Chapter 133 Hiding in the grass!
"The diameter of this simulation range is approximately three kilometers."
"The simulated scene is east-west oriented, with the east higher and the west lower."
"There is a small lake 600 meters away from the 7 o'clock direction. Footprints of an unknown animal were found on the edge of the lake. It is suspected that there is a simulated demon in this simulation. The strength of the demon is not yet clear."
The five people quietly dispersed and reunited, sharing the intelligence they discovered with each other. They seemed to be professionals.
Of course, if the five people hadn’t separated and then reunited to become six, it might have looked more professional…
Zhou Yishu looked around and whispered, "We found obvious signs of human activity 300 meters away at the four o'clock direction. We estimate that our enemy is over there.
Now that we have almost all the information from this simulated battle, I think our focus should be on this direction, advancing slowly in a 212 formation and conducting a fan-shaped search in this direction."
Ji Ruo, who had covered himself in green with plant juice, squatted in the grass beside him, hugged a small bush, nodded, and said, "I think it's okay."
Zhou Yishu said, "Then it's settled. Everyone be careful. Don't act rashly after discovering the enemy. Try to contact other people first. Safety first!"
The other four nodded slightly.
Ji Ruo said seriously, "It is possible that the enemy may have climbed up a tree to hide from a sneak attack. Please pay more attention when searching."
“That makes sense!”
"It's true that the opponent no longer has the advantage in terms of numbers, but since they still dare to choose to start a mock battle, they must have some strengths. We must not be careless."
So this team of five people, plus an "extra staff member", began to disperse in the originally planned "212" but actually "222" manner, slowly advancing in the direction Zhou Yishu said, searching slowly.
There are six people in a five-man team, which is very reasonable.
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Time goes back a moment.
After briefly analyzing the map, Ji Ruo roughly estimated the time it would take for the 'enemy' to 'find' him based on the 'enemy's' initial position, and then he began to prepare.
In terms of quantity, even if Rosie is included, the number is still no match for the enemy.
So a brute force approach will definitely not work...at least not necessarily.
So for the sake of safety, Ji Ruo disguised himself and Luo Xi.
Since he had acquired the [Disguise] ability, Ji Ruo had also been working hard to improve his proficiency in this skill.
Currently, the disguise effect bonus of this ability is close to 80%. Although there is still a risk of exposure, as long as the calculation is not too excessive, it will generally not be discovered.
Well, I mean within the same level.
What's more, Ji Ruo still bears the feeling of being substituted.
Since the Mountain of Beasts, the "sense of immersion" bonus of this ability has increased a lot, especially on the first day of college, when those lovely classmates called me "senior" one by one, and the proficiency of this ability soared a lot!
The reason why Ji Ruo was able to speak without being discovered just now was because this ability was in effect.
As long as the identity has a certain degree of rationality, it can gain a certain degree of identity bonus, making the surrounding targets feel involved to a certain extent.
The two abilities took effect at the same time. [Disguise] allowed Ji Ruo, who was holding a small cluster of bushes and covered in plant juice, to disguise himself as an ordinary bush in the eyes of others.
As for [feeling of being involved]… Ji Ruo estimated that this ability gave him a ‘voice-over’…
Ji Ruo had just used a lot of plant juice to disguise himself. After completing the disguise, he was about to "throw his shoes to ask for directions" to find the enemy's position, when he saw Zhou Yishu carefully crawling past his feet, so Ji Ruo followed him in...
The effect is quite good, no one noticed him for the time being.
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Ji Ruo followed Zhou Yishu and slowly moved towards the "middle road".
He did not recognize the senior who said he would teach him Tai Chi. The senior was wearing a homemade "camouflage suit" with his face completely covered. Ji Ruo certainly did not recognize him.
Luo Xi curled up in Ji Ruo's arms, trembling all over. She wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, for fear of affecting Ji Ruo's plan. She held back her laughter with great difficulty.
Ji Ruo also wanted to laugh, but he knew now was not the time to laugh.
When you hide and seek, you cannot make any sound.
And now is not the time for the 'voice-over' to appear.
It was fine when there were many people around just now, but now... there is only Zhou Yishu by his side. If he dares to make a sound, he will be exposed immediately.
Although Ji Ruo was very confident in his own strength, he did not want to reveal it so early - as long as he hid well, his proficiency in [disguise] and [sense of being immersive] would increase slowly without stopping, and he did not want to end this mock battle so easily.
Half an hour later——
The six members of the five-man team gathered together, and Ji Ruo squatted in the bushes nearby.
"Strange... We have also visited the place where Lao Zhou mentioned that there was obvious human activity. The 'enemy' is indeed here, but——"
Huang Honglun frowned and said, "Have you found out where the 'enemy' is? We haven't found anything here."
The other two-member team shook their heads and said, "We didn't find anything here either."
They looked at Zhou Yishu again.
Zhou Yishu hesitated for a moment and said, "I didn't find it either..."
He subconsciously looked back and whispered, "Also, I have a strange feeling, as if someone has been staring at me..."
“Do you feel like someone is watching you?”
The others were stunned for a moment, then looked behind Zhou Yishu vigilantly.
Nothing was found.
Zhou Yishu said hesitantly, "Maybe it's just an illusion. I just investigated this feeling after I had it, but I found nothing.
No one followed me.”
Ji Ruo grinned.
"What should we do now? Search somewhere else?" Ji Ruo asked.
"This is the only way..." A team member took a deep breath and said, "We obviously have the advantage in numbers, but why do we feel that the initiative is no longer in our hands?"
After discussing for a while, they began to explore in other directions.
Due to their concern for the 'enemy', they did not explore separately this time - they were all worried that if they were left alone, they would be ambushed by the 'enemy' hiding in the dark.
Originally, they didn't care much about this battle, but more than half an hour had passed since the start of the simulated battle, and they didn't even know whether the 'enemy' was a man or a woman. They guessed that the 'enemy' this time might be a player who was extremely good at assassination, so they subconsciously took it seriously.
Ji Ruo looked at the map while exploring with them.
As the 'disadvantaged' party, Ji Ruo not only has a map, but also roughly marks some of the more dangerous areas with different colors on the map.
Although the map does not show what the danger is, it is most likely a simulation of the monsters' territory. The darker the color of the map area, the stronger the monster is likely to be.
Whenever a few people were about to enter those areas, Ji Ruo would kindly remind them.
"Everyone, be careful. This area is much quieter than the previous area. There may be simulated demons... If we encounter them, a fight is inevitable, which will easily expose our position."
"That makes sense. Everyone be careful."
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About forty minutes later—
"What on earth is this guy doing?"
Huang Honglun couldn't help but scratch his hair.
"This guy is too good at hiding! It's been over an hour and I haven't seen a single person!"
The five people who still had nothing to show for it finally couldn't help but get annoyed.
Ji Ruo held back his laughter, crouched beside the bushes, his shoulders trembling, and agreed, "Yeah, yeah, you're really good at hiding."
Rosie was also feeling very uncomfortable. The mutated red scarf around her neck gradually became brighter in color, like a red flame, and the black magic patterns on it became deeper and deeper.
Zhou Yishu was not in a very good mood at the moment, and frowned as he said, "It seems that this is the opponent's strategy. They hide their tracks, delay time, make us feel annoyed, and then find the right opportunity to defeat us one by one..."
Ji Ruo was so nervous that his eyebrows twitched: "Yes, yes!"
"It's a very simple strategy, but it's surprisingly useful... Lao Zhou, you're right. Even if we have overwhelming numbers, we can't underestimate the enemy..."
Originally, they thought that they had taken this simulated battle seriously enough, but they didn't expect that their "enemy" was so timid. Apart from some traces of activities left at the initial location, the whole person seemed to have evaporated. It has been an hour, and he has not been exposed yet!
"What a damn good hider!" A team member whispered, "Why don't we just push forward? We have more people anyway, and the simulated demons that appeared in the simulated battle can't be above the Qi Pulse Realm... I guess that guy is hiding in the territory of a simulated demon, so we haven't found him yet..."
"I agree with the side-by-side approach. The simulated battlefield this time is not very large. We have just searched it carefully. Although we have not yet determined the types and specific strengths of the simulated monsters, this place is so small. According to the information we have so far, there are at least four lord monsters. Judging from the size of the territory, we can still handle it alone..."
Several people discussed new countermeasures, and this time Ji Ruo did not interrupt.
'Voiceover' should not appear too frequently.
The boy wasn't worried about being exposed, but he was afraid that if he interrupted and helped analyze the situation, he would burst out laughing...
Of course, Ji Ruo was not idle either. He separated the bushes in his arms, held them in both hands, and slowly circled around the five people who were discussing.
Every step happens to fall on a person's shadow.
So——
[Congratulations to the host for triggering the martial arts achievement: When it comes to stepping on shadows, I have never been afraid! ]
【Obtained the martial arts title: Shadow Warrior! 】
[Shadow Martial Arts: Unlock the Shadow Martial Arts and master Shadow Martial Arts. Passive: Escape into the shadows.]
[Note: Your shadow is under my feet! ]
[Note: I have stepped on your shadow, you can't move! ]
[Note: You are not allowed to step on my shadow! ]
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In an instant, a huge amount of information flooded into Ji Ruo's mind.
The title [Shadow Dance] can unlock the 'Shadow Martial Arts', which is not just a single martial art, but a complete set of martial arts skills!
Special force-generating techniques, special ways of circulating Qi and blood...even after condensing the martial arts will that can affect reality in the future, it can also make the shadow stand up and fight!
With Ji Ruo's current strength, there are only four types of shadow martial arts that can be performed normally, which have the effects of control, explosion, short-distance high-speed displacement, stealth, etc.
Shadow martial arts is a martial arts that is very suitable for infiltration and assassination!
Moreover, in addition to fighting, the functionality of this new martial art is also incredibly strong. Ji Ruo felt that he had made a fortune.
“…Okay, let’s do it this way.” Zhou Yishu rubbed his brows. At this point, he no longer considered safety.
The main reason was that the 'enemy' in this round was too good at hiding. If there hadn't been no prompts in the simulated battlefield, he would have almost thought that his opponent had quietly surrendered and left.
Zhou Yishu even suspected that if they continued to be so cautious, the other party might continue to fight with them like this.
Wear out their patience, consume their physical strength, and finally induce those simulated demons to attack them - this is a conspiracy. They know that the risk factor of a direct attack is extremely high, but they can only accept it helplessly.
Otherwise, they would have no way of finding each other.
"Let's kill the Black Wind Tiger first. If we are lucky, that guy happens to be hiding in the Black Wind Tiger's territory, so we can kill him all at once!" said Lao Zhou with a gloomy face.
The others nodded in agreement: "We should have done this a long time ago! There are five of us, and there is only one of us. This battle should have been over a long time ago. We have wasted so much time."
They all agreed to Lao Zhou's proposal.
Only Lao Zhou himself was a little confused.
He didn't say that!
What the hell,' Lao Zhou said with a gloomy face!'
Zhou Yishu noticed something was wrong.
The other people were so angry that they didn't pay much attention to this.
Zhou Yishu wanted to remind his teammates, but was shocked to find that he couldn't open his mouth, and even had difficulty turning his head or moving. However, other parts of his body were not affected... It was as if some force was restraining his head.
Behind him, Ji Ruo, holding two halves of the bush and covered in green plant juice, was squatting on the head of Zhou Yishu's shadow, with his two size 41 feet imprinted on the size 38 head of Zhou Yishu's shadow.
Shadow martial arts control type martial arts——Forbidden Shadow!
Ji Ruo was clearly just stepping on Zhou Yishu's shadow's head in an abstract way, but it felt like he was stepping directly on Zhou Yishu's head. Not only was Zhou Yishu unable to speak, he even felt that breathing was a little difficult.
The special way of blood circulation allowed Ji Ruo to control Zhou Yishu through Zhou Yishu's shadow.
His shadow was nailed to the spot!
Of course, this kind of confinement is not absolute. It is necessary to refer to the current level of "Forbidden Shadow", the gap between Ji Ruo's own strength and Zhou Yishu's own strength, and the strength of the light.
Zhou Yishu was so shocked that he shook his head violently and tried to break free from the restraints.
He felt as if his face was rubbed hard by something, it was burning with pain, and the part of the homemade 'camouflage suit' that covered his face was also torn to pieces, revealing Zhou Yishu's true face.
"Be careful! That person is always with us!"
Zhou Yishu shouted loudly and turned his head quickly: "The opponent's breathing method is extremely advanced, and it seems that he has mastered special control martial arts. I was just controlled and didn't even notice anything before I moved!"
While turning around, Zhou Yishu twisted his waist to gather strength, and without thinking, he kicked hard backwards with a whip kick.
The force of his whip kick bent the weeds, but he didn't hit anything.
Ji Ruo had already left.
Short-distance and high-speed displacement technique, Shadow Martial Arts - Shadow Step!
While Zhou Yishu was forcibly breaking free from control, Ji Ruo had already stood on the shadow of another "enemy".
He jumped across the shadows of the five people. In addition to the effect of his own [Disguise], another martial art was also taking effect.
Stealth martial arts, shadow martial arts - Shadow!
The plant juice and bushes make Ji Ruo look like an ordinary bush in the eyes of others. His martial art "Shadow" makes the shadows in the bushes the best protective color for Ji Ruo!
Shadow Step's instantaneous burst speed is extremely fast. In the presence of a shadow, the speed of the burst within a short distance is even faster than that of "Thunderbolt Flash", almost like teleportation, and it is more concealed!
Silently and shadowily!
"What kind of body movement is this?!"
Several people were shocked.
With Zhou Yishu's reminder, they already knew that Ji Ruo was right beside them, and the effect of [Disguise] was passively reduced.
But it did not disappear completely, and there were shadows everywhere in the jungle. Ji Ruo had the blessing of "Shadow" and the high-speed movement of Shadow Step. Even though they knew that the "enemy" was beside them, they could not completely detect Ji Ruo. They could only feel the strange and inexplicable pressure from all parts of their bodies and vaguely perceive from the residual light of their vision that there was a black shadow moving around them at a high speed and flashed away.
But when he turned around, Ji Ruo disappeared again, or rather, he jumped onto someone else's shadow!
"Do it!"
Zhou Yishu let out a low growl, not caring whether he could catch Ji Ruo or not. He kicked around continuously, attacking everyone around him indiscriminately.
The others followed suit - because they were matched with a free-point simulation of 'five against one', they already had a huge advantage, so naturally they did not choose any weapons in this simulation battle.
Ji Ruo could choose it, but he felt it was unnecessary.
He initially just wanted to experience it...
Seeing that these five 'opponents' began to indiscriminately attack everything around them because they could not see their own shadows clearly, Ji Ruo stopped stepping on their shadows and jumped into the shade of a tree with Luo Xi, watching these teammates go crazy on the spot.
“Meow meow~ (This is so funny, hahahaha, they didn’t even notice us the whole time, so stupid!)”
Rosie finally couldn't help laughing out loud, but of course she didn't laugh too loudly.
Ji Ruo took Luo Xi and walked around the five people in the shade of the trees. They could only faintly hear the faint and intermittent meowing coming from nearby, and their hearts tightened.
To be frank, it's quite penetrating.
"Oh no! That guy really attracted the simulated demon here!"
"Everyone be careful!"
Several people immediately stopped their "crazy" behavior and gathered together, standing back to back, looking around vigilantly.
"What kind of body movement is this..." Huang Honglun frowned. "How can there be such a ghostly body movement among the body movements that can be mastered in the Qi and Meridian realm? The speed of this body movement is simply outrageous!"
"And the other side's means of concealment, damn, it has come to us, and we didn't even notice it!"
Zhou Yishu whispered, "Don't panic. Now the enemy has been exposed. If they choose to defeat us one by one, we may not be able to resist. But now... we have the advantage in numbers. Let's just fight and try to end it quickly!"
"good!"
Ji Ruo hid behind the trunk of a tree and poked his head out. There was a small branch with green leaves on it stuck in his head.
New 【Disguise】!
"You reacted pretty quickly."
Ji Ruo chuckled.
Until now, he still hasn't figured out what kind of martial arts these five people have learned.
However, he followed these people all the way and got to know them a little better.
To be honest, if they hadn't met Ji Ruo, they would have won the battle long ago - it was five against one, and they were still so cautious. If it wasn't Ji Ruo who participated in this mock battle, they probably would have won the battle without any injuries.
But now, Ji Ruo was already in a semi-exposed state, and several people were already fully alert, so it was not easy for Ji Ruo to sneak in.
According to normal development, the next step should be a head-on confrontation between the two sides.
But the plan is not right.
A head-on clash... Although Ji Ruo is very confident in his own strength, he is bound to suffer a loss when fighting one against five, and... he can improve his proficiency by hiding here!
Why do we have to go out and fight head-on?
Just wait and see! Who is afraid of who?
"I didn't expect that this time, there would be an acquaintance among our opponents... Senior Zhou, hehe."
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