Liu Dong suppressed the anger in his heart, his only thought now was whether Qin Chuan was safe. But the group behind him was thinking about whether Qin Chuan had found a safe haven.
However, Liu Dong knew that he could not control the situation before him.
Since Qin Chuan disappeared, almost everything had been managed by this man named Zhou Qiang. It had to be said that the other party indeed had the talent.
Therefore, when the other party mentioned a shelter, he endured the suppressed emotions in his heart so that he could find Qin Chuan as soon as possible.
But at this moment, Xu An wanted the entire team to stop, simply because she felt that everything was going too smoothly.
"Xu An, what's wrong with you! The captain is still waiting for us ahead. You're standing here, wasting everyone's time!"
Zhou Qiang glanced at Liu Dong. He could understand Liu Dong's feelings at the moment. If his own sister, Zhou Qian, were the one ahead, his emotions would likely be even more intense than Liu Dong's.
"Xiao An said something is wrong nearby. She is also thinking about everyone's safety," Zhou Haimei said, trying to explain for Xu An.
Xu An pressed down Zhou Haimei's excitedly raised hands and instead made a move that stunned everyone.
She raised her hand and unfastened the buckle on her body from the rope, and at the same time, she also unfastened Zhou Haimei's rope.
"Mei Jie, do you believe me?"
Zhou Haimei nodded vigorously, not betraying the other party's trust. Although she didn't know what Xu An was going to do at the moment, her inner trust made her believe Xu An unconditionally.
Xu An didn't even give the other party a chance to explain. She simply unfastened her own rope and said faintly.
"There's something strange about the road ahead. I know you want to rescue your captain. I'm just offering my reasonable explanation. Everything is too quiet. With so many of us appearing here, the zombies couldn't possibly still be chasing Qin Chuan and not come to find us. I've finished explaining my reasons. Believe it or not, but Zhou Haimei and I are not going further."
When she discovered that everything was eerily quiet, Xu An had already wanted to leave. But she had endured until now. She originally had no obligation to remind these people of the danger ahead, but if she were to leave now, she had to find a suitable reason.
Xu An came up with this method.
The ten of them were not required to act together. She also couldn't rush forward knowingly if there was danger ahead. She wasn't that foolish.
As for Qin Chuan, Xu An knew that even without her, Qin Chuan's subordinates would be rushing to save him.
Moreover, she didn't believe that Qin Chuan would be trapped here by a group of zombies.
After Xu An finished speaking, without giving the crowd a chance to react, she took Zhou Haimei and left the quiet ruins.
Smoke billowed everywhere. In a short while, Xu An's back had disappeared from everyone's sight.
Xu An's voice was not quiet. Although everyone could not see Xu An's back clearly in the fog, Xu An's voice was clearly transmitted into everyone's ears.
Everyone whispered and discussed. Many people felt that what Xu An said was very right.
Even if, at the beginning, the zombie tide was lured by Qin Chuan and all moved away with Qin Chuan, but as their numbers increased, nearly a hundred people had gathered here. It was unreasonable that they wouldn't encounter a single zombie.
No matter how powerful Qin Chuan was, he was still only one person. Could he really hold onto "hatred" so steadily?
Liu Dong looked at the people around him beginning to hesitate, and his heart couldn't help but jolt. It was fine for Xu An and the other to leave, but their words before leaving had truly shaken the hearts of the remaining people.
"Let's go, why are you standing here? Don't listen to their nonsense. They must be scared and ran away."
But just as Liu Dong turned to move forward, he was met with resistance.
"The rope on you is a gift from us, but we will not continue forward. We have other tasks and will leave first."
Zhou Qiang patted Liu Dong's shoulder, pulled Zhou Qian, untied the rope, and headed in Xu An's direction, gradually disappearing into the fog.
It was fine for the ten external members to act freely, but Liu Dong and the others had to find Qin Chuan.
Liu Dong did not blame the people who left, he was just a little dejected, but he quickly cheered up because he still had to find his captain.
Without any hesitation, he tightened the rope on his body again and resolutely walked in the direction of the mark left by Qin Chuan.
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Meanwhile, Xu An, who had left, pulled Zhou Haimei, and the two walked aimlessly.
"An'an, what exactly is going on?" Zhou Haimei always felt that it was not that simple. She had a basic understanding of Xu An.
The other party would not be so unreasonable. It must be that Xu An had discovered something, which is why she was so determined to leave the team.
"Those zombies are a bit strange, but I hope I'm overthinking it!" Xu An's tone was a little solemn, and some unspoken words were hidden in her heart.
Zhou Haimei had always been straightforward. She didn't think too much, just followed Xu An's thoughts and also sensed something was wrong.
"Now that you mention it, I also feel that these zombies have disappeared too cleanly."
"Disappearing is not the key. I'm afraid someone is controlling these zombies from behind. Moreover, these zombies have evolved intelligence."
Xu An was also curious. Didn't Qin Chuan see the strangeness of this matter? Why did he still leave marks for everyone to follow his route?
In this regard, Xu An had misunderstood Qin Chuan. He had indeed led the small zombie tide into a dilapidated factory at first.
He left marks along the way, waiting for the main force to arrive so they could eliminate these zombies together.
But when all these zombies were drawn to him, Qin Chuan realized how terribly wrong he was.
These zombies had not been surrounded by him, but had instead surrounded him.
At first, Qin Chuan had also suspected whether these zombies had evolved intelligence, but under his indiscriminate attacks, these zombies did not seem to have evolved intelligence.
But his original plan was to trap these zombies in this factory, but now he was trapped here himself.
However, there was no immediate danger to his life.
At first, Qin Chuan did not understand why these zombies did not attack him, but only kept circling around the factory, as if guarding him.
But half an hour later, Qin Chuan looked at the zombies wandering back and forth as if being controlled, and a thought that even he found absurd arose in his heart.
"Are these zombies using me as bait?!"