Chapter 819: Confirmation and Preparedness
Early the next morning, the Iron Hunters set off again.
Although some hunters are seriously injured and can't fully recover in a day, it is impossible to wait like this forever, anyway, as long as they take the pill, even if they are in a hurry, it will also have a therapeutic effect, and when they are resting, they can also heal their injuries.
In the next three days, they didn't encounter much trouble, and occasionally some small groups of demon beasts came to attack them, and they were all easily solved.
Judging from the route and direction of travel in the past few days, Lu Ping'an is already ninety percent confident that they just want to go to the Grand Canyon and hunt the dragon.
But what exactly they're going to do is a big question.
And this is also a problem that Lu Ping'an must figure out.
Regardless of whether Lu Ping'an wants to sabotage their plan from the inside or confront them head-on, it is a good thing to have a more and deeper understanding of them after all, as the so-called "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible".
However, in the past three days, Lu Ping'an did not rush to ask Chang Gukun about these things, but just pretended to want to be a good vice captain, and asked Chang Gukun for advice very humbly.
Chang Gukun obviously intended to cultivate Lu Ping'an, no matter what he asked, he would take the trouble to patiently answer and point.
After going back and forth, the relationship between the two gradually became familiar, and the topics they talked about became more and more extensive, not only about how to be a good vice captain, but also about hunting, cultivation, life experience and so on.
Gradually, they found a lot of common ground in each other, and even had a feeling of sympathy for each other.
But in fact, there are some things that Lu Ping'an is not interested in at all, and he does not agree with Chang Gukun's opinion, but he still tries his best to cooperate with Chang Gukun, creating an illusion that Chang Gukun has the same smell as the two.
The most important thing is that Lu Ping'an did not show flattery, and at the right time, he would also oppose Chang Gu Kun and say what he thought.
This made Chang Gukun feel that Lu Ping'an was not deliberately getting close to him, nor was he scolding him as the captain, but he was just chatting very well, and naturally became friends.
On the third night of the re-departure of the hunter group, Lu Ping'an and seven or eight hunters were chatting and chatting happily while drinking, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant.
At the end of the drink, everyone dispersed, and only Lu Ping'an and Chang Gukun were still sitting in place.
Chang Gukun smiled: "It's all gone, it's just the two of us?" Alas, those guys are really useless, or Brother Wang, hello, come, let's continue drinking!"
"Okay, as long as you still want to drink, Brother Chang, I will accompany you to the end!"
Lu Ping'an said, and drank two more glasses with Chang Gukun.
Then, Lu Ping'an suddenly whispered: "Brother Chang, in fact, I have always wanted to ask you some questions, but I don't know whether to ask ...... or not."
Chang Gukun frowned, and said with some displeasure: "Brother Wang, where are you? If there is anything you want to ask, you can say it directly, with the relationship between the two of us, there is no need to beat around like this." ”
Lu Ping'an said: "Then I'll ask, but if it's really inconvenient to say, Brother Chang, you don't have to answer." ”
Chang Gu Kun said: "If you ask, just ask, where is so much nonsense?"
Lu Ping'an first waved his hand to lay a silent formation around him, and then asked in a deep voice: "What is the hunting target of our hunter group in this operation?"
In fact, Lu Ping'an just felt that the time was ripe, and it was time to ask those questions.
Of course, Lu Ping'an didn't want to take advantage of Chang Gukun's drinking to get his words out.
As a monk and a hunter in the Tongtian Mountain Range, it is impossible for Chang Gu Kun to get himself drunk, and he will inevitably use his spiritual power to dissipate the power of alcohol, and they drink just to have a good time.
But the relationship between the two of them is indeed good to a certain extent, and they have even been commensurate with brothers in the past two days, and in such a happy atmosphere, Lu Ping'an is very likely to get an answer when he asks like this.
But Chang Gukun was stunned when he heard this, he obviously didn't expect that Lu Ping'an wanted to ask about this matter.
After a while, Chang Gukun smiled indifferently and said, "It turns out that this is what you are asking about, no wonder you specially laid out the formation and made it so mysterious." ”
Lu Ping'an said with a serious face: "This matter is very important, I really want to know what is going on, but I also said just now, if I can't disclose the news, I won't force it." ”
Chang Gu Kun said: "The head of the regiment said that about the hunting target, it is necessary to keep the people below the captain's position secret, but for the sake of you being my brother Wang, I might as well tell you." ”
Lu Ping'an was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Brother Chang is really righteous enough! Then I will thank you Brother Chang first!"
Chang Gu Kun said: "Of course, but you also have to promise me that you can't tell anyone what I said." ”
Lu Ping'an said: "Don't worry, I naturally understand this, and I will definitely keep my mouth shut." ”
Chang Gukun nodded with a smile and said, "Actually, I also believe that you can do it, just a reminder." As for the monster we're going to hunt this time, I'm sure you've heard some rumors about it......"
Lu Ping'an said: "I've heard it, but there are several theories circulating in the hunter group, and I don't know which ones are true and which ones are false, so I have to ask Brother Chang about you." ”
Chang Gu Kun said: "This is also true, then I will say it bluntly, what we are going to hunt is the dragon." ”
Lu Ping'an's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "It's really a dragon?!"
This look of surprise is, of course, faked.
But before that, whether it was Lu Ping'an's own speculation or the news they said from the thick-eyebrow man, it was uncertain.
And now with Chang Gukun's words, Lu Ping'an can be regarded as truly confirming the facts.
Chang Gu Kun nodded and said, "That's right, it's that famous holy beast." ”
Lu Ping'an frowned, showing a worried look, and said, "But with our strength, we can really kill the dragon?" Brother Chang, you also said it, it's a holy beast!"
Chang Gu Kun said: "Relying on these people from our hunter group alone is definitely far from enough to deal with the dragon, but you may have also noticed that the head of the group has invited several masters to come over, and with their help, we have a good chance of success." ”
Lu Ping'an said: "It's those eight guys in green robes?"
Chang Gu Kun said: "That's right, but I don't know exactly what their identity is, I only know that they are a very strong hunter team, which can help us a lot." ”
Lu Ping'an said: "I heard...... Are they from Vang Vieng?"
Chang Gukun shrugged his shoulders and said, "The head of the regiment said so, but no one knows whether it is or not, and besides, it's not too important, as long as it can help us." ”
At this point, the news that the thick-eyebrow man said about this matter was also confirmed by Chang Gu Kun.
But just getting some confirmation is far from enough for Lu Ping'an, he still needs to know more things.
So, Lu Ping'an continued to ask: "However, even if those few people are very strong and can really help us successfully hunt the dragon in the end, but at the beginning of the battle, as long as the dragon summons other demon beasts, isn't the situation of our little hunters still very dangerous? They will never come to take care of our more than three hundred hunters, right?"
Chang Gu Kun did not deny this, and said, "Yes, it is very dangerous, but not only you, but even a weaker captain like me is the same. ”
Lu Ping'an's face sank, and he said, "Even Brother Chang are like this, so how can this be good? I'm not afraid of death, but I don't want to die in vain......"
Chang Gu Kun said: "Brother Wang, I can understand your worries, but you have to believe that the head of the regiment will not want us to be sent to death, although I don't know the specific plan of action yet, but I listen to the head of the regiment, it seems that we don't have to fight against the dragon or other demon beasts head-on." ”
Lu Ping'an was stunned when he heard this, and his heart was full of doubts, and he said, "This ...... How is that possible? What are they going to do?"
Chang Gukun shook his head and said: "Except for the head of the regiment and the deputy head of the regiment, as well as those few people in green robes, no one knows, oh yes, that guy Xing Chenggang also seems to know the inside story, since the last time he went out to hunt demons and returned to the hunter group, the whole person has become weird, but for some reason, the head of the group seems to trust him more than before, and even a little more than the deputy head of the group." ”
Lu Ping'an could naturally guess what was going on, but he couldn't say it, and said, "That means that we will always be kept in the dark?"
Chang Gu Kun said: "Of course not, in two days, when we arrive near Wolong Canyon, the regiment commander should tell us the plan, and we must know by then, otherwise we really don't know anything, how can we carry out the mission?"
Wolong Canyon is the name of the Grand Canyon where Panlong is located.
Lu Ping'an frowned and said, "Brother Chang, after listening to what you said, I have an ominous premonition. ”
Chang Gukun stretched out his hand and patted Lu Ping'an's shoulder, and said, "Relax your mind, with the head of the regiment leading us, nothing will happen." ”
Lu Ping'an said: "But what if in the eyes of the head of the regiment, we are not as important as Panlong?"
As soon as these words came out, Chang Gukun's face sank, and he said, "Brother Wang, you can't question the head of the regiment like this. ”
Lu Ping'an said: "It's not that I want to speculate on the head of the regiment with malice, but sometimes, the head of the regiment just doesn't pay much attention to the lives of us hunters, I won't say it before, last time, the head of the regiment and Xing Chenggang sat there and didn't help at all, and as a result, more than 20 of us died, isn't this enough to explain anything? He can ignore more than 20 lives at a time, then next time, it is possible to ignore the ...... of all of us."
Before he could finish speaking, Chang Gukun interrupted in a stern tone: "That's enough! Don't say it again! You say such things at this time, do you want to escape?"
Lu Ping'an said: "Brother Chang, you misunderstood, I mean, we should be on guard, and at the necessary moment, we still have to take care of our own life first." At the end of the day, we are hunters, not soldiers defending our homeland, so there's really no need to work so hard. ”
Chang Gukun was silent for a while, and said with a complicated expression: "What you said is not completely unreasonable, but the question is, how do we guard against it?"
Hearing this, Lu Ping'an knew that Chang Gukun was a little convinced, after all, in the face of a life and death crisis, no one would not care about their lives, and many other things would no longer be important.
Lu Ping'an thought for a moment and said, "I feel that I still have to find a way to know the specific plan first, and then prepare according to the situation." ”