"When did I agree to let you go?" Wen Li looked at Wu Xing coldly, her eyes as if she were looking at a dead man.

"You...murder is illegal, you can't...you can't kill me!"

"Pfft!" Wen Li burst out laughing at his terrified expression. "What are you talking about? We're law-abiding youths!"

Su Hao and Deng Wei breathed a sigh of relief. They were fine with beating people, but they really couldn't bear to kill Wu Xing.

Then Wen Li's voice whispered like a demon, "What does it have to do with us if you encounter wild beasts on the mountain?"

"This... Wen Zhiqing, this isn't quite right!" Deng Wei hesitated when he saw Wen Li's indifferent expression; after all, this was a human life at stake.

Wen Li shrugged. "I don't really care, but this guy is ruthless. He tried to kill me over a few words and didn't even care about your safety. If you're not worried about his retaliation, then let him go!"

Chen Yan and Qi Jun certainly didn't want to keep Wu Xing around, but this matter involved Su Hao and Deng Wei, and if they disagreed, it could easily cause trouble.

Deng Wei and Su Hao were caught in a dilemma. However, considering Wu Xing's ruthless nature, neither of them dared to keep such a venomous snake alive.

Deng Wei and Su Hao whispered for a while and came up with a final decision.

"Then throw him up the mountain. If he survives, this matter will be considered closed; if he dies, that's his fate!"

Wu Xing never expected these people to be so vicious. Although he had made a mistake, they were fine, weren't they? On the contrary, they even got a wild boar for free. Not only were they not grateful to him, but they also wanted to throw him on the mountain. These people were really too cruel!

"No, you can't do this! The villagers won't let you get away with this!"

"Stop wasting your breath on him, the Qi army will carry the men!"

Qi Jun gagged him again, carried him on his back, and headed into the mountains. They didn't dare go deep into the mountains, so they just left him on the outskirts.

The moment Qi Jun put the man down, Wen Li took advantage of everyone's wariness of their surroundings and knocked him unconscious.

"Huh? She fainted from fright?"

Wen Li instructed Qi Jun, "Untie the ropes!"

Seeing that the man had fainted, Qi Jun untied the rope and removed the towel from his mouth.

Let's go!

Wen Li secretly sprinkled a few drops of spiritual spring water on him. She had previously discovered that spiritual spring water was particularly popular with small animals, and she didn't want to leave this menace behind.

What no one noticed was that when they turned around, Qi Jun took out a dagger from his sleeve and slashed his wrist.

Wen Li had keen hearing and heard the sound of a dagger cutting through fabric; a slight smile appeared on her lips.

Qi Jun was meticulous and left no room for future trouble. If it weren't for Jiang Yue'er and Jiang Chen having protagonist halo, how could he have ended up like that?

The group quietly descended the mountain. Wen Li kept an eye on their surroundings the whole way, and only after confirming that no one was around did they quietly return to the educated youth compound.

After everyone returned to the house, Wen Li stood outside for a while to make sure no one noticed them before going back to her room to rest.

Wu Xing, who was on the back mountain, slowly woke up not long after the others left.

Realizing his predicament, he immediately got up and tried to run away, but he found several green eyes surrounding him. Before he could shout, several wolves pounced on him and began to tear him apart.

"ah--"

"Awoo~"

The howling of wolves instantly awakened the sleeping villagers, and every household immediately lit their oil lamps.

That night, almost no one in the village slept. As soon as it was light, everyone went to the grain drying yard on their own initiative.

"I was almost scared to death last night!"

"How could there be wolves in the back mountain? And judging from the sounds, the wolf pack seems to be quite close to the village!"

Li Hong hadn't slept all night; her eyes were covered in dark circles. "In all these years I've been working in the countryside, I've only ever heard of wolves in the mountains behind the village, but I've never actually seen one!"

Wen Li and the others also looked rather grim. They had only been back for a short while when the howling of wolves began. Clearly, a pack of wolves was nearby. Luckily, they ran fast, otherwise, things might have been very different!

However, since there were wolves on the mountain last night, Wu Xing can forget about escaping!

When everyone arrived at the grain drying yard, many elderly people from the village who didn't need to work also appeared there, leaning on their canes.

"Weiguo, this matter must be reported to the commune. Send the militia to check the back mountain. If the wolves have really come down, we're doomed!"

In the past, there have been instances of wolves coming down from the mountains to the village. Whenever the wolves came down, a number of people in the village would die. The young people today have never seen it, but the older people have experienced it.

"Third Uncle, I know, I'll go to the commune in a bit!" The brigade leader also looked worried.

The captain gave everyone a few more instructions: before the militia arrived, no one was allowed to approach the back mountain. He also assigned a group of young men to patrol at the foot of the mountain, and to blow the whistle immediately if they spotted any wolves.

The wolf pack is causing widespread panic. There's no work today, so everyone should stay home and not go out.

The young man who was called went to the warehouse, took a hoe and a carrying pole, and left.

The male educated youth in the educated youth compound also had to go patrol at the foot of the mountain, while everyone else returned to the educated youth compound.

Chen Yan watched Qi Jun's retreating figure with worry, not even wanting to say a word.

"Don't worry, it's broad daylight now, the wolves won't come down from the mountain easily!"

Chen Yan forced a smile. "Mm!"

Just when everyone was getting impatient, the militia finally arrived. Now the militiamen were all equipped with guns, and soon the militia captain led about twenty men to the back mountain. Some of the braver young men from the village also went with them.

Qi Jun was worried that they had left some loose ends last night, so he followed them up.

As evening approached, the sound of gunfire and wolf howls suddenly came from the back mountain, frightening everyone so much that they dared not go out.

The sound of gunfire stopped after a short while.

The captain immediately led his men to the foot of the mountain to provide support, and Wen Li and Chen Yan also went to the foot of the mountain.

Wen Li also saw Old Man Wu waiting at the foot of the mountain with another grandson, Wu An, carrying a medicine box.

It seems they haven't realized that something has happened in Wuxing.

Just as dusk was falling, the people on the mountain began to descend.

A group of people carried the five wolves' corpses down, and there were several injured people in the middle. Old Wu immediately stepped forward to bandage them.

The injuries were mostly external, but the most serious one was a young man from the village who had a broken wrist.

After the wolf carcass was put down, everyone exclaimed in surprise. The wolves were plump and strong at this time of year and looked very fierce. However, there was plenty of prey in the mountains at this time of year, so they shouldn't have been out in the open.

Unless... an even more ferocious beast has appeared in the mountains!

The militia captain found the battalion commander and the village chief.

Has anyone gone missing in your village?

The brigade leader glanced at the village chief, who shook his head. "I haven't heard of anyone going missing."

"That's strange. We found a corpse on the back mountain. Judging from the situation, it seems to have been attacked by a pack of wolves and had been eaten down to just the skeleton!"

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