The eleven people plus the three seriously injured were all from the distribution center.
Clues could actually be seen from their skills before, but after Shu Xingruo confirmed it with "Crow", everyone finally knew each other.
These people came from two cells, headed by the man who first asked for help and the thin man who later tried to poke his eyes. They were met by chance in the forest. Unfortunately, before they could do anything, they were caught off guard by Fatty, and the two of them were directly maimed. In the subsequent battle, they were attacked by the meteor hammer again. Now that the danger was over, everyone hurriedly carried the three seriously injured people to the open space to check their injuries.
Shu Xingruo started talking with the two leaders.
The thin man's name is Zhang Fengxi. This is his second promotion test, so he is temporarily promoted to the captain. However, he speaks modestly. From the fact that he was beaten away by the fat man but did not suffer any injuries, it can be seen that he has been trained for a long time. people. The other one was named Shi Shaocheng. He was also one of the people who came in after forming a team in advance. He escaped from prison with three teammates and a few companions he met temporarily in the cell. Unfortunately, he was caught up by a hunter.
"Thank you for your help." Shi Shaocheng held Shu Xingruo's hand and thanked him hurriedly, "This promotion test is more difficult than we expected. People in the village have super powers. We can only run if we can't defeat them. I thought I was still caught up."
"Have you obtained any information?"
Shu Xingruo pushed his hand away without leaving a trace and asked.
"We escaped relatively late. We spent so much time hiding ourselves along the way that we didn't have time to find any information..."
"No? For example, are there any special buildings in the forest, or encounter strange people or creatures?"
Shi Shaocheng shook his head.
"We've met."
Zhang Fengxi next to him spoke.
"On the way here, we saw fire in another forest, but because it was blue, we didn't dare to go there and took a detour."
Blue fire?
There were some changes in the expressions of Lu Ning and Ye Tisi.
"I can lead the way if you need it, but it's better not to follow the injured brothers."
Two of the three injured people were from Zhang Fengxi's side, so naturally he couldn't let go.
"Lu Ning, Ye Tisi, you two come together. Lianren and Zhilan stay here, we'll go take a look and come back."
Shu Xingruo consulted several people for their opinions and separated the team.
"If we leave for too long, you can move freely. Don't go back to the village yet. Now that we know the location of Moon Lake, the next step is to find the mountaintop castle. There is no need to waste time waiting for someone."
After arranging the people, Shu Xingruo asked Zhang Fengxi and another man to lead the way, and formed a team of five back to the forest.
The place he walked was getting further and further away from the mountain village, and Lu Ning also discovered during this period that the soil on the ground was no longer so wet, but he could still see the footprints of some wild beasts, slightly shallower.
"It's not far ahead."
Zhang Fengxi's ability to recognize the road was good, and he didn't hesitate at all when he ran back. Gradually, even the moonlight in the sky was blocked by the overlapping branches, and only the thin beams of light shone down, providing some light.
However, when Zhang Fengxi stopped, he did not see any blue flames.
"In that direction."
He pointed.
"There were about five or six blue fires at the time. We thought it was not a good thing and avoided it. Now we can no longer see it."
"How far is it?" Lu Ning asked.
"A few dozen meters, it's definitely not that far."
After hearing this answer, Lu Ning immediately pushed aside the bushes and walked straight in that direction.
She moved very quickly. When Ye Tisi and Shu Xingruo chased after her, Lu Ning was already rummaging for something on the ground.
"Is it true?" Shu Xingruo knew Lu Ning relatively well and knew what her reaction would be like once she discovered something. Lu Ning did not disappoint her and nodded immediately.
"It's a pity that the soil here is already relatively hard."
She used a stick to pull apart a dark object.
"Animal poop. Fresh."
Ye Tisi and Shu Xingruo also saw the thing that Lu Ning picked away.
"There is no plant fiber. It is a carnivorous or omnivorous animal. It is not very heavy. At least it cannot leave footprints here compared to the human footprints next to it. The outline of the toes can be seen in the human footprints, that is, they are not wearing any Shoes, judging from the size and stride length, the height is over two meters.”
"Both?" Shu Xingruo repeated the word.
"They all have different foot shapes. At least four people have walked here, but the number of animals is unknown. Based on the hardness of the land and the dryness of the feces, it probably matches the time Zhang Fengxi saw it before."
Lu Ning threw aside the stick with feces on it, borrowed a dagger from Shu Xingruo and whittled a new one for herself.
"Are there any savages in this mountain?"
Ye Tisi pinched her nose and stepped aside. She didn't want to get close to the pile of things on the ground at all.
"They can tame animals. Maybe they are not savages, but maybe another ethnic group living here? The question is... do the other side of the mountain village and this side know each other's existence?"
Lu Ning analyzed slowly while poking the ground with a stick.
"Judging from the names of the fishmen, the blood in our bodies has different names in their eyes. In this case, the blood of this ethnic group should also be different in the eyes of the village, right? Isn't it 'clean blood'? '? If we know each other, with the 'enthusiasm' of the people in the village, they will definitely not let us go, right?"
"That means they don't know each other?" Ye Tisi said with a frown.
"too close."
Shu Xingruo looked back in the direction of the village.
"Yes, you can't see the village here at all. It's also deep in the forest in the mountains, but this is not a place that ordinary hunters can't reach when entering the mountains. Since the village has existed here for five hundred years, there is no reason why we can't discover the mountains. of other ethnic groups.”
"I think so too, but in this case, it's hard to distinguish the positions of the two sides... Shu Xingruo, please come here."
"how?"
"Something's wrong."
Lu Ning stabbed the stick hard on the ground. The stick shook twice, and then it fell loosely, but she held it steady.
"I originally thought that the animals were too light to leave footprints, but now it seems that the land is much harder than I thought. I am forty-six kilograms, how much do you weigh?"
"fifty two."
Shu Xingruo immediately understood what Lu Ning meant, walked over and directly picked Lu Ning up on his back.
"Take a few steps."
Shu Xingruo took two steps back, and Lu Ning immediately jumped down and poked the wooden stick at the place where she had just walked. Looking at the shallow marks on the ground, he made a slight calculation in his mind and came to the result.
"The person who walks through here weighs around three hundred kilograms - two meters tall, this weight?"
"I thought you might want to see this more."
Ye Tisi, who was walking far away to avoid the shit on the road, suddenly called Lu Ning.
Under her feet was a pool of sticky black liquid. The color was just because the light here was too dim, and the smell of the liquid was a smell she was all too familiar with.
"This is blood."
Lu Ning also immediately recognized what the liquid was when she came over.
"How's it going? Can you see anything?"
"I probably understand... Judging from the way the blood spattered, the height of the drop was less than two meters, and the degree of coagulation was left about ten minutes ago. In other words, the weight of 300 kilograms is because they were carrying things while walking. , the thing that was carried left this pool of blood."
"They are a group of people returning with prey." Shu Xingruo concluded.
Lu Ning nodded, looked around, and followed the footsteps until he reached a place with dense trees.
"I hunted in the mountains in the middle of the night, and then returned to my residence with the prey on my back. I don't know if it was a hound or some other beast with me. It was a strong man. The only problem was the prey."
She plucked a small strip of cloth from a torn bush branch.
"Unless these guys living in the mountains have some way to get chemical fiber fabrics from outside, we will be their prey."
Despite this preparation, Ye Tisi and Shu Xingruo were still disappointed when Lu Ning came to his conclusion.
"There are no friendly forces here. In terms of the amount of blood loss, this race's approach is actually worse, because they don't care at all whether we are dead or alive."
Lu Ning threw away the cloth and returned along the road.
"It is not recommended to follow them. Since they have animals, if we chase them without knowing anything, we are likely to be discovered, and then end up like these 'prey'."
"I agree." Ye Tisi immediately expressed her position. She didn't want to stay here at all.
"I don't know if it's a good idea to give up a clue...but since it's your decision, I agree."
Shu Xingruo also nodded slowly.
The three people pushed through the bushes and walked back. However, just when they were about to meet up with Zhang Fengxi who were waiting there, a sudden change occurred!
A long arrow emerged from the dense forest and quietly penetrated into the back of the person beside Zhang Fengxi. He only had time to let out a scream before he fell forward and never moved again.
Zhang Fengxi's expression immediately changed. After shouting "Get down" at the three girls in the bushes, he also rushed towards the bushes and nimbly hid behind a tree.
Lu Ning's reaction was also very fast. When she saw the person falling, she immediately crouched down. At this time, from their perspective, they could clearly see two blue flames appearing in the forest opposite!
"Don't they even divide their territory when hunting?"
Ye Tisi cursed through gritted teeth.
Two "people" walked out of the forest.
They were wrapped in animal skins and were more than two meters tall. They carried simple longbows made of wood and rattan on their backs, and wore masks made from whole wild boar skins on their faces. They were barefoot. One of them held a black wolf with glowing green eyes and shiny fur in one hand, and a long stick that was about the same height as himself and sharpened at both ends in one hand. Another man was holding a torch burning with blue flames and carrying a mace embedded with the bones of an unknown beast.
A torch means that there is at least one, and most likely two, such guys behind.
No expression can be seen, but a pair of ferocious and bloodthirsty pupils can be seen from the two black holes in the pig face mask where the eyes were originally.
