Chapter 5 Run away(1/2)
The moment the scream sounded, Mo Yun's heart sank.
He immediately realized that his previous premonition had become reality. Pompeii did trigger some kind of danger and was likely to have died.
what do I do?
Thinking and acting happen almost at the same time.
He jumped up from the ground like a spring, unzipped the tent with one hand, and looked out at the fastest speed. There was no one outside the camp, and the "enemy" did not seem to launch the next attack immediately, and Pompeii was gone.
"What's wrong?" Chi Muyun sat up with her body, and she realized it.
"Prepare to leave." Mo Yun said seriously.
"good……"
"Let's go out with me to have a look." He greeted.
Because Chi Muyun had been mentally prepared before, he didn't fall asleep. He quickly got up, packed up his things, and followed Mo Yun uneasyly. After walking out of the tent, Mo Yun saw the rest of the people crawling out of the tent, with a look of confusion on his face.
"Mo, what happened?" asked the blonde young man Green.
"I heard Pompeii's scream. He had just walked in that direction and went to the toilet." Mo Yun said concisely, pointing his finger in the direction where the white young man had just left.
"Is something going on?"
The short Shabier took out a silver revolver from his pocket and asked with a vigilant look. Hans, the biologist on the other side, also looked panicked, and Caitlyn had already hugged Green's arm tightly.
"Let's go over and take a look together."
Mo Yun was the first to lead the way. He took Chi Muyun's hand again and pinched the flashlight with the other hand. He had already thought about it. If he encountered an irresistible danger in a while, he would take her away immediately.
The girl's palms were warm and moist, and she felt a lot of sweat. If she could, he would not be willing to be the one who was in the front, but he had no other choice - if she stayed in a tent, it would be almost no different from the lamb to be slaughtered. That layer of light tent fabric was as fragile as a piece of paper. Facing an unknown enemy, it would not only not have any defensive effect, but would also block their sight and delay their actions.
He looked around and the forest was still gray.
The tall branches extend upwards, and the canopy is not visible. There is only a bright full moon, and its crystal clear body slowly reveals through the dense branches.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the moon above his head had become darker than the one he had just seen.
Mo Yun followed the path that Pompeii had just stepped forward, and finally found traces under a tree not far away, and stopped. The girl behind him exclaimed, and then the expedition team behind him couldn't help but scream.
The off-white trunks were covered with splashing sticky red blood.
With the light of the flashlight, you can also see the location of the tree roots. A broken arm stained with blood was lying. The wound was very smooth and it seemed that it was cut off by some sharp weapon in an instant.
Pompeii, a white young man who loves food, has disappeared without a trace, only a pool of blood on the ground and the screams not long ago, proving that something very terrible happened here.
"Ah--" Caitlin screamed.
"How could this happen!!!" Shabier raised his pistol and immediately aimed at the depths of the forest, but he could not see anything, so he had to put down his pistol in disappointment.
"What happened to attack Pompeii?" Biologist Hans carefully picked up the broken arm on the ground and observed the wound at the broken arm. "It's not like the Northern Direx, the wolf doesn't have such sharp claws."
"Let's call the police..." Shabier said tremblingly, "Also, everyone should be careful, no one knows whether that thing will attack us again..."
When Caitlin heard this, she immediately took out her cell phone tremblingly, but soon she cursed and sweared.
“No signal!”
"Neither mine." Green raised his phone helplessly.
"Neither I." Shabier whispered.
"The same is true for me, Chi." Mo Yun shrugged, "The question now is whether we should chase after him and see if we can save Pompeii. Although the chance of his survival is not high, he may find some valuable clues along the bloodstains."
When everyone heard this, they looked around and felt that each tree was like a demon's arm, swaying in the darkness. The sky was already deep, and they could only see more than ten meters nearby. The deeper was dark and they could not see anything clearly.
"Mo, what do you think? Do you want to catch up?" asked Captain Green, "You are the most experienced explorer in our team, you can decide."
"Although I'm very worried about Pompeii, if I catch up rashly, I might fall into the trap of the other party." Mo Yun said slowly, "Pompeii has a gun in his hand, but the thing can cut off his arm in an instant and snatch him away at the same time, which means that the thing has strong attack power and is very familiar with the dark forest."
"Then let's go back to the tent first and call the police after dawn?"
"No, I'm going to wait for death when I get back to the tent." Mo Yun shook his head, "I don't know why that thing didn't continue to attack us, but I think the other party is likely to want to eat us step by step, kill us one by one, kill us, slap our patience, let fear take root, and slowly make us despair, and finally lose the will to resist and escape - this is the usual tactic of hunters." He said firmly, "So, we must never be separated now, nor can we stay in place."
"Then what should we do..." Caitlin asked in a low voice.
"Pack up now and we will return to the captain's farm immediately. There should be signals and strong houses there to withstand the enemy's attacks." Mo Yun turned to Green, "Captain, do you still remember the direction of the farm?"
"Of course I remember." Green nodded.
"Then please make a decision." Mo Yun did not draw a conclusion by himself, but returned the decision to Green.
"I would like to listen to Mo. He is a professional explorer. Where are you?" Green turned to ask the others.
"Yes." Caitlin said with fear.
"I have no objection, either." Shabier nodded.
"Of course, it's better to leave now." Hans looked at the broken arm in his hand with a serious face.
Under the pressure of blood and death, the few people moved faster than ever. In less than three minutes, everyone packed up their things, carried off-road bags, and gathered at the camp fire that had not yet been extinguished.
"Follow me. The jeep we came here will be parked nearby." Green whispered.
"What should I do with the bonfire?" Shabier asked.
"Don't worry about it, let's go."
Mo Yun looked at the darkness on all sides solemnly, and his sense of uneasiness became stronger and stronger. In the dark jungle behind him, there seemed to be a pair of cold eyes lit up behind him. He knew that this was his intuition warning.
There are dangers around, terrible dangers!
"Go for a walk."
The expedition team hugged their waists and left the camp as softly as possible, throwing the bright and beating red bonfire behind them. Along the way, air conditioning was everywhere, and the temperature had dropped to below zero, and every step was like stepping on broken ice. The yellow light of the flashlight kept scattering, illuminating the road under your feet and the darkness around them. From time to time, someone was touched by the tree branches above his head and let out a low scream.
No one spoke along the way.
About five minutes later, Green led everyone to a relatively open forest clearing. There were two convertible jeeps parked here, one black and the other gray, all covered with green camouflage cloth. It should have been parked here when the expedition team came.
"In this way, everyone get in the car and leave immediately." Green showed the captain's style and quickly arranged, "I, Caitlin, Shabier and Hans are in the front car, Mo and Chi, you drive your own car and follow us."
"good."
"no problem!"
Everyone nodded and responded, then jumped into the car together.
silence.
At such an urgent moment, Mo Yun stood there blankly, looking at the gray convertible jeep, motionless, as if he had been used to impose a fixed technique.
"What's wrong?" Chi Muyun pulled his sleeve.
"I... can't drive." Mo Yun said awkwardly.
"Ah?" The girl stood there in a daze.
"Do you do?"
"I learned to drive when I was a freshman..." The girl came to her senses and immediately said, "I'll drive."
"OK."
Mo Yun opened the car door and jumped into the passenger seat. Chi Muyun jumped into the driver's seat. He touched his pocket for a while, found the car key from his inner pocket, and handed it over.
The engine started and the vehicle let out a low roar.
At this time, Mo Yun was really indifferent. He really couldn't drive. When he was in college, he considered whether to learn a driver's license, but after thinking about it, he still gave up. First of all, his work nature does not require him to be able to drive. Secondly, with his personality, he is too lazy to drive by himself. Every time he goes out, he takes public transportation, such as buses, subways, and trains... On the one hand, he doesn't have to worry about it himself, and on the other hand, he can also observe all kinds of people around him and make sketches of characters.
He always thought that it didn't matter whether he could drive or not.
But unexpectedly, I almost made a fool of myself here.
Fortunately, Chi Muyun could drive, and if she didn't, their identities would be revealed immediately. Other members of the expedition team discovered an abnormality, and in such a dangerous situation - this task would be difficult to complete.
He looked at the black woods flowing rapidly outside the car window, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
Although Chi Muyun is young, he drives very steadily and doesn't look like a novice at all. Just because he is driving in the woods, he will occasionally run over some stones or broken branches, and the vehicle is still a little bumpy.
The yellow fan-shaped light of the headlights illuminated a section of the road ahead and the license plates of the black jeep. They followed Captain Green's car and ran in the dark forest. The trees on both sides of the road quickly retreated.
At this time, Mo Yun was also deeply touched.
He realized that since he came here, he had subconsciously regarded Chi Muyun as an object that needed protection. To put it bluntly, it was a burden. But now he understood that he was not omnipotent, and Chi Muyun was much smarter and more capable than he thought.
Everyone has the meaning and value of his existence.
Suddenly, his back felt cold and a slight stinging sensation came from behind. This was his intuition sending an alarm, which meant that there was danger! And it was a danger that would happen immediately!
"careful!"
He shouted, pressed his hand on Chi Muyun's head, lowered her head to the steering wheel, and bent down himself and pressed his head as low as possible.
"ah--"
The girl exclaimed, the steering wheel hit and the vehicle swayed.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Just as Mo Yun lowered the girl's head, several sharp branches and stones flew out from the dark woods on both sides of the road. They shot like flying blades, and easily penetrated the car window, then smashed another car glass, flew over the heads of the two people, and flew out from the other side.
There were also a few branches and stones hitting the car board, causing the car board to be twisted and deformed. Just from the extent of the car body being destroyed, you can imagine how strong the guy throwing the stones and branches was and how fast it was.
To be continued...