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Chapter 872 Something more terrifying than desire: The person came back to life!
Yue Qingfeng is also adept at sensing emotions.

Even though Li Chengxiao's expression didn't change much, he softened his tone when he spoke again, "Captain Li, people's hearts are the most complex, unpredictable, and uncontrollable. You haven't made a single mistake since you came here, and you've even helped clean up the mess. In my opinion, you've done a great job."

After saying that, he simply turned around and said, "Man's greatest enemy is often himself!"

Li Chengxiao watched him walk back to the corner where he had been. Wherever he went, the white mist made of desire either detoured or disappeared directly.

Is rank really just about rank?

Is it something this body carries that even desires must avoid?
What could be more terrifying or more weighty than desire?

As long as desire remains, the white mist will not dissipate.

Li Chengxiao turned around and glanced at the door in front of him, then casually glanced at the remaining people on the empty ground next to the door.

The door has only just opened, and nearly a third of the people have already become nourishment for their desires.

In the end, how many people will be left?

Liao Chong looked up and met Li Chengxiao's gaze. His heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.

He pressed his hand to his chest, hesitated for a few seconds, and then stood up and walked over.

"Captain Li."

"Anything else?"

"Well, after thinking it over carefully, I've decided to head back."

When he first returned to the front door, he was quite pleased to find that he was immune to the white mist.

But when they reached the pit and saw those who hadn't woken up, they turned to ashes like the roasted marshmallows from before, still hot when they occasionally drifted onto their faces and hands.

The hotter the touch, the colder his heart felt.

Among them are many people stronger than themselves. Before they rushed over with great enthusiasm, did they ever think that this would be their fate?

I may never have thought about it, I may have thought I would die, but I definitely never thought it would be so soon!

Now he was truly scared!

"Yes, go back. I hope you can stay true to yourself."

Although Liao Chong was somewhat confused by the last instruction, he nodded earnestly, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Farewell!"

He turned back to ask his friend, but seeing that his friend hesitated, he didn't try to persuade him to go with him. He left with a "take care" and strode away decisively.

Once a decision has been made, one must firmly believe that it is in the best interest of oneself and absolutely not allow oneself to go back on one's word.

After Liao Chong left, about ten more people left one after another until the fire in the pit burned out and night fell.

"Captain, everything has been recorded."

Li Chengxiao took the tablet from Hummingbird's hand.

The screen displays a long table, divided into four sections by color.

The green at the top represents those who are still here, the red rows below that are those like Liao Chong who came and left, the orange rows below that are the corpses that were taken away, and the gray at the bottom are those in the pit that have now turned to ashes.

"Pass the message down, and also tell Deputy Captain Gu and the others that we need to keep a close eye on the orange-clad ones. As for the red-clad ones, we'll start monitoring them locally once they get back. If they're discovered and we try to drive them away, we'll immediately switch to mandatory surveillance. The duration... is tentatively set at three months, and we'll see how things go after three months."

"Yes!"

"These Orange guys are dead, why are they still being monitored? Do they think they can come back to life?"

Gu Xi swore she only made that comment subconsciously and never expected that this strange thing would actually happen right under her nose!

After nightfall, instead of returning to the campsite to rest, they went to the campsite in batches to get some food, water, and simple sleeping bags, and brought them back, intending to wait in front of the gate.

Since the door was already ajar, it might open at any time, and it would take some time to get here from the camp. So neither of us left, and we both stayed.

Since none of these people left, neither did Tianxing's team or Gu Xi's team.

Two people from each team took turns keeping watch at night, both to monitor the movements of those who stayed behind and to keep an eye on any changes at the door.

As it turned out, nothing was found on the door side, and those who remained had all successfully resisted the white mist's erosion without any abnormalities. On the contrary, it was the place where no movement was expected that suddenly became unusual.

Gu Xi was woken up by her teammates. When she heard the words "the person is alive again," she thought she was still dreaming. She slapped herself on the head to wake up completely.

He jumped up, grabbed the weapon he'd been using as a pillow, and shouted, "Let's go!"

Li Chengxiao's sleeping spot was some distance away from his teammates; he had specifically chosen a spot right next to Yue Qingfeng.

Hearing the noise, he opened his eyes and saw Yue Qingfeng's outstretched hand.

Meeting Li Chengxiao's eyes, which were wide awake even though he had just woken up, Yue Qingfeng casually let go of his hand. "I was just about to wake you up. See, things are about to get messy."

The bodies were originally placed together in a corner.

Although they couldn't bear to see their family members burned to death and not even their bodies left behind, they couldn't simply keep the bodies by their side.

On one hand, they felt disgusted, and on the other hand, they were not entirely unconcerned about Li Chengxiao's previous advice.

So the group that wanted the body back discussed it and each used some means to preserve it, and put it together in a nearby, relatively dry and cool stone cave.

As he was sleeping, he suddenly felt something. When he opened his eyes, he met the staring eyes of his junior brother, disciples, and others who were supposed to be lying quietly in the stone cave...

If they weren't afraid of losing face as experts, they would have screamed by now!
When Li Chengxiao and Gu Xi arrived with their team, the two sides were still in a standoff.

No one spoke yet, and they all stared at each other with wide eyes, creating an extremely strange atmosphere.

After the initial shock, Gu Xi was at a loss.

If it dies and comes back to life, can it be killed again?

Or was the person never actually dead, and was just in a state of suspended animation?
Those things they burned... No, I can't keep thinking about it, or I'll start to develop a brain!
Seeing Li Chengxiao approach, he asked, "What should we do now?"

"Wait and see."

"Oh."

After waiting a while, someone finally spoke cautiously: "Master, junior brother, you..."

"Give me!"

"Wha, what?"

Just as the junior brother's hand suddenly reached for his senior brother's chest, Li Chengxiao, who was standing to the side, reacted quickly and kicked him.

The kick felt like he'd hit a huge block of iron, the shock sending a shiver down his spine from his feet to his thighs.

Fortunately, the hand only tore the outer garment and pulled out a black object that looked like a token.

The senior brother covered his chest, where his clothes were torn and exposed flesh, looking incredulous at first. After a few breaths, he seemed to understand something and looked at the leader's token that his junior brother was tightly clutching.

"You want this..."

Or do you want him dead?
Or perhaps both?
But the other person no longer looked at him. After taking the token, they did not attack again, but turned around and walked stiffly toward the door.

Just as Li Chengxiao was about to lead his team to stop him, Yue Qingfeng, who was slowly following over, stopped him. "You can't stop him. He got what he wanted and fulfilled his dying wish. This is his final resting place."

Soon, under the watchful eyes of everyone who had been awakened, the person walked to the door without stopping, and after taking another step, disappeared inside.

"Junior brother..."