Chapter 217: Unknown Fear

"Pillar, keep up, don't fall behind, I don't think anyone wants to look for you in this damn foggy forest. ”

In the team of five, a young man in the center whispered a rebuke to a teammate behind him who was looking up at the sky.

"There seems to be something in the sky......"

The teammate who was reminded not to be left behind still focused most of his attention on the sky, even though they couldn't see far in the fog.

"Watch your feet, we need to find our way back, captain they are not in the sky. ”

It was the young man who began to speak up to talk.

"Did you find the marker?"

Giving up his admonition to the bad teammate who had been watching the sky, the young man in the center turned to the teammate who had been watching the sky.

“...... Also, there is no ......"

The vanguard of the one-two-two formation maintained a high degree of vigilance, and when he heard his teammates' questions, he slowly replied with an answer that had been repeated many times.

After habitually throwing out inquiries that didn't require a teammate to answer the answer, the young man in the center regained his silence.

As five unruly guys who left the team without permission, it is certain that they will be punished when they go back, but for the sake of their lives, they still follow the experience they have learned in the past, and put on the most secure formation in this strange silence and dense forest full of fog, and move forward cautiously.

From the moment of leaving the group, two twelves have passed since the shortest hand on the watch.

This five-person team that broke away from the main force has also changed from the initial restlessness and excitement to the current cautiousness.

Danger involving life was not encountered.

Imaginary monsters also did not appear.

The only thing that has changed is that the surrounding area is full of dense mutant plants, and now it is a sparse grove.

The sky, firmly blocked by the branches and vines, was once again given to the boundless mist that glowed with a mist again.

With the faint light of the mist, the group searched the trees for the marks they had left behind.

They made their mark all the way out of the jungle to get here.

But when they came to the forest where they could see the sky, they lost their way, and the sparse forest was like a labyrinth that swallowed all traces of their past.

If you walk with your front foot, even if you look back immediately, you will see a different scene.

Severed tree stumps, broken branches, and specially piled mounds of earth can disappear in tens of seconds.

Even if they go backwards and leave, as long as these iconic objects are out of their sight and hidden in the fog, it is impossible to find "them" again.

The endless mist that surrounded them was like a dormant beast, devouring all the marks they left behind as well as the sounds.

Deeper and deeper emotions gradually permeated the hearts of several young people.

From the initial panic, to some fear, to the fear that now appears in the bottom of my heart.

They are not afraid of the enemy, they are not afraid of fighting.

But they are afraid of this unknown and inexplicable crisis that has not yet appeared.

They are all young people, and the lack of experience makes the thin string that keeps their sanity in their hearts a little fragile, and after a long period of tension, they may break when they suddenly encounter a situation.

What appears in front of them and under their feet is always an unfamiliar environment, as if the silence that has no end firmly envelops them.

Just as the inexplicable panic was about to overwhelm them, the young man in the middle who was acting as the temporary captain spoke:

"There seems to be a flat area in front of us, so let's go there and take a break. ”

Not far from the procession, at the edge of the line of sight, a flat clearing appeared in front of several people.

It was a sight never seen before.

This new "thing" broke the previous cookie-cutter alternation, which shocked the hearts of several young people, and the irritability that was about to explode in their hearts was alleviated a lot.

Before walking quickly to the flat ground, what appeared in front of several people was a very ordinary, uncovered concrete floor.

This concrete floor, which no one usually pays special attention to at all, is now shining in the hearts of several young people like a "holy place":

- Finally seeing something familiar, like a human creation, no longer a mist and strange trees.

As if they had returned to a safe place, several young people crawled and threw themselves on the concrete floor, and after sitting back to back, they finally relieved the depression in their hearts.

Whether there would be any danger on the concrete floor that suddenly appeared, and several people, including their temporary captain, didn't care.

If only there could be danger.

At the very least, they can fight for a while.

Whether you win or lose, there will be a result after the collision.

But now this strange phenomenon, inexplicable fear, makes a few young people who have never encountered this situation almost collapse.

There is nowhere to use strength, and there is nowhere to use force.

Even if it's a fist hitting cotton, there has to be something.

Does the fog in front of you count as a thing?

To get the fog up?

Countless plants are enemies?

Even if you cut down and chop "them", dig up the roots and cut off the seeds, "they" will still not move, and they will keep appearing.

The fear of the unknown that has been slow to appear may be the most effective tool to defeat the opponent, and the imaginary enemies of these young people may really understand this, and are slowly destroying them with this effective means.

But this "imaginary enemy" is also a little naughty.

At the moment before these young people were about to collapse, they were given a "camp" where they could regenerate, so that they could have a chance to breathe.

The malicious interest of the "imaginary enemy" is unknown to several young people, and they have not thought about it, they just want to rest now.

It is estimated that they will not make any moves when they have rested and recovered their strength, and their brains are clear.

As for whether to leave the familiar concrete floor and continue to find a way back, or stay here and slowly figure out a way, all the team members didn't think about it.

A long period of invisible fear numbed their minds, and after a few young people took a moment of respite, they lit a fire and collected a number of edible plant roots and fruits.

They don't bother to pay attention to the dangers and imaginary monsters that haven't appeared, and if they have the ability, they will come out to fight now, and if they don't come out, they will have to rest.

Several young people who were optimistic about life and death began to prepare for camping in their own divisions.

There were no words, no communication, but they still tacitly carried out teamwork.

Carry all the wilderness survival supplies you prepare before leaving the village.

If there was no so-called danger, they would have been able to live for a long time in this wood, which was not short of food, relying on the tools and materials they carried.

Fire, there is.

Water, along the way, they saw a lot of water sources, and they all found a well in the corner of this concrete field.

Where to stay, they brought tents.

Even the salt, each person carried several pieces of highly concentrated, and as long as they dissolved a piece, they could eat it for a long time.

It can be said that in addition to sending out a signal flare for help, the things carried by a few of them have been able to build a complete wilderness survival camp.