Volume 8 Chapter 20 Backtracking
Muyoubing looked at the campfire and quietly explained the doubts to us. He said that the biggest problem here is that there are so many backpacks. Even if they had streamlined their equipment, they wouldn’t have so many backpacks full of things. Moreover, because the entire camp was in a very natural state, these backpacks were haphazardly placed in each tent, and with all the details, it didn’t look like they had packed up their equipment.
The people here did leave calmly, but this calmness was not in the usual sense of calmness. The situation when they left must have been very unusual.
I had also noticed the suspicious point that Mian Youbing had mentioned, but I had not paid much attention to it because it could be explained by some complicated reasons. He raised the point, and I nodded, but I said, “Maybe they didn’t all go. The place is so dangerous, so maybe some people stayed behind.”
Mian Youbing shook his head: “If someone stayed behind, there would be no need to leave a message. This kind of message would only be left behind if everyone was going to leave, and Wu Sansheng would never tell his subordinates that he was going to die. This is a big taboo. He must have written it at the last moment when all his subordinates had left, and those people would die with him.
But this doesn’t explain the current situation at the camp. Unless those people found the entrance and, in their happiness, entered the entrance without bringing anything with them, which is impossible.
The fat guy “mm” a sound, obviously think it makes sense, he drank a sip of water and frowned, thought for a moment and said: “this thing is very strange, a bit messy, from the head to think I’m afraid I can’t understand, we have to go back and reverse.”
The fat guy always has a trick, especially at this time. I asked him how to do it, and he said, “We know a lot about the outcome of this incident, but not the process. So we have to think about it from the outcome. First, start with the word. According to what the little brother said, the message is here, which means that they all left. It’s impossible that anyone stayed behind. So there are so many backpacks here, which means that there are fewer people than backpacks. This…”
The fat man paused halfway through his sentence, as if he was having trouble saying what he had come up with. But I already knew what he meant. There were fewer people than backpacks, and a lot fewer.
That means that many people died.
And the deaths occurred after they set up camp here.
After a moment of silence, the fat man continued, “Here, or nearby, a huge mutation must have occurred. There are no signs of violence here, so the mutation must have occurred around here. At that time, something must have made them leave the camp and never return. But your third uncle survived, found the entrance with the remaining people, and then left. That should be the process.
I was enlightened, but I also heard a flaw. I shook my head and said, “No, usually in this situation, the survivors would definitely leave here, and they wouldn’t be in the mood to find the entrance and then come back to leave a mark.”
“Then, they must have found the entrance before the accident,” the fat man corrected.
I nodded, and the Mung Oil Bottle also nodded, muttering, “Perhaps, it was because of that mutation that they discovered the entrance.”
“It’s also possible, but this can’t be confirmed, and it’s meaningless.” The fat guy said, “Anyway, this motherfucker works.”
“So, what is the mutation?” I asked, a little scared. “Is it that kind of snake?”
The fat guy looked at the darkness around him and the rainforest sinking into nothingness, and said, “Don’t worry, while you were sleeping, my brother and I already got some buckets of mud, which we’ll smear on the tent and the people on night watch, so we won’t have to be afraid of those pheasant necks. However, this place is full of evil spirits, and there may be other evil things. Moreover, the incident will definitely happen at night, so we must be on the alert. And remember, once there is any movement, you must never leave the camp.
I nodded and said, “Then I’ll take the first watch.”
Muyoubing shook his head: “Your alertness is too low. If we judge correctly, then this kind of incident will be extremely dangerous. I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle it. I’ll be on full alert tonight, so you guys get some rest.”