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Chapter 197 Exploration and doubts

"Traces left by humanoid creatures..."

"No droppings, smells from big beasts..."

"There is no trap..."

Just judging from the discovery that the degree of penetration is not deep, You can make a current judgment.

"Maybe the trap is set a little deeper?"

"Or is this not their main living space?"

The terrain of this karst cave is extremely wide, and the scouts who investigated earlier could only speculate about the approximate living range of the refugees through clues.

If the detection was wrong or the scouts who arrived earlier disturbed the refugees, so that they changed places, it was impossible to say.

You frowned, and she had her own judgment, "There is no trace of traps being set. If it was to guard against wild beasts, there should be traces. If the arrangement is too close to the residence, it is easy to accidentally injure. Maybe... the direction wrong."

Those refugees simply don't live where the passage they are currently exploring can reach, so naturally there is no need to arrange traps in this passage.

As for the traces of pedestrians she found, they are not densely populated... It can't be used as any evidence.

The karst cave passages here extend in all directions, and it is possible that some tunnels are not often passed by people.

Song Ying looked at Hu and asked softly, "Captain?"

Hulue pondered and gave a judgment, "Continue to explore a certain distance."

The distance to enter is not very far, and the discovery at this time cannot be used as absolute evidence for making a judgment.

Speaking out, the members of the other two teams would not agree, but it would make their already somewhat embarrassing situation even more embarrassing.

Since there are traces of pedestrians, it means that there is basically no problem with the information on the refugees here.

Even if the refugees here changed their place of residence due to the interference of the previous scouts, they still had to find the location of their previous place of residence to confirm.

The clues in the channel can prove limited things, and the real place of residence can determine more useful information including the size of the population, living standards, and so on.

In this era, firstly, the level of science and technology is limited, and secondly, human life is not valuable. The information that can be explored by manpower is often flowed directly by courage and flesh.

"it is good."

You nodded slightly, and continued to take risks ahead.

The team moved forward as quietly as possible, and no one made any extra noise.

Quietness can ensure that everyone can be keenly aware of all information in the environment.

Listen to the wind like howling ghosts and wolves, listen to the rustling footsteps in a field of limited vision, listen to the heartbeat as if you are the only one left in the world, listen to... the fear from the primitive darkness.

"Why do I feel a little penetrating..." Dashan rubbed his hands and glanced at his teammates.

I don't know why, even though everyone is walking together and the distance in physical space has not changed, he always feels that his teammates are moving away from him.

Farther and farther away...farther and farther away...

So far that my breathing becomes long and slow, so far that every blink of my eyes is extremely heavy, so far that my voice is stretched to several syllables and deformed, so far that my heart seems to forget to beat.

I am like an unfortunate drowning swimmer, watching the surrounding companions who are still floating on the water gradually sink silently to the bottom of the sea...

"..." He opened his mouth, and he wanted to say something out loud to break the panic.

But there was no way to make any movement.

Not knowing that reason prevents this behavior, fearing that his own noise will disturb or cover up possible information or danger in the dark;
It was still emotions that suppressed the body's instincts, making him unable to mobilize his mouth and vocal cords.

I can only watch myself getting farther and farther away from my teammates, and gradually being submerged in the darkness...

"Drip drop~"

A series of reminders suddenly sounded in the headset.

Even when there is no necessary information to share, everyone will press a button at regular intervals to show their teammates that there is no accident.

The sudden sound made Dashan's body tremble suddenly, and everything he felt just now receded like a tide.

Da Shan, who came back to his senses, only felt that his back was wet, and the sweat had soaked through the cotton vest he was wearing inside without knowing when.

Raising his hand and pressing a button next to the headset, Dashan also sent out a reminder that he has not encountered any abnormalities for the time being.

Looking at his teammates in a blink of an eye, everyone seemed to be fine.

Didn't sleep well last night?
Da Shan shook his head, as if he wanted to shake off the drowning-like suffocation he felt just now.

"Look at..."

You, who was walking in front, reminded softly, get out of the way and stop.

Afterwards, everyone followed the probe, and under the vision of the miserable green night vision device, an underground cave suddenly opened up in front of everyone's eyes.

Dots of brighter green plants are dotted on the inner wall of the entire underground cave, and the sight is as bright as a starry sky for a while.

"This is... some kind of mushroom?"

"Cultivated artificially, it is either food or a weapon..."

Either use the toxins in these natural materials as traps, weapons, or just eat them...

Those refugees living in this kind of place do not have normal crop planting conditions or can use all protein, starch and other food synthesis production lines, so they can only grow these things as a source of food to sustain life.

Everyone leans towards the latter.

The pomelo, wearing gloves, carefully picked one and looked at it carefully in front of her eyes.

It took a while to compare the target type from the "encyclopedia map" recorded in my mind, "Fresh heart mushroom, edible between 23 and 60 days old, contains mild hallucinogenic toxins, and long-term consumption is slightly addictive. Growth The cycle exceeds 60 days, the toxin will gradually increase and at the same time it will gradually lignify..."

After squatting down and observing for a while, Youcai said firmly, "This piece of fresh heart mushroom is basically like this for 30 days, and they may not come to pick it yet."

Da Shan hugged his shoulders, and he had completely come out of the "illusion" just now, "But this piece of fresh heart mushroom can't feed so many people at the same time as the information said..."

"There should be more than this planting field..." You looked around, "The growth conditions for fresh heart mushrooms are very low. They should have planted a lot, and you should be able to see them further along."

"Go, keep going."

Hu Lue was excited. Finding artificially grown food meant that the previous information was at least partly correct.

Sure enough, large pieces of fresh-heart mushrooms that were as bright as stars were found in several almost adjacent caves not far away.

"They're here!" You said firmly.

These fresh heart mushrooms are easily damaged and eaten by various wild small animals when left unattended.

It is impossible for the planting place to be too far away from the real residence of those refugees, or even if they have to move, they will not leave so many fresh heart mushrooms without picking them.

"They didn't leave."

"Okay!" Hu nodded, completely trusting the judgment of his team members, so he turned on the microphone and said into the voice: "This is the A97 team, we found their plantation, repeat, we found their plantation."

When Hu reported the discovery to the other two teams, Yuzu just looked in the direction he came from, still self-consciously skeptical, "But why is there no trap?"

Surviving in the wild, using traps to warn and defend against the wild environment is the basic requirement, and it is impossible for these refugees not to know.

This is not to say that it can be explained whether there is malice to the people who come to the city.

Unless...they aren't afraid?
Speaking of which, since they came to this underground lair, they really haven't found any small beasts.

It seems that the entire terrain of the karst cave is surprisingly quiet.

Bai E was the closest to You, and heard her muttering to herself.

"Did you find anything wrong?"

"It stands to reason that there shouldn't be no traps..." You whispered the doubts circling in her heart.

“Zizzizi~”

After a slight noise, another captain's familiar voice came, "How big is the scale, and how many people can it provide for daily consumption?"

Song Ying silently calculated, and reminded in a low voice beside Hu: "About 100 people."

Hu nodded, and replied: "The scale of the current discovery alone is enough to support the daily consumption of a hundred people."

"understood……"

“Zizzizi~”

Another voice joined in, "We also found some here, the scale is not small... Wait, we seem to see a figure. He wants to run! Chase!"

The voice became chaotic in an instant, and the rapid breathing dominated the rhythm of the voice for a while.

The two teams continued to explore while waiting for the results over there.

It wasn't until the movement from the free microphone gradually subsided that the captain who was waiting calmly asked, "Have you caught it?"

"Run away..." The shortness of breath calmed down, and then he replied steadily: "There are too many forks here, and the environment is unfamiliar. He threw us away after a few turns."

Captain No. 1 was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about countermeasures. After a while, he said: "Continue to explore. Since we have found the plantation, it means that the target group is not far away. Our side... also found it."

It may be more than 200 people.

Everyone knows the meaning of this sentence.

"receive."

"receive."

Hu and Captain No. 2 responded softly, then turned off the microphone.

"Continue to explore." Tiger looked at his team members and waved forward.

The people who were groping forward on the rough terrain became quiet again.

Just now, some teams have seen figures, which means that everyone is heading in the right direction. In addition to being careful of the possible attacks of those refugees, they must also be careful not to disturb them.

If I had been able to keep my voice down a little bit and get closer, would I have been able to catch him?
As long as one can be caught, it is easy to find the main body of this group of refugees under the premise of being able to communicate.

but……

"There are many forks in the road."

"Our side is the same." Hu pressed the headset and reported with a serious expression.

Before everyone's eyes, several dark holes were like the esophagus of ferocious beasts, waiting for everyone to take the initiative to step in.

"Explore separately, in groups of two." Captain No. 1 was a little aggressive.

He believes in the individual quality of his team members, "As for you...you can figure it out."

(End of this chapter)