Chapter 66 Never take action until the general arrives!

Author: Firebird 2023

Chapter 66 Never take action until the general arrives!

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 and split up 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 above three road sections.

In the afternoon, the camp master 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!"

"Hope them all goes well."

To the west of the Flame 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 scavenger comes 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 thinking just started to spread.

But Zhou Bing shook his head slightly: "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 didn't talk anymore 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 went 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, 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's heart was slightly excited, and the little deer bumped: No, no? On a mission! 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 refused.

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?

Then he thought about it, the enemy used the blood crow to avoid the hunting guards before.

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.
To be continued...