The African jungle, covered with lush trees and all kinds of vines and weeds, has no roads at all, or rather roads everywhere. As far as the eye can see, the romance is green that makes people feel helpless and panicked.

The sun also began to set at this time, and the fiery red sun seemed to have extinguished hope. The members of Team O2 determined their position based on the sun, combined with the GPS locator and the map in their hands, and began to work forward.

There are no roads in the jungle at all, and the most irritating thing is that the soft roads created by the fallen leaves in the jungle for many years make people have nowhere to go, which greatly slows down their forward speed.

A whole night's march, when they stopped at dawn. Lin Rui's whole body was soaked with sweat, and so were the team members behind him. They rested for only half an hour in the evening before they hit the road again. So when the morning dawned, I was already tired. When the sun rose, they rested in the jungle.

When the day dawned, the mist rising from the whole jungle drifted over. The tranquility of the jungle is broken by the chirping of birds, the east slowly turns red, and the sky turns from pale blue to almost transparent.

"We leave two people on duty and the rest rest, so that each person can get at least four hours of sleep. Lin Rui said in a low voice. "I'm the first post with Jiang'an. Rest well, we don't have much time. ”

The reason why they chose to march at night and rest during the day was to prevent encountering the Order's patrols. Only a madman would take advantage of the darkness of night to wander through such a primeval jungle. And they have more opportunities to forage at night, and many animals are nocturnal. They can hunt enough food on the move.

On this planet, humans are the ones at the top of the food chain.

While the team members were resting, Lin Rui took out the map and locator, and talked to Jiang An in a low voice, "I think we still haven't reached the expected marching speed, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to achieve the goal of preventing them from opening the container to cultivate the virus." That is, our mission may fail. ”

"I think we still have a chance, and the development of a virus research and development project requires a lot of preparation. It's not as simple as ordinary people think, thawing the virus and cultivating it directly. They have to work in a planned and step-by-step manner, so I don't think they will have more than ten days to unfreeze the virus, which means that we have a good chance of recovering it before they thaw it. Jiang An said in a deep voice.

"Hopefully, but speed is still our fatal wound. Lin Rui frowned.

"We marched heavily last night and advanced almost 60 kilometers towards the goal. It's a jungle, not an asphalt road. You look at the brethren, they are already very tired, and we can't ask for more. Shogishi frowned.

Lin Rui turned his head to look at the resting team members and nodded, "Yes, I understand." I'm just a little distracted. ”

"Is it because of the Red Baron?" said Shogishi in a low voice.

Lin Rui was silent, and he said slowly, "There may be this reason. ”

"We are mercenaries, and when we go to the battlefield, life and death depend on our lives. I don't think you should dwell too much on the past. Shogan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Otherwise, the Red Baron will become a shadow in your heart, and every time you meet him, you will lose your coolness." ”

"But I watched my comrades fall under his guns one by one. Several people died, Virtek was crippled, and he couldn't live without a wheelchair for the rest of his life. I can't forget, and perhaps the best way to forget is to come face to face with him and end the knot with his death. Lin Rui was silent for a while.

"I really don't think you should be obsessed with that. Our work itself is brutal. Putting too much pressure on yourself will go crazy. Jiang An patted Lin Rui on the shoulder and said. "Just do your best. ”

Lin Rui nodded silently and picked up his gun, "I'll take a look around, you pay attention here." ”

Jiang An nodded, and Lin Rui took his weapon and walked into the nearby dense forest. Suddenly, he crouched down, looked carefully at the traces around him, and frowned slightly. He was sure that what he had found was a footprint, and it was definitely not left by his own teammates. Because this footprint was barefoot, and no shoes were worn. The indentation on one side clearly shows the toe mark.

In such a deep dense forest, there were actually people moving nearby, Lin Rui frowned slightly. As soon as he leaned down, he instinctively felt bad and rolled to the side. An African spear stabbed at where he had been. Lin Rui turned around, but found that it was an indigenous black man, and the sneak attack just now made him look a little frightened.

But he quickly pulled out a jungle machete from his waist and glared at Lin Rui with his eyes. Lin Rui was also a little surprised by the speed and reaction of this black man, but looking at his movements, he knew that this was a layman. Maybe being a hunter in an indigenous tribe is almost the same, but to use this machete to deal with Lin Rui is a bit overwhelming.

But Lin Rui didn't want to clash with him, maybe there was a tribe living in the jungle behind this black man. It's not wise to clash with these indigenous tribes in the jungle, especially when they have important tasks ahead of them. So he put away his gun and tried to show the black man that his hands were nothing and that there was no hostility.

But he clearly underestimated the ferocity of this black youth. Just when Lin Rui raised his hand and tried to communicate with him in words. The black native had already jumped over like a nimble black panther, and the machete in his hand slashed Lin Rui's neck, moving very quickly.

Lin Rui took a step back, turned around and kicked his legs. Kicked the black man who jumped straight back and crashed into the tree. He didn't do anything ruthless, so the black man could still struggle. Screaming that Lin Rui couldn't understand the words at all, he pounced viciously again. He was probably speaking some kind of indigenous language, and Lin Rui couldn't understand what he was saying at all, so he could only raise his gun and say in a deep voice while avoiding his attack, "Stop, stop!"

But the black young man bravely rushed up again, and Lin Rui had no choice but to turn the muzzle of the gun, dodge and dodge, turn the butt of the gun, and smash him to the ground. The black man still went to grab the machete that had fallen to the ground. Lin Rui grabbed him, flew up, and kicked the machete away.

"Hehe, stop!" Lin Rui was helpless for a while.

"He doesn't understand what you're saying. Crazy Horse, who heard the movement, said in a deep voice, "Let me try." I don't know what ethnicity this guy is, but hopefully he can understand some Lingala. ”

Crazy Horse raised his hand, made a few gestures to the black man, and tried to communicate with him in the local indigenous language. It was only after switching the two languages that the black man reacted, and he and Crazy Horse barely got to the same page.

Crazy Horse's face changed slightly, and then he pulled the vigilant black man aside and questioned carefully.