After being comforted by the caravan captain, the crowd finally calmed down.
Upon seeing this, the captain of the caravan cleared his throat and said loudly: "Although Brother Xiao Ning is willing to help us solve the dangers on the road, in the end we still have to rely on ourselves."
"As the saying goes, it is better to save yourself than to rely on others to save yourself. This is what it means."
"So on the next journey, everyone will obey my arrangements and my orders. You will do whatever I ask you to do..."
What he is talking about now is what he discussed with a few caravan elders last night.
The purpose is to unite everyone so that if we encounter danger again, we no longer have to rely on Xiao Ning alone.
In fact, now the caravan captain and several caravan elders no longer count on Xiao Ning, feeling that Xiao Ning is unreliable.
On the other side, the caravan members finally settled down after being repeatedly mobilized by the caravan captain, and each one of them stated that they would obey his orders.
They dare to run business on this trade route in no-man's land, and their organizational skills are naturally far beyond ordinary people.
Therefore, they all understand the principle of working together.
Nowadays, dangerous times will come, so naturally we need to unite together and let the leader make the decision.
It's not that you miss yours and I miss mine, and each of us works on our own.
"Everyone, hurry up and pack up and hit the road!"
Seeing that they were almost mobilized, the captain of the caravan announced loudly.
Everyone quickly dispersed to pack their belongings.
Now that half of the people in the camp are dead, cleaning up is more troublesome and slower than before. You have to seize the time to do it.
Of course, since a lot of people died, some things don’t need to be packed away anymore, they can just be left here.
Anyway, there are no people left, so taking so many things on the road is just a burden, in case something happens and it affects the escape.
At this time, the horses left by the Jinlin Alliance's escort team became a good thing.
With these horses, everyone can travel much faster, and the ten-day journey is expected to be shortened by one or two days.
"Hurry up, hurry up."
"hey-hey!"
"rise!"
The camp was noisy, everyone had their own things to do.
No one complained at this time, everyone wanted to pack up and hit the road quickly.
Seeing how energetic everyone was working, the captain of the caravan couldn't help but sigh again.
He hasn't told everyone that everyone was contaminated with dirty things.
If we say so, there will definitely be more people who are determined not to return to the grassland.
But in this situation, it is simply not easy for him to tell the truth.
First, everyone will definitely be frightened and uneasy after knowing about it, and it will be difficult to have peace on the road.
Second, Xiao Ning would never allow him to tell this matter.
After all, Xiao Ning made up his mind to let them go all the way back to the Tianshan Prairie and not allow them to escape eastward.
"There must be many dangers along the way."
The caravan captain thought sadly.
Several caravan elders were infected by him, and they all looked melancholy, not knowing how to deal with what was going to happen next.
There is no other way but to take it one step at a time.
What if people like you are lucky enough to be able to return home safely and wash off the dirt on your body at the same time?
People always have to see some hope to have the motivation to live.
Everyone in the camp was busy, packing up the tents as quickly as possible.
After almost half an hour, everything was sorted.
In the end, almost half of the things were not packed into the horse-drawn carriage and the ox-cart, and everyone had decided to abandon them here.
After last night's scene, no one has the thought of saving their property anymore. Everyone just wants to save their lives.
They were all thinking that if they hadn't thought of coming here to collect the scattered goods before, maybe this thing wouldn't have happened.
Maybe everyone is happily finishing up at this moment and looking forward to what will happen when they get home.
Instead of like now, less than half of the people will be alive in the end.
It is estimated that nine out of ten people in the escort team will die outside and never come back.
"Let's get on the road!"
The caravan captain announced loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the caravan's carriages and horses began to move slowly, heading westward with the rising sun on their backs.
Their shadows dragged out a long line on the ground, and as far as the eye could see there was no dazzling sunlight, only the black horizon.
However, after setting off on the road, everyone was in a better mood than before.
Probably because I finally took action.
At that moment, many people were looking forward and backward, wondering whether it was better to go to the ancient city of Zayi or go back to their hometown.
Now that we are actually on the way home, everyone no longer thinks so much.
"Captain, how far do you think we can go?"
On the carriage, an old caravan man approached the caravan captain and asked in a deep tone.
From his tone, the caravan captain heard a trace of despair.
Very early on, the other party gave up all hope of going home, so he just wanted to be as close to home as possible when he died.
In this way, perhaps the soul after death can float back to its hometown to have a look.
"Don't be so pessimistic. Maybe we don't deserve to die."
The caravan captain reassured.
As the captain of this caravan, as the leader, he must give hope to his subordinates.
Many times, everyone relies on vain hope to overcome difficulties.
This situation is naturally the same now.
"Well, hopefully we can go a little further."
The old caravan man shook his head slowly and then turned back.
The caravan captain saw this and said nothing.
He only regrets now, deeply regrets.
If I had known that I should have stayed in the ancient city of Zayi, then so many people would not have died and the future would not have been bleak.
Although the ancient city of Zayi is a foreign country, at least I know some people who have been doing business all year round.
If you take root in the ancient city of Zayi, your life will not be difficult.
Isn’t it good to just survive in Zayi Ancient City like that? Why insist on taking the risk and go home?
It's okay now. If you can't go home, you may not be able to save your life.
The caravan captain couldn't help but slowly raised his head and looked at the birds in the sky.
No one can be seen in this no-man's land, but there are many wild animals and birds.
And looking at his soaring bird, the caravan captain couldn't help but think of something.
That's why this no man's land became no man's land.
Speaking of which, there are no dangers in this no-man's land except for the abundance of wild animals.
At least until now, no one knew that there were terrifying inhuman monsters haunting the no-man's land.
So based on previous knowledge, there is no reason why this no-man’s land should become a no-man’s land.
To be continued...