Because his thoughts were too entangled, Chen Xiaoyao's mentality gradually exploded, and he unknowingly fell into a state of selflessness, then ignored his surroundings and relaxed his vigilance.
(Phew, forget it, since you can’t think of a solution, just don’t think about it for the time being. Wait for a while, and then discuss it with Zhao Jingzi after you find Zhao Jingzi, who specializes in cheating teammates. Although that guy is despicable, but My brain is really good... Uh, huh? Next to it, what’s next to it?)
For some reason, behind the tree, while Chen Xiaoyao was thinking hard, his eyes turned slightly. Unintentionally, through the corner of his eye, he saw something, discovered something, and found that there was an extra person on the left side of him. Black blurry stuff.
In the midst of doubts, out of instinct, Chen Xiaoyao turned his head to the side and looked directly at the things around him.
Then……
He saw a face and eyes.
A skeleton face without flesh, a pair of dull black eyes.
………
Yin soldiers!
Just as Chen Xiaoyao lowered his head in thought, a Yin soldier appeared out of nowhere and moved to his side. He was currently looking at each other with the young man who was looking sideways.
Beside him, the moment Chen Xiaoyao came into contact with Yin Bing, a scene that seemed to be similar to before happened...
As soon as their eyes made contact and their vision came into view, the next moment, purple light suddenly appeared from the black hole-like eye sockets of the Yin soldiers. When the purple light appeared, the Yin soldiers moved with it, raising their spears and pointing at Chen Xiaoyao. The body was stabbed hard!
Fast, very fast, too fast to react. From the moment the purple light appears in the field of vision to the final attack, the whole process takes less than two seconds, so the attack can be launched instantly at an extremely close distance.
As for Chen Xiaoyao's hiding, there is no way to hide or retreat. Even if his neurological reactions are faster than ordinary people and his agility is not inferior to that of Cheng Ying, he is a human after all. As a human, there is no way he can escape this. A fatal blow from lightning.
As mentioned above, because the incident happened too suddenly, I saw the Yin soldier stabbing with his spear, and saw the spear head going straight to his chest. When the young Taoist priest realized what he was doing, the spear that was stabbing him was already less than 20 centimeters away from his body!
(Can’t hide, absolutely can’t hide!)
This is the first thought and first judgment in Chen Xiaoyao's mind at this moment.
but……
Just because you can't hide doesn't mean you will definitely die!
At the critical moment, he saw that the cold and sharp spear blade was about to penetrate his chest. Out of instinct, out of his extremely unwilling survival instinct, at the moment of life and death, the young man raised his left arm to block his chest.
Phew.
"ah!!!"
A dull sound of broken bones and tendons was accompanied by a howl of pain that resounded through the entire forest. Looking again, the spear penetrated straight through the arm, and the left arm penetrated by the gun blade instantly spurted blood and splashed red. While dancing, the tip of the gun almost stopped in the chest, and was almost stopped in the front of the heart due to such a blockage by the arm.
Lose your car to save your handsome man!
Yes, at the critical moment, relying on his extraordinary reflexes and agility, Chen Xiaoyao chose to evade the situation and throw away the car to save his commander, but he actually sacrificed an arm to forcefully reverse the desperate situation and barely save his own life. , obviously, if he hadn't blocked his arm in front of him just now, then it would have been his chest that was penetrated at this moment!
The matter was not over yet. During the screams and severe pain, Chen Xiaoyao himself was still conscious and rational. Even though he was in terrible pain, the young man still took action at the moment when he screamed. Quickly retreat, get out of the opponent's attack range, immediately turn around and run, roll and crawl forward at an astonishing speed several times faster than usual!
Da da da da da!
The footsteps are running fast, the figure is flying, escaping hastily in this gloomy black forest.
Listening to the whistling in his ears, mixed with the sound of the wind around him, Chen Xiaoyao, who was currently pale, covered his injured arm with his hand while running for his life. He was scared to death. He did not dare to look back, and he had no courage to look back at the Yin soldiers behind him. Whether they are chasing you or not, the only thing you can do is shoot and run forward as hard as you can.
only……
Although he did not deny that he was terrified, and he did not refute his panic, however, as he ran away in a panic, a certain unexplained question that made him feel confused still lingered in his mind for a long time like maggots in his tarsus.
(Why? The Yin soldiers had clearly arrived at my side silently earlier, but why didn’t they launch an attack? Why did they have to wait until I noticed or even looked at them before they stabbed me with their spears? There are also Yin soldiers What’s with the purple light in your eyes?)
………
It was a murderous night when the moon was dark and the wind was high. The lonely wind penetrated the bones and left no one alive.
Sand, clatter.
He reached out and pushed aside a few branches blocking the road, looked left and right to confirm that the environment was safe, and continued to move forward. Zhao Ping and Yao Fujiang were both walking and moving towards the seemingly silent woods opposite. There was nothing unusual during the process, or they had never been close to the woods. Since then, there are no more lonely souls around. The lonely wild hoppers that should be everywhere in the mountains and fields and encountered from time to time seem to have disappeared without a trace.
It is absolutely impossible to disappear for no reason. In this case, the only explanation is that the lonely souls do not want to come here, or even dare not come here!
Why don't you want to come here?
Only Zhao Ping knows the answer.
But just because he knew the reason, Yao Fujiang, who was behind him, never noticed something while walking. That is, as soon as he stepped into the woods, the man in front of him with glasses began to sweat slightly on his forehead.
Obviously, stepping into the woods means that you are closer to the wasteland, and the closer you are to the wasteland, the closer you are to the Judge's Temple. Unfortunately, the wasteland is not safe. It is a place where Yin soldiers hang out, and the danger comes precisely from the wasteland, from the That plain black mound.
Throwing out Chen Xiaoyao as a pathfinder, Zhao Ping knew the answer and everything.
The only strange thing is...
At this moment, knowing that the wasteland is dangerous and the mounds are deadly, the man with glasses still returns, bringing Yao Fujiang back here with Yao Fujiang, who is completely unaware of everything.
There is no endless road in the world, and the forest area is not large. Sure enough, under the guidance of Zhao Ping, it didn't take long for the two of them to return to the edge of the forest where the spectacled man and Chen Xiaoyao had been earlier. When they arrived here, Zhao Ping Ping stopped moving, just stagnant, unwilling to take another step, never stepping into the wasteland from beginning to end.
At the edge of the woods, while stopping, the man raised his hand and pointed to a temple-shaped building with only an outline in the darkness in front of him and said, "Did you see it? There is the Judge's Temple in front of you."
After hearing this, Yao Fujiang scratched his head beside him, widened his eyes, and looked in the direction pointed by Zhao Ping. Sure enough, although the environment was dark, he could still vaguely see hundreds of meters ahead with the help of the moonlight from high in the sky. There is a building erected, and if nothing unexpected happens, the opposite side is most likely the Judge's Temple, which is the final destination of this operation!
As expected, Yao Fujiang was overjoyed when he saw this. He immediately turned to Zhao Ping and asked, "Has Chen Xiaoyao gone in already?"
Zhao Ping nodded first, and then changed the subject and continued: "Since you have decided to go and search, I want to remind you. When you go in later, don't worry about whether Chen Xiaoyao is inside. First of all, Look for the Soul-Calling Flag, and immediately return the way you came when you get it."
Um?
Yao Fujiang, who was about to move his legs, was stunned for a moment by these words. He frowned slightly and turned his head again. His eyes towards Zhao Ping also began to become confused and confused. He was confused about certain questions and confused about what the other party said. It was only then, as the number of questions in his mind gradually increased, that the crew-cut young man noticed something was wrong...
After looking up and down at the unchanging Zhao Ping with complicated eyes for a while, Yao Fujiang finally questioned: "What do you mean? Listen to what I just said, you, you don't seem to be going with me? And why didn't I find Chen after I entered? Happy?".
As mentioned above, due to the weirdness in the glasses man's words and the fact that he was unwilling to go, after realizing something was wrong, Yao Fujiang had all kinds of confusion, his expression was cautious and he asked again and again. At this moment, listening to the young man's questions, Zhao Ping's expression remained unchanged, he glanced at the other party, and then casually said a word with an expressionless face, a plain word that could make anyone furious:
"I don't need to tell you these things."
Sure enough, when he heard the other party's answer, Yao Fujiang was furious! He was furious, and immediately shouted at the man with glasses with an extremely angry expression: "What? There's no need to tell me? You actually said there's no need to tell me? What kind of bullshit are you! You, me and Chen Xiaoyao Aren’t the three of us teammates? Since we are teammates, why do you plan to keep it secret in such a dangerous place? Do you have some ulterior conspiracy? You now..."
"No, there's no conspiracy."
Before Yao Fujiang finished speaking, Zhao Ping directly interrupted the young man's question. Not only that, as he finished speaking, for some reason, Zhao Ping, who had always had a plain face, also changed his appearance and expression at this moment. The man's brows With a tight expression and a solemn expression, he finally asked Yao Fujiang a question in an aggravated tone: "I only want to ask you one thing now, do you want to save He Fei?"
Depend on!
Faced with the meaningless question and still angry, Yao Fujiang replied without hesitation and gritted his teeth: "Nonsense, if I don't want to save He Fei, then do I have to risk my life to come here? If I don't come here to save He Fei, there will be predators everywhere. What are you doing in Yinshan? Traveling!?"
It is true that Yao Fujiang's attitude was extremely bad, but what was strange was that Zhao Ping was still not angry after hearing this. He nodded slightly, but unexpectedly the next second he stepped forward and reached out to grab the young man's shoulder. The force was so strong that Yao Fujiang felt pain in his left shoulder. , at the same time, the face of the man with the eyes was close to him, staring at him intently. A pair of eyes under the lenses were staring at Yao Fujiang's eyes. Somehow, at this moment, looking at the other person's face that was already slightly ferocious, Yao Fujiang It can be said that he was both surprised and confused. When he suddenly came back to his senses and was about to ask questions, Zhao Ping had already said something in a very rare and serious tone before him: "It seems that you really want to know the reason. Since you want to know so much, then I Let me tell you, listen up, there is a mound in front of the Judge's Temple. It is a very dangerous place with many locusts. Chen Xiaoyao and I discovered it earlier. In order to obtain the soul-calling flag, Chen Xiaoyao has used himself as bait to lure the locusts. Lead away, the mound should be almost safe now, and now you only need to go around the mound and rush to the Judge Temple, time is running out, you must get the soul-calling flag while the worms are being lured away by Chen Xiaoyao's group!"
After listening to Zhao Ping's explanation, Yao Fujiang was stunned. No, not confused, but both shocked and horrified. His whole person fell into a state of horror. First he stared at the other person with wide eyes for a while, then lowered his head and thought. At this time, he His heart was turbulent and his thoughts were ups and downs. If, if what Zhao Ping just said was true, then Chen Xiaoyao would be too brave, right? Seeing the swarm hiding before it's too late, that guy has the guts to use his own life as bait to lure the swarm away? He, isn't he afraid of being caught up and killed? .
With his thoughts at this point, the young man quickly discovered something was wrong. He raised his head again, then stared at Zhao Ping with doubtful eyes and asked: "The plan is quite good, but...but I shouldn't be in the original plan." Within, right? My appearance was just accidental, and there were only you and Chen Xiaoyao at the time. Since Chen Xiao took the initiative to take the risk and lured the swarm away, it stands to reason that you should go to the Judge Temple to take out the things? But? , Why, from your tone just now, why did you insist that I go?"
It is indeed as Yao Fujiang said above. Yes, although the plan has been decided and the strategy has been implemented, after all, Yao Fujiang only appeared by chance and met by chance. Logically speaking, when there were only two people, Chen and Zhao, all actions should be centered around the two. The people spread out, and Chen Xiaoyao had lured away the swarm of worms as if to die. Zhao Ping should set off for the Judge's Temple next, but why did he become himself in the bespectacled man's mouth now?
This is unreasonable and illogical? .
However……
Facing the puzzled inquiry of the flat-headed young man, Zhao Ping let go of his arms, turned around and took two steps back, turned around again, raised his hand to adjust his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and finally replied in an expressionless tone: "I'm afraid of death, so I don't want to Go, since you are here, it is up to you to go."
What! ! !
What is shameless? What is despicable? What is madness?
This is shameless, this is despicable, this is blatant madness!
As soon as he heard the other party's explanation, Yao Fujiang suddenly felt anger rising in his forehead. He never dreamed that there were such shameless people in the world. Shamelessness was nothing more than that. He never thought of stating in front of himself that he did not dare to go, and then in He Fei forced himself to take the initiative to take on this task under the primary premise that He Fei must save him.
Conspiracy, this is a conspiracy, a conspiracy in which you know that the other party is cheating you, but you have to jump into the trap!
No wonder the other party just said there was no conspiracy. It turned out that the man with glasses had a conspiracy. .
It has been mentioned many times before that Yao Fujiang did not think he was very smart, but he was not an idiot. In other words, as soon as he listened to the glasses man's answer, he immediately understood what the other party's intention was and what his plan was. Thinking of this, with anger in his heart, the young man was so angry that he trembled all over. While trembling, he pointed at the man and gnashed his teeth: "Fuck! You, you, you..."
Xu Shi was extremely angry. Yao Fujiang didn't know what to say.
As for the other side, as for Zhao Ping, looking at Yao Fujiang in front of him who looked like he was going to eat him alive, the man with glasses still maintained a calm expression, glanced at the other person, and then continued in a calm tone: "First of all, I can guarantee what I said before All of them are true. The worms were indeed lured away by Chen Xiaoyao. If you don't want Chen Xiaoyao's adventure to be in vain, and if you really want to save He Fei, then you should leave for the Judge's Temple immediately. Time is running out. A long delay will lead to the return of the swarm... Then all efforts will be in vain, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, it will never happen again. And don't count on me, I won't do anything. Will go."
Listening to the shameless words of the man with glasses, Yao Fujiang's heart became more and more angry. Of course he knew the above principles, but the cowardice of the man in front of him and the despicable behavior of passing all the danger to others still made him so angry that he became filled with hatred. His teeth are itching, this guy is full of truth, but he only lets others do the dangerous things...
Perhaps it was because he guessed what Yao Fujiang was thinking. After saying this, seeing that the flat-headed young man had not moved, Zhao Ping raised his lips and then added: "Of course, you can also choose not to go, but in this case He Fei Your life can't be saved. Besides, I don't have to let you die. After all, Chen Xiaoyao has led the swarm away. It should be safer ahead. You have to go as soon as possible. Time... is running out. Seriously, it's running out. .”
As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Fujiang moved in the next second.
“I’m a fool with the surname Zhao!”
Da da da da da!
After casually uttering a curse full of dissatisfaction, Yao Fujiang turned around and rushed forward, straight to the wasteland, and ran towards the Judge's Temple without looking back.
The guess is correct, the prediction is correct.
Yao Fujiang finally chose to go, forced by the irresistible goal of saving He Fei and ran to the Judge's Temple.
………
May I ask what strategy has the greatest chance of success in this world?
The answer is not fixed. Everyone has their own explanations and opinions. Many times, lies are the best premise, and lies are also a necessity for many strategies. However, there are no absolutes in anything, and sometimes just talking nonsense may not be enough. To win people's trust, once this time comes, smart people will often not choose to continue lying, but will appropriately reveal the truth, mixing truth with lies, and lies with truth, in a half-truth and half-false way. Tell the other party, and then be unable to refute it in the face of some real evidence, and finally make the other party believe it.
Half truth and half lie, this is the most successful strategy in the world.
The night is deep and the waning moon is shining overhead.
At this moment, under the big tree, at the edge of the woods, watching Yao Fujiang's back gradually disappearing into the distant night, Zhao Ping smiled, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised into a smile, showing an undisguised sarcastic smile.
Yes, this is Zhao Ping's plan, this is the man's strategy.
Throughout the whole process, whether it was Chen Xiaoyao or Yao Fujiang, they were just two pawns in his overall plan.
The process is both simple and complicated. In fact, from the very beginning, when he first discovered the mound, he had a vague feeling that something was not right, and was vaguely aware that there might be danger ahead. Of course, because the danger only came from feelings, and it had not been confirmed, So after some careful consideration, he made up his mind and thought of a way. He planned to pretend to be sick and let Chen Xiaoyao be the pathfinder to test whether there was any danger. If there was no danger ahead, his sudden illness would naturally disappear quickly. Kaixuan followed. If there was real danger ahead, he would decide to take action depending on the level of danger. Finally, after Chen Xiaoyao's personal testing, the man got the answer he wanted.
The answer is that the guess is true, and the result is that the prediction is correct.
Out of curiosity, Chen Xiaoyao successfully approached the mound with some suicide attempts, and then attracted a large group of what the opponent called "Yin Soldiers" in front of the mound. Obviously, the threat of these special spirits called Yin Soldiers was far greater than On top of the lonely soul, when he saw the capable Chen Xiaoyao running away in panic, he, who had been watching from behind, asked Chen Xiaoyao to use him as a bait to attract the swarm. He quickly retreated and hid, and after analyzing that something was going wrong, he gave up the mission immediately. , leaving everyone else behind and returning down the mountain alone.
Who would have thought that the plan would not change quickly, and things are unpredictable. With the five Taoist talismans that were deliberately retained, I thought that the plan was going smoothly and everything was normal. Unexpectedly, during the escape process, I bumped into Yao Fujiang, who was still alive. Later, the appearance of the swarm also kept him deliberately. The five Taoist talismans were all used up, making it impossible to carry out the plan to go down the mountain. Faced with this result, after thinking for a moment, Zhao Ping changed his plan. Although he didn't know whether there were any worms near the mound, he actually saw Chen Xiaoyao running away. I have lured away a large wave of Yin soldiers, so according to my personal guess, the area around the hill should be much safer at this moment. Maybe, maybe this is a perfect opportunity to go to the Judge's Temple!
Of course, opportunities are opportunities after all, and guesses are just guesses. No matter whether there are larvae remaining in the mound or not, it is absolutely impossible for him, Zhao Ping, to take the risk himself, so naturally, there is no doubt about the Yao Fujiang he just encountered. Be a great candidate.
In the end, an almost perfect plan to move the tiger away from the mountain was successfully implemented by Zhao Ping, and he would not personally participate in the entire plan, and he was in the safest position from beginning to end.
Only Chen Xiaoyao and Yao Fujiang unknowingly became pawns and became an excellent tool for him to obtain the soul-calling flag.
For Yao Fujiang, in the eyes of men, the other party is basically a dispensable existence in the team. If the other party successfully retrieves the soul-calling flag, it can only be said that this person is lucky enough and it also proves that his Zhao Ping plan is successful and the mission is successful. Finished, taking a step back, it would not be a big deal even if Yao Fujiang was in danger and killed on the way to the Judge's Temple. Anyway, the young man had done nothing, and the young man's death would not have much impact on the entire team. If he died, he would die. As for Chen Xiaoyao …
This person does have some abilities. He knows Taoism and knows a lot about Qi. However, compared to He Fei, sacrificing him in exchange for He Fei's life is still worth it. It is still worth the money. Besides, Even after luring the wolf away, the opponent's skill may not necessarily lead to 100% death.
Strictly speaking, Zhao Ping is doing a very simple value exchange problem in the whole plan, that is, how to maximize the use value of some people, so as to exchange the maximum benefit with the minimum loss, and the maximum benefit is undoubtedly the Soul-Calling Banner. .
In order to get the Soul-Calling Banner, any sacrifice other than yourself is worth it.
