General Zhou felt that Tang Wen was right: "Old Zhao, why don't you take a hard trip?"
"Okay." General Zhao agreed simply.
It was still dark before General Zhao and six commanders gathered at the guard camp in the outer city.
Tang Wen assigned tasks to the commanders and arranged for everyone to work in pairs to look at: the scavenger camp, a section of the forest to the west of the hunter camp, and the path in the lakeside forest.
After the scavengers disappeared several times, their footprints appeared on the three road sections mentioned above.
In the afternoon, the master chef of the camp started a small stove for Tang Wen and others.
After we had enough meat and rice, it was completely dark.
Before leaving, General Zhao came to see them off.
Tang Wen suddenly had an idea. He looked at the high stone wall of the camp and said, "Everyone, let's not go through the gate. Let's climb over the wall each!"
"Hey! Climb over the wall?"
Everyone immediately nodded in agreement.
The six commanders said hello to the guards and sneaked down from the stone wall.
Seeing everyone disappearing, General Zhao showed a satisfied smile, turned to Commander Zhang and said, "This kid Tang Wen has a lot of clever ideas. At critical moments, he can always come up with some new tricks for you!"
"I wish them all the best."
To the west of the Fire Camp is the Scavenger Camp.
Farther west is a large lake.
The lake is bottomless, so according to common sense, there must be fish and shrimps.
But not even the hungriest scavengers come here to fish.
First, there are cliffs several meters high on the shore.
Smooth and steep, with no place to draw strength.
It is very dangerous to go up and down.
Furthermore, it turns out that in the summer, many scavengers used rope ladders to climb down to swim.
As a result, a giant creature appeared under the lake. It had sharp steel teeth and a mouth as big as a boat. It swallowed people whole in one mouthful, and the lake was dyed red.
Since then, everyone has stayed away from this big lake.
Tang and Wen looked at each other from a distance.
There is no light at night, and the lake is dark, like a bottomless abyss.
Tang Wen whispered: "No matter how severe the drought is, such a big lake will never dry up, right?"
As long as the lake water does not dry up, we can find ways to irrigate farmland.
Like getting a rickshaw or something?
His mind just started to wander.
But Zhou Bing shook his head gently: "The old man in the camp said that as long as it doesn't rain for a while, the lake will dry up. It seems to be connected to some underground river."
Tang Wen sighed in disappointment.
The two of them said nothing and walked along the lake with flying steps.
In less than half an hour, they arrived at the place where the scavengers' footprints were found.
The forest is darker at night.
But it does not affect their sight at all.
On the ground, large and small footprints were mixed together.
There were adults and children, all barefoot.
"It's so heartbreaking that such a young child should be kidnapped!"
"Maybe we'll catch the child first and then threaten the family." Tang Wen said casually.
"The scavengers are very hungry. It is common for them to exchange their children for food. They may not necessarily be threatened by this."
"It's not coercion, is it an inducement?"
"Combine the two."
Tang Wen nodded: "It makes sense. Those scavengers have nothing to lose anyway."
The two stopped communicating, leaned against the same tree, and silently observed their surroundings.
The forest at night is as silent as a morgue.
Whoosh!
A dark shadow flew overhead.
Zhou Bing raised his head and said softly: "Red-eyed crow."
Tang Wen frowned and looked in the direction where it disappeared: "I seem to have seen this kind of crow several times when I came out recently."
"Well, I've seen it too. This red-eyed crow is also called a blood crow. It's flying everywhere at night." Zhou Bing casually deduced: "Blood crows fly in groups, and this one should be falling. Single."
Tang Wen still frowned and had a bold idea in his mind.
No way?
Could it be that the eyes monitoring the hunting team are blood crows?
Could it be that the ability of the awakened person in the secret is to control beasts?
Zhou Bing, who was looking up at the sky, suddenly felt his palm being held.
Then, Tang Wen put his head next to her white and crystal clear earlobe, and the warm breath hit him. Zhou Bing felt a little excited in his heart, and the little deer bumped around: Isn't it, isn't it? On a mission! it's here?
The next second, Tang Wen spoke out his inner guess in a slight voice.
The little deer in Zhou Bing's heart calmed down.
"Do you think it's Blood Crow?" She felt incredible.
Tang Wendao: "If all possibilities are eliminated, the only explanation left is the truth, no matter how outrageous it is."
Zhou Bing calmed down for a while and looked at him: "Okay, if it's Blood Crow, what should we do now?"
"Well, you go back to find General Zhao, and then we will catch up."
"No!" As expected, Zhou Bing refused.
She wanted to stay, but Tang Wen didn't agree.
Zhou Bing held his hand tightly: "The two of us will go back to find General Zhao. After all, the Awakened may be involved, so we should be more cautious."
This is the answer Tang Wen wants.
"Let's go, shush!"
Before he finished speaking, Tang Wen suddenly raised his fingers and squatted lightly on the ground.
Zhou Bing also noticed something, and imitating his example, the two of them put their ears close to the ground.
"Tap tap tap"
A slight and regular vibration came.
"It's the sound of horse hooves, it should be wrapped in thick cloth." Zhou Bing made an experienced judgment.
Whoosh!
A blood raven passed overhead again in the opposite direction.
The two remained motionless, squatting on the ground.
Tang Wen felt it with his heart, well, he wasn't frightened, and he didn't notice any uneasiness or danger.
Is it because the enemy hasn't discovered me yet?
He then thought that the enemy used the blood crow to avoid the previous hunting guards.
This shows that they definitely don’t have very powerful experts.
Otherwise, just come forward and talk to the Flame Camp.
No need to be so sneaky.
So, will this awakened person who is the messenger of the red-eyed crow be a general-level master?
Tang Wen shook his head.
General-level masters come and go without a trace.
Such a strong man needs to deliberately avoid his hunting team?
In just one breath, all the hunting team would be dead.
He knew something in his mind and said to Zhou Bing: "You go back and report the news, and I will follow them."
Without waiting for Zhou Bing to object, he said quickly: "I am fast, I can fight and move. But at your speed, it will not take more than an hour to go back to the camp to report the news, and it won't take more than an hour for General Zhao to arrive. I will never do anything during this hour!" "
"real?"
"Um."
"wait me back."
Zhou Bing touched his cheek and the cat walked away, like an elegant and agile female leopard.
Tang Wen cheered up and walked into the darker forest.
He made up his mind to follow him from a distance, and he would never take action until the general arrived.
Even if the opponent looks weak, he can't take action. What if he is alerted?
This is a clue that I finally found!
Thinking of this, he chose a big tree with dense leaves and climbed up.
A few minutes later, Tang Wen saw through the gaps between the leaves, a team of ten people, with dozens of ponies, walking through the forest.
He squinted his eyes, well, it didn't look strong at first glance.
Take a closer look, well, it might as well be at first glance!
They walked past him, and he didn't feel frightened at all.
Tang Wen's intuition told him that if he took action unexpectedly at this time, he might even win.
But Tang Wen had no plan to take action.
When the other party walked away, there was no trace of Blood Crow in the sky.
He slowly ran down the tree, listening to the sound and following the other person.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t see anyone, as long as you can hear them and don’t lose them.
But just a few minutes later, suddenly, the sound of horse hooves stopped.
