43 First foray into the hills (1/2)
On by one the group started to read about Insect World. The more people read, the more they were scared. But no one could blame them.
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When Bai Yun got his hands on the book, he quickly read through the section on the Insect World. There was not too much about it, as that would not be permitted. He quickly skipped through the various kinds of weak beasts that could be found like ants, bees, hornets, butterflies, beetles, moths and so on.
He quickly read up the information on the beast den, as only that was relevant to him. It would usually be an ant hill or a bee hive. The most important thing was that the entire place was a labyrinth. It would have multiple entrances, and the teams had to traverse the den looking for the central cave. In their paths, there would be many other housing areas for various beasts which they could skip or fight if they needed. Most people would prefer to skip these to save time, as time was the most important factor in the scenario. But some would want to fight, s these places usually contained the precious materials.
The black flag in the central cave was protected by one powerful insect beast. There were four pathways into the cave, and each of these pathways were guarded by one mini boss insect. After this was the labyrinth which fed into the pathways. Thankfully the tracker could help one in leading them by pointing to the general direction of the cave, but it was not too effective as it was a labyrinth after all.
Bai Yun then glanced through the various beasts that could be found inside the beast den as well as the few beasts that took turns being the guardian as well as the cave boss before he passed the book on.As he digested the information given, he pondered on what to do.
Once everyone had read the book, Gong Ming once again took charge of the group. ”We have four and a half hour before the siege begins. I suggest that we all go out to hunt for the next three hours and reconvene here at an hour and a half before the siege begins.”
Most of the people who heard of this nodded their heads. Then someone asked ”But if we all leave and some of the beasts wander in during the siege. Wont they destroy the flag then?”
”It will be fine. Until the siege begins, the flag will be protected by a special energy and won't be destroyed. So we can all leave safely.” Gong Ming replied with a smile.
”The can't we go and destroy the beast's flag now, before the siege had begun?”
”Of course not.” Gong Ming explained. ”Just like how our flag cannot be destroy at this time, it is the same for that of the beast's flag. Not only will the main cave be sealed until the siege began, the labyrinths will be filled by bests until then. Going there now would be suicide.”
Bai Yun watched as Gong Ming put the group together. He had to accept that Zhang Zi was right. The person in front of him was nothing like the frivolous young man he pretended to be earlier. This person was definitely a chameleon.
Gong Ming moved towards Zhang Zi and asked in a small voice ”Can you handle Song Hui?”
”Wheer is Hui?” Zhang Zi asked, realizing that she was not here.
Gong Ming smiled wryly. ”It was almost impossible to curb her. She seemed to have found her live's passion of destroying buildings. She is currently still doing it. I would have left her behind but for the rule that we need to move together. But I am afraid that she will run away or not make it back in time, that is why I am asking you to go with her.”
Zhang Zi nodded after thinking about this. They left to find Song Hui, and returned a short while later with her. By then most of the group had already left, and the ones who hadn't were starting to.
Bai Yun quickly left along with the rest of the team. Once outside, they all split up into smaller teams anddecide to mostly move alone to find treasures or beasts. The insects in the insect world were rather weak, and any one here could easily handle one of them.
Bai Yun then took out the tracker and headed straight for the beast den. For others this time was for finding precious materials and some points if they could, but the time held completely different meaning for Bai Yun. Ne needed to use this time to hunt for points.
It took Bai Yun ten minutes of direct running before he reached what appeared to be a mountain. Along the way Bai Yun had run into a few insects which gave him another ten points. But he had not
even slowed down on the way, cutting them into two while running. Bai Yun stood in the shadow of the forest, and looked at the large brown mountain looming over him. The tracker showed that the beast flag was inside the mountain. It seems as if the den was an ant hill and not a bee hive. Bai Yun sighed in relief. This meant that there would be more ants than other flying insects. If there were a lot of flying insects, then there was no way for the defending team to hold on for long.