Chapter 297: Dispute over Route

"Like it?" Seeing her like this, Lin Baoer raised her eyebrows.

Jiang Yuzhi nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice.

Lin Baoer smiled, and simply exchanged the one in her hand with hers, "Then you can eat mine."

"Eh! No! This is yours, Sister Baoer..." Jiang Yuzhi was anxious to switch back, but was stopped by Lin Baoer, "It doesn't matter which one I eat. Yours tastes lighter, which is just my taste. Since you like me to eat this one, why not change it."

"Really?" Jiang Yuzhi hesitated, she was afraid that Lin Baoer said this on purpose.

Lin Baoer nodded very sincerely.

To her, it was indeed the same for all of them. Since Jiang Yuzhi liked the one in her hand, it didn't matter to her to switch.

After a mental struggle, Jiang Yuzhi finally accepted Lin Baoer's kindness and took small bites of the compressed biscuit in his hand.

The compressed biscuit was a big piece, and it might be just right for other people to eat a whole piece, but for Lin Baoer and Jiang Yuzhi, they were basically 70% full after eating half of it, and they put the rest away and prepared to eat it for the next meal.

Because the compressed biscuit was very dry, they also opened three watermelons to share it, and this dinner can be said to satisfy everyone.

After eating, Lin Baoer took Xiaofen to stroll beside her. Before she took a few steps, she found that Yu Sheng and Lin Zhishen seemed to be arguing, which made her confused.

She approached and leaned over, "What's wrong?"

Seeing that it was her, Lin Zhishen's expression relaxed for a moment, and he paused without saying a word.

Lin Baoer looked at him in confusion, and then looked at Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng had no choice but to tell him the reason for the quarrel.

Although he was a guide, he did not always follow his own ideas. Sometimes he would discuss the route with Lin Zhishen and Si Xu the night before, and then follow the planned route the next day.

He was the same tonight. Because Si Xu was applying medicine to Xiaosong, he came to find Lin Zhishen first, mainly to ask about the point that he was entangled in.

Now the only food they had was the tied fox and the mouse, plus three watermelons and half a compressed biscuit in their hands. This was not enough for their future food needs.

If they followed the original route, they would have to wait at least two days to find other food, because the next place they would pass through would be a barren land with few animals and plants. It would be harder than climbing to the sky to find food, so he thought about changing the route first, walking west for a while, and then returning to the main route after finding some food.

This meant taking a detour in disguise, which was also his point of confusion, but he was more inclined to this plan.

But when he found Lin Zhishen, Lin Zhishen rejected his proposal and said that he would continue along the original route, which puzzled him.

The two quarreled over this.

After listening, Lin Baoer looked at Lin Zhishen in confusion, and thought, "What Brother Yu said is not unreasonable. The food we have can't last for two days. Even if we can hold on, what about Xiaosong and Uncle Qiao? They are still injured and are in urgent need of replenishing their strength. It doesn't matter if we just take a detour for a short distance. Anyway, we have stayed in this broken place for a long time and don't mind a few more days."

Lin Zhishen looked at her hesitantly, as if he wanted to say something, but fell silent again.

Yu Sheng also looked at him in confusion, and doubted Dou Sheng in his heart.

The reason why he discussed these things with Si Xu and Lin Zhishen was because these two people were considered to have a say in the entire team. Apart from Lin Baoer, everyone else would follow what they said unconditionally. This is also the reason why he looked for them.

Moreover, Lin Baoer had told him at the beginning that if he had any problem, he could just look for Lin Zhishen and Si Xu. Both of them had experience, so he didn't bother Lin Baoer about everything.

When they discussed it before, Lin Zhishen had basically no objection to his arrangement. Only this time, his attitude was very tough and he couldn't give a reason, which made him anxious and argued with him.

Two pairs of eyes stared at him, making Lin Zhishen extremely helpless. Finally, he sighed softly, "Have you encountered that group of bandits here before?"

He asked Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I've encountered them twice."

Once when he was very young, he encountered them with his father. At that time, his grandfather and his wife almost lost their lives, but later, they didn't know how the bandits let them go, so they survived.

Another time was when he was leading a caravan, and the bandits robbed all their goods. Although the goods were gone, at least they were saved.

"Are you afraid of encountering them?" Yu Sheng frowned, "Although there is a certain probability, they are elusive and no one can guess where they will appear. Even if we don't change our route, we may encounter them if we are unlucky."

But they can't be timid because of this. If they encounter them on an empty stomach, they will have no chance of winning.

"I was captured by them in their base camp before." Lin Zhishen said calmly, "There are probably 30 to 50 bandits there, all of them desperate criminals from various countries. They all gathered here and committed all kinds of evil, including burning, killing, and looting."

"Although they only robbed passing caravans, if there were women in the caravan, they would not be able to escape their clutches."

"But even though they are elusive, there is still a pattern. They will only lurk in the strongholds they specially selected, and then rotate every three months to prevent being counter-camped."

Lin Zhishen's eyebrows were heavy. "After such a long time, I don't know if they have changed their strongholds, but if you follow the strongholds they originally lurked in, the original route you decided at the beginning just missed all their strongholds."

This is also the reason why the route he planned for the rest of his life was meaningless at the beginning.

If he changed the route temporarily, he couldn't guarantee that he would not run into the group of bandits again.

Although the group of bandits would not kill people on sight, it was hard to say if they didn't have what they wanted.

He glanced at Lin Baoer worriedly, frowning.

Yu Sheng was a little surprised. He didn't expect it was because of this reason. However, he was also confused after hearing it.

Hunger won't kill them, but if they encounter that group of bandits, they may not be able to survive.

Eleven people against thirty or fifty people, there is absolutely no chance of winning.

Moreover, they are in this deserted desert that they are not familiar with.

Lin Baoer pondered for a while and decided, "Then let's follow the original route."