"How did we end up on the wrong path?"
Seeing Zhao Guo'an looking so serious, Xiao Feng patiently asked.
"Do you remember the T-junction we encountered before seeing the single-log bridge?
At that time, we analyzed that one of the two paths must be the right one. Then, Jiu Ye was acting all mysterious, so we chose the path that Darcy and his team had taken.
Then we ended up here, and there's no path forward. Darcy's teammates vanished without a trace, leaving us with one puzzle after another, which made you think that solving these mysteries would lead us to the next path."
At this point, Zhao Guo'an paused and asked, "Am I right?"
Xiao Feng noncommittally said, "Go on."
"What I mean is, it's very possible that even if we find some mechanism, it's purely a deadly trap, not the way forward," Zhao Guo'an said seriously. "Perhaps we should turn back, return to that T-junction, and take the other path."
