guys I think they left it as a cliffhanger because this chapter already had a lot of pages I mean this chapter was pretty long with over 30 pages(34 to be exact) the editor probably cut it down because they surpassed their maxim amount of pages
That's what I'm saying. It's not bad writing because he was acting, it's bad writing because he told us he won't trust any humans in the same chapter. For a cliffhanger to work you need to have some tension and there is even less here than there normally would be.
MC: "I'm never gonna trust a person again!"
Also MC: "Sure, I'll follow you alone into the forest for suspicious reasons and without keeping my guard up"
@XieShu ask @Hatigarm or any of the crew. they usually respond if you ask them in their discord.
wow MC has got the worst luck. at least we know he's smart enough to make countermeasures, because there's now way he's gonna die after this cliffhanger. Plot Shield rules.
it was right for him to not trust anyone in the whole expedition team so why the hell did he bring the dude he's obviously have no injury whatsoever that would mean he's one with the assholes