Chapter 63: Another Disappearance

  "Okay, I'm not going, let's talk about it again tomorrow during the day!"

  Yingying looked at Ma Wen and strongly disagreed, she had no way out, so she simply crawled into the tent to rest. Half an hour later, Pangzi saw that Yingying seemed to have really fallen asleep.

  Ma Wen made a few gestures to the fat man and then left. The fat man didn't know what he meant, probably that he had something to do and left first. Isn't he going to catch those mutant animals every day?

  Pangzi, no matter how rational he is now, can't help but worry. What a dangerous situation it is, even Ma Wen is so cautious about it. How are Tian Qi and Chou Shen doing now? Have they encountered any danger? Are they still alive? It's all unknown. Pangzi can't help but think about these things when he's keeping watch alone at night.

  At that time, he had considered the market prospects when starting his own business, but he absolutely did not expect to face so many dangers. Fatzi had thought about quitting in his heart, but now he found himself getting used to this kind of life. Of course, these were just his own thoughts and he wouldn't casually share them with others.

  Perhaps this is the greatest difference between men and women. To outsiders, he still appears to be a greedy and lustful person, never serious at any time. But only he himself knows about his weak and tender side. Every time he sees loving couples with children living happily together, Fatso's heart always has a hint of envy, and he wonders if he will ever have such an opportunity in his lifetime.

  Pangzi thought so, and gradually felt sleepy. He was originally sticky to the pillow, and it was hard for him to persist for so long. He looked at Yingying who was sleeping soundly, she should have fallen asleep already, and Pangzi finally got into his own sleeping bag.

  But just as Fatty started snoring, Yingying quietly crawled out of her sleeping bag and left the room with her packed belongings.

  These days, the temple's gate has been used more frequently, so opening and closing it is no longer a chore. As a result, Yingying can now open it herself to let herself pass through. She glanced back at Baozi, then slipped out of the door sideways. She didn't know what consequences her actions would bring this time, but she knew that Qige and Chou Sheng were in danger, and she couldn't wait a single moment longer.

  The sky outside was very dark, with a gloomy night ahead. The moonlight was blocked by the clouds, making it even more eerie and frightening. Yingying had prayer beads on her left hand, a rubber stick in her right hand, and a backpack on her back, which contained insecticide powder and several boxes of medicine that might be needed.

  The village is now very quiet, and those mutated animals are nowhere to be seen, they should all be hiding in the caves. Yingying has become much more at ease, otherwise she really didn't know how to cope. They walked smoothly all the way to the waterfall formed by the spring water.

  Yingying didn't turn on the flashlight just now, fearing it would attract those animals hiding in the dark. However, the road here is very slippery due to the spring water, and if you're not careful, you might fall down.

  Behind the waterfall?

  Yingying still remembered what Ma Wen said, the road to the cemetery was behind the waterfall. She shone her flashlight over there, but all she could see was the reflection of the water's brightness, and couldn't see the road behind it. Yingying had gone on several outdoor excursions abroad when she was studying overseas, although the architectural styles were somewhat different from those in China, there were still many similarities. Yingying walked towards the plants beside the waterfall and soon discovered a path.

  She didn't expect to find it so easily, and her heart was thrilled for a moment. After all, she still had the innocence of a young girl, and her mood at this moment was not as heavy and tense as before, but instead had an extra sense of adventure. But as soon as she thought of Qi Ge and Chou Shen, who didn't know what danger they might have encountered, Yingying became anxious, and her foot slipped almost falling into the spring water.

  If it were a fatty, he might have fallen into the water and drowned, but Yingying was different. As a black belt in Taekwondo, she quickly discovered the narrow path. The darkness of night was different from the brightness of day, when at least some light could be seen at the entrance of the road, allowing one to see a certain distance ahead. But at night, except for the flashlight in Yingying's hand, there was no other source of light. She could only see about ten meters ahead before it became pitch black again.

  Although anxious in her heart, Yingying was still very cautious and careful. She didn't know what dangers lay ahead, perhaps Tianqi and Chou Shen had fallen into a trap here. If she also fell into the trap, how could she rescue others? She couldn't make unnecessary sacrifices.

  Yingying used her flashlight to illuminate the surroundings, and naturally also shone it on the rocks above.

  However, there were no corpses of insects on the surface at this time, and Yingying naturally didn't know about this matter.

  She took out the insect powder, and slowly began to enter this narrow road leading to the tomb passage. It was dark, damp, quiet, with no sound at all, only occasionally dropping water sounds.

  As she walked, she shone her flashlight around, thinking to herself that the environment here was so damp and dark, how come there wasn't even a single insect? Was it because they had all mutated and entered the cave? This explanation seemed reasonable, after all, this place was too narrow, not suitable for mutated animals to live.

  But then, after about ten minutes, a rustling sound came from the passageway, and it seemed to be coming from both front and back.

  Yingying's heart suddenly became very tense, she used her flashlight to sweep back and forth, but didn't find anything approaching herself, however the sound was getting closer and closer.

  Caught in a pincer movement, she couldn't move forward or backward. She took out some insecticide powder and sprinkled it around herself, as well as on the stone walls in front of and behind her position.

  Soon, Yingying saw the source of the sound, corpse worms, and they were actually a group of corpse worms!

  The deworming powder can only hold her back for a moment, she cannot be trapped here, and the time given to her to think cannot exceed one minute.

  The sound of the corpse worm's feet trampling on the ground, the sound of the corpse worm being scraped off the rock wall, the sound of the corpse worm's rustling, and the urgent gasping sound.

  Yingying didn't choose to retreat, although it was her best option, because she had just entered the channel and hadn't seen an exit yet. It would have been much easier for her to leave than to move forward.

  Stumbling and staggering, Yingying had almost used up all the insecticide powder she brought with her. Her body didn't know how many bites it had suffered from the corpse worms. She finally saw the exit in front of her.

  But just as she was about to walk out of the exit, her head spun and she finally fell to the ground.

  "Is that how I'm going to die?" Yingying knew that in the next moment, her body would be surrounded by corpse worms, and it would only take a few minutes for them to leave nothing but bones behind.

  Just as Yingying was about to lose all hope, she saw someone walking towards her in a daze. Before she completely lost consciousness, she only remembered that the person was wearing what seemed like ancient Chinese official attire.

  Fat boy slept till dawn, this can't be blamed on his big heart, he was really too tired. When the human body reaches a certain level of fatigue, it will be forced to rest and won't wake up easily. This is also why many people now have heart attacks, and many are young and middle-aged.

  Working overtime for a long time must take out some time to relax and rest. If the body has reached its limit but still persists, the possibility of sudden acute illness will increase greatly.

  The first thing Baozi did when he opened his eyes was to look for Yingying, but all he saw was an empty tent, and Yingying was nowhere to be found.

  Maybe he went out and will be back soon, thought the fatty, but soon he saw a letter, a letter left to him by Yan Yan.

  "I'll go find Qi Ge and Ou Shen Xue Chang, you stay here and wait for Ma Wen to come!"

  The content of the letter was very simple, just this one sentence. At that time, Yingying left in a hurry and didn't have much time, but she had already made it clear.

  "As expected, this little girl has outsmarted me again! Ah!" The fat man was momentarily flustered. Originally, the disappearance of two people was already a headache, but now it's even worse - four people had arrived in total, and three of them have vanished, leaving behind only him, a person with no special abilities except for his weight.

  But Baozi, after all, was a seasoned person and soon regained his composure. He couldn't just rush out like Yingying, who had some martial arts skills and could take care of herself. If he went in blindly, he would only be sending himself to his death.

  While waiting for Ma Wen, the fat man tidied up the remaining things. He also knew that the time in the daytime was short, and as soon as Ma Wen arrived, he had to set off immediately and couldn't delay.

  Kema Wen hasn't arrived yet, but someone else has appeared first.