Night, in the woods.
The Two-Horned Lizard stood in the open space, its brows slightly furrowed as it looked at the map on the ground.
Circles, lines, and some strange shapes used to emphasize certain information, along with a bunch of text mixed in with the whole map.
It hesitated for a moment, then frowned and raised its gaze:
"I understand everything else, but your tactic... isn't it a bit too complicated?!"
Shen Heng looked up at it. "The difference in strength is too great. Only in this way can we prolong the time that the Black Rat are delayed as much as possible."
"Besides, this plan isn't actually that complicated."
"Your feeling of complexity stems from the fact that, as the recipient of the entire strategy, you are receiving the same information that all the other Calamity Beast are receiving; that's why it feels complicated."
"When it comes to a single Calamity Beast Calamity Beast, most of them only have one or two things to do, and they won't forget them."
"Well..."
The Two-Horned Lizard hesitated for a moment, then quickly glanced at the map again.
That certainly seems to be the case!
but...
"Why is there no information exchange or anything on this map? Don't I remember that what you humans like to do most is collect information and then adjust your specific combat methods?" it asked, frowning.
"It's not about liking it, it's about necessity," Shen Heng corrected it, looking at it.
"So there's no need for this this time?" The Two-Horned Lizard frowned.
Shen Heng let out a soft breath:
" Black Stone Valley is too large. Once the Black Rat Clan notices the situation and quickly deploys their people, the team that received the message will probably collapse before we even receive the news."
"In this situation, let alone passing on messages, I'd be lucky if they could just keep things going as planned."
"After all, based on my understanding of you, if the participating Calamity Beast don't see a chance of winning the battle, they will immediately start to retreat and then decide what to do based on the situation."
Shen Heng paused briefly, looked at the Two-Horned Lizard, hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"Of course, if your organizational skills are good enough to bring them together, then I can adjust the current battle plan once again."
"The new plan will be more compatible with a wider range of situations and will be better able to prevent unexpected events."
"Uh, never mind then."
The Two-Horned Lizard refused without the slightest hesitation.
As Calamity Beast, it naturally has a better understanding of the nature of other Calamity Beast.
Let alone the ordinary Calamity Beast below, even it, when it sees that things are not going well, its first thought is how to run away!
It didn't seem to have any problem with this.
On the contrary, it feels that those humans who fight for other things are the ones with something wrong with their brains!
Hmm... including this human in front of me!
Shen Heng looked at the Two-Horned Lizard calmly. "Alright, if there are no other questions, then you can leave after making a note of this. Remember to pass this on to the other Calamity Beast when you get back, and we'll start the operation tomorrow night."
"Hmm? So fast?" The Two-Horned Lizard frowned.
"We don't know when the Black Rat that went out will return, so let's try to do it as soon as possible," Shen Heng said with a slightly serious tone.
If the Black Rat that went out return, then the current plan will almost certainly be rendered useless.
I don't know when I'll get another chance like this, or even if such an opportunity will ever come again.
But I wonder what's going on with those Black Rat when they go out hunting? Did they just disappear and come back when the time comes? Or are they stuck at the edge of the world, unable to move?
If I happen to see it later, I might take a look from a distance, but getting closer... with my current body, I'd better not.
"Okay, I understand!" The Two-Horned Lizard thought for a moment and nodded.
Things will definitely get very bad if those Black Rat that went out come back!
It lowered its head and quickly recorded the information on the map.
Fortunately, although its mental attack ability has disappeared, its mental strength is no longer at the current Second Tier.
Although it can no longer be used for attacks, it can still be of considerable help in matters of memory.
It quickly looked up and said:
"Alright, I've written it all down!"
"What should we pay attention to when handing over the mission to those Calamity Beast that were the first to act?" Shen Heng asked.
"Be careful not to let them know..."
The Two-Horned Lizard lizard answered one question after another.
The battle plan and maps are still drawn on the ground, but it doesn't bother to look at them. It remembers them, so what's the point?
but...
Why do they seem so harmonious?
The Two-Horned Lizard was a little confused, but before it could think about it further, another question came its way, and it answered again.
After a while, confirming that the Two-Horned Lizard had indeed memorized the entire plan, Shen Heng nodded and placed his palm on the ground.
With a gentle sway of its paw forward, the Origin Power, carrying sand and stones, slowly rolled towards the map on the ground.
The sand and stones fell, leaving only a mess in the place.
The Two-Horned Lizard stared blankly at the scene before it. How was that done?
"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go ahead. I'll take a detour and go back from another direction."
A sound came.
The Two-Horned Lizard turned its attention back to the 'human'.
"Um."
After a brief response, it lifted its leg to leave.
But before the figure could move, the human's voice came again:
"By the way, do you know about Underground Demon?"
" Underground Demon? You actually believe in that?" The Two-Horned Lizard turned its gaze back, a smug smile playing on its lips.
"What, you can't believe me?" Shen Heng looked at the Two-Horned Lizard with some doubt.
The Two-Horned Lizard raised its head and said, "Our Arcane Lizard Clan has occupied the mines for many years, and we also capture other Calamity Beast to help us mine, so we are very familiar with this."
"Of course, ours is a little different. Ours is that continuous mining of the mountain will disturb the demons lurking underground. If mining continues without restraint, it will one day completely awaken the demons beneath the earth."
"The awakened demon will then emerge and devour everything!"
"Therefore, in order to quell, or rather, to appease the Underground Demon, we periodically select some of the less useful ones—those who haven't mined much—and capture them to be sacrificed underground!"
"That's what they say, but actually it's just a lie to get those guys to mine more!"
"We always secretly brought back the sacrificial offerings to our tribe to add to our meals!"
"So, this is fake?" Shen Heng asked.
"Otherwise what?" The Two-Horned Lizard looked at Shen Heng as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"Yes, just confirming. You can go back now!" Shen Heng nodded.
The Two-Horned Lizard gave the human in front of it a strange look, hesitated for a moment, and then turned and walked away into the distance.
After walking for a while, it turned its head to look back, and only after confirming that the human had not followed did it relax and turn its gaze away.
"Why did that human specifically ask about the Underground Demon at the end? Is there a problem with that? Hmm... I'll have Black Jade Lion and the others check again tonight when we get back."
"Right now, the most important thing is still that human plan."
As the Two-Horned Lizard walked forward, it pondered the entire plan it had just made, trying to find the place where the human had harmed them.
But after thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't figure it out, just like when I first encountered it.
The biggest problem is that the human didn't even ask where they were running to. If they wanted to harm them, they should at least have known where they were going beforehand, right?
But no...
The entire plan was designed to incite riots.
Their role seems to be limited to organizing the other Calamity Beast and leading Calamity Beast to carry out the plan in the early stages of the uprising.
So, did that human really not intend to do anything to them? Or did he simply lack the energy to deal with them in his current situation? Or perhaps that human had already laid a trap, hidden within the two paths he had previously mentioned?
The Two-Horned Lizard walked forward thoughtfully.
Well, regardless of whether that human intends to scheme against them or not, they have to do everything they can to avoid them!
As for turning the tables on the other side...
Just as the human didn't ask them how they wanted to run, they also didn't know how the human wanted to run.
In this situation, it's completely impossible to outsmart the other party.
No, it's not that there's absolutely no chance.
The Two-Horned Lizard frowned.
That human is going to deal with the Black Rat sent by the Black Rat Clan to handle their recent riot at the Origin Ore!
So it will definitely be there.
But here's the problem: if they want to scheme against each other, where can they do it?
But what if this causes the other party's plan to fail?
If those Fifth Tier Black Rat aren't killed by then, and we can move around freely to deal with them, then they'll probably have to stay and die with the enemy!