Everyone was pretty sure they didn't hear anything.
Chen Jiu scratched his head and nodded helplessly, "Okay, maybe I heard wrong."
Yu Niao handed the backpack to Ding Zhen, "I'll go find her, and then I'll go find you. You put something along the way to mark it."
Mo Mo muttered dissatisfied: "Teacher, it's obvious that she is acting out of her own temper and insists on acting alone, so let's help her."
Du Li's disappearance was a bit strange, and she didn't have a flashlight on her, so Yu Niao was afraid that something might happen to her if she was late.
"I'll go with you." Mei Sheng walked to Yu Niao's side.
Ding Zhen looked at Zhang Yitian, indicating that he would join them. It would be safer to have a man.
The team had no choice but to start branching off.
Yu Niao, Mei Sheng and Zhang Yitian moved in the direction Du Li left.
Just like Du Li's situation, he disappeared mysteriously and silently in an instant.
"Don't look at it anymore. Let's go up the mountain quickly. If we delay, the consequences may be very bad."
After Ding Zhen said this, she approached Chen Jiu and asked her if she heard anything this time. When she saw her shaking her head, she simply strode forward.
A group of people drifted away.
At this time, a small white hand suddenly grabbed a bunch of roots exposed on the surface, gritted his teeth and said, "Go up a little bit."
"Did you catch something? Hurry up, I can't hold it anymore." Zhang Yitian tried his best to stand on tiptoes.
"Can you do it? If not, just replace me!"
Yu Niao really wanted to cover Du Li's mouth. If it hadn't been for her, would they have fallen into this loess hole?!
"Brother, I... I can't reach it with my legs. Please keep tiptoing and I can climb up in no time."
Zhang Yitian was sweating profusely. He gritted his teeth and used all his strength to push Yu Niao up.
"alright."
Yu Niao lay on the grass, gasping for air, and shouted to the entrance of the cave: "Wait a moment, I will throw the rope down right away."
Zhang Yitian was very gentlemanly, letting the ladies go first and him taking the back seat.
Du Li didn't apologize in the slightest, she just blamed the slow movement of her curls, and Zhang Tiantian gained muscles in vain, blaming the person who dug the hole.
Mei Sheng couldn't stand Du Li's attitude and scolded her abruptly: "Maybe a ghost dug it up just for you."
"What do you mean, you are trying to scare me by saying this? I am crying and begging you to come and save me? Stop being so weird!"
Yu Niao held Mei Sheng's hand and looked at the domineering Du Li, "It won't hurt if you don't talk much! Let's go."
Before she had walked ten meters, Du Li complained that the bracelet her grandmother had given her was missing. She insisted on going back to look for it, but Yu Niao asked them to follow her.
"Hey, is your life or your bracelet more important now?" Zhang Yitian also annoyed Du Li.
"What do you know? That bracelet costs tens of thousands. Don't you feel bad if it's not yours?"
Du Li remembered clearly that the bracelet was still there after climbing out of the cave. It must have been dropped near the entrance of the cave.
"We'll look for it later. If you can't find it, I'll apologize to you!"
Yu Niao put down her words, and continued to hold Mei Sheng's hand and started walking quickly. Zhang Yitian also left.
Du Li watched the flashlight light getting further and further away from her, and stamped her feet angrily to catch up.
The branches that grow wantonly can easily scratch people, there are stones under the feet, and the sound of gurgling water can be heard from time to time.
After walking and searching, Yu Niao could not find the mark made by Ding Zhen.
On the contrary, Du Li either complained about this or that.
Mei Sheng and Zhang Tiantian really didn't want to be with this princess, so they always left her behind unintentionally.
"How's it going? Did you find it?"
Yu Niao shook her head at Mei Sheng, "According to the direction at that time, it was indeed this way. I'm afraid the entrance to the cave is not the one where we fell."
Mei Sheng squeezed Yu Niao's hand and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as we can walk halfway up the mountain."
Although she was a stranger, Mei Sheng felt that Yu Niao had a magical power that made people feel warm, so she was happy to get close to her. After contacting her, Mei Sheng became more and more glad that her intuition was right.
With every step up the mountain, Yu Niao's words to Mei Sheng became more intensive.
She could feel her fear and nervousness, and also felt the same urgent desire to go home.
During an accidental chat, I learned that Mei Sheng was an orphan and is now a kindergarten teacher. Her wedding to her fiancé is scheduled for National Day.
Yu Niao sincerely hopes that she can go back alive and live a happy life.
The destination will always be reached.
Ding Zhen and the others waited for a long time, and finally saw Yu Niao and the others appear safely, but far away from the original road.
"Shengsheng, remember what I told you before, don't be too nervous, let's work hard together!"
Mei Sheng nodded and reluctantly let go of Yu Niao's hand.
Games start.
Everyone entered the state as quickly as an electric shock.
It's difficult to run where there are no roads, but it's easy to hide, but it's not easy to find someone in the dark.
Du Li thought: It's not difficult for five people to find three women. He didn't use all his strength at the beginning. Instead, he found Ding Zhen and asked him if he met the other four people on the way up the mountain.
She was very afraid of those four people.
Under a clump of forsythia, Mei Sheng would stop every time he moved and pay attention to the movement around him. If there was no continuation, there would be an instant stop.
At first, she ran through the bushes desperately, and her left ankle was scratched and slightly sprained.
"Giggle."
Something seemed to come out of another bush. Mei Sheng held her breath and clenched a dead branch as thick as her wrist with her left hand.
A black shadow approached, and she decisively aimed at it and whipped it hard.
"It's me, Chen Jiu."
Chen Jiu imitated the sound she heard before to test the other party. She was agile and she was pierced by a thorny creeper in the back when she avoided it. She lay on the ground and exhaled in pain without daring to make any sound.
"Are you really Chen Jiu?"
Mei Sheng kept Yu Niao's words in mind: ghosts can turn into humans, so don't trust them easily.
Chen Jiu understood Mei Sheng, and she would not have doubted it, "When we first met, you mistook me for a primary school classmate."
Indeed, Mei Sheng asked softly: "Are you okay? I was really embarrassed just now."
Chen Jiu squatted and lifted the branches of the bush in front of him, "It's okay, don't take it to heart. Apart from the four people who went up the mountain at the beginning, how many are left?"
"Eight people."
Chen Jiu frowned and asked, "Are you sure?"
Of course, Mei Sheng confirmed the number of people before departure.
"That's weird," Chen Jiu bit her fingers and said weakly: "When the four of you met us before, I counted nine people in total. I definitely didn't count wrong!"
Mei Sheng had goosebumps all over her body. She pinched her right hand with the fingertips of her left hand. The sweat on her forehead dripped on the wide leaves.
"If that person is a ghost, which party is it?"
"No matter which side it is, it is a ghost, and we are living people."
Chen Jiu thought about Mei Sheng's words, coupled with the four people who didn't know what the mission was, wouldn't the current situation be full of difficulties and dangers everywhere?
Just as Mei Sheng was about to speak, the two of them suddenly heard a burst of dense and rapid footsteps.