strongChapter 714: Chapter 612: The Mountain of Despair/strong

    The name Jiang Ning was somewhat unfamiliar to everyone in the vige.

    However, after getting a clear look at the person approaching, everyone widened their eyes.

    These young kids from the city recording programs — they’ve been watching them for who knows how many times these days. They can’t remember their names, but their appearances are deeply etched in their minds.

    “Girl, why did youe here?” someone couldn’t help but ask.

    “I heard Shi Xiaohua was missing, so I came to check,” Jiang Ning sensed the damp, chilly environment in the forest and said to them, “Aunties, the vigers are just behind, they’reing soon.”

    “Xiao Hua hasn’t returned to the vige?” Aunt Tian’sst shred of hope shattered.

    There’s no hiding it, Jiang Ning answered truthfully: “No.”

    Seeing Aunt Tian wailing and crying, Jiang Ning didn’t offer muchfort, but instead took out a shlight from her body and handed it to them, saying to the others, “It’s too dark right now, it’s not safe for you to take the children out. Wait for the people behind toe up, then let a few young men escort you down the mountain with shlights.”

    One of the olddies took the shlight and asked, “Girl, aren’t youing with us?”

    “I’ll look around for Shi Xiaohua nearby,” Jiang Ning rummaged for another shlight on her body.

    “You by yourself? That won’t do! It’s better to wait until the vigerse up,” the olddy hastily stopped her.

    It’s not that she wasn’t worried about Shi Xiaohua, but the girl here looked only about twenty years old, from the city, having never been in this mountain before, and now it’s dark out. They don’t want her to end up like Shi Xiaohua and go missing!

    The olddy was genuinely worried.

    Hearing this, the others also advised against it, even Aunt Tian, who was originally crying out of distress, told Jiang Ning not to go.

    “It’s fine, I’m skilled in outdoor exploration. I grew up in the mountains when I was young,” Jiang Ning responded, stepping towards another direction.

    The aunties saw they couldn’t stop her and could only advise Jiang Ning: “Girl, don’t go too deep in!”

    “Okay, I know.”

    Jiang Ning said this, yet her footsteps searching for the person showed no hesitation.

    The olddies could only watch Jiang Ning’s figure grow more distant. At this time, everyone realized that the girl from the city was walking on this muddy and slippery mountain road without panic, with steady steps, as if she were walking on t ground.

    In just a while, before they could even react, Jiang Ning’s figure had already vanished from their sight.

    They themselves didn’t realize Jiang Ning walked so fast.

    If it weren’t for the shlight Jiang Ning had just given them, they might even wonder if they had encountered something supernatural.

    “Girl? Girl!” The olddy holding the shlight bravely shouted twice in the direction Jiang Ning disappeared, her voice trembling.

    After waiting for a while, with no response from Jiang Ning, she stared at the shlight in her hand, and her arm couldn’t help but start trembling.

    Since Jiang Ning arrived earlier, everyone gathered together, knowing that Jiang Ning was right.

    Now that it’s dark, going out of the mountains alone is indeed unsafe.

    They could only sit together and wait for the vigers toe up.

    The light from the shlight was almost everyone’s source of security.

    They didn’t know how long they waited in ce; maybe it was long, maybe just a while. Each passing minute and second was excruciating for everyone, especially with two younger children who were terrified by the surrounding darkness, crying and snuggled in an adult’s arms, sobbing.

    Just when everyone’s mind was in turmoil, they faintly heard other noises, and several shlight beams appeared in their sight.