The left fork was safe but uneventful, while the right fork was short and led to a dead end.

After coming out, the group sat in an open space, rested, and dried their jackets and shoes with tree branches.

- They had already confirmed that there were no bugs on Dead Spirit Island, and it could even be said that there were no living creatures at all. Therefore, the insect-repellent function of this camouflage suit was unnecessary.

Insects are the most resilient creatures and have a keen sense of danger. The fact that there were no insects on Dead Spirit Island could explain a lot.

Either there was something on the island that scared the insects, or there was something that made it impossible for them to survive.

During the process of roasting the fire, Yan reported the casualties to Wu Runhao through the walkie-talkie and repeatedly assured him that Fang Xiaoyu was fine. Towards the end, her gaze towards Fang Xiaoyu became a bit dangerous. This muscular man (mist) irritably threw the walkie-talkie to Yu Xing and said, "You talk to your brother-in-law yourself! He doesn't believe me!"

Yu Xing had no choice but to take the walkie-talkie. To be honest, the quality of this deduction world's walkie-talkie was good. It was even waterproof. It had been soaked in water for a while and nothing happened.

"Brother-in-law, I'm really fine, not a scratch. You don't have to worry. Mhmm, mhmm, mhmm, I know, I'll be careful. Mhmm, mhmm, mhmm, mhmm." He helplessly responded to Wu Runhao's instructions. In the end, Wu Runhao sensed his impatience and cursed, "If I wasn't afraid of your sister, I wouldn't bother talking to you, you heartless brat!"

The walkie-talkie conversation was interrupted.

A Bai laughed, "Boss Wu really cares about you, and your sister, uh, Boss Fang, right? So it turns out Boss Wu is henpecked!"

After a slight interruption, the atmosphere within the team became less heavy, and they continued forward.

Yu Xing also took this opportunity to recover his strength. He felt that his stamina was about to run out, and he would soon collapse on the road.

After resting, they could barely walk for a while.

As mentioned before, Dead Spirit Island was neither big nor small. If they wanted to walk to the center of the island, it would only take a day and a half.

Today, because they set off early, the second team's exploration was much deeper than yesterday. In the afternoon, they arrived at a very strange place.

It was a fault that was more than two meters wide, or a ravine.

On this side of the ravine, the jungle was relatively normal. Along the way, they didn't encounter any major dangers, unless they went into a cave and courted death.

On the other side of the ravine, the terrifying aura that Dead Spirit Island should have finally appeared.

The vegetation was withered, and the ones that hadn't withered were all pitch black. The tall trees couldn't be identified by their species, only their branches were visible, without any leaves. The trunks were wrinkled and piled up, easily giving people the illusion that faces were growing on the trees.

Yu Xing immediately excitedly filmed all of this with his camera, saying, "Even if the Dead Spirit experiment doesn't yield any results in the end, just the discovery of these new plant species that don't exist in the outside world is already a great harvest!"

"You're really enthusiastic," Song Quan said calmly beside him.

"Look, there seems to be something on the trunk over there!" A Bai interrupted the two, pointing to a spot on the other side of the ravine.

Yu Xing used the camera to look over, but could only see a blurry figure hanging from the trees in the distant forest on the camera, no matter how he adjusted the focus.

Yan said, "We have to go over. This place is too valuable. We must cross over and investigate carefully."

She stood at the edge of the ravine and looked down. This ravine was also shocking. The bottom couldn't be seen, and there were many rocks on the cliff that were enough to kill someone if they bumped into them, like an abyss.

Yu Xing noticed that Longzhou had become more cautious after experiencing being pushed into the water by the little ghost.

Although it seemed like he was casually standing at the edge of the ravine, Longzhou's body was tense, in a position to exert force. Even if a little ghost pushed him, he wouldn't be easily moved.

The little ghosts in the cave had all run away when they climbed ashore in the dark. However, those things had no concealment ability and could be seen by any deductionist. So Yu Xing was sure that Longzhou must have seen them.

A Bai asked, "How do we get over? Jump?"

Yan nodded.

It was only two meters, which was nothing for the armed team members. There was no height difference on both sides of the ravine, so it was not difficult to jump.

However, Yu Xing, A Bai, and Song Quan all had a change in expression at the same time.

Yu Xing said, "My camera is too heavy..."

A Bai said, "Actually, I'm just a weak doctor. I haven't exercised in years..."

Song Quan said, "I have a weak body."

Yan wanted to curse. She remembered her identity and really cursed, "Are you guys even men? Making a fuss over such a short distance!" Even the only woman here didn't protest!

Yu Xing said, "Big brother, don't be so fierce. My stamina is about to run out..."

A Bai said, "I'm afraid of falling. It's too easy to die."

Song Quan said, "I have a weak body."

Yan had no choice but to go over first with the camera, followed by the other two weak men who carefully tied themselves to the rope and climbed over.

It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from "pawread dot com".

The sky seemed even gloomier, but the experts said it wouldn't rain here today.Leaving the terrifying ravine behind, Yu Xing felt that the temperature here was noticeably lower than before, and the air was more humid and sticky.

A Bai rubbed his pants, "It's so cold."

Their pants were all wet, not dried, and now with the cold wind blowing, it was chilling to the bone.

After everyone had adjusted to the temperature, they cautiously moved towards the forest they had seen earlier, where something was hanging from the trees.

The closer they got, the clearer the figures hanging from the trees became.

Not all the trees had something hanging from them. A few large trees were densely arranged, hanging what looked like white rags... bodies.

The bodies were hung by thin ropes around their necks, covered in long white robes, swaying with the wind. Their bare feet were slashed open, blood dripping from their toes into the grass below, seeping into the soil.

Even more eerie was that all the bodies were facing upwards, the opposite of a typical hanging suicide, as if they were looking at the sky, at the dense clouds.

"One, two, three... nine." Yu Xing, trailing behind, counted the number of bodies. After confirming there were nine, he chuckled softly.

He seemed to know who these bodies were.

The others also knew, although they were a bit slower to realize.

Because it wasn't until they carefully avoided the blood on the ground and reached the base of the trees that the faces of these bodies fully came into view.

Fang Xiaoyu, A Bai, Longzhou, Song Quan, and the five other living members of the second team... none were missing.

Their bodies had their eyes wide open, mouths agape, as if crying for help to the heavens.

At this moment, a fragment of memory flashed through Yu Xing's mind, like a sharp blade, cutting through the swirling fog.

In his memory, they didn't arrive on the island the next day, but had been there for half a month.

One day, they also came here, and it just so happened to rain, so they looked up.

Then—ropes with knots were hanging down from the trees, and they, as if possessed, walked forward and voluntarily put their necks into the nooses.

After that, every day, they would forget the fact that their bodies were still hanging from the trees, their souls wandering the island, repeating every step of that day, until they came to the trees and saw the bodies, then they would remember.

Just like Yu Xing remembered now.