Xu Ting's sudden words made everyone silent for a moment. Xu Lei was slightly puzzled:
"What do you mean by no more?"
"The road we took just now has disappeared."
"disappear?"
"Yes, the road is gone."
At this time, Levis also pulled Xu Le's sleeve and whispered:
“I used the scorpion to check and there were indeed no traces of the previous visit, and the trees were in the same condition.
It’s a strange feeling, I don’t know if we were moved or if the trees are growing again.”
Upon hearing the news, Xu Le and the fifth mercenary, who were originally confronting each other, had their expressions changed at the same time.
He changed from looking like he might kill you to looking apologetic, as if he was too impulsive.
"It's my fault for not taking action, otherwise..."
Lao Wu just opened his mouth to say something soft, but Xu Le was even more ruthless. He apologized directly and made a statement.
"I was a bit harsh just now. I really shouldn't have said that. Sorry, sorry. Let Captain Xu Lei handle the spoils."
Lao Wu narrowed his eyes and looked at the young warlock in front of him, smiling slightly:
"well."
Levis looked at Xu Le in surprise. He didn't understand why Xu Le and the fifth mercenary changed their expressions at the same time.
"What's going on? Did you two discuss this?"
Xu Le glanced at Lao Wu and shook his head slightly:
"The disappearance of traces is definitely not a natural phenomenon. This mercenary, Lao Wu, should have made the same judgment as me."
"Judgment? What judgment?"
"Be prepared to never go back."
"It's just that the road we came from is gone. We can just open a new one to go back. Is it as serious as you say?"
"I also hope that I am wrong, but I am the Red Moon Warlock."
I can’t go back, at least not for the time being. This was Xu Le’s first reaction after hearing Xu Ting’s report.
If he could go back as before, he would abandon the mission and take a large portion of the ghost bear's corpse as a trophy.
After all, if you can get 50% of the mission reward for two people + half of the level 3 polluter's spoils in just one morning, you can get at least a few thousand, or even tens of thousands of dollars.
It can greatly alleviate a wave of funding problems.
So after learning that the mission was abandoned, there was no need for him to be polite to a temporary mercenary team, and there was no need to be polite to Xu Lei.
But now the situation has changed. If the road traces disappear, it will really be a hidden danger.
When everyone cannot go back, the relationship between the two sides will become very strange.
Because their collaboration will continue.
So Xu Le and Lao Wu both knew that they had to maintain this fragile team relationship for the next period of time.
At least the two sides should not fall out until they have found out whether they can go back.
This is what caused the attitudes of both of them to change at the same time.
The story of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio has to continue, so the fox has to put away his tail and the Taoist has to put away his sword.
After the conversation, Xu Le and Lao Wu unexpectedly did not go to see the ghost bear's corpse.
The corpse of the ghost bear, which was so popular just now, was suddenly abandoned at this moment.
Until you are sure you can return safely, carrying such huge and heavy trophies will only become a burden.
The team's atmosphere returned to harmony, but as the captain, Xu Lei knew very well that the compromise between the two sides was only temporary.
"Xu Le's way of doing things has changed a lot. He wasn't so decisive before, nor was he so... like a mercenary." Xu Lei frowned.
"Isn't this a good change?" Xu Ting asked.
"I don't know if it's good or not."
Mercenary Lao Wu had returned to Lao Qi's side at this time. He asked in a low voice:
"Where are the old six?"
Lao Qi looked at the direction they came from and was also a little confused:
"I don't know. Is he trying to steal those two bear paws?"
"No, Lao Liu wouldn't be so unreliable at a time like this." Lao Wu shook his head.
"It's been quite a while, they should be able to see our mark. Normally there shouldn't be no response at all. I feel something is wrong. How about I go and take a look?"
"Okay, be careful. The warlock is suspicious of me. Go and come back quickly."
"good."
At this moment, the Fifth and Seventh Brothers had none of the recklessness and wildness they had just shown. Instead, their eyes had some of the cunning unique to mercenaries.
She slowly retreated and walked towards the direction of the mother and cub bear.
Xu Le kept watching them from the corner of his eyes. After confirming that Lao Qi intended to leave the team, he quickly said to Levis:
"Brother Li, can you follow her?"
"Can."
…
At this time, in the bear's den, the "dead" mercenary Lao Liu slowly climbed up.
His head was flowing like mud, but soon, the rotten parts returned to normal.
Lao Liu glanced at the bodies of the mother bear and her cubs on the ground.
He took another look at the direction the team left, and after confirming that no one was coming over for the time being, he chopped off the bear's paw with a knife.
After chopping off the bear's paw, Lao Liu actually took a bite of it raw.
As if he felt it was too fishy, he took out some seasoning and sprinkled it on.
After eating a few bites, he wrapped up the bear paw and prepared to get up and follow Xu Lei and his team.
"Even if it's only half of a Level 3 polluter's corpse, it should be worth a lot of money, ha!"
Squeak!
Some tiny sounds were heard.
Lao Liu stopped, pulled out his machete with a slightly narrowed expression, then took out his pistol, pulled the bolt, and looked towards the jungle on the other side.
"Who? Come out."
Squeak, squeak, squeak! After another burst of crackling, a woman's voice appeared.
"Chao Sheng, what are you doing?"
Chaosheng? How many years has it been since anyone called him that name... Lao Liu's mind almost lost itself in an instant, but as an old mercenary.
Adjusting your mental energy state is a compulsory course.
No matter who you are, it doesn’t matter if your brothers and sisters die, as long as you don’t die.
Anyone who stands in your way must die!
"What the hell, don't play tricks on me, who the hell are you?"
"Chao Sheng, you shouldn't come to this place. Go away, it's dangerous here."
Looking at the woman in front of him whom he had been dreaming about day and night, Lao Liu shot without any hesitation after giving her a warning.
Bang!
The shotgun shells almost penetrated the opponent's waist and abdomen, and a large amount of blood sprayed on the ground.
The woman looked at Lao Liu with affection and persuaded him again:
"Chaosheng, hurry up."
…
At this time, the mercenary Lao Qi, who came to look for Lao Liu, was kneeling on the ground holding her stomach. Lao Liu shot her the moment she appeared.
"Fuck you, Wu Laoliu, are you going to kill me?"
But Wu Laoliu seemed not to hear her words. He was still silently loading bullets, as if he was preparing to fire the second shot.
At this moment, the seventh sister finally realized that something was wrong and that the sixth sister in front of her really wanted to kill her.
With a light press of the button at the waist, the dagger popped out.
Lao Qi grabbed the dagger and threw it out, which instantly cut through the air and pierced into Wu Laoliu's forehead.
But Wu Laoliu's forehead spread out like mud. Ignoring the attack, he suddenly rushed towards the mercenary Laoqi.
The speed of this level 2 warrior is even faster than that of Lao Qi, who is level 3.
Phew!
The sword pierced into Lao Qi's calf and got stuck between two bones.
Lao Qi quickly took out his gun and shot Wu Laoliu in the body.
Bang bang bang!
But Wu Laoliu didn't care about this kind of physical damage. He pointed his rifle at Laoqi's face.
"Wu Laoliu? Are you crazy?"
Bang!
…
When the gunshots rang out, Xu Le and others stood up immediately and glanced at Levis.
"Brother Li, what's going on?"
Levis shook his head:
"Mercenary Old Seven seems to be dead."
Xu Le was shocked.
"Dead? Tell me more specifically."
"Scorpion followed Lao Qi back to the place where the mother bear died. Lao Qi called Lao Liu, and the surviving Lao Liu seemed to not recognize Lao Qi.
He shot directly at Lao Qi, and after a fight between the two, Lao Liu killed Lao Qi.
One special thing was that when the sixth brother was attacked by the seventh brother, because of the scorpion's perspective, I didn't see clearly how he avoided the damage.
But I think she should have hurt Lao Liu, but in the end, he pinned her to the ground and shot her to death. "
As expected, Lao Liu was not dead, but he killed the mercenary Lao Qi... What is the situation
"Are there any traces of Lao Liu at the scene, such as blood?"
"It seems like not. How come he didn't die when the ghost bear attacked him before? He didn't die even when he was shot in the head? Is it the ability of the fruit?"
As a level 2 warlock, Levis has some knowledge about the Ancient Sound Fruit.
When Lao Liu was killed just now, almost no one noticed anything wrong, but Xu Le had a little feeling.
Fluctuations in the energy of the fruit.
That kind of fluctuation belonged to the ancient sound energy, very small, but he sensed it.
There was blood when Lao Liu was shot in the head just now, but it was very little.
If you get shot in the head, there will definitely be a lot of blood flowing.
"If he has abilities like the Ghost Mist or the Elemental Fruit, he won't die if he gets shot in the head."
The same thing happened when Xu Le himself was shot in the head. As long as they were prepared, it would be difficult to kill them with physical damage.
"A very skilled way of faking death. It seems that this trio is a repeat offender. Will Tianrui Lifeng take care of this situation?"
“Of the mercenaries that came out, one-third were those who couldn’t make it in Tianrui Lifeng, and the remaining two-thirds were those who really came out to make money.
These mercenaries are difficult to manage and have a certain lawless element.
But don’t you think the death of Lao Qi is strange? Did they have an internal conflict? "
Xu Le didn't understand Levis' problem either. There were only two bear carcasses in that place before.
It was just an ordinary jungle bear, not even a trophy.
Such a small thing shouldn't cause internal strife, right
"It doesn't seem like that. The mission has just begun. I can't imagine what the internal conflict is about!"
"So what should we say now? Remind them?"
Xu Le glanced at Xu Lei and the others, then looked at the fifth mercenary, and hesitated for a moment:
"Of course I have to tell you, but I can't tell you in front of Lao Wu. These mercenaries are too alert. Let's use a puppet to pass the note."
"Pass a note?" Levis was a little surprised.
"Didn't you pass notes when you were a kid?" Xu Le looked at Levis strangely.
"I have, and I have handed it over many times."
"Oh! Brother Li is really amazing. He is so experienced. He must have dated many girls in school. I envy him."
Levis' chest suddenly felt choked up. He did pass notes when he was a kid, but he was always the one passing notes for others.
Mercenary Lao Liu is not dead but is missing. Mercenary Lao Qi is dead and the murderer is Lao Liu.
Levis wrote the note, placed it on the scorpion doll's pincers, and quietly handed it to Xu Lei.
Xu Lei's face became even gloomier after seeing the contents of the note.
He did not confirm the truth of the matter, but what was certain was that the female mercenary Lao Qi was not here, and the situation of these three mercenaries was worse than he expected.
He walked up to the fifth mercenary and asked calmly:
"Where are your people?"
At this time, Lao Wu had a frown on his face. It was obvious that the situation had exceeded his expectations.
The sixth one was not found, and the seventh one was also lost.
"Old Seven just went to the bathroom."
"It's been a while."
The mercenary heard the doubt in Xu Lei's tone, and he made a prompt decision.
"You guys go ahead. The mission has been declared a failure anyway, so don't worry about us."
Xu Le was very happy to hear that Lao Wu was leaving the team. This man was probably quite powerful, and he was a savage, and the two sides had a grudge against each other.
He couldn't feel at ease with such people hanging around in the team.
As for more drastic measures... not yet.
Xu Lei had no objection to Lao Wu leaving the team. He had already guessed some of the situation from the note just now.
It is indeed risky for such people to stay in the team.
"Since you choose to stay and wait for someone, then we'll leave first. The car won't wait for anyone, so think it over carefully."
"Think it through, you guys go first."
"good."
Leaving the team peacefully with this mercenary is also a good thing for Xu Lei.
"Okay, everyone stop and rest. Xu Ting will continue to explore the way. I'll ask Warlock Levis to continue the investigation."
"no problem."
After Lao Wu left the team, the team started to operate again.
They walked in the direction they came from.
The traces of the path that Xu Ting had opened with a knife were no longer visible, so she had to open a new path.
Although the previous road is gone, the team members are in good condition now, and it shouldn't take too long to return.
But this time, they had been walking for almost 30 minutes, and their walking speed was faster than before, but they still didn't see the end of the jungle.
“Stop.”
Xu Lei raised his hand and took out his compass.
Their mission direction is south, so now they just need to head north and they should be able to get out of the jungle.
But when Xu Lei looked at the compass, he found that the needle was completely reversed and they were heading south.
"What's going on? Xu Ting, did you take the wrong road?"
As the team's pioneer, Xu Ting would be largely responsible if they went in the wrong direction.
She also took out her own compass and took a look, and found the same problem.
"When I looked just now, it was clearly the north. How could I make such a mistake?"
Faced with her brother's questioning, Xu Ting was somewhat dissatisfied, but she really didn't know why the direction was reversed at this time.
"I really wasn't mistaken."
"Okay, let's all calm down. Calm down."
Xu Lei felt that his emotions just now were not right, and he also told his sister to calm down.
Having walked so far with no intention of leaving, Xu Le also shook his head slightly.
Levis on the side was a little excited. He looked at Xu Le and praised:
"Is there really no going back? Wow, Xu Le, your mouth looks like it has been blessed!"
Xu Le: …
"I'll take that as a compliment."
Xu Le took out the Gu Yin Duo card, and before he drew a card, a vague sense of destiny appeared.
Xu Le gave up the original idea of flipping the cards directly, and instead injected Gu Yinduo's spiritual energy and began a formal Gu Yinduo destiny divination.
“Will I be able to get out of this jungle safely
The techniques are all ancient and contain many secret words. "
Black Card-Forest
Endless forest, impossible place to go, mystery
Positive: A place that cannot be escaped, a fog, a dilemma.
The reverse side: resources.
"A dilemma that you can't get out of? This place is difficult to deal with."
This time the forest card is very clear, without that hazy sense of fate, which means that they are really in trouble at this time.
A dilemma that cannot be escaped.
Xu Le raised his hand and suggested to Xu Lei:
"I thought we could use something that would leave a visible trace and leave a line on the ground.
This method is a bit stupid, but the probability of error is relatively small.
Since we have decided to abandon the mission, we might as well take some time to get out of this weird jungle."
Xu Lei nodded. Xu Le’s method was indeed a stupid one, but it was indeed effective.
He was just about to praise Xu Le and then assign tasks.
But he saw Li Qingcheng actually holding Xu Le's hand again. The two of them stood there with their heads down and whispered, which was somewhat shy and sweet like young people.
But Xu Lei frowned, protecting Li Qingcheng was his mission.
Li Qingcheng and Xu Le hanging out together was something that was not allowed many years ago.
Xu Le finally came back, and if he continued like this, he would definitely be driven away again, so he yelled at Xu Le:
"Xu Le, please restrain yourself. We are on a mission now. Have you forgotten everything that happened before?"
Xu Le was stunned for a moment. He looked at the Gu Yinduo card in his hand, his face full of question marks.
I'm a Red Moon Warlock? Can't I even play cards
What did I forget
He felt strange when he saw Xu Lei's disappointed look on his face. He was fine just now, what happened
Not only him, but also Xu Ting, Li Qingcheng himself, and the other two team members felt very strange.
Why did the captain suddenly look so angry
The only person who didn't feel anything strange was Levis next to Xu Le.
He poked Xu Le with his elbow and said nervously:
"You haven't even left yet. You really should be more restrained. Okay, okay, don't ridicule me. I know I'm not as good as you in finding women."
Hearing what Levis said, Xu Le had more question marks on his face.
Red Moon Warlock can’t even play cards anymore
He was just cutting the cards and divination on the spot. What are you restraining yourself for? What woman? What the hell? What are you talking about
Xu Le looked at Levis' mysterious face and Xu Lei's dissatisfied face, and suddenly calmed down.
wrong.
Something is not right.
Are they wrong
Or am I wrong