Chapter Twenty-Five: The Arrow
Anne couldn't sleep that night.
At a young age, she became the head of the Asian region of the International Biological Research Association, and although she has a bright future, she is also under great pressure.
In particular, although the general public does not know much about the Outer Khingan Mountains, in fact, it has long attracted great attention from the leaders of the two countries.
The Elders' House of the International Biological Research Association had just called her on satellite phones one after another to inquire about the progress of the incident.
Anne answered the calls, naturally sleepy.
She really wanted to talk to Lin Shuo. It doesn't have to be related to this mission, just talk about anything.
It was pitch black outside the tent at the moment, and it was also very quiet. She guessed that Lin Shuo should not be asleep.
However, if I got into a man's tent in the middle of the night, it would be a little inappropriate to think about it.
If you don't talk to Lin Shuo alone, she is uneasy.
This ambivalence haunted her and made it even more difficult for her to sleep.
After tossing and turning for a while, Anne finally gave up trying to fall asleep and decided to go to Lin Shuo.
Just as she stepped out of her tent, a ray of morning light fell on the mountains of the Starlov Mountains.
So, Anne dimly saw the moment when Lin Shuo stood on the boulder in the westernmost part of the camp, opening his bow and shooting arrows.
She felt that even if she exhausted her life, she would never forget this scene:
This thin and tall man is a head shorter than the recurve bow chaser in his hand.
I saw him standing on the ground with his right foot, his left foot raised high and stepping on the bow of the recurve bow, holding the bowstring with both hands, stretching his body sideways, waist strength, leg strength, and arm strength in one, and propping the recurve bow to a full state.
Unable to see his arrow, Anne only felt that his right shoulder shook slightly, and his right hand had placed a two-meter-long arrow between the bowstring and the bow.
Then, he maintained this posture of standing on one foot, arching his body, and leaning on his side, as if he was frozen, motionless.
The only thing that moved was his left foot, which landed on the ground. It was a very slight azimuth adjustment that controlled the horizontal direction of the arrows.
Lin Shuo's bow drawing action has an indescribable beauty, and Anne only feels that her mind seems to be frightened all of a sudden.
It wasn't until she observed the slight displacement of Lin Shuo's left foot that she was shocked by the rumbling sound coming from afar.
As the loud noise approached, the ground began to shake.
Before Anne realized what the nearer and closer loud noise meant, the arrow was gone!
Lin Shuo shot that arrow!
After this huge bow and arrow left the string, the air shock caused seemed to exceed the range of the human ear, and it was silent.
By this time, the whole camp had been shaken by the loud noise in the distance and the tremor of the earth, and everyone ran out of their tents.
"What's going on?" Wei Xingshan's voice sounded beside Anne, "Is there an earthquake?"
There was a loud noise in the distance, and after Lin Shuo shot the arrow, there was a pause, and then an even louder noise came.
But unlike before, this time, the sound is fading away.
A minute later, it was all calm again.
"Mr. Lin, what's wrong?" Wei Xingshan asked again.
Lin Shuo stood on the stone for a while, as if observing something. Then he jumped off the stone, looking rather sorry: "Almost." ”
"Almost what?"
"Go down and see. Lin Shuo shook his head, and a short body got into the tent, "Captain Wei, I want to rest for a while, you remember to get my arrow back." ”
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Half an hour later, the sky was already bright.
Wei Xingshan organized two assault teams with loaded guns, a total of ten people, and planned to go down the mountain to have a look.
In fact, these mercenaries were in the camp, and they would have been able to go a long time ago, but Wei Xingshan did not dare to take risks.
Because as the light became more and more abundant, the scene under the mountain became clearer and clearer, and Wei Xingshan looked down from this halfway mountainside, and he was scared into a cold sweat.
Without bringing people and guys, Wei Xingshan really didn't dare to go down the mountain.
At this time, the mountain was in shambles.
Unlike the artificial forests near the villages, where the stubble was cut down by lumberjacks, the mountain down to the river is a dense primeval forest.
In this primeval forest, large trees surrounded by three or five people are very common, and the thinnest trees are also as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
The trees here, Wei Xingshan once used to use a hand axe to teach, only cleaned up one of the trees that did not slip in the autumn, and almost didn't flash his waist.
And now, this primeval forest seems to have been opened out of an "N" shaped broad avenue.
No matter the thickness, height, or variety, all the trees on this avenue were overwhelmed and spread all over the ground.
What's even more terrifying is that the closure of the head of this "N" shape is less than three hundred meters away from the camp.
The size of the big guy on the shore is actually only a few steps away.
After Wei Xingshan led people down the mountain, the first thing he arrived at was the closure of this "N" shape.
When Wang Yong stepped over a fallen tree, he let out an "oops" and fell into a dog eating.
"What's the situation?" Wei Xingshan was taken aback.
"Team Wei, you wait a while, my legs are weak. Wang Yong sat on the ground with a white face.
Wei Xingshan looked at his soldiers, not only Wang Yong, but the others were also colorless, standing and standing, but the knuckles of the guns were white.
Wei Xingshan was angry: "You can be regarded as having followed me from birth to death." What haven't you seen before? Why are you scared like this bird?"
"Team Wei, you have lifted us. Wang Yong said with a bitter face, "We have never seen this kind of four-lane highway in the forest with a round trip!"
"Team Wei, don't just talk about us, your own face is not very good-looking. Another mercenary muttered.
"Stop talking nonsense. Wei Xingshan glanced in the direction of the camp, "Hold on tight and find that arrow." ”
"Team Wei, look over there. Wang Yong pointed in the direction, "There is a hole in this tree." ”
Wei Xingshan followed Wang Yong's finger and looked at it, it was true. I am tall, and this hole looks flat because of the angle, so it is not easy to notice. Wang Yong sat on the ground, but it was very eye-catching.
"Let's go, go over and have a look. ”
This is a pine with a diameter of nearly two meters, which is considered a big tree even in this primeval forest. It grows on the edge of this new "N" shaped road, just two or three meters apart.
On the trunk of this pine sylvestris sylvestris, there is a large hole in the side, the size of two palms, and judging from the exposed wood at the entrance of the hole, this hole has just been formed.
"Mr. Lin is really scary. Wang Yong stood up, followed Wei Xingshan to the nearest place, looked at this big hole, and was amazed, "This is more than 500 meters away from the place where he shot arrows." The arrows are all here, and they can shoot this tree through a transparent hole. ”
"Is this a human?"
"You just found out today that he's not human, huh?"
"Wang Yong, I don't know what you think, anyway, I don't want to talk about holding a crossbow, even if I carry a bazooka, I don't dare to argue with him. ”
"Go, go, which pot is not opened. Wang Yong pouted.
"Isn't it the wrong size?" said the other mercenary, "Mr. Lin's arrows are only as thick as an arm." This hole is too big, isn't it?"
"yes. Wang Yong also remembered.
Wei Xingshan pointed ahead: "Over there." ”
Everyone looked at Wei Xingshan's fingers again, and sure enough, they found the arrow.
The arrow was nailed to a rock on the opposite side, the front half of which had sunk into the stone, and the back half of which was carrying a scale the size of a palm.
The mercenaries hurriedly stepped forward, half of them were in charge of pulling, the other half were chiseling stones with hand axes, and they were all sweating profusely, and finally got the arrow out of the stone.
After carefully surveying the scene, Wei Xingshan came to a conclusion.
The arrow undoubtedly hit the target, even piercing the scales of the thing, and then, for some reason, the arrow slid over.
Then the arrow, with its scales, pierced a pine sylvestris sylvestris and smashed two red-barked spruce, and the arrow shot into the stone.
The power of Lin Shuo's arrow has far surpassed Wei Xingshan's understanding of cold weapons.
What made Wei Xingshan feel even more creepy was that there was no blood here at all.
This shows that the arrow peeled off a piece of the object's scales, but it did not hurt its flesh, but only scared it away.
Thinking of this, Wei Xingshan couldn't help but glance down at the assault rifle in his hand.
Lin Shuo had already reminded that Wei Xingshan didn't think so at that time.
Until now, for the first time in his life, he began to wonder if the guy in his hand would work.
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After that arrow was fired, Lin Shuo looked like a nobody.
But when I returned to the tent and sat cross-legged, the sweat came down like a spring.
Lin Shuo just sat like this, waiting for the sweat all over his body to soak his clothes, then he exhaled a long breath and took off his clothes.
After drying his body and changing into a dry sweatshirt, Lin Shuo got into his sleeping bag.
In less than ten seconds, there was a loud snoring in the tent.
When Lin Shuo opened his eyes again, he found Anne sitting next to him.
This beautiful woman was looking at herself, with a worried expression.
"How long have I been asleep?" Lin Shuo shook his head and sat up.
"Two hours. Anne asked.
"You've been waiting here for two hours?"
"Hmm. Anne nodded, then a blush flashed across her face, and explained, "You've been watching over us for several nights, and I'm supposed to watch you for a while." ”
As she spoke, Anne seemed to feel that she was getting darker and darker, and quickly changed the topic: "That arrow, it's a lot of energy, right?"
"Hmm. Lin Shuo answered, got out of the sleeping bag, put on his shoes, and then looked up and said, "I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?"
"I'll get it right away. Anne smiled and stood up.
"Wait a minute!" Lin Shuo's expression tightened, and his nose twitched, "Wei Xingshan, have they come back?"
"Not yet. ”
Lin Shuo's face suddenly became very ugly, he stood up abruptly and walked quickly to the outside of the tent.
Anne was confused, and followed Lin Shuo out of the tent as soon as she saw Liu Qing standing outside, holding a walkie-talkie in her hand.
Anne was about to say hello, but noticed that Liu Qing's expression was very strange.
It was an expression of a sudden and huge blow, and the whole face was wooden, and the eyes were scattered.
"What's wrong?" asked Anne.
"Team Wei, something happened to them. ”