You Suowei had been with Lin Ye the longest and knew Lin Ye wasn't a coward, so he asked in confusion, "We haven't even started harvesting the Spirit Medicine yet, why do we have to leave?"
"The weather in this relic is very regular; thunderstorms only appear half a month from now. Yao Beasts become restless during thunderstorms, so we must leave before then."
Xu Shu had traveled with Lin Ye and roughly understood Lin Ye's personality.
Lin Ye wouldn't make them leave without a reason, but he had just checked the surroundings, and there was no danger.
What was Lin Ye afraid of?
Xu Shu signaled You Suowei not to speak, then looked at Lin Ye and asked, "Why must we leave immediately? What have you discovered? Or what do you know?"
Cold sweat kept breaking out on Lin Ye's forehead. He couldn't mention the System binding failure, nor the text annotations.
"I don't know why, but I'm extremely panicked."
"Xu Shu, my intuition has been exceptionally accurate since I was a child. This place must be very dangerous."
"I'm not sick, but I'm inexplicably afraid. It must be warning me of something."
Lin Ye had made up his mind: if Xu Shu and the others insisted on not leaving, he would go by himself.
Even if it meant leaving the Gu Song Mercenary Group, he had to leave Medicine Valley.
Xu Shu saw Lin Ye already packing his things; whether they left or not, Lin Ye was going to leave.
Cheng Ye and the others were almost laughing with exasperation. Because of an inexplicable intuition, Lin Ye wanted them to give up this harvest and leave, which was simply unreasonable.
You Suowei looked at Xu Shu for a moment, then at Lin Ye, not knowing whom to believe, and finally ran a hand through his hair.
"Boss, why don't you all stay here?"
"I'll go with Lin Ye. I'm giving up this harvest."
"Lin Ye might be too young, and the panic is caused by too much pressure upon entering the relic."
He would let Lin Ye slowly make up for this loss later.
After all, Lin Ye was half his apprentice!
Zhou Wen pouted in dissatisfaction. In his opinion, it would be simpler to just knock Lin Ye out.
Qi An also felt that one should respect others' fate; meddling would not lead to good outcomes.
If Lin Ye wanted to leave, let him go. Anyway, Lin Ye was leaving the team on his own, so if anything happened, they couldn't be blamed.
They were just Lin Ye's teammates, not his parents, to worry about everything for him.
Lin Ye looked at You Suowei with complicated emotions. He truly hadn't expected You Suowei to be willing to leave with him at a time like this.
Xu Shu was silent for a moment, then suddenly said seriously, "Pack your things, we're leaving together."
Cheng Ye and the others were very puzzled, feeling that Xu Shu was making a mountain out of a molehill.
In their early years as mercenaries, they were constantly in a state of panic, often breaking out in sweats and feeling that they would encounter a Yao Beast the next minute.
But in reality, they were just scaring themselves.
Xu Shu took the lead in packing, and even though Cheng Ye and the others had opinions, they didn't voice them.
Because Xu Shu was the leader, no one could oppose his decisions.
Xu Shu thought of many things in an instant. They had purely scared themselves back then, but Lin Ye hadn't experienced life-or-death crises, so his psychological endurance couldn't be that fragile.
The most important reason Xu Shu decided to leave was because Lin Ye had a special talent.
If Lin Ye's inner fear was related to his special talent, then Medicine Valley likely contained dangers he couldn't detect.
When Xu Shu decided they would leave together, Lin Ye instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Half an hour later, as Xu Shu was leading everyone away from Medicine Valley, he suddenly felt the ground vibrating slightly.
"Not good, a large number of Yao Beasts are running quickly. Everyone, speed up and leave!"
Cheng Ye and the others, who had been very displeased with Lin Ye, all looked at Lin Ye with surprise when they noticed the large number of Yao Beasts moving.
If the Yao Beast movement was related to Medicine Valley, then Lin Ye was their savior.
Ten minutes later, everyone was drenched in sweat and breathed a sigh of relief.
The large number of Yao Beasts were heading towards Medicine Valley, passing them by.
The rumbling sound of the Yao Beasts running was like their own uncontrollably pounding hearts.
Xu Shu took out his binoculars and saw over a dozen Yao Beasts gathered in Medicine Valley, gasping in cold air.
"If we were still outside Medicine Valley, we would have been surrounded by those Yao Beasts by now."
"Even if we had left five minutes later, we wouldn't have escaped the encirclement formed by the Yao Beasts."
Cheng Ye and the others were also looking at the situation in Medicine Valley through their binoculars, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.
Lin Ye was extremely tired. He wasn't a Martial Artist, and nearly half an hour of rapid running had completely exhausted his physical strength.
For the final stretch up the mountain, if You Suowei hadn't carried him, he would have definitely collapsed halfway up.
You Suowei excitedly put his arm around Lin Ye's shoulder, "Good kid, we all owe you a life."
"Your intuition is so accurate, it's practically cheating."
Cheng Ye stepped forward and handed Lin Ye a bottle of water, "I apologize for my earlier attitude towards you. I'm sorry."
Lin Ye took the water and told Cheng Ye it was nothing, replying weakly, "I don't know what's going on with my intuition, I just felt like I would die if I stayed in Medicine Valley."
"At first, I also thought it was what You Ge said, that the pressure of entering the relic was too great."
Xu Shu added, "You have a special talent. I suspect this kind of intuition is related to your special talent."
"I've noted this life-saving kindness. If you need anything in the future, just say so; don't be polite with me."
Xu Shu told You Suowei to take care of the nearly collapsed Lin Ye and motioned for Cheng Ye and the others to look at the situation in Medicine Valley.
Qi An quietly speculated, "With so many Yao Beasts gathered, there might be high-grade Spirit Medicine maturing in Medicine Valley."
As soon as Qi An finished speaking, Si Xi refuted her.
"Not likely. We've been to this Medicine Valley many times, and there's no high-grade Spirit Medicine maturing inside."
"Ordinary high-grade Spirit Medicine is guarded by Yao Beasts. If there truly were Yao Beasts guarding it, we wouldn't have entered Medicine Valley so smoothly."
"Most importantly, this Medicine Valley was semi-artificially constructed, not naturally formed by the relic, and it's only been built for a little over a hundred years. How could high-grade Spirit Medicine grow here?"
"High-grade Spirit Medicine has strict growth conditions and needs at least several hundred years to mature."
After Si Xi finished his analysis, Qi An stopped talking because he felt Si Xi was right.
Zhou Wen's expression grew more and more solemn. "I do know a little about this. A few years ago, I saw a post about a Mutated Plant making a Breakthrough, and the situation is somewhat similar to now."
Xu Shu's eyebrows furrowed upon hearing this. He carefully observed the situation in Medicine Valley with his binoculars, becoming more alarmed the more he looked.
"Our current distance is temporarily safe. A large number of Yao Beasts are gathered, and they seem to have no rationality. The outer Yao Beasts have already started to fight amongst themselves."
"Mutated Plants need to devour a large number of Yao Beast corpses to make a Breakthrough, so there shouldn't be any mistake."
You Suowei's eyes darted around, and he leaned close to Xu Shu, whispering, "Boss, after a Mutated Plant successfully makes a Breakthrough, is there a period of weakness, and some Mutated Plants even fall into a deep sleep?"
"A second-tier Mutated Plant has already produced a core. I don't need to elaborate on what a second-tier core represents, do I?"
"This is an Opportunity for Breakthrough delivered right to our doorstep."
If they didn't seize an Opportunity that fell from the sky, why even be mercenaries?
Go home, plant sweet potatoes, and have children!