132 Chapter 132
Chapter 132
"What's wrong, sweetie?"
Seeing his son like this, the drunkard didn't wait for his son to walk over to him, but hurried forward to ask.
"Dad, my pimple fell off..."
When Guaibao said this, he couldn't help but cry.
He was very panicked when he first discovered it.
"What beans?"
Listening to his son's words, the drunkard didn't understand what the beans he was talking about were at first, until his son pulled the branch collar given by his godmother and brought it to him to show him. Then he found that a locust seed bean clip on it had exploded and the locust seeds inside were missing.
"What's going on? This shouldn't be happening..."
Seeing this, the drunkard picked up another bean pod next to him and tried to pry it open with a little force, but it didn't budge. He added a little more strength, but still couldn't budge it.
"There's something wrong with the area where we're stationed!"
Since I can't open the pod with my current strength, there must be other reasons!
Thinking of this, the drunk shouted directly in the direction where Captain Dai was standing.
This shout immediately attracted the attention of others who were still looking for resources seriously.
Captain Dai was originally paying attention to the children. When he heard the shouting, he walked straight towards where they were standing.
"You guys continue, I'll take a look at the situation."
Seeing that some people around were looking at them, Captain Dai waved at them, signaling them to continue with their work.
"What's going on? What happened just now, sweetie? Did you find anything?"
As soon as he approached the two of them, Captain Dai's questions came along with them.
"Look, this collar was given to Guaibao by his godmother when he first returned to Daxi Village. Now there's something wrong with this pod."
Hearing Captain Dai's question, the drunkard directly gestured to him to look at the child's collar and explained the origin of the collar.
Captain Dai already knew the magical properties of the locust tree in Daxi Village, and when such an inexplicable situation occurred, he could not help but take it seriously.
"So, you suspect there's something wrong with where we're standing, so one of the pods on this collar exploded on its own, shielding us from the disaster?"
At this point, Captain Dai couldn't possibly guess what the drunkard hadn't finished saying, so he just continued asking questions based on what he was saying.
"Well, we've faced so many mutant plants and animals before. Even when the most dangerous mutants attacked us, the collar on Guaibao didn't react at all. But now, we seem to be in a safe place, but the collar has a problem. I believe in the things given by my godmother."
Having said this, the drunkard didn't continue talking, nor did he want to say anything to persuade him.
He had come here under compulsion, and he had no right to participate in the future arrangements for their team. He could only express his own judgment.
Although the drunkard did not try to persuade Captain Dai and the others, he had already made up his mind: if there were any problems in the future, he would just take Guaibao and hide away.
After such a long time, the drunkard has become very confident in the wild duck's hiding ability, and believes that even if he brings another good boy with him, there will be no problem.
No matter how much he was thinking, the drunkard didn't show it on the surface. He just held the crying baby in his arms and watched Captain Dai leave to discuss with the team leader and other team leaders.
Fortunately, although Captain Dai said he was going to have a discussion, it didn't really take much time. He immediately explained his current findings and asked them to think it through first. If they couldn't figure it out, they could just follow his instructions.
"Is that thing your godmother gave you really so magical?"
After hearing what Captain Dai said, the other team leaders had no intention of objecting. Being in such a dangerous environment, it is never too vigilant.
Now that bad signs have been discovered, the right thing to do is to change positions.
However, although they did not object, they were curious.
That's why I asked this question.
"Do you remember where the set of exercises you're practicing now came from? Your teacher got it from my godmother in Daxi Village."
Hearing his question, Captain Dai answered directly.
He knew that at such a peaceful time, if they suddenly had to move their position for no apparent reason, others would not have any thoughts out of caution at first, but if such things happened too often, it would be hard to guarantee that some thoughts would not arise.
Captain Dai didn't know if something like this would happen again in the future, so he said this just in case.
He didn't give any other explanations. This alone was enough to make others believe such an unfounded judgment.
For no other reason than that the set of skills that the Taoist took from Ying Huai was really useful.
Not only is it extremely universal, most people with special abilities can use it to improve their abilities. Moreover, it is better than the improvement methods they have figured out before, and it significantly speeds up the improvement of strength.
It is also because of the introduction of this martial art that humans are not lagging too far behind those mutated animals and plants.
"Understood, let's take action now."
Just by listening to Captain Dai's words, there was no need for any further explanation. The others had already understood the significance of it. Without any further words, they just listened to his words and began to move out of camp and recall other people with special abilities.
These team leaders are different from other people with special abilities, and most of them don't know about that person's affairs.
Even though they didn't know the other party's situation at first, the fact that the godmother gave them such an important skill for free was enough for them to respect her.
After the Taoist said that the man did not want to leave the mountain, the higher-ups followed his advice and did not continue to disturb him.
It is impossible that someone who can produce such an important martial art has only such limited abilities. There must be more unknown things that they don’t know about.
In such a dangerous environment, they themselves are no longer able to judge between extreme danger and danger they can handle, so it is not a bad idea to leave the judgment to someone capable.
Well, the kid will probably be sad for a while.
When thinking of the last point, the gentlemen couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
There's no way this can be helped...
The drunkard saw that the team leaders and the team leader were taking action, obviously preparing to move to another place, and he breathed a sigh of relief while holding the child.
Although he had some ideas in his mind, it was still difficult to implement them.
After all, just dealing with the children is quite difficult.
Although Guaibao is young, he has been taught very well by the official teachers.
Not too straightforward, but also has his own persistence.
Just like this time he would come out together, because the leaders called him out, and also because several people with special abilities from Team 3 had arrived. He had a good relationship with the team leader and other members of Team 3, and was afraid that if he didn't keep up, he would regret it. What if he was the only one missing?
Looking at the current result, if the child wasn’t here, wouldn’t he really be missing one?
The locust seed that exploded on his body was enough proof.
They were all capable people who had been walking in the wild for a long time, so they packed up their things very quickly. Just ten minutes after Captain Dai made the decision, they were already preparing to set off to find a new resting place.
After listening to the instructions from the team leader and team leaders, the people with special abilities couldn't understand why they took it so seriously at first.
After finishing their work, they looked at the drunkard following behind and the child walking in the middle of the team with curiosity in their eyes. Even the rain that continued to fall around them could not completely block their vision.
The drunkard didn't react to their gazes. After all, even if their gazes were directed at him, they might not fall on him, because there was a wild duck with special abilities following him.
The child, on the other hand, felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by the vague gazes around him. Fortunately, since he often went out on missions with Team Three, he used to be the focus of the Ability Users Center. This time, he only felt a little uncomfortable for a short while before he got used to it.
They were in a hurry to travel this time, and were also afraid that the mutant animals that suddenly appeared in the mountains would directly collide with their fast-moving team. From the beginning, the team leader had asked those detection-type ability users to return to their original position.
Now walking in the front to explore the way are the team leaders of several ability teams. They have strong attack power. Among the teams that came out this time, their strength and reaction ability are good.
Even if they walk so fast and are in the front position, if they are attacked, they will be able to react and have a greater chance of dodging.
The team leader and the team leaders were so anxious to leave their original positions that they gave up on the mutant animals they had previously detected and went to find a plan to find the mutant animals.
However, this giving up is only temporary. Once they leave this area, they will no longer use such a dangerous method of travel.
However, their speed did not meet expectations, and they ended up heading in the direction they least wanted to go.
The group moved forward quickly, and just before they were about to leave the dangerous area, those mutated animals and plants appeared out of nowhere and blocked them right in the middle of the crowd.
"Captain Dai, do you have any ideas?"
Looking at the mutated animals and plants blocking the road ahead, and seeing that they didn't make any moves when they saw them approaching, everyone couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Even the drunk who had been walking next to the mutant duck felt a little uneasy.
"That's not right. Why are these mutant plants and animals blocking us here? Are they blocking us specifically?"
A person with special abilities looked at the scene in front of him and said these words with a trembling voice.
"These mutants are about the same strength as the one we faced earlier. We had such a hard time dealing with just one before, and now there are so many blocking our way. Can we successfully escape their encirclement?"
Seeing so many mutant animals suddenly appearing in front of them, the other people with special abilities could no longer remain calm.
They still had injuries from the previous battle with the mutant animal and had not rested well. In addition, the time originally intended for their healing was delayed because of this sudden incident, so they could only rush here.
But now, after leaving the area where they originally couldn't figure out where the danger was, they encountered something that could make them figure it out.
It is so intuitive to see that without any prediction or deduction, they can all think of what kind of dangers will arise and how they may die.
They would die at the hands of these mutated animals and plants outside, which was something they had been prepared for since they first joined the official front-line team.
They just didn't expect that they were well prepared and had anticipated the danger. From the beginning, they only expected to complete the task at hand.
Now it seems that it cannot be completed.
Thinking of this, the people with special abilities looked towards the mutant animals that were still standing not far away without moving, with determination in their eyes.
Since the mission can no longer be completed, let's see to what extent we can complete it. At least we can leave some information for future generations to think about, right?
They never thought that after they failed in this place, the country would choose to give up exploration.
It's just a matter of time.
"What should we do? There are so many mutant plants and animals here. It seems that they have noticed us."
A team leader, who was standing a little closer to Captain Dai, leaned over to him and asked softly.
"These mutant plants and animals are standing there for a reason. Either they knew we were coming and surrounded us, or they're afraid of the territory we just escaped from. But at the same time, they're still coveting it, so they're reluctant to leave. Even though they're guarding us like this, they don't want to go."
After hearing his question, Captain Dai did not panic because of this sudden incident. He knew what would happen if he and his men encountered those mutated animals and plants.
While the mutant plants and animals had no intention of attacking them, he stopped and stood where he was, carefully analyzing the possible behaviors of the mutant plants and animals and the reasons for waiting here at this time.
The people with special abilities who followed behind him had no objections after hearing his analysis. They also stood in place, wary of the mutated animals and plants, while waiting for Captain Dai to come up with a feasible plan.
"What we need to know now is, do those mutant animals and plants ahead want our lives, or are they coveting unknown benefits?"
The team leader asked.
In fact, he asked this question completely subconsciously. The main reason why he could become the team leader was his data integration ability. He could come up with plans as quickly as possible, coordinate the actions of other people with special abilities, eliminate unknown influences to the greatest extent, and successfully complete the task.
He was already somewhat puzzled by the sudden appearance of mutated animals and plants. After hearing Captain Dai's words, he obeyed his orders without any hesitation.
"Yes, that's what we need to confirm now."
Captain Dai nodded.
"If they are coveting unknown benefits, we are standing right in the direction they are going. Let's take a different route."
Captain Dai paused as he spoke before continuing the topic.
"If they're after our lives, then there's nothing we can do. We won't be able to handle them anyway, so we'll have to think of other solutions... If that doesn't work, then we'll leave some of us behind to hold them back, and some of us will go. At least some of us can continue the mission."
As soon as he finished speaking, his gaze followed suit and fell on the people with special abilities who were following him. His eyes were sharp, as if he wanted to see any timidity in them that shouldn't have appeared.
After a while, Captain Dai withdrew his gaze.
It cannot be said that they were lucky. Even when faced with such difficulties, these people with special abilities who came out to carry out the mission still did not choose to give up.
He didn't even show any inappropriate emotions. Instead, he was actively thinking about how to improve his disadvantage.
But it's also true that if they only retreat when faced with a major event, not to mention whether the leaders will assign them to carry out tasks, they would not be able to do so even if they were on the front line before, let alone stay on the front line for such a long time.
"Once we've made our decision, let's take action."
Captain Dai said this and began to discuss with the team leader about arranging people to test the motionless mutant flora and fauna in front.
"These mutant plants and animals all have brains. It's obvious that they reacted to our provocation, but they restrained themselves."
Looking at the mutated flora and fauna that were attracted in front of them, everyone came to this conclusion.
They have been walking in the wild all year round. Even if the mutated animals and plants have brains or not, they look the same, and it is really difficult to distinguish them just by looking at the surface.
There is really no way. After all, humans will have face blindness when looking at their own people, or people from different regions and different races will have face blindness when looking at each other, not to mention distinguishing across species.
Therefore, they always distinguish the mutated animals and plants by observing their actions.
Of course, there will always be some mistakes in this method of identification, but as long as the opponent's strength is not strong enough, such mistakes are still easy to accept.
After all, for now, being able to distinguish with such a high accuracy in such a short time with just the eyesight is already quite impressive.
More than that, it will take time to accumulate slowly.
"So they're gathered here probably because of that unknown thing in the area where we were just now."
One of the people with special abilities couldn't wait to come to the conclusion and said it out loud.
However, just as he finished speaking, the mutant animals and plants in front of him that had previously been unable to resist the attraction of the ability users on their side suddenly separated from the herd and sent several mutant animals straight towards them.
Obviously, they are unwilling to give up the unknown benefits that they have been eyeing for a long time, but they are also unwilling to easily let go of these humans who are slightly weaker and are actively approaching them.
So just as humans only sent out a part of them to test them, they also only sent out a part of them to conflict with humans.
As of now, their strength is above that of humans. Judging from their strength and numbers alone, the two sides can be evenly matched.
But that assumes that the human side's combat power is normal.
The humans had already fought hard once, and before they could recover, they quickly left because they were warned of the danger in advance. Until now, the wounded on their side have not been fully treated.
The strength of both sides is similar, but one of them has been injured and its combat power has been greatly reduced. If they just rush forward like this, the result will be predictably bad.
Anyone with a brain would not choose a head-on confrontation, but it is not so easy to retreat.
Behind them was the dangerous area that they had warned about in advance, and it was also the area that had delayed the mutated flora and fauna from taking action.
If we retreat and deal with those mutated animals and plants, we will most likely face the attack of unknown dangers again under the attack of mutated animals and plants.
"Good boy, you've messed up. Quick, get back!"
Seeing those mutant animals and plants squeaking towards them, the small team of people who were trying to attract the attention of the mutant plants so as to determine their direction were surprised.
But they were prepared for the possibility that they might get into trouble.
After all, they are mutated animals and plants. Some of their thoughts are incomprehensible to many normal humans. If it is impossible to accurately calculate how they will react, it is understandable that they will get into trouble later.
"Quick, go up and replace them."
Seeing the mutant animals attacking the team, Captain Dai quickly called on a team that had been arranged in advance to go up and provide support.
"Luckily, they are all users with speed as their strengths, otherwise, the attack from those mutant animals just now would have been enough to get them into trouble."
The captain of the third team nearby watched the situation over there and told them about the danger that had just occurred.
"Not many of our powerful espers have recovered yet, and the few support personnel who were injured were simply bandaged to buy time. With everyone injured like this, what are we going to do next?"
As they spoke, the captains of the three teams all sounded helpless.
At the same time, he felt a little frustrated that his strength was not as good as those of the mutated animals and plants.
After the world's spiritual energy revived, although humans were also mutating and becoming stronger, it seemed that for various reasons, they were always slower than the mutated animals and plants.
They already knew in advance that they would be suppressed in terms of strength.
"Look for an opportunity to break out. Judging from the appearance of those mutant plants and animals, they won't take the initiative to attack us for a while, so now we only need to deal with these few."
Seeing that the several strong fighters at the front were struggling and gradually falling behind, Captain Dai knew that the current stalemate would not last long.
"We initially probed to find out where the mutant plants and animals were focusing their attention. Since it wasn't on us, all we had to do now was find a way to break through. Since they saw we were far away, I believe they wouldn't catch up."
As he spoke, Captain Dai's eyes were always on the two parties fighting in front of him.
When he said this, he was actually expressing one meaning: even though those mutant animals attacked their people fiercely, once they intended to take them away from this area, the other party would definitely not follow them.
Although it is not clear what they are expecting, seeing so many mutated animals and plants looking forward to it, it seems that the opportunity is great.
The team leader and captain Dai and other small captains had thought about it. Since it was something that the mutant animals and plants were looking forward to, it was not surprising that they wanted to see what it was.
But in front of such a group of powerful, numerous and intelligent mutant animals and plants, with their current strength, if they don't want a large number of human beings to be sacrificed in this place, they'd better be cautious.
Be careful, the purpose of their trip is not to fight with those mutated animals and plants.
They searched for loopholes for a long time but still couldn't find any good opportunities.
Don’t be fooled by the mutant animals’ wild and seemingly disorganized movements; you will know the outcome after seeing the final result.
After such a long time, with so many eyes watching like Captain Dai, they still couldn't find any useful loopholes.
Come to think of it, even if the IQ of these mutated animals suddenly increased after the mutation, their original means of attack and survival cannot be acquired in such a short period of time.
Most of their current strength was acquired through their struggles with nature. After the mutation, they fought for better resources with mutant animals and plants of the same level or even stronger ones, and gained their current strength.
The current results are not surprising.
As they fought, time passed by little by little.
Not to mention that it would take a long time, the physical fitness and strength of the people with special abilities on their side could not keep up.
The mutated flora and fauna that had been quietly watching this side now seemed agitated, and for some unknown reason, everyone present began to feel uneasy.
"What's going on? Something's wrong over there. It seems like something they're expecting is about to appear!"
Sensing the movement over there, the ability users who were using their abilities to assist those with strong attack abilities in the battle took the time to turn their heads and look, and couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.
However, although they were surprised, they also knew what kind of situation they were in. They did not dare to relax their abilities at all and were ready to use them to assist in the battle at any time.
The battle between humans and those mutant animals was at its fiercest. The child and the drunkard had nothing to do but hide on the side and keep an eye on their surroundings.
The child's ability was somewhat useful at first. After all, he had encountered the mutant animal several times after going up the mountain. The animal had no brains and could be used by him.
He couldn't control those who were stronger than him, but he still collected some of those who were weaker than him and kept them by his side, just like when he controlled the mutant animals to help him when he set up camp before.
However, those he controlled had been used up in the battle with those mutant animals.
The children control brainless mutant animals.
Those who claim to have brains and intelligence will not classify them as the same kind, and tearing them to pieces and killing them can be done in a few minutes.
Also because most of the mutant animals under their control have been consumed, the children can only help keep an eye on them from the sidelines.
Just like at this moment, the commotion among the group of mutated animals and plants also caught the eyes of the drunkard and the child.
"Does the agitation of those mutated plants and animals mean that the unknown danger has appeared in the area where we were staying?"
Without caring whether his running would attract the attention of the mutant animals, the drunk picked up the child and rushed towards where Captain Dai and the others were.
At this time, he felt that no matter where he stood, it would not be as safe as standing next to the main fighting force.
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