Shen Heng looked at the Two-Horned Lizard.
"I need you to distract the Black Rat at certain times."
"Draw their attention away?" The Two-Horned Lizard glanced at the Black Rat camp in the distance, then frowned and looked away.
"No, this... You need to understand, our current identities are those Calamity Beast captured by those Black Rat and brought back to mine!"
"In this situation, even the slightest misspoken word could get us killed by those Black Rat Black Rat. Especially now, when they're aware of our presence and have imposed a complete lockdown!"
How do you want me to distract those guys?
"And what do you want to do after I lured you away?"
"I need to go out and scout the situation to see if we can still get out by crossing that ring of mountains like before," Shen Heng said.
"You're going out to scout?" The Two-Horned Lizard frowned, glanced outside, and then quickly looked away, saying, "No, even if I could distract those guys, how would you get out?"
"During the day, those guys were separated when they escorted us to the mines; I don't have the ability to lure them all over to me."
"Even if I draw their attention here at night, the nearest forest is still quite a distance away. If they take a quick look, you won't be able to escape."
"I know that, but you don't need to worry about it. We have our own methods!" Shen Heng said.
Your... method?... The Two-Horned Lizard paused, its gaze fixed on the human before it.
He realized that this must be the ability of one of the two humans!
Can they evade those Black Rat ' rough reconnaissance? Hmm... If they can only evade this level of reconnaissance, they don't seem very strong. I'm not sure if it's because their abilities are inherently weak, or because their abilities have been weakened since they've become Calamity Beast.
"How is it?" came the question.
"Huh?" The Two-Horned Lizard was taken aback and looked over.
"Um, what's your suggestion to help distract the Black Rat?" Shen Heng said, looking at the Two-Horned Lizard.
Without immediately replying, the Two-Horned Lizard frowned and lowered its head in deep thought.
After a long pause, it raised its eyes and asked, "Is this the only way? Can't we wait a little longer?"
"If it were before, we would have had no choice but to wait, but now..." Shen Heng paused, his gaze fixed on the Two-Horned Lizard.
"We can't be sure how far we've progressed in forgetting things, how long it will last, or whether we'll encounter any unexpected events while exploring."
"Wait for now, of course, but what if we find that the rate of forgetting is faster than we imagined, or what if we encounter any unexpected events while exploring?"
"Having spent so much time waiting, we really had no room for maneuver when faced with that situation later."
"Now, if we encounter any special situations while we're out, we can still find a way to solve them. But if we go out again later, there really won't be any way!"
The Two-Horned Lizard pondered silently for a moment, then seemed to suddenly remember something, raised its eyes, and said sharply:
"Let's distract those Black Rat, then you guys go investigate. You're not thinking of using this opportunity to run away, are you?!"
"..."
This actually seems to work... Shen Heng pondered for a moment, then looked up at the Two-Horned Lizard that was staring at him with wide eyes and a wary expression.
He thought for a moment and said:
"I can take you to see the Stone, that Stone-Armored Beast. We'll leave it here, just like you."
"No way!" The Two-Horned Lizard refused without even thinking. "That thing is Calamity Beast, and you're humans. If you find a chance to escape, the two of you can run away. What's the point of keeping it here?"
Shen Heng stood there, unable to refute the statement for a moment.
If a Calamity Beast tells him that it has captured a human as a companion and is now in danger, and if it sees a way out but that way requires it to abandon that person, it will not abandon them.
Shen Heng probably couldn't believe it either.
Of course, Calamity Beast cannot be compared to humans.
However, it is not possible for two opposing sides to unconditionally trust each other.
"Then what do you want to do?" Shen Heng asked.
"That's easy, I'll go out with you!" The Two-Horned Lizard puffed out its chest slightly.
"Are you sure you want to come with us tonight? Mining only continues until sunset, most likely to avoid nighttime. In this situation, going out is probably more dangerous than staying! And..."
After a slight pause, Shen Heng looked up at the Two-Horned Lizard.
"Aren't you afraid we'll kill you if you come out with us?"
The Two-Horned Lizard's figure stiffened for a moment.
The first part was fine; since the humans dared to go, it naturally dared to go too. But the second part...
Somewhat hesitant, the Two-Horned Lizard looked at the human before it.
"Can I bring two more?"
"If I could, do you think I would need your help to distract those Black Rat?" Shen Heng asked, looking at the Two-Horned Lizard.
Somewhat troubled, the Two-Horned Lizard took a deep breath.
It pondered for a moment and said:
"That ability to provide cover and help us get out shouldn't be yours, right? It belongs to that human woman?"
"Hmm, what's wrong?" Shen Heng asked.
"In that case, you don't need to go. I'll choose a Calamity Beast to go, and you can send the human woman. That way, one of us will go out on each side, and when we return, we can both believe the news we receive," said the Two-Horned Lizard.
"Did you think I went along for fun?" Shen Heng said, somewhat exasperated.
"Uh..." The Two-Horned Lizard opened its mouth, looking at the human in front of it with some hesitation.
Shen Heng let out a soft breath, his gaze fixed on the Two-Horned Lizard.
"In that case, if you get a Calamity Beast, we'll try our best to bring it back."
There was no response; their eyes met.
Looking into the human's eyes, the Two-Horned Lizard understood that the other was serious.
There isn't much difference between this and before; it's just that the one who went out was replaced by one of their own.
If these two humans really wanted to escape, given their abilities...
With only one Calamity Beast appearing on their side, there's definitely a way to kill that guy.
But I disagree...
"Alright then, as you said, you two go!" the Two-Horned Lizard said after thinking for a long time.
"Oh?" Shen Heng looked at the Two-Horned Lizard with some surprise.
He originally thought that after the Two-Horned Lizard mentioned that he and Qin Yu might run away on their own, it would definitely not agree to let the two of them go by themselves, but he didn't expect that.