Cheng Zhong sat on the ground, watching Xue Liancheng, Yang Hao and his friends leave from his side, and quickly disappeared from view.

Five minutes is equal to 300 seconds.

Cheng Zhong began to count according to the time rhythm of each second, and when he counted to 300, he stood up.

He climbed to the mound first, looked around, imagined where his friends might be hiding, and first identified more than a dozen suspicious locations.

Then, he ran to the first suspicious spot, and soon found the youngest companion.

The two of them went together to find the others.

The youngest one helped Cheng Zhong provide information on the whereabouts of the other companions when they broke up.

This information was important and ruled out some of the suspicious locations identified by Cheng Zhong.

Soon found a second partner.

With the help of two friends, a third person was found.

And then the fourth, and then the fifth.

Cheng Zhong found Yang Hao and the other five people, and it took about half an hour.

Although it is much slower than Snow Lotus, it is relatively smooth overall.

In the end, only Snow Lotus remained.

Cheng Zhong discussed with a few friends for a long time, and ran around the castle again, tired enough, but he couldn't find the shadow of Xue Liancheng.

What is especially strange is that none of the five people, including Yang Hao, can provide any useful information.

Their information even contradicts each other.

It seems that only when they just left, Xue Liancheng was with them.

Then, A thinks that Snow Lotus is with B, but B thinks that he is with C.

In short, no one can say clearly, and no one can see exactly.

It was as if the snow lotus had turned into air and disappeared out of thin air.

Cheng Zhong led everyone and searched the suspicious locations he had identified at the beginning one by one, and there was not even a shadow of a person.

Time flies, an hour passes in the blink of an eye.

Cheng Zhong and his friends tossed back and forth, sweating profusely.

At this point, everyone had to believe what Xue Liancheng said before the game started.

Xue Liancheng said at the time that if he hid it well, no one might be able to find him.

Just as everyone was standing in the middle of the castle and looking around blankly, there was nothing to do, and a group of horses galloped from the far west side.

Four or five herdsmen, on horseback, holding long leosed poles in their hands.

Cheng Zhong saw the galloping horses and the herdsmen looming among the horses, and his heart moved slightly.

Yang Hao and a few friends also looked at the horses.

"Yang Hao, you have been living on the grassland, do you know under what circumstances the herdsmen will use the horse pole?" Cheng Zhong asked Yang Hao and the others in a strange tone.

"Well, I can't say yes.

Herders generally use leash poles to harness disobedient horses or unruly horses.

However, in winter, the pastures wither, and most of the horses are fed in captivity, so they will not come to the grassland in large numbers like this.

But...... As far as I know, herders sometimes use harnesses against wolves on the grasslands. ”

Yang Hao looked at Cheng Zhong and said while thinking seriously.

After listening to him, Cheng Zhong's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said to his friends:

"Listen to me, everyone, our game is suspended, you guys, go and hide separately. ”

A few friends looked at Cheng Zhong with puzzled eyes.

"Yang Hao, it's dangerous! You are the elder brother, quickly lead everyone to disperse and hide, this is an order!" Cheng Zhong's face and tone immediately became stern.

Yang Hao was shocked in his heart.

Although he was also full of suspicion, seeing that Brother Cheng was so serious, he still commanded a few friends to run towards the pothole.

Cheng Zhong watched his friends hide, quickly disappeared, and an upside-down heart was put in his stomach.

He didn't hide like a buddy.

I saw him turn around calmly, look at the horses, and take out the white hada from his body, and tie it around his neck unhurriedly.

The group didn't come directly to Cheng Zhong's side.

Hundreds of horses, keeping a distance of about fifty meters from Cheng Zhong, slowly passed by to his south.

Suddenly, a man with a horse pole left the group and rushed towards Cheng Zhong.

"Wang-Wang", "Wang-"

Cheng Zhong turned his back to the sky and barked like a dog.

The man was taken aback, turned his head to look around, and there was a hesitant look in his eyes.

After hesitating for a moment, seeing that no one appeared, he clamped the horse's belly between his legs and rushed towards Cheng Zhong again.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, fifteen meters......

Cheng Zhong still stood still, motionless.

The man slowly lifted the horse pole in his hand, as if he was about to put it on Cheng Zhong's head.

"Horn", a crisp sound came.

A green light flashed in front of Cheng Zhong's eyes, and a stone accurately hit the man's wrist.

The man's wrist hurt, and the horse pole instantly got out of his hand and fell to the ground.

His body shook again and again, but he barely fell off the horse's back.

He was so frightened that he immediately tightened his grip on the head of the horse that was galloping forward, and the horse neighed in pain and its front hooves rose into the air.

The sand from the horse's hooves flew to Cheng Zhong's head and body, causing him to involuntarily take a few steps back.

In the blink of an eye, the man had turned his horse's head, clutched his bleeding wrist, and fled.

There was a shrill whistle from the herd.

The sound of horses' hooves became more intense, and the horses began to speed up and fled in a northeasterly direction.

Cheng Zhong knew that the accurate blow of the green stone just now must be Xue Liancheng's "masterpiece".

Yesterday he had two green stones on hand, and he used one of them when he was playing with throwing, but he didn't expect the remaining one to come in handy here.

"Haha, little brother, let...... You're frightened!" Xue Liancheng's voice came not far behind Cheng Zhong.

Cheng Zhong also wanted to see where Xue Liancheng was hiding, but in the blink of an eye, he had come to his side.

"Hey, Brother Xue, tell me, are these people just now, are they the people of the 'One X Dao'?" Cheng Zhong stepped forward and put his arm around Xue Liancheng's shoulder and asked.

"Big brother, let's ...... are clear that they ...... It must be someone who is 'one X way'. Xue Liancheng's Chinese improved quickly, but she still stammered a little.

"Yes, it must be them, but it seems that only four or five people came this time, so they should have come to test our reality. Cheng Zhong said while thinking.

"The terrain of the castle is complicated, and they ...... We weren't sure if we had an ambush, so we didn't dare to ...... Catch you rashly. Xue Liancheng said.

"Hehe, you see that they only sent one person out of the horse, and they fled as soon as they tried, it really seems that the eldest brother said that they have become a frightened bird!" Cheng Zhong said with a smile.

After a pause, Cheng Zhong said again:

"If you don't make a move and let them arrest me, I don't know what will happen?"

"That's absolutely not allowed! I don't care what your plans are, I will never let anyone hurt you!" Xue Liancheng's tone was resolute, and her words became smoother.

While the two of them were talking, Yang Hao and other friends poked their heads out of their hiding places one by one.

Seeing that nothing had happened, he ran over one after another.

They were so far away that none of them saw what had just happened.

At this moment, the little friend began to ask Cheng Zhong questions.

"Don't ask, now that the danger is gone, let's go back to the fire. ”

Cheng Zhong didn't want to explain more to them, so he beckoned his friends to return to the starting point of hide and seek.

Several friends began to pester Xue Liancheng again, asking him how he was hiding.

Xue Liancheng briefly revealed three points to them:

One is to disappear.

That is, when hiding, there is no trace nearby.

The second is to completely integrate with the environment.

It is to hold your breath, to remove all the breath from your body, to make people like broken walls and dead grass, and even rats and birds do not know that there is a living creature there.

The third is that the enemy moves and we move.

It is to quickly transfer at any time according to the situation and hide in the place where the "seeker" has already searched.

After listening to Xue Liancheng's words, Cheng Zhong and his partners finally understood a rough idea.

But they know that these things sound easy, but they are difficult to do.

Among these people, only Xue Liancheng can do it, and if it is replaced by any other person, it will not be able to do it at all.

"Brother Snow, we're really curious, can you please put on a show, how can you hold your breath and eliminate all your breath!"

Cheng Zhong took Xue Liancheng's hand and asked for everyone.

"This ...... There is a suspicion of being a showman, if ...... You guys...... Promise to keep it a secret for me, I ...... Just give it a try," Xue Liancheng said with a slight stammer.

His face turned red again.

Obviously, he was very embarrassed in his heart, but he was unwilling to disobey Cheng Zhong's words.

"We swear by absolute secrecy!" the friends hurriedly said.

Some children even raised their fists and made gestures as if they were taking an oath.

Xue Liancheng laughed, and then rolled on the ground, so that her clothes and pants were covered with grass ash on the ground, and her whole body turned gray.

He muttered words and leaned towards the fire.

Strangely, his clothes were next to the still red embers, and there was no smell of cloth smoke.

Like ...... It wasn't like the flames were going to burn anything on him.

He casually took off his robe and covered his face.

Then, he really held his breath.

This is something that ordinary people cannot imagine at all.

His breath was completely gone, and his breath was gone.

From this moment on, time seemed to freeze as well......

The friends were staring at each other, but no one believed that there was a living person next to the fire.

Snow Lotus Cheng had completely merged with the bulging embers, and had naturally become part of the fire.

Cheng Zhong and his friends were glazed in sight and confused.

They stupidly looked down at the embers, and froze in place for a long, long time.