Huangfu Miaomiao and Li Qing had long grown used to Feng Ling's pace and jumped down from the cabin right after her.
Then Wen Xiuyan, Wu Wei, and Liang Jiaqin jumped down as well.
"Great, the snow stopped!" Wen Xiuyan said happily. "It would be wonderful if it never snowed again."
Without the wind and snow, their view became exceptionally clear.
"The weather in the Maze usually follows a pattern. If it snowed nonstop, the cabin would eventually be buried, so I guessed it would snow for a while, then stop for a while."
As Feng Ling walked downhill, she said, "Let's first go to where they found the phone and see if we can find any clues."
It was only a few dozen meters away, and they arrived before long.
The heavy snow had covered everything. The snowmen on the slope had become the only landmarks.
"What kind of clues are we looking for?" Liang Jiaqin asked Feng Ling.
Feng Ling swept her gaze over the surroundings, casually brushed the snow off the head of a nearby snowman, and said, "See if there are any signs of a fight."
After hearing that, everyone spread out to search for clues.
—If a fierce battle had really taken place here, something should have been left behind. Shell casings from gunfire, blood from injuries, dents from blades and axes.
Feng Ling thought that the Inspectors in the Investigation Team were all top-tier experts. There must have been a huge commotion when they used their Card Abilities. In a life-or-death struggle, half the hillside should have been stripped bare.
Yet here, the snowmen all stood intact. It looked far too incongruous.
Could some of the snowmen have actually been destroyed? Had they melted into the snow, making it impossible to tell?
She crouched