Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 297: A Flying Bird

Chapter 297: Chapter 297: A Flying Bird

At dawn, everyone rose immediately. After last night’s ordeal, almost everyone had slept poorly, but there was not a single person who was tired.

"Let’s go. Let’s find them." Gu Fan said, and then he opened the door. Looking outside, everything was peaceful. Thank God, the snowstorm has finally stopped.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Fan went out for the first time, followed closely by the others after they were ready. Despite this, every step was unusually heavy, with uncertainty lingering about whether Deng Wenming could be found.

The snowstorm last night obscured their surroundings, making it difficult for Gu Fan to find the previous path. He shrugged helplessly and glanced at old man Tian with a dry smile.

Old man Tian, expressionless, led the way, making Gu Fan scratch his head awkwardly.

Lu Yi came up to comfort him: "Buddy, I know you are eager to find them, but you must measure your strength."

"I know, I know, thanks for your kind reminder." Gu Fan said as he looked around. Everyone’s spirits were low and a long march again would be inadvisable. After a round of search, they would return to rest.

Old man Tian was really impressive. His natural sense of direction seemed very strong, remembering every path taken without hesitation. The others were very admiring of him.

At this moment, Jie noticed a bird on a tree staring at them. Wherever they went, the bird would follow them. Which was odd, as such snowy environments were not suitable for birds.

Under Jie’s reminder, Gu Fan also noticed the strange bird, which indeed had been following them all along. It was quite peculiar.

After experiencing the previous night’s events, any unusual occurrence was enough to make Gu Fan chill with terror, causing cold sweat.

"Don’t tell the others about this for now, so as not to affect morale." Gu Fan asked Jie not to say anything rash, and to observe for a while longer.

After about twenty minutes, they arrived at the sinister forest from the previous night. Although it wasn’t night, the forest still gave people the creeps.

Gu Fan could only roughly point out where Deng Wenming had fallen into the snow last night. Ouyang Jin then began to shovel the snow; each shovel went down with great effort. Everyone wanted to know what was buried under this snow.

At this time, Su Hui went to the side of a tree. The brave Su Hui wiped off the snow on the tree and discovered that the tree’s pattern was unusually strange. This aroused her curiosity, and after wiping off more snow, she realized that the tree’s pattern looked like a twisted and fierce devil’s face.

All were frightened by this discovery, feeling that this place was far from friendly. They even felt a horrifying aura enveloping them.

"What should we do, this might be a cursed place, should we leave immediately?" Ning Qi was scared, and Hu Bo also suggested leaving, causing Deng Wenli to panic: "If you all leave, what about my brother? Are you going to abandon him?"

Ning Qi immediately explained: "Who said we are giving up on Deng Wenming? Otherwise, why would we be here? Last night, I almost got dragged into the snow too." After saying this, Ning Qi suddenly remembered the cold claws from last night.

At this time, Ouyang Jin, who had been digging the snow, was tired and took a break. Lu Yi took over, and the snow was indeed thick. It was unclear when they would hit the bottom. If they dug at the wrong place, it would be worse.

Gu Fan, idle, decided to wander around and see if there were any other discoveries. Suddenly, a bird flew rapidly past him and then circled around, stopping on a strange tree behind Gu Fan.

This drew Gu Fan’s attention. He wondered why this bird was always following them.

However, Gu Fan chose to ignore it and pretended as though he did not see it. However, before he could take a few steps, the bird flew forward and bumped into the back of his head, then quickly escaped back to the strange tree.

"Hey, there are limits to being a bird." Gu Fan turned around to curse at the bird, only to find something wrong. It seemed that the strange tree the bird was perched on had moved.

"Wait a minute, I’ve only taken a few steps away, why...?" Gu Fan felt a sinking feeling in his heart, then glanced around, a sense of foreboding creeping over him. The circle formed by the strange trees around him had seemed to have shrunk a bit.

At this time, Su Hui also noticed that the sinister pattern on the tree seemed to twist again, just as if it were alive. Su Hui immediately issued a warning: "Be careful, these trees are not normal."

A scream came from Ning Qi; something under the snow was grabbing her again, trying to pull her down.

Zhuo Hang and Hu Bo, who were the closest, grabbed Ning Qi’s hand immediately. But the strength was too great, and in a sudden mystical force, Ning Qi, Hu Bo and Zhuo Hang were all pulled into the snow.

"Oh my god." Jie and the others rushed to the spot and began to dig the snow out, but using merely their hands was too slow.

Ouyang Jin hurried over with the shovel and worked hard to widen the hole. No matter what, he had to save his comrades. But the problem was that they were in danger themselves.

Old man Tian yelled out: "Everyone be careful, these are not ordinary trees."

"I knew it earlier." Su Hui took out the shotgun and directly fired at a strange tree, which caused the bark to shatter and the wood splinter to fly.

Only then did Gu Fan understand how lucky they were to retreat early last night. Otherwise, under the weather conditions, they would be unconsciously surrounded by these strange trees. Thanks to the bird’s warning today.

Suddenly, Gu Fan felt something wriggling under his feet and jumped away immediately. Several very thin roots sprung out like a human’s claws reaching for Gu Fan, but found only empty space.

"Be careful, these weird trees are grabbing people from under the snow." Gu Fan said as he backed off, and the other people were also scared, daring not to get close to those strange trees.

At this point, Ouyang Jin had widened the hole and found a large passage inside, but the question was who dared to go in and save the people.

"Hurry up, these trees move slowly, we still have time to save them, otherwise no one will be able to escape." Within Gu Fan’s urgent shout, Su Hui was the first to rush down, followed by Gu Fan and then Lu Yi. The rest stayed outside.

"What on earth are these trees, this is horrible." The overseeing staff were panicked and wanted to desert.

"The world is so big, nothing is impossible, today we’ve truly broaden our horizons." Old man Tian was not flustered at all, his eyes cold as he fired three shots, shattering a tree trunk.

"Buy time for Gu Fan and the others, we need to buy time." Ouyang Jin, despite his daily bargaining, did have his credibility. Even in face of danger, he would honour the agreement. This was why Gu Fan trusted Ouyang Jin.