Chapter 49 Sacrifice

"I see," Su Xiaoxiao also smiled, "Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Chen. I just want my brother and I to survive. As for who is the first to walk out of the door, I don't care."

Chen Ran widened his eyes as if curious, "Doesn't Miss Su want to fight for it?"

"No," Su Xiaoxiao lowered her voice and said very seriously, "I don't want to be an enemy of lunatics, especially... a group of lunatics."

Chen Ran narrowed his eyes, seemingly accustomed to such a title, even enjoying it. The corners of his mouth slowly cracked open, creating a visually striking image with his indifferent face.

It was as if a pleasing work of art suddenly collapsed.

"You are a disciple," Su Xiaoxiao stared at Chen Ran's face, "You are... a member of Crimson."

Chen Ran's smile became even more exaggerated.

The exchange between the two ended here. Chen Ran led the way, and Su Xiaoxiao followed him at a distance of about 2 meters.

Strangely enough, their original plan was to trick Jiang Cheng and Fatty into thinking they had already entered the forest, looking for clues, and couldn't help but enter the forest as well.

In fact, they had been hiding in the abandoned hall on the first floor of the building. It wasn't until Jiang Cheng and the other left that they came out and watched Jiang Cheng and Fatty enter the forest from a distance.

Whether it was in Su Xiaoxiao's account or the stories of the people in Black Rock Town, the white stone disk was the beginning of the story.

The curse also originated from this.

Without seeing such a thing, one would never feel at ease.

This raises another question.

Who... would be the first to see it?

The reason why Su Xiaoxiao and Su An went for the first time was entirely because they didn't know the weirdness of the stone disk. Otherwise, she wouldn't have approached it even if she was beaten to death. What's more, she didn't get very close.

At least she didn't touch it with her hands.

So... a few teammates responsible for stepping on mines were crucial.

They deliberately waited until Jiang Cheng was sound asleep before leaving under pretense, and before leaving, they specifically "instructed" Fatty to stay and guard the house.

This was because they were worried that these tricks would not fool Jiang Cheng when he was awake, and he would definitely follow along.

To be honest, Su Xiaoxiao gambled her younger brother's safety, betting that Jiang Cheng couldn't see through it.

As for Fatty... he was completely out of their consideration.

Based on experience, most of the bizarre things in nightmare missions are not good things. In other words, good things cannot appear in nightmares.

So their plan was to follow behind Jiang Cheng and the two, using them to scout the way.

As for what the people in Black Rock Town said, that the weird stone disk was hidden deep in the forest, in an extremely difficult-to-find and inaccessible place.

No one paid attention to such nonsense. After all, for people in missions, no matter how difficult it is to find, such a key location will always be found, otherwise the mission cannot continue.

This is the rule.

It is even possible that they will find the weird stone disk not far away. This is all possible.

Soon, the two came to the edge of the forest.

Chen Ran still had that strange expression on his face, but Su Xiaoxiao was different. She had just escaped from this nightmare-like forest.

Now... she had to go back.

No matter how detailed the calculations and considerations in her mind, the psychological barrier was difficult to overcome first.

This forest was a nightmare within a nightmare for her. Just approaching it made her very resistant.

She had a premonition that if she stepped into this forest again, then... then she would never come out again.

"Miss Su," Chen Ran's voice interrupted her thoughts, waking her from her memories. He smiled slightly, "Please lead the way in front."

Whether it was his appearance, his emotions, or even his micro-expressions, Chen Ran had nothing to do with threats, but when combined, his face became annoying.

Su Xiaoxiao hated being threatened, but this time, she had no choice but to compromise.

"Mr. Chen," Su Xiaoxiao turned her head at the last moment before entering the forest, stared into the latter's eyes, and said in a cold voice after a long while, "I hope one team of pathfinders... is enough."

Chen Ran seemed not to understand the latter's words, and widened his eyes slightly, "Miss Su, what are you talking about? We are companions!"

"Hopefully."

Su Xiaoxiao stepped into the forest, and Chen Ran wandered around in place for a while before following in.

Under Su Xiaoxiao's lead, the two set off in the direction of her memory.

There, they will witness the progress of "assimilation" and even the origin of the curse.

Su Xiaoxiao, who was walking quickly, suddenly had a strange feeling, as if for them, the two who had entered before were the sacrifices they had offered to this forest.

That's right, it was very appropriate, because in the impression of her younger brother Su An, this forest... was alive.

It was watching them walk in, wave after wave of people, them, the crew members who were shipwrecked and stranded here, and the people of the entire Black Rock Town!

They were all sacrifices, sacrificing themselves for the entire forest.

Perhaps there was also that indescribable, unforeseeable, and irresistible... thing in the mouths of the people of Black Rock Town.

After Chen Ran and Su Xiaoxiao entered the forest, the edge of the forest fell into silence again.

It seemed that deathly silence was the main theme here.

However, just a few minutes later, this deathly silence was broken by a discordant sound.

"Hiss——, snap!"

Along the straight tree trunk, a nimble figure slid down from the upper part of the tree that was tightly covered, then released his hand, turned 180 degrees, bent his knees slightly, and landed smoothly.

The figure looked in the direction where Chen Ran and Su Xiaoxiao disappeared, rolled his eyes, and then smacked his lips.

A moment later—

"Doctor," Fatty's voice came from the tree. He seemed extremely scared, but he didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of attracting the ghosts that might exist in the forest.

"How do I get down?"

Fatty's voice was trembling. He was afraid of heights. Now his body was five or six meters above the ground. With his body shape, if he fell directly, it would be good to break a leg.

As long as he looked down, his legs trembled.

Later, Jiang Cheng used some special methods to get Fatty down from the tree relatively safely.

"Doctor," as soon as Fatty came down, before he could stand still, he cast an admiring and even reverent look at Jiang Cheng, "You are really amazing. How did you know that these two were acting, and their purpose was to trick us into the forest?" Fatty's eyes were burning.

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath and said solemnly to Fatty, "Fatty, if I said... I actually thought of their method, but before I had time to use it, they took the lead, would you believe it?"

Fatty nodded repeatedly, "I believe it, I believe in the doctor, that's why you are an orphan. There is a reason for this."