Chapter 5: Survivors

The night was dark, silent and eerie. The wind howled coldly in the forest, and the rustle of leaves could be heard from time to time. It was already late at night, and Lu Qing and the others had already walked to the depths of the woods.

"Let's rest here now." Everyone found a suitable place to spend the night, and in order to facilitate the escape, they did not dare to bring tents and sleeping bags, but took out a relatively thick blanket from their bags and draped it over their bodies. After the fire was lit, the three girls made a pot of hot soup using the existing ingredients.

"Come, have a bowl of soup to warm up." Li Wenqiao gave Lu Qing a bowl. "Thank you." Lu Qing smiled and took the bowl, after the hot soup entered his stomach, the whole person felt a lot warmer, and his tired body relaxed a lot.

"It's good that we have girls in our team, otherwise we big men don't pay attention to it, and we can only nibble on hard bread at night." Lian Fei smiled heartily. "yes." Mao Xuejun sat beside Lu Qing with a bowl, and he had a very good impression of this wise young man.

"By the way, how is the vigil scheduled tonight?" Mao Xuejun asked.

"I just discussed it with Lao Bai." Lu Qing said: "Now there are eight of us, so we will keep vigil in groups of two, exchanging every two hours. The first stick was in charge of Shiyu and Lao Bai; Then Yang Ting and you; Next came Wen Qiao and me, and finally Akai and Lian Fei. ”

"The order of night duty is reversed every day, so that everyone can rest more fully." Bai Jianying agreed. After everyone had eaten and drunk enough, they fell asleep early.

At night, the forest was covered with a white mist, and the shadows were so unclear that it was impossible to see, except for the sound of the leaves of the sand, only the birds of the forest made a shuddering hoarse cry from time to time, and the torches raised by the people were gradually extinguished......

"Tick." A drop of cold water fell on Lu Qing's face, and he subconsciously opened his eyes and looked at the time: 4:20. According to the order of night duty, it should be Lu Qing who is in charge of the vigil now. "Strange, why didn't you wake me up......" Lu Qing stretched, and then found that there were no more companions in front of him! He got up from the ground like an electric shock, and when he looked around, he realized that he was in a strange place.

"What the hell is going on?" Lu Qing was a little flustered, he didn't expect that when someone was keeping vigil, the space could also scatter them unconsciously. Fortunately, my luggage is still with me, which is a blessing in misfortune. After entering the woods, all communication devices were rendered useless, and no one could be contacted. Lu Qing realized that the real test might only begin in earnest now. At the same time, the people on the other teams suffered the same situation, and before they knew it, they all lost contact with their companions.

"Where is this?" A dreambreaker wakes up from his sleep. After looking around, he was a little at a loss. "xxx, are you there?" He subconsciously shouted out his companion's name directly.

"Rustle......" Behind the bushes in front of him, there was a small sound of shredding. Is that you? Somewhat surprised, he ran straight to the bushes. However, as soon as he took two steps, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. "No, they won't play tricks on me like that, I'm afraid there's danger there!" Realizing this, he picked up his bag and prepared to turn away. However, in the next second, through the dappled moonlight, he suddenly noticed that a dark shadow appeared under the tree he had leaned on when he was resting.

"This figure is ......" He suddenly felt a little familiar, and took a few steps forward curiously. Ah, it's you! After seeing the man's face, he was a little surprised.

"The ......" He had just walked up to the man, only to find that the other man's face was pale and frightening. In the next second, the face suddenly turned into the face of a demon, and the demon reached out and grabbed his neck fiercely. He struggled desperately, but at that moment, a worn-out hemp rope slowly lowered from the tree and wrapped around the dreambreaker's neck, before half-hanging him in the air. His eyes widened in horror, his face purple from the rope, and his legs kicked desperately. The demon smiled cruelly and walked up to his feet, and pulled hard...... "Click." The dreambreaker's head tilted, and he suddenly lost the strength to struggle. He was like a tattered rag, hanging from a rope and swinging crookedly.

He didn't die immediately, but when he was dying, the face of the evil ghost was reflected in his dilated pupils, and then gradually, this face became himself. "Huh." With a sneer on his face, the grimace disguised as him picked up his backpack from the ground, slung it on his back, and left the place.

The dreambreaker was also breathing, and before he could die, he let go of his hand, and an inconspicuous little thing fell to the ground.

Lu Qing walked in the forest for a long time with his bag on his back, and he felt that the humidity of the air had increased a lot, and he was a little happy. According to his own inference, after continuing to walk west for more than ten minutes, he finally found a river. While walking in the forest, he carefully observed the growth of the surrounding trees and moss, combined with the topographic map in his mind, and finally found the water source.

Lu Qing believed that he would definitely meet other companions near the water source. After the crowd dispersed, the water source that everyone carried was not enough to last for three days, and someone else would definitely come here to find water. He walked along the river beach for a while and stumbled upon a white knitted hat. The hat looked new, which made Lu Qing very pleasantly surprised. It seems that the missing student must have been passing by here at one time! He found blood stains on nearby stones, the blood had not yet fully coagulated, and it seemed that the man had not gone far.

The hard work paid off, and after searching for about half an hour after following the bloodstains, Lu Qing finally found the first missing person, Kanako Akiyama, in a hidden grass. She didn't look too bad, just a few skin injuries. It was probably three days without much food and excessive shock that I fainted.

Lu Qing helped her up and fed her a few mouthfuls of water, and Kanako finally woke up leisurely. After opening her eyes and seeing Lu Qing, she was like an overly frightened little white rabbit, so frightened that she shrank aside. "Don't be afraid, I'm from the search and rescue team. You're Kanako Akiyama, right? Lu Qing took out the can from his bag, opened it and handed it to her: "You haven't eaten for a long time, right?" ”

"Well, thank you......" Kanako took the can and devoured it. What happened when you came in? What about your companions? Lu Qing patted her on the back, for fear that she would choke on eating too quickly.

"What's going on...... I don't remember......" Kanako was slightly stunned, stared at the can in her hand and said, "Shota said that he was going to go into the forest, and then we got lost." They had a conflict, and the more they argued, the more fierce they became. And then...... Ah, there was a man who was killed, not by us, but by ...... It's a ghost! It must be a resentful spirit in this forest! Later...... Kanako covered her head in pain: "I don't remember...... Then I ran away and kept wandering around the forest. It's horrible here, there are so many corpses...... Woo woo woo ......" she hugged her knees and sobbed quietly, trembling all over, looking very pitiful.

"It's okay, don't be afraid." Lu Qing sighed, took off his coat, and draped it over her body. "Do you have any companions alive?"

"Hmm...... There should still be ......," Kanako said, twitching.

"Should? So who died? Lu Qing had a headache.

"Who died...... I don't remember. Kanako's face was blank.