I thought about all Zeng Yichen's actions since entering here, and suddenly found that his sense of existence was almost zero. He was a very silent person who hardly spoke.
I dragged Qian Zhiqi and ran for who knows how long. We were almost completely out of the range of the white mist, but there were only the rustling footsteps of me and Qian Zhiqi in the surroundings. Professor Zhang and the four of them were never seen.
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"Hu Ling, have we been chasing for almost an hour? Why haven't we seen the professor and Wenying yet?" Qian Zhiqi also noticed something was wrong and turned to ask me.
This situation is indeed very strange.
We didn't get entangled in the thick fog for long. Logically speaking, Professor Zhang and the others would have stopped and waited for us when they got out of the dense fog. Moreover, the speed of the two of us chasing them was not slow.
"Let's ask them to try it!" Qian Zhiqi said with some worry.
Seeing me nodding, he put his hands to his mouth and shouted loudly to the dense trees: "Professor! Xu Wenying! Are you there?"
"Professor Zhang! Fu Jie!" I followed his movements and shouted.
There was a rustling sound coming from somewhere, like a mollusk crawling on the ground, but it quickly disappeared, so quickly that I almost thought it was my imagination.
I stopped shouting and looked around, but there was no sound, and I didn't see any people or animals.
"Hu Ling, if it is really the person we think did it, nothing will happen to the professor and Xu Wenying, right?" Qian Zhiqi asked me worriedly.
"Probably not. Although Fu Jie is a bit naive, he is very good with his hands and feet, and Professor Zhang should already know that if they are really in danger, that person will also come out to help them!" I said.
"That person?" Qian Zhiqi looked at me with some horror, "Are you talking about the other soul in his body that the professor said?"
I nodded, "Yes, that person is also a very powerful person. In terms of skill and savvy, he is no worse than Professor Zhang."
"But didn't the professor say that Master Xiao once told him that the soul was incomplete or injured? That's why the professor has been suppressing him." Qian Zhiqi asked me with some confusion; "If this is the case, how can he help?
where are they?"
I smiled and asked him, "If one day you and Wen Ying share her body, will you suppress her and occupy her body?"
Qian Zhiqi was stunned and said almost without thinking: "How could I occupy her body? If I were really like the professor's companion, trapped in his body and unable to get out, I would only accompany her silently.
Hold her!"
"Professor Zhang's companion should have the same idea as you." I looked at him and said.
"Then why did the professor say he had those weird behaviors?" Qian Zhiqi asked me with some disbelief.
"Liu Quan has obsessive-compulsive disorder. For a person with severe mysophobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, some behaviors are done subconsciously. His soul is not dead and coexists in the same body as Professor Zhang's soul. So this is why Professor Zhang
There is always a feeling that Liu Quan is still alive." I explained.
"So Liu Quan just doesn't want to take over Professor Zhang's body, and he's not injured or disabled?" Qian Zhiqi asked me in surprise.
I nodded, "Yes, so Professor Zhang may not know many things, but Liu Quan, as a bystander, must know something, because he is always there, and he will definitely come out to help Professor Zhang when necessary.
A handful."
"That's good!" Qian Zhiqi said with a sigh of relief: "Then what should we do now? Where to find them?"
I'm actually very embarrassed by this question. Everything is quiet, and there aren't even any clues or traces around. I really don't know where to look.
"Let's keep walking forward. If they are still in the woods, we should be able to find them!" I said, looking around, and continued walking forward.
This forest seemed to be very large, with dense trees of the same kind everywhere. Apart from crystal flowers, there was no third kind of plant. The ground was covered with fallen leaves, which made a rustling sound when you stepped on them.
Again I heard the rustling of reptiles passing by on the ground.
"Did you hear anything?" I turned to look at Qian Zhiqi.
He was still in a state of high tension and fear, and his hearing seemed to have declined a lot, or he was thinking about Zeng Yichen and didn't pay attention to these things at all.
When I asked him, he was stunned for a moment, and then said after a while: "I thought I heard the sound of a snake crawling just now, but it's gone now. There shouldn't be any danger."
I looked towards the direction where the sound came from, "Regardless of whether there is danger or not, let's follow up and have a look. We haven't heard any sounds of other living creatures here before, but now there are. Maybe we can get out soon."
"
After saying that, I chased him in the direction of the sound.
Qian Zhiqi was also unambiguous and hurriedly followed him. I didn't know how long I ran, but I didn't hear any sound again. Qian Zhiqi shouted again, but still no one responded.
Just when I thought I was following the wrong direction, that rustling voice sounded again not far away, like a horn that imprinted our fingerprints.
"Over there, hurry up!" Qian Zhiqi was not distracted this time and heard it clearly.
His hearing was actually very good. I remember that when he was in the tomb chamber with only one coffin, it was he who heard the gunfire through the thick coffin.
Although we haven't met anyone else along the way, maybe we just didn't take the same road as those who shot.
We chased the sound, but soon it disappeared again.
After running forward for about ten minutes, we arrived at a relatively open area. There were not many broad-leaved trees here, and the ground was covered with a thicker layer of fallen leaves, which almost covered our calves when we stepped on them.
After standing still, Qian Zhiqi opened his mouth to call out the names of Professor Zhang and Xu Wenying. I reached out and covered his mouth.
Qian Zhiqi's eyes widened and he looked at me with confusion. I pointed to the tree closest to us with my other finger.
When he saw the mark on the tree, his eyes opened even wider, and I slowly released my hand covering his mouth.
There is an irregular circle carved on the tree trunk, with a cross drawn in the middle of the circle. The line of the cross is stretched very long, and it looks like it was carved in a hurry.
Qian Zhiqi took a closer look, looked at me and said solemnly: "Sure enough, something happened to them. This is the mark left by Professor Zhang!"
I nodded, "I know!"
Regarding this mark, Xiao Han told me on the way here that it is a way of communication between them to prevent them from getting separated. If it is just to guide the direction of the companion, draw a straight line in the circle. If there is danger ahead, draw a straight line.
A wavy line, if there is a threat or change to alert teammates, draw a cross.
Apparently Professor Zhang also told Qian Zhiqi about this contact method.
What is now carved on the tree is exactly such a circle with a cross drawn on it. This chapter has been completed!