By the time the group arrived at the foot of Mt. Shenchi, it was already the morning of the fourth day since they set off from the black market. In order to deal with the strange Mt. Shenchi, everyone had a good night's rest.
During this period, the monster that attacked the campsite at night did not appear again. It seemed that the appearance of "Old Xu" had also made it feel that its life was in danger, so it temporarily gave up on the sneak attack.
However, Ren Xiaosu felt that the monster would come again. If he were to put himself in the monster's shoes and think about it, if someone killed his pet, he would definitely fight to the death with them for a while.
However, Ren Xiaosu thought about it and realized it was impossible for him to have a pet. Anything that could be eaten would have already gone into his stomach.
This could be considered the influence of his many years as a refugee. People like him would most likely not have any pets. Even the Potato Shooter, an offensive plant given to him by the palace, had been turned into food by him, so why would he need a pet?
In the past, when Yan Liuyuan was young, he had asked Ren Xiaosu if he was afraid of snakes. Ren Xiaosu said he was afraid because snakes were not fresh.
At that time, Ren Xiaosu loved winter the most because it was not dangerous to hunt snakes during that time.
Mt. Shenchi was indeed as strange as Big Bluff had said. The entire mountain seemed to be shrouded in clouds as if it was in another world.
It was only then that Cheng Yu could confirm that at least Big Bluff had been to the periphery of the Sacred Mountains before. After all, many of the guides in the black market liked to scam people. It did not matter if they had been there before or not. As long as there was money to be made, they would "go" there.
Before entering the mountain, Cheng Yu got his assistant to bring them a 200-meter-long rope and arranged for everyone to tie it around their wrists.
At first, everyone was worried if it would affect their movements. But when they realized it was not too much of a hindrance, they felt relieved.
Cheng Yu smiled and said, "The rope between everyone is still two to three meters long. This distance is very wide. Even if we encounter danger, we won't be implicated because of other people's movements. There'll always be time to untie the rope."
Everyone agreed. It was only when Ren Xiaosu continued to move forward and jump rope …
This time, Ren Xiaosu didn't need to prepare the rope himself. He untied the rope in his hand and asked Yang Xiaojin to help him shake the rope.
After entering the mountain, the visibility between them was only about five meters. Cheng Yu suddenly felt the rope tied to his hand swaying. He turned around and saw that Ren Xiaosu had jumped up without him noticing …
This time, Ren Xiaosu had tied one end of the rope to Cheng Yu's hand and the other end to Yang Xiaojin's hand. When Yang Xiaojin swung the rope, it would also move his arm.
This made Cheng Yu suddenly feel a strange sense of participation …
Gou Dan, he didn't want to participate in this kind of thing!
Cheng Yu shouted at Ren Xiaosu, "Why are you jumping rope in a place like this?!"
Seeing that Mt. Shenchi was shrouded in fog, and no one knew what dangerous creatures would jump out of nowhere, everyone was feeling nervous. Yet, someone was jumping while moving forward. It was as strange as it could get.
When Ren Xiaosu heard Cheng Yu's roar, he frowned and said, "What are you roaring for? Just do your thing. It's fine for me to jump."
Cheng Yu was on the verge of breaking down, yet the other party still calmly asked him what he was roaring for … and even frowned in displeasure …
In the past, Cheng Yu would definitely have beaten him up. However, when he thought that the other party might be Luo Lan's backer and that he might not be able to defeat him, he gradually calmed down.
But who would treat such a lunatic as a backer!? And the lady behind him, why were you so cooperative in asking for the rope for him!?
Ren Xiaosu stopped and asked in his mind, "How's the completion of the mission?"
"Perfect!"
Ren Xiaosu heaved a sigh of relief. He had been a little worried that the others wouldn't be able to see him jumping rope due to the thick fog, which would affect the completion of the mission.
As Big Bluff led them through the mountains, Cheng Yu placed at least half of his attention on him. He wanted to see what the other party was relying on to lead them out of Mt. Shenchi.
As he walked, he heard Big Bluff mumble, "150 steps to the left …"
Cheng Yu silently counted the Great Hoodwinker's steps. When he reached 150 steps, he saw the Great Hoodwinker come up to a boulder. Then he muttered again, "370 steps to the right …"
In his astonishment, Cheng Yu realized that the other party was relying on such a stupid method of memorizing the markings before moving forward. However, to walk out of Mt. Shenchi, he would probably have to walk more than a hundred thousand steps. He could even remember that?
At that moment, the group behind him gradually came to a stop.
Cheng Yu asked loudly, "What's going on behind us? Why did we stop? "
His voice could only reach the middle of the group. The person in the middle replied, "We can't see what's going on either. We don't know why we stopped."
This time, everyone stopped talking. They wanted to hear how the person at the back of the group would respond.
However, amidst the silence, Ren Xiaosu suddenly heard a dense and strange sound coming from the white fog outside. It sounded like there were joints knocking against the ground, but it also sounded like there were countless bugs rapidly marching.
"It can't be the face bugs, right?" An ominous premonition rose in Ren Xiaosu's heart. This sound was extremely similar to the time when they encountered the face bugs. Furthermore, both places were the legendary Holiness Manifestation Grounds.
Suddenly, a tragic cry rang out in the mountains. Almost at the same time, Luo Lan, Zhou Qi, Ren Xiaosu, Cheng Yu, and Song Qiao all looked towards the source of the sound.
However, the fog was too thick. No one could see what was happening.
They could only feel that the ropes in the fog were getting tighter. Furthermore, they were shaking violently, as if a group of people were struggling non-stop.
Slowly, the ropes became a straight line. Song Qiao, who was behind Yang Xiaojin, suddenly had his arms pulled straight by the ropes. His entire body was like a cross as he was pulled tightly by Yang Xiaojin and another person.
Ren Xiaosu immediately rushed to Song Qiao's side and used his dagger to cut the ropes. Immediately after, the broken ropes were pulled into the white fog!
He quickly untied the ropes on Yang Xiaojin's hands and firmly protected Yang Xiaojin behind him. As for Luo Lan and Zhou Qi, they had already untied their own ropes and were hiding behind Ren Xiaosu.
At that moment, Cheng Yu finally confirmed that the reason Luo Lan dared to sleep soundly in the campsite without anyone keeping watch was because he had met Ren Xiaosu.
A person's first reaction in the face of danger would definitely not be wrong!
Ren Xiaosu and the others stood quietly where they were. From time to time, roars and screams could be heard coming from the white fog. There were also some vague silhouettes appearing in the white fog.
"There are supernatural beings fighting," Cheng Yu said.
However, among the remaining dozen or so people, none of them wanted to go and rescue them.
They were a group with their own ulterior motives to begin with, so who would be willing to dive into the fog to rescue others?
Only Song Qiao was more anxious because his assistant was still in the fog!
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