Chapter 33: A Bumpy Journey
Nie Jianfeng and Ning Jing obviously couldn't guess what was going on, and looked at Bai Ma Xiao in amazement, Bai Ma Xiao also didn't know why, pointed to the ribbon on the ground and said, "She disappeared!
Nie Jianfeng looked at the ribbon on the ground and said, "It looks like she's back in her body." However, the spirit master usually chooses to return to his position by possession, and it is easy to cause damage to the body by forcing a solution like this. β
Tranquility felt that he was a little worried, "Maybe she thinks she can't run away, so she forcibly solves it." β
Nie Jianfeng shook his head, "Although my sword stabbed her, it only stabbed her arm, and it was the third sword that stabbed her, my cultivation is still shallow, and the third sword is already at the end of the strong crossbow, so she won't be too seriously injured, in my opinion, it is more than enough to untie your spirit binding technique, so it will not make such a decision." β
"How would that ......?"
"Unless, she has a situation where she has to force the solution, such as ...... The body is threatened. Nie Jianfeng's eyes emitted a strange brilliance, as if he had found a breakthrough in the labyrinth, "They may have been attacked by other groups." β
"Then let's go save her, shall we?" said Hakuma Xiao without thinking.
"Do you think it's appropriate for us to be nosy in this situation? Nie Jianfeng turned his back to him and said disdainfully as he packed his sleeping bag, as if he was naΓ―ve about his proposal.
Bai Maxiao frowned, "But...... She's our classmate......"
You can wait for the day when she stangles you. β
"But let's go and see, right? Aren't they the lucky group? Maybe some supplies or something. β
Nie Jianfeng finally turned his head, pointed at him, and said in a style of the return of the king: "This is what you should say." He packed up his sleeping bag and took out the map from his pocket, "No matter what realm the Spiritual Technique cultivates, its effective range cannot get rid of the law of the spirit world, that is, the soul will no longer be attracted by the body when it is one kilometer away from the body, and the synchronization rate is inversely proportional to the distance. This is Newton's law of gravity, so her body is not more than a kilometer away from us. β
Newton...... What kind of gravitational theory?, is Newton also a spirit?" Hakuba Xiao was confused.
Tranquility said in the same disdainful tone as always, "There are many scientists who will also study the soul, but later their theoretical results have been isolated from the spirit world. β
Nie Jianfeng snorted coldly, "Not only that, but in the end, even the scientist himself will be isolated." As far as I know, Newton's soul is still working in a spirit organization. β
Tranquility said in surprise, "It's been almost three hundred years, and he hasn't been reincarnated?"
"Once an outstanding human like him is reincarnated, he will only be left with the theories he left behind during his lifetime, so it is better to let him continue to study in the form of a spirit body and contribute to mankind. At least that's what the spirit elders said. Nie Jianfeng's tone seemed to be a little uneven, and even a little unwilling. "Anyway, according to this law, and based on the state she was in when she played us, her synchronization rate was at least 30% or more, then the distance between us would not be more than 700 meters. As he spoke, he drew a circle on the map with a pen and a dagger, "that is, they are in a circle with us as the center, a radius of seven hundred meters, and the following is to determine the direction." β
Tranquility nodded, pointing to where Mo Qi was at the time, "She was in that position at the time, which means that she came from that direction, because there is no reason for her to come from other directions and walk in circles to that position to spy on us." β
Nie Jianfeng nodded, "That's right, so the general direction is determined." But just in case, we only traveled 700 meters in that direction, and if we didn't see them after 700 meters, we had to make a circular march in two directions. But it's not a big chance, the perspective of people is quite open, and with this terrain, I don't think we need to move much, and we can see them soon. β
After deliberating on the action, the three packed their bags and continued on the road.
Along the way, Shiraba Shino felt hungry in his stomach, and he hadn't eaten all day since yesterday, and he had been walking, so he had a lot of physical exertion.
However, there is no food other than water, and although this situation in the desert is not bad, it is still very miserable compared to the average lucky group.
Looking back now, if it weren't for Nie Jianfeng's misjudgment, they wouldn't have "lost" all the supplies in a swagger at the beginning, and they would have to thank Bai Ma Xiao for bringing the water out in advance, otherwise they would have been a lot embarrassed.
Touching his cooing abdomen, Bai Maxiao was a little indignant, thinking that it would matter if Nie Jianfeng didn't apologize, it would be better to thank himself, he was a great hero.
After yesterday's stimulation, Tranquility seems to have lost her usual mood to talk to Nie Jianfeng, and Nie Jianfeng is also as unhelpful as ever, which is a perfect match for Luo Yong.
In this way, the three of them had their own hearts and minds along the way, and no one said a word to them traveled a distance of 700 meters.
But 700 meters away, there was no one, like the endless desert at the time of departure.
"Did you guess wrong again?" Bai Ma Xiao bit down on the word "again", as if to remind Nie Jianfeng of the mistake of letting them lose their supplies before.
"Not really. Nie Jianfeng didn't reply, as if he didn't bother to look at him, and walked straight to a sandy area in front of him, "This place is full of footprints, although it is not obvious in the desert, but traces of a fight can still be seen." He raised his head and looked at the high sand slope in front of him, "Behind the sand slope ......" he climbed up, stunned.
Ten seconds later, Nie Jianfeng looked back at them, "Come and see." β
The two climbed the sand slope, and the scene they saw made Tranquility take a deep breath.
Under the golden sunlight, the four corpses showed various postures on the blood-stained sand, but they all lost their vitality, and only a thick aura of death surrounded them.
Tranquility watched for three seconds, then hurriedly turned around, not daring to face this bleak scene again. Bai Maxiao patted her shoulder sympathetically, and couldn't bear to look at it more, so he lowered his head and asked, "These...... Is it from the first group?"
"It's not. Nie Jianfeng said with certainty, "It looks like the first group of people." He stepped forward and examined the corpses, "There are two corpses here with tiny stabbing marks, almost all of them were killed by a sword piercing into the organs, it should be Wang Shuo, a third-year student in the first group, he is the vice president of my swordsmanship department." The other corpse, with multiple fractures on his body and a broken neck, was a grappling technique, and Tan Ju, a second-year student in the first group, was quite clever. The three bodies were members of the second group. β
Watching him tell the identity of the deceased and the murderer like a forensic doctor, Bai Ma Xiao threw himself to the ground in admiration, "So you know so much information, it's amazing, you won't be a criminal police officer before, right?"
"These are not murders, they are the predators of the jungle in this living world, without elaborate disguise and escape, which can be seen at a glance by those who know them well. β
"What about the fourth corpse, is it someone from the first group?" Seeing that the fourth corpse was male, not Mo Qi, Bai Mashio's heart suddenly felt a little more relaxed inexplicably.
"With the abilities of the people of the second group, they are not enough to kill someone in the first group, and the fourth corpse is from the eleventh group. Nie Jianfeng seemed to look down on the members of the second group, "And judging from Mo Qi's forcible solution just now, it was still the people of the second group who sneaked attacked, but unfortunately he couldn't do anything about it." β
"What about the eleventh group?"
"Loot while it's hot. It's just that the rest of the people are gone. In my opinion, the 11th group of people did not take advantage either. β
"This first group...... Is it so powerful?" Hakumashi felt a little frightened of his ignorance, he didn't know anything about the other eleven people in the group, not even the two people in his own group. If you know yourself and your opponent, you will win all battles, and this war will be a complete loser.
"Remember what I said, GSG has always been favourites to win the first and third groups. We're all just foils. However, this time it's a real survival game, so there's a good chance it's going to turn into a game of hunting for us by these two groups......"
"Say no more!" Tranquility covered her ears, looking scared, and even her body began to tremble.
Bai Ma Xiao hurriedly comforted her and shouted to Nie Jianfeng, "Don't scare people!"
"Who scared people?!" Nie Jianfeng suddenly shouted out, and it seemed that the grudges that had been hidden for a long time broke out, "The people in these two groups are all elite spirits from a hundred, which of their families is not famous, and then look at us, one is the daughter of a nobleman who is idle all day long, the other is a drag oil bottle who has not undergone a day's training, and there is me, an orphan with an unknown name, how can I fight with them?" Only Luo Yong, he is the real spirit, the descendant of the famous family, but he is not here, how can you say that we can get out of here alive? Compared with the people in the second and eleventh groups, we are even weaker, if we meet the people in the first group, we will only end up worse than them!"
Nie Jianfeng's words seemed to express all the dissatisfaction and helplessness in his heart, and his long-standing resentment towards the seventh group he belonged toβthe resentment that he had planted since Bai Maxiao replaced that girl and entered Phoenix University, had already broken through the ground at this time, revealing his edge.
Serenity cried out in despair, like a frightened child. "The daughter of an aristocratic who is idle all day long", she didn't know that in Nie Jianfeng's heart, she was such a person. She has always known that she is dedicated to Nie Jianfeng, but she actually annoys him like this.
Bai Maxiao, who was scolded for dragging the oil bottle, didn't care, but he couldn't stand being bullied by someone in front of him, especially his friend, so he immediately stood up, rushed to Nie Jianfeng, and scolded, "You bastard, why do you say that Ningning, isn't she your girlfriend? Since she is the woman you like, you shouldn't hurt her like this!"
Nie Jianfeng sneered, "Yes, I shouldn't have hurt the woman I like, but I've hurt her, but it's not me, it's you!
When he said this, Bai Maxiao was at a loss, but Tranquility understood who this "woman I liked" was referring to, and all the speculation and luck that had been there collapsed at this moment.
At the same time, those who understood this matter also had the sound of the rune sword watching them in front of the screen at this time.
At this time, the sound of Fu Jian, looking at the students who had been cultivated by their own hands, became such a scene, and the despair in their hearts was no better than theirs.
He understood that the knots that had existed in Nie Jianfeng's heart since the beginning of school all came from the decision with him, the teacher.
A long time ago, the girl that Nie Jianfeng strongly recommended had already been agreed by Fu Jiansheng, and when she entered the school this year, she should enter here as recommended by her mentor and become Nie Jianfeng's classmate, or even a colleague of the student union. However, due to the battle of Lingshan, Fu Jiansheng discovered Bai Ma Xiao, the son of this old man, and the extraordinaryness of him, so he resolutely changed his mentor's recommendation to Bai Ma Xiao.
In this way, Nie Jianfeng's long-standing efforts came to naught, and the girl also erased her memory according to the regulations and no longer knew him. Such a blow must be not small, but Fu Jiansheng has never noticed what that girl means to him.
And with these words, Nie Jianfeng was not aimed at tranquility, but at Bai Ma Xiao, the oil bottle that ruined his dream and made him hostile for a long time.
Fu Jiansheng lowered his head in despair, at this difficult moment, the trust between the three children was almost completely non-existent, and there was even infighting.
He began to wonder if he had made the right decision.
If Bai Maxiao was replaced by that girl at this time, would Nie Jianfeng be so decadent, would it still be like this?