"At this point," Qiu Tu paused, then sharply surveyed all the members of the Dare-to-Die Team in front of him.
Sweat and dirt mingled on their faces. Possibly because they were exhausted from a day's work and then roused in the middle of the night, their expressions were somewhat weary.
Yet even so, their eyes were still full of determination and trust in themselves.
Qiu Tu imperceptibly nodded, then began to arrange, "In the coming days, to avoid having too many of us and exposing our tracks, and to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop, our four squads will operate separately and return to the real world separately."
At this, Qiu Tu looked towards the second squad and said,
"Second Squad, your Mission is to collect information on the distribution of Cataclysmic Creatures in the Xinjie Territory. There is a lesser presence of Cataclysmic Creatures in the Xinjie Territory, and over these three days, you should have almost completed this intelligence task."
"Behind me, on the east side of this hill at the foot of the mountain, there is a three-meter-deep pit."
"You will hide there to rest shortly."
"We will erase your traces after you have hidden."
"Tomorrow morning, our first squad will act to draw the attention of the Zhou Bing and the Evil Gods. Once we have their attention, I will send you a signal."
"Once you receive my signal, begin your tasks immediately."
"After finishing the final tasks, you all should take all the data and intelligence tomorrow, deactivate the 'Skull Talisman,' and return to the real world."
Hearing Qiu Tu's words, the team captain of Squad 2, Chen Feng, opened his mouth as if to say something,
But Qiu Tu immediately raised his hand to interrupt him, sternly saying, "Follow orders!"
"Yes!" Hearing this from Qiu Tu, Squad 2 saluted in unison.
Qiu Tu nodded slightly, then said, "Chen Feng, as the team captain, you'll be the last one to return to the real world."
"Before returning, I need you to set a fire around here to draw the attention of the Zhou Bing and the Evil Gods."
"Yes!" Chen Feng replied.
Seeing Squad 2 accept the orders, Qiu Tu looked towards the third squad and said, "Third Squad, you too should have mostly completed your tasks over the past few days."
"Tomorrow, while our first squad draws the enemy's attention, you can't sit idle; you must hurry to complete your work."
"You have one more day than Squad 2. The day after tomorrow is your final deadline."
"At that time, no matter how much you've completed, you all should set a fire to draw the enemy's attention and then deactivate the Skull Talisman and return to the real world!"
With the example of Squad 2 leading the way, Squad 3 did not argue, but silently saluted and acknowledged.
As for Squad 4, Qiu Tu's arrangements were similar.
The only difference was that Squad 4 had to coordinate with Qiu Tu's first squad on the first two days to distract the enemy forces, creating time and space for Squads 2 and 3.
Afterwards, they would return on the sixth day.
Although the Mission was heavy and very dangerous, Qiu Tu's first squad, which he led, had taken on even more dangerous and arduous tasks, so no complaints were voiced.
Just like that, all plans were set.
Qiu Tu commenced directing the four squads to move and hide.
In the dark forest, the night fell like thick ink, engulfing the entire forest into the endless darkness.
Trees towered into the clouds, their branches densely intertwined as if nature had woven a giant net that completely blocked the moonlight and starlight, leaving only mottled shadows swaying on the ground, adding a sense of eeriness and unrest.
The air was filled with the moist scent of mud and rotting leaves, occasionally mixed with the distant, deep roars of the Zhou Bing, bringing a chill to the spine.
In this dangerous forest, the four squads moved silently like ghosts in the night.
Soon, three squads had hidden in the deep pits that Qiu Tu had dug out using "Infinite Vision" + "Terrain Reconstruction".
Squad 1 then erased all traces before moving to the final hiding spot.
Qiu Tu was the last to enter the hiding spot. After cleaning up the tracks outside and faking other tracks forward, Qiu Tu entered the hiding spot and kept "Infinite Vision" on, observing the Evil God Whale Shark and the hundreds of Zhou Bing searching.
It might have been an overestimation of the Whale Shark and Zhou Bing's detection abilities, or perhaps the four squads were indeed well-hidden, but either way, the searches of the Whale Shark and Zhou Bing were messy and disorganized.
"Tonight should be trouble-free...."
Thinking this, Qiu Tu breathed a sigh of relief, then secretly absorbed a small piece of "Boundless Divine Crystal" to replenish his own energy, while continuing to covertly refine the "Central Hub."
According to his estimation, the "Central Hub" should be refined to two-thirds by tomorrow night. By then, he would possess the abilities of a third Domain Master.
According to Larilo's explanation, once the Central Hub was refined by one-third, the Domain Master would obtain the third ability related to the region: Infinite Teleportation.
As long as the Domain Master was within his own region, he could instantly teleport to any location within that region.
Moreover, there was no energy consumption.
Honestly, upon learning of this ability, Qiu Tu had been truly shocked.
It wasn't that the ability was particularly strong, but he couldn't understand why, with this ability, Larilo had still been successfully ambushed by Liu Xiongyuan and others.
Couldn't she have just teleported away to escape?