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"Are you sure this is the mark left here?" Shen Jingyu also stopped in his tracks.
He looked around, recalling the traces on the road. The shadows of the trees were too dark to find any memorable points.
Duan Yu grew more certain as he observed, "Yes, this path is correct; the couple tree is still here." However, when they came, there was another identical tree right next to it. I have a deep memory of this spot. But now, only one tree remains.
Luo Hao immediately went to the tree Duan Yu mentioned. The others began searching the ground for clues.
Suddenly, a roar echoed through the mountains and forests.
"Is it really that strange?" Su Xing instinctively clutched the hem of Shen Jingyu's clothes.
"Don't be afraid; I'm here," Shen Jingyu reassured as he took Su Xing's hand.
He pulled out a compass, only to find it malfunctioning. At the same time, Luo Hao exclaimed in astonishment, "Heavens, what kind of place is this? It seems we've triggered a trap!"
"It looks like we're about to be ambushed," Duan Yu said as he thrust his stick into the ground and felt a layer of hard iron beneath.
Luo Hao discovered that there was a gap in the middle of the ground.
Su Xing leaned closer to Shen Jingyu to take a look: "Could this ground be some kind of large turntable?"
"Oh no, boss! There's a tiger!"
The two men on the other side whispered cautiously, but their movements were definitely trembling with fear.
Following a beam of flashlight light before it extinguished, Su Xing caught sight of a pair of eyes watching them intently.
"Try not to make too much noise; this thing has combat power even greater than that of wolves," he warned.
Luo Hao casually tossed his flashlight behind him toward the tiger, hoping to lure it with the light. However, in a miscalculation, the flashlight landed head down, blocking its light completely upon hitting the ground.
"This luck is just ridiculous!" Luo Hao was clearly on the verge of breaking down.
The others tried to lighten their footsteps and retreated to Shen Jingyu's side, instinctively forming a protective circle around Su Xing and themselves.
But this was not a fundamental solution to their problem; with even a slight misstep, they would all be unable to escape from a nearly hundred-pound tiger pouncing on them.
"Shen Jingyu," he said in a low voice, "if it attacks, scatter and run. Star, get on my back now. Trust me, I can run faster with you on my back."
In such a critical moment, Su Xing knew he couldn't hesitate. Shen Jingyu's words were not to be taken lightly; if she were gone, he truly would face an eternal farewell.
Just as Su Xing climbed onto Shen Jingyu's back, the tiger let out a heavy grunt and then charged toward them.
In an instant, seven out of the eight people scattered in different directions.
Considering that tigers could climb trees, no one dared to flee upwards; they could only find suitable cover and wait for the tiger to move on before deciding what to do next.
Su Xing clung tightly to Shen Jingyu's back, feeling as if his speed was about to take flight.
The increasingly dense branches loomed over them, and to avoid being jabbed, Su Xing buried his face into Shen Jingyu's neck while using his arms to shield both sides of Shen Jingyu's face and the top of his forehead.
This way, he wouldn't obstruct Shen Jingyu's view and would allow him to run even faster.
However, the forest seemed unusually dark, and as the branches thickened, the moonlight gradually faded away.
Was there no sound?
After hearing a reluctant roar from the tiger, both Su Xing and Shen Jingyu sensed the eerie silence enveloping the forest.
"A Yu," Su Xing whispered urgently, "put me down for a moment. Let’s rest before we go look for them."
Shh...
Suddenly, Shen Jingyu tensed up. Su Xing felt it too—the sound of leaves rustling seemed to be right beneath their feet.
Oh no...
For the first time, Su Xing saw eyes as large as apples, resembling red lanterns.
Escaping from a tiger did not guarantee safety; encountering a snake was likely the main event of the night.
"Look at its eyes and don't make a sound," Shen Jingyu's voice was barely above a whisper, so soft that Su Xing felt he was speaking telepathically.
Su Xing felt her heart sink; in her eyes, the tiger was nothing compared to how terrifying this giant snake was!
Breathless with fear, she dared not meet its gaze—those eyes were several times larger than her own.
The snake had descended from a tree with a trunk about a meter wide, its head hanging down precariously. It felt like its seven inches of suspended body extended two or three meters into thin air.
Wuwu... Su Xing couldn't hold back her tears any longer.
"A Yu," she sobbed. "Let’s promise to be together in our next life."
"I love you. I’ve loved you since the first moment I saw you. I never thought about marrying anyone else in this life."
"If we die here today, I’ll hold your hand. We’ll cross the Naihe Bridge together and share a bowl of Meng Po Soup. Even if we’re swallowed by this giant worm, we’ll still die together." Wuwu...
It was in this life-and-death situation that Su Xing finally voiced her innermost feelings to Shen Jingyu.
Shen Jingyu felt a surge of satisfaction that made him want to smile, but he had to focus on resolving the immediate crisis at hand.
"I want to live with you, to hear you say you love me countless times again!"
With that, Shen Jingyu set Su Xing down and handed her a handgun.
"Wait for the right moment to shoot, just like I taught you!"
"I’m entrusting my life to you, my A Xing!"
From his belt, Shen Jingyu pulled out a short knife, barely long enough for practical use. In the face of the massive python, it was like using a toothpick against a skyscraper. The python primarily attacked by constricting and swallowing its prey; Shen Jingyu's actions were a sacrifice to buy Su Xing some time.
As Shen Jingyu's shoulder was caught in the python's jaws, its long tail slid down from the tree. When he was ensnared, Su Xing had already disengaged the safety and closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again. Calmly, she aimed at anything that wasn't Shen Jingyu's body and fired.
Su Xing didn’t know how Shen Jingyu managed it, but he drove that short knife precisely into the python’s eye. The creature went wild with pain, instantly flinging Shen Jingyu onto a tree branch nearly a meter high.
"Star, keep shooting!"
Su Xing didn’t need any further instruction from Shen Jingyu; in this situation, she had to ensure that the giant snake couldn’t attack again. Ten bullets fired without a miss. By the end, Su Xing had completely overcome her fear and moved closer to the snake’s head to fire two more shots, ensuring it was finally quiet.
Then she turned her gaze upward.
"A Yu, how are you? Where are you?"
Following the direction she had seen earlier, Su Xing walked toward a few trees but looked up without spotting any sign of Shen Jingyu. The moonlight filtering through the leaves was bright enough, yet she couldn’t find him anywhere.
His shoulder had been bitten by the snake; when he was thrown away moments ago, that tree had shaken violently several times. Could he still be alive?
If you die, I won’t be able to escape either. It would have been better if we had both been swallowed just now.
As Su Xing walked and spoke to herself, it seemed that there was no one in sight on any of the trees.
Where could you possibly be? Are you unable to speak? Or have you truly lost your voice?
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