In a chaotic world of infrastructure development, a woman's path to survival after being reborn

It's rare for a small team to go missing at the same time. These people must have been held up by something or something uncontrollable happened.

If they were held up by something and couldn't return, they should have sent someone back in advance to let us know. But so far, not a single message has come back from the small team, which means something unexpected has happened.

Those who registered their return to the city did not dare to slack off and immediately reported it, which is how Zhao Zexuan learned of the news.

"So what exactly happened? A team of thirty people has disappeared?" Zhao Zexuan asked in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, the military advisor who was reporting the news below became nervous and broke out in a sweat. He replied, "After I noticed this anomaly, I sent people out of the city to search for them, but there has been no response so far."

Upon hearing this, everyone present realized that something was wrong. Mo Nan, standing to the side, said, "General, could they have been intercepted by the King of Wu's men?"

Zhao Zexuan was also considering this possibility. He frowned and then said, "Send people out to search. It's impossible for so many people to be completely missing."

Upon hearing this, Mo Nan stepped forward and volunteered, saying, "General, I am willing to go out of the city to search for people."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zexuan hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Mo Nan, take a hundred elite soldiers out of the city to search for people. Look around. Even if the King of Wu's men came, so many people couldn't have disappeared without a trace."

Mo Nan: "Understood."

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The situation was urgent, so after receiving the order, Mo Nan led his men out of the city and was now searching for people in the surrounding area, following the trail of clues.

After searching around the north area, Mo Nan found no signs of a fight. He began to suspect that these people had not been involved in any accidents, but were simply held up by something.

Just as Mo Nan had this thought, a soldier came to report that he had discovered a familiar mark.

Following the soldiers to a tree, and looking at the hidden arrow symbols on the tree, Mo Nan was now certain that this small team had not encountered any accidents, but had been held up by something.

Looking at the arrow symbol, it's clearly pointing towards the mountains, which means the team members went up the mountain.

Upon hearing the news, Mo Nan pondered for a moment, then said to his deputy, "Send a few soldiers back to the city to inform them of this news. Tell them that we have found the message left by the squad."

Upon hearing this, the deputy general agreed, "I will send a squad of soldiers back to the city first to inform the general of the specific situation here."

Mo Nan nodded and said, "The rest of you will come into the mountains with me. I'm curious to know what exactly happened."

And so, the group carefully made their way up the mountain, following the signs until they quickly found their destination.

As they walked up the mountain, the trail became increasingly clear. Now, Mo Nan and his group knew that there were quite a few people on the mountain, definitely no less than a hundred.

Realizing that the situation on the mountain might be bad, Mo Nan instructed his soldiers early in the morning to move quietly and not to disturb others.

That's why the group arrived at their destination without making a sound.

Hiding in the shadows, Mo Nan and his group silently observed the activity inside. Seeing wisps of smoke rising from the chimneys, they would have thought it was just an ordinary small mountain village if the situation hadn't been so unusual.

The simpler it looks, the more careful you have to be. Mo Nan and his group silently observed from the shadows, not daring to alert the enemy.

"General Monan, our men have found no further markings after reaching this point, and the squad's tracks have also disappeared here," the lieutenant reported in a low voice.

Hearing this, Mo Nan looked at the unusually quiet little mountain village and pondered for a moment before saying, "Find a few skilled martial artists to come with me into the village after dark to investigate. We haven't found out what's going on inside yet, so let's not alert them for now."

The lieutenant nodded, indicating that he understood.

And so, in this silence, the group finally waited until nightfall. After instructing the soldiers guarding outside not to make any rash moves, Mo Nan led a few skilled soldiers and quietly slipped into the small mountain village.

Logically speaking, a normal small mountain village would rest early after dark, but this is not the case. In this small mountain village, the lights are still on after dark, and it is even more lively than during the day.

Hidden in the shadows, Mo Nan and several soldiers investigated together, but they couldn't find anything unusual. The people here seemed to be just ordinary villagers.

Gathered in the shadows, several soldiers who had gone to investigate returned to report that they had not found anything unusual.

There must be something strange about this small mountain village. Judging from the fact that it's brightly lit now, there's something fishy going on.

After thinking it over carefully, Mo Nan suddenly grasped a key piece of information. He said, "The families I investigated all had young and strong men and an elderly woman. What about you?"

Upon hearing this, the other soldiers also thought back carefully and found that the situation they had discovered was the same, without exception.

In a normal household, there would be a young woman and an elderly child, but these households had none of these, which is clearly a flaw.

At this point, Mo Bei was 100% certain that something was amiss. He said, "There must be something strange about this small mountain village. Let's go and investigate further to find out what's going on. I need to know where all the women and children in this village have gone."

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Nighttime should be quiet, but this small mountain village is quite the opposite. It becomes lively at night, and the young and middle-aged people who should be sleeping at home start to come out one after another.

Faced with this strange situation, Mo Nan and the others followed quietly without hesitation, wanting to know what was going on.

Following the direction these people were heading, they arrived at the center of the small mountain village. Hiding in the shadows, Mo Nan watched as these people busily moved firewood and iron pots, as if they were doing something very important.

This group of people is organized; it can be seen that they are divided into groups of ten, each responsible for different tasks.

A bell rang, and several people dressed in Taoist robes emerged from a house. As they appeared, the young men and women present unconsciously stopped what they were doing.

Several people dressed in Taoist robes walked to the head of the table, their eyes fixed intently on everything around them.

The scene was quiet for only a moment after the Taoist priest appeared, but soon became noisy again. People went about their work as if they were used to this scene.

Seeing this, Mo Nan was very curious. He secretly observed this strange behavior from the shadows, eager to know the purpose of this group of people.

The appearance of the Taoist priest prompted the squad leader of the group to take another action. He was now standing respectfully to the side, reporting something.

From a distance, Mo Nan couldn't hear clearly, but based on their occasional lip movements, he could guess that they were mentioning children and women!