Usurping authority

"Be careful of the situation outside the campsite when you're keeping watch at night," Ren Xiaosu reminded Yang Xiaojin before he went to sleep, "The sound of footsteps last night really did happen. It can't be that so many people heard it wrong. If you sense any problems, just fire your gun. The sound of the gunshots will wake everyone up."

Yang Xiaojin nodded. "Mhm. Do you feel the situation right now is very similar to the time when we were in the Jing Mountains?"

Ren Xiaosu was stunned. "We're still taking turns to keep watch for each other, but our relationship this time—"

"I'm saying it's as strange as back then," interrupted Yang Xiaojin. "We don't know who the real enemies are."

"Oh, you're talking about that?" Ren Xiaosu said, "I feel the changes at this place happened much earlier than in the Jing Mountains, so it might be more dangerous here."