Many people had not brought ropes. Excluding Xu An and her ten companions, there were as many as a hundred soldiers led by Qin Chuan.
They definitely couldn't just walk on the streets linked together. If they hadn't found Qin Chuan yet, they would have attracted the attention of the zombies themselves.
In the end, Zhou Qiang stepped forward and broke all the teams into smaller groups, ten people per group, to search for Qin Chuan's whereabouts separately.
Xu An was naturally in the same team as Zhou Haimai. To her surprise, Zhou Qian brought Zhou Qiang to their team as well.
Before long, Xu An's team was assembled. To her surprise, Liu Dong had also joined them. Besides Liu Dong, the remaining members were those who had competed with them.
Chu Yu, who had always been a transparent figure, was once again forgotten.
Xu An had paid attention to this person, which was why she noticed Chu Yu's disappearance immediately.
Under Liu Dong's direction, they headed northeast. After walking for about ten minutes, Liu Dong found the second marker.
"There's another marker here. The captain said he's fine and told us to follow the direction of the markers to find him!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces lit up with joy, as there was nothing more exciting than learning that Qin Chuan was safe.
Xu An, however, did not join the general revelry. She looked down at Zhou Haimai and quietly asked, "Mei Jie, have you seen Chu Yu?"
It was better that Xu An hadn't mentioned it, as Zhou Haimai's expression changed as well.
"I forgot to tell you, this person is indeed a bit strange. When you went down, you told me, and I specifically paid attention to Chu Yu. But Chu Yu insisted on descending the sky ladder alone. After descending, this person seemed to have disappeared, with no trace left."
Xu An did not seem surprised upon hearing this, instead, she wore a look of inevitability.
Zhou Haimai was one of the first people from the rear troops to descend. After Zhou Haimai came down, Xu An's gaze was fixed on the sky ladder. When everyone had descended, Xu An still hadn't seen Chu Yu.
"So, Chu Yu was the first to descend?" Xu An asked.
"I don't know. This person acts as if they are deliberately hiding their tracks."
Xu An nodded in understanding, her mind already forming a rough guess.
If her previous assumption was correct, that Chu Yu had sneaked onto the lighthouse from the ground, then on the ground, Chu Yu would be much more at ease.
After all, the ground was Chu Yu's domain.
"What, Chu Yu is missing?"
If Xu An hadn't reminded her again, Zhou Haimai wouldn't have noticed that Chu Yu was missing from their team.
"Liu Dong joined the team, making it exactly ten people. I just counted, and indeed Chu Yu is not among them, but everyone else seems to have not noticed."
Xu An explained. Their team had always been at the forefront, and she only whispered this matter to Zhou Haimai, who was walking beside her.
Their current mission was to find Qin Chuan's trace, and Xu An did not want to cause panic by revealing Chu Yu's matter at this time.
Moreover, she still didn't know Chu Yu's purpose, and it wasn't good to rashly expose the fact that the other party was deliberately hiding their tracks.
Zhou Haimai immediately understood Xu An's meaning and did not speak. They continued to follow Zhou Qiang and the others forward.
Zhou Haimai did not have many thoughts about it. She felt that Chu Yu's whereabouts had nothing to do with them and was not very concerned.
After all, besides the lighthouse mission, these ten people each had their own tasks. Perhaps Chu Yu just wanted to get rid of them, find the mutant alone, and monopolize the greater part of the reward, which was not impossible.
After all, there were people among them who did not want to save Qin Chuan.
It was just that due to Qin Chuan's identity and the unknown current environment, they had made a compromise at this moment.
The further they walked, the quieter the road ahead became, with not even the slightest sound.
Other than their own panting, they couldn't even hear the wind.
Xu An inexplicably felt something was wrong, a sense of terror subtly permeated among them.
She had never felt her heart beat so fast. In this silent ruin, accompanied by the panting and footsteps of the crowd, Xu An's heart rate was rapidly increasing.
"Can Qin Chuan really draw away all the zombie hordes alone?"
Although Liu Dong said that Qin Chuan had probably injured himself and lured the zombies away with his blood, with such a large number of zombies, were there really no stragglers?
More importantly, their more than a hundred people had descended from the lighthouse, and at least twenty minutes had been wasted until now, yet they hadn't encountered a single zombie.
Were there really no zombies?
This thought suddenly filled Xu An's mind. If this place was truly safe, why would she feel such an inexplicable sense of fear?
"There's danger ahead, we must stop! Something is strange here!"
The moment this thought appeared in Xu An's mind, she immediately stopped. Zhou Haimai beside her and Zhou Qiang and others walking in front were all pulled by Xu An's action.
"What's going on behind you? Why did you suddenly stop?" Zhou Qiang shouted from the front.
Xu An couldn't see Zhou Qiang's back because the visibility was getting shorter and shorter, but Xu An knew that the other party was definitely ahead.
With her stopping, the entire team was forced to pause.
"Xiao An, why aren't you walking anymore?" Even Zhou Haimai looked at Xu An with surprise, asking what was going on.
"We can't go any further! There's a problem! Let's stop!"
Xu An directly shouted towards Zhou Qiang and the others ahead. Zhou Haimai looked at Xu An beside her.
Although Xu An's words had no basis, Zhou Haimai inexplicably responded to her.
Zhou Haimai also stopped and looked at Xu An, "Did you discover something wrong?"
At this moment, Liu Dong looked anxious.
"What are you doing? The captain is right ahead, why did you stop? Hurry up, it's been so peaceful all the way, what could happen?"
Although Zhou Qiang wasn't that enthusiastic about rescuing Qin Chuan, he still agreed with what Liu Dong said.
"Xu An, are you overthinking? We haven't had any problems following Qin Chuan's markers all the way. Perhaps Qin Chuan found a safe shelter and wants us to go find him?"