The bad news came that Group B needed to rescue the shipwrecked people.

After a long sigh, Moody said that without further ado, let's get started.

Kane said, "Wait, let's do a little bit of the statistics, and the plan." ”

"Kofi, you take the servants to count the food and drinking water, divide them into eighty portions according to the standard portions, and pack them. ”

When everyone heard Kane say this, they didn't object, and ordered Hu to follow Coffey.

Kane explained: "We went to the rescue, empty-handed is obviously not suitable, the shipwrecked people need nothing more than food, clothing, shelter and transportation, we must bring tents, such weather, people can freeze to death at night, even if we can carry it, most of the wounded will not be successful." Correspondingly, you must also bring first-aid medication. Let's solve the problem of keeping warm with the help of magic. ”

People nodded their heads.

Oliver took the map and spread it out for everyone to see. "I've marked the coordinates, almost opposite us, the area of this island is more than 1,600 square kilometers, we are slightly diagonal to the destination, the distance in a straight line is 46 kilometers, we need to climb over two mountains, cross a swamp, and then take into account the need for a detour, the actual distance should be about 60 kilometers. ”

After a pause, he analyzed: "The original ecology here is relatively simple, basically there are roads, and it has rained for a short time, the roads are muddy, and our speed will not exceed 5 kilometers per hour, which means that the most ideal state is to walk for 12 hours." ”

As he spoke, he looked at his military watch: "It's 15:10, and even if we leave in 20 minutes, we won't arrive until 3:30 in the morning." ”

Cicero interjected: "It's going to be dark at 17:30, the night is muddy and it's hard for us to keep up the speed. ”

Oliver nodded: "So, the best state is 12 hours." ”

Moody's frustrated: "We can walk for 12 hours, but the shipwrecked crew won't last that long." ”

Eliot sang: "Don't forget to come and the gatekeepers are collectively missing, and the night operation will most likely have to add some combat time." ”

Moody became more and more frustrated: "For you to say that, it feels like we can't save people, and we have to save ourselves." ”

Elliot nodded: "What is the situation of the group, we haven't thought about it, if the opponent traps Group A, creates a shipwreck, and then arranges to encircle the point to send reinforcements......"

Everyone listened to their hearts sank, the probability of this possibility is not small at all, and once this is the case, their group rushed over in such a hurry, it was simply self-defeating.

The group and the shipwrecked personnel can't afford to lose, if they just give up, I'm afraid the opponent will go all out to attack Group B.

The storm vortex on the outskirts of Sinoe Island cycles every 12 days, and the radio waves can only be transmitted when the storm subsides. That is to say, the base camp noticed that something had happened to the action group, and after 12 days, reinforcements arrived, and it took 24 days, and 70% of the strength and more than 90% of the materials were lost in one day, and the remaining nearly a month would be difficult, you can imagine.

The situation is not optimistic, but Group B can only rise to the occasion.

Kane called the two soldiers and said to the commander of the car, "Sergeant Mike, I'm going to give you and Corporal Alex a task to collect as much supplies as possible in this area, and the storage point is there. ”

Kane said, gesturing to a rocky col on the outskirts of the port area.

Then he added, "I will keep Coffey to assist you, and he will be your extraordinary advisor." For specific matters, listen to its suggestions. In addition, I have the following caveats here. ”

"One, don't go into the water, especially at night, the waters of the port area are more dangerous than they seem, and it's not just the intensified tides. ”

"Second, don't be greedy. Be sure to call it a day before dark. After we left, the landing boat stopped at the col. ”

"Three, don't get out of the car. No matter what movement is outside at night, don't care, it's really not good, let Coffey handle it. ”

"Fourth, don't send and receive radio signals, even if it's a signal from the shipwreck, don't reply, don't try to contact, you can play a small role, once exposed, it will be very dangerous. ”

"Five, don't run around unless Coffey suggests it, no matter how many days, someone will definitely come back to you. You just need to collect the supplies, manage them well, and do them at sunrise and rest at sunset. Got it?"

Mike and Alex nodded at the same time.

Kane said, "Okay, repeat it to me." ”

Mike repeated.

"Alright, you can go about your work, and Kofi will come to you later. ”

The two saluted and left.

Moody leaned over, "So this place we're in is so dangerous. ”

"Is it really dangerous, I was going to test it in the evening, but now it's in the soup along with the afternoon sleep. ”

The others listened to Kane's troubles, and none of them spoke out against Kane's arrangement. The two soldiers were originally the weakest chickens in Group B, and rushing to the rescue together would only drag down the team during the march, and it would be good to stay behind to collect supplies, after all, whether they succeeded in rescuing the shipwrecked people or not, they had to survive for at least 23 days afterwards, and there was a big difference between whether there were supplies or not.

It's just that I'm a little surprised that Kane arranged for Coffey to stay, on the one hand, I'm surprised that Kane is willing to let his right-hand man leave his side at this time, and on the other hand, I'm surprised that Coffey, a puppet, can really stand alone. At least according to Kane's instructions, Coffey is very professional in the face of extraordinary events.

In fact, Kane is also helpless, in his opinion, this port area is afraid that it will not be preserved for long, and it may even be completely destroyed tonight. It is difficult for a clever daughter-in-law to cook without rice, and when the time comes, a group of people will not be able to chew ice and eat grass.

Also, asking Coffey to sort out his diet and hoard supplies also has the meaning of gatekeeping and identification. If you really have to be cautious in all aspects of the old branch, including eating and drinking, if you don't pay attention, you may start a gradual journey, and when you find yourself monsterized, it is often irreversible, and the magic influence of the old branch is so unreasonable.

The water and food for 80 people weighed about 120 kilograms, and two servants could easily handle it, but in the end, at Kane's suggestion, 12 people were still carrying it separately (5 transcendents, 7 servants, and the ghost sister did not bear the weight), so that even if there was a loss, only a part of it would be lost.

The tent or something's bag is the big head, and there are only 10 sets in total, all of which are on their backs.

The bag also includes some utensils, first aid, daily life, and ammunition. Although they are all transcendental, no one will give up thermal weapons easily, in fact, in terms of damage output, thermal weapons are often more cost-effective, but the simple use of thermal weapons is not enough to deal with unreasonable extraordinary operations.

Without Kofi, Kane could only carry his own backpack, plus a rescue bag, which took up a lot of space, and thanks to the sharing of his subordinates, he didn't hinder the march too much.

The group marched in a column, connected with ropes, and made simple walking sticks, which were useful for dealing with mud slips and the swamp behind them.

It is not easy to be the vanguard, you have to know the way, and you have to go on the road. Moody took this responsibility on his own initiative, he is a Priest of the Earth, with a buff similar to that of the Earth Walker, and can find a good path by instinct.

Everyone decided to take advantage of the fact that it was still dark to drive out more roads, and they traveled quickly, but nothing happened, that is, the desolation of the four wildernesses was uncomfortable, not the ordinary desolation, nor the simple winter gloom, but the gloomy and lifeless that made people feel furious.

It was overcast all day, and finally the sun had set, but I saw a sunset as red as blood.

"At least tomorrow will be a sunny day. Elliot, who was rubbing his calf against the trunk of the tree, said.

"Let's get through tonight in peace. Cicero put his socks back on, climbed into his boots, and fastened them.

Everyone else was also picking up, and after nearly two hours of fast walking, their bags were a little loose, so they took a break to tidy up.

Oliver approached Kane, who was taking a sip of water, "What do you think about the next trip?"

Kane thought for a moment and said, "The key is to suppress curiosity. ”

"Suppress curiosity?"

"Yes, as long as we focus on getting to our destination and ignore the anomalies we see, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

"Why do you think that?"

"Because the current atmosphere is familiar to me, the last time we had a similar situation, we couldn't control our curiosity, and the other thing was the pursuit of perfection, and as a result, all the investigators except me were wiped out, and I was in a hospital bed for three months. ”

"Mythical creatures?"

"Hmm. ”

"Which one?"

"I don't know one. ”

Since they didn't deliberately shut it down, everyone else heard it. He didn't say anything, but looking at the expression, it was obvious that he was ready to learn from Kane's lesson.

Or Moody took the lead, Oliver planned to release the ball of light to help people light the way, but was stopped by Kane, Kane blessed Moody's boots with a spell, so that the path Moody stepped on, will leave footprints that release flame light, not much bright, but enough to be recognized at night, and will not be extinguished by stampede, only when the time comes, it will extinguish itself.

Everyone felt that this was more practical than lighting, especially in dense forests and swamp areas, and it would be much easier and safer to walk with the glowing footprints in front of them. This method also increases the team's secrecy, and if it is illumination, you have to endure the disadvantages of being as conspicuous as a target.

After determining the general direction, Moody at the front began to follow his feelings, and he was blessed by the power of the earth, and he could always find a good way.

The people behind don't need to question anything, even if Moody's takes a detour, there must be a reason, just follow along.

With clear footprints to tread, people walk more smoothly than during the day. This is because in addition to the route, the foothold is also particular, Moody's feet can always land on a good stepping point, try to step on its footprints, is often the most stable and labor-saving choice.

Beyond the mountain beams, over the ravines, the night is getting thicker, the sky is dim with stars, and the ground seems to be shrouded in black fog, which is extremely dark. In addition, it was extremely quiet, there was no animal cry, no wind, and the clearest sound was the footsteps of the group and the sound of rubbing against the branches and leaves of the grass.

After traveling for more than two hours, the people gathered again to take a nap.

"The good news for everyone is that we have walked more than halfway through the road and it is now 22 o'clock, and with this efficiency, we hope to reach our destination around 2 o'clock. ”

Oliver said this to cheer everyone up, because the next section is the most difficult, dense forests, swamps.

When walking in the dark forest, you should not only pay extra attention to your feet, but also pay attention to protecting your eyes. The forest is too dense, and the branches are elastic, and it is easy to flick or prick people's faces, and on the eyes, Oliver specially reminded everyone about this.

Kane, on the other hand, once again emphasized the need to focus on moving and controlling curiosity. Elliot said with some disagreement: "What if the beast pounces?"

Kane said in his heart: "If it were really an animal, it would not have come up to such a strong group of humans. ”

And what came out of his mouth was something else: "For you, I'm afraid it's a matter of raising your hands to clean up the beast, right?"

Elliot snorted softly and said no more.

Everyone else understood, Kane's reminder was to avoid being harassed by mythical creatures.

But the new question arises, how did Kane repeatedly become convinced of such a crisis?

When the rescue was carried out before, he said that he regretted that he could not verify that this incident was against a mythical creature at night, and when he reminded Sergeant Mike and Corporal Alex, it was also compared to the mythical creature that would appear, and now they are coming again, both of them are investigators, Kane's vision is so powerful, and they didn't find it at all?

The truth is that Kane has a trace of divinity that can be understood as a special intuition, which can dimly sense other divine powers, and the old branch of knowledge he possesses is far from being comparable to those present. That false yellow seal is the best proof of this. Even from a certain point of view, he can be regarded as a member of the old branch, although he is an uninvited black household, but he also has some abilities that only members of the system have, including identifying mythical creatures.

However, the rest of Group B had no way of thinking about this, and they could only make judgments based on their experience with the investigators.

It's not unheard of that everyone getting drunk and waking up alone.

Although most of the truths have been buried, people with good intentions still excavate, analyze, and deduce some special phenomena despite the lack of financial resources, channels, and time.

For example, visual and auditory hallucinations.

Exposure to things related to the old branch, visual and auditory hallucinations are very easy to appear. And it is very strange and unpredictable to come and go. In a trance, everything in front of me changed, and when I woke up, I realized that the time was only a few seconds in the past. Even I can't be sure whether what I just saw was caused by not resting well, or if I was under illusion, and what I saw often can't be described in words, so I usually don't say it, and even if someone asks, most of them choose to hide it.

If this situation is analyzed in a spread out, there are two very important points.

The first is 'Lost Lock', in the hallucinogenic effect caused by the old divine power, it comes with a lost lock, which makes people instinctively not talk about it.

The second is 'deep fear', which makes people instinctively not recall.

Both are actually mental attacks, the former specializes in 'uncertainty', generally speaking, when people themselves fail to figure it out, they will not mess around, how can there be at least a self-consistent explanation. For example, I had an absurd dream, which is based on logical self-consistency, and if I don't have this, people's reason will feel that this kind of nonsense should not be spoken, otherwise it will not solve any problems, but will only ruin one's image in the eyes of others.

The latter specializes in 'self-protection under deep fear', which is too scary and weird, and instinctively doesn't want to remember.

The so-called specialization is to strengthen the thinking characteristics of these two types of people, so as to achieve the characteristic horror of the old branch - everyone is alone in the face of despair and horror of the unknown.

In other words, behind the seemingly simple phenomenon, there is actually a mixture of very complex and clever technical information, including psychological applications.

In Oriental terms, you are subjected to the blow of the highest 'Dao', and the Dao is always invisible, so even if you force an explanation, it cannot be described clearly and unmistakably, which makes it seem unreasonable. In fact, on the contrary, it is the most 'Taoist'.

After understanding this theory, it is easier to understand the phenomenon of those investigations that occurred in the investigation of incidents, which were obviously a team and claimed to be very professional, but had already been attacked, but chose to conceal them instead of revealing key information. It's not a lack of trust in each other, but the technique in which it is possessed, with the characteristics of confusion control.

This also leads to dealing with the old branch is very dangerous, at first there is nothing abnormal, and then the undercurrent begins to surge, but the surface is very calm, and then the undercurrent is surging, and the surface can still be tense, and finally it is like a magma eruption, each member is an eruption mouth, the general trend has gone, no one can save anyone, and the group is wiped out.

Although the relevant information that Kane's comrades-in-arms have is not clear enough, after all, they are from a group of transcendental beings at the Celestial City level, so they naturally have a set of relevant inheritances, and they also have a certain psychological precaution against this kind of thing.

They believe that Kane is likely to have been tricked because of his high spiritual vision, and he has repeatedly hallucinated and hallucinated, but he has not been able to produce reasonable evidence, so he just blindly strengthens the precautionary measures.

While Kane casts spells on his servants and explains the new rules, Elliot initiates a secret conversation, which Oliver, Moody, and Cicero all invite, and even the ghost girl tells him.

Eliot's meaning, to put it simply: this kid is not in the right situation, he is likely to be tricked but he doesn't know it, and it is useless to wake up in the general sense, but it may exacerbate the conflict. So what to do?

Two points, first of all, carefully observe and record, record in detail what the target says and does in a period of time, and show it to the target at the appropriate time, often the target himself can find himself and the usual self is far from the huge change.

Secondly, it is necessary to guard against one hand. Because of past cases, there has been a situation of 'killing you and he thinks it's for your good'. An investigator killed almost all the members of the investigation team, and finally it was exposed, and he was justifiably arrogant.

Hearing Elliot say this, the other members didn't believe it directly, after all, looking at Kane's performance, listening to Kane's speech, calm and organized, it didn't look like he had been tricked.

Generally speaking, if you look closely, there are signs of tricks, such as people will look haggard, even depressed, and wander from time to time as if they lack good sleep.

As a result, after Kane turned back and showed what he had done, even Oliver felt that there was some truth in Eliot's words. He even explained to himself in a self-consistent way: "After all, my contact with him is short, I don't know what kind of temperament he originally had, maybe he is the kind of person who is as foolish as wisdom?"

It turned out that Kane ran to carry out a 'intelligence reduction' operation on the servants. The specific use of hypnotic confusion control spells, due to Kane's current spell casting ability, if you want to successfully cast, you need the cooperation of the recipient, so it seems a bit chicken.

Thankfully, the servants were accustomed to obedience, and Oliver had given Kane the right authority. After all, from the beginning of the burning footprints, it was Kane who was in charge of the team on his behalf, and he performed very well.

"Why do you want to do this? According to you, those who are now like people who have been extremely sleepy for four or five days, who have difficulty concentrating for a long time, and are unable to think more complexly, is it really good to move forward in a trance?"

Kane was trying to explain the principle, but he sensed the smell of being scrutinized. As soon as I thought about it, I knew that something had probably happened, his performance was too outstanding, and he was questioned by the collective.

Kane didn't think to try his best to explain, these people in front of him are all arrogant people, and they are not easy to be moved, and conversely, once they are moved, it is not easy to change their hexagrams.

And he can't explain it without reservation, after all, his personal secrets are involved. But if you can't talk openly and honestly, relying on the superficial evidence at hand is not enough to prove that he is the wise one, but it may become more and more confusing the more you explain.

Of course, it is not okay to say nothing at such times.

"I probably know what you're worried about, and I think I'm overly spiritual, and I'm in a state of confusion and sobriety before you are induced by the power of mythology, and to put it bluntly, I'm already half-insane, and I might do something unreliable and endanger the whole team. ”

Moody let out a 'wow' and scratched his head and asked the others, "Does being able to say this mean it's normal?"

"......" Oliver, they didn't know how to take it.

Kane pointed at Moody and said with a smile: "I just like you, on the surface, you look half-stupid, a little cute, but in fact, your mind is relatively simple, closer to the heart of a child." ”

"So you've always been the best one in the group to be the 'eye' to open the way. Like us, our minds are too complicated, just like there are many sides of the dice, the more like this, the more difficult it is to cover all aspects, and the easier it is to get hit. ”

"Therefore, for you, I will not perform the so-called 'Wisdom Reduction' technique, but will bless the Brain Occlumency, which requires your cooperation, and with your temperament, it should not be too difficult to complete the technique. Then when we start to march, you can think more about how we have saved people in the place, eat some good treats for yourself, and then find a warm quilt to sleep beautifully. ”

Moody looked at the others with a bit of pleading, he himself was basically moved by Kane's words. Kane's words were as coherent as ever, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Oliver touched the hard stubble on his chin, and said after a moment: "I agree, after all, this is beneficial and harmless, and this kind of spell that requires the cooperation of the recipient, the recipient has a fairly high degree of autonomy, and it is possible to regret if it is found wrong." ”

The second half of the sentence is obviously teaching Moody, which means: If you really want to find out that something is wrong, don't be stupid and continue to cooperate.

Elliot didn't speak, Cicero didn't say either, the ghost girl was as wooden as ever, and it was hard to judge what she was thinking.

Kane laughed secretly, at this time, you can see the responsibility of people. Ten thousand words, it is better to be silent. If you say it, you have to be responsible for your own words, and if you don't say it, it's good, at least it's not a big mistake.

After that, it's simple, casting spells or something, in fact, it's far less difficult than communicating with people, the latter has too many uncertainties.

Occlumency is the one that Snape taught Harry Potter in the HP world, Kane took it and made some modifications, the principle has not changed, what has changed is the method of casting, and the caster can assist from the side. Correspondingly, this also means that the recipient has not really learned it, so this technique is time-sensitive, unlike HP, which will always be effective if mastered.

Moody is indeed as Kane said, with a pure heart and few distractions, and with Kane's assistance, he divided his consciousness into surface consciousness and deep consciousness.

The advantage of this is to substitute the current situation, once something happens, it will trigger the difference between watching a horror movie and experiencing a horror event.

The biggest difference between the two is that the former has an additional concept of 'substitution' than the latter. The substitution is successful, and the fake can also be scared without possessing the body, so a good horror film places special emphasis on the creation of atmosphere.

So on the other hand, if you can't substitute it, even if you are really experiencing a terrible incident, you can be very calm, 'You are a ghost with a cloak and a filial piety coat and come out to scare children?

The function of cerebral occlusion is to add a level similar to 'substitution', which is the 'separation' between the surface consciousness and the deep consciousness, and controlling it well, in addition to not being easy to be confused and controlling the real thoughts, it also helps to control emotions, so that the recipient can always 'play' the concept when experiencing real events.

After getting the 'head of the car', Kane simply made a little more decisive, and the team was no longer an investigator and a servant as before, but a centralized subordinate.

He pointed out: "In this way, whether it is an accident between them and us, it is not easy to be implicated." ”

Oliver and the others can naturally hear the subtext of Kane's words: There is a high probability that something will happen to you, and in this order, at least half of the supplies will be able to reach the shipwrecked foothold in the future.

To be honest, Oliver, they are a little unconvinced, and it is easier for fools to pass than smart people, what is the reason?

If Kane is asked to answer, Kane will say, "Those who are wise and foolish are easy to get things done, and those who are wise and foolish often disturb themselves." You can't find the smart yet, at least not yet, and I can more or less get a look, because there's a compelling bonus from the prophetic message of the traverser......"

Either way, it was a productive conversation.

Even if Elliot and they questioned Kane's behavior, at least the two sides reached a basic consensus, which is equivalent to going their own way, in order to see the after-effects.

Elliot and they are not completely negative about Kane's actions, such as letting Moody clear the way and burning footprints, they agree with it. After all, it's tested.

So Eliot asked with concern, into the dense forest, whether the burning footprints are still visible, you must know that this kind of old forest, dead branches and leaves form a thick ground cover, in some places if you step on it, the whole calf can sink into it.

Kane said it was okay, and Elliot was relieved. Elliot even thought, "With this very useful ability, once something really happens, we won't die without help." ”

As a person with extraordinary perception, Elliot also vaguely sensed the approaching danger, but he was not optimistic about Kane's idea of trying to get by by pretending to be deaf and dumb.

And Kane, naturally, understands all the conditions, and in the final analysis, it is still a comparison of strength. It's just that he is jealous of the events of the old branch. This is not a task promulgated by the Vientiane Gate system, and the chance of survival is lower, and there must be. The old branch is known for dying when you see it, so you must be cautious to see if it's just the family, or the evil gods are also involved, and if you don't figure this out, you will collide randomly, in case it is not a waterhole but an abyss, it will really be finished directly.