Chu Xiu was almost in tears.
Why is the level of horror so much higher this time?!
"Hiss!"
The red snake let out its final cry, finally killed by Jiang Nuo's thrust, and collapsed limply to the ground.
Jiang Nuo stood up, took off her gloves, clapped her hands, and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Okay, let's continue... huh?"
He suddenly looked behind the crowd. "It's foggy again."
Everyone turned around.
Although it was described as fog, its speed was far from the slow pace of ordinary fog; it approached their location at a visible speed.
Si Yan twitched his nose, and a sudden chill ran through his body, making him feel a cold, icy feeling.
This fog is very problematic; it's filled with an eerie atmosphere.
He took Jiang Nuo's hand, his tone quick.
"There's something wrong with the fog, Nuonuo, run!"
The two of them took off running.
The others quickly followed, running as fast as they could.
Their strongest fighters have all fled! Are they still staying behind to die?
They ran along the same road they had come from, with the fog chasing after them relentlessly.
"You lot! Why did you all come back on your own!"
Just as they were about to leave the woods, they bumped into Da Qiang was walking further in.
Da Qiang looked extremely surprised, glancing back every now and then as if searching for something.
"It's foggy. Didn't you say we shouldn't stay inside when it's foggy?"
After Jiang Nuo finished answering, she followed his gaze and looked behind her, only to see thick fog. "What are you looking at?"
"Did you encounter anything while you were inside?"
Da Qiang asked Chu Xiu, who was closest to him, his eyes darkening as if he were probing.
Just as Chu Xiu was about to answer, she heard Jiang Nuo say, "No, it got foggy not long after you left."
After Jiang Nuo finished speaking, she asked Da Qiang, "What do you want us to see?"
Da Qiang choked and led everyone back.
Lin Yu and his companion remained at the back of the line, watching Jiang Nuo's retreating figure. Lin Yu's apprehension grew stronger.
That's truly an unfathomable level of strength...
His eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Why did Jiang Nuo lie? If we didn't say we saw the little boy, wouldn't those two corpses have been sacrificed in vain?"
It sounded like a casual remark.
Su Hen remembered it.
He secretly thought that Jiang Nuo must have some kind of scheme.
He quickly caught up with Da Qiang. "We just saw a wild child."
As soon as he said this, Da Qiang stopped in his tracks, turned around quickly, and pressed him for an answer.
"What kind of wild child is this? What does he look like?"
I give up! Su Hen, can you please get out of here?!
Doesn't he have any common sense?! Ugh, I'm so angry!
Jiang Nuo's expression turned slightly cold as she glanced at Su Hen.
That's why he hates teaming up the most... bad teammates are more annoying than ghosts.
That look made Su Hen even more determined to tell the truth.
It seems that going against Jiang Nuo makes him happy.
"It's covered in hair and looks like a monkey."
Su Hen said firmly, "We all saw it."
Jiang Nuo immediately replied, "You're talking nonsense."
"You saw it, but I didn't."
Si Yan chimed in, "What wild child? You're really crazy."
Although Chu Xiu didn't know why she had to keep it a secret, she remembered Yang Xiaoxiao's advice: if she wanted to stay safe, she had to listen to Jiang Nuo.
So he replied, "I didn't see it either."
Zhou Ling and Qian Sen both denied it.
Because of his overly confident attitude, Da Qiang became suspicious again, staring intently at Su Hen.
"Only you saw it."
"Yeah, that's really strange." Jiang Nuo clicked his tongue.
Su Hen: "..."
He meant to say that you guys are the ones talking nonsense, since everyone saw it.
However, they could not provide any evidence.
Da Qiang was even more certain that only Su Hen had seen the boy.
So he forced a smile and patted Su Hen on the shoulder.
"Okay, you saw it, that's good."
His tone was unclear, but he urged everyone to hurry back to the cabin.
When we rushed back, a thick fog had already enveloped the area.
The forest had already enveloped the area; if it were any darker, one wouldn't be able to see the forest behind it at all.
Before entering the wooden house, Jiang Nuo turned and glanced at the misty forest path.
It seemed like another shadow flashed by, or perhaps it was just an illusion.
Once inside the cabin, Da Qiang visibly relaxed and then closed all the windows.
He moved from room to room closing windows, while the guests sat in the outer room watching him work.
Jiang Nuo noticed something else.
For example, the two new red cloths that appeared on Da Qiang's body, the new bloodstains on the back of his clothes, and the incense ash on his trouser legs.
It was as if they had just returned from some kind of ritual.
For example, there was a new wooden sculpture that wasn't there when they came to the cabin in the morning.
The wooden sculpture was placed high on the platform outside the house. It was not stained and only its outline could be vaguely discerned.
It's another deer head, but compared to the deer head in the forest, it has a moon that can be sculpted on it.
A moon carved into a deer antler—strange and inexplicable.
Perhaps Jiang Nuo had been watching for too long, Da Qiang noticed and immediately looked like a mouse whose tail had been stepped on.
"None of you can touch this sculpture! Nobody!"
To intimidate the tourists, they even placed a machete next to the platform.
Si Yan looked over and whispered in her ear, " Nuonuo, shall I go get it for you?"
"No need, he'll blame you."
Jiang Nuo toyed with Si Yan's fingers, her tone sly, "I have other ways."
"Just cooperate with me."
Da Qiang finally closed all the windows. Perhaps he was hungry, he casually grabbed a large insect from the dining table and ate it, his mouth covered with crumbs from chewing.
You can rest here; I'll stay on the far side.
After he finished speaking, he picked up his backpack and tried to carry the wooden sculpture away.
Just as I reached out, my foot inexplicably slipped.
Da Qiang was too big to keep his balance, and he fell to the ground, instinctively reaching out to grab something.
Taking the opportunity, Jiang Nuo threw a teacup onto the cabinet, hitting the wooden sculpture squarely.
Si Yan cooperated immediately, jumping up from the chair as if afraid of being hit by a falling sculpture, and pulled the carpet to move backward.
Da Qiang was already dizzy from the fall, then he was hit on the head by the wooden sculpture, and then Si Yan kicked him under the pretense of moving the carpet.
After several consecutive attacks, he was knocked unconscious.
Jiang Nuo picked up the wooden sculpture from beside his head and began to study it openly.
"What the hell is this?"
Good heavens! Hahahaha! Don't think we didn't see it!
Actually, we can just pretend we can't see anything! Hahahaha!
"Nonsense... How can you guys even laugh? What did this tour guide do wrong to deserve being bullied like this by Jiang Nuo?"
[The atmosphere upstairs is great, don't make me want to slap you:-)]
Chu Xiu was taken aback by their series of moves, feeling both amused and a little disgusted, and finally managed to force out a strange expression.
Qian Sen's lips twitched, thinking to himself that Wang Ping was a liar.
Jiang Nuo seems to have a kind heart!