Chapter 232: The textbook example of dimensional reduction attack – this question resonated with everyone.
Su Tang did not answer immediately, but turned to the side and pulled Chen Xiaocao, who had been somewhat nervous behind her, to her front.
Under the gaze of hundreds of people, Su Tang gently patted Chen Xiaocao's shoulder, "Reporting, Instructor, because of her, she is our 'flag radar'."
Flag radar?
What is this thing?
The crowd looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Chen Xiaocao's face flushed red under the gaze of so many people, and she nervously clutched the hem of her clothes.
“Look up,” Su Tang’s voice rang in her ear. “Tell them what you did.”
That voice carried a convincing magic.
Chen Xiaocao took a deep breath, suddenly raised her head, and met the stern eyes of Chief Instructor Lei Kuan.
Her heart pounded with nervousness, but when she thought of Su An's trust and encouragement, and of the hardships and glories they had overcome along the way, an unprecedented courage welled up from the bottom of her heart.
"Reporting... Reporting to the instructor, I... I grew up in the mountains and know the plants and trees there better than people. When the instructors hide the flags, even though they are very careful, they still leave some traces that most people wouldn't notice."
Chen Xiaocao paused, her thoughts becoming clearer and clearer.
"For example, the first flag we found was hidden in a patch of beggar-ticks. When the leaves of beggar-ticks are broken, they give off a very special, slightly bitter grassy smell, which is stronger than usual. I could smell that smell and I knew that someone had been in that patch of grass for a long time not long ago."
As soon as he finished speaking, a chorus of barely suppressed gasps of amazement rose from the crowd.
"Smell it? My God, is that nose a dog's?"
"Bidens pilosa...that stuff smells bad besides scratching my pants? I've never smelled it before!"
Hearing these comments, Chen Xiaocao didn't get more nervous. Instead, she straightened her back a little because her area of expertise was being recognized.
"The second and third flags were hidden in a crevice in a bush. There were a few unnatural breaks in the bush branches there. The breaks were very fresh, not from being rubbed by wild animals, but more like being broken by hand. Moreover, there were very slight signs of soil being moved around the rock where the flags were hidden, and the soil was a little darker in color than the surrounding soil."
As Chen Xiaocao spoke, she became more and more fluent and confident. It was as if she had returned to that familiar mountain forest and become the true queen of the jungle.
“There’s a fourth green flag. I smelled the scent of Paris polyphylla in the air. This plant likes damp, shady environments and usually grows near water sources. Su An and I figured the instructor who placed the flag might be resting near a water source, so we followed the scent to a stream. Sure enough, we found fresh scratches under a large, moss-covered rock by the stream, and the flag was hidden inside.”
At the summit, all was silent.
Everyone was stunned.
The taste? The unnatural breakage? The color of the soil? How to find the water source based on the plant's growth habits?
Who in their right mind would even notice these things?!
An incredulous gasp and murmurs erupted from the crowd.
"My goodness... so that's how they got there! No wonder they dared to go to that 'barren region' in the west; to them, it was a treasure trove!"
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