After collecting the debt, Wang Wutian rushed back without hesitation.
He turned to look at the people in the mist and silently counted the number of people. Counting his relatives and friends, himself, and the people in the village who were willing to go with him, there were only sixty-one people in total.
In the entire team, there were ignorant babies who could not even walk, children under ten years old, young women in their twenties and middle-aged women in their thirties and forties, and most of the men were in their fifties.
Most of the sixty-year-old young adults work outside the village and are not in the village.
Looking at these old and young, Wang Wutian looked calm.
He sighed secretly in his heart and said: "I don't know how many people will be able to successfully walk out of this brand-new virgin forest alive in the end and arrive with me in Qingyuan County?"
"On this journey, everyone will settle down with their destiny."
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In summer, the sky always gets bright very early in the morning.
Even if there is a thick white fog covering everything, which greatly affects the visual field, it does not affect the rising and setting of the morning sun.
At this time, it was already five o'clock in the morning, and Wang Wutian did not delay any further. He took the initiative to walk at the front of the entire team and led everyone to the southeast. As for the remaining people in the village, he had no interest in taking care of them.
Anyway, within a few days, the entire Xialing Village will disappear into the lush and overgrown forest.
Everyone walked on the road, lowering their heads slightly. Only the lush and lush wild grass could be seen, which was as high as their knees. They could not see their feet, nor could they see the broad and flat road that they once had.
Fortunately, there is no cement road in this direction.
Otherwise, just the broken pieces of the cement road scattered on the ground would be enough for everyone.
The short distance of less than a hundred meters passed by in the blink of an eye.
The scene that appeared in front of him at this time made everyone except Wang Wutian stunned, shocked, and somewhat unbelievable.
Look around.
A colorful primeval forest really exists in front of everyone's eyes, looming in the hazy white mist. Even if someone looks at it, they can't see how vast it is.
Looking up, there are only countless thick tree trunks towering into the thick fog, like pillars in the sky, and I don't know where they lead.
The surface of the bark is covered with moss, lush and full of life.
There are also many flexible vines tangled around the tree trunks, intertwined with each other, like one big net after another. Against the background of the hazy white mist, it looks even more eerie, terrifying and scary.
Suddenly, a breeze blew slowly, bringing various odor molecular information in the forest.
Except Wang Wutian.
After everyone's brains received the information signals of these odor molecules, their bodies instinctively took a few steps back, and their faces turned slightly pale, because they felt a primitive and wild terrifying aura coming towards them, as if they were choosing people to eat.
The ferocious wild beasts were prostrate on the ground, ready to devour them in one bite.
Originating from the primitive instinct of the creatures themselves, it tells them that entering this primitive forest will lead to a narrow escape from death.
"Wang...nephew of the Wang family, are you sure you want to leave from here?" In the team, a man named Li Goucheng looked at the colorful forest in front of him, felt a little scared in his heart, and suggested in a trembling voice: "How about...let's
Go back and wait patiently, maybe the army will come to rescue us."
"If you don't go from here, then where do you go?" Wang Wutian pointed around and asked calmly: "Do you think there are still roads around here? I am not willing to go from here unless I have to."
"As for you saying we'll wait for the army to rescue us, don't be stupid."
"Think about what was going on here a few days ago and what's going on now. Do you think if we continue to stay in the village, are the troops coming faster? Or are these plants growing and spreading faster?"
He turned around, looked at the cowering fear and fear of the people, and broke the extravagant hopes and illusions in their hearts with words.
"If you continue to stay here, you will be dead in a few days."
"Now, we set off early and help each other together. There is still a glimmer of hope. As long as we pass through this virgin forest, we can reach Qingyuan County and find a suitable gathering place for survival."
"Compared with rural areas, the chances of encountering the military are greater in cities."
These words made everyone hesitate again.
They looked at the lush and colorful forest in front of them, and unconsciously recalled the situation here a few days ago. It was just an abandoned farmland that had been forcibly expropriated and abandoned. The ordinary could not be ordinary.
But now, it has become a forest.
Any fool knows there must be something wrong with the disparity in performance. No normal plant can grow so fast.
Everyone looked at each other for a while. Under the imminent invisible threat of death, they had no choice but to make up their minds again and follow Wang Wutian and his gang on the road to actively search for the glimmer of hope.
"Can we...really make it to Qingyuan County alive?" Someone couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, his face full of confusion.
Some people also questioned Wang Wutian's words: "Why go to Qingyuan County, which is further away? Instead of Ping'an County, which is closest to Xialing Village?"
"You little brat, don't give orders blindly. If you don't listen to the old man's advice, you will suffer the consequences."
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Wang Wutian did not respond to these people's questions, but took the lead into the virgin forest. Chen Yao and others did not hesitate and quickly followed.
The others hesitated for a moment, and although they were angry that Wang Wutian had no respect for his elders, they still took the initiative to follow them.
Less than ten meters into the woods.
Everyone immediately felt that the surrounding environment had become completely different. The air was more humid and colder. After taking a gentle breath, the hazy sleepiness immediately faded away and their minds became clear.
When you inhale slightly through your nose, you can still smell a bit of an unpleasant rotten smell.
Looking up, the branches and leaves are lush and the vines are intertwined, blocking all the light, making the overall environment look a bit eerie. Looking down, the ground is overgrown with weeds. Looking down through the gaps in the grass, you can still see the ground.
It was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves.
It's just that some of these fallen leaves are rotten and moldy.
With every step everyone took, they could feel the soles of their feet sinking down a small distance. Walking felt like walking in muddy, slippery mud, which was very strenuous.
It is a plant that has only grown for a few days, but it gives people the illusion of time as if it has been growing for more than ten years.
The crazy growth and development of the plants themselves, and the accelerated decay and decomposition of microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria, jointly create such a miracle of nature, as if all life activities in the entire primeval forest are in a state of accelerated evolution.