Chapter Fourteen: New Revelations

  At this time, the one surnamed Qian also discovered something and exclaimed with joy: "So you're not Shen Bancheng's person, but also mixed in, with another purpose. Haha! Now it's good, little boy, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, you'll still be dead."

  Xu Mo didn't say a word, and rushed to the side of the river, pulled out the wooden stick he had used as a marker, slowed down his pace, and waited for Mr. Qian to approach before suddenly jumping over the river.

  That surname Qian thoughtlessly followed him forward, jumping and landing on Xu Mo's back. He had made up his mind that if he couldn't dodge in time, he would first use his body to knock him down. At the same time, a dagger was extended from mid-air, stabbing straight at him, shouting: "Go die."

  Xu Mo turned around and dodged his dagger, swinging his club fiercely towards his head, shouting: "Get down."

  That surname Qian was in mid-air, dodging and weaving ineffectively, when suddenly he was struck on the top of his head, instantly becoming dizzy and disoriented, and involuntarily falling downwards. All that could be heard were a few 'crack' sounds accompanied by the gurgling of water, as surname Qian had already smashed the ice block and fallen into the water.

  Just as he was about to struggle out, something suddenly sprang up from the bottom of the water, shot out like an arrow, and bit his neck. His body shook, wrapped around his neck, and it turned out to be a red snake over one meter long.

  The monstrous snake's upper body slanted out, spitting out a foul red snake letter, staring at Qian's face, extremely vigilant, as if ready to launch another attack at any time.

  The wound on Qian's neck, which was bitten by the strange snake, swelled and turned black in an instant, with black blood flowing out, emitting a pungent stench. This strange snake obviously contained highly toxic venom.

  Blackness spread rapidly from his neck outwards.

  The man surnamed Qian was frightened to the point of being pale, holding a dagger in his hand, wanting to stab the strange snake, but he didn't dare to, feeling the numbness spreading from his neck, his heart was even more terrified, standing still on the spot, not daring to move, fearing that the strange snake would attack again, his eyes fixed on Xu Mo, with a pleading expression on his face.

  Xu Mo gritted his teeth and poked the wooden stick at him, and Qian's face showed a look of horror, his eyes rolling rapidly as he begged him to stop.

  Xu Mo saw this scene, his hand paused for a moment, but then he thought: "If he doesn't die, I will die. If I let him go, will he let me go?" His hand suddenly accelerated and stabbed into the chest of that surnamed Qian. That surnamed Qian stood unsteadily and fell backwards, the strange snake was startled and bit his nose.

  The one with the surname Qian shouted loudly, and without caring about anything else, he quickly plucked the strange snake off and threw it at Xu Mo. Xu Mo hastily dodged, and the strange snake fell to the ground, crawling into a clump of grass.

  That surname Qian's man shouted loudly, brandished his dagger, and pounced on Xu Mo again. Just as he had just come out of the water and hadn't taken a few steps, his body suddenly shook violently, and he felt a blackness in front of him. Suddenly, the sky spun around, and he fell to the ground, with black blood flowing from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. The snake venom took effect, and he died instantly.

  Xu Mo took a glance at his corpse and was shocked. But he had no time to think more, raised his head and looked up at the black eagle in the sky.

  The eagle is the archenemy of snakes. Although that strange snake has a deadly venom, it shouldn't be afraid given the black eagle's physique. But for some reason, during the time when Mr. Qian was entwined by the strange snake, the black eagle kept circling in the air and didn't come to his rescue.

  Xu Mo picked up a stone and threw it into the air. The black eagle flew high to avoid it, then went far away.

  Xu Mo didn't dare to linger, and followed the small river downstream. Although the one surnamed Qian wasn't killed by his own hands, he died because of him. For the first time in his life, Xu Mo had caused someone's death, and his heart was filled with worry and fear.

  In her heart, she had no intention of doing anything, and for a moment, she didn't know what to do. She just wanted to escape, escape to the ends of the earth, find a place where there was no one, hide there for the rest of her life, and let no one be able to find her.

  He did not comfort himself, after a long time, he gradually calmed down and thought: "This surnamed Qian died here, he was poisoned by the snake, anyone can see that it was a poisonous death, as long as I don't say anything, who knows it has something to do with me?"

  He paused for a moment, then thought: "This is Shen Bancheng's territory. This man surnamed Qian kidnapped his daughter. It's possible that he was sent by one of his enemies. Even if I don't do anything, he will try to cover it up. Therefore, the news of this man surnamed Qian dying here may not get out at all."

  Then I thought of Liu Qian, the person chasing him had a gun in his hand, and I don't know how he is now, did he escape?

  He was lost in thought and was walking along when he suddenly heard footsteps and Liu Qian's voice calling out: "Xu brother, Xu brother."

  As he turned around, Liu Qian came running down from the mountain and quickly caught up. He was both surprised and delighted, and hastily asked: "How did you escape? What about that Zhao fellow?"

  Liu Qian was covered in dust and dirt, looking utterly disheveled. He didn't stop walking as he sighed and said, "Alas! Let's not mention it, we couldn't have escaped anyway. But that little woman managed to escape and called for help, scaring off that Zhao fellow."

  "Hurry up! That little girl is leading people to search the mountain, don't let us be caught as accomplices of that Zhao fellow."

  Xu Mo was shocked and had to flee down the mountain with him. Remembering the zombie, he was full of doubts and asked, "Didn't that woman have a zombie guarding her? How did she escape?"

  Liu Qian murmured: "I didn't know that zombies actually exist, I've only heard of them in books. This is a bit eerie."

  Then he thought of something and asked Xu Mo: "What about you? I remember that Qian surname person and an eagle chased after you, how did you manage to escape?"

  Xu Mo said vaguely: "I circled around in the woods, they couldn't catch up with me, don't know where I went."

  Liu Qian didn't suspect anything else and continued: "Let's find a safe place, bury the things, and then return to the dormitory."

  Xu Mo was shocked again, "Don't take advantage of the chaos to escape?" He had never dealt with this kind of thing before and couldn't think that far ahead.

  Liu Qian shook his head, "Can't escape, if escaped, will be regarded as an accomplice of those two people. Such a big thing happened, Shen Lao Da must be furious, and will definitely investigate every person on the mountain."

  "If you were the one investigating and found two people missing on the mountain, what would you think?"

  Xu Mo was originally clever and after he reminded him, he immediately reacted: if it were me, I would certainly think that these two people are guilty.

  After a moment's thought, he said: "However, that guy with the surname Ma is now certainly awake and has discovered that we are gone. Wouldn't he suspect us? If that guy with the surname Zhao escaped, and Ma informed him, wouldn't it be equally dangerous for us to stay behind?"

  He accidentally let slip that Mr. Qian was dead, but fortunately Liu Gan didn't notice.

  Liu Qian thought for a moment and sighed: "There's no way, let's take care of the present first."

  Xu Mo stopped talking. The two of them found a safe place, buried the things on their bodies, covered them with fallen leaves to conceal the traces, and remembered the terrain. They circled around and returned to the dormitory.

  The two of them quietly pushed open the door and went in, unexpectedly, Ma Wu was not in the dormitory, while others were still fast asleep. The two of them were both surprised and delighted, quickly got back into bed and lay down.

  He had just fallen asleep for a short while when the yard became chaotic, with people's voices everywhere. Then the sound of pushing doors echoed, and the lights in the room turned on. Xu Mo raised his head.

  One person stood at the door, it was precisely that little Chen, he was knocking on the house door while shouting: "Assemble, assemble!"

  Xu Mo saw the clothes on his body and couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart. "The person on the fourth page of the Book of Revelation, could it be him?"

  That little Chen must have gotten out of bed in a hurry, putting on his jacket without even zipping it up. He rushed out to call someone, and his inner clothes were exposed, clearly showing the white lining inside his jacket.

  "The contents of the other pages in the Book of Revelation are all true, and each page is hinting at some information to me. If the fourth page really refers to this little Chen, what else is it trying to tell me?"

  Xu Mo's expression didn't change, but in his heart he thought: "From the events that happened earlier, the contents of the Book of Revelation hinted to me are only related to danger. Could this little Chen also be unfavorable to me? Is he a partner of Ma Wu?"

  The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He had always been puzzled that after work ended every day, when there was still plenty of time left to send the part-timers back to town, why didn't Little Chen do so?

  It seems that at this moment, it's as if I'm covering up for Ma Wu's actions. In my heart, I secretly warned myself: "I must be careful of him."

  Liu Qian also woke up and rubbed his eyes, looking sleepy. "What's going on at this hour?"

  That little Chen saw them two, seemed slightly stunned for a moment, a cold and stern expression flashed across his face, and then immediately returned to normal.

  Although this period of time was extremely short, it was still captured by Xu Mo's sharp senses, and he became even more certain of his conjecture. "This little Chen must be in cahoots with Ma Wu's gang. When Ma Wu found out we were gone, he told him, which is why he's acting this way. Since he is, that off-road vehicle driver Old Li must be too. Besides these three, who else could it be? Is the bus driver in on it?"

  The bus driver went back after sending them to their destination, but it's not certain. However, judging from the scene where Xiaochen paid him before he left, the possibility is not great, and there should be an employment relationship between the two.

  "Come on, get up! It's time for roll call!" Little Chen urged again.

  Xu Mo and Liu Qian exchanged a glance, their minds clear: it was probably someone sent by Shen Bancheng to investigate.

  At this time, others also woke up and everyone was complaining, "What's going on at midnight?"

  In the end, he put on his clothes and walked towards the courtyard. Xu Mo and Liu Qian followed quietly at the back.

  When they met Zhao and Qian, Shen Bancheng's daughter was unconscious and did not see them, so the two were also at ease in their hearts and were not afraid of being recognized.

  And what they got on the mountain had long been buried, not afraid of being searched.

  All part-time workers in the group are male. It's easy to understand that Zhao and Qian are both men, so they have nothing to do with women.

  Little Chen ran to the front and shouted a few times, and everyone turned to face him in three rows.

  Ma Wu suddenly appeared from somewhere and walked up to Xu Mo and Liu Qian, asking in a low, cold voice: "Not long ago, where did you two go?"