Chapter 134: Enemy Attack
"The left confirms security."
"Confirm safety right ahead."
"The right wing confirms security."
Ling An listened to the public announcements of the various teams in front of him from the headphones, and his mood gradually relaxed.
Their third team is still in the middle of the team, and the outermost scouts are still handed over to the previous teams.
Since the [Owl] retreated according to the route it came, and there were buried detectors along the way, which greatly helped to confirm the safety of the route, so at present, the entire squad is in a state of 150 meters apart and shrinking.
Ling An had always been worried that the enemy would chase after him, after all, this was in the Red Mist Zone, but the result was somewhat unexpected.
Are the demons so indifferent to their own turf? If you are a human being, if you dare to come in, you have to be prepared that you will not be able to leave.
After another hour of walking, Jiang Muye ordered to rest in place for ten minutes. Each unit replenishes its own energy.
"Come on, come on, get something to eat." Cheng Yi walked over with a small box and handed Ling An something like a protein bar.
This is not a protein bar, although the engine warriors can use the engine to decompose G substances to supply the body with the energy it needs, but many essential trace elements for the human body cannot be easily obtained, this special energy bar is to help the engine warriors replenish the body's trace elements, but also to help the body quickly recover energy.
Of course, it's also to keep something in your stomach.
"Thanks, old man." Ling An took it and thanked Cheng Yi.
"You're welcome." Cheng Yi smiled and quickly ran towards Zorn.
The distance between the detachments was 150 meters and contracted, and everyone in the third team was in their field of vision, Ling An looked at Cheng Yi's back, and always felt that Cheng Yi's expression was a little strange just now, was he afraid? Still a little nervous, or a little confused about having to go back so soon?
Ling An scratched his head, tore open the energy bar, and ate the pot of water on his waist in a few bites.
After coming out for so long, this was the first time he had eaten.
After taking two sips of water, Ling An's throat rolled and he immediately closed the lid.
In this battlefield behind enemy lines, unless you find a water source, there is no way to replenish water, and the carrying capacity of [Load-bearing King Kong] is also limited, and one person only has the ration of five pots of water.
To be honest, with such a little supply, it would be a little difficult for Ling An to adapt to the Red Mist Zone for more than a month, but fortunately, if everything went well, tomorrow morning, he would be able to break out of the Red Mist Zone and return to the area controlled by humans.
Of course, that was when the night also continued to advance.
Look at the sky, it's not early, it is estimated that in another hour, the sun should set, and the vision of the red fog area will be lower at night, will the captain order to rest at night?
"Attention units, move on, and set up camp in the mountains of Haigl in an hour." Sure enough, Jiang Muye's instructions came out of the communicator.
It seems that the captain also feels that it is too risky to rest at night, and if he continues to walk, the detectors set up before will come to an end.
The Owl continued on his way for an hour, encountering only a small detachment of alien patrols along the way, and after successfully avoiding it, they were about to leave the vicinity of the Plateau of Tarsis and enter the mountains of Haigel.
The terrain of the Haig Mountains is more complex than that of the Tarsis Plateau, which has both advantages and disadvantages for the [owls] who are in a hurry to leave the Red Mist Zone.
Naturally, the complex terrain is easier to take advantage of, and it is easy to get rid of possible pursuits. The downside is that the steepness and ruggedness of the terrain can also slow them down.
"After entering the Haiger Mountains, we should have set up camp." Ling An looked up, the sun was no longer visible, only some light scattered by the red mist remained, making the whole environment look extremely weird.
"Attention units, start to shrink the formation, we are about to enter the Haiger Mountains."
At the sound of an order, the various detachments of the [Owl] quickly converged.
"Lao Cheng, what's wrong with you?" Next to Cheng Yi, Zhao Gu looked at him with something wrong with his face.
"I don't know, I'm just a little nervous. You go first. Cheng Yi shook his head.
"What are you afraid of, the two of us are not too young, don't show jokes to the brothers." Zhao Gu patted him and continued to walk forward.
When Ling An saw it, he also walked over suspiciously, and patted Cheng Yi on the shoulder.
"Brother Cheng, are you really okay? Did you overreact to the red haze? ”
Cheng Yi is a good person and has helped him a lot, and Ling An doesn't want him to have an accident.
It is true that some people have an overreaction to the red haze, and it is easy to fall into a nervous and anxious mood. Although there was a medical examination when entering the Fifth Army, there was also the possibility of a false examination.
"I'm fine, I'm just a little nervous, I didn't expect the first mission to end in such a way." Cheng Yi returned Ling An with a grateful smile.
"It's okay."
Cheng Yi's affair was just a small episode. The Owl soon found a suitable place in the mountains of Haigl to camp in, and it was extremely secluded.
The mecha half-crouched down, and several team members pulled out pieces of optical camouflage cloth and covered it outside, making it a small blind spot.
"The first and second detachments went out to stand guard, and the third and fourth detachments were ready to rotate, every two hours. The rest of the people rested and recovered in place. ”
The order was given, and the crowd quickly moved.
The purpose of camping is to have a better rest in order to maintain the necessary energy.
Ling An found a vacant lot, not too far from Matt, not far away was the huge [Weight-bearing King Kong].
At this moment, several indirect combatants also came out of the mecha to breathe, and Ling An noticed a veteran who had walked out of the [Eagle Eye].
His temperament is somewhat similar to Yumi, with a feeling unique to a sniper, and Ling An remembers that his name is Ferguson.
Turning her head, Sister Lena of the fourth team came to harass her again...... Oh no, I communicated with Zorn.
Ling An smiled and sat down cross-legged, and suddenly saw the captain of the fourth team lighting a cigarette.
"Can I still smoke while on a mission?" Ling An was quite speechless, but seeing that neither Jiang Muye nor the other team leaders said anything about it, one of them smiled and asked if the big man was still there.
"While going, while going, Lao Tzu has such a stick left, and he has to buy it himself." The big man unceremoniously pushed the captain of the seventh detachment away.
Only then did Ling An notice that the smoke he was smoking was extremely small, and it was actually red, in this red mist area, there was no difference.
I remembered that I had bought a pack, and I kept it in the dormitory, but I never smoked it at all.
"Do you feel relaxed?" Beside him, Matt arrived at some point.
"Well, it's nice to take a break from your busy schedule and relax for a while." Ling An replied truthfully.
"Hmm......" Matt looked at the laughing warriors, his eyes suddenly becoming a little dazed.
"When did this short break make us so happy?"
Matt's sudden question made Ling An a little choked, thinking about it carefully, it is true, when the conditions are difficult, it is not easy to get a moment of peace.
"Work hard, I hope one day, you can bring everyone home." Matt patted Ling An on the shoulder, obviously saying words of encouragement, but revealing a sense of powerlessness.
Ling An was a little strange, but Matt had already walked away, sitting on the sidelines, closing his eyes and recuperating.
What does he mean? Do you feel it?
In fact, Matt is already very good, but as long as he thinks that he has not explained his failure to break through in the first place, Ling An feels that there is a thorn in his heart.
This thorn may fade into oblivion over time, but it will remain until an explanation satisfies him.
Without thinking about it anymore, Ling An also began to close his eyes and recuperate, while running Zhou Tianjue, recovering his energy and spiritual power.
Time passed quickly, it was already completely dark, and it was the turn of the third and fourth detachments to stand guard.
"Brother Zorn, Brother Ling An, sister is afraid of the dark, don't stay too far away from me......" Lena giggled.
"Sister Lina, don't worry, it's enough for me to protect you." Zon patted his chest, though he couldn't even beat Lena.
But standing guard is not a fight.
Ling An shook his head and put on the night vision goggles, in the dark night, this kind of thing is especially useful, the field of vision is much larger all of a sudden, but unfortunately, I can't see those aliens with stealth ability.
The group stood on the outskirts of the camp, each found a hidden place, and kept an eye on the wind and grass around them.
Matt and the big man, the two team leaders, one was lying behind a tall plant in the Red Mist Zone, and the other was standing by the rock, thinking it was a tree in the Red Mist Zone if they didn't look closely.
Although the process of standing guard is boring, and it is not possible to run Zhou Tianjue cultivation outside the camp, in case the energy fluctuations are detected by the enemy without a shielding device.
The red fog at night is particularly peaceful, not much different from the night in the mountains of the earth. The only difference may be that the red fog area looks a little weird and hideous.
There are still ten minutes left before the changing of the guard.
This time period is the easiest to be careless, Ling An cheered up, for fear that something bad would happen.
The right eye is slightly hot, which is not a good sign.
Ling An hadn't had strange dreams for a long time, and the repeated good omens hadn't appeared, but he didn't feel that the strange things in him had disappeared, and he was afraid that it existed in another way that he hadn't discovered yet.
Fortunately, nothing happened until the end of the guard time.
"Three, four, shifts."
In the headphones, the voices of the fifth and sixth teams were heard. Soon, the [Owl] team member who replaced them touched behind them, patted them on the shoulder, and signaled that they could go back to rest.
"Ah~ I can finally rest, although this guard doesn't have to fight, but it's easy to make people mentally tired." Beside Ling An, Zon stretched and looked back.
Not far away, Lena's squad slowly followed, and when she saw Zorn turn around, Lena smiled and waved her hand, but because it was a night when she couldn't see her fingers, Ling An and the others could only see them through night vision devices.
"Look, old brother Cheng, what are you nervous about, it's not very safe here......" Zorn yawned and patted Cheng Yi, who was speechless.
But before he could finish his words, a violent roar came from behind him.
The third team was stunned and immediately turned around and looked in the direction where the explosion had come from.
That's where they just stood guard!
"There is a situation! Kaysen informs the camp, others, come with me! Matt reacted immediately, and the quadrangle closer to them rushed back like crazy.
"Enemy attack!" A terrible shout came from the position of the fifth detachment, and then, in less than ten seconds, the entire camp was in motion.