bookrebus #322 - Chapter 322: Blame It Together
#322 - Chapter 322: Blame It Together
The Mountain-Pulling Herculean, along with twenty-six hidden professionals, silently moved towards the location where the spring array's energy was gathering.
Several hours passed in this way, with numerous changes in destination. Finally, the Mountain-Pulling Herculean stopped and muttered to himself:
"The enemy keeps changing targets. Do they not want to fight me? I wonder how long the spring array's energy can last?"
The Mountain-Pulling Herculean seemed to be talking to himself, but he was actually using this method to inquire with the hidden professionals around him.
One of the hidden formation masters immediately squatted down, touching the ground with his left hand to sense the information of the spring array.
After a moment, the formation master made a hand gesture, the meaning of which was:
[The energy accumulated by the spring array in the past can only last for three days. If the professionals provide energy, it can last longer.]
An assassin next to him saw this information and immediately reached out to touch the Mountain-Pulling Herculean's left hand, transmitting the information by tapping his fingers.
After understanding the information, the Mountain-Pulling Herculean muttered to himself again: "The enemy is constantly changing positions, I can't catch up with him at all. What should I do?"
The hidden professionals all looked troubled upon hearing these words.
To catch the enemy who was destroying the spring array, and to avenge the three assassins who came before, they had made many preparations.
Among them, they had prepared over a hundred powerful tools to restrain the enemy, and countless other types of tools.
However, to use these tools, they needed to get close to the target.
But the target always left early, and they couldn't get within the range of the tools in time.
Therefore, the tools had not played a significant role so far.
At this moment, a formation master made a series of hand gestures, meaning: [Integrate the tools into the spring array, and when the enemy approaches, use the array to activate the tools.]
As soon as the formation master expressed his opinion, an assassin next to him made hand gestures to object:
[The enemy can destroy the spring array. If we use the spring array to activate the tools, it's like giving the tools to him. If we don't use the spring array, then it will be incompatible with the spring array and easier to be discovered.]
The formation master thought for a moment and immediately proposed a second suggestion through hand gestures:
[Then let's set up an Inversion Formation and expand the spring array over there, and see if the enemy destroys it faster, or we expand it faster.]
The second suggestion was also opposed by the assassin:
[The enemy can destroy the spring array, so he can definitely stop us from expanding the spring array. Maybe he has already prepared a trap waiting for us.]
After the assassin objected, a Mountain Shield Guardian professional next to him also made various hand gestures, opposing the formation master:
[Even if there is no trap, the location where we set up the Inversion Formation is close to the Emperor Realm's teleportation array, where all the sixth-order professionals from the Emperor Realm are gathered. Going there is suicide.]
After reading the hand gesture information, the formation master quickly proposed more suggestions with hand gestures:
[We can seek help from those professionals who control the spring array and ask them to help set up the Inversion Formation to expand the spring array.]
The assassin next to him once again made opposing hand gestures:
[Those people have long known that the spring array was being destroyed, but they let others come to solve it, which led to the death of all three assassins who came before. They are afraid of death and there is no possibility of cooperation.]
Next, the group continued to discuss with hand gestures.
The Mountain-Pulling Herculean, seeing that no one had answered him for a long time, began to talk to himself again:
"What should I do? Am I going to maintain the status quo and accept a failed ending? Can I bear the punishment of the plane's will?"
The hidden people were silent upon hearing these words. Then, the formation master made hand gestures again:
[We don't understand the spring array. If we let the people who control the spring array set up the Inversion Formation, and they don't go, then that's their problem, and it has nothing to do with us.]
Everyone was instantly enlightened upon hearing this.
If they didn't dare to solve the problem, they would shirk responsibility and pass it on to others.
At this time, the assassin who had been opposing the formation master also made hand gestures:
[We will continue to monitor the thing that is destroying the spring array. This is to buy time for others to set up the Inversion Formation.]
The formation master saw that the assassin was finally no longer opposing him, and a smile appeared on his face. Then, he reached out and touched the Mountain-Pulling Herculean's arm, transmitting information through finger touches.
After receiving all the information, the Mountain-Pulling Herculean found that this information was harmless to him, so he did not oppose everyone.
The Mountain-Pulling Herculean directly took out the communication token, injected energy, and said:
"I will keep an eye on the person who is destroying the spring array. Take this opportunity to quickly send someone to set up the Inversion Formation and expand the spring array."
After transmitting the information, the Mountain-Pulling Herculean continued to move towards Fang Che's location.
At this moment, in the core location of the spring array, the manager's face became very ugly after hearing the information transmitted from the communication token.
Others even cursed directly.
"These bastards are obviously afraid to set up the Inversion Formation and are deliberately making us take the blame."
"We must not listen to them. We must let them set up the Inversion Formation."
"Don't even think about making us take the blame. Just tell them that we need to control the spring array and can't get away. Let them figure it out themselves."
"Just let them go themselves..."
The spring array manager silently listened to everyone's suggestions. When everyone could not come up with suitable suggestions and was just venting their emotions, he clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, be quiet."
Everyone quickly quieted down, but their expressions were still not good.
The spring array manager said: "If we refuse to set up the Inversion Formation on the grounds that we are controlling the spring array, they can also use the reason of monitoring the enemy to avoid setting up the Inversion Formation."
"If we shirk responsibility to each other, the plane's will will only think that we are only concerned with internal strife and do not care about the mission. This will affect our image and be detrimental to future development."
"In my opinion, we should still accept the task and send our fifth-order professionals to set up the Inversion Formation, and let those fifth-order professionals die for us."
A professional next to him frowned and said, "The people under us already know that it is very dangerous over there and have already prepared to escape. It is difficult for us to order them."
The manager reminded expressionlessly: "After issuing the order, you can give them some hints to let them escape or find a place to hide."
"In the future, if we are defeated, we can say that they are afraid of death and dare not carry out the mission, and shift the responsibility for the defeat to them."
Everyone nodded silently upon hearing this.
After a moment, a professional said: "Although the fifth-order professionals cannot take all the responsibility, they can share some of it for us."
"Next, let's draft a specific order. As for other hints, complete them outside of the order, so that no evidence will be left behind."
The manager nodded, immediately took out paper and pen, wrote a bunch of orders, and then handed them to everyone, saying:
"Discuss and fill in the names of who to choose. Remember, when hinting at others, activate the anti-recording and anti-sound recording tools, and don't let anyone catch you."
Everyone nodded, and then discussed who to send to set up the Inversion Formation.