Chapter 203: Demon Ants Seeking Food
"How much can we search even if we work day and night? There is strength in numbers."
Ji Ruo muttered, "Isn't there still Rosie's..."
"Meow~ (Yes! There's me too!)"
Xu Dong said: "Boss, we are a team. How can we let you and the squad leader do everything? We also want to help.
The squad leader is right, there is strength in numbers. Our main purpose tonight is to find people, not to kill monsters. Don't worry, we won't hold you back."
Qu Fei also said: "Yes, we are also teachers of children, and we also want to do something for them."
Ji Ruo touched his nose and said, "Okay, then everyone follow me closely."
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Everyone was stunned for a moment.
"Aren't we going there to look for someone? We should have spread out."
"No need to bother." Ji Ruo waved his hands, took off his shoes and threw them into the air in front of everyone's confused eyes: "Let's throw our shoes to ask for directions and leave it to fate."
Everyone: “???”
Previously, Ji Ruo had used [Absolute Sense of Direction] when searching for missing villagers, but at that time, it was not just because the keywords were wrong or for some other reason, the results of asking for directions twice were completely opposite!
It can almost be said that it has not been revised.
So the plan cannot be found.
But now, he started to invest in shoes in a targeted way——
"Where Niu Li's father's body is..." Ji Ruo threw out two shoes at once.
The two shoes point in opposite directions.
"Sure enough, the key words are wrong." Ji Ruo thought to himself.
"Where is Niu Li's father?"
Throw out the shoe again.
Two spotless sneakers kept spinning in the air. After landing, the heels were touching each other and the toes formed an angle of about 45 degrees.
Ji Ruo memorized the angle and threw the shoe over and over again, and roughly locked the direction.
"Everyone follow me."
Everyone: “…”
Egg Fried Rice scratched his head and muttered quietly, "I suddenly don't want to go..."
'Red Roast Pork' also said: "Indeed, this is too hasty..."
Liang Shixian sighed and said, "Everyone, follow me. You will understand after we get to know each other for a long time. Ji Ruo has always had good luck. Even though his throwing of shoes may seem childish, he is really accurate in finding the direction. It was because of Ji Ruo's throwing of shoes that we were able to escape danger many times in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain."
Qu Fei was surprised: "So amazing?"
"Yes." Liang Shixian said with emotion: "So if Ji Ruo said to leave it to fate, then what God said is very likely right. Let's go."
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Since all the members of the Spicy and Spicy Group were out, Ji Ruo couldn't sneak out anymore, so he had to bring everyone to the village entrance to register and report.
Nowadays, the higher-ups are paying great attention to the special situation of the new secret realm in Babaozhai. The strengthened monsters around it have been almost cleared out. The weakest of Ji Ruo and others have the strength of the Qi Mai realm, so there is no need to worry too much.
Moreover, they went out to look for people with good intentions.
"be safe."
Hu Yonglin said seriously: "It's good to have this intention, but don't force it if you can't find it. It's been almost three days, and the hope is very slim."
"Yes, I know. Don't worry, Brother Hu. We know what we are doing."
"We are short of manpower right now, so I'm sorry I can't go with you. But in the past few days, Gu... um, that Armored Hero has been active outside. If you encounter any difficulties, you can try to seek his help."
Hu Yonglin said with emotion: "I think I know why he dresses like that. With his reputation on the border, he is not welcomed wherever he goes. If he dresses like that, at least people won't look at him with prejudice."
Ji Ruo smiled and did not comment.
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After reporting to the garrison warriors, Ji Ruo and others left Babao Village.
It was the first time for Xu Dong and the others to leave Babaozhai at night. They were curious about everything along the way. Although they did not run around, they were still discussing in low voices.
Two hours later, Ji Ruo and the others had completely left the control area of Babao Village, but their [absolute sense of direction] and Luo Qian's 'enhanced six senses' were still pointing forward.
"By the way, Ji Ruo, why haven't you seen Ji Xiaoxiao these days?"
On the way, Liang Shixian asked curiously.
After they came to Babaozhai, they rarely saw Ji Xiaoxiao, and in the past two days, they had not seen Ji Xiaoxiao at all.
"Is he back at school?"
"No." Ji Ruo glanced at the shadow under his feet calmly and said, "That little guy has been practicing martial arts recently. He wants to fight alongside me."
"Practice?" Liang Shixian was puzzled. "What kind of practice? My inner demon told me that it cannot become stronger through ordinary practice."
"Maybe."
Ji Ruo didn't say much. Liang Shixian didn't know that not only Ji Xiaoxiao, but even Chen Mo didn't stay in Ji Ruo's hair completely during this period of time.
The two inner demons, one old and one young, have recently been studying the "Shadow Martial Arts" together.
Ji Ruo had just unlocked the 'Shadow Martial Arts' not long ago, and had not yet studied it thoroughly, so he had not made it public.
At this time, Rosie, who was exploring the way ahead, suddenly turned around and whispered, "Meow~ (Master, I found something!)"
"Oh? What did you find?"
Ji Ruo quickly squatted down.
Rosie pointed to a patch of grass in front of her and said, "Meow~ (There is a faint smell of human blood and a lot of malicious monster breath here, Master, look -)"
She pulled aside the grass, allowing Ji Ruo to see in the distance that there was a group of monster ants about one meter long moving in an orderly manner in a column, carrying various plants and wood on their backs.
Wherever they passed, the white ants, which were still empty, would use their ferocious mouthparts to gnaw through the tree trunks, and then work together to carry the tree trunks on their bodies and follow the main force forward.
Luo Xi went to the bush again and sniffed carefully, tilting her head as if listening to something: "Meow~ (My sister said that it seemed to be a swarm of white devil ants. Except for the queen ant, there is nothing to be afraid of... Master, what does "nothing to be afraid of" mean?)"
Ji Ruo: “…It’s just very weak.”
The young man turned around and said seriously, "Everyone please be quiet, we are probably about to reach our destination."
Xu Dong and others squatted down quickly: "President, what did you find?"
They all saw the ranks of white ants returning to the capital with a full load.
"White ant?"
Liang Shixian frowned: "The person we are looking for should have nothing to do with these white ants, right? White ants do not feed on flesh and blood. Their main food is cellulose or hemicellulose from plants and wood. They are not very aggressive and rarely eat people. Even the statues will not react to them..."
At this moment, perhaps because of the bumps, a flat piece of wood suddenly slid down from the middle of the white ant team, and it seemed as if a part of the original trunk had been cut off by someone.
Rosie meowed: "Meow~ (Master! The smell of blood is getting stronger!)"
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