Dream Cycle Method

Night was falling.

The escort convoy stopped for the day and found an area by the river to set up a simple camp.

The prisoners were forcibly divided into two groups. One consisted of the elderly, the weak, women, and children; the other was made up of young and middle-aged adults. They camped in separate locations.

This was Black Stone's idea.

There was only one purpose—to give those with ill intentions an opportunity to band together.

The elderly, weak, women, and children were unlikely to stir up trouble in secret. Only the young and middle-aged adults had the nerve.

Separating these people into their own group naturally made it easier for them to gather and cause trouble.

Furthermore.

To "encourage" them to cause trouble, the guards deliberately relaxed their vigilance.

They fired their magic muskets into the river, blasting up quite a few fish, then happily started grilling them by the riverbank.

And in the eyes of those with ulterior motives, wasn't this a perfect opportunity?

It was nighttime, they were by a river, and the guards were rather lax. Every condition for causing trouble had been met.

Half an hour later.

The expected event occurred.

The young and middle-aged prisoners, who had been obedient just moments ago, suddenly erupted into chaos.

"Everyone, run away!"

"Jump into the river and you can escape!"

"If we stay here, we can only wait to die!"

All kinds of shouts rang out.

More than two hundred prisoners rushed into the river, intending to escape by water.

In their view, the river flowed quickly enough that they could drift more than a hundred kilometers overnight and come ashore to escape at any point along the way.

Besides, the night itself was natural cover, greatly increasing the difficulty of pursuing them.

In short.

This was