This... Jiang Baimian restrained her smile and asked, “Why do you think the Superior Heartless is insistent on entering Tarnan?”
Long Yuehong subconsciously replied, “To hunt...”
Before he could finish speaking, he realized that something was amiss.
There were clearly still prey in the mountains, such as Bai Xiao’s team. However, the Superior Heartless didn’t attack them. Instead, he ran all the way to Tarnan to kill people.
Even if he felt that the prey here were weaker and less vigilant, making it a better place to hunt for food, he shouldn’t have attacked again so quickly after eating his fill and retreating in fear last night.
It had to be known that the Heartless disease was known as Atavism. It was a form of human degeneration in which they lost their rationality and thoughts and became creatures that resembled beasts.
However, even wild beasts would definitely temporarily leave an area after suffering a shock and discovering their greatest fear. They would only take the risk to try again when they were hungry to a certain extent and had no other food.
Beasts acted this way; what’s more Heartless?
“That doesn’t make sense...” Bai Chen helped Long Yuehong finish his sentence.
Shang Jianyao made a thoughtful expression. “Maybe he thinks the human meat here is better... For the sake of food, he chose to take risks.”
Is he judging others by using his own standards? Jiang Baimian muttered and looked back at the small city in Tarnan. She thought for a moment and said, “Could it be that something here is attracting him?”
Just as she said that, she suddenly realized that her meaning was abnormally similar to Shang Jianyao’s words. She quickly added, “Something other than food.”
“What else can a Superior Heartless pursue?” Long Yuehong muttered to himself in confusion.
“Courtship,” Shang Jianyao replied. He then explained in all seriousness, “In Tarnan, there’s an old lady. She’s his former lover, a companion that he experienced life and death with. Even though he has contracted the Heartless disease and has forgotten everything, he still remembers to find her and protect her so that she would never be harmed.”
I’m actually a little touched hearing this... Long Yuehong followed Shang Jianyao’s train of thought and realized that this was a touching story. Most importantly, he couldn’t find the original version in his memories of the radio stories.
This meant that Shang Jianyao had already developed from a reader to someone who weaved their own stories.
“It’s quite reasonable...” Jiang Baimian imagined the situation Shang Jianyao described and found it tragic and beautiful.
If the Superior Heartless didn’t treat humans as prey and munch on them until their flesh turned mangled, the imagined scene would be even more beautiful.
Bai Chen pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.
Without giving Shang Jianyao a chance to continue, Jiang Baimian continued, “This is a possibility. Another possibility is that something is attracting him.”
After a few seconds of silence, Jiang Baimian picked up her phone and dialed a number. “Hello, is this Abbess Zhou?”
Zhou Yue’s voice sounded from the other end of the line. “Haha, I recognize you this time. You’re October Xue from the Qian Bai Team!”
Her tone was filled with pride.
The corners of Jiang Baimian’s mouth twitched as she replied, “My name should be in your contacts...”
Zhou Yue coughed. “Everything is but a dream. Why so serious?”
Without giving Jiang Baimian a chance to continue the topic, she asked, “What’s the matter?”
“It’s this...” Jiang Baimian roughly described Bai Xiao, Lin Tong, and their team’s situation. “They’re heading toward you now. ”
“Alright, I’ll carefully distinguish their authenticity,” Zhou Yue replied firmly.
Jiang Baimian then inquired, “Abbess Zhou, why is that Superior Heartless bent on attacking Tarnan? It’s not like there’s only one human settlement in Mount Chilar.”
Zhou Yue fell silent for a moment before saying, “We might have to ask him.”
Abbess Zhou, you might have something in common with Shang Jianyao... Upon seeing that she couldn’t get an answer, Jiang Baimian politely said a few words before hanging up.
...
At the northeast intersection of Tarnan.
Zhou Yue was wearing a white robe with a hemp rope tied around her. She was sitting cross-legged on a mat and looking toward Mount Chilar.
An Eight Trigrams Mirror hung from her waist, and a dressing mirror was tied to her forehead. On each side stood a non-smart combat robot.
Unlike the Old Task Force’s impenetrable fortifications, Zhou Yue didn’t make any arrangements. She only erected a wooden sign behind her.
On the wooden sign was a dragon symbol created from mirror shards. This was the Sacred Emblem of Shattered Mirror.
After putting down her phone, Zhou Yue muttered to herself in confusion, “Strange, why does he have to enter Tarnan...”
...
In the northwest of Tarnan, by the Moville River.
Jiang Baimian looked at the slowly setting sun and said to Shang Jianyao and the others, “Take this opportunity to get a bite, and take turns doing so.”
Long Yuehong tersely acknowledged it. “I’ll go take a piss.”
With that said, he took a plastic bottle that he had prepared in advance and took a few steps. Using the jeep hood as cover, he unzipped his pants and relieved his bladder.
This was a plan that they had discussed in advance. Their goal was not to walk too much to prevent themselves from being affected by the illusion—they might misjudge their direction and distance and step on land mines or fall into their traps.
As for the problem of embarrassment, its importance ranked very low. Of course, in order not to make the area they stood guard stink, the Old Task Force had gathered a batch of plastic bottles from various stalls and robot guards’ warehouses.
Long Yuehong narrowed his eyes in comfort amidst the whooshing sound.
He suddenly realized that Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Bai Chen were all looking at him with strange gazes.
This... Long Yuehong was a little confounded.
Wait, didn’t I go to the front of the car? Long Yuehong came to a realization and quickly looked down at his crotch.
It was already wet.