#5568 - Team Conflict

Long Jiao, Di Rong and Yuan Shan were the beastmen who had the most contact with Turtle Old Man and naturally knew him best. Therefore, they were the most surprised by Turtle Old Man's decision at this moment.

Turtle's personality is very stubborn, even to the point of being difficult to understand at times. But if you look at it from another angle, Turtle's style of behavior seems reasonable.

In the ancestral land of the Icefield Tribe, people see no hope. Even if they initially have a glimmer of hope in their hearts, as time goes by, when hope is exhausted in the cruel years, people feel even more desperate.

After entering the mountains in the ancestral land of the Icefield Clan, most of the powerful beastmen were thinking about how to leave and what to do after leaving.

But after a period of time, the idea became 'I can definitely leave, I'm just not sure when', so there will be a lot of preparation to do, and at the same time, my vision for the future after leaving has not been affected too much.

After a long time, the beastmen began to doubt whether they really had hope of leaving. They also felt that it was foolish to continue preparing for leaving. At this time, their longing and expectation for leaving gradually began to waver.

After a while, the beastmen gradually stopped thinking about the possibility of "leaving", or they would gradually reject this possibility. Because the struggle between hope and disappointment is the greatest pain and torture, so they would subconsciously reject it and actively turn their attention to the mountains where they live now.

As long as you try to adapt and integrate, the original pain and torture will naturally decrease and disappear. Some beastmen will occasionally miss the environment they once lived in, and what kind of new world it would be if they left this closed environment. As long as this thought comes up, pain and torture will come like a tide, forcing themselves not to recall and think.

More beastmen would simply and proactively accept life in the mountains, and even try to erase their past memories and completely integrate themselves into this closed environment. Some beastmen would even deceive themselves, thinking that they were born in these mountains and would continue to live in these mountains in the future, and that the Icefield Clan’s ancestral land was their only world and the ultimate destination of their lives.

In such an environment, there are still a very small number of beastmen who can still keep their original intentions. They are unwilling to deceive themselves, not even once. Not only are they willing to endure the torture of seeing no hope, they will even use this pain and torture to hone themselves so that they can maintain a strong fighting spirit.

They always remain firm in their beliefs; pain and torture only make them work harder and strive to move towards their goals, even if they have never seen hope in the long years.

Strong beastmen who can do this are rare in the mountains of the entire Icefield Clan's ancestral land. Shiyou and Tuxi are the same. They can work hard for their goals and endure all the pain and torture alone. Therefore, even in the eyes of other beastmen who don't understand, they are still worthy of the word "strong".

In addition, there are several strong men including Turtle Old. Unlike Shiyou and Tuxi, Turtle Old, Longjiao, Dirong and Yuanshan are not only four strong beastmen, they also have a strong team.

Facing it together and facing it alone naturally meant different things to endure, and that kind of pain and suffering could actually be shared. Although it was not shared equally, compared to the pain and suffering that Shiyou and Tuxi had to endure, what the beastmen in the team had to endure was still better.

The pain and torture that a team has to endure and face is like the team's level, forming a triangle from top to bottom.

At the bottom are the strongest beastmen, who are the largest in number and have the lowest cultivation levels. They endure the least pain and torture, and at the same time, they rarely participate in decision-making and planning in the team, and mainly follow orders.

The number of core members in a team is relatively small, and they will only make a few suggestions, and even fewer of them can be adopted. They do not need to bear too much pressure for the team, so naturally they will suffer less pain and torture.

The reason why Turtle Old Man could become the leader of the team was not only because of his cultivation and strength, which made him the strongest in the entire team, but more importantly, he had a stronger will than other beasts. A team leader could show the courage and determination to act arbitrarily at a critical juncture or when conflicts arose within the team, and he also needed to be able to bear any consequences.

The team had faced several near-annihilation crises, but Old Turtle still persevered. Even though the strong men in the team had been replaced countless times, and many were no longer the same as when they were first formed, it had never wavered.

However, this time Old Turtle was really shaken. Not only Long Jiao, Di Rong and Yuan Shan could see it, but even the middle-level strong men in many teams could clearly feel it.

In addition to the old turtle's own hesitation, it finally chose a compromise, which was something they had not seen in all these years.

In the past, no matter how dangerous the situation was or how great the temptation was, Old Turtle would still stubbornly choose one path, instead of choosing both paths like he does now.

The beastmen in the original team also held different opinions. Most beastmen preferred to go all out to attack the iceberg. This somewhat radical approach was more in line with Turtle's style of doing things, and it could be said to be the result of the team's years of running-in.

There were also a small number of beastmen who were more inclined to deal with the sudden light around them. However, they knew that this choice would not be accepted by the old turtle and might even anger him, so they did not dare to express their ideas, let alone express them.

In the end, Mr. Turtle chose to attack both sides at the same time. It seemed safer, but in fact, this decision might not be without risks.

The four beastmen were not very strong, but in the team that was now short of strength, each of them was very important. Not only did the four of them weaken the overall strength of the team when they left, but the many beastmen allowed them to escape from the iceberg formation, which was accompanied by a lot of consumption.

If something unexpected happens, no one knows whether these four powerful beastmen can solve the problem. They may be able to play a certain role, or they may not only be useless, but make things worse.

In contrast, the formation constructed by the powerful beastmen now can mobilize even less power, and the vortex has become increasingly unstable.

Long Jiao's eyes changed, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, and finally said nothing. Yuan Shan, on the other hand, could not help himself and finally spoke.

"We haven't opened up the iceberg yet, and our situation is a bit awkward. If possible... we should first open up a passage into the iceberg."

Although Yuanshan is rather rough, he is not stupid. He knows that his words may anger Turtle Old Man, so he tries to be as subtle as possible when expressing himself.

What surprised the other beastmen was that Old Turtle did not get angry because of Yuanshan's words, but his eyes became even colder.

"Then according to your idea, if we don't send out the four of them, how long will it take to open this passage?"

Although this is a question, everyone knows that this is not a simple question. Long Jiao had not spoken just now, but now he knew that Old Turtle would not get angry because of everyone's suggestions, so he answered.

"Even with the four of them, it will definitely take a long time, but we are now racing against time. Even with a little more strength, we can get into the iceberg faster."

The old turtle's gaze gradually changed from cold to sharp. Di Rong knew that the old turtle was about to lose his patience, so he stared at Ni Feng and shouted.

"Are you deceiving us or hiding something from us? Why can't we enter smoothly after mobilizing so many forces?"

Di Rong was usually a bit clever, but most of the time he used it to smooth things over in the team. Long Jiao and Yuan Shan already felt that it seemed meaningless to give suggestions to Gui Lao, and it just so happened that Di Rong's words diverted everyone's attention.

The old turtle seemed to have seen through Di Rong's intention, but it knew that this was not the time to lose its temper, so it snorted and then turned to look at Ni Feng.

"Tell me, are you hiding anything? If you tell me everything you know now, I won't pursue the matter you concealed before!"

While Old Turtle was transmitting the message, bursts of aura were released. This time, it was not to release the pressure, but to draw it fiercely towards Nifeng, as if to directly extract all the animal energy and essence of blood and flesh from Nifeng's body.

Ni Feng's face was filled with pain, his body twisted uncontrollably, and he screamed involuntarily. Only when the old turtle's strength weakened a little did he start to speak normally.

"My dear seniors, I really don't know much about the environment inside, and I have already told you what I sensed. If I really knew what was going on inside, I wouldn't have been trapped for so long and only just left now."

Ni Feng paused for a moment and continued, "I just felt it too. Your power alone cannot cause any changes in the vortex. In the end, you still have to rely on that special power from before."

Nifeng knew that the power they had borrowed before should have belonged to the human strongmen and the Icefield Clan, but he pretended to be unaware.