Infinity: Our Zhongzhou team is really amazing!

Chapter 291 Chu Xuan and Neos' First Meeting

Before the gates of Moria.

It was already deep in the night. The Misty Mountains were no longer surrounded by the thick fog that they had been shrouded in for over a decade, nor were the terrifying screams of the demons heard anymore.

But this mountain range has long been devoid of any living creatures, and there is no longer the vitality of flocks of birds flying around the green fields that existed decades ago.

Very cold and quiet.

Zhongzhou, Nanyan, Beibing, Legolas and Gimli, who had already formed a team, were sitting around a campfire.

"This is the first peaceful meal we've had in days." Hoffer's eyes were filled with tears, and he looked extremely miserable.

"Masters of the Zhongzhou team, thank you so much."

"Okay, okay, that's enough." Zhuang Bosch quickly stopped Hoffer's corny and crude compliments.

The nominal captain of Nan Yanzhou expressed thanks every three sentences, expressed gratitude every five sentences, and bowed every ten sentences, with a strong desire to survive written all over his face.

As a person with mediocre combat ability and barely adequate intelligence, Hoffer has been frightened enough in the past few days and almost returned to the main god space several times.

Fortunately, although he may not be good at other things, he has good luck. The monsters never target him, which is why he has survived until now.

Waiting for the arrival of the great master of Zhongzhou team.

Neos, who was sitting at the outermost edge of the fire, supported his teammate Xue Ling'er and said with concern, "Xue Ling'er, you've been a bit confused since leaving Shire."

"After arriving at the Prancing Horse Inn to help the North Ice Team, he instantly passed out. After waking up, he remained silent and refused to communicate."

"We could only feed her nutrient solution to maintain her vital signs."

Zhang Jie, who was examining Xue Ling'er, had a worried look on his face. He stroked his stubble and said, "The problem is quite serious."

Na'er had been casting some spells to dispel evil on Xue Ling'er. Xue Ling'er's complexion looked much better, but her eyes were still dull and she was not fully awake.

Zhang Jie judged, "Her spirit seems to be possessed by some evil force. She should be able to eradicate it on her own, but perhaps your hasty travels every day have delayed her."

"After so long, this parasite has had a deeper and deeper impact on her, almost merging with her soul."

"Under such circumstances, unless she undergoes a soul-enhancing surgery, she can only rely on her own efforts."

"I don't have the ability to perform a precise soul surgery on her."

"Apart from the Lord God, I think only a fourth-level psychic can do this."

"Now we can only ask Na'er to maintain her divine blessing to prevent the situation from getting worse."

Neos took a deep breath, but still said sincerely: "I see. Thank you so much."

It's much better than the worst case scenario. At least Xue Ling'er's life can be saved.

"Okay, let's talk next in the mind link." A gentle female voice sounded in Neos' heart.

In order to avoid unnecessary point deductions, Zhan Lan pulled Neos, Hofer and Gunnier into a mental link.

Neos understood, and he immediately organized his words and recounted in detail all that had happened to them since they entered the Lord of the Rings, even adding his own guesses on some details.

Zhongzhou is not as cruel and vicious as the rumors say. Instead, he is surprisingly easy to talk to. He must demonstrate his worth and win respect and opportunities for the Nanyanzhou team.

They still have tens of thousands of points on their shoulders, and they may not be able to defeat even the wild monsters on their own. They can only rely on the Zhongzhou team to give them some opportunities.

Zhuang Boshi said in a strange tone, "The Shire Hobbit village that looked like a zombie, the Prancing Pony Inn that was deserted but suddenly filled with people having a feast, and the imitator who joined the group without anyone noticing."

"The monsters that covered the sky and the sun, and the Senzhou team that suddenly went crazy."

"Nios, it's not easy for you." Zhuang Boshi couldn't help but sigh.

If Zhongzhou had entered this world during the time of gods and ghosts, it would definitely not be much better than Nanyan and Beibing.

The intelligence was wrong, the targeted deployment was ineffective, the monsters knew how to disguise themselves, and the whole world had become a danger zone, making survival difficult.

Nanyan and Beibing suffered so much that they only had a few pieces of silver left, but we really can't laugh at their incompetence.

If it was the Indiana team, they would have been wiped out long ago.

In the final analysis, the Lord God is not a human being.

"This is all my fault," Neos said regretfully. "If I had thought more carefully, I would have found the loophole!"

"It's not your fault. No one would perform well if they rushed into this world without any intelligence," Zhuang Boshi comforted.

"So, after you met the archer from the Senzhou team, you haven't encountered any other reincarnations?" Chu Xuan interrupted the topic coldly.

"That's right." Neos glanced at the ordinary-looking man with glasses.

His intuition told him that this man was the wise man of the Zhongzhou team.

The legendary pinnacle of the Samsara Squad's intelligence, the wisest man in the Lord God's Space.

Chu Xuan.

"There is an 80% chance that Senzhou has been completely destroyed." Chu Xuan made a simple judgment.

"I had guessed it a long time ago." This obvious answer made Neos a little dissatisfied.

Although one has to bow his head under the eaves, the dignity of a wise man still made him ask that question.

"As the wise man of the Zhongzhou team, I believe that this is not the only deduction you can make, right?"

What a direct provocation.

After hearing Neos's direct words, the members of the Zhongzhou team picked up a handful of melon seeds, ready to see what level of attack Neos, who was said to possess the pinnacle of wisdom in Zhuang Boshi's words, would launch against Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan ignored the sour words from Zhuang Boshi, the embodiment of wisdom, and said calmly, "It's obvious that Team Senzhou took the consequences of your team's annihilation."

“I don’t know the composition of their team, but I think they’re a bunch of brainless idiots.

"Otherwise, you will be the first to be wiped out."

Neos frowned. "What is the basis for your speculation?"

Chu Xuan quickly said, "The Lord God will not set a mission that will lead to certain death, nor will he arrange a beginning that will lead to certain death."

“No matter how difficult the situation, there is always a way out. It’s just a matter of whether you find it or not.”

This simple sentence made Neos' face turn pale, and he looked at Chu Xuan with unfriendly eyes.

"I did make a mistake in judgment, but can you do better?"

Even though Neos knew that he had indeed made a mistake in judgment, he was still very dissatisfied and indignant when the man in front of him pointed it out in a calm tone.

Chu Xuan sneered: "It's just the wisdom of a mortal, immersed in an inexplicable sense of self."

"A so-called wise man who drags a team into the abyss is no better than a self-aware fool."

Chu Xuan pointed at Hoffer who was pretending to be an ostrich.

In an instant, Neos's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water was about to drip from it.

Oh no, let’s have a big meeting.

Chu Xuan, where is your emotional intelligence after you got your feelings back?

The Zhongzhou team's melon seeds tasted even better.

Neos forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart. If it weren't for the current situation where no one was stronger and one had to bow down under someone else's roof, he would definitely have a duel of wits with Chu Xuan.

He took a deep breath and said slowly, "A truly wise man never gets bogged down in verbal arguments."

"Only some who rely on the powerful easily gain the momentum to crush their enemies, but fail to examine themselves and remain humble, instead viewing it as the result of their own wisdom."

"In ancient Chinese proverbs, this is called 'the fox borrows the power of the tiger to bully others'." Nice counterattack!
Cheng Xiao secretly applauded Neos.

Unexpectedly, Chu Xuan didn't respond at all and said directly: "According to the time of entry, the Lord God placed Nanyan, Beibing and Senzhou on the same level."

Neos's punch seemed to hit the air, and his anger grew even stronger.

Chu Xuan continued his analysis expressionlessly, "The Lord God arranged this so that your three teams can work together to cope with the various monsters in the Shire region and the various dangers across the Misty Mountains."

"If I'm not mistaken, the main missions of your three teams should be similar, which is to destroy the ring."

"You won't be too far away from each other. As long as the first team to enter can find the problem in time, they can connect with the teams that enter later."

"As long as you have all the personnel, completing the main mission is not a fantasy."

"All of this is due to the domino effect caused by the first team's inappropriate actions."

"Do you think I haven't thought of it? The first thing I did was to go along Fengyun Avenue to find the Prancing Horse Hotel, hoping to meet up with the North Ice Team and the Senzhou Team as soon as possible." Neos said angrily.

After just a few words, Neos was now completely led by Chu Xuan.

"But Team Senzhou went crazy. They attacked us without a care in the world. Plus, with the monsters chasing us, we had no choice!"

Chu Xuan said coldly: "The choice was actually given to you at the beginning."

"It's right there in the Hobbit village at the beginning, but your overactive brain blocked out the details!"

Chu Xuan's sarcasm made Neos' eyelids twitch, and he directly retorted.

"Now that you say that, without any intelligence, what else can we do?"

"Those monsters were incredibly strange, completely disguised as hobbits, indistinguishable from living humans. Gunnir and his companions encountered a fake human, who even volunteered to join the group!"

"At Bag End, I tried my best to save most of the veterans, but two newcomers were killed by them."

"Strange?" Chu Xuan asked, "Imitating humans only shows that their own strength is limited."

"They are not as strong as you think. You are just defeated by fear."

"Also, you think there's a mind scanner among the monsters that tracked your location."

"Or maybe the monsters killed the newcomers, took their identities, and then infiltrated your team, and that's how they got your information!"

"You can only know that you've lost teammates through the Lord God's prompts, but you have no way of knowing which ones you lost, right?"

"Are you so sure that there wasn't a fake person in the team at that time? Are your teammates really your teammates?"

After hearing this, Neos opened his mouth but said nothing.

Instead, he felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and his hair stood on end.

He understood in an instant why his team was always discovered and caught up by monsters wherever they went.

Why is it that whenever I stay in one place for more than an hour, I will be attacked by monsters?

Moreover, after they joined forces with Beibing, the monsters clearly drove them towards the Senzhou team.

No, it would also make sense if there was a psychic scanner on the other side.

Because Xue Ling'er and the Beibing team's psychics were attacked first, the psychic shields of the two teams were completely destroyed.

No, it is more likely that the existence behind those monsters used two methods at the same time, because mental scanning can detect who is a fake person.

But no matter what, this must not be an unintentional act, but a premeditated calculation!
Behind those monsters and ghosts, there is a mastermind who has set a trap for them!

This situation existed from the moment they entered, or rather, from the moment they entered!

The more Neos thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but look at Gunnier, Xue Ling'er, and Hoffer.

Among these people, are there any——

"Don't look, we have already checked you all." Chu Xuan's cold voice sounded.

"You have to thank that madman from Team Senzhou. If he hadn't killed most of your teammates, I'm afraid the fake people would still be following your team."

"Senzhou. Humph, Senzhou!" Neos's face became more and more gloomy.

Zhuang Boshi thoughtfully handed over a piece of chocolate. Neos forgot to say thank you and picked up the wrapped piece and started to chew it fiercely.

Chu Xuan continued, "Senzhou, if they are the 80% who are wiped out, it's fine. But if they have the 20% chance of survival, it will not only be a torture worse than death for them, but also very disadvantageous for us."

"You should understand what I'm talking about, Neos from the Southern Flame team."

Chu Xuan's words were very direct and blunt, but Neos did not refute him because what Chu Xuan said was right.

"The more they know about us, the more danger we're in."

"You're right. If I had tried my best to save the newcomers, if I hadn't entered that village in the first place."

“Maybe everything would be different.”

Neos rarely admits that he has made a real mistake, especially now that he has strung together some overlooked details from the past, which further confirms Chu Xuan's guess.

He had to admit that his decision at that time was a failure. If he had been a more cautious or ordinary team leader, it is likely that the losses of the Nanyan team would have been smaller.

"What about Dongmei?" Gunnier interrupted quickly.

Because he saw that Neos's face was getting worse and worse, he hurried to rescue him.

"Dongmei."

"It should land independently somewhere in Gondor or Rohan." Chu Xuan analyzed.

"Their mission is different from yours. The Lord God hopes that you will join the so-called Ring-Destroying Squad and participate in the mission of destroying the Lord of the Rings."

"But the Lord God is clear. The Destroyer Ring cannot kill Sauron. So, as the more powerful East American team, their mission is to gather intelligence on Gondor's City of the Dead and help you contain the demon army there."

"To give you the opportunity to seize the ring."

"As long as their team doesn't have internal problems like yours, then they might be safer than you."

Although this is true, the captain of the East American team, Zhao Zhuikong, is an irrational madman.

It’s hard to say.

It is very likely that he has killed all his teammates, started to enjoy the pleasure of blood, and ran around the world.

Zhuang Boshi felt even more troubled when he thought about the unstable factor of Zhao Zhuikong in this chaotic world.

What is more troublesome than beating Zhao Biantai once is beating Zhao Biantai twice.

Gunnier felt that what Chu Xuan said made sense, so he said with admiration: "Then do we need to reunite with Dongmei as soon as possible?"

The North Ice Team has no wise men, so they rely on a few college students to pool their brains, so he has always respected wise men.

Chu Xuan shook his head: "Dongmei's actions do not require cooperation. They are alone."

"As long as they are not like you, without any wisdom, and only have a smart person who can't understand the situation and command them, then they will naturally understand what they should do."

Gunnir had a strange look on his face. If it weren't for Neos's wisdom along the way, they would never have reached the Misty Mountains.

Although he is stronger than the three of Nan Yan combined, he is still willing to listen to Neos's command because Neos's wisdom has saved his life many times.

Such a Neos was actually said to have no wisdom at all.

The Zhongzhou team is really difficult to get along with!

(End of this chapter)