Chapter 2447: Mutual Suspicion
Chi Cai caught up with the three young men and asked them about it, but they said they hadn't run into any other Players. They had been traveling together the entire time.
"Could he have gone looking for someone else?" Yang Tian said. "He worked closely with that man with the pierced eyebrow when they were hunting me. They wouldn't fall out that easily."
Whether or not that was the case, Chi Cai decided to walk with the three young men for a while, so they wouldn't end up dying without knowing what was going on.
Yang Tian's injuries hadn't healed. His first thought was to return to the village. Xu Huo and the others hadn't treated him well, but they wouldn't stand by while other Players killed someone.
Chi Cai hesitated, and Yang Tian couldn't help but sneer. "I don't believe you're actually a good person."
Chi Cai didn't argue. "Then why don't you go on your own?"
Yang Tian gave a cold laugh, turned around, and headed back. After a few steps, he disappeared into the fog.
The three local young men didn't get involved in the Players' affairs, but they waited for Chi Cai anyway. They were curious about outsiders and wanted to ask him a few questions. The friendly Chi Cai was the best person to approach.
Soon, they too disappeared into the fog, one after another.
A mutant ant, no bigger than a little finger, crawled over a mark a Player had carved into a tree. The next second, someone suddenly strode out of thin air. It was the middle-aged man who had left earlier.
He stood in front of the tree, staring at the mark with a grim expression. Then, furious, he punched the trunk. After pulling his hand from