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Croak, croak—
In the depths of the dense forest, branches stirred as a large bird was suddenly startled and flapped its wings to fly into the night sky.
Several men in black swiftly moved through the forest, but despite their searching, they failed to catch sight of Qin Hai and Liu Qingmei.
A group of them gathered once more,, with one of the men in black crouching on the ground to closely inspect the area. He picked up a broken dead branch, his eyes slightly narrowing as he pointed towards the southeast and commanded in a harsh voice, "Chase in that direction, if you don't find him, none of you will live!"
The rest of the men in black immediately moved towards the southeast at a breakneck speed, vanishing into the forest in the blink of an eye.
However, it wasn't long before a scream suddenly pierced the silence of the night from deep within the forest, jarring and horrific.