[Chapter 32: Dangerous] Maltang silently scolded in his heart:, the weak chicken guide is trouble!

Saifer, who was closest to Ye Zhao, quickly grabbed him and said to Tonya, "Tonya, what are you talking nonsense!" ”

Tonya was just taken aback by Ye Zhao's instantaneous reaction, and he froze in place and didn't know how to react.

In fact, most of the people present knew the relationship between Ye Zhao and General Ludwig in their hearts, but they didn't bother to care about those gossips for a while, and when they had that leisure later, they didn't take this kind of thing to heart.

Most of these people had been idols of Ludwig since childhood, and no one else was shocked to hear the news from Tonya.

"What do you say?! How do you know!! In their impressions, except for General Ludwig, who was a junior at Gavin College and was wounded in the battle with Hilton Rhodes, the supreme leader of the Federal Army, he was an invincible god of war at all times, and could no longer be associated with the word "seriously wounded".

"Tonya......" Ye Zhao slowly pushed away Saifei, who was holding him, "What you just said, how did you know?" ”

Tonya bit her lip: "I...... The extraterrestrial communication band has just been intercepted, and this time this band is very strong...... It is a communication within the Federal Army. His voice narrowed at the last sentence.

"Federal communications?" Someone who knows what Tonya has been up to lately asked, "How did you crack it, maybe it's just a trick!" ”

As soon as Ye Zhao heard this, he understood that this matter was probably already ** inseparable.

Ludwig, really badly wounded.

From the situation on the planet Brandon, it can be known that the Federation definitely has a lot of garrisons in this vicinity, and if Ludwig is really wounded on the battlefield, then this huge "good news" must quickly spread throughout the Federation Army. Tonya was originally a member of the Federation, and it couldn't be easier for him to crack the information band of the Federation's military.

He asked, "When did this happen?" ”

"Two days ago! The band I intercepted yesterday was roughly similar to this frequency, probably the same thing. ”

2 days ago...... Then the person who should know should already know everything.

The injury of the first general of the empire is undoubtedly explosive news, and it deserves great attention for either side.

"You just said ...... Ludwig has been sent back to the Emperor to recuperate? Did there anything else in those messages mention, was his life in danger? ”

Tonya shook her head, "Nothing else. ”

Everyone didn't speak again, and the team that was already about to disband kept maintaining the formation just now, and everyone had different thoughts in their hearts.

"Ye Zhao......" Someone suddenly spoke, "You are General Ludwig's guide, right?" If this is true, do you want to go back to Emperor Star as much as possible? ”

Ye Zhao raised his head and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and only then did he realize that the person who had just said this was Long Tao.

"Go back, aren't you worried about him?"

When the surrounding students heard Long Tao's words, they all looked up at Ye Zhao, who was standing at the front of the line, with an uncertain look in their eyes.

Sai Fei subconsciously stood in front of Ye Zhao, with a detached expression: "What do you mean by this?" ”

At this time, it is an important juncture for the entrance test, and the slightest change can cause their team to fall apart.

Everyone including Safir actually didn't know what to do at this time, but Safiel would always stand on Ye Zhao's side for any reason, and whatever Ye Zhao said, it was what it was.

He felt a pair of hands slowly grabbing his arms from behind his back—it was Ye Zhao.

He couldn't see the expression on Ye Zhao's face, and he couldn't hear Ye Zhao make any sound, but when he felt a head against his back, he knew that Ye Zhao was crying.

After a long time, no one in the room spoke.

"I'm not going back."

"Ludwig doesn't need me like this."

The strongest sentinel had been alone until he didn't have him. He is too strong, he doesn't need an ordinary guide at all, let alone Ye Zhao, who is as weak as he is now.

Everyone knew about Ludwig's injury, but no one had come to inform him of the so-called "guide", and he wouldn't even know about it if it weren't for Tonya's mistake. Whether Ludwig himself meant it or not, he was too weak.

"We continue to prepare, with the goal of leaving out of the forest in seven days."

His voice was clear, but his face was buried in Sefir's back and not raised.

That night, they set up tents in the newly changed temporary station, everyone had already rested, Ye Zhao looked at the soles of his feet through the faint light emitted by his light brain, and came to a small stream not far away.

There were already people there.

"Tonya." He walked over to the other party.

Tonya hugged her knees and let out a soft "um".

"Didn't you say you came out to go to the bathroom, why haven't you gone back yet?"

Tonya buried her face in her knees, but didn't know how to answer him.

Ye Zhao also sat down like him, quietly staring at the flowing stream.

"Ye Zhao......" Tonya hesitated to speak, "Are you okay now?" ”

"Well, it's fine."

“…… I'm sorry. He said suddenly.

Ye Zhao was silent and didn't speak, and after a while he asked, "Why are you sorry with me?"

"I shouldn't have said this, now everyone is panicking, and you are so uncomfortable...... It's all my fault. ”

At this time, there was just a gust of wind, and Ye Zhao hugged his knees tightly, a little distracted.

"Tonya, have you ever experienced what it's like to see someone important leave you?"

"I ......"

"I've been through it before. Contrary to what I imagined, I didn't feel anything at all, I thought I was going to cry, but my tear ducts seemed to be numb. ”

"Tonia, what happened to you during the day yesterday? Who do you think of? ”

Tonya bit her lip and didn't make a sound.

"You've been saying don't go, is he someone very important to you?"

"Or, you don't want to say?"

Tonya shook her head.

"I don't know who that person is...... I've always had him in my memory, but I've forgotten who he is. ”

Ye Zhao was a little dazed by what he said, but he didn't ask any further.

Maybe that's the person he's very important...... Tonya thought to herself.

Both of them had something on their minds, and after sitting separately for a while, they both returned to their tents.

When I woke up the next morning, the atmosphere at the station was not as loose as it had been in the previous days. Everyone may still be laughing with each other, but occasionally their looks are always much more solemn.

Before I knew it, seven days had passed, and everyone had packed up their station, gathered in front of the forest with their tools and drinking equipment.

"Then as agreed at the beginning, three to five people will act in a team, and there will be similar squads in emergency situations to take care of each other, and the target is the other side of the forest, is it clear?"

In the end, they explained a little, and everyone set off separately according to the team that had been agreed before.

Ye Zhao and Sefertonia were on the same team, and the closest to them were Long Tao and his former friends.

In fact, in terms of combat strength, Ye Zhao's team is not strong, no matter what, the general sentinels are still much stronger than the guides, and even Long Tao's five people have two sentinels, so this is the most reliable combination.

The further they went into the forest, the more they felt a sense of oppression. Unlike the path that Ye Zhao and Joshua had walked before, there was no road at all where they were walking now, there were hanging vines and barbed branches everywhere, and several people had already been scratched by branches that came out of nowhere, and their exposed skin was still in this forest.

The ancient trees were connected overhead, and it was obviously noon, but the forest was dark, damp and cold, and it was difficult for the slightest sunlight to penetrate it. The humidity is so heavy that the soil under your feet is like a wet swamp, and if you are not careful, you will sink into it.

It didn't take long for Safir to feel like he was about to get moldy.

"Why are these branches so disgusting!" Seffir used the short knife he carried with him to cut off another thin branch that grew in front of him, these trees were different from what they had seen before, a layer of white slime was attached to the bark, it looked sticky and disgusting, and more importantly, this slime seemed to be corrosive, and Seffir had just been stained with a little bit of it on his arm.

"Be careful, tie your wrists tightly."

Ye Zhao reluctantly discerned the direction through the extension of the branches, not to mention other squads here, one can get lost with his companions if he is not careful.

They had walked for so long, they had basically reached the depths of the forest. This stretch of the road had left them exhausted, especially Tonya, who had stopped several times to rest.

However, despite their exhaustion, they were not careless. When you walk through this thorny quagmire and reach a relatively open place, you must also beware of the hunters waiting in the shadows.

There are beasts, and there are people.

It's a little better during the day, but when it gets dark at night, the forest will be a hunter's domain.

Ye Zhao's left hand was cut with a not-so-shallow wound, but it was only hastily bandaged and pressed tightly with a bandage so as not to re-inflame the wound under this temperature and humidity. They had brought an emergency medical kit, but now this place is not in a position for him to be carefully bandaged.

The soil beneath their feet was hardening, and they were almost walking through the area.

After walking for more than three hours, they gradually felt that there were fewer branches blocking the way, and the trees no longer obscured the sky, and the front was getting more and more empty.

The three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shall we find an open space to drink some water and rest?" Sefir's mention was quickly accepted by the other two, and the high concentration just now had already overdrawn their bodies, and it was just the time when they needed to rest urgently.

Suddenly, a scream pierced the otherwise silent forest.

Echoes came from all directions, and for a moment they couldn't tell where it came from.

A second shout rang out soon after, which must have been a distress signal from a nearby team in danger. They had been in the forest for so long and hadn't met anyone but each other, and the two sounds made their nerves tense high.

"It should be our left front!" Ye Zhao said.

He could no longer distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and could only distinguish the position by guò left and right.

They didn't dare to hesitate, and rushed there almost as fast as they could, for fear that a few seconds too late would kill them.

As they gradually became able to hear human voices, a strong smell of blood swept through their nostrils. It was a disgusting smell that came straight to the face, apparently emanating from some kind of gigantic creature.

The three of them were all shocked, and their steps did not stop, but they slowed down a lot.

Step by step, they followed the smell of blood, and finally came to a halt behind a bush. All three of them were highly concentrated, for fear that one would accidentally put themselves in danger.

When they saw the scene outside the bushes, all three were taken aback.

The three beasts stared at each other, and the corpses of the other two beasts lay on the ground next to them, dripping with blood, and a small cut was torn from the throat to the abdomen, and the smell of blood emanating from this corpse was full of foul odor.

The nerves of the three of them were tense and they didn't dare to be careless, for fear that the beasts would find out their whereabouts.

Ye Zhao's eyes looked around sharply, and he soon found Long Tao and the others leaning on the bush on the other side.

Long Tao didn't seem to be in a big deal, but the situation of the little man who was the host of the wrestling tournament with him before looked very bad - his left arm was bloody, and it was not difficult to imagine what had just happened. A wolfhound stood in front of several people, which one of them should be the spirit body.

He nudged his two companions, motioning for them to look in that direction.

Both Sefir and Tonya frowned deeply, the qiē in front of them was beyond their reach.

They didn't dare to rush forward, and they didn't dare to let those beasts or Long Tao see them, time passed little by little, and the situation did not change at all.

Suddenly, the smallest of the three beasts jumped up and pounced on the other two, who did not hesitate and leaped to their feet almost at the same time.

For a moment, the beast's roar and gasp, and the exclamation of someone on Long Tao's side overlapped, making the tense atmosphere of the scene reach its peak.

"What should we do?" Saifer leaned next to Ye Zhao's ear and asked.

Ye Zhao glanced at the "battlefield" and basically understood what should be going on.

The relatively small cat-type beast should also be the spirit body of Long Tao's team, and the other two may have just finished hunting and ran into Long Tao's group who accidentally broke in, so they regarded them as enemies who wanted to compete for prey, and the little man's injuries may have been left when he was unprepared.

Although the two beasts were still agile, they had just hunted and lost some of their bodies, and they soon revealed a lot of flaws.

Ye Zhao thought about it and summoned Ye Haha.

While Ye Haha and another guide were dealing with the two beasts, Ye Zhao and the three of them quietly approached Long Tao from behind the bushes.

"Quiet!" Ye Zhao covered the mouth of one of the people who wanted to scream.

"Ye Zhao?!" Long Tao was obviously surprised by their sudden appearance, "Why are you here?!" ”

After saying this, he seemed to remember something, and his face changed: "Hurry up and leave, don't you see how dangerous it is here?!" ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "What are you afraid of, aren't we here to help you." ”

Long Tao The bushes behind them were not enough to cover their figures, and the two beasts in the battle over there quickly discovered Ye Zhao's existence. One of them let out an uneasy roar, shook off Ye Haha, who had suddenly joined, and wanted to run towards Ye Zhao.

Of course, Ye Haha would not let it get his wish, at this time he fully proved his purebred male wolf bloodline, showing his heroic and bloodthirsty side.

"I didn't hurt my legs, can I stand up?" Ye Zhao asked.

Long Tao gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Don't stand up yet, squat slowly behind us, and let the spirit body break off." After saying that, Ye Zhao did not hesitate, and took the lead in turning around and following the direction in which he came.

Long Tao gritted his teeth and followed.

The two ends over there found that they wanted to escape and couldn't help but be a little manic, and they couldn't help but use more strength under their mouths, Rao was as heroic as Ye Haha, and there were a few more blood stains on his body.

"Gray Snow ......" A person behind Ye Zhao suddenly murmured, and his tone was a little whimpering.

Ye Zhao glanced at Long Tao, who was following him: "Is that lynx his?" ”

Long Tao nodded, and he couldn't bear it: "It's his spiritual body......"

Unlike Ye Haha, who only had a few blood stains on his body, the smaller lynx before could be said to be full of injuries, and he was bitten in several places, but it was still fierce and terrifying.

Ye Zhao's heart was a little shocked, and he said to the thick sentry: "It's very brave, you're also very powerful, it's going to be fine." ”

The sentry nodded, and looked over again with a look of reluctance.

Ye Haha and the lynx named Gray Snow successfully blocked the two mad beasts, and when Ye Zhao and the others retreated to the clearing where they had rested earlier, they could be regarded as relieved.

The little man's face was bloodless by this time, and his uniform had been stained red with blood from his arm.

"Did you bring a kit?"

Long Tao nodded hurriedly and took out a small bag from the carry-on backpack behind him.

Although the little man's arm was bleeding a lot, fortunately, the wound was not deep and it was not very troublesome to bandage.

After Long Tao cleaned his wound briefly, he put some medicinal bandages and wrapped them layer by layer, and like Ye Zhao, he was tightly wrapped.

"Then we're going to separate." Ye Zhao stood up and said to them after changing the bandages for himself, "When you get to a safe place, take that lynx back, his injuries can heal faster in the spirit dimension." ”

"Long Tao," he turned his head, "good luck to us, come on!" ”

Long Tao looked at him, and then nodded: "Come on!" ”

After Ye Zhao and Long Tao's team separated, they continued to move in the original direction, they couldn't wait for each other, what was originally agreed before was that each team would help each other on the basis of acting alone, plus now that Long Tao and their team had some things, their process could not be consistent. After walking some distance, Ye Zhao summoned Ye Haha back.

The moment he was released from the spiritual dimension again, Ye Haha pounced on Ye Zhao with a sigh.

Ye Zhao heard what that meant-"Boom, this is really terrible, whoa!" ”

Although Ye Haha had just made a great achievement, Ye Zhao still disliked it and dodged sideways.

Ye Haha's eyes were very sad.

Ye Zhao didn't frolic with it, and after carefully checking that there were no major wounds on its body, he touched it smoothly, and the other party immediately lay down on the ground with satisfaction - begging to touch the belly!

Ye Zhao rolled his eyes and put it back again.

Safiel and Tonya watched the whole process from the sidelines, smiling and smiling very hard.

It was already approaching evening, and it wouldn't be long before the night would be even more dangerous.

It was certainly impossible for them to be physically and mentally exhausted for the day, but if they encountered any danger during the night, they might find themselves a skeleton the next morning.

"Take turns keeping vigils." Safir said.

Tonya also nodded, and Ye Zhao looked around and acquiesced to Saifer's statement.

Instead of choosing the clearing they had walked on, they settled in a place that was relatively surrounded by bushes.

The three of them sat around and ate some compressed biscuits that they had kept before, but they didn't have to worry about the water, they brought plenty of water, and no matter how much water was everywhere in this forest, it didn't matter if it was clean or not.

Cyphil suddenly remembered something: "What if I encounter a poisonous snake and poisonous insects?" Those things can't be prevented. ”

Before Ye Zhao could speak, Tonya volunteered a little shyly: "I, I have a way." ”

Safir was a little surprised, really?

Ye Zhao had a faint sense of foreboding......

At night, as he watched the occasional snakes, insects, rats, and ants coming and going next to him, a chill ran from his head to the soles of his feet.

What is this called......

It sounds good to use your guide ability to block out the senses of these small animals, so that they don't feel their own existence at all...... If the snake hadn't just grazed past his sleeping cheek!

Peat, have you ever seen a place that attracts so many snakes?! This method is absolutely unreliable, right?!

Afterwards, Tonya apologized, saying that it might be because the guide elements he sent out would also attract the love of these snakes, insects, rats and ants, and he had forgotten about this for a while.

Shalfir: "......"

Ye Zhao supported his forehead.

***

The night passed relatively peacefully, and the three of them got up early the next day.

Yesterday's day's trip had made them almost half of the way, and if nothing happened today, they should have dealt with the people on the other side.

Not everyone has the idea of stumbling on each other, but it's always a good idea to take precautions.

After adjusting in place, they set off again.

By noon they came to a river that had come out so abruptly that it had cut off their progress.

Since entering the forest, each team may have gone in one direction, but later, more and more forks in the road led them in different directions, but no matter which way, as long as you remember the direction of the exit, you can always get out in the end.

This river is the only way for Ye Zhao and them to pass on this road.

"I can only swim through." Ye Zhao smiled bitterly.

They don't have time to pick a new path now, and if they take a long detour, they will most likely end up being eliminated from the competition.

In fact, he was also helpless, this kind of river in the forest, no one knows what is in it, besides...... They were carrying things on their backs, and they had to go down in the water.

"Is there no other way, Ye Zhao?" Seffir asked, frowning.

Ye Zhao also frowned, and at this time, Tonya next to him suddenly said, "Ye Zhao Saifeier, look over there!" ”

Looking in the direction of his finger, the two of them saw a team of more than a dozen people, Ye Zhao looked at them, they should not be from their side.

That's the other party's......

At the same time, the other party seems to have spotted them.

I couldn't hear what the people on their side were saying, and a tall man in a camouflage uniform ran in their direction.

"You're all guides?!" The man's expression was a little surprised, obviously he didn't expect that there would be a team of only guides.

However, he only asked this unconsciously, and he soon noticed that the faces of the three guides in front of him were not very good.

"You ...... Do you want to cross the river too? He pondered the tone of his voice.

Sefir snorted through his nostrils, very cold.

"Uh......" The other party didn't know what to answer.

However, Ye Zhao quickly reacted and asked, "How are you going to get over?" ”

The man scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "We wanted to swim over, but then all the compressed dry food we brought with us would be soaked in the water...... I was a little reluctant, so I thought I could see if I could find a tree trunk or something to cross the river......"

Ye Zhao's eyes lit up: "What a thought." ”

The man smiled bitterly: "The idea is good, but where to find the trunk ......" This area is surrounded by trees that are more than a few hundred years old, and the trunks of those trees can be broken if they are so light!

Ye Zhao looked around for a moment, and was also silent.

"You're the freshman across the street, aren't you?" The man asked tentatively.

Ye Zhao stared at him and nodded.

The man looked a little excited: "Then do you recognize Ye Zhao?!" And Sefir!! ”

The two men whose names were mentioned looked at each other, then nodded.

"I heard that these two people are the most famous guides in the empire now, Ye Zhao heard that they are the fiancées of our general? Eh...... "His love suddenly fell, "Ye Zhao, I don't have a chance, I don't know if Sai Feier is married or not......"

Ye Zhao tugged at the corners of his mouth, indicating that he didn't understand this person's brain circuit very well.

Seffir's expression was indifferent: "Don't worry, even if Sefir is single, you are not the type he likes." ”

"Huh?!" The man was shocked, "How do you know that?" ”

"I just know."

Ye Zhaoxin said, not to mention that Saifer is not necessarily single...... He thought of a certain girl's heart-bursting Major General.

Tonya silently raised her hand: "So...... How exactly are we going to get there? ”

Under the earnest leadership of that man, Ye Zhao and the three of them walked to the team of more than a dozen people.

The person at the head looked silent and capable, and when Ye Zhao looked at him, he was also looking at Ye Zhao without hesitation.

"You're Ye Zhao, right?" He spoke suddenly, with an unmistakable affirmation, although it was a question.

Ye Zhao raised his eyebrows, neither affirmation nor denial.

That person didn't pursue it, but the previous person was full of shock: "You, you are Ye Zhao?!" ”

Then he turned to Syphil again: "That, that, that! You're Safir?! ”

Safir looked at him like a fool.

The man's face suddenly flushed, and he ran to the back of the team without a single eye.

The leader of the team was obviously used to his behavior, and he didn't move his brows: "My name is Martang, and I am the captain of the third team." ”

Ye Zhao nodded: "I'm Ye Zhao." ”

Martang suddenly didn't know what the reason was, and frowned deeply: "You young masters are just messing around like this?" A squad without sentinels doesn't even know how to get into danger! ”

He waved impatiently to the people behind him: "You guys go to the neighborhood to see if there are any tree trunks that meet the requirements, if it doesn't work, we'll swim over!" ”

He turned his head to Ye Zhao and said, "Let's take you for a ride along the way, it's too nonsense!" ”

Ye Zhao didn't know what to say for a while.

Actually, they were a bit risky to do so, but the thing about Tonya...... It is better for fewer people to know, and if you add a sentry to team up, there may be unexpected trouble.

They sat by the river with the team and waited for a while, and after a while, a man suddenly ran over: "Yes, chief! There was a broken trunk there, probably struck by lightning before, but it had been corroded a lot in the middle, and I don't know if it would work......

Maltang patted his leg: "I'll take a look!" ”

Ye Zhao and the others also followed, and when they arrived at the place that the man said, they found that there was a thick tree trunk lying on the ground, and the broken end was scorched black, and it looked like it was indeed broken by lightning, but half of the center of the trunk had rotted, and it looked like it had been some years.

Martang looked a little excited, and he and the other members of the team immediately cleared all the obstacles around the trunk, and no matter how dirty it was, they lifted it up with a joint effort.

When they arrived at the river before, they first held on to the trunk of the tree and stood aside. The river wasn't too narrow, and they found the narrowest one, but it only looked barely as long as the trunk.

After lightly lifting the trunk over, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, the length is just right." The man from before laughed.

Martang wiped the corners of his forehead and walked in front of Ye Zhao and the others: "You guys go over first." ”

"We?" Ye Zhao frowned.

It's not that he is suspicious, but that he has a heart to guard against others, and Martang is also his opponent no matter what he says, in case he is behind his back......

"What, are you afraid that I will do you bad?" Martang snorted coldly, as if he could see what he was worried about, "Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything to the point where I'm going to do something to you little guides." If you're really worried, I can let you go last, but no one will press the trunk for you at that time, and I won't be responsible if it rolls up! ”

Ye Zhao was a little upset by what he said, but finally said, "I'm sorry, but ...... Let's go last for the three of us. ”

Maltang sneered: "Whatever you want." ”

After that, Maltang really didn't come to take care of Ye Zhao and them again, and only after everyone on their side had crossed the river without danger did Ye Zhao step forward and press the trunk.

"Tonya, you first, I'll try to support you as much as I can."

Safir frowned and disagreed, but he was helpless.

He supported the trembling Tonya to stand on the trunk of the tree, although he stumbled twice halfway, and it was a smooth time. When it was time for Ye Zhao, Safir and Tonya were holding the trunk of the tree on the opposite side, and he took a breath and stood up.

The moment the trunk broke, Ye Zhao couldn't tell what he thought.

He only felt that he was unlucky.

After the sound of falling into the water, Ye Zhao heard the shouts of Saifer and Tonya on the shore, and then another sound of entering the water also sounded.

Who jumped down? It can't be the one from Sefir, right?

Really, why are you so good to yourself......

Why did he, a rotten man, get the kindness of so many people......

Maltang silently scolded his mother in his heart:, the weak chicken guide is trouble!