When everyone saw these two lines of words, the atmosphere in the cave dropped to a freezing point.
After entering the forest today, no one actually encountered any danger. Other than being very tired from not sleeping all night, nothing else strange happened.
This gave everyone the illusion that this place was safer than the canyon and the journey before this. They had almost forgotten about the warning that no living people were allowed to enter the canyon.
But at this moment, they all remembered.
The missing corpse of Xu Xia, the terrifying face bugs, and the warning that no living people were allowed to enter the canyon.
"Did anyone go missing along the way?" Xu Xianchu's first reaction was to do a headcount and found that no one was missing.
"Could this be a prank carved here by someone?" Liu Bu wondered. "There aren't any signs of a fight in this cave, and we didn't even see a single beast or human skeleton along the way."
Wait a minute. Liu Bu's words woke Ren Xiaosu up. In fact, this was the strangest thing. Usually, there would be animal skeletons in the forest, be it birds, snakes, or larger beasts. This was a very common occurrence.
But the strangest thing about this forest was that Ren Xiaosu did not see any skeletons at all. He only saw the rat he had just abandoned.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu even wanted to turn around and confirm if the rat's skeleton had also disappeared. After all, it had only been a short time since it was abandoned. Maybe it was just a skeleton when he went to check in the morning, but it had already disappeared by now.
Just like Xu Xia and the fish bones.
There was actually a creepy secret hidden in this huge forest. A soldier asked, "It looks like a group of people have been here in the past year, and there were quite a few of them. But we don't have many people from Stronghold 113 coming to the mountains."
"Maybe it was the people from Stronghold 112 who wanted to come to our stronghold, but an accident happened." Xu Xianchu carefully recalled and said, "But we're all the lowest ranking soldiers in the private army, so we don't know who was here."
Xu Xianchu was right. They were the most marginalized people in the private army, so why would the higher-ups tell them anything they knew?
Someone said, "Could it be that we were sent here because something happened to this group of people, and the stronghold's higher-ups found out about it? As such, they sent us here to investigate. If this group of people brought a satellite phone with them, they should be able to transmit information back to the stronghold, right?"
This was the first time Ren Xiaosu had heard of the term satellite phone. Mr Zhang had never mentioned it before.
There was a time when he thought there should be some form of communication between the strongholds, but he did not know how they communicated with each other. From the looks of it, it should be satellite phones, right?
Ren Xiaosu asked Yang Xiaojin in a low voice, "What is a satellite phone? I heard from Mr. Zhang that there are phones in the stronghold, but what's a satellite phone? "
Yang Xiaojin glanced at him and said, "Humans have taken over several satellites from before The Cataclysm. They allow us to maintain communication between the various strongholds."
Someone said angrily, "If the higher-ups know they've gone missing, they're clearly sending us here to our deaths. Are they trying to use human lives to verify the authenticity of the information? If we die here, it means there's really danger here. It's no wonder they didn't even equip us with satellite phones this time. It looks like they're trying to minimize their losses. Are our lives not worth as much as the satellite phones? "
Xu Xianchu glanced at him. "Don't make wild guesses just because you got some information. Your guesses aren't logical either."
Actually, the soldier was no longer speaking logically due to his fear. Therefore, Xu Xianchu did not agree with his guess. Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu looked carefully at the two lines of words. "What did he use to carve these words on the cave wall? It should be something like a bayonet. Normal people wouldn't be able to carve such a deep mark with anything they carry around. "
Xu Xianchu nodded. "It should be the private troops from Stronghold 112." He turned around and said to everyone, "Get a good rest tonight. If you want to go out at night to relieve your physiological needs, you must travel in groups of three or more."
This arrangement was to prevent situations like them going "missing" for no reason. Even if they encountered danger, it would be impossible for the three of them to not be able to call for help, right?
Xu Xianchu continued, "And someone must take turns keeping watch tonight. How about this? I'll take the first shift, and the others will take turns later. The girls won't have to do it."
Ren Xiaosu agreed with this arrangement, but there was not much point in keeping watch at night. That was because he not only had to guard against the dangers outside, but he also had to guard against the dangers within the group.
After all, he and Yang Xiaojin had just stolen a private soldier's gun. It was very possible that the other party would ambush them in the middle of the night.
But Yang Xiaojin said to Ren Xiaosu, "You keep watch for the first half of the night, and I'll keep watch for the second half."
"OK." Ren Xiaosu nodded. There was another basis for their temporary alliance, and that was that there was no need for the two of them to harm each other.
"I'm going out for a while," Yang Xiaojin said.
Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, 'Aren't you afraid that something might happen?' "Should I go with you?"
Yang Xiaojin paused for a long time before saying in a low voice, "There's no need."
Ren Xiaosu was a little puzzled. Wasn't this girl a little too bold? What was she relying on?
Next to him, Luo Xinyu stood up and said, "I'll go with you." She then turned her head and glanced at Ren Xiaosu. "You really don't know anything."
Ren Xiaosu immediately felt his face burning. Only now did he realize what was going on!
The two girls braved the rain and went outside. Xu Xianchu glanced at them but did not say anything.
Someone from the private troops whispered sarcastically, "It'd be such a pity if those two girls went missing."
But less than five minutes later, Yang Xiaojin and Luo Xinyu returned to the cave as though nothing had happened.
What was going on? Could it be that the so-called "strange shadow" in the forest did not target their group?
When two of the private troops saw this, they also stood up. "Let's go relieve ourselves too. We can't hold it in any longer."
The few of them actually let the two girls scout the way before they dared to go out themselves. Moreover, the two of them were so scared that they nearly peed their pants. They had no choice but to stop peeing.
In fact, they had planned to pee in the cave. But since Yang Xiaojin and Luo Xinyu were fine as well, they could only muster up their courage and go out.
Xu Xianchu nodded and said, "Go and come back quickly. Don't waste time smoking outside."
"Don't worry." The two soldiers put on their clothes and went out.
As Ren Xiaosu ate his chocolate, he watched Yang Xiaojin wipe the rain off her body in the cave. He asked curiously, "Did y 'all encounter any accidents?"
"No," Yang Xiaojin answered briefly.
Someone started a campfire in the cave. After everyone threw the pine cones into the fire, they started squeezing the pine needles and licking the sap inside to quench their thirst.
The pine cones crackled in the fire, and the warmth of the campfire was transmitted to everyone. Everyone felt like they had come back to life.
But Xu Xianchu suddenly looked outside the cave. "Why aren't the two of them back yet?!"
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