The Return of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife by Zara Gibbon

Chapter 1057

The two of them observed for a while. There were many fir trees and unknown trees around.

“We have no choice but to search every single tree.”

“Let’s split up and search. You go that way, and I’ll go this way. We’ll meet here at noon regardless of whether or

not we find it.”

“Okay, Mr. Everett.”

One of them headed east while the other headed west as they began to search separately.

However, the forest was too big and was filled with countless trees. It would not be easy to find it with just two

people.

Bruce followed the map and used a pen to circle out areas of focus to narrow down the search area. An hour later.

Bruce had already finished searching and had to move on to the next area to continue searching.

His entire body was drenched in sweat, and his messy hair was stuck to his forehead. His outdoor camouflage

uniform was now extremely muddy, and his face was scratched by vines and dried branches. “This should be the

place that Eprarian was talking about.”

“Where the hell is it?”

Bruce looked around again. There were many small puddles on the ground, arranged in a way that made them look

like human footprints that had been filled with rainwater. It seemed the heavy rain two days. ago had washed away

many traces.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

He took a few more steps forward.

Bruce could see a patch of weeds in front of him. Suddenly, he saw a man’s black leather shoe.

“Gosh!” Bruce gasped and frowned before quickly going forward to check it out.

Another cracking sound could be heard.

He seemed to have stepped on a hard tree branch and tripped.

When Bruce looked down, he saw that he had stepped on a human skeleton instead.

His waterproof leather boots had stepped through the sternum cavity of the corpse. When he raised his foot, he

carried half the skeleton with him.

“Holy shit.”

Although Bruce was brave, he was still shocked. He hurriedly took a few steps back, but his boot was stuck in the

human skeleton. It was almost as if the bones were hugging his boot, making it hard to shake it off.

“Please excuse me.”

Bruce kicked his feet a couple more times before finally shaking off the skeleton.

Only the top half of the human skeleton was left behind. It had been gnawed on by animals and was

unrecognizable. Yet, it emitted a strong stench. From the looks of it, it must have been dead for a few months.

Bruce’s heart was beating wildly. He could not bear to look at it again.

This skeleton likely belonged to a young man, but he did not know whose husband, son, or father it was. With his

corpse left in the wilderness, no one could collect it either.

This made Bruce think of himself. Perhaps one day, he might end up like this skeleton, dying alone in the wilderness

where no one could find him.

Bruce suppressed his disgust and sighed. He then looked at the scattered wallets and items beside the

corpse.

“He should be an accomplice of the Eprarians.”

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“A fight must have happened here. This proves that the Eprarian’s words can be trusted. The microchips should be

nearby.”

Bruce could not care about that many things. He hurriedly searched around the surrounding trees. Another 20

minutes passed. As Bruce passed by another area, he stumbled across another corpse.

“Gosh!” Bruce frowned and went forward to check again.

This corpse was similar to the one just now. It had also been gnawed until it was unrecognizable. Only the style and

material of the clothes and pants on the corpse’s body could be vaguely recognized.

“This is…” Bruce picked up a piece of the tattered plaid shirt sleeve.

Although the corpse’s face was damaged beyond recognition, the necklace on the corpse’s neck was still

recognizable. He was also an agent in the organization. His code name was Lizard, and he had been missing for

nearly half a year.

It turned out that he had passed away in these woods.

After recognizing that it was his colleague, Bruce felt a pang of sadness. He took off the necklace around the

corpse’s neck and took off his coat to cover the corpse with it. Bruce gave a small bow in silence.

Noon.

Bruce still found nothing and could only go meet up with Darcy, hoping that Darcy found something. As soon as

they met, Darcy asked, “Mr. Everett, did you find it?”

Bruce’s heart turned cold upon hearing that. It seemed that Darcy did not find it either.

Bruce shook his head silently and said dejectedly, “I didn’t find it. What about you?”

“Neither did I.”

“We looked at every tree in that area but didn’t see it.” Darcy frowned and asked, “Could the Meltarians have taken

it?”

“…That’s a possibility. Since the Meltarians could chase us here, they must have searched the area.”

“If they took it away, all our previous efforts would be in vain.”

“Mr. Everett, what should we do next?”

Bruce frowned dejectedly. “Let’s search for one more day. If we still can’t find it, we’ll retreat.”

“Yes, okay.”

“Mr. Everett, are you hungry? Have some rations,” Darcy said as he took out bread and canned food from his

backpack and handed it to Bruce.

Watching Darcy as he opened the can of meat, the image of the two corpses resurfaced in Bruce’s mind and

caused him to gag.

“I have no appetite. You can have it!”

“…Oh, okay.”

After a short rest, the two of them continued on their search.

“Keep looking.”

“That Eprarian said we can reach District 17 using this underground dark river. I wonder if it’s true.” When Bruce

heard that, he subconsciously observed the dark river. District 17 had a circumference of 58 miles, and there would

be troops guarding it everywhere.

As for this place, it was not guarded because it was the basement. No normal person would enter District 17

through the 9-mile-long stretch of underground water.

“If it is possible to enter through here, this river must be very long. How did they get out?” Bruce was puzzled.

He could not understand how that Eprarian escaped.

Darcy thought for a moment. “Mr. Everett, they might have used professional diving tools. Otherwise, it would be

difficult to pass through this underground river.”

Bruce still found it unbelievable.

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“If they’d escaped from the inside, who provided them with diving gear? “It made no sense, However, without the

help of professional diving tools, and given the current physical conditions and functions of humans, it was

impossible to hold their breath in the 9-mile-long underground river,” Bruce thought. “Let’s go in and take a look.”

“There are no kayaks here. It will be dangerous to enter the cave.”

“We can only take a look at the cave entrance.”

Bruce and Darcy came to the entrance and saw a gurgling stream of water inside. They turned on the bright

flashlight and shone it inside the cave. It was unfathomable. The cave was so deep that they could not see the

bottom of it.

“Whoosh!” A large group of black bats, alarmed by the bright lights, swooped down at them.

“There are bats.”

“Let’s get out of here.”

The two of them dare not stay any longer and could only crawl out of the cave in a disheveled state.

Outside of the cave.

Bruce looked back at the cave and suddenly had an idea. It was not impossible to enter District 17 from here.

This was also their only way to enter District 17. Otherwise, they would not be able to enter the district at

all.

However, it was an extremely risky method that required professional diving tools.

“Forget it, let’s go look for microchips first!”

“Okay.”

In the blink of an eye.

The two of them had searched for a full day, but they still found nothing.

At night, the two of them had no choice but to find a leeward place and set up a tent for the night.

“Mr. Everett, we’re almost out of rations. If we don’t find the microchips tomorrow, we’ll run out of food.”

“We will search for the microchips tomorrow. If we still can’t find it, we will go back.”

“Okay.”