Stealing Pens: Travelers from the End of the World

"Okay, okay, I get it." Wu Xie was speechless and stood up while keeping the distance between him and the fat man. "It's getting dark soon. Let's go to bed early after eating."

After saying that, he took his share of food and left them.

"Hey, Tianzhen, don't run away! Fatty, I'm serious, let me explain it to you..." The fat man chased after him with the food.

"Are you talking about being blind?" Zhang Qiling asked.

"Yes." Tan Yuchen looked at the two people fighting not far away, held back his smile and whispered in Zhang Qiling's ear, "It's a rare opportunity, share it with the blind man."

"Yeah." Zhang Qiling nodded and agreed.

"Pfft." Tan Yuchen laughed, opened the heated can completely and handed it to Zhang Qiling, "Eat, eat!"

"Okay." Zhang Qiling took it.

……

The swamp was very wet and cold at night, especially when it started to rain lightly after they fell asleep, which made the six people in the swamp sleep uneasy.

Tan Yuchen opened his eyes irritably and sat up, looking at the sleeping people and frowning slightly.

Wuxie endured the discomfort and turned over several times, then sat up.

"Yu..."

"Don't make any noise." Tan Yuchen made a silent gesture to him and said in a breathy voice.

Wu Xie immediately covered his mouth. He looked around subconsciously. The swamp was now covered with a layer of fog, making it look even darker under the influence of night.

Wuxie didn't see anything. He swallowed and looked up at Tan Yuchen with doubts.

Qin Yuchen raised his chin to him and covered the flashlight with his hand, exposing only a weak light to the stone, asking him to pay attention to the marks on the stone.

There were some irregular mud on the stone surface illuminated by the weak light source where they spread their sleeping bags. Because it was silt, only some traces were left after being washed away by the rain, but they could still be vaguely distinguished as animals crawling on it. Left over afterward.

"I..." Wuxie was shocked and almost yelled out. Then he remembered Qin Yuchen's words and quickly stopped his voice and asked in a low voice, "Snake?"

Qin Yuchen nodded, patted Panzi lying next to him and asked him to get out of the sleeping bag.

Wuxie also wanted to pat the fat man, but Zhang Qiling grabbed his arm and pulled him up.

The four of them moved away from the sleeping bag. Qin Yuchen let go of his hand to fully expose the flashlight. However, due to the fog, the flashlight did not have much effect. Only a small area could see things clearly.

Wuxie also turned on the flashlight and looked at Fatty and Ning who were still lying there.

The expression on the fat man's face was very ugly, and A Ning seemed to be holding back something and remained motionless.

The six of them were in a stalemate like this for a few minutes. Two pheasant necks crawled out of A Ning and Fatty's sleeping bags and ran into the bushes behind them.

"Fucking scared the fat man to death!" The fat man immediately stood up and flew into Wu Xie's arms, shaking off the goose bumps on his arms.

"I didn't expect this pheasant neck to attack at night?"

"Yeah, judging from the marks on the ground, there should be more than just these two." Wu Xie looked around again with a flashlight. He supported the fat man to help him stand still, and walked to the sleeping bags of several people to check the situation.

Panzi joined him. The two took a good look at the sleeping bag and discovered the muddy footprints on the edge of the stone.

The two looked at each other, Panzi nodded, took out his gun, and walked in the direction of the footprints.

The end of the footprints was at the water's edge where they found the ruins of the ancient city. Panzi squatted down with a flashlight, trying to find as much as possible through the water.

Wuxie also wanted to go over, but Tan Yuchen and Zhang Qiling held down their shoulders respectively.

"Don't move, that thing is still there." Zhang Qiling held the knife in his right hand and stared at the place where Panzi stayed.

"What?" Wuxie asked.

As soon as they finished speaking, the six of them noticed a figure appearing in the swamp about twenty meters away from them.

The flashlights of several people immediately shone on the figure, and they saw that the man was covered in mud, as if he had crawled out from under the mud.

The clay figure stood in waist-deep water. Even from a long distance, Wu Xie could feel that the man's eyes were looking straight at them.

"Fuck, what is that?" the fat man shouted.

"Who!" Panzi and Fatty said together. He stood up and took a few steps back. He raised his gun and fired at the shadow.

The black image was startled by the movement, turned around and ran away.

Zhang Qiling's eyes widened, and he quickly released his hand on Wuxie's shoulder and jumped into the water to chase after him.

"I'm going to help!" Panzi also jumped down and shouted.

"Wait! I'm going too!"

"Don't move." Qin Yuchen frowned, grabbed Wuxie and said, "He has a sense of proportion."

"Let me go, is that really a person?" Fatty asked after watching the whole process from behind.

"Whatever it is, let's leave here first." Tan Yuchen picked up his and Zhang Qiling's equipment and said to Wuxie, who was still looking at the place where Zhang Qiling left in a daze,

"Gone innocently."

"Brother, are you okay?" Wuxie was a little worried and walked to the front and pulled Panzi up.

"Yeah." Tan Yuchen responded lightly, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

……

Tan Yuchen led the four of them to a relatively dry place. He sat on the fallen tree trunk and watched the fat man poke the fire with branches one after another.

"You said it's already dawn, why isn't my brother back yet?" Fatty said, "Also, do any of you know that clay figurine?"

"You can't tell if we know each other like that, right?" Wuxie replied angrily, "We can only find out when the little brother comes back."

"Just in time, I'll contact Third Master and the others." Panzi threw the yellow pill-like object into the fire, and soon a thick yellow smoke floated into the air.

"We have already entered the swamp. If there is no danger for Mr. San and others, we are probably close to the swamp. In this way, we can use this smoke to send them a signal and let them determine our position."