Chapter 54: Inexplicable hostility

Just as Xia Hong said before, Luo Ge Camp's territory was only within the thousand-meter range of the outer layer of Red Wood Ridge. It was not difficult to find a team of fifty or sixty people within this range.

Xia Hong discovered the crowd just as he was about to break through the thousand-meter boundary.

It's just that when he discovered the crowd, Xia Hong clearly felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, so he didn't come down immediately. Since he was called out, he naturally went down the slope and came out.

After glancing at the crowd, Xia Hong immediately judged that the person who called him out, and the other one standing beside him, should be Yang Ning and Li Hu.

There was no other reason; the clothing of these two was simply too eye-catching.

Brown velvet beast skin coat, a soft white velvet neck guard wrapped around the neck, clearly made from the tail of a cold beast; a pair of bright black beast skin boots on their feet.

Compared to them, whether it was the others or Xia Hong himself, they all looked like beggars. Even though Xia Hong had seen too many beautiful and luxurious clothes in his memory, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of envy when seeing the complete outfit on the two.

Heaven knows how strong his desire for a complete outfit was after wearing a beast skin skirt for four months.

While Xia Hong was observing the crowd, Luo Ming also stood out. After looking at Xia Hong and thinking for a moment, he immediately asked with a guess:

"Xia Hong? Are you Old Ding's son?"

Seeing Xia Hong nod, a smile appeared on Luo Ming's face. Previously, he thought Does Does Da Xia Camp had already met with the poison of the Wood Puppet Strange, but he didn't expect it to still be there.

Thinking of Xia Hong's words just now, he hurriedly continued: "I am Luo Ming. What matter of extreme urgency do you have to notify me?"

Although he saw the atmosphere in the field was wrong, Xia Hong didn't think much about it at the moment of extreme urgency and said directly: "Chief Luo, this time you came out, did the Wood Puppet Strange never appear from beginning to end? That Wood Puppet Strange has very likely already mixed into your Luo Ge Camp."

It wasn't that Xia Hong didn't want to explain the ins and outs, but the situation was critical at the moment, and he didn't want to waste his breath. He just wanted to quickly take these people back to Luo Ge Camp. After all, returning a moment earlier might save a few more people.

Therefore, he chose to keep it short.

But clearly, no one believed him immediately. Even Luo Ming, hearing that the Wood Puppet Strange might have entered Luo Ge Camp, was nervous for a moment, but then frowned at Xia Hong, showing a look of suspicion.

Bi...

As soon as Xia Hong saw the expressions of the crowd, he knew they didn't believe him. He first blew the bone whistle to summon Xia Chuan and the others, then hurriedly kept it short, telling the story of Shi Qing and Shi Dong, as well as the destruction of Dashan Camp, all in one go.

When Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the other six rushed over, Xia Hong had basically finished speaking. Finally, looking at Luo Ming's extremely ugly expression, he said urgently: "If nothing goes wrong, the first four times, that Wood Puppet Strange was deliberately confusing you. It controlled Shi Dong to mix into Luo Ge Camp, and very likely left a backup, only then following Shi Qing to Dashan Camp.

It killed over a hundred people in Dashan Camp and has greatly increased in strength. Luo Ge Camp has more ordinary people. If it is allowed to kill for a while longer, I am afraid no one will be able to deal with it.

Chief Luo, hurry and take people back to the camp to see, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Xia Hong was only focused on persuading Luo Ming to return to the camp and didn't notice that when he said the first four times were the Wood Puppet Strange deliberately playing with them, Li Hu's already bad expression became even uglier.

He was angry just now because Hong Mu discussed that they were not as good as that Wood Puppet Strange and were played with the first four times. Now Xia Hong ran out and repeated this matter, and the anger he hadn't vented just now rose from his heart instantly.

"We have only been out of Luo Ge Camp for over two hours. If that Wood Puppet Strange had mixed in, how could we not have discovered it? Also, since you said that Shi Dong is fake, why didn't he stay in Luo Ge Camp, but instead followed Shi Qing away? Full of loopholes, another idiot talking nonsense!"

Xia Hong was scolded inexplicably, and the expression on his face stiffened instantly.

But he didn't explode immediately, but looked at Li Hu with low eyes, thinking about why this person had hostility toward him.

He could endure it, but Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others who had just approached couldn't.

It can be said that in the hearts of everyone in Does Does Da Xia Camp, Xia Hong was an absolute spiritual pillar. Those who had been following Xia Hong out for a long time revered him like a god. How could they tolerate an outsider insulting Xia Hong in front of them?

"Where did you come from, you idiot, daring to shout at our chief."

"If you say it so clearly and it's still full of loopholes, either your ears are broken or your brain is broken."

"Dressed like a human, but didn't expect to be full of shit."

"Shut up!"

Seeing Xia Chuan and the others saying more and more excessive things, and Li Hu's expression turning red at a speed visible to the naked eye, Xia Hong hurriedly stopped them.

Of course, Xia Hong didn't think they were wrong; stopping them was just because he didn't want to conflict with the other party here.

On Li Hu's side, his chest heaved, clearly intending to explode.

Xia Hong was worried that if he exploded, it would delay time even more, so he hurriedly said to Luo Ming solemnly: "Chief Luo, we are all surviving around Red Wood Ridge. I don't want to see Luo Ge Camp die too many people, so I took the risk to notify you, and even willing to help you.

Even if you don't believe me, at least you should prioritize the lives of over a thousand people in the camp and hurry back to see. If nothing happened, then everyone is happy, and I will apologize to you, how about it?"

This paragraph finally awakened Luo Ming.

Only then did he look up abruptly, realizing the key to the problem.

Whether Xia Hong was lying or not was not important to him at all.

The most important thing was the lives of over a thousand people in the camp.

"Everyone, follow me back to see first. If it is really so..."

The more Luo Ming thought, the more panicked he became. Without finishing his sentence, he gave everyone in his camp a look and took the lead to run wildly toward the camp.

Xia Hong naturally wouldn't say anything. He was ninety percent sure the Wood Puppet Strange was in Luo Ge Camp, so he took Xia Chuan and the six others and followed Luo Ming immediately.

Hong Gang, Huang Yong, Lu He, and Chen Ying were planning to leave just now, but after Xia Hong's encounter, the four looked at each other and finally followed Luo Ming, rushing toward Luo Ge Camp together.

They had opinions about the two Yang and Li, but they respected Luo Ming from the bottom of their hearts.

Luo Ge Camp had indeed had an accident. They wouldn't sit by and watch. Whether they could help or not was another matter, at least they had to go and see.

Only Yang Ning and Li Hu were left in the field.

"Big brother, those little bastards just now were disrespectful to me. Why are you holding me back? These ignorant country bumpkins should be killed to let them learn a lesson."

Li Hu's tone was unkind. He hadn't endured it himself just now, but was pulled by Yang Ning, so he didn't move.

Yang Ning lowered his eyes, thought for a while, looked up at Li Hu and said:

"Don't underestimate that Xia Hong. His strength will not be much lower than yours."

Hearing this, Li Hu showed disdain: "Big brother means he was hiding on the side just now, and I didn't discover it, right?

It's nothing more than some ability to hide traces. I observed his muscle changes when he jumped down from the tree. His strength is at most just over ten thousand jin. If he wants to compare with me, he is still far behind!"

Yang Ning nodded, but didn't refute.

"Follow up and see. If it's true, that Wood Puppet Strange might be in Luo Ge Camp. If it's not, forget it, we should go back."

"Good, but before going back, I must teach those little bastards a lesson!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 55 =====