Online: I Can See Health Bars Chapter 1512 - 672: Reconnaissance (2)

Lei Shenhao finally can end the torment and return to the game.

And Fang Yu, heaved a sigh of relief.

With Lei Shenhao’s financial power, plus the innate advantage of being in Rolling Bone City on home turf, investigating the Floral Fragrance Sect shouldn’t be difficult. After all, the Floral Fragrance Sect is just a branch in Rolling Bone City and can’t be considered top-notch in strength.

Once the instructions were given, all that was left was to wait for news.

Fang Yu also returned to the game to stand guard with the team.

The good news was, no demons appeared all night.

The bad news was, no demons appeared all night.

The next day, the team set off, and Fang Yu noticed that Song Zhenrong’s personnel had gained a few more members.

"Some were persuaded by me to join the Guard Team. Others were forcefully added by some within the team."

The Guard Team is responsible for the team’s safety, night watches, and other dangerous jobs.

When there are demons, they also need to charge into battle, facing the demons head-on.

Normally, they are also responsible for maintaining order within the team, keeping it stable and functioning daily.

Fang Yu didn’t understand why people would rush to do such dangerous work.

But soon, Fang Yu figured it out.

Even though the Guard Team is dangerous, in some sense, it is also considered a privilege.

Joining the Guard Team means joining a privileged class, with implicit benefits that aren’t few.

In ordinary towns, such a privileged organization requires background and connections to have a chance of joining. But now, one only needs to volunteer to transform into a special member of the team.

Moreover, the Guard Team has the opportunity to directly contact the team leaders, which further triggers some people’s enthusiasm.

Fang Yu couldn’t say whether these people’s thoughts were right or wrong.

Because this team is just a makeshift group, and the privilege class within it is also temporary.

Don’t even talk about reaching the Capital; even upon reaching any random town, most of its members might disperse. Would the so-called privilege of the team still count as privilege then?

At night, Fang Yu shared this thought with Ding Hui, who simply rolled his eyes, seemingly feeling Fang Yu was whining pointlessly.

Meanwhile, Fang Yu vaguely felt that the tumor around Song Xi seemed to have swelled just a little bit in Ding Hui’s hands?

A couple of days passed, yet the team still hadn’t encountered any demon attacks, and even Song Zhenrong began to feel somewhat fortunate.

Although there are cases of traveling safely to the destination while traveling in the wild or on the main road, those are typically actions of a small team, with fewer numbers, making less noise, and thus less likely to attract demons.

But their team was so large that the likelihood of being targeted by demons during the journey was quite high.

Given this situation, being able to pass several peaceful days safely was naturally fortunate, yet there was still a subtle sense of concern in their hearts.

"Something isn’t quite right."

At night, in the tent, Ding Hui said in a low voice.

"What do you mean?"

"The journey has been too safe, strangely so."

Ding Hui had actually made some estimates in his heart. The team, before reaching the nearest town, might lose several dozens along the way.

This was a very conservative number, assuming Fang Yu was on patrol and on duty the entire time.

After all, the number of demons is uncertain, and once a crisis occurs, one can only focus on one part, with casualties being inevitable.

And once a demon causes casualties, it wouldn’t be just one or two deaths to settle it.

"I checked during the day; there were no signs of demons approaching the surroundings." Fang Yu said, prepared to log out to see if there was any update from Lei Shenhao.

Recently, every couple of days, he would log out for a short while to contact Lei Shenhao.

Of course, it was really just a short while.

It was just a brief nap before getting right back up.

Of the nightly guards, he was always present.

"You checked only the area surrounding the team during its progress. If the demons are smart enough, they could easily be following us from a distance, out of sight."

"...What should we do?" Fang Yu stopped his motion to quickly fall asleep.

"Send a few people, give them the best horses, and have them explore several directions around the team. If they find signs, they’ll return; if not, it just means we’re overthinking it." Ding Hui, still concentrated on treating the tumor, gave the suggestion without turning back.

"Sending people out at this late hour to scout, isn’t that sending them to their deaths?"

"You could also just ignore it, and see whether we’re simply too lucky, or if there’s something else going on."

"..."

Fang Yu thought for a moment, then got up and left the tent.

"I’ll go talk to Captain Song."

Soon, Fang Yu found Song Zhenrong.

He now had over a dozen strong subordinates by his side, each with more than three thousand or four thousand blood like captain-level experts.

The Guard Team, both in numbers and quality, had been quickly filled over the past few days during the recruitment.

Fang Yu even felt that Song Zhenrong was gradually regaining the feeling he had when he was a captain in the Foolish Underworld. His every word and action had a bit of his former confident flair.

If only Song Xi hadn’t been attacked by the Defiled Blood Clone Demon, and ended up like this, perhaps Song Zhenrong would still be in Thunder City, still the beloved Captain Song of the Foolish Underworld.

"Honestly, these past few days, I’ve also felt that it’s been too calm."

Such a large team moving creates quite a commotion. If demons attacked from time to time, that would be the norm.

As it is, it makes people a bit uneasy.

A feeling akin to waiting for a storm to come turning the world upside down.

However, for Fang Yu, unless it’s like in Thunder City, where a wave of ten thousand Blood Demons comes.

Otherwise, for regular demons, he is not afraid, he’d kill one he sees, one group at a time, without any fear. It was just that protecting the team was a bit difficult to cover comprehensively.

Though Song Zhenrong found it strange, his idea was to strengthen the patrol intensity.

"I think we should go to the back where we came from and have someone check around." Fang Yu suggested thoughtfully.

The way they came was naturally the main road.

And since they hadn’t encountered demons along the way, it was relatively safe.

Even if they go back and explore a bit deeper, there’s a certain degree of safety.

"Since Mr. Diao is also so concerned, I’ll call some hands to investigate it."

Soon, a group of people was selected.

Leading the charge was Zheng Jiajun, one of the original five who joined the Guard Team.

[Zheng Jiajun: 3000/3000.]

Aside from Zheng Jiajun, several Thousand Blood Warriors were also gathered, apparently to support Zheng Jiajun.

Song Zhenrong was from the Foolish Underworld, so the team structure was naturally similar to the Foolish Underworld’s setup.

Whether Zheng Jiajun or the Thousand Blood Warriors, they were all volunteering for the task, looking quite eager.

Once Song Zhenrong explained the mission arrangement, several shouted in unison.

"We’ll complete the mission for sure!"

Their voices loud, their stance straight, they had a bit of a regular army feel.

As they were about to set off, Fang Yu thought for a moment and spoke.

"How about I go with them?"

Song Zhenrong shook his head.

"Sir, they’re just going for reconnaissance. You’re the backbone. Without you leading, this team can’t withstand a demon attack."

Since Song Zhenrong said so, Fang Yu didn’t insist further.

Song Zhenrong was clearly aware of his own strength.

Though handling a demon alone wasn’t a problem, it was indeed hard to ensure everyone’s safety closely at the same time.

Only having a force surpassing the demon’s ability would ensure minimizing casualties when demons appeared.

Due to the reconnaissance nature of the task, the team provided over ten fast horses.

Mounting the horses, they all looked toward Song Zhenrong.

With a silent wave of Song Zhenrong’s hand, those men rode the best horses in the team, charging onto the road behind.

In no time, they disappeared from sight.