Hearing such a hysterical roar, they knew Cao Meng was really angry.

Exchanging a glance, they laughed dryly and spoke softly.

"Family Head, what are you saying? Of course, you’re the Family Head!"

"That’s right, we’re all your subordinates. You tell us to go east, we wouldn’t dare go west."

Hearing their meaningless nonsense, Cao Meng’s face turned icy, "Afraid? I really couldn’t tell you were! Stop talking nonsense now, burst in there for me, or else you’ll be expelled from the family in the future!"

"Yes, we understand!"

Knowing Cao Meng had issued a death order, they could only agree.

Of course, in their hearts, they cursed Cao Meng fiercely hundreds of times...

Cao Meng knew their hearts must be unhappy, but he didn’t care at all, for he had already completely blacklisted the two of them!

Once he returned, he would completely abandon them, and never employ them again in the future.

...

Due to Cao Meng’s order, the small boat began entering the pure white mist three minutes later.

At first, everything was normal.

Standing on the boat’s prow, Cao Meng glanced at them and said coldly, "Now you see, your previous worries were completely unnecessary. This white mist is naturally formed, there’s no need to worry!"

"Yes!"

They responded awkwardly.

But in their hearts, they still felt a little uneasy...

Because they always felt this mist was unusual, and they clearly felt that after entering the white mist, the whole world quieted down.

Really!

All sounds were completely isolated!

Before, while on the lake, they could clearly hear the sound of water and wind.

But at this moment, they couldn’t hear anything.

They wanted to express this discovery, but they didn’t dare, so they could only bury everything in their hearts.

...

Half an hour later, Cao Meng’s brows furrowed tightly together.

The reason for this was that Cao Meng noticed they still hadn’t reached Lake Heart Island.

He had carefully observed the extent of this white mist before, thinking it wasn’t large, so they should have arrived by now.

Honestly, time had dragged on too long.

Looking around a bit numbly, his eyelids twitched violently.

He found that the surrounding mist was becoming denser...

"What the hell is going on? Are we lost?"

As soon as this thought emerged, all the hairs on his body stood up.

"Can you two determine the direction now?"

Taking a few deep breaths, he looked at his two subordinates and asked in a low voice.

They heard the question and lightly shook their heads.

Since earlier, they couldn’t make out the direction at all.

So they were relying entirely on intuition to row the boat.

Seeing them shake their heads, he spoke irritably, "You don’t know? If you didn’t know, why didn’t you say anything earlier! Do you have a death wish?"

Hearing Cao Meng’s frantic complaints, they frowned with some discontent.

"Family Head, earlier, we were following your instructions!"

"That’s right, now you’re unhappy; isn’t that a bit too much!"

Wanting to curse out loud, Cao Meng held back. He knew that at this stage, the most important thing wasn’t to argue like a shrew, and what they said was true—he did let them row the boat in earlier.

Clarifying priorities, he spoke in a low tone, "I know I was a bit excessive earlier, but now isn’t the time to dwell on those things. Tell me what we should do now! If we truly get lost here, it’s really troublesome, right!"

"Indeed!"

Both of them fell silent!

They knew they were like grasshoppers tied to the same rope, so internal conflict really made no sense at this point.

Seeing their silence, Cao Meng knew they agreed with his reasoning. With a light smile, he quickly said, "We rise and fall together; we must work together now!"

Nodding, they spoke, "Family Head, we’ll definitely be united with you now!"

"That’s good then!"

Having said this, the three of them began seriously observing all around...

They wanted to find some kind of reference point, knowing that once they had one, they’d have a direction to advance.

Unfortunately, no matter how they looked, they couldn’t see any reference point at all.

With eyes turning bloodshot, Cao Meng looked at them and hoarsely said, "Did you see anything? All I see is white mist, nothing else at all!"

"Neither do we!"

After a slight pause, they too spoke hoarsely.

They also hoped to see something different, but sadly, there was nothing to be seen.

Everywhere they looked was just white mist.

They even felt they couldn’t see the sun...

"Not seeing is fine, can you hear anything? We could determine our position based on sound!"

"I can’t hear anything!"

"Me neither!"

Earlier, they couldn’t hear any surrounding sounds at all, so when they heard Cao Meng’s question, they quickly shook their heads.

"Damn it!"

Seeing them shake their heads, Cao Meng’s suppressed anger began to boil again!

There’s no way around it!

These two were utterly clueless...

Cao Meng now regretted bringing them along, as they couldn’t help at all in critical moments.

...

"Family Head, what should we do now? Just stay here?"

"Exactly!"

Seeing Cao Meng silent, they took the initiative to inquire...

They were at a loss now, so they prepared to let Cao Meng decide.

Hearing their words, Cao Meng furrowed his brow and said, "We can’t stay here. We must row forward together, I feel we might have a chance to get out! What do you think of my suggestion?"

"I think it’s a good suggestion!"

"I agree!"

They had completely lost their backbone, so they turned into the proverbial yes-men.

Hearing that they all agreed with his suggestion, Cao Meng took a deep breath and said, "Alright, let’s row forward, and when the time comes, everyone exert full force. I believe we can get out in the shortest time!"

"Right!"

Agreeing, they vigorously swung their oars...

Seeing their excitement, Cao Meng also grabbed an oar, and with their coordinated maneuvers, the boat quickly surged forward...