Chapter Thirty-Seven: One More Man? One less!
Most of the people of Fort Montenegro have not left two kilometers away in ten years, and in these two kilometers, almost everyone knows every corner, even where there is a tree, where there is a stone.
However, it does not mean that the area is safe, the poisonous insects in the dark corners, and the monsters that enter the area from time to time, are all deadly threats, and any negligence may lead to leaving the place where you live and never coming back.
Dozens of people walked in the wilderness with low visibility, their steps very light, for fear of making any movement.
Huang Yi walked at the forefront, his eyes patrolling every corner.
Zhu Rulong and the others used to take the lead like this, but now it is Huang Yi's turn.
In the last days, if you want to live, you have to eat, and in a place like Montenegro, where there are no agricultural products, if you want to eat, you have to take risks.
Every time you leave the place where you live and go into the wilderness, you can come back alive, that's luck, and if you die in the wilderness, it's fate, and you can't blame anyone.
This time, their destination was a small hill about 500 meters away from Montenegrin Fort, which was called Little Bamboo Forest by the 'locals' of Montenegrin Fort.
In fact, there is no half bamboo, not even a plant, and the reason why it is called a small bamboo forest is because it is 'abundant' in the edible plant of sweet bamboo shoots.
This time they came to the small bamboo forest surprisingly smoothly, and not even a single insect appeared on the way, of course, this is a good thing, and it is worth cheering.
Coming here so smoothly, others may think that it is good luck in their hearts, but only Huang Yi is thoughtful in his heart, maybe it is the magical fruit he has eaten that has the effect of expelling poisonous insects, or maybe it is the python skin wrapped around his body, so that the monsters in the dark dare not approach.
Coming to the small bamboo forest, to everyone's surprise, sweet bamboo shoots growing more than a foot long in many places look particularly gratifying, in the eyes of Huang Yi and others, this is the food they live in.
"Hurry up, everyone, this harvest should be very good, for safety, everyone will gather back in half an hour", after coming here, Huang Yi looked at it a little and smiled at the group.
After speaking, he and Qian San and the others scattered around to patrol, while the others began to get busy, and everywhere they could hear the crisp sound of sweet bamboo shoots breaking and people eagerly chewing sweet bamboo shoots.
Every time people look for food, they are given a rare opportunity to eat a full meal.
Huang Yi stood at the highest place on the small bamboo forest, a small mountain, patrolling around, and everyone who was responsible for collecting food could relax, but he couldn't relax, he had to pay attention to his surroundings at all times, and he could notify everyone in advance when danger came.
"Huh......? Dazzled"? Looking at a dark direction, Huang Yi frowned and said to himself, he seemed to see a black shadow flashing, but it didn't seem to be.
Carefully inspecting that direction, although there was no danger coming, he was still not at ease, and invited Qian San to order: "You pay attention to the surroundings, I'll go over there and have a look."
With a command, Huang Yi walked in the direction that he couldn't eat, and after advancing for dozens of meters, he patrolled left and right, and did not find any abnormalities, and the surroundings were quiet, and there was not a single ghost.
"Maybe I'm dazzled", tightening the broadsword in his hand, Huang Yi shook his head and walked in the direction of the small bamboo forest.
I don't know why, he always had a feeling that he was being targeted by something, and several times he suddenly turned around, but he didn't find anything abnormal, which almost made him feel like he was suspicious.
Half an hour passed quickly, and in the place of the small bamboo forest, the people who came out of Black Mountain Fort had collected enough sweet bamboo shoots one by one, and of course, there were some other things that could be eaten, and there were no accidents like last time, so it can be said that they returned with a full load.
"Okay, everyone go back, pay attention to safety on the road", such a happy situation, Huang Yi said with a smile on his face.
When going back, Huang Yi walked at the back, opened the road when he came, and cushioned the back when he went back, as the boss of Montenegro Fort, while enjoying the rights, he also had to pay a little for everyone many times, although when the danger came, it was still 'flying separately when the disaster came'.
"Not right"! Huang Yi, who was walking at the back, looked at the people in front of him who were rapidly moving in the direction of Black Mountain Fort, and his heart suddenly bulged.
When he came out, he deliberately counted the number of people, except for Uncle Jiang's fat chef and the few women who did not come out, when he went out, a total of forty people came out of Black Mountain Fort, plus he was forty-one.
However, Huang Yi found at this time that there was one more person in the crowd in front of him! There were forty-one people, and with him, there were forty-two in all!
Who is the extra person? How did you get in? Huang Yi suddenly had a creepy feeling.
Because it was drizzling in the sky today, all the people who came out were wrapped in rainproof things, and they couldn't see their faces, plus they were in a hurry to go back, Huang Yi couldn't tell who the extra people were!
"How can there be more than one person here"? Huang Yi's heart was pounding, he had no experience in this kind of weird thing.
I wanted everyone to stop and check, but for safety reasons, and because the small bamboo forest was not far from Montenegro Fort, the gate of Montenegro Fort was already in sight at this time, so Huang Yi could only endure it.
"Qian San, you wait a minute, pay attention, when everyone returns to the open space outside the residence, let everyone not enter the cave for the time being", Huang Yi secretly came to Qian San's side and ordered.
"Understood", Qian San nodded, not daring to disobey Huang Yi in the slightest.
The next short journey has become a thorn in Huang Yi's heart, always paying attention to the people in front of him and paying attention to their every move.
Smoothly returning to the open space outside the Black Mountain Fort, Qian San took the first step to the front so that everyone was not allowed to enter the cave immediately, and all of them stopped in the dripping rain, although the cold wind was like a knife, no one dared to disobey.
Huang Yi came to the front of everyone, frowned at the people present and said in a deep voice: "Now, take off the things on all of your heads"!
There are only so many people in Montenegro Fort, and they have lived here for ten years, it can be said that anyone Huang Yi is too familiar to be familiar with it, and he can recognize people who don't belong here at a glance!
However, when everyone took off the things on their heads in a daze, what made Huang Yi frown was that he knew everyone, and there were no strangers!
"No", when he found out that everyone knew him, he silently counted it in his heart, and Huang Yi was even more shocked in his heart.
Not only did not one more person come out, but one less, except for himself, there were only thirty-nine!
Where did the extra person go? No, where did the missing person go?
Huang Yi was terrified in his heart, when he came back, because he found that there was one more person, he was paying attention to them all the time, and he didn't find anyone leaving, but who would tell him now, where did the one who was missing go?
"Quick, let's observe each other, who didn't come back with us", Huang Yi reminded at this time.
The dazed people looked at each other, and only then did they understand what Huang Yi meant.
"What about my son? Little four, little four is gone, and he hasn't come back! Little four, where are you, come out quickly", suddenly, a woman's voice sounded, with horror and eagerness.
Huang Yi recognized the woman who called, the fourth surname in his mouth was Zhao, a sixteen-year-old child, who once came to Montenegro with Huang Yi, and was one of the few children who could grow up, originally he had two older brothers and a sister above, but he died in the previous ten years due to various crises, especially his sister, and the body was even disposed of by Huang Yi himself, well, smashed his head and found a place to bury .......
"Did anyone see where Xiao Si went to bury him"? Huang Yi asked in a deep voice, the broadsword in his hand clutched tightly.
Qian San and the others, who realized that something was wrong, took their weapons and stood behind Huang Yi at this time......!