On the main road.
Two figures walked forward side by side.
"Are we really not going to try the plan that Elder Zhou suggested?" Han Ling asked, turning her head.
Shen Heng glanced at Han Ling, "Which option would you prefer to try?"
"Hmm... If it were just a simple idea, I might not support it, but Elder Zhou has already found usable terrain, and it seems he has likely already formulated a complete plan. In that case, I think it's worth a try!" Han Ling said after thinking for a moment.
"If that's the case, why did you choose to oppose it just now?" Shen Heng asked casually.
Upon hearing this, Han Ling paused, her gaze fixed on Shen Heng.
Shen Heng also stopped.
He turned to look at Han Ling, who was staring at him, paused, and smiled:
"Don't worry about me. This meeting is for everyone to express their opinions. Since you're here, just say what you think! Besides, no one can guarantee that their opinion is correct, not even me!"
Han Ling looked at the figure staring at her and sighed softly in her heart.
As expected...
She wasn't surprised by the answer, after all, the other person was used to considering other people's feelings and suppressing their own.
Just like the response I gave them months ago after I told them I had used the Azure Talisman Jade...
"I understand!" Han Ling nodded.
"That's good!"
The figure moved forward again, and Han Ling followed.
However, after taking only a few steps, the figure beside him suddenly stopped.
"That's right!"
"What's wrong?" Han Ling looked up at her.
"What I just said, we need to exclude the possibility that I'm transmitting my voice to you!" Shen Heng said, looking at Han Ling.
"Give me... the details of the telepathic communication?" Han Ling repeated the question without much certainty.
"Well, for example, most people, including you, support a certain plan, but I always feel that something is wrong, so I oppose that plan. In this case, in order to emphasize the importance of my opinion, I will send you a telepathic message and ask you to change your mind to support it!" Shen Heng explained.
Most people support it, but he doesn't?... Han Ling pondered, her brows furrowing slightly.
Shen Heng looked at Han Ling's furrowed brows and said, "Of course, ultimately it depends on your personal wishes. If this situation really arises, and you are unwilling, then just do what you think is best!"
"No, that's not what I meant. I'm just wondering why you suddenly said that!" Han Ling looked up and said.
Shen Heng looked at Han Ling, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
"If I had to put it bluntly, it's just patching up a problem, since nobody knows what the future holds! Even if that situation does occur, it's perfectly normal that my insistence is wrong and the majority's insistence is right!"
"If that really happens, then what you're insisting on is the right thing to do!" Han Ling said almost without hesitation.
"Hmm? Why?" Shen Heng looked at Han Ling with slight surprise.
Her almost uninterrupted reply made him feel that Han Ling was more confident in him than he was in himself!
"Given your situation, unless you genuinely felt something was wrong, you wouldn't be the one to voice an opposing opinion when everyone else is in agreement," Han Ling said earnestly, looking at Shen Heng. "Besides, isn't there another saying?"
"What did you say?" Shen Heng asked.
Truth is always held by a minority!
"..."
The scene fell silent.
The two looked at each other.
Suddenly, Shen Heng chuckled softly.
"There's hope!"
He turned around and continued walking forward.
"Oh right, you haven't answered my question from earlier!" Han Ling added from the side.
"What question... Oh, the one about actually trying out the plan that Elder Zhou suggested?" Shen Heng asked.
"Okay!" Han Ling nodded.
"But as I said before, it's uncertain whether the Calamity Beast Calamity Beast will actually pass through that direction, whether we can lure it there, and whether it will enter the valley once Calamity Beast gets there..."
" Captain Shen!"
As Shen Heng spoke, he nodded to the soldiers who passed by and greeted him.
A moment later, the words fell.
"So, you think that plan is almost impossible to succeed?" Han Ling asked.
"No, there's still a chance of success, at least..." Shen Heng paused before continuing, "There's more than a 50% chance of success!"
"Then why don't you do it?" Han Ling looked at Shen Heng with some confusion.
"We followed the plan and successfully ambushed the Calamity Beast again. And then?" Shen Heng asked Han Ling.
Upon hearing this, Han Ling opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to say that they should continue to look for opportunities to ambush like this.
However, after its lips parted and moved a few times, they slowly closed again.
"You thought of that too, didn't you?" Shen Heng asked, looking at Han Ling's expression.
Even if we succeed this time, the extremely close proximity means we'll almost certainly never have another chance to ambush the Calamity Beast!
"And the only benefit of this successful ambush was a slight delay and fewer casualties. Nothing else!"
"But what we will face are all sorts of problems that could lead to failure!"
There was no response; Han Ling lowered her head in thought.
After a long silence, he nodded and said:
"I see!"
Shen Heng nodded slightly.
"Of course, it's not that it can't be used at all, but if we really have to use it..."
He paused, looking at the road ahead, pondering his recent unpleasant feelings, and said:
"Let's postpone it a little longer!"
" Captain Shen!"
Two more soldiers passing by greeted them.
Shen Heng nodded in response.
"But wouldn't saying that so directly just now make Elder Zhou angry? After all, he's been preparing for so long!" Han Ling was used to this kind of situation.
"I'm definitely angry, but don't worry, I won't have any objections!" Shen Heng said to Han Ling.
"Is that so?" Han Ling asked, not entirely sure.
"Well, I don't know about the generals in the other Erosion Zone, but right now, the ones in the Plateau Erosion Zone —the Chief of Staff, General Wang from North-Pacifying City, and Elder Zhou —don't seem to care about this!" Shen Heng walked forward. "Of course, after Elder Zhou goes back, he might continue to study and refine that plan, hoping to persuade them next time..."
The conversation suddenly stopped there.
The two stopped where they were and looked ahead.
In my field of vision, a huge figure, as large as a child, ran quickly towards me, its voice both heavy and light.
"Laugh--"
The Stone-Armored Beast abruptly stopped dozens of meters in front of the two, then looked at Han Ling with a not-so-pleasant smile.
"Lord Han Ling!"
His gaze shifted to another figure standing on Lady Han Ling.
The smile on the Stone-Armored Beast's lips unconsciously faded.
"Lord Shen... Lord Shen Heng!"