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  I suddenly sprang up from the ground, ran to the entrance of the cave and looked out. In the darkness, five or six torches were standing upright, the flames dancing in the wind. A group of people was heading towards our location, and at the same time, I could hear their voices clearly. Xiaohua was shouting: "Wu Xie!"

  My heart is bursting with excitement, it's like a timely rain in a drought, even my parents are not as dear to me as Xiaohua, I immediately shouted: "Jie Xiaojiu, I'm over here!"

  Xiao Hua's voice suddenly stopped, her eyes staring straight ahead, and she immediately waved at the people behind her, shouting: "Follow up." I quickly removed the scaffolding and leaves from the cave entrance, Xiao Hua and her group pushed against the wind and snow to enter, and before I could even open my mouth, a shrill cry suddenly rang out from among the crowd.

  It was a real scream, like the sound a person makes when they suddenly see a ghost, piercing straight into the eardrum, making one's nerves tense up.

  I quickly looked over and found a strange man, wearing mountaineering clothes, with disheveled hair, eyes unfocused, and making high-pitched screams that didn't make sense. Xiaohua's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he shouted at the other five big men: "What are you standing there for? Knock him out!"

  Several people rushed up immediately, one of whom directly chopped a knife to the man's neck, and the person fell softly to the ground.

  After this commotion, Passerby A also woke up. He didn't seem surprised at all. Rubbing his temples, he said to Xiaohua, "Jiuye, throw me a sleeping bag." Xiaohua threw him a sleeping bag from the equipment pack. To their surprise, Passerby A directly crawled into it, zipped it up and fell asleep.

  This series of changes left me stunned, and it wasn't until after a while that I came back to my senses. Just as I was about to speak, I caught a glimpse of Xiuxiu looking at me with an ambiguous smile. I suddenly realized and my face burned fiercely. Damn it, I'm only wearing a pair of underwear now!

  I hastily rushed to Xiaohua and shouted: "Give her some clothes... Xiuxiu, you, don't look, turn around." Xiuxiu responded with a sound, covered her eyes, and giggled: "I won't look." Won't look? Won't look... why the hell are you revealing such big gaps between your fingers?!

  She rubbed her temples, with a helpless expression, and said to someone behind her: "Give me some clothes." A moment later, I put on my clothes under the gaze of a group of people. This experience is truly unforgettable.

  Xiao Hua sat quietly against the wall, her voice somewhat tired, and said: "What's going on with you two?" I told everyone what happened afterwards, then pointed at the man who was knocked unconscious and asked: "Who is he?"

  Xiu Xiu took over the conversation and said, "Wu Ye brother, you don't know, we almost got scared to death trying to find you two." I was taken aback and asked, "Dying from exhaustion is possible, what do you mean by 'scared to death'?"

  Xiuxiu pointed at the man who had been knocked unconscious and then told them about how they met.

  That night, after I and Lao Bai disappeared, no one noticed. The next day, Sangba got up the earliest. At first, they thought that I and Lao Bai had gone out to solve a pressing matter, so the others cooked some breakfast to eat. As a result, after finishing their meal, they still didn't see me and Lao Bai return. Xiao Hua felt something was off, and immediately organized everyone to start searching.

  After a night of wind and snow, there was no trace left on the ground. Xiaohua and others searched very hard. Originally, they were walking straight forward, but in order to find us, they started from the mountain cave as a base point and began to spread out around them. After searching for a whole day, they still didn't find any clues about me and passerby A.

  That night, Xiaohua and the others rested in the cave. According to Xiaohua's plan, they would expand their search area again tomorrow. If they still couldn't find me, they could only give up. That night, Xiuxiu was worried about my safety and couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned for a while before getting out of the cave to take a walk.

  Just then, she saw a pair of eyes.

  A pair of eyes emitting green light. Xiuxiu didn't react at first, and was a bit stunned. The next moment, a figure suddenly jumped out of the darkness, and violently pounced on her. Xiuxiu, after all, was a person trained by the Huo family, with extraordinary skills, and immediately began to wrestle with the figure. At the same time, Xiuxiu loudly cried for help, startling Xiaohua and others.

  That man was like a savage, wrapped in animal hides, with green eyes and drooling from his mouth. As soon as he saw Xiaohua and the others approaching, he suddenly sprang up like an ape, leaping and bounding several times before disappearing into the darkness.

  Xiu Xiu's heart still had lingering fear, and she immediately said to everyone: "Is that thing a wild man?"

  Xiao Hua summoned everyone to bring their guns and equipment, saying: "It's a disaster, it seems that this thing has been lurking around us, who knows if Wu Xie fell into their hands."

  Xiu Xiu was shocked and said: "Brother Wu Ye won't really have an accident, will he? How can we explain this to the Wu family?"

  Xiao Hua's face was calm, but she was anxious inside. She could only comfort Xiuxiu in a gentle voice, saying: "There are people by Wu Ye's side, so there shouldn't be any big deal. If we don't catch up now, I'm afraid we'll have to collect Wu Ye's body for his brother."

  Next to Samba, who thought we were just ordinary tourists, was suddenly frightened by Xiaohua and others taking out guns and ammunition. His legs went soft and he begged for mercy. One of the big men, named Maodegui, also known as Lao Mao, kicked Samba in the foot, revealing a fierce expression, saying: "Get lost, we're not interested in your life, go hide in the mountain cave." These big men were outsiders from the Ye family, specializing in smuggling and other illicit activities. They often played cat and mouse with customs officials and had dealings with Lei Zi, and it could be said that they were a group of fugitives dependent on the Ye family.

  Lao Mao's original intention was revealed, and San Ba couldn't help but shed a few tears. Lao Mao wanted to speak again, but Xiao Hua stopped him: "Shut up." Xiao Hua's voice wasn't loud, but as soon as he spoke, several big men immediately became obedient. These people had been following the Jie family for many years and naturally understood Jie Jiuye's gentle yet ruthless personality.

  Seeing a row of people closing their mouths, Xiaohua softened her voice and said to Sanba: "We are not some kind of killer who robs goods on the black road, but we have something to do when we enter the mountain. Since you've seen it all, I can't just let you go back like this."

  Samba saw Xiaohua and Shanshan, immediately begged for mercy, saying: "I'll go out and say nothing, what you're doing in the mountain, I don't know anything, I won't tell the police, the police are far from our home, let me go back home, please."

  Sangba was a kind-hearted Tibetan young man, with a pitiful life experience. Xiuxiu's heart softened as she looked at him, and she helped him up, saying: "We need to get through this snowy mountain, and we can't do it without you. Don't worry, once we're inside the mountain, you can go back, we won't stop you. But now that you've seen our situation, two of our companions are missing, and we need your help to find them in this snowy mountain."

  Xiu Xiu's gentle words and tone calmed Samba down, Samba knew he couldn't escape, so he resigned himself to his fate. He thought about helping Xiaohua and the others pass through Snow Mountain as soon as possible, and immediately took the initiative to lead the way, bringing Xiaohua and the others along.

  According to Xiuxiu's account, that thing was like a savage, but its eyes glowed green and its expression was ferocious. Later, it occurred to them that they couldn't even confirm whether it was human or not. Although the thing moved extremely fast, it still left some traces in the snowy ground. Xiaohua and others chased closely, so the traces hadn't been completely erased by the wind and snow yet. Under Sangba's tracking, Xiaohua and others spent most of the night chasing in the snowy ground until dawn, when they finally arrived at a mountain cave.

  To be exact, it should be a pit.

  That hole was under a withered big tree root, and the twisted roots revealed a dark entrance.

  Samba stopped in front of the cave entrance and felt around the tree roots with his hand, then said: "The trail disappears here, and you see, the tree root mouth is severely worn, there's something inside." The several big men looked at each other, Old Mao squinted his eyes to look into the cave, couldn't see anything in the dark, and immediately said: "Why don't we fire a few shots to try? Whatever it is, it'll definitely be finished off."

  Xiu Xiu lifted her leg and kicked him, scolding: "What if Brother Wu Ye is also inside? Are you brainless?" Old Mao rubbed his buttocks and smiled apologetically, saying: "Miss, I was just joking. Even if Mr. Wu is inside, I wouldn't dare fire a shot even with a hundred guts."

  Xiao Hua stared at the entrance for a while, then said coldly: "Xiuxiu, Lao Mao, follow me down. You two stay outside." After finishing speaking, she made a hand gesture and said: "Lower the rope." Immediately afterwards, she threw a rope into the hole, with a stone tied to the end of it. The entire length of the rope was 30 meters long, coiled around her arm and thrown downwards, shining brightly as it slid down. When she shook the rope, the stone at the bottom swayed back and forth, but still hadn't reached the bottom.

  Samba jumped in fright and said: "Oh dear, what a deep hole."

  Xiu Xiu's expression also changed, thirty meters, equivalent to the height of a skyscraper, this cave is really deep, and it's unknown what's inside, thinking about that humanoid creature again, she couldn't help but feel a chill. Although she was born into the Huo family and had exceptional skills, everything she had encountered before were things on the ground, but now that she was going underground, the little girl's true nature was exposed.

  She glanced at Xiaohua, just about to speak, when Xiaohua had already narrowed her eyes and said, "Take it back, the long rope." This time Xiaohua was well-prepared, bringing ** different lengths and functions of ropes. The long rope she mentioned was a soft iron wire wrapped around coarse hemp, the longest used for extreme adventures and construction sites, up to over 100 meters, can hang more than ten thick iron plates, the price is also expensive beyond measure.

  Then the rope was let down, and it fell to the ground after about 50 meters. Next, Xiaohua, Xiuxiu, and Lao Mao descended into the cave with their guns. The cave was clearly a natural formation, and it went straight up and down. The walls of the cave had sharp rocks protruding from them, and the entrance became narrower as they went deeper. After the three people landed on the ground, they found that the bottom of the cave was a tunnel, which was even more narrow.

  Xiaohua turned on her flashlight to observe the environment in front of her. Based on her observation, this tunnel was wider ahead and people could move forward by crouching down, but more than ten meters away it became narrower and narrower, requiring them to crawl to pass through.

  Xiu Xiu looked more and more worried, the structure of this cave was simply a treasure trove that animals dreamed of, to say there were no wild beasts inside would be unbelievable, if Wu Xie was really inside, he was probably in grave danger.

  I listened to Xiuxiu's words, feeling a bit dizzy. This was all over the place. I indeed fell into a hole, but the tunnel they found was clearly off by a huge margin. Thinking about how they were searching for me in the wrong direction made me tired just thinking about it. So I said, "Stop, stop, get to the point."

  Xiu Xiu glared at me and said, "Don't you think what I'm saying is the key point? They were worried to death about you. Do you know what we encountered afterwards? Think again, my feelings are scared." She glared at me, her eyes filled with a pitiful expression, which made my heart skip a beat. My hands didn't know where to put themselves, and I couldn't help but silently scold myself: Wu Xie, you're really something else.

  As expected, when going to the toilet, there shouldn't be a woman beside you, it's distracting.

  I thought and thought, and the image of Fatso staring at me with a grievance appeared in my mind, then it turned into Muffled Oil Bottle staring at me with a grievance, finally I couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

  Xiu Xiu angrily shouted: "Wu Ye brother, you're so heartless... and you're still smiling... don't smile!"