As the location of the Lemmon detachment, one of the three outposts outside the lonely city of the No. 7 metropolitan area, the medical team here has rich clinical experience in battlefield ambulance such as first aid, orthopedics, and burns.

So when the rescue team dragged a group of barely breathing survivors back to the camp, especially Lemmon, Sosuke and Susan, the scorched external injuries were horrific, coupled with varying degrees of fractures and internal organ damage, the medical officers worked all night and finally pulled the group back from the ghost gate.

At this moment, the camp was gloomy and demoralized, especially the young soldiers, most of their companions died in the wilderness during this expedition, and they barely escaped as the ones left behind, and the D-class heroes who accompanied Sosuke only returned with 3 people, including the wild boar with a big life.

As pioneers, they carry the hopes of humanity and engage in a tug-of-war confrontation with the monsters at the outpost, in order to gradually increase the area of human activity and gradually compress the territory of the monsters.

Since the emergence of the Masked Man, this work has been progressing very well, and the Seven Metropolitan Area has expanded its territory by 30% in the past few years, thanks to the outpost's efforts. Although the soldiers are ordinary human beings, they have an irreplaceable role in assisting heroes in combat and undertaking logistical support and supply work.

But this battle was really too miserable.

When the soldiers who received the distress signal and went to the rescue, they were shocked by the strong smell of blood and sulfur as soon as they got out of the car.

Immediately afterward, the field of vision appeared with severed limbs and corpses, blood staining the burning earth red.

At this moment, there were still remnants of the robes struggling to breathe in pain, but by the time they struggled to carry their dying comrades into the car, their bloodied comrades had stopped breathing.

They completed the search and rescue mission almost with tears in their eyes.

Due to the lack of manpower, they could not bring the corpses of their comrades back to the camp one by one, in order to prevent the vultures and scavenging animals on the grassland from defiling the souls of their comrades, they could only grit their teeth and pile up these comrades-in-arms who were still laughing and dancing together last night, and ignited a dazzling raging fire, bringing the immortal souls of the martyrs into the distant heavens.

There is no doubt about this for their mental blow.

The languishing state of the remaining soldiers worries Lemon deeply, but there is no better solution.

Because it is an indisputable fact that he was ambushed by the magma people and the whole army was wiped out, he has an unshirkable responsibility as the commander of the outpost, but it is irresponsible to ask the military department to resign at this moment, at least bring the rest back alive, he can be regarded as completing the mission, and he is willing to accept whatever punishment he receives.

"Sir, President Sosuke is awake." A soldier came to report.

"Okay, I got it." Lemon dragged his bandaged body to Sousuke.

When I opened the curtain, I saw Sosuke half-sitting on the hospital bed, holding half a cigarette in his hand, and the room was filled with the smell of choking smoke.

Lemon looked at his almost burned beard and sighed, "Old man, it's your fate." ”

Sosuke shook his head and spat heavily on the smoke ring, "We...... How did you survive? When I woke up, it felt like a miracle had happened. ”

Lemon gave a brief account of what he had seen.

Sosuke was dumbfounded when he heard this, and it took a while for him to lower his head and take a hard puff of his cigarette, but he couldn't help coughing.

"Looks like we owe the Masked Man a favor again, but this time it's his daughter."

Lemon smiled bitterly, "Yes, without her, we would really be wiped out." ”

"What's next?" Sosuke said, "If the magma people make a comeback, this outpost will definitely have to be abandoned. ”

"Yes, I'm thinking about it as well, and now that we're desperately short on manpower, I've ordered the Signal Corps to contact the metropolitan area and two other outposts in the hope of getting reinforcements."

Sosuke nodded, "It's okay, if this outpost is abandoned, it will be a big step backwards for humanity, which means that the weirdos will regain control of the wilderness, and there is nothing we can do about it." ”

But at this moment, a series of urgent footsteps were heard outside the tent.

"Sir!" The signal soldier lifted the curtain of the door, his face turned pale, "Oh no! ”

Lemon glared at him, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, "Come in and speak, be quiet!" ”

"Yes." The signal soldier panted, "The communication with the metropolitan area has been cut off for some reason. I did a complete overhaul of the communications equipment and found that it wasn't our problem. But I can't get in touch with them. ”

Lemon hurriedly said, "What about the other two outposts?" ”

The signal soldier wiped his sweat, "I got in touch, but they also said that they had lost the communication connection with the metropolitan area." ”

"Damn it!" Lemon slapped his thigh hard, but then he gasped in pain.

"Okay, you keep trying, and strengthen communication with the other two outposts at any time, and report as soon as there is news."

"Yes!"

Cangsuke's hand holding the cigarette couldn't help but tremble slightly, "Bald, have you ever encountered such a thing before?" ”

Lemon's face was rather ugly, "At least in the two years I've been here, it hasn't happened. ”

"Isn't there something going on in the city?" Cangsuke immediately shook his head and denied himself, "No, no, the defense on the periphery of the metropolitan area is quite strong, and most of the military department's energy has been focused on this in recent years, equipped with newly developed high-tech weapons, even if it is a C-level weirdo who comes to attack the city, he can't eat and walk around." How could it be so easy to fall. Besides, when I came out this time, I brought all D-class heroes, and there were more than a dozen C-class heroes at home, and with them, even if there were weirdos making trouble in the city, the situation could be completely controlled. ”

Cang Jie thought about it, and felt that this thing was completely impossible.

"Perhaps, probably...... The communication system in the metropolitan area is out of order. ”

In the end, he could only comfort himself like this.

Lemon rubbed his bald head and didn't speak, "If you can't contact you tomorrow, I'll send someone back to the metropolitan area to check." At that point, the truth will naturally be revealed. ”

"It's fine." Sosuke snuffed out the cigarette butt and collapsed on the hospital bed, "I hope nothing goes wrong." ”

"You rest." Lemon stood up and glanced at him, "But, if you don't get out of the bed again tomorrow, I'll crack your eggs." ”

"Hey, people are so pitiful, okay, look at my beloved beard......"

Throwing Sosuke's grumbling behind him, Lemon stooped out of the tent.

It was the second day of return, and the sunset was still as blazing and red as it had been thousands of years ago, and it was gradually sinking below the tall grass, staining the horizon a thrilling blood.