"Wait?" Luo Lan was stunned when he heard Ren Xiaosu's words. "Didn't they say they captured the No. 001 Experimental? Why did it become Liuyuan instead?"
Ren Xiaosu gave him a look. "This is a secret because I'm guessing Liuyuan might be the No. 001 Experimental. As for why I'm guessing, I can't say it before I confirm it."
Then Ren Xiaosu looked at Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi immediately said unhappily, "I'm also very tight-lipped, alright? Don't worry, you and that maidservant of yours saved our lives in Stronghold 61. I'm well aware of this debt of gratitude."
When he said that, Ren Xiaosu felt the temperature around him drop by two degrees.
He quickly changed the topic. "That's why I'm going to save Liuyuan this time. Actually, there's no need for y 'all to put yourselves in danger with me. It's enough to have these people standing in front of us."
"That won't do." Luo Lan said righteously, "The Pyro Company has gone too far. How could they capture such a cute Little Liuyuan? We can't tolerate this. We have to turn their Sacred Mountains upside down!"
Ren Xiaosu looked at the night sky outside and wondered how Liuyuan was doing. If the person the Pyro Company had captured this time was really Liuyuan, he would probably turn this place upside down.
"Young Marshal, what are you thinking about?" Big Bluff asked.
"I'm thinking how great it would be if I could find Yan Liuyuan successfully. When the time comes, I can bring him back to the Northwest with me and live a good life there. I won't have to get involved in the affairs of the Central Plains anymore," Ren Xiaosu said with a sigh. These were his heartfelt words. Right now, he yearned for peace.
But when Big Bluff heard this, his eyes lit up. "Young Marshal, are you serious?"
Ren Xiaosu saw Big Bluff get up and walk out in surprise. "Where are you going?"
"I'll send out a signal to inform the Northwest Army to flatten this Sacred Mountain and help Young Marshal find your brother!" Big Bluff said firmly.
Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Alright, alright, what are we doing now? I wonder how long we'll have to wait for the troops from Fortress 178 to arrive."
"Hehe, I'm just expressing our stance on behalf of Fortress 178," Big Bluff said with a smile.
Nothing happened that night, but the next morning, Ren Xiaosu was awakened by the screams of someone in the camp.
He crawled out of the tent and was surprised to see a woman standing at the entrance of someone's tent. She was pointing at a statue on the grass and exclaiming, "Look, why is there a statue in front of this tent? I remember that the shrine was smashed yesterday, right? "
Ren Xiaosu walked closer to have a look. He asked Luo Lan, "You were the one who smashed the shrine yesterday. Do you still remember?"
"Yes." Luo Lan nodded and said, "I only kicked over the shrine on the outside, but the statue inside was not damaged. However, after the shrine fell over, a lot of bugs crawled out of it, so no one paid attention to the statue anymore."
"Is this the same statue from yesterday?" Cheng Yu squatted in front of the statue and carefully sized it up. "I think it's true. Look, there are some broken horns on it. They were probably left behind when Luo Lan knocked over the shrine yesterday. But why would this statue appear here?"
Cheng Yu turned around and looked at the tent behind him. The tent's flaps were sealed with a zipper, but with such a loud commotion outside, the person inside was not woken up?
He reached out and pulled down the flaps. However, Cheng Yu's expression changed, and he could not help but take two steps back.
The person in the tent had died at some point in time. The two streaks of blood and tears on his face were almost identical to the person who had died yesterday. However, what was different today was that the unknown bugs were still moving around in the dead person's eyes and nostrils. There seemed to be something wriggling under the skin of this person's face.
Cheng Yu turned around to look at the statue in bewilderment. At this moment, the statue looked like it was smiling at the dead person in the tent. It was extremely strange!
No one knew why this statue had followed them to the campsite. After all, they were several kilometers away from the shrine.
This time, everyone's hair stood on end. No one could explain what was going on.
After the shrine was knocked over yesterday, everyone had breathed a sigh of relief. But now, they realized they had underestimated the situation.
When the woman who had discovered the shrine in the morning saw the dead person in the tent, she covered her mouth and started crying. It was obvious that this man and woman knew each other. Judging from the woman's heartache, they were probably a couple.
Off to the side, Song Qiao said, "This person was also planning to touch the shrine yesterday, but he was a step too late. Could it be that the statue wants to kill everyone who disrespects it?"
Luo Lan sneered, "Then it should have come to me first. I've already knocked over its shrine, so why didn't it come to take revenge on me? Don't always link these matters to metaphysics. In my opinion, there might even be spies from the Pyro Company in our group. Someone is trying to make us live in fear every day and tire us out! "
Luo Lan's words were not without reason. Once a person lived in fear for an extended period of time, they would even lose their ability to think normally. In the end, they would only end up as meat on the chopping block.
"But weren't the bugs burned to death yesterday? Where did these bugs come from? And look, there's even insect repellent next to his tent. These bugs are actually not afraid of it," Cheng Yu wondered.
"It's useless to think about that now." Luo Lan sneered, "I'll smash this statue to pieces right now. Let's see who can still use it to fool around."
With that, Luo Lan picked up a huge rock and smashed it at the statue. With a loud crash, both the rock and the statue shattered.
However, someone exclaimed, "Look, there's a skeleton hidden inside the statue!"
Luo Lan crouched down to take a look. This person was right. There was indeed a white skeleton behind the statue that had also been smashed to pieces.
"This statue is probably made of human flesh. It seems like someone specifically made it this way. The child's skeleton inside the statue is the so-called sacrifice used as a medium for the so-called god to perform a Seance." Next to him, Wang Yun said, "I've read about it in a book before, but I can't really remember what happened after reading it for so long."
Luo Lan sneered, "You can't remember, or you don't want to talk about it?"
Wang Yun clearly had a photographic memory. Since the other party had explained the use of such a strange thing, how could he not know its origin?
While everyone was discussing, Luo Lan looked at Ren Xiaosu, who was frowning. "What's the matter? Did you discover anything?"
"No." Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "I'm just worried that since someone can move a stone statue into the campsite without anyone noticing, they might be able to kill people without anyone noticing."
Therefore, what Ren Xiaosu was most concerned about was that even he did not know how the statue had gotten into the campsite.
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