Chapter 213 Unknown Answer
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Arthur asked nervously, thinking that there was something unsafe about his measures.
"It will take a long time to climb up such a high place. If there are no safety measures, your hands and feet will be very cold, so it is best to find a few ropes to hang on the icicles, so that you can free your hands to rest when you get tired."
As Su Ming spoke, he took a set of ropes from Xia Xiaoyu and distributed them to everyone one by one.
"Haha, Xiao Ming, you are very careful about such useless details." Sylvie said with a smile.
"Minister, this is not a useless detail. I am eliminating the risk." Su Ming said seriously.
Everyone spent another five minutes tying hemp ropes around their waists, and based on Jiang Yichuang's suggestions, they optimized the details by adding another rope to connect everyone together. Then, when climbing up, they used another rope to hang on the ice edge as a climbing point.
That way, even if someone does fall, the others can hold on.
The climb began, and everyone climbed up one after another on the ice ridges. During the climb, they used ropes to tie their waists to assist in gaining leverage. In this way, if their hands were too cold, they could let go of the ice ridges and stop to rest for a while.
Arthur's special ability can ignore the terrain and extend freely to create icicles. He encountered several difficult terrains along the way, but he got through them safely without any pressure.
Soon, they reached the halfway point of the mountain, where the village of Hope Church was located.
This village is larger than the two that Su Ming had remembered before. Although the wooden stakes used for protection in the village are perfunctory, looking at the houses inside, it can be seen that the living conditions in this village are not bad and are much better than those in other villages.
But at the same time, the strong sense of crisis in Su Ming's heart reappeared. This feeling had appeared before when he was attacked by those people in the dream.
When Su Ming was attacked by the man in his dream, he felt full of doubts. But now, the moment he saw this village, it was as if a piece of the puzzle was completed in his mind.
The last time they entered the village, they were attacked by the people in the dream. This time, just as they were about to enter the village, their super intuition began to remind them again.
Were they attacked by the people in the dream because they entered the village of the Hope Church?
"Okay, let's go in." Sylvie rubbed her frozen hands and walked forward.
Su Ming quickly stopped the other person.
"Minister, wait a minute! Something seems to be wrong!" Su Ming said.
Xi Wei stopped and stared at Su Ming in confusion, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Minister, don't you find it strange?" Su Ming asked.
The others looked at Su Ming with confusion. Xia Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, knowing that Su Ming's intuition had worked again, and stepped forward to ask, "Is there something strange about this village?"
"That's how it feels." Su Ming nodded solemnly, "But I still don't know what to do with them. Anyway, I don't think we can rush in now."
Xia Xiaoyu stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "Let me help you go in and take a look. They should all be human, and they shouldn't be able to see me."
"Well, you go in and take a look at the situation first." Su Ming thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
But just as Xia Xiaoyu was about to walk towards the village, a flash of lightning flashed through Su Ming's mind in an instant, and he hurriedly grabbed Xia Xiaoyu again.
"What's wrong?"
"I can't let you in!" Su Ming said coldly.
"Could it be... that there are inhuman monsters in there?" Xia Xiaoyu also fell into deep thought. To be honest, she felt that this possibility was unlikely.
The others were still being held outside by Su Ming. Several pairs of eyes were staring at Su Ming, waiting for him to give an explanation. Sylvie stepped forward and asked, "You said it felt strange. What's strange about it?"
Su Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he said carefully, "It's strange that we were attacked by the people in the dream before, right? They shouldn't know our location, because I didn't tell them the location of the village, right?"
"Well... this question is indeed very important. If we know the answer, it should save us a lot of trouble in the future. What? Have you figured out the answer?"
"Well..."
Su Ming quickly thought of a reasonable excuse in his mind. He did not require that the answer he gave be correct, he just hoped to delay everyone temporarily.
Time is very tight now. Stopping the action means wasting precious time. Once time is wasted, the still camera outside will click and they will not be able to get out.
But Su Ming's intuition told him that he should not walk into the village. This "action" of walking into the village was directly related to being attacked by the man in his dream!
Su Ming could vaguely feel that this was the piece of the puzzle that he felt was missing last time. Now the answer was in front of him, but he still couldn't figure out the logical connection between the two.
"I think, uh... I think the attack on us by the people in the dream has something to do with the village of Hope Church." Su Ming said.
He stared at everyone. Arthur and Liu Feiyun blinked, looked at each other, and then turned their gaze back to Su Ming. Jiang Yichuang had a blank expression on his face and stared at him very seriously. Flora's reaction was roughly the same. Three big words were written on everyone's face - go on.
But... he had already finished speaking. He only had this vague feeling and no reliable reasoning process, so he couldn't explain it to others.
That's how he felt, but he didn't know the reason yet, he couldn't figure it out!
Entering the village is related to being attacked by the person in the dream, and it is not safe enough for Xia Xiaoyu to enter the village. What is my super intuition reminding me of?
"It seems like you've made up your mind not to let us in, but you can't think of a good reason, right?" Sylvie smiled. "Then take a break here and think about it carefully. I'll give you half an hour. Either give a reason or come up with a better plan, or we'll have to go in."
No one wanted to waste time, but no one cared when Sylvie spoke. Everyone felt that this was a necessary step.
Sylvie told the others to find a place to sit down and give them half an hour to recuperate. Liu Feiyun was already very sleepy, so he found a flat place, lay down on the ground and fell asleep. Arthur sat on a big rock nearby and closed his eyes to rest.
Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. It would be enough as long as he didn't go in for the time being. He would definitely find out the reason.
Sylvie smiled and stared at Su Ming, seeming to be thinking about something.
She could feel that Su Ming's decision just now was obviously not well thought out, but he was so decisive, as if he knew that something bad would happen if he entered the village. Was that the genius's subconscious intuition?
Most people, even if they sense something is wrong, cannot be so decisive. It takes talent to be so confident in one's intuition... Haha, just like a wild beast.
Maybe this kid is particularly suitable for this kind of dangerous exploration mission, Sylvie thought to herself.
Su Ming squatted on the side, holding a branch, drawing circles on the ground, trying to sort out his thoughts.
The flaws of super intuition are finally revealed now. It can tell Su Ming what to do and what not to do, but it cannot tell Su Ming why this should not be done and that should be done.
If he was the only one acting alone, Su Ming wouldn't need to worry so much and could just turn around and leave.
But now he has to convince others.
After sleeping on Xia Xiaoyu's shoulder for a whole night, Alice, feeling full of energy, began to walk around in boredom, and then stopped beside Su Ming. She turned her big watery eyes, stared at Su Ming's face seriously, and asked in a very low voice: "Dad...what are you thinking about?"
Xia Xiaoyu saw that Su Ming was thinking hard and didn't want anyone to disturb him, so she immediately picked up Alice and walked aside.
She gently put Alice down, pinched her soft cheek, and said very gently: "Dad is thinking about something now, don't disturb him."
Alice rolled her smart little eyes and looked at Su Ming curiously. Then she turned her head and looked at Xia Xiaoyu again. She asked in a baby voice, "What is Dad thinking about?"
Xia Xiaoyu thought about it and was about to tell Alice the truth, but considering that she was still a child, she organized her words and tried to explain in words that a child could understand: "He was wondering why we were attacked by bad guys as soon as we entered this village."
Alice nodded, not quite understanding, lowered her head to think for a few seconds, raised her head, showed a puzzled expression, and said to Xia Xiaoyu: "Isn't it because the people in the village colluded with the bad guys?"
"Of course not, people in these villages were also attacked." Xia Xiaoyu explained patiently.
She was about to continue talking to Alice when Su Ming, who was deep in thought beside her, suddenly raised his head and looked in their direction.
He heard what Alice said and seemed to have received some inspiration.
"What did Alice say just now?" Su Ming asked her, his expression more serious than ever before.
Before Xia Xiaoyu could answer, Alice spoke first.
"Well... because the villagers are in collusion with the bad guys, otherwise how would the bad guys know we are here." Alice said obediently.
Su Ming's eyes lit up.
That's it!
Yes! That's it! He should have known the answer long ago!
"Minister, I understand!"
Sylvie was sitting on a rock. Su Ming walked up to her and squatted in front of her. He couldn't wait to explain his ideas to her.
As long as he told them, they would understand his obstruction just now, but it was not easy to explain the ins and outs of the matter.
Now Su Ming felt like a stick was stirring a mass of paste in his brain. The thing called the answer was mixed in the paste. He wanted to scoop it out, so he had to stir his dull brain more vigorously.
"Speak." Sylvie folded her fingers into the shape of a triangle tower, her elbows resting peacefully on her knees with a smile on her face. She looked elegant, serious, and calm.
She didn't look like someone who was rushing to complete a task within a deadline. She looked more like an examiner who was supervising Su Ming and others in completing their tasks .
Yes, she looked so calm.
"It was the God of Hope who told the dreamer about our location!" Su Ming took a deep breath and gave his answer.
