Uncle Yu and Zhang Yuchen both gave an "Mm" when they heard what I said.
Uncle Yu added:
"I'd originally thought that once you and Song Decai were discharged from the hospital, we'd find some time to visit your grandfather in Bountiful City.
But because of my affairs, I dragged the two of you into this godforsaken place.
And now, we're being hunted by evil masters, our lives hanging in the balance."
As soon as Uncle Yu finished speaking, Zhang Yuchen said:
"Senior Yu, how can this be your fault?
Those evil masters keep courting death every day. We can't just indulge them, can we?
Besides, they've all been lured away. We'll definitely be able to get back smoothly."
I nodded as well.
"That's right, Uncle Yu. I roughly calculated the distance.
We've only gone about three kilometers into this side, though it's all mountain paths.
As long as they don't keep clinging to us, we'll be able to get back soon.
What do you mean, our lives hanging in the balance...?"
"Ah! I hope so!"
Uncle Yu sighed and said nothing more.
The three of us did not dare linger and quickly ran forward.
However, after we had fled another two kilometers, with roughly one kilometer left to the border, what Uncle Yu had worried about still happened.
Some red flying insects suddenly appeared around us.
At first, there were only one or two, but soon, there were more than a dozen.
I had already noticed them when there were only one or two.
But in less than twenty seconds, their number had gone from one or two to over twenty.
In a tropical rainforest like this, insects were perfectly normal.
But it was not normal for these red insects to follow us.
So I immediately said:
"Uncle Yu,