Zhang Ran turned to look at the mercenaries: "Is the layout of the defense area scattered or centralized?" ”

The mercenary thought for a while and said: "Scattered, if you pass through the jungle straight from here, it is estimated that you will only encounter one defense point, and it should not be difficult for you to have the same number of mercenaries as us." ”

Zhang Ran smiled: "It seems that you saved your own life." ”

After speaking, Zhang Ran nodded to the little soldier, the little soldier grabbed the mercenary on the ground and the mercenary who was kicked out by Zhang Ran and came to the side of the tree trunk, controlled the two mercenaries together with the mercenary who was tied to the tree trunk, and stuffed his mouth with fallen leaves, Zhang Ran said with a smile: "When our mission is completed, there will also be your companions to rescue you, wait with peace of mind." ”

Then the saber regiment and the members of the 'crescent moon' marched in a straight line in the direction of the desert, and everyone rushed frantically at night, and soon came to the second defense point mentioned by the mercenary, Zhang Ran, who was hidden in the bushes, looked at the temporary residence not far ahead, which was exactly the same as the residence of the previous defense point, even the number of people was exactly the same, and the six mercenaries by the fire were drinking wine and singing, and seemed to enjoy this life.

Zhang Ran in the bush smiled and said to the people around him: "It's still the previous plan, let's prepare, continue to hurry after solving it as soon as possible, the official mercenaries of the Blackwater Mercenary Group went to the desert, and it seems that the 'Grim Reaper' banished the mercenaries for long." ”

Everyone nodded and began to move, and after a few moments, the six mercenaries were stunned in the residence and tied up, and the saber regiment and the members of the 'crescent moon' continued to advance towards the desert without any hesitation.

As the trees and vegetation became scarcer and scarcer, the group finally came to the edge of the jungle, and not far in front of them was the endless desert terrain, Zhang Ran said to the 'crescent moon' beside him: "Where should we look now?" ”

'Crescent' pointed in the direction of due north: "This is their base all the way forward, I guess they will come out from here too, after all, this road goes directly to the jungle we just passed, they will definitely look for a place to hide in the first place, the desert is too easy to expose." ”

Zhang Ran nodded: "Let's go, let's go here." ”

'Crescent' continued: "It's also easy for us to expose ourselves when we act like this. ”

"What then?"

'Crescent' nodded to Gabriel, Gabriel put on the huge backpack behind his back, and took out a few sets of clothes from it, 'Crescent' said: "These are the clothes of civilians in the vicinity, and there are often residents here who pass through the desert, let's disguise ourselves as them, this will be more or less effective." ”

Zhang Ran said: "Old man, I can't imagine that what you think is really thoughtful." ”

"It's just getting ready."

Everyone changed into ordinary clothes, the guns were hidden in long sleeves, and the strips of cloth that covered their faces to cover the wind and sand completely concealed their facial features, which was indeed the same as the 'crescent moon' said, and had a certain effect of hiding their identities.

The group swaggered towards the depths of the desert, the hot desert and the previously humid jungle were completely two worlds, the dry air made everyone in the saber regiment very uncomfortable, and the water source they carried with them was quickly depleted, fortunately. The crescent moon has prepared enough fresh water, otherwise the saber regiment will die of thirst in the desert, human beings will not die if they don't eat for seven days, but if they don't drink water for three days, they will be in danger of death, and soon after entering the desert, everyone in the saber regiment will be uncomfortable, and their physical strength will drop very much, but the night will come faster, the sun has just set, the temperature of the desert has dropped sharply, and it is completely different from the daytime, and the saber regiment at this time trembled all over the body because of the extreme cold, Zhang Ran said with a smile: "This is the reason why I don't like desert combat the most, It's a day to get used to two extremes. ”

'Crescent' said energetically: "What is this, we have long been accustomed to this kind of environmental conditions. ”

Zhang Ran smiled: "Could it be that your headquarters in Africa is in the desert?" ”

The corners of the 'crescent moon's mouth rose, and he did not answer Zhang Ran's words.

The desert at night was exceptionally deserted, and on the sand dunes, 'Crescent' and Zhang Ran looked into the distance, no one could block their sight so that the two could see farther and more clearly, and then 'Crescent' pointed in one direction and said, "Where do you look." ”

Zhang Ran took the night vision binoculars and looked in the direction pointed by the 'crescent moon', and faintly saw something similar to the style of a combat vehicle parked in the dark desert, Zhang Ran said: "Combat vehicle? ”

'Crescent': "Well, it's a bit far away, and I can only see a vague outline." ”

Zhang Ran smiled: "It seems that we can arrive tomorrow night." ”

Crescent Moon said, "I guess it's going to be difficult. ”

"Why?"

'Crescent' turned his head to look at the saber team members behind Zhang Ran: "Look at them." ”

Zhang Ran looked at his team members, everyone had a tired look on their faces, as if their bodies were a little unbearable, Zhang Ran smiled: "It seems that there is still a lack of exercise." ”

'Crescent' pointed to the cactus area not far ahead: "Let's go there first, simply build a simple building that can at least block the sun tomorrow morning, rest for a day, and wait for your team members to adapt to this place before we set off, otherwise these people will be sent to death if they go." ”

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Let's go, go to the cactus area first." ”

After everyone walked hard in the desert, and after coming to the cactus area, the 'Crescent Moon' was pleasantly surprised to find that the huge cactus was connected by a black plastic bag between the two pairs, and the huge black plastic bag straddled the cactus diagonally.

Zhang Ran looked at these suspiciously and said, "What is this?" ”

'Crescent Moon' smiled: "Fresh water collector, the difference between the low temperature at night and the high temperature in the morning, the steam and water vapor gather on the black plastic bag, slowly flow down the lower part with the inclined angle, and finally collect together, this method is very simple and practical, it seems that there are people here nearby." ”

Zhang Ran asked, "Could it be those people in Heishui?" ”

Crescent Moon shook her head: "Those people must have enough fresh water with them, so there's no need to make these." ”

"Who could that be?"

"Forgot the deciduous tent we just saw in the jungle?"

"You mean the people who train here?"

"Quite possibly."

Then everyone walked to the depths of the cactus, and under a boulder, a figure was sitting by the fire smoking a cigarette, looking at Zhang Ran and his party without a look of surprise at all.

Zhang Ran and the 'Crescent Moon' walked to the fire, an old man with a pale face was looking at them, the folds on his face overlapped, and the untended beard was particularly prominent in the jaw, but what was more noticeable in comparison was the old man's mutilated right foot, which was installed with a wooden stake similar to that of a pirate, and the old man said to Zhang Ran and everyone in fluent English: "Traveler, come and rest and rest." ”

'Crescent' said in a friendly manner, "Thank you." ”

Everyone sat down, and the 'crescent moon' slowly asked the old man, "Excuse me, you got the fresh water collector in front?" ”

The old man nodded: "You must get some fresh water to drink here." ”

'Crescent' politely took out a bottle of fresh water from his backpack and handed it to the old man: "We have it here, can you have some?" ”

The old man looked at the water bottle in the hand of the 'crescent moon' and politely refused: "Hehe, thank you for your kindness, I have fresh water collected here." ”

After speaking, the old man turned sideways, faced the boulder wall and rested with his back to Zhang Ran and his party.

And after Zhang Ran and 'Crescent Moon' glanced at each other, they began to barbecue on the fire raised by the old man, and there were no superfluous words between the people, after all, they were only dressed as civilians now.

The soldier took out the wine in his backpack, twisted the cap of the bottle and began to drink, and the old man immediately sat up, turned to look at the wine jug in the soldier's hand, swallowed and swallowed, and looked at it with dead eyes.

Xiao Bing looked at the old man's expression, raised the wine jug in his hand slightly, and asked tentatively, "Can you have some?" ”

The old man nodded frantically, Xiao Bing smiled and threw the wine jug in his hand to the old man, the old man took it and drank the wine in the jug directly, and after licking the last drop of wine, the old man looked at Xiao Bing and said with a smile: "Is there anything else?" Not addictive. ”

Xiao Bing looked at Zhang Ran, and Zhang Ran smiled and nodded.

Xiao Bing continued to take out the wine and handed it to the old man, and after the old man drank Xiao Bing's three pots of wine, he was finally satisfied, and said with a smile: "You still have a good heart, those mercenaries not only snatched Lao Tzu's food before, but also wanted to kill Lao Tzu." ”

Zhang Ran smiled and pointed in the direction of the combat vehicle he saw with the 'Crescent Moon' just now and said, "Those people you said are going over there." ”

The old man was full of wine: "I don't know about this, but they came from the direction you came from." ”

Zhang Ran divided the food above the fire, cut off a large piece and handed it to the old man, the old man took the food in Zhang Ran's hand with a smile and began to bite it in a big gulp, 'Crescent' asked with a smile: "Old man, have you been in the jungle before?" ”

The old man nodded as he ate: "If you have enough of living in the jungle, you will live here." ”

At this time, the 'crescent moon' suddenly said: "The old man turned out to be a mercenary or a member of the army, right?" ”

The old man stopped biting at the food and said with a smile, "Mercenaries? Troops? Hehe, you think too much, I've been living here for a long time. ”

'Crescent' said, "You built the deciduous tent, right?" ”

"Well, what's the matter, that's where I live."

"In terms of methods and methods, this is something that only a professionally trained person can do."

Zhang Ran also looked at the old man, smiling and waiting for the old man's answer.

The old man said unhurriedly: "This level is an army or a mercenary?" Wow, I adore myself too, I've always done that. ”

'Crescent' and Zhang Ran looked at the old man in disappointment, in their opinion, the old man must have received professional training, but now it seems that the old man may just be used to this kind of life, there are many people here to avoid debts, they either fled to the jungle or hid in the slums, no matter how they looked, the old man in front of him looked like a down-and-out vagrant.

Everyone was eating food, Zhang Ran looked up at the old man from time to time, the old man shook his head drunkenly, always with a smile on his face, seemed to enjoy the food and wine this time, the old man slowly stood up, walked around the fire, the prosthetic leg on his foot did not have any inconvenience, walking back and forth beside the saber regiment and the members of the 'crescent moon', as if observing everyone.

This novel is from Reading Rim