Chapter 73: Tracking
Chapter 73: Searching for the Trace

Li Mu expressed his views and then everyone went to rest.

That night, because Huang Yourong and Yu Hanzhou both had accidents, the vigil time was changed to one and a half hours per person.

Su Qian started and Li Mu ended.

The wind is a bit strong tonight.

The mountain breeze outside the house wandered around the village, as if looking for a way in.

The sound of it passing over the eaves and treetops sounded like crying or wailing, which was a bit creepy.

Su Qian sat quietly hugging her knees, listening to the wind outside the house, staring at everyone in a daze, and finally, her gaze stopped on Bai Yanliang.

Because everyone was very tired today, everyone quickly fell into a light sleep. Although during deep sleep, the human cerebral cortex cells are in a state of full rest, which is more helpful for stabilizing emotions, balancing mentality, and restoring energy, but... no one can fall asleep completely and peacefully in a place like this.

Su Qian's eyes were blank. Yu Hanzhou was dead...

Just die.

Until now she still had a sense of unreality. How could a person who was still alive a few hours ago just disappear like that?
Maybe... Li Mu made a mistake?

Su Qian was thinking in a trance, when the person she was looking at unconsciously suddenly opened his eyes.

"What's up?"

Bai Yanliang opened his eyes and looked at the woman in front of him who had been staring at him.

"Ah...it's okay." Su Qian was startled by him, but she came back to her senses.

"Thank you for saving me today."

Bai Yanliang shook his head, glanced at everyone who was resting quietly, and whispered, "No need, no matter who it is, I will help."

Su Qian was stunned when she heard this, because... Yu Hanzhou had also said something similar...

"You are a good person..." Su Qian lowered her head and said softly.

Bai Yanliang smiled, looked up at the ceiling, and murmured in a daze: "Really..."

He was a little confused.

Be it Yu Hanzhou or Huang Yourong, their deaths did not cause him to feel any strange emotions.

In fact, not only them, but even Bai Yanren, his only brother...

Whenever Bai Yanliang thought of his death, he would feel some emotions, but after repeated confirmation, he realized that the emotion was not entirely sadness, nor was it entirely anger. Compared to those two, what he felt more in his heart was... curiosity.

How could I be so cold-blooded?
Bai Yanliang would occasionally ask himself this question.

No one can tell him why. Maybe one day, Bai Yanliang himself will be able to find the answer, but then... what will he become?
……

The night was uneventful.

As soon as daybreak came, the village became noisy.

The disappearance of the village chief is a big deal, a huge deal.

The villagers spontaneously organized themselves and went searching everywhere.

And now, the person in charge temporarily is the village chief’s granddaughter, Lu Bingyan.

Li Mu and his group stood beside her, quietly looking at the group of villagers with extremely strange appearances in front of them.

"Where are Luo Lao Er and Wang Gui?"

"Yeah...why didn't they come?"

Soon, the crowd began to get noisy again.

Two more villagers went missing.

Everyone's expressions started to become a little strange... After a moment, they started shouting:
"We must find the village chief! Today is a festival, and we can't do it without the village chief!"

"Correct!"

The old village chief has a high reputation and is very knowledgeable, and no one seems to want him to get into trouble.

But... this may not include these two people.

Li Mu glanced at Xiaobin and Lu Bingyan.

Xiao Bin had a pleased look on his face, and had no intention of looking for the village chief. And Lu Bingyan... her expression was too calm, as if the missing person was not her grandfather at all.

The group of people quickly dispersed, and Li Mu turned around and said to everyone: "Be careful."

Everyone nodded. This was the third day, and also the last day of the survival mission. Currently, two companions had died...

No one knows what will happen in the end.

After sharing their intelligence last night, everyone had new ideas. It would be great if we could find that rule that even evil spirits had to abide by...

Bai Yanliang left first.

He had an idea that he had to confirm, and after hearing the information everyone had received last night, he felt that the matter was more and more strange.

It was so weird that he had to take the risk to confirm it.

If it was really as he thought, then maybe...all their speculations were wrong...

After Bai Yanliang left, the other four people quickly separated.

Li Mu turned and went into the village chief's house, and Yu Sheng turned his wheelchair to go to Lu Bingyan's house nearby.

Su Qian perked up and looked towards the house in the distance. Today... she must find out whether that woman is really crazy or just pretending to be crazy.

Only Lin Yan seemed to have nothing to do.

As she had said to Bai Yanliang and the others before, she had never agreed with Li Mu and the others' approach.

In her opinion, survival missions shouldn't involve too much exploration. All she needs to do is understand the most deadly taboos, then try her best to avoid them and escape.

She is indeed doing this, and there is not much curiosity in her character, so...she has always played the role of an ignorant person.

Ignorance does not mean stupidity.

This is especially true in fog concentrations.

The more you know, the more you master, and the smarter you are, the less likely you are to live longer.

Their voracious curiosity forces them to go to some extremely dangerous places, otherwise they will be considered negative according to certain rules.

But people like Lin Yan don't have this kind of worry.

All she needed to do was to do the most basic investigation. She wouldn't have any extra curiosity at all.

Lin Yan stood there, thought for a while, and felt that she still needed to do something, so she caught up with Lu Bingyan and the villagers, intending to move with the main force.

This should be a safe choice.

Lin Yan nodded secretly. At the same time, she was worried that Li Mu and the other three would not listen to the advice. This was the last day of the survival mission.

The danger of investigating alone is unimaginably high. I hope they... can succeed.

……

Li Mu entered the village chief's house.

The old man only has one relative left, his granddaughter Lu Bingyan.

The space of this house is not small. Although they stayed here for two nights, they were always on the first floor. This house is the only two-story building in the village, and no one has ever seen the village chief's room on the second floor.

This time, that was his goal.

Li Mu firmly believed that the village chief was definitely the one with the biggest problems and the most secrets. Now that he was missing, there were both disadvantages and advantages.

At least... now I can freely search for the secrets hidden by the old village chief.

Li Mu raised his head and looked towards the second floor.

There is an old wooden staircase connecting the first and second floors.

Li Mu took a deep breath and climbed up the stairs.

It seemed really old, with each step making a squeaking sound, and the handrails were covered with dust.

Fortunately, nothing strange happened.

Li Mu quickly went up to the second floor and stood in front of a wooden door.

(End of this chapter)