Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 98 - 98 9 Power Struggle Part 2

98: Chapter 9: Power Struggle (Part 2) 98: Chapter 9: Power Struggle (Part 2) “Let’s go search the tent again, he apparently didn’t take the grilled fish with him.” Realizing his hunger, Chen Hongwen slid down from the tree, hurried towards the campfire on the beach, remembering to turn on his Handheld Radar.

It wasn’t the time to worry about conserving power.

“I wonder if anyone will take the bait?” The sleeping bag was in the Space Backpack, so Tang Zheng didn’t care if the tent was lost.

Leaving it there was just to attract potential enemies to check it out.

Using moonlight and his flashlight, Tang Zheng moved through the dense forest.

Seeing the vines and foliage surrounding him, he realized he had forgotten to prepare the crucial camping knife.

He found a bamboo stick to use as a pathfinder.

Thankfully, the protective clothing was great, so long as it covered his face, he wouldn’t get cuts from scratches.

The temperature was cool, but the humidity became unbearable.

The sweat-soaked his workout shirt in no time, but Tang Zheng persevered.

He spent over an hour scouting the vicinity and even set several rope traps in tactical areas.

Tang Zheng squatted at the edge of the dense forest, about four hundred meters away from the temporary camp on the beach.

He cautiously watched the beach situation.

The tent still there, the campfire had dimmed but it didn’t mean there were no enemies.

After waiting for ten minutes, he moved forward again.

He couldn’t use the flashlight, or he’d be spotted from far away.

Tang Zheng took slow steps, keeping a watchful eye on everything around him.

“Damn, this kid’s really careful.” Chen Hongwen hid in a tree, not daring to move until he spotted Tang Zheng again.

Only after he was sure the Handheld Radar wouldn’t detect him did he relax.

From a distance of three hundred meters, he could only guess his location.

“Hmph, your life won’t last past midnight.” Chen Hongwen guessed Tang Zheng was patrolling, which was a shame.

If only he had left his backpack in the tent, “Ugh, this fish was grilled awfully, it’s all charred.”

Looking at the burnt grilled fish in his hand, Chen Hongwen spat.

The thought of it being trash someone left on the beach brought tears to his eyes.

He regretted not picking up the small piece of chocolate earlier, even a mosquito has flesh.

“I haven’t even suffered this much as an African refugee.” Chen Hongwen thought his comment was spot on, and he wasn’t worried the prey would notice a missing grilled fish.

Wild cats could also run away with them.

Chen Hongwen was not stupid; he was careful.

He didn’t pick up the chocolate because he thought it might be a bait.

Even while eating the fish meat, he used his folding knife to cut off the outside meat, only eating the inside.

At this point, Chen Hongwen’s willpower had taken a severe toll.

Several times he contemplated coming out and trying to form a team with his potential enemy, using him to his advantage.

But if caught, there would be no chance to explain.

Chen Hongwen found himself in a difficult situation.

Tang Zheng peered at the temporary camp before him, slightly perplexed.

There were no additional footprints on the sand, no hairs missing from the tent ropes, he prodded inside the tent with a bamboo stick before entering the tent to ensure it was safe.

The chocolate on the ground was still there, but one grilled fish was gone.

The small stones he had placed hadn’t been moved, and there were no footprints.

“Maybe a wild cat-like animal?

But why no footprints?” Tang Zheng regretted not spraying insect repellent on the grilled fish.

Even if it failed to kill those who stole it, at least it would give them diarrhoea for a few days.

“”Is there no enemy at all?” The camp didn’t seem to have been searched.

But Tang Zheng was suspicious.

There should be someone lured by the campfire.

Hiding enemies were terrifying, Tang Zheng used the campfire to bait them out.

Even if he couldn’t eliminate them, he’d at least know he was being watched from hiding.

But what does it mean if he doesn’t capture anything?

“Has he seen through my strategy?

If so, he’s a tough opponent.” Tang Zheng looked serious and after thinking for five minutes, he decided not to sleep for safety reasons.

He crawled into the tent, used a folding knife to make a few small holes on it to act as lookout posts.

“No, if someone is spying, now would be the safest time to sleep for half an hour.” Tang Zheng placed the Handheld Radar by his ear so he could hear the alarm, set his mobile phone timer, then lay down in his sleeping bag for a nap.

“Is this kid asleep or not?” Chen Hongwen wondered.

Seeing his opponent hasn’t evacuated, he should not have discovered the invasion.

He was secretly pleased, but he could hardly hold up any longer.

Overcome by sleepiness, he settled down on a tree branch, afraid to turn over for fear of falling.

Half the night, Tang Zheng kept watch, and just when he thought no prey would appear, the beeping alarm sounded.

Quickly grabbing his Handheld Radar, a red triangle was displayed on the LCD screen, three hundred meters away from the tent.

The triangle was slowly approaching, but Tang Zheng noticed that it would occasionally disappear from the radar.

By observing the black shadow on the beach through a hole in the tent, he finally understood – every time the figure stopped moving, it disappeared from the radar display.

“Looking at the silhouette, it should be a person.” Dismissing the possibility of a wild beast, Tang Zheng began to think about how to capture the person.

He wanted to leave the tent, but the idea that the person might have turned on their Handheld Radar made him abandon that idea.

The incoming enemy seemed very cautious and hesitant, as indicated by the slow approach.

It took nearly fifteen minutes to get within thirty meters.

By the faint moonlight, Tang Zheng saw from the hole in the tent that she took out a bomb from her waist.

His heart pounded.

If she threw the bomb at the tent, he’d have to rush out and fight.

Unexpectedly, the person’s arm stopped mid-air.

She didn’t throw it but continued to approach, each step careful as if afraid of waking the enemy in the tent.

“Is this girl an idiot?” When the figure approached the campfire, Tang Zheng finally saw her.

A girl around seventeen or eighteen with short hair, a blue pleated skirt, and a short-sleeved chiffon shirt soaked with sweat, sticking to her body.

Yeah, she had a large chest!

The girl picked up the grilled fish that Tang Zheng had discarded on the beach.

After taking a couple of hurried bites, she turned her attention to the tent, looking for food.

Unbeknownst to her, she was already under the watchful gaze of Tang Zheng from inside the tent.

The moment the girl tugged on the tent’s cord, a shadow pounced on her.

Terrified, she screamed.

Thinking of the potential torture that she might encounter if captured, she began to struggle vehemently.

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