Chapter 278 Deep in the Jungle Zhuo
is the captain who distrusts Shi the most. He firmly believes that he is the best candidate for the team leader.
No matter in terms of martial arts, prestige or ability, he thinks he is the best in the team now.
Such self-awareness made him go to the sixth-generation leader for a while after Shi's appointment, but unfortunately to no avail.
Although there was no result, the sixth-generation leader did not seem to support Shi much, nor did he reprimand Zhuo, which gave Zhuo a little hope.
So taking the opportunity of exploring the jungle, Zhuo challenged Shi.
"Whoever can explore the location of the meteorite first will have the right to become the team leader. If not, he will automatically withdraw."
Zhuo pointed to the protruding hill in the depths of the jungle. That was where the green meteorite fell.
Shi looked back with a frown. He didn't think it would be good for him to issue such a military warrant.
He glanced at the other captains, most of whom had provocative expressions.
"Okay, any captain who is willing to participate can participate. If I lose, I will resign and nominate the final winner."
Shi said in a deep voice.
His words made the eyes of many captains who wanted to compete for the position of team leader light up. They looked at each other, and finally three people decided to compete with Shi.
"The main task of this mission is to explore the area around the green meteorite. The competition is secondary..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shi saw the three captains, including Zhuo, rolling their eyes.
"No matter what, safety is the most important thing. Secondly, try to explore deeper. If anyone is lucky enough to reach the green meteorite, observe the situation there clearly and come back alive to tell everyone."
"Understood, let's go."
Zhuo said impatiently, and the other two followed suit.
Shi's face changed, but in the end he said nothing, just repeating the rule that each person is allowed to bring a small team and can retreat at any time when the situation is not good.
"Although this is your first exploration, it is our third time, so as long as you remember the rules, we already know it."
Zhuo's tone was slightly sarcastic.
Shi nodded, and was not angry because of his words. He just reminded everyone to check their equipment and bring jerky.
These words were bound to be criticized, but he didn't care. He just said it all and gave the order to set off.
The small team following him was the team he joined at that time, and the captain at that time, Ran, was also in the team.
"Captain Shi, since they don't want to listen, there is no need for you to repeat everything. You will be laughed at for no reason."
Captain Ran spoke up. He felt that Chief Shi was too stubborn, so he kindly reminded him.
"I am the leader of the team and the person in charge of this exploration mission. It is up to me to say it or not, and it is up to them to listen or not. I have to say it."
It was hard to tell from Chief Shi's voice whether he was angry or not. His tone was as plain as always, with a little more seriousness at most.
Captain Ran glanced at his face, which was still a little depressed in his distress.
This face has been like this since the first day Captain Ran met Shi, as if Shi grew up like this, and rarely did he see any other expressions on this face.
Suppressing his guesses, Captain Ran stood up and began to check his weapons.
If the previous inspection was influenced by Chief Shi, then now it is a mandatory requirement.
Because the positions of the two have been switched, although Ran is still the captain, Shi is no longer a team member, but the leader of the team.
"We are familiar with the north, so we will go from the north."
Chief Shi pointed to the jungle in the north and spoke.
Captain Ran was stunned by this. Now is the time to compete in speed. Why not go directly to the west and take a detour to the north?
He simply didn't understand what Chief Shi was thinking. Didn't he want to win?
Shi glanced at Ran and understood his thoughts.
"Don't worry, they have returned empty-handed twice. The road directly to the west may not work."
Listening to Chief Shi whispering this in his ear, Ran seemed to be cast under a spell.
He had always thought that Shi was powerless against the captains, but on the contrary, he was actually deliberately angering the captains so that they could not wait to enter the jungle and head west.
You know, in the jungle, rash actions are very dangerous, and overly rash actions are even more deadly.
"They won't be in danger, right?"
Ran couldn't help but worry about them.
"We have explored twice. What danger can there be? At most, it will come to an abrupt end. We are the real danger."
Chief Shi looked at the jungle in the west and spoke.
Ran then realized that instead of worrying about others, he might as well worry about himself. They have never gone deep into the jungle. After
checking their equipment, everyone looked at Chief Shi, waiting for his order, but saw Shi looking at Ran.
"You are familiar with this place, you can give orders and lead the way, just treat me as an ordinary team member."
Ran nodded. He also felt that he was more familiar with the jungle in the north and could lead the team forward faster.
"The end of Line 3 goes deep into the jungle in the north. Let's take Line 3 and go straight to the end."
Everyone took the order and began to enter the jungle. They ran in the jungle and moved forward along the previously explored Line 3.
The routes that have been explored and marked are relatively safe routes. It cannot be said that there are no accidents, but accidents rarely happen. If a powerful beast appears on the way forward, the team that has explored will change the route.
Line 3 was just explored by another team not long ago. Fortunately, no beasts have occupied the territory on the route in the past few days, which makes their journey very smooth.
"It ends here. Going forward is an unexplored place."
Standing in front of the last sign, Captain Ran turned around and said to Chief Stone.
Chief Stone nodded. He had been running with a bow and arrow in his left hand and a stone knife in his right hand. He was still panting.
"Take a break first and eat some dried fish before setting off again."
Exploring the location of the green meteorite is not something that can be completed in one day.
If you run all the way to the green meteorite at full speed, it will definitely take a day, but no tribesman dares to do that in the jungle today.
Maybe the totem of the Ice Bear Tribe has such brute force, but others can't and dare not.
The jungle today is full of dangers, and the dangers come not only from ferocious beasts, but also from the trees, leaves, flowers and plants around them. They are also sources of danger.
After everyone ate dried fish and rested for a while, they started again soon, and one of the team members was bitten by the Piranha Plant.
"There is only one flower, dig the roots, dig the roots quickly."
The stone leader roared, leading the charge to the root system of the Piranha Plant, and used the stone knife in his hand to frantically throw away the frozen soil next to the root system of the Piranha Plant.
Some of the other warriors rushed forward, some followed him to dig, and the rest guarded the digging warriors to prevent them from being swallowed by the Piranha Plant again.