Chapter 083: A Rather Dangerous Plan
When all the soldiers came out of the water, they all spontaneously gathered around Yuan Feng, while vigilantly watching the surroundings and protecting Yuan Feng's safety. While glad that he was able to survive after experiencing the previous danger.
Of course, everyone understands that if General Yuan Feng hadn't reminded everyone to jump into the water in time, I don't know how many more soldiers would have died in vain.
For those soldiers who were bitten and turned into countless blue light beetles and died, everyone is also very sorry, after all, they have lived and died together for many years, and their feelings are like brothers.
As for the soldiers who lay asleep by the river, everyone felt unwilling for them, after all, no one wants their good brother to sleep forever.
And those soldiers who were unfortunately killed, the screams they let out before dying, I believe they will never forget it for the rest of their lives!
The heart-rending pain of being tortured by strange bugs in the body can be imagined without experiencing it yourself.
At this moment, everyone suddenly felt that even if they were swept up by a desert storm outside and fell to death, it was much more comfortable than being bitten to death by this kind of bug.
Therefore, everyone was afraid of this strange cave, and just wanted to wake up those unconscious soldiers as soon as possible, and then leave here together, so they all stared at the general Yuan Feng expectantly, waiting for his next arrangement.
As for Yuan Feng, he has been with the soldiers for a long time, so he doesn't need to listen to them, just glance at everyone's eyes and expressions, and know everyone's thoughts.
Actually, Yuan Feng already had an idea in his heart, but he was a little entangled in whether he should say it or not.
He knew that as long as he said it, these soldiers who were completely loyal to him would not hesitate to carry it out. Even if they go to the soup and fire, they will not hesitate to do it.
However, Yuan Feng also understood that once this idea was announced and everyone followed it, he didn't know how many soldiers would pay the price of their lives.
It's just that if he doesn't do this, those unconscious soldiers, in time, will die, and this outcome is not something he can bear.
In other words, now he has no other choice but to do this - that is, to resurrect the black-tailed demon cicadas around the cave, and then follow them to find a way to break the seal of the stone tablet.
The reason why he has not yet announced his plan is that he is thinking about the worst-case scenario and thinking of corresponding countermeasures to minimize the casualties of the soldiers.
Since the stele says that if you want to resurrect the black-tailed demon cicada on the mural, someone needs to touch it, then the person who touches it must be more than lucky.
So who to send to touch, what kind of touch method, and how to get out quickly after touching, this is the first question that Yuan Feng needs to consider.
After resurrecting the black-tailed demon cicada, how to deal with it, and on the premise of ensuring your own safety, you can find a hint to break the seal, this is the second problem that needs to be considered.
So after breaking the seal and getting the Yang Scroll Wordless Heavenly Book, what should I do? Will you stay in this cave and find a way to make peace with the resurrected cicadas until the desert storm is over, or will you find a new way out of the cave, continue to follow the current from the ground, and finally return to the desert through other exits, and then will you be able to escape? This is the third issue to consider.
After some contemplation, Yuan Feng finally began to implement the plan in his heart.
First of all, he arranged for the soldiers to smear the unconscious soldiers and the seriously wounded with the thin mud stirred by the river water and the mud by the river, and then carry them to lie down at a distance from the mural, so that they could only show their eyes and make sure that their nostrils could breathe.
In this way, it is not easy to be discovered by those resurrected demon cicadas, and relatively speaking, it is much safer.
After that, he asked the remaining soldiers, who were still fighting power, to hide in the water with their swords, and every once in a while, quietly surfaced to breathe so as not to suffocate.
After arranging all this, he was alone, carrying only an extremely short, but very sharp short sword, and slowly walked towards the mural where the black-tailed demon cicada was.
When he explained the plan to those iron-blooded guards before, everyone disagreed with him to risk his life, after all, he was a general, resourceful, and the backbone of everyone, if something happened to him, this army would be scattered.
Therefore, they all asked to touch the magic cicada mural instead of him, even if he died because of this, it would be at most a loss of a soldier, and it would not affect Yuan Feng's plan. If Yuan Feng had an accident, then the plan behind him might not be implemented smoothly.
Yuan Feng naturally refused everyone's kindness, or insisted that he go in person. First, he himself is also the best one among all the soldiers on the scene, and his chances of survival are far greater than all the soldiers.
Second, the short sword in his hand is a sword handed down from ancient times, don't look at it small, but it is very murderous, extremely sharp, almost to the point of sharpening iron like mud, blowing hair and breaking hair, so when he faces a behemoth like the magic cicada, he holds a short sword, uses his agile skills, climbs to the magic cicada, and uses the method of hand-to-hand combat, but can use his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and better deal with the magic cicada.
After all, the larger the animal, the more bulky and inflexible it is, and it is often powerless against the very small things attached to it, and the farther it goes, the easier it is to hurt the other party.
Once Yuan Feng is too far away from the Demon Cicada, it will be dangerous, because the Demon Cicada can slap Yuan Feng to death even with its wings, so the only chance for Yuan Feng to survive is to cling to the body of this huge Demon Cicada, leaving its powerful wings and claws useless.
Then wait for the opportunity to approach the vulnerable body parts of the demon cicada and deliver a fatal blow, and it is not impossible to win.
Therefore, when Yuan Feng saw that the soldiers were already in a safe position, he looked around the entire cave, and he was choosing which side of the mural on the magic cicada was more appropriate.
After looking around, he found that in the murals around him, the number of magic cicadas was about the same, and it seemed that there was little difference between which side he chose.
So, he pondered for a moment, and walked towards the larger of all the murals, the Demon Cicada.
When he walked towards the largest and most ferocious cicada in the mural, the guards hiding in the water didn't seem surprised, but they all sweated for Yuan Feng, and silently prayed for all the best, and at the same time put the sword on his chest, once he found that the general was in danger, even if he risked disobeying the military order, he would rush out of the water and rescue the general.
When Yuan Feng came to the mural about a zhang away, he stopped, and once again carefully looked at the largest demon cicada in front of him, as well as the other demon cicadas around, this time he found a detail that was easy to ignore from a distance, that is, although the postures of the demon cicadas on these murals were different, their eyes were all staring in the same direction.
This made Yuan Feng also curious, and he also looked in this direction.
At this glance, he finally saw a clue, and then he walked around to confirm, and as he expected, almost all the eyes of the magic cicada on the mural were actually staring at a magic cicada that didn't look big.
After discovering this strange phenomenon, Yuan Feng decided to simply touch this magic cicada.
The thought in his heart was that although this demon cicada was inconspicuous, it must be very important to all the other demon cicadas, or it had special significance. Otherwise, everyone wouldn't just stare at it, and even the biggest and most ferocious cicada seemed to be a little jealous when they looked at it.
In this case, it is better to take the sword sideways, so take this demon cicada and gamble.
Because instead of choosing an ordinary demon cicada, it is better to choose a special one, which may be more helpful to get a way to break the seal of the stone tablet.
Thinking of this, Yuan Feng walked towards the smallest-looking demon cicada.
When the soldiers hiding in the water saw the general Yuan Feng, they suddenly gave up the largest magic cicada and chose the smallest one again, they were also relieved, so that the risk was much smaller.
It's just that they have some doubts, that is, the general has always liked challenging battles, and according to the style of the great general in the past, he will definitely choose the biggest one to start.
And he did it before, but why did he suddenly change his mind again?
Just when the soldiers were puzzled, Yuan Feng had already come to the really small-looking demon cicada, and before touching it, Yuan Feng still habitually took a closer look at this unattractive demon cicada.
It is said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can win all battles, so Yuan Feng did not rashly start, because it is not difficult to touch and resurrect the demon cicada, and it is rare that after touching, how should he deal with this demon cicada, turn around and run away, then he will definitely die.
In this way, it is almost impossible to get close to this magic cicada again.
But if you don't run, you must stand in the best position, choose the most favorable way to touch, and at the moment when the cicada is resurrected and comes down from the mural, you can quickly climb up the body of the cicada before it reacts, otherwise it will be more than lucky.
After careful examination and comparison, and analyzing the behavior of all the demon cicadas on this mural at the moment of resurrection, and the possible direction of progress, Yuan Feng finally found the best position, that is, a blank position about three feet above the head of the smallest demon cicada, and there was no magic cicada in that position, just ordinary black rocks.
I saw that he began to retreat slowly, about five or six feet away, took a deep breath, and then looked at the position on the mural that he recognized in his heart, and rushed forward quickly in one go.
When he was about to approach the mural, Yuan Feng kicked his leg hard, his whole body rose into the air, turned his head in the air, and happened to come to the black rock above the head of the demon cicada, and at the moment when his body was about to fall, he decisively stabbed the black rock fiercely with the short sword in his hand.
In the end, it was an ancient sword, such a hard rock, it was easy to pierce into it!
After the entire body of the sword sank into the rock, Yuan Feng grabbed the hilt of the sword and hung it on the mural.
Then, after one last glance at the soldiers hiding in the water, he did not hesitate to reach out his other hand and touch the head of the smallest demon cicada in front of him......