Everyone began to clear dead trees and set up camp to rest. Most awakened people would not travel at night because monsters are very active at night.
But those present are not ordinary awakened people. In fact, they are traveling the same way during the day and night.
As night gradually fell, Liu Hongming closed his eyes and felt something. After a while, his eyes showed joy and he said: "Sure enough, as Brother Xu said, that weird life fluctuation has disappeared."
When Liu Hongming was about to announce his departure, a soldier suddenly came over and whispered something in his ear.
After a while, Liu Hongming's expression changed slightly: "What did you say?"
The soldier lowered his voice and said with a grimace: "Three people in my team were missing. At first, one of the team members said that they should go to the side for convenience, but they didn't come back for half an hour, so I asked two of my men to stand around for a while.
I looked for them, but it turns out they haven't come back yet."
Xu Ye also noticed the movement here. He frowned when he heard this. He did see three people leaving the main force before he mentioned it.
Liu Hongming said in a deep voice: "When did it happen?"
The soldier said: "It has been an hour since the first person disappeared, around six o'clock." At this point, the soldier hesitated and asked: "Are they lost?"
"They are not three-year-olds anymore," Liu Hongming snorted, but then he remembered that there were messy dead trees everywhere here, and it could not be ruled out that they were affected and lost their way with the large army.
Xu Ye looked around. It was already past seven o'clock, and the sky was completely dark. The dead trees around him looked like the minions of the devil, exuding a strange aura.
Lu Jiao and others felt a headache. Should they send someone to look for her? But what if the person they were looking for disappeared again?
And it is obviously unwise to wait where you are. It has been an hour, and those people have come back long ago. It is possible that something bad really happened.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" At this time, there was a faint sound of crying in the distance, and the sound sounded like a young woman crying.
"You are pretending to be a ghost, but there is indeed something causing trouble." In this dark night, it was a barren mountain, and the sound of crying undoubtedly made everyone immediately increase their vigilance. Su Yiyun snorted coldly.
The crying sound came from the front of the team. Everyone could choose to take a detour, but the other party must have already targeted them, so taking a detour would probably be useless.
"Then let's go and see what's causing the mischief. The disappearance of the three people might have been caused by the things in front of them," Lu Jiao said.
After making the decision, several people walked towards the place where the crying came from.
After walking about a thousand meters, on a big rock in front of them, a little girl about 10 years old turned her back to them and cried. Her two ponytails were trembling as she cried, looking extremely sad.
Everyone looked at each other, and Lu Jiao waved her hand to signal not to be impulsive. She said gently: "Little girl, why are you crying?"
Everyone looked at her with vigilance. Even ordinary people knew that this situation was abnormal, not to mention that they were all experienced in battles.
How could there be such a little girl crying in the wilderness? Moreover, this little girl was dressed simply, but her skin was fair and clean.
The little girl seemed startled, and stood up hurriedly, turning around and looking at everyone warily. She was born with a pink face, and there were traces of tears on her baby face.
After seeing the faces of Xu Ye and others, she relaxed, patted her chest and said, "I was scared to death. I thought they were those man-eating monsters."
A gentle smile appeared on Lu Jiao's pretty face: "Little girl, what is the man-eating monster you are talking about? Why are you sitting here crying again?"
The little girl was not afraid of strangers either. She wiped her tears with her sleeve and said, "It's the people who turned into monsters. We used to live outside, but suddenly many people turned into man-eating monsters, so our village moved here."
It’s on a barren mountain.”
"We had guests at home today. My grandfather is the head of the village and is responsible for entertaining them. As a result, I ate too much at the banquet, which made my grandfather unhappy, so he kicked me out and wouldn't let me go back.
Wuwuwu..." As she said this, the little girl started crying again.
Lu Jiao heard this: "Guest? What kind of guest?"
The little girl cried while saying: "They are dressed similar to you. There are three of them in total. They should still be in the village now."
Liu Hongming and others all stared at each other. There were three guests wearing similar clothes to them. Aren't they the three missing soldiers from their team?
A smile appeared on Lu Jiao's face, but she was very cold. She said, "How about you take us to have a look? Those three guests should be our companions."
"Okay, okay!" the little girl burst into tears upon hearing this, "Grandpa will be very happy when I bring back so many guests and will forgive me!"
"Come with me." After the little girl said that, she turned around and jumped forward. After walking more than ten meters, she looked back at them and said in confusion, "Why are you standing still."
"Let's go and take a look." Xu Ye said in a deep voice, "But be careful, it may not be an ordinary thing. If there is danger, please exit immediately."
There is nothing different about the little girl in front of her. Even her heart beats at the same speed as a normal person. But the more normal it is, the more abnormal it feels.
"Okay, these damn things dare to touch our people, we must not let them go." Su Yijun nodded. Although they didn't find anything wrong with the little girl, judging from the weirdness of this place and her performance, this was definitely not the case.
She is an ordinary little human girl.
It is said that their village was moved here in the early days of the apocalypse, but there were many people passing by on this barren mountain, and they should have discovered this village long ago.
In addition, three people in their team had just disappeared, and there were sounds of crying, obviously trying to lure them here.
But they are not acting rashly for the time being. The three missing people might still be alive. Although this chance is very small, it is not impossible.
Moreover, they are not 100% sure that this girl is a monster, and they still don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately.
The group of people followed the little girl, who smiled upon seeing this and led the way by jumping up and down, looking extremely lively and humming songs.
After walking for a full fifteen minutes, but still not seeing the so-called village, Liu Hongming said with a serious expression: "Where is the village you mentioned?"
The little girl pointed in front: "It's right there."
Everyone followed the little girl again for about two or three minutes. Sure enough, a little light appeared in front of them, and a small village appeared in front of everyone.
The small village is not big, with only about a dozen households, and the village is surrounded by a wooden fence.
Standing at the entrance of the village was a man wearing coarse clothes. He was dark-skinned and had an ordinary appearance. He was exactly the type that you wouldn't find in a crowd.