Chapter 397

Xiao Heng is very clear about how his captain status came about.

There were more than four hundred people who came to participate in this exploration competition, and they were divided into 20 teams. Choosing a captain is purely based on strength. In this way, people who are older naturally have more advantages.

He relied on this to become the captain.

It's very headache-inducing to say. I don't know if it's a coincidence or if his father Xiao Kangcheng did it on purpose, but none of the members of his team are fuel-efficient lamps.

Luo An, Lu Dong, Zou Ping, Luo Cheng, Liu Peng, Hong Ye, Zhao Yuanwu, Zhao Yuanshan, Zhao Yuankang, Qin Feng, Liu Ming, Zhu Shen, plus himself, and the three family members Xiao Lin, Xiao Jing, and Xiao Yan, the team has a total of 16 people.

Anyone who has lived in Xia City for a few days can immediately react when hearing these names. Everyone in here is a famous existence in the inner city.

The reason why these people are famous is that, in addition to their prominent family backgrounds, it also has a great relationship with their own talent and cultivation. After all, several people in here have set breakthrough records in the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Actually, it is understandable to think about it. A prominent family background means sufficient resource supply. According to Does Does Da Xia's current ability to provide cultivation resources, unless their talent is really too poor, these people will inevitably make a name for themselves.

Xiao Heng himself lives in the inner city and is also a member of this circle. He had heard the names of Luo An and these people before and knew their respective backgrounds very well. It was just because he was separated from these people by age and couldn't play together, so there were not many intersections between them.

Only after this contact did he know how difficult these people were to deal with.

The exploration competition started at the beginning of August, and they have been together for almost forty days. Xiao Heng basically understands the temperaments of these twelve people.

Because their talent is high, their family background is good, and they grew up in the inner city since childhood, their knowledge is broader than most people, so it is inevitable that they have some arrogance on them. Although it has not reached the point of looking down on others, they are basically unruly temperaments. The difficulty of making them obedient is really not ordinary.

Although his strength as a captain is stronger than them, because he took advantage of being older, these people also have an attitude of oral obedience but heart disobedience toward him.

Like tonight, just now that Rock-Armored Bear, Xiao Heng naturally knew in his heart that if everyone went up, frontal killing would not be difficult. But for the sake of safety, he still chose to adopt the conventional hunting method, hoping to reduce damage, which is conducive to subsequent exploration.

Even if he was opposed by so many people at this moment, Xiao Heng didn't think his idea was wrong in his heart. The problem is that this can reflect that he, the captain, indeed has no weight in the hearts of Luo An and these people, otherwise they wouldn't have united to sing against him like this.

"Do you want to create a hunting team yourself? Do you think that leading a team is an easy thing just because you see that the camp now has more than ten thousand hunting teams? Can you figure out the Xiaoshan team first before talking about creating a team!"

Recalling the year before last, when he didn't want to stay in the Xiaoshan team and wanted to independently create his own hunting team, his father Xiao Kangcheng gave that answer at that time. He didn't take it seriously at that time.

Now that it is his turn to lead the team himself, he truly understands how much information is contained in his father's words.

Leading a team is indeed not an easy thing!

Not to mention other things, first of all, as a captain, wanting to convince the public and let all team members obey his orders is a thing as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Luo An and the others' unruly temperaments certainly accounted for part of the reason, but going out to hunt and explore is a life-risking thing to begin with, and it is normal for team members to have their own ideas. You can't hope that everyone is a puppet and listen to you for no reason. That would be even more troublesome when a real crisis happens.

So in the final analysis, it is still that he, the captain, did not show enough strength and ability. The team members were not convinced in their hearts, so naturally they would not listen to him.

Facing everyone's rebuttal, Xiao Heng didn't respond for the first time, but took the three family members of the Xiao family to pack up the prey on the ground first.

Luo An and the others were unconvinced, but they wouldn't avoid doing what they should do. Seeing Xiao Heng take the lead, they immediately followed to pack up the prey.

This Rock-Armored Bear is a medium-level cold beast. Beast blood, beast blood, beast skin, and beast bone are all of great value. Everyone emptied the beast blood in a few strokes, then hid it on the tree, and made a special mark for the tree before it was over.

It is only the first half of the night now, and they have to continue to explore inside. This Rock-Armored Bear can only wait until they return to the station to come and get it.

"Are you really not afraid of danger?"

After all, they had just finished arguing, so the atmosphere of the crowd became a bit silent after the prey was packed up. Xiao Heng saw that everyone's eyes were gathered on him and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Luo An and the others clearly wanted to speed up the exploration progress, hoping to catch up with other teams and strive to get a ranking in this competition.

Since the team members took the initiative to put forward opinions, he, as the captain, naturally cannot ignore them, otherwise the problems and contradictions will become more and more serious later.

"Of course, didn't we come to Heyin this time for the competition?"

"The reward for this competition, just the medicinal pills are worth 300,000 contribution points, plus other various materials, the total value is at least over a million. Your father... Heyin Garrison Commander Xiao Kangcheng said that this competition only takes the top three. As far as I know, we haven't even entered the top five yet. If we don't speed up, there's definitely no play if we want to enter the top three and get a ranking."

"Not bad, the competition ends on the first day of the twelfth month. Today is already September 10th. The competition has passed a small half. We must speed up."

"Coming to the wilderness is a risk to begin with. Why come here if you are afraid of danger?"

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Hearing the answers of Luo An and the others, Xiao Heng seemed to have made up his mind, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, since you are not afraid of danger, then our team will simply be more aggressive. We will explore three kilometers inside every night. For the cold beasts encountered along the way, don't disturb them if you can. If there is really no way, don't solve them according to my previous method. Just hunt and kill them together frontally. Use the most time-saving method and try to leave more time for exploration!"

Their main task is exploration, not hunting.

To some extent, exploration is even more troublesome than hunting.

Hunting only requires finding targets within the designated area and then hunting the targets; while the main purpose of exploration is to open up strange areas, and to figure out the terrain, vegetation, climate, environmental characteristics, and the general distribution of cold beast species, and even the habits of cold beasts in a new area, all aspects must be figured out.

And the unknown often represents danger. Plus, the cold beast varieties in the Mo'ao Mountain area are very strange to the people of Does Does Da Xia, so participating teams generally set the distance indicators they want to explore every night.

Previously, Xiao Heng formulated that his team should explore 1 kilometer deep inside as much as possible every night. But from the beginning of August to now, their total exploration progress is only 21 kilometers, which means they rarely complete this indicator, and they only walk about 500 meters deep inside on average every night.

There are reasons for this!

First of all, Xiao Heng likes to plan before moving. Every time he arrives at a new place, he will let the team members gather together, first confirm that there is no danger in the area, and then start the exploration work;

Secondly, his style is also relatively steady. When encountering cold beasts blocking the way, such as the Rock-Armored Bear just now, in order to ensure that the team members do not have accidents, he will adopt a labor-saving and safe hunting method. Although safety is guaranteed, time is also wasted a lot.

Xiao Heng said these words at this moment, clearly representing that he was going to change many of his previous team-leading habits. Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up instantly.

"Just have to be more aggressive!"

"We are already behind by six or seven kilometers. How can we get a ranking if we don't catch up?"

"This is right!"

"With the strength of our sixteen people, unless we encounter high-level cold beasts, there will basically be no danger."

"This is a bit like a captain."

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Seeing everyone's satisfied expressions, Xiao Heng waved his hand slightly. He didn't know if his approach was correct, but making decisions after comprehensively considering the opinions of team members and dealing with internal contradictions is what he, the captain, must do.

"Okay, since you all agree, then from now on, we sixteen people will be divided into three teams. Luo An, Luo Cheng, Lu Dong, Zou Ping, and Liu Peng will be in a group with me at the very front. The remaining ten people will be divided into two teams, led by Xiao Lin and Xiao Jing respectively. Xiao Lin will lead the team in the middle, and Xiao Jing will lead the team to bring up the rear. We will explore inside at full speed. If there are any problems, blow the whistle to notify in time."

"Okay!"