Lu Yu recognized the yellow cloth as the one Chan Li had left behind, found on her corpse, clutched tightly in her hand.

According to Mr. Jiang and the others' later comparison, the texture of this cloth was very similar to the yellow cloth that wrapped the saintess's head. It was a rare Dharani sutra covering, used to suppress evil spirits.

Not knowing where the courage came from, Lu Yu grabbed the yellow cloth and slammed it hard on the hungry ghost's face.

A strange scene appeared. The hungry ghost's swift movements faltered. Then, the area where its face came into contact with the yellow cloth seemed to be branded by a hot iron, making a "sizzle" sound. The hungry ghost struggled to retreat and disappeared in an instant.

The blizzard outside the cave also stopped.

Lu Yu, who had survived the ordeal, collapsed on the ground. It took a long time for her to regain her senses. Accompanied by the severe pain in her legs, she suddenly burst into tears.

It had nothing to do with the pain and fear. She just understood that this time, she had not died. Her life was still in her own hands, and she still had a chance to leave this snow mountain and bask in the sunshine of the outside world.

But Teacher Zi Gui and the others were probably not so lucky. The hungry ghost would definitely go looking for them.

In her gradually blurred vision, the figure of the fatty appeared.

This unrelated man had left her something to save her life. If it weren't for him, she would probably be nothing more than a pile of bones, just like Chan Li and the others.

She clearly remembered the look in this man's eyes when he left the item, it was so pure, so clear that it reflected her own image.

Her peripheral vision inadvertently caught sight of the phone on the ground, and Lu Yu's heart filled with lingering fear.

Although she had prepared herself to be found by the hungry ghost when she sent the message, when the hungry ghost actually appeared, and she personally experienced the suffocating despair, she realized how pale and weak everything she had done was.

In the face of that overwhelming force of terror, human beings were as insignificant as dust.

"Do we... really have a chance to survive?"

Lu Yu hunched over, lowered her head in the messy cave, hugged her knees, and let out a soft sob.

...

Huai Yi fell asleep groggily. When he opened his eyes, some light was coming in from outside. Bai Xi was still not awake, but her complexion was much better, and her breathing was becoming more stable.

Opening the tent, it was already broad daylight outside. Huai Yi couldn't help but squint his eyes. After he had adjusted a little, he tiptoed out of the tent.

Near the entrance of the cave was a fire, crackling from time to time as the wood burned. It looked tempting, but there was no one by the fire. Jiang Cheng and Wu were both gone.

Just as Huai Yi was hesitating, Jiang Cheng walked in from outside the cave, carrying some wood that he didn't know where he got from. Huai Yi opened his mouth and asked, "Where's my Brother Black Shadow?"

Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment, seemingly unable to understand when Huai Yi had become so familiar with Wu, but before Jiang Cheng could answer, he heard Huai Yi say in an educational tone, "Is he alright, Jiang-ge? Yesterday we were really relying on him. We have to thank him properly."

Huai Yi's voice was very loud, as if he was intentionally saying it to someone other than him and Jiang Cheng. "What did I say before? A friend in need is a friend indeed. I said Brother Black Shadow is righteous." Huai Yi kept glancing at Jiang Cheng's shadow out of the corner of his eye, speaking with emphasis, "This guy is definitely reliable!"

Jiang Cheng threw the wood in his hands on the ground with a crash, patted the snow off his clothes, and said helplessly, "He's gone back. He can't hear what you're saying."

"Nonsense!" Huai Yi said anxiously, and quickly defended himself, "Jiang-ge, you must never say such things! These are all heartfelt words. It would be bad if Brother Black Shadow misunderstands."

"Stop it!" Jiang Cheng made a stopping gesture to him. Jiang Cheng sat by the fire, picked up a piece of wood of moderate size and threw it into the fire, casually asking, "Do you want to come over and warm yourself by the fire?"

Looking at the warm fire, Huai Yi swallowed. "Yes."

"You can come over and warm yourself, but no flattery, understand?" Jiang Cheng tilted his head and asked.

Huai Yi straightened his body and secretly glanced around, making sure that Wu was not there before nodding cautiously.

After warming himself by the fire for a while, the cold was dispelled, and Huai Yi felt comfortable all over. He glanced at the outside of the cave and asked, "What are our plans next?"

They didn't know their current location. After climbing the snow mountain for a long time, to inexperienced people like Huai Yi, everywhere looked about the same.

And what was worse was that Bai Xi, the only one with snow mountain experience, had fallen into a coma. They couldn't take a person in a coma with them.

"We're not leaving for the time being." Jiang Cheng exhaled and said calmly, "I went outside just now and walked around. The directions are already messed up, and the traces left by the hungry ghost when it left have also disappeared."

"But the hungry ghost has already seen through our plan and knows that the real saintess's head is with another team," Huai Yi said worriedly.

Jiang Cheng nodded. "I know, but even if we can confirm the direction and rush over, we won't make it in time."

"Then we can't just do nothing, can we?" Huai Yi was anxious. He glanced at Jiang Cheng's shadow behind him, swallowed carefully, and suggested, "Can't we let Brother Black Shadow think of something? He must have a way."

Through the last incident, Huai Yi had unconsciously changed his view of Wu, who was hidden in Jiang Cheng's shadow. He wasn't an easy guy to get along with, but at a critical moment, he was still reliable.

Looking back at the guy in his own door, not to mention that he was weak, but also cowardly enough. Since getting on this bus, he had never appeared again. If it weren't for the existence of the contract, there would be some indescribable vague feeling between the two, he would have thought it was dead.

Jiang Cheng shook his head. "I can't control him, and I can't do that. I can feel that he is extremely restricted on this bus, and every appearance comes at a price."

Huai Yi, who lacked key information, did not understand the horror of the bus as thoroughly as Jiang Cheng.

Seeing Huai Yi's face instantly turn very bad, as if he had already seen the outcome of failure, Jiang Cheng straightened his body and said in a very formal tone: "We have done everything we can do, and the rest is up to the other team."

"I believe in Wang Fugui." Jiang Cheng turned his head and looked at the ice and snow outside the cave. "They will definitely succeed."

Seemingly infected by Jiang Cheng, Huai Yi's originally frowned brows gradually relaxed, and then he nodded fiercely, "You're right, Brother Fugui won't let us down!"

Honestly, Huai Yi didn't feel that Wang Fugui was a very powerful person, at least not comparable to Jiang Cheng, but this didn't affect his position in his heart.

This honest man showed more of reliability, purity, and persistence, which made people trust him unconditionally.

In the nightmare mission where people eat people without spitting out bones and scheme against each other, the word trust is more precious than anything else.