Xu Ting's sudden words silenced everyone for a moment. Xu Lei looked slightly puzzled.
"What do you mean, gone?"
"The path we cut on our way here... disappeared."
"Disappeared?"
"Yes, the path is gone."
Li Weisi also tugged on Xu Le's sleeve and whispered:
"I used the Scorpion to look. The traces we left on our way here really are gone, and the trees look the same. It feels strange. I don't know whether we've been moved or the trees here have grown back."
At this news, Xu Le and the mercenary Old Five, who had been facing off, changed their expressions simultaneously.
Their looks went from I might just kill you to apologetic expressions of I was too rash.
"It was my fault for not helping. How about..."
Old Five had just started to offer a few conciliatory words, but Xu Le went even further. He apologized outright and made a concession.
"My tone was too harsh just now. That really wasn't right. Sorry, sorry. Let's leave the spoils to Captain Xu Lei."
Old Five narrowed his eyes at the young warlock before him and smiled faintly.
"All right, all right."
Li Weisi looked at Xu Le in puzzlement. He didn't understand why Xu Le and the mercenary Old Five had changed their attitudes at the same time.
"What's going on? Did you two arrange this?"
Xu Le glanced at Old Five and shook his head slightly.
"The disappearance of our tracks definitely isn't natural. This mercenary Old Five probably reached the same conclusion I did."
"Conclusion? What conclusion?"
"Prepare yourself for the possibility that we can't get back."
"It's just the path we came along that's gone. We can cut another one back. Is it really as serious as you say?"
"I hope I'm wrong too, but I'm