia's body?
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly remembered the fish bones and meat he had thrown away. It seemed to have disappeared in the same way. There were no traces of it, so there was no way he could tell what had done it.
At that time, he guessed it was ants. But surely it couldn't be ants this time. No matter how much ants evolved, they couldn't possibly move such a large body in one night.
Right now, Ren Xiaosu was also shrouded in a shadow. He frowned and thought, 'What on earth could have done this?'
Liu Bu looked at Xu Xianchu, trembling all over. "Sir, let's go back. This is too strange."
Xu Xianchu held his gun and looked outside, on guard. "I'm as scared as you are, but we definitely can't go back without completing our mission. From now on, we can only be refugees. If we can't go back, none of you can either."
"But this forest is really too strange!" Liu Bu was on the verge of tears.
"All of you, get in the truck and get out of this godforsaken place!" Xu Xianchu roared.
From this moment on, Ren Xiaosu kept holding the bone knife in his hand. His mind was completely active as he kept his guard up against any incoming danger.
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