"I finally gave up, okay. Li Qing suddenly interrupted Zhong Ruoxi's words and said hurriedly.

Zhong Ruoxi pursed her lips, her eyes flashed, but she didn't say a word.

Li Qing took a deep breath: "Qiuqiu is so smart, I'm really afraid of revealing something between words, so that she will immediately guess what I'm doing." ”

"Then have you ever thought..."Zhong Ruoxi paused slightly, "You may never come back, don't you feel sorry for not saying goodbye to the person you love before parting?"

A smile swelled at the corner of his mouth, and Li Qing shook his head again and again: "How come?" I promised Qiuqiu that I would take care of her for the rest of my life. I will definitely go back and definitely not get stuck here. ”

Turning her head slightly, Zhong Ruoxi's beautiful eyes stared at Li Qing's side face and stopped talking.

The two of them stayed quietly for more than two hours, and the time passed silently, Zhong Ruoxi looked down at the electronic watch and stood up: "Ready to go." ”

The ten men regrouped, crossed the vast forest, and headed for the first predetermined location. There, the team will receive the first airdrop from the Longxi military, including radio communication equipment, munitions, and essential food and drinking water.

Due to the insect repellent powder carried before, the various poisonous insects in the primeval forest did not cause much trouble to this team, but the large number of poisonous snakes hiding among the grass and branches still caused people to feel in a mood. The colorful poisonous snakes in different forms all hint at danger. They are unique to this rainforest, and the combined knowledge of all the people in the team can only discern a small part of them.

"If only I had brought the clouds. Li Qing thought silently in his heart, and couldn't help but reach out and press his pocket, touching the purse that the little girl had given him shyly many days ago.

It was the 19th of the month, eight days before the memorial service for the fallen soldiers of Shillong on the 27th, and in the early morning of this day, the team arrived at the first scheduled location.

The minute hand moves methodically across the dial, and the time points to 7:5.

Shi Yinghui looked at the sky with a somewhat anxious expression: "It's been five minutes, what about the supplies?"

"Wait a little longer. Zhong Ruoxi's voice revealed a trace of indescribable coldness.

Li Qing waved his hand at Qin Wuchao, who was not far away, and the latter turned around and gave him a thumbs up, indicating that everything was normal.

"Something should have happened. Li Qing leaned over to Feng Yucheng and said in a low voice.

Nodding without a trace, Feng Yucheng waved his hand at Deng Shi again, who immediately rushed back, took out the map from his bag and spread it out on the spot.

"Worst-case scenario. Li Qing said in a deep voice.

Deng Shi was slightly stunned, and then his eyes lit up slightly, and he stretched out his hand and pointed on the map: "According to the previous agreement, our second scheduled location is here, and the time is on the 23rd, that is, four days later." We now have enough food, and it will not be a problem to save it for four days, but there is a serious shortage of drinking water and ammunition. ”

"Especially the ammunition. Deng Shi repeated emphatically, "With the amount of ammunition we carried when we set off from Longxi, it was enough to protect ourselves, but if we wanted to get through the next blockade, it would be too difficult." ”

Yang Xun said in a muffled voice: "There is another key problem, there is no radio communication system, and there is no way to get in touch with the Longxi military. In this way, in the next few days we become deaf, blind, and if the situation changes, we can only be beaten passively. ”

"There's no way but to get over it. Li Qing said in a deep voice, "Since there are not enough bullets, let's play cold soldiers." ”

"Empty gloves white wolf? Master Deng raised his eyebrows, "But this is just the worst-case scenario, I guess there is something wrong with Huang Jingyuan, but we won't be so bad." ”

But I didn't expect Master Deng to say that the team's actions were not smooth at the beginning, and now they are really lucky to go to their grandmother's house.

From seven o'clock in the morning as agreed, to half past eight o'clock, a full hour and a half, I was stunned and didn't see a single drop of supplies.

Li Qing walked up to Zhong Ruoxi and glanced at her lightly: "It's been this time, let's get an idea." ”

"Don't wait. Zhong Ruoxi retracted her eyes, "Hurry to the next scheduled location." ”

Qin Wuchao, who was chewing leaves, stood up and spread his hands: "What is the situation?"

Shi Yinghui replied in a deep voice: "Our unmanned aircraft may have been shot down by the enemy, even if it is a stealth fighter, there is a possibility of being discovered." ”

"Damn!" Ji Wenbin suddenly became furious, "There is only such a little thing left, how will I eat it in the next few days? ”

"No way. Qin Wuchao withdrew and patted Ji Wenbin on the shoulder, "If the first time has already been discovered, Huang Jingyuan will definitely not dare to try the second time, it will only expose our position in advance." Don't say anything, withdraw quickly, you are ready to drink cold water in the next few days. ”

The team left in a hurry, followed by a whole day of running, and it was almost dusk before stopping to rest.

"Can you find a water source?" Li Qing asked Qin Wuchao, who had just returned from scouting around.

Qin Wuchao shook his head: "There is a lot of game, but unfortunately you can't make a fire, and it's dry and greedy to look at." ”

"Damn, the thought of having to eat compressed biscuits for the next few days makes me feel like I can't love it. Master Deng gritted his teeth for a while.

Ji Wenbin tugged at the corners of his mouth: "I look at the big snake in the woods well, why don't we catch a few, peel them clean, wrap them in salt, and roast them?"

Deng Shi unceremoniously slapped Ji Wenbin on the back of the head: "Do you think we are coming out for a picnic?"

"It's all less nonsense. Li Qing opened the tarpaulin and laid it neatly on the ground, "It's getting dark, open your tarpaulin and collect dew." ”

When the others heard this, they hurriedly did the same, Li Qing straightened up, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Gu Yue circling around a big tree.

"What's wrong? It's like you're stunned..."Li Qing walked over and tilted his head.

Gu Yue ignored him and just stared at the big tree in front of him, which made Li Qing can't help but shift his attention to this tree. But after watching it for a long time, Li Qing repeatedly confirmed that this was an ordinary tree, worthless.

Li Qing smiled: "Go back and rest for a while, this thing can't be eaten." ”

"Didn't you notice that the tree was empty? Gu Yue suddenly turned her head and stared at Li Qing and said.

"Huh?

Before Li Qing could react, Gu Yue had already pulled out the dagger and inserted it diagonally into the trunk of this waist-thick tree, and then pried it suddenly, with a crisp click, and a piece of bark fell out. Immediately afterward, a stream of milky white branches and leaves poured out of the trunk.

"What is this?" Li Qing couldn't help but be amazed when he saw this scene.

Gu Yue stretched out her jade hand into the gap that had just been pried open, and took out a white stem, which was white and tender in color, like a piece of fresh white radish.

Glancing at Li Qing, Gu Yue opened her small mouth and took a bite gently, her voice crisp.

"Taste it, taste it. Gu Yue handed the stem in his hand to Li Qing, and there was still a small half of the delicate tooth mark left on it.

Li Qing tasted it, and then his eyes widened in surprise: "What is this? Why is it so sweet?"

"Parasitic vines. Gu Yue took a half step back and looked up at the towering tree, "Didn't you notice that the leaves of this tree were yellow, and most of them were curled? ”

Only then did Li Qing react, it turned out that in addition to Caiyun, there was also a living map beside him.

Master Deng and the others immediately gathered over, vying to eat this kind of stem from the trunk of this big tree, and ate it with great pleasure.

"I really didn't expect that there would be such a thing in the world. Ji Wenbin muttered while feasting, "This time I really have a long experience, and Lao Tzu didn't come to the westernmost side in vain." ”

"It's so sweet and thirst-quenching. Qin Wuchao smiled, "Gu Yue, there is such a good thing, why didn't you say it earlier? ”

Gu Yue pursed her lips: "Parasitic vines are hard to come by, how can they grow casually?" Even people who live in Longxi all year round can eat them once in a lifetime. ”

Li Qing blinked and put down the half of the stem in his hand. Gu Yue said very little along the way, and with her usual temperament, she rarely appeared so cheerful and generous.

For some reason, Li Qing always faintly felt that something was not quite right.

Shi Yinghui dug out half of the parasitic cane stem with a knife and handed it to Zhong Ruoxi: "You taste it, it's really delicious." I've been in Longxi for so long, and it's the first time I've heard of this kind of thing. ”

Zhong Ruoxi stared at the piece in Shi Yinghui's hand and didn't reach out to pick it up.

Gu Yue turned around and stared at Zhong Ruoxi with a smile, but she didn't say a word.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhong Ruoxi bowed slightly, took the stem, and took a bite gently.

"It's really sweet. A smile appeared on the corner of her lips, Zhong Ruoxi nodded at Gu Yue, and raised the things in her hand, as if she wanted to settle her suspicions with her.

Gu Yue smiled faintly, wiped the dagger clean, and reinserted it into her waist.

A feast made this team instantly throw away all the previous difficulties, until Qin Wuchao's laughter sounded in the forest: "Lao Ji, have you eaten enough?"

"Why..."

Qin Wuchao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then what are you dangling about?"

"I notice..."Ji Wenbin held the trunk of a big tree with one hand and blinked his eyes vigorously, "Why do you seem to have two heads?"

When the words fell, Ji Wenbin's body shook again, and he immediately fell to the ground with a thud, and he didn't know anyone on the spot. The stem of the plant, which still had tooth marks in his hand, rolled out on the spot and smashed silently into the grass.