The rain became heavier and heavier, as if the water of the entire Yao River had poured into the sky and then poured down again.

Li Qing walked to the back of a dirt slope with a cold face, reached out and uprooted the weeds on it, and then dug out the soil below.

Everyone knows that Shi Yinghui is dead.

Deng Shi rolled up his sleeves, walked over silently, and dug with Li Qing. After a while, several people outside gathered and dug for half the night, their fingernails split, and a deep pit was dug out by their bare hands, and it was full of stagnant water.

The task force was here and buried Shi Yinghui.

The mountains are high and the road is long, and the road ahead is vast, and he can no longer return to his homeland.

The rain had stopped, but the sky was still gray. The morning air was humid and cool, and there was a thick fog all around.

Li Qing carried the extremely weak Qin Wuchao on his back, and the group continued to hurry.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning of the same day, that is, at the same time as the statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Xilong, the task force successfully crossed the river and arrived on the east bank of the Yao River, one step closer to Longxi.

In this operation, except for Qin Wuchao, who was seriously injured, the rest of the surviving team members were also injured of varying severity. Deng Shi calculated the time, and then after everyone's discussion, they unanimously decided to stay for the time being, resting in place, while waiting for Ji Wenbin and the three of them in the rear to catch up.

Yang Xun broke a branch to make a wooden fork, jumped into the water and forked a few fish. It took Deng Shi a long day to light a small fire with a lighter and grill the fish on a branch.

In the middle of the roast, it rained again in the sky, and the fire was directly extinguished. Deng Shi couldn't stop swearing, so several people could only huddle together to warm themselves with each other's body temperatures, and swallow the half-cooked grilled fish with difficulty.

It was the first meal the squad had in two days.

At eleven o'clock at noon, Wen Yang carried Feng Yucheng on his back to join Li Qing and others.

Li Qing didn't say a word, and pulled Wen Yang aside as soon as he stretched out his hand: "What about Ji Wenbin!"

Feng Yucheng said in a deep voice: "We met someone from the special hunting team on the way here, Ji Wenbin asked Wen Yang to take me away, and he went to lure Bagudi away..."

"Bagudi?" Deng Shi's eyelids jumped, and then he looked at Li Qing.

After being silent for a while, Li Qing gritted his teeth: "Go back!"

"Li Qing!" Zhong Ruoxi snorted coldly, "There are not enough dead people!

"Ji Wenbin was brought out by me, he fell into it in order to protect Lao Feng, I can't help it. ”

"Look at what you have become, you keep saying to save people, and in the end you will only take more people's lives to go in!" Zhong Ruoxi said, "Ji Wenbin can't be saved anymore, you obviously know better than me!"

Yang Xun said in a sullen voice: "Even if we don't think about Lao Ji, the grievances between us and Bagudi have come to an end. ”

"If you don't make a move, the Shillong army won't let Bagudi go, why are you bothered? Zhong Ruoxi stared at Li Qing tightly, "You are the leader of the team, you are responsible for the lives of your subordinates, don't let me down." ”

"I know. Li Qing nodded, "But whether Ji Wenbin is alive or dead, I have to find out." I'm already ashamed of him, and I don't want to be unstable for the rest of my life. ”

"Okay, let the others stay here and I'll go with you. Zhong Ruoxi hesitated, nodded and said.

"Yes. Li Qing nodded, then leaned over to Master Deng, lowered his voice and advised: "Be optimistic about Yang Xun." ”

"Understood. ”

Seeing that Master Deng should come down, Li Qing didn't say anything more, raised his hand and patted the shoulders of several other team members, and then turned back with Zhong Ruoxi towards the lower reaches of the Yao River.

"Wen Yang, go to the back and sentry. Deng Shi stared at Li Qing's back and commanded in a low voice, "Bagudi will bring someone to chase after him, we don't have much time." ”

"You're just wasting your time. Zhong Ruoxi's pretty face that had been spent had a deep dissatisfaction.

Li Qing stared at her delicate cheeks, and suddenly said, "Then thank you for your compromise." ”

Zhong Ruoxi was slightly stunned, and then sighed softly: "I also hope that Ji Wenbin is okay, but you should know that this is simply impossible." ”

"I don't want to talk about that. Li Qing pulled one foot out of the mud, "The loss of this operation is so big, no matter what I say, it doesn't seem to hurt or itch." ”

So the two of them fell silent, and all they heard was the sound of pedestrians walking by, and the scraping of branches and leaves on both sides.

After a while, Li Qing couldn't hold it back, and took the lead in speaking: "Last operation..."

"Which time?"

"The assassination of Araza. Li Qing's Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he obviously felt Zhong Ruoxi's back in front of him stiffen slightly, "Except for you, are the other members really all dead?"

Zhong Ruoxi bit her lip: "What's there to ask about this?"

"You cried last night. Li Qing was silent for a while and then said, "I thought..."

"Li Qing, even if you have bruises all over your body, if you are cut through the flesh and skin with a sharp weapon again, it will still hurt. ”

Zhong Ruoxi ended the conversation, and the two of them once again just lowered their heads and hurried away, silent to each other.

After walking down the bank of the Yao River for more than an hour, Li Qing and Zhong Ruoxi stopped together.

Glancing at each other, the two of them flashed into the dense forest.

The sound of heavy footsteps was getting closer and closer, and Li Qing and the others originally thought that it was Bagudi's people catching up, but after a few minutes, it turned out to be a brown bear through the branches and leaves.

"A false alarm. Li Qing exhaled lightly, then folded a wrist-thick branch from the side, and glanced at Zhong Ruoxi, "If people don't offend me, I won't offend people." If this beast doesn't open his eyes, don't blame me for being rude. ”

As he spoke, Li Qing had already jumped out of the bushes, but when he caught a glimpse of the brown bear, it was like a scoop of cold water poured from head to foot, and it froze there directly.

In the mouth of the brown bear, a carcass was dragged.

The beast seemed to be planning to drag the corpse into its cave to feast on it, or to feed its newly-screaming cubs, after all, it was not easy for Sia to hunt for food during this solar term.

Suddenly, a two-legged human broke into his sight, and the brown bear suddenly became vigilant in his heart, threw the corpse in his mouth, and let out a low roar at Li Qing.

But Li Qing was stupid and ignored the threat of this beast.

"Roar!" roared, and the brown bear rushed towards Li Qing.

Zhong Ruoxi jumped out behind Li Qing, and when he saw that Li Qing was still frozen in place, he immediately snorted coldly and flew to throw him out.

"Li Qing!" Zhong Ruoxi grabbed the placket on Li Qing's chest, and the two of them rolled out all the way out, and fell into the river with a pop.

The whole person woke up in an instant, Li Qing stood up from the water, raised his hand and wiped the water stains on his face. The brown bear threw himself into the air, naturally unwilling, turned around and rushed towards Li Qing again, threw him into the water, opened his mouth and bit Li Qing's shoulder.

Li Qing raised his foot and kicked upwards fiercely, but his physical exertion was too great, and the brown bear was too heavy, and the latter did not move at all under the kick. The brown bear was in pain, but it bit deeper, and then with a lift of its neck, it tore off a large piece of flesh from Li Qing's shoulder and threw him away.

After throwing Li Qing away, the brown bear stared at Zhong Ruoxi, who was also in the water, stepped on one of her legs, and opened its mouth towards her cheek.

Zhong Ruoxi's reaction was extremely fast, and after realizing that one leg could no longer be withdrawn, he quickly stretched out his jade hand to break the brown bear's teeth, so that its salty mouth could not be closed.

Li Qing rolled on the ground for several times before he stopped, sat up with his shoulders covered, and saw that the brown bear had shifted the target to Zhong Ruoxi, so he immediately gritted his teeth viciously, picked up the wooden stick he had just broken off on the ground, roared, and pounced.

Jumping onto the brown bear's back, Li Qing's arm was bruised, and he suddenly inserted the wrist-thick wooden stick into the brown bear's right eye. He used such force that the stick pierced through the brown bear's brain, and rushed out from his left eye with a wave of blood mixed with brains.

The huge body of the brown bear shook, and then fell silently on Zhong Ruoxi.

Li Qing took a breath, opened the body of the brown bear, and carried Zhong Ruoxi, who was pressed underneath, out of the water.

"How are you?" Li Qing asked cautiously as he placed Zhong Ruoxi on the ground.

"I broke my lower leg. Zhong Ruoxi rubbed her deformed calf, and reprimanded with some annoyance, "I don't know what you're stunned about, almost..."

Zhong Ruoxi's words stopped abruptly because she noticed that Li Qing had turned her head and focused her eyes on the corpse lying on the ground in the distance.

Her pupils shrank, and Zhong Ruoxi couldn't help but open her mouth: "This is..."

Li Qing let go of Zhong Ruoxi, got up and slowly walked towards the corpse. When he got closer, squatted down and turned the body over, Li Qing's entire cheeks swelled with an indescribable look of sorrow.

This corpse is Ji Wenbin.

He was scarred all over his body, and half of Ji Wenbin's cheek was bitten by the brown bear, but this was not the real cause of his death.

Li Qing stared at the fist-sized blood hole in Ji Wenbin's chest, his teeth chattering, and his eyes were swelling with blood.

Dummy bomb, this is the usual trick of Bagudi. In the ambush battle in Shaping, Mo Li's two legs were also destroyed by his methods.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Li Qing knelt beside Ji Wenbin's corpse and said in a low voice, he suddenly lowered his head and kowtowed, and his forehead kept against Ji Wenbin's chest.

Li Qing knew that in his life, there was one more person who owed it. Even if it takes a lifetime to make up for it, it can't be enough.