Chapter 24: Danger is Imminent
For three days, there was no beneficial demon beast appearing, and the students slowly relaxed their hearts. At the same time, some people who are lucky think that it is good to stay, and they don't even have to look for caves. The place where I am stationed now is very good, if every day in the future is like these three days, half a month will actually pass quickly.
"You feel it too?" On the lawn not far from the camp, Qin Liang and a few people were sitting, and Ma Jing turned his head to look at Qin Liang.
"I didn't notice anything, I just felt that something was wrong." Qin Liang scratched his head with a somewhat innocent smile on his face.
"Can you not hide your wisdom with such a giggle? When I see your smile like this, I always feel like you're being sarcastic about us stupidity. Ling Jing looked at Qin Liang.
"I feel the same way." Zhou Tong raised his hand.
"This is my most sincere smile, but you don't know how to appreciate it. Do you feel respected when I cry and talk to you every day? The smile on Qin Liang's face remained unchanged.
"Come on, come on, don't talk about it. Besides, it feels like you're going to grave us. Zhou Tong waved his hand.
"There shouldn't be any threat, didn't you say that there were people nearby to protect us again?" Zhang Fan said with some uncertainty.
"It's always right to be careful. There must be people nearby who are protecting us. But there should also be some unknown danger nearby. Ma Jing frowned.
Today it was Ma Jing who called several people together to discuss, and today it was his turn to patrol the forest. Although he still didn't find any danger, he always felt that something was wrong, so he called Ling Jing over to discuss, Ling Jing called Qin Liang and Zhou Tong, and Qin Liang pulled Zhang Fan over again.
"Tell me what you think, it's all classmates who always pretend to be mysterious like this, but it's a bit like that, so we are outsiders." Ling Jing looked at Qin Liang, she always felt that Qin Liang was not simple, even more unsimple than what had already been shown, but she couldn't tell what was not simple.
"Okay, let me tell you what I think." Qin Liang is not a twisted person, "Let me ask you a question first, did you find anything different when you patrolled or kept vigil in the past two days?" ”
"It doesn't seem like this, everything is normal." Zhang Fan recalled carefully and shook his head.
"There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary, except that it feels a little wrong." Zhou Tong also recalled and shook his head.
Ling Jing also shook his head, and Qin Liang surrendered his gaze to Ma Jing.
"On the surface, it's really no different. However, the herbivorous monsters are somehow missing. You know, the first day we came here, we encountered herbivorous monsters, and there was more than one. But these few monsters seem to be a little less in the past few days, and sometimes you can't see one for half a day. Ma Jing thought for a moment and said.
"That's right, there are fewer herbivorous monsters, that's the point." Qin Liang slapped his palm and gave Ma Jing a thumbs up, and his colleagues couldn't help but admire his subtle observation as a squad leader.
"What the hell is going on, tell me quickly, don't play any dumb riddles." Zhou Tong urged.
"yes, let's talk about it quickly." Ling Jing and Zhang Shan also looked at Qin Liang.
"From what I know, herbivores in general migrate with aquatic weeds. That is, stay in one place for a few days, wait for the aquatic weed to be eaten, and then move forward to find the next aquatic weed. On the first day we were stationed here, herbivorous monsters approached, indicating that they felt that there was no danger here, so they came to feed.
We hunt with charms that are small and will not alarm other monsters. But in the past two days, we have rarely seen herbivorous demon beasts, and there is no big battle here that makes herbivorous demon beasts feel dangerous and flee here. So there's only one reason for this, there are people hunting like us, and the herbivorous monsters are hunted by them, so we see less. ”
"Could that be done by someone who is secretly protecting us?" Ling Jing asked.
"It's impossible, we are non-combat students, and our ability to survive in the wild is poor. Those soldiers couldn't have grabbed food from us. Ma Jing shook his head.
"Another thing, I walked a little farther away when I was patrolling yesterday, and I didn't find a demon beast above the first level nearby. It's as if it was cleaned up by our instructor three days ago. ”
"Those carnivorous demon beasts haven't been relieved yet, so they don't dare to come?" Zhang Fan guessed.
"Impossible, the range of demon beast hunting is very extensive. Even if the demon beasts that lived in this area before were scared and didn't dare to come back, how many of the other hunting demon beasts would pass by one or two in this area, right? But in the past three days, not a single demon beast above the first level has appeared, this is too strange. ”
"When the military came up, they arranged wilderness survival training for us, just to exercise our ability to survive in the wild. Even if the soldiers who secretly protect us are afraid that the monsters are too powerful, we will suffer casualties. The high-level demon beasts were secretly cleaned up, and a few first-level demon beasts should be released. Zhou Tong's brows furrowed.
"So in addition to the soldiers who secretly protect us, there should be a nanny. And the nanny's intentions are probably not very kind. A meaningful smile appeared on Qin Liang's face.
"Why is he not kind to help us clean up the demon beasts and protect us?" Zhang Fan looked puzzled.
"Helping us clean up the monsters seems to be helping us, but it's actually telling us to let our guard down. Even let the people who are always protecting us let their guard down. Being safe for a long time can lead to slackness, and at first the people in our class chose to stay and chose to return in about half the way. But these three days have been very enjoyable, and now it is estimated that many students choose to stay and not return, right? Qin Liang said.
"You're saying the people who are secretly cleaning up the monsters want us to stay here?" Zhang Fan was stunned and reacted.
"Yes, that's why. Why are these people leaving us here? The tasks assigned to us by the instructor were free to choose, and there was nothing inducing. So this can't be done by the instructors, so the people who do this must have ill intentions. Zhou Tong nodded.
"So what now?" Ling Jing was a little anxious, and now she also felt the danger of this matter.
If someone really wants to keep them here, then the other party's purpose must not be simple.
"Wait." Qin Liang said with great certainty.
"Wait?" Everyone looked at Qin Liang suspiciously, and even Ma Jing was a little puzzled.
"Wait, now these are our speculations without any real evidence, even if we send a distress signal, then the instructors will think we are messing around if they can't find out anything. So we can only wait, until the enemy shows his feet. ”
"How can we wait for this, we will be in danger when they show their feet." Ma Jing's face was a little solemn.
"At least we will have nothing to do for the first five days, because we will stay here for the first five days, and since the enemy is so deliberate to let us stay, they will definitely not do anything to us during these five days."
"It's too passive to wait, and the initiative is always in the hands of others." Zhou Tong shook his head.
"It won't take too long, if I'm not mistaken, they should be showing their feet in the next two days." A ray of light flashed in Qin Liang's eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Even if they want to keep us in a safe environment. But it can't be too obvious, so at most tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. There should be some first-level demon beasts that are not very strong in attack power. In this way, the instructors who have been monitoring our side will not feel that something is wrong, and a few first-level demon beasts can be easily solved with our combat power. It also doesn't attract much attention from the instructors either. Qin Liang explained.
"In other words, as long as there are only a few first-level demon beasts with low attack power tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we can be sure that there are people lurking in the dark who have bad intentions against us?"
"Not sure." Qin Liang shook his head: "This just means that there is a high probability that our guess is correct, but as long as we don't see the real thing, we can't really be sure." Maybe it's just a coincidence, and we're just scaring ourselves, and there's a possibility. ”
"Talking for a long time is equivalent to not saying it." Ling Jing pursed her lips.
"We can't say that, it's just suspicion, but if we're sure that the suspicion is more than sixty percent accurate, we can take some action." Ma Jing's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.
"The enemy is not yet decided, how can he act?"
"Look at the situation these days, if the situation is really going in the direction we suspect. Then try it on the sixth day, and if you don't react, keep trying. Whether it's a coincidence or not, we have nothing to lose by doing so. Qin Liang and Ma Jing glanced at each other, obviously the two of them thought of something.