Castle of Black Iron

Chapter 51: On a whim

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In the last week of school for the graduating class of animals, both the school and Zhang Tie and the others were preparing for the first wilderness survival trial in their lives. The animals were a little uneasy because every year's graduates Every field trial will cause casualties. This is not an outing in the wild, but the first time for everyone to experience the cruelty of this era with their lives and blood. The world inside the city wall is completely different from the world outside the city wall.

On Monday morning, all the animals crowded into the big classroom for a big class. The lecturer was not a teacher in the school, but a senior who graduated from the previous level of this school and is now a soldier serving in the Black Flame City Guards. .

The senior told the story of their wild survival trial last year, and how he witnessed with his own eyes the two companions around him turned into two corpses due to a careless decision during the trial, turning two young lives into What turned into a corpse was just a seemingly ordinary wild mushroom. During last year’s field survival trial, a classmate who was responsible for looking for food picked a seemingly harmless white mushroom and cooked it in soup. Inside, the two of them ate, but they didn’t get up the next day. A classmate discovered it and came over to check. The bodies of both of them were hardened. Finally, white bone mushrooms were found in the soup left by the two of them...

The whole story is also very ordinary, there is no thrilling plot, and the reason for the tragedy is also very simple. On the surface, the fatally poisonous white bone mushroom looks almost exactly like the edible mushroom that everyone often sees. Same, the only thing that can distinguish the two is that the rhizome of the white bone mushroom has a gray ring-shaped coil pattern, but the toadstool does not. The person responsible for finding the food did not distinguish carefully or did not know this when picking. The difference between the two cost me my life. It is a very simple story, but it is precisely because of its simplicity that it makes everyone feel more chilled after listening to it. They suddenly experienced the cruelty of the survival test in the wild. This is The survival test, the knowledge of distinguishing white bone mushrooms and toadstool mushrooms, was taught by the school teacher in class. The teacher talked about it. As for whether you listened to it and remembered it carefully, that is your business. Sometimes, a The price people have to pay for their own negligence and carelessness may be their own lives and the lives of others...

The graduate brother’s personal experience calmed down all the animals at once, and the effect was far 10,000 times stronger than what the teacher said in class. Probably the school also knew this difference, so it was the last week of the graduating class in school this semester. On Monday, I arranged such a refreshing class.

Just after the big class on Monday morning, all the members of the Aircraft Brotherhood surrounded Chauvin as soon as they came out of the classroom.

"Shavin, do you still have the biology notes you took in class over the past two years?" Fatty Barry pressed Shavin's shoulder and asked Shavin nervously. Everyone, including Zhang Tie, listened nervously. That story really scared everyone. In three years, no one could guarantee whether they had missed something crucial. There are so many deadly things out there. Who knows whether the thing you missed would be there a few years later. Zhou is going to kill you. If you die in the mouth of a monster, it is a matter of strength and luck. If you die because of your own carelessness, you deserve it.

"Here, what's wrong?" Chauvin asked, somewhat confused.

"What's wrong? Of course I have to take it out and let everyone look at it carefully to see if there are any omissions..."

"Okay, no problem!" Shavin agreed readily, "I have kept those notes very well, and I still have two copies at home. I will bring them back tomorrow!"

Hearing what Chauvin said, Fatty Barry's eyes rolled, as if he suddenly thought of something, a golden light suddenly lit up, "Brothers, maybe we can make a small fortune using Chauvin's notes this time. !”

Everyone understood what Barry meant as soon as they heard it. Even Zhang Tie couldn't help but admire Barry's quick thinking. However, just in the afternoon, the Plane Brotherhood's plan to make a fortune failed. Just when Fatty Barry was planning to sort out the fatal things in the jingo notebook, how much would it cost to print a small information and how much could it be sold for? , Bolwick once again made the graduating class animals boil.

"Quickly, go find Bolwick. He has compiled and mimeographed the "Wild Survival Trial Dangerous Creatures Identification Manual" that he has carefully recorded over the past few years. It is being distributed for free. Hurry up and grab it!"

During the lunch break, a guy ran into the classroom and roared. Upon hearing this, almost all the animals in the classroom ran away. Only a few people from the Aircraft Brotherhood were left looking at each other. Barry opened his mouth. Finally, he cursed helplessly - Damn...

But at this moment, Zhang Tie suddenly felt an inexplicable palpitation...

That Bolvik's actions were so fast and well prepared that Zhang Tie couldn't help but feel awe-struck.

Starting from the "Wild Survival Trial Dangerous Creature Identification Manual", all the animals devoted themselves to intense preparations for this trial in the next few days of the week, and began to prepare various materials required for the trial. Equipment and survival supplies come. In this trial, in addition to restricting everyone to carry no more than five days of rations, other weapons, luggage, medicine, and all kinds of mess, as long as you can carry it, you can Let you carry it on your back...

In the last few days of this semester, Gris and the others were completely missing from the school cafeteria. After what happened last time, it was no longer possible to come to the cafeteria to show off their power, and it was impossible for Gris to show off their power. I came to the cafeteria and queued up obediently, only to be greeted by a bunch of mocking looks. I guess they couldn't bear it, so they just disappeared during the meal and went directly to a restaurant outside the school to eat.

"Guess what Gris and the others are having for lunch today?" In the past few days, when queuing up for lunch in the cafeteria, someone would always shout this, and then all the animals would burst into laughter.

Under Gris's deliberate low-key, Bolvik became more and more dazzling. In just a few days, a large number of people had gathered around him.

I don’t know why, starting from Monday, Zhang Tie would often have an inexplicable rapid heartbeat and sweaty palms, as if his body was weak, and he would often feel flustered. On Tuesday, when Zhang Tie came again When I arrived at the train station, I found that there were a lot more police officers patrolling near the train station. I asked someone casually and it turned out that it was the fire in the residential area near the train station that Zhang Tie had seen two days ago at night. It seemed that many people had been killed. Man, that fire made the police officers near the train station nervous, but so far they don't seem to have found anything useful, and they can only intensify patrols.

Zhang Tie came to the grocery store as usual. The palpitating feeling he felt when doing the calculations came back. He made two mistakes in succession. After confusing the two receipts, Zhang Tie smiled bitterly, picked up the abacus and pushed it twice quickly. , reset all the beads to zero, and started counting again.

"What's wrong?" The grocery store owner who noticed Zhang Tie's strangeness was standing beside Zhang Tie at some point.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little distracted. It's always been like this these past few days. I feel a little flustered for no reason, and my heartbeat speeds up a lot for no reason!"

"Frustrated, your heartbeat is inexplicably accelerated?" Hearing this, Tang De frowned slightly, "Does your family have a history of heart disease?"

"No!"

"Then have you ever felt like this before?" Tang De continued to ask.

"No, I just started feeling this way this Monday!" Zhang Tie answered honestly.

"Are you a virgin?"

Depend on! If he hadn't seen the seriousness on Tang De's face, Zhang Tie would have cursed him long ago.

"Answer me, is this a joke?" Tang De's face was more serious than ever at this time, which frightened Zhang Tie.

"I'm a virgin!" Zhang Tie could only admit in shame, but then added superfluously, "But I won't be anymore soon!"

Tang De pondered, twirling the sad beards on his chin with one hand, obviously not taking Zhang Tie's last words to heart. After a long time, Tang De spoke, "Have you heard of Xinxue* *?"

"Hard work?" Zhang Tie was confused, and then nodded as if he understood immediately, "I know, I heard those animals in school say..."

"Xinxue**, does anyone in your school know about this Eastern secret?" Now it was Tang De's turn to be surprised.

"Is this also a secret from the East..." Zhang Tie was surprised, "Many people know it. I heard that when a woman matures, she has to have sex every month. She will bleed a lot, but she will never get hurt. It feels very... Looks strong..."

"Asshole!" The corner of the grocery store owner's eyes twitched a few times, and he suddenly became furious. He hit Zhang Tie on the forehead with one finger, almost making Zhang Tie jump, "I mean hard work, have you heard of it? Don't tell me those messy things, I've played with more women in my life than you've ever seen, you brat!"

Zhang Tie rubbed his forehead innocently. He really didn't understand what he said wrong. It only bleeds without getting hurt. This is really powerful. Could it be that he understood it wrong...

Tang De took two deep breaths to calm down and looked at Zhang Tie with great solemnity, "The so-called hard work usually refers to a guy who has some good luck. When some huge danger or opportunity is about to come, They will have a kind of advance induction, which is similar to your situation in the past two days. Inexplicable acceleration of heartbeat, feeling flustered or excited, this is Xinxue **, this feeling is very common in some people with advanced sixth sense. It will appear in keen people, and it can also often be seen in some virgins who have no sex. I suspect that your situation in the past two days is a case of conscientious sex, and there may be unpredictable dangers approaching you! "

Zhang Tie's expression changed drastically, "Am I in danger?"

"Tell me, have you offended anyone powerful in the past few months?" Tang De asked with concern.

Zhang Tie thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of anyone else coming except Gris. As for Mary, that woman, probably not. The worst he could do was to get beaten up by that woman. That level of danger shouldn't make him feel this inexplicable palpitation.

"Is it Gris? Apart from Gris and his gang, I don't seem to have offended anyone!"

"I don't know about this. Many times, you may not even know whether you have offended anyone or who wants to kill you. There are powerful diviners in the esoteric traditions of the East. Only they can tell you according to your wishes. I don’t have the ability to deduce where the unknown danger will come from from the time of pain or other subtle signs, and to make people seek good luck and avoid disaster!" Tang De shook his head, "But now that I know it, I can still take some measures in advance. Prepare!"

Tang De said, turned around and rummaged through the counter, took out two things and handed them to Zhang Tie, "You are about to have a wild survival trial. You have been working here for such a long time. These two things are my A trial gift for you to make you more prepared when encountering danger!"

Zhang Tie looked at the things in his hands. They were all "high-quality" goods from the grocery store - a small bottle of the highest purity "powerful rat poison" and a sheathed dagger. The blade of the dagger was very sharp, but this dagger was really useful. What threatens people is not the sharp edge, but the powerful mechanism hidden in the handle of the dagger. In an emergency, a flying needle tempered with powerful snake venom can be ejected, making people instantly paralyzed and unable to move. The power of the flying needle, Within five steps, one centimeter thick glass can be penetrated...

The prices of these two things were a bit expensive compared to Zhang Tie's current worth, but after Zhang Tie thought about it, he put these two things away without refusing.

Seeing Zhang Tie being so generous and not pretentious at all, Tang De nodded secretly...

While Zhang Tie was wondering where the unknown danger came from in Tang De's grocery store, Huck and Sneijder were in an alley near the train station. There were more than twenty beggars and street children. These people were lining up. Their eyes were gleaming as they looked at the large handful of coppers in Sneijder's hand, and they took them from Sneijder's hand one by one. After passing 10 copper coins, they quickly picked them up, and then they disappeared quickly. These ten copper coins may be very few to ordinary people, but to these people who hang out at the bottom of Black Flame City and live in precarious life, The temptation of a piece of thick bread can already allow them to do many things, not to mention such a simple thing as finding someone near the train station, and they will be rewarded with two silver coins after finding them...

After several days of searching around the train station to no avail, the increasingly anxious two people came up with this idea. There are more than ten streets of various sizes near the Heiyan City train station, and there are several old residential areas. With just two people, it takes a lot of luck to find someone who can walk around in such a large area. So starting from Monday of this week, under Sneijder's suggestion, the two people changed their strategy. They no longer searched everywhere, but asked a bunch of beggars and street children to help them search near the train station. Only Zhang Tie's age, as well as his black hair and black eyes as a Chinese, will make Zhang Tie stand out in the eyes of interested people. The proportion of Chinese population in Black Flame City is indeed very low. .

Seeing those little beggars and street children completely disappearing into the alley like fishing nets being spilled, a smile appeared on Sneijder's face.

"Will this work?" Huck gasped and pinched the knuckles of his fingers angrily next to Sneijder. A loud cracking sound like a bamboo tube being stepped on kept ringing in his hands, "These two God, they have already identified three wrong people, causing us to run three times in vain..."

"I have a hunch that we are about to catch that little guy..."

"As long as I get the letter talisman back, I will take out that little guy's heart and then crush his head..." Huck said in a ferocious voice.

"As you wish..." Sneijder squinted his eyes slightly, stuck out his long tongue, and licked his lips quickly like a snake. A cold and cruel aura instantly spread in the alley...