47: The true heart of the primeval forest! The compass is broken.

The burly man rowing at the stern quickly paddled backward after hearing the noise, but the suction was too strong, and they had no ability to resist it now.

"Ah..."

The three men's small boat began to spin, and the paddles in their hands were flung into the water. The three quickly gripped the sides of the boat, trying their best not to fall into the water... However—

Plop!

"Ah..."

"Big Brother! Help!"

"Gurgle gurgle! Help!!"

The boat was overturned by the whirlpool, and the three men were spun dizzyingly inside it, finding it difficult even to surface for air.

Afterward, the three men were sucked into the whirlpool, and even the wooden boat was dragged in.

Only a wooden paddle was left floating on the water's surface.

The Mercenaries watching all this from behind widened their eyes, their breath catching. They hadn't expected there to be a Rainforest whirlpool here... No wonder the area looked so dark... "Wait a minute! They were all sucked in, but what about Ye Bai?"

One of the Mercenaries suddenly snapped back to attention.

"Ye Bai! I don't know!"

"It's over. They were all sucked in. Could they have also..."

"Who brought a phone? Hurry up and check!"

Someone suddenly shouted.

One of the Mercenaries took out his phone and immediately entered the Live Stream Room.

They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Ye Bai and the others were safe, but at the same time, they had a question.

How did Ye Bai get past it?

So they opened the playback video and saw the scene where Ye Bai turned the tide... All the soldiers were stunned when they saw this, their eyes wider than a cow's.

A thought popped into their heads again.

Damn! Is that even a person?

He must be a god, right?

With that skill, they wouldn't be able to do it even if they worked themselves to death!!

"Uh... Captain! Let's take a detour!"

"Right, right, right!! We aren't Ye Bai, we don't have his skills!"

"Mhm mhm! Let's hurry up and leave!"

Before the Mercenary Captain could speak, his subordinates behind him quickly chimed in.

Their actions even outpaced their reactions; the rubber boat quickly changed course and left via another waterway... Ye Bai and the others were still moving forward at this time.

While Wu Jing was rowing, he occasionally looked back in the direction behind them.

"Brother Jing, what's wrong? Why do you keep looking back? Did something happen?"

Bai Lu had just been greatly frightened and quickly took out water to drink in large gulps, only to see Wu Jing looking back repeatedly with a confused expression, which made her very curious.

"I think I heard screams, and they sounded pretty miserable."

As Wu Jing spoke, he quickly turned back to look in the direction behind them.

"Give it a rest, Brother Jing!"

After hearing Wu Jing's words, Hua Chenyu couldn't help but chuckle. "This is a forbidden area. Besides us, who were forced to come here, who else would be here? Are you hearing things?"

Wu Jing shook his head, "Maybe!"

He also felt that he might be imagining things. This place was a forbidden area; who else but them would come here?

Wu Jing simply stopped thinking about it and continued rowing.

Approaching noon, they noticed that the surrounding trees seemed somewhat dense.

The flow of the water had turned into stagnant water.

"Brother Jing, where are we heading? There seem to be more trees than before."

Yang Mi was now unable to distinguish directions.

Previously, there was a continuous river flow, so they just had to follow one direction. But now, without water movement, they had to determine the direction themselves, and these trees were incredibly strange.

Although they stood close to one another, the distance between the trees was just enough for their boat to pass through.

For a moment, they didn't know which way to go.

"According to the map, we just need to head south. Didn't we bring a compass? Take it out and check."

Reba also found it difficult to distinguish directions immediately, so she took out the compass they had prepared earlier.

As soon as the compass was taken out, the needle pointed to the right.

"Brother Jing, let's head right."

Reba handed the compass to Wu Jing, confirming that the needle was pointing toward the right.

The right?

Wu Jing was stunned. That shouldn't be right! Why was it pointing right? Even if the direction was different, it shouldn't be turning.

"Let me check my compass."

Wu Jing then took out the compass he had on him, only to find it pointing to the left.

"Huh? Why is it on the left?"

"Ah?"

After hearing Wu Jing's explanation, Reba quickly got up and went to Wu Jing's side, looking at the compass in his hand with surprise. After being surprised, she immediately looked at her own compass, which was pointing in the exact opposite direction of Wu Jing's.

Reba even shook hers a few times and found that her compass needle wouldn't move.

"Mine might be broken."

Reba said apologetically.

Wu Jing first glanced at his own compass, then looked at Reba's, frowning deeply without speaking. Finally, he looked at Yang Mi, "Yang Mi, where is your compass?"

Yang Mi understood what he meant immediately. She also took out her compass and found that hers was pointing straight ahead... Yang Mi's expression looked unusual; this shouldn't be happening!

"Brother Jing, my compass is pointing forward..."

Yang Mi's words caused expressions of solemnity to flash across the faces of both Reba and Wu Jing.

This is not normal!!

"Oh dear, your compasses might be wrong. Look at mine."

Seeing their serious expressions, Cai Xukun waved his hand dismissively, then took out a compass from his body. "Let me tell you, this compass of mine, it was..."

When he saw the direction the compass was pointing, his voice abruptly stopped, and his eyes widened.

"Holy crap! What's going on? Why is my compass pointing in the direction we came from? Is my compass broken too?"

As soon as Cai Xukun finished speaking, everyone's expressions turned serious.

This isn't right!

One compass might be broken, but it's impossible for three of them to be broken, right?

This is abnormal.

Everyone remained silent, looking at each other.

They saw solemnity in each other's eyes.

Netizens in the Live Stream Room also sensed that the atmosphere was wrong.

[Holy cow! I feel like something is off. This atmosphere gives me a bad feeling!]

[You're not the only one thinking that. I feel the same way. I keep thinking this forest is too weird, and now the compasses aren't working. How are they supposed to proceed!]

[The trees are growing strangely too. They are all the same size, and the spacing is incredibly eerie. It doesn't look like natural growth; it looks like someone did it on purpose.]

[I think so too. Did someone deliberately plant a large number of trees here? But that's impossible! This is a Rainforest. Who would come here to plant trees?]

[I feel like things are getting weirder and weirder.]