The Old Task Force ate the dried meat and cornbread. Chang Haijiang also served roasted onions and deer meat, smoked Beian Lake fish, pickled cucumbers, mixed vegetables, and steamed meat pancakes one after another.
The soup was a different kind of cabbage soup that had a slightly sweet taste.
“The smell of deer meat is a little strong. Fortunately, it’s roasted.” Long Yuehong focused his attention on the food as he ate.
Jiang Baimian also commented, “This is clearly not manually bred or reared. It was hunted from the wilderness.”
In this season, this area to the south that had later been ‘swallowed’ by Icefield had plenty of feral animals.
“Hmm.” Shang Jianyao stuffed his mouth full with food.
Bai Chen nodded. “The pickled cucumbers are surprisingly good.”
It was very refreshing and could neutralize the gamey taste.
Overall, the Old Task Force was rather satisfied with their meal after days of traveling in the wilderness.
Upon seeing that the cups and plates were empty, Jiang Baimian stood up and said, “Let’s return to the parking lot. We can’t leave Old Ge there alone.”
“Alright.” Shang Jianyao replied enthusiastically.
Bai Chen and Long Yuehong roughly guessed what Jiang Baimian meant: It was unknown if these monks had Mind Reading, but it was better to stay away from them.
Jiang Baimian had previously said that they were taking the day off and that she would get two rooms here so that they could sleep on spacious beds. Long Yuehong had some anticipation for that.
After returning to her jeep in the parking lot, Jiang Baimian simply instructed, “Night shifts as per normal.”
She didn’t discuss the ascetic monks with her team members, afraid that they had Heavenly Ears.
Writing didn’t work either. Heavenly Eyes also existed in this world.
However, the parking lot was dozens of meters away from the terrace houses at the rest stop. With the characteristics of Mind Reading, it was very unlikely that Paranga and the other monks could hear the thoughts of the humans here, even if there were Mind Corridor-level Awakened among them.
Jingfa from before was considered powerful in the Sea of Origins, but he could only ‘hear’ some keywords within two to three meters.
Considering the improvement in different aspects, it was already pretty good for an Awakened to be able to ‘hear’ a person’s thoughts from a range of seven to eight meters after entering the Mind Corridor. Even if one explored the depths, it was very difficult for them to undergo a qualitative change.
Of course, this was Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baimian, and the others’ empirical inference. Pangu Biology didn’t provide precise data.
Due to this, Jiang Baimian’s thoughts relaxed a little. A monastery of monks came to Icefield. They should be heading for Tai City…
If it’s just an arduous path they are taking for cultivation purposes, they could’ve chosen to come in winter…
Besides, they also gathered some gold along the way to exchange for supplies. This is clearly because they aren’t willing to waste too much time replenishing their food supplies…
For a moment, Jiang Baimian didn’t know if she should slow down and wait for the ascetics to finish paying their respects at the Holy Land before reaching Tai City or be ahead of them to prevent any accidents from happening.
At this moment, Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Genava were also immersed in their thoughts.
…
The next day, the Old Task Force replenished their supplies with their remaining negotiables. Bai Chen drove the car away from the rest stop and continued northeast.
Seven to eight minutes later, Shang Jianyao realized that Paranaga and the other monks in gray patched clothes were silently walking by the side of the road. He suddenly rolled down the window and asked loudly, “What does ‘great calamity’ refer to?”
Paranga ignored him. He lowered his head slightly, pressed his palms together, and walked forward step by step..