lovenovelstory Chapter 84 Bone-Splitting!
Chapter 84 Bone-Splitting!
Chapter 84 Bone-Splitting!
"It's my fault, it's my fault—I never imagined she would run away on her own—"
Kur was a short, thin middle-aged man who was looking miserable, his hands buried deep in his messy, bird's nest-like gray hair.
Congrit's lips moved, but despite his frustration, he couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh to the uncle who had cared for him and his siblings since childhood.
Through Kur's tearful narration, Congret gradually learned what had happened.
He left the tribe's settlement three days ago and entered the wilderness.
Apart from the war with the Sigu tribe, he had never been away for such a long time before, whether he was searching for resources or carrying out a mission.
The next day, his sister Emily kept asking Uncle Kur where her brother had gone.
At Congrett's request, Kurt never told Emily about the boy's practice of taking on dangerous missions to pay off his debts.
Faced with her persistent questioning, he could only make up excuses as usual, such as, "Your brother went hunting with other people."
They said they would be back soon.
But when he arrived at the siblings' home today to deliver food to Emily, he found that the girl had disappeared.
"I asked everyone around, but no one saw where she went. Emily must have sneaked out alone last night under the cover of darkness."
Congrett felt as if his heart was being gripped tightly by a giant hand.
He could vaguely guess why Emily had disappeared. He had been away for so long and hadn't returned. His sister was probably worried that he had died out there, which was why she had risked her own safety to run out and look for him.
But where could Emily have gone? So much time has passed, where could she have gone?
"My old buddies and I searched the surrounding area several times, and we only found a few sets of footprints that seemed to be left by Emily in the north."
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Kur kept his head down.
"But as you know, the north is a vast wilderness, and the situation is very complicated. We followed the footprints forward, and then the footprints suddenly disappeared—"
An overwhelming fear gripped Congrit's mind, so much so that his vision seemed to be shrouded in an inescapable shadow.
Congrett suddenly remembered that when he went out, he would often tell his sister that he was going north on business.
She thought her brother had also gone north, which was why he went north to look for her.
To the north of their settlement lies a vast wilderness stretching tens of thousands of meters, where countless dangers lurk.
On the other side of the wilderness lay the Bone-Hissing Tribe, the enemies of their Sandblood Tribe.
In other words, if Emily really did run into the wilderness, then after so much time, the chances of her survival had almost dropped to a point he didn't want to think about.
Even Congrit himself, equipped with the tribe's best weapons, couldn't guarantee his survival if he entered the wilderness, let alone the unarmed Emily.
"What to do—what to do—what to do—what to do—"
The wilderness is so vast that trying to find a missing person whose fate is unknown is simply a pipe dream.
Congrett instinctively clenched his fists, feeling a sharp pain from a hard object in his right palm.
The boy's expression froze. A hint of joy bloomed in his eyes.
He suddenly realized that if they could search from the air, the chances of finding Emily might be greatly increased.
They had barely parted when he had to seek help from those two kind-hearted magnates again.
Congrett hesitated for less than a second before resolutely going inside and activating the emergency communicator Cheng Xu had left him.
He was willing to pay any price for his sister's safety.
Fifteen minutes later, the familiar aircraft returned and arrived at the agreed location.
This time, Cheng Xu and Fields directly piloted the aircraft past the boundary formed by the monitoring stations, picked up Congrett who had rushed over, and flew straight north.
The aircraft's built-in alarm kept beeping, but Cheng Xu, annoyed, finally turned it off.
From Congrett's account, both he and Fields could sense the urgency of the situation.
Human life is at stake; there's no time to care about those ridiculous interstellar conventions.
The aircraft flew into the wilderness north of the Sandblood tribe, its altitude was lowered, and the system intelligently generated a patrol route. The infrared detection function was also activated to better locate Emily.
Inside the aircraft, Congrit anxiously scanned the surroundings, trying to find his sister.
Behind him, Cheng Xu searched for traces of people with his naked eye from another direction, while Fields stayed close by, sifting through the display image transmitted back by the infrared detection device.
The wilderness is home not only to various dangerous beasts, but also to hunting and exploration teams composed of indigenous people, whose main objectives are to hunt for materials and collect resources.
However, none of the girls who matched Congrett's description were seen in these groups.
More than half an hour passed, and the aircraft had penetrated deep into the wilderness. Cheng Xu finally made a discovery.
"Congrett, look over there!"
The boy suddenly turned around, and Fields immediately surrounded him. Following the direction Cheng Xu was pointing, they saw a desolate Gobi desert.
In the Gobi Desert, Congrett spotted a thin, frail figure at a glance.
His familiarity with her, built up over many years, made him blurt out, "Emily, that's Emily!"
However, when he turned his gaze to his sister, his face suddenly turned ashen, so serious it seemed as if water was about to drip from it.
Words, seemingly tinged with the stench of blood, were squeezed out from between his teeth: "Hiss!"
In front of Emily's petite figure, a group of burly men dressed in simple protective suits and carrying weapons stood like a black wall.
Judging from the markings on their protective suits, they were precisely the mortal enemies of the Sandblood Tribe, the Bone-Hissing Tribe.
Did Emily encounter the Bone-Screaming Tribe?
Congrit's vision blurred, and he almost jumped off the aircraft.
In his eyes, almost all that remained was his sister's frail figure and the starkly contrasting armed personnel surrounding her.
"etc!"
Cheng Xu reacted quickly, grabbing Congrett's shoulder to stop his impulsive behavior.
"Your sister is not in danger! The Bone-Slaying Tribe—it seems they are protecting her?"
Cheng Xu's words were like a bucket of ice water, extinguishing most of the flames of anxiety in Congret's heart.
He looked closely and finally noticed something unusual—the members of the Bone Tribe were all facing away from Emily, and the way they were positioned clearly indicated that they were protecting the little girl at the very back.