Volume 2: Living with Ghosts Chapter 018 Entering the Village
Zhang Fengyu did not point out the drawbacks of this approach directly, but expressed his views indirectly in a tactful way.
Zhang Fengyu knew that he was a rookie and logically he had no right to criticize the practices of the old guys like Wang Lin. However, if this drawback was not resolved soon, they might lose their lives in the future, so they must not be careless. This was why Zhang Fengyu suddenly pointed it out.
Zhang Fengyu thought that what he said was relatively tactful, but what he didn't know was that this "paper talk" method was completely based on Wang Lin's own experience and the coping method he summarized. And this method has always been very effective in the execution of tasks. Even the two wise men in the team, Chen Ping and Li Xuan, did not raise any objections, so it is conceivable whether the doubts of this newcomer would work.
Wang Lin naturally would not accept it. Even though Zhang Fengyu seemed to have great potential, in Wang Lin's eyes, he was definitely not as good as Chen Ping and Li Xuan. Since Chen Ping and Li Xuan both said there was no problem, then he thought there was naturally no problem.
Wang Lin shook his head and responded, "Feng Yu, you have experienced too few missions. You won't think like this in the future."
Wang Lin stopped paying attention to Zhang Fengyu after he finished speaking, and Zhang Fengyu could only curl his lips helplessly. However, Zhang Feng saw Wang Lin's attitude clearly, and in his eyes, this was a good opportunity for revenge.
Influenced by the last mission, Zhang Feng hated newcomers who knew nothing. This was also the main reason why he disliked Zhang Fengyu in the beginning. However, as Zhang Fengyu was valued by Wang Lin, this reason had turned into jealousy.
Zhang Fengyu has only been here for a few days? Why can he be valued by Wang Lin and others just after he arrived here, and can be frank and criticize the way they deal with the task? What makes Zhang Feng angry the most is that every time he and Zhang Fengyu have a dispute, everyone will stand on Zhang Fengyu's side and then impeach him.
You have to know that Zhang Feng is an old man who has experienced several missions. He is at least a comrade-in-arms with everyone else. But everyone is helping a newcomer to suppress him. Naturally, Zhang Feng finds it hard to swallow this anger. He doesn't care about potential or not. Having the three of Wang Lin pressing down on him is enough to make him angry. He doesn't want to let another person go up.
"Who the hell do you think you are? The captain praised you a few times before, so you think you are the savior! What qualifications do you have to give us advice? Let me tell you, the reason why we are still alive is that we analyzed the hints very thoroughly before entering the mission. That's why we were not in a hurry during the mission! You are so self-righteous, and you are taking advantage of everyone just because they are nice to you...!"
Zhang Feng once again challenged Zhang Fengyu's temper. Even if he treated this kind of person as a wild dog that could only bark, the noise of this wild dog was really annoying. Zhang Fengyu would not bite back, but teaching this wild dog a lesson was inevitable!
Zhang Feng was still chattering, he didn't see Zhang Fengyu had walked over with a forced smile, maybe he didn't expect that Zhang Fengyu would actually attack him. But Zhang Feng undoubtedly underestimated Zhang Fengyu's courage and temper.
"Pass!"
"ah!"
Without saying anything, Zhang Fengyu punched Zhang Feng hard. Zhang Fengyu was caught off guard and screamed, covering mouth and stepped back several steps. Then he stared at Zhang Fengyu with angry eyes and rushed over while cursing.
"How dare you hit me! I think you are really tired of living!"
Neither of them liked the other, so they started fighting, with ugly swear words being heard all the time.
Chen Ping was very interested in the fight between the two men, and he even smiled, which was rare. He was obviously just watching the fun, and had no intention of trying to stop the fight. Chen Ping didn't feel anything, but Wang Lin was very angry. He yelled at the two men, "Stop it!"
After shouting this, Wang Lin glared at Chen Ping who was watching the fun, but Chen Ping still didn't care and didn't plan to stop him. Seeing Chen Ping's behavior, Wang Lin felt that it was right to hand over the captaincy to Li Xuan. Although Chen Ping had always been a military advisor, giving them advice on the tasks they faced. But everyone knew that Chen Ping was extremely selfish. He did this just by chance. Whenever there was an opportunity to choose, he would definitely not care about the life and death of others.
Wang Lin's shout did not calm the two people who were fighting, and Wang Lin's face became even uglier.
"Don't you fucking stop it!"
This time Wang Lin rushed forward directly and kicked each of them mercilessly. The power of this kick was extremely great. Zhang Fengyu only felt a huge force coming at him, and then his body flew backwards, and the same happened to Zhang Feng.
Although Wang Lin's kick was fierce, it woke the two men up, and then they met Wang Lin's murderous gaze. No one dared to look at Wang Lin, and each of them looked away and began to brush off the dust on their bodies.
The two wanted to throw the matter away, but Wang Lin obviously had no intention of letting it go. He taught them a lesson without mercy: "How old are you two? Are you just children who act without thinking? Don't you know we are on a mission? Let me tell you, we are about to face a ghost that kills people without being seen. We don't know how many dangers there will be. Instead of thinking carefully, you still want to fight. You don't want to live, but we do!!!"
After being scolded by Wang Lin, Zhang Feng felt a little aggrieved and argued, "Captain Wang, this is not my fault at all. You saw it too. He was the first to start it!"
However, Zhang Feng's defense was met with even greater ridicule from Wang Lin: "Zhang Feng, you are an old man who has experienced several missions. It would be fine if you didn't reflect on your impulsiveness, but now you are learning to complain! Do you think this is a school? Do you think I am the teacher who is responsible for watching over you? You don't use your brain when you speak!"
Zhang Feng's face turned red and white, and he almost vomited blood out of depression, but he didn't dare to argue with Wang Lin. He could only bite the cigarette tightly, and after lighting it, he took a deep puff!
Seeing Wang Lin's angry face, Zhang Fengyu secretly cursed himself for being too impulsive. Looking at Wang Lin with an apologetic look, Zhang Fengyu whispered, "Brother Wang, it's my fault. I shouldn't have been impulsive!"
Wang Lin only snorted in response to Zhang Fengyu's apology, and ignored Zhang Fengyu. Faced with Wang Lin's attitude, Zhang Fengyu could only smile bitterly.
The atmosphere suddenly became silent, and it lasted for a long time before Chen Ping spoke up to break the silence.
"The marriage ceremony mentioned in the supplementary hint, I think, should refer to the ceremony that allows us to come into contact with the women in this village. So the role of this marriage ceremony is obvious. We must use it to collect more clues. However, according to the customs emphasized in the supplementary hint, this test from the village should also exist."
At this point, Chen Ping took a special look and then said to him, "I remember you just questioned the method we chose when facing the task, right?"
Zhang Fengyu did not speak. Seeing this, Chen Ping continued, "Your doubts are not without reason. The method we have been using is very suitable for previous missions. However, when facing this mission, this method is indeed difficult to implement."
As soon as Chen Ping brought up the topic, Wang Lin took over Chen Ping's words: "The way we faced tasks in the past is only applicable to tasks without too many variables. Of course, this variable only refers to the prompts. After all, no matter what task you are going to perform, some variables are inevitable.
But if the variables are already highlighted in the hint, then the side can also reflect the many variables in this mission, such as the mission we are facing this time. In fact, you are bold enough to make suggestions, which is worthy of praise. After all, we are human beings, not gods, and it is inevitable that there will be situations such as inconsideration and omissions. "
Wang Lin indirectly agreed with Zhang Fengyu, but this abrupt remark made Zhang Fengyu a little surprised.
After finishing speaking, Wang Lin raised his hand and looked at the time. It was very close to the time for the marriage ceremony. Wang Lin did not want to stay any longer, so he stood up and said to everyone, "The time is very close, and there is no point in discussing it. So we might as well choose to enter the village now and see if we can find anything."
Since the captain had spoken, everyone naturally accepted the proposal. They all stood up and headed towards the women's village.
Women's Village was not very big. Standing where they were now, they could clearly see the entire outline of Women's Village. The overall shape of Women's Village was like an enlarged version of a bird's nest. The thatched houses were arranged in an orderly manner according to a special order, and finally formed an oval bird's nest with a hollow center and bulging sides.
The four of them walked very quickly, and five minutes later they were standing outside the woman's village. Looking closely at the village, everyone's expressions were somewhat relieved, because they found that there was nothing special about the village. The same small thatched house, the same small yard, and they could clearly hear the "woof woof" barking of dogs and the calls of some livestock coming from the village.
After observing for a while, everyone was ready to enter the village. However, before they got there, Wang Lin stopped everyone and said to them in a serious tone, "I don't care what you think, but put it aside now. Entering this village means our battle has begun. I hope that no matter where you go, you will remember this sentence: our enemies are ghosts, not humans. No matter what situation you are in in the future, don't do anything inhumane!"
Wang Lin's words were very serious, but Zhang Fengyu was the only one who really listened to them. Chen Ping simply ignored them, and Zhang Feng misunderstood the meaning of the words.
"Boss Wang, don't worry. As long as this new guy doesn't play tricks on me, I will never bother with him!"
While saying this, Zhang Feng deliberately glanced at Zhang Fengyu, but the latter obviously ignored him. After Zhang Feng finished speaking, Chen Ping also replied indifferently, saying: "Got it, go in quickly!"
After saying that, Chen Ping was the first to step into the manor, and then the rest of the people followed in one after another.
