Chapter 722: The Trees Moved

"Wasn't the signal flare not fired?" An old man sitting in a wheelchair was also keeping watch below.

Following behind were Qin Hao, Yun Fei, Professor Wu, and Wang Qing.

Whether it was Western medicine or Traditional Chinese Medicine, the top doctors in the country had already gathered here, ready to perform a full-body examination the moment they saw them.

But...

One day, two days, three days...

So many days had passed, and everyone at the foot of the mountain felt uneasy; no one knew what their current situation was.

An Yinan made an excuse that she had dropped something and asked the two of them to wait for a moment; originally, the two wanted to follow her back, but she refused.

She put the two leopards into her space; if left here, either the surrounding animals would be too afraid to come near and they would simply rot,

or they would be eaten by the surrounding animals.

She had better take them away; leopard meat... was not bad...

"Let's go." An Yinan came and went quickly; she collected them and left.

"The wind force is getting weaker and weaker now." An Yinan felt the breeze brushing against her face, and even though the sun had not fully risen, she already felt a bit sultry.

"Right, the moisture level of the soil, as well as the changes in wind force and the changes in the wind gap." Zhang Qian had just finished digging the soil and only then stood up.

"We should be almost there."

When he said these words, his expression was somewhat excited.

Heaven knows what they had been through over the past half year; he just wanted to wash himself clean now and then sleep for three days and three nights.

And no one was to wake him in between; whoever woke him would face his temper.

An Yinan nodded; she had seen several types of plants whose living habits were only found at the foot of the mountain.

"Let's go." An Yinan put the basket on her back, but Zhang Qian took it from her.

Chen Xun had to clear the path in front; his reaction was crucial, and he could not have any weight on his body.

That was why it fell to An Yinan.

"Give it to me. We killed a leopard yesterday, and that area is the leopard's territory; there won't be any other large animals ambushing us. I'll carry the basket." After Zhang Qian finished speaking, he didn't wait for Nan Nan to refuse and put it on his back.

The basket was actually not very heavy; inside were the emergency herbs collected over these days, some cooking materials and seasonings, several grass cages, the meat roasted yesterday, and a stone shard they had managed to find with great difficulty, specifically for cutting things.

The water canteen had always been hanging on Zhang Qian, not counting as the weight of the basket.

"Fine, I won't fight you for it." An Yinan smiled helplessly.

These two people, really!

Other than a handful of pebbles in her hand, she had nothing else now.

Her pebbles were not easily thrown; they were only used for rescue when everyone else could not handle the situation.

"Commander, the trees over there moved." The Guard pointed to a spot, letting Yun Fei look.

Yun Fei looked over there and asked softly, "Did they move?"

When he sent these three people over, his heart was also uneasy, and he didn't know what the final outcome would be.

On this mountain, there were many poisonous insects and snakes, as well as many fierce beasts. In the past, there were people at the foot of the mountain, but the fierce beasts on the mountain often came down to wreak havoc on the village, and several times, children from families went missing.

Later, the village chief led the villagers to move away from here. With no human footprints left, this place gradually became even more desolate, and no one came over again.

When they were choosing the location, because of the special nature of this mountain, they held several meetings.

In the end, Professor Feng persuaded the old gentleman.

"An Yinan is a doctor. For soldiers, poisonous insects and herbs might be a blind spot, but for An Yinan, these are her specialty."

Professor Feng highly approved of An Yinan's Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Ultimately, Chen Lao, Yun Fei, Nie Lao, and the Old Chief, the four of them decided on the location: Thousand Poison Mountain.

"They didn't move!" Yun Fei watched for a long time; the trees were all swaying in one direction, clearly the result of the wind blowing.

But just as his words fell, a tree not far away moved. The amplitude was not very large, but everyone was watching intently now, which was the only reason they could detect the swaying of the tree.

"It moved, it moved!" Chen Lao smiled, and his hanging heart suddenly felt much more at ease.

He loved his country, and he also loved his grandson.

He was proud that his grandson and granddaughter-in-law could have their current achievements.

But his worry could not be placed in his eyes or on his face; it had to be placed in his heart.

Whose child would the elders not cherish?

"In another two hours, they should be back, right?" Yun Fei had just finished guessing when he was quickly slapped in the face...

They saw that the surrounding trees were swaying faster and faster, coming straight down the mountain. They didn't know what had happened, nor did they know if there was some accident.

The crowd, who had just relaxed, now all had stern faces.

The speed of this tree swaying did not look like human speed; instead, it looked like...

A wild beast!

Yun Fei's eyes narrowed, and Chen Lao's hand gripping his cane tightened.

Nie Lao's health was poor; he had injured his leg while on the battlefield years ago, and since he grew old, he had always been in a wheelchair. This was the reason he couldn't attend the previous meetings.

And at this moment in the mountain, the three of them didn't know that a group of old people was waiting for them outside. They had eaten leopard meat and drank water yesterday, and regardless of whether their rest was sufficient or not, they had at least managed to get some sleep.

Today, their physical strength was at its best. An Yinan jumped directly into a tree, and within a few leaps, she reached another tree.

On this part of the mountain, there were many trees with lush branches and leaves, which were much easier to walk on than the grass on the ground, though one had to be careful of poisonous snakes.

"Travel through the trees?" An Yinan looked at them and asked.

They were not fighting now, but surviving.

They were not afraid of exposing their target; this way, they could save a large amount of time.

"We can." Chen Xun thought for a moment and agreed directly. Within a few leaps, he stood on a tree behind An Yinan.

Zhang Qian also flipped up, and he smiled directly, "I will gladly accept the offer."

He chuckled, finally feeling the atmosphere of Quanshui Village.

An Yinan was simply not an honest person!

"Then... follow closely in my footsteps." An Yinan turned back and smiled, then her body leaped nimbly; her senses were extremely sharp, and whenever she encountered venomous snakes or insects, her Shitou would move a step ahead.

"The direction is correct." At this moment, Zhang Qian spoke up.

The wind already had a tendency to rise, and he had sensed the location of the wind gap; by looking at the position of the sun and deducing from multiple aspects, the direction was absolutely correct.

"Then what are we waiting for?" An Yinan smiled, her body like a monkey, sometimes hanging from a tree, sometimes leaping, and at times, she would spin around on a tree branch, then quickly leap away to another tree.

The way she looked at this moment was more like happiness from the bottom of her heart.