"Strange..."Zhao Minglei frowned as he stood in front of the fragments of the corpse scattered all over the ground.

"Is there anything you care about?" Sun Linsheng and Li Huahua walked towards him together.

"These guys are much weaker than before..."

"Huh!? Is that so!? Sun Linsheng's expression was surprised, obviously looking quite lost.

"Their physical defensiveness and ability to resist are not at all as good as those we encountered in District 5, it's like the previous low-profile version...," Zhao muttered.

"Cut~ It seems that my hunch is true..."Sun Linsheng let out a breath and said with a regretful expression.

"We've fought three 'Reaper's before, and we've won with the same ease, and I've noticed a difference in their strength at the time, and now it seems to be true..."

"Could it be related to the transfer of this space?" Li Huahua guessed.

"Well, maybe there's some connection. I'm afraid that the environment of the fifth sector can provide some kind of buff to the bodies of these guys, and after leaving that environment, there will be no such buffs, so it will not have the strong combat strength as before. ”

"Collect the samples of those corpses, take them back to the base and analyze them." Dorgill said, beckoning his fellow guild mates to pack the scattered corpse fragments into storage bags.

……

"Why hasn't Master Perek arrived here yet? As he walked, Dorgil looked out into the road behind him.

"The roads in this forest are so complicated that we have lost communication with each other, so it makes sense that we can't meet as planned." Zhao Minglei replied in a low voice.

It has been two hours since entering the forest, and after two battles, there have been no casualties among the ten members of the two teams, but the means of communication to the outside world are still paralyzed, and the technicians are constantly carrying out repairs, but they are at a loss.

"The other party has obviously discovered us, do you want to continue exploring?" Dorgil looked at Zhao Minglei.

He lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Well, go on." If you can encounter a large number of scythe girls, it proves that the cave where the coral tree is hidden must be nearby! ”

"That's right, I think so too, after all, the last time we were in the Fifth District, we encountered a large number of sickle girls when we approached that cave." Li Huahua added on the side.

The two of them looked at Sun Linsheng at the same time, although he didn't speak, his eyes looked firmly into the depths of the forest and nodded.

"So since all three agree that the conditions are now in place to continue exploring, let's continue according to your plan."

Dorgir canceled the mech's combat status, the two cannon muzzles that stretched out of his shoulders retracted into the shoulder armor, and the mech's shell, which glowed with regular light, gradually dimmed.

……

"Report to the Captain!" Behind him, the voice of the signal soldier came to report, "Received an external signal!" ”

"Oh? Receive it! Dorgil looked happy and turned to walk towards him.

The receiver made a 'beep~beep~beep~' sound, and the display was still white.

After the sound of the 'zila', a man's staccato voice came from within: "This is the end of hide and seek." ”

"Quick! Cut off the received signal! Hearing the sound coming from the video, Dorgil immediately realized that the situation was not good.

However, as an expert in the field of communications, she has realized that even now it is too late to cut off the reception!

"Damn, we must hurry up and move to another place!" She hastily stood up and looked around.

"What's wrong!?" Zhao Minglei and the three of them spoke in unison.

"I didn't expect the other party to have the means of signal monitoring! They use the monitoring of anomalous signals in the surrounding area to track the location of the intruder. ”

"That is, have we been discovered!?"

"I'm afraid that's exactly what happened! However, it is not yet possible to determine whether they have fully mastered the means of signal positioning, and if they are only able to communicate remotely through electronic signals, they will not be able to detect it. Dorgil looked around warily.

"Let's do it quickly!" Sun Linsheng held the musket in his hand, and a projectile had already bounced into the chamber.

"Split up!" Zhao Minglei suggested, "In this way, even if one team encounters the other party, the other can carry out the mission alone." ”

"Yes!" Sun Linsheng waved his right hand and led the four members of the team to advance further towards the left side of the forest in a rather tacit understanding.

"Then let's enter from the right!" Zhao Minglei said and moved quickly and continued to move forward with the team members.

……

After a few minutes, the air in front of them became drier and colder, and a cool breeze came towards everyone.

"Wait!" Zhao Minglei and Li Huahua issued warnings at the same time.

"Let me see first!" Li Huahua's eyes were quick, and the cat jumped on Zhao Minglei's shoulder like a tree, turning into a slender black shadow and turning into a 'watchtower' to look at the distant view ahead.

"Sure enough!" Her tone trembled slightly, and she could feel the joy in it.

She lowered her head and smiled at Zhao Minglei.

Zhao Minglei understood what she meant in an instant.

"Found it!?"

"Yes, it's about five hundred meters ahead, but the blue light emitted from the entrance of the cave is much weaker than before!" She quickly retracted her elongated body, returned to her human form, and jumped off his shoulder.

"Keep your body down and move forward cautiously!" Zhao Minglei gave instructions in a low voice.

As soon as he started, there was a commotion in the jungle on the side, and a group of expedition members with broken equipment jumped out of the jungle!

The leader is Sun Linsheng!

He struggled to carry a wounded man on his back, and the three team members also dragged their broken bodies to look back at the rear.

"What's the situation!?" Zhao Minglei quickly stepped forward to answer them.

"Save people first!" Sun Linsheng gasped and put Dorgil on his back on the grass.

The girl's face was hard to recognize from her tattered face, the mecha on her body had been shattered by the fierce battle, her arms were completely devoid of the protection of the mecha, and her white skin was stained with dried blood.

Her breathing was faint and she was shaking.

"Has there been an attack?" Li Huahua looked at Sun Linsheng in horror.

"Yes, and... It is a strong man with absolute strength. Sun Linsheng gritted his teeth.

He looked tired, his long blond hair covered with dust and scattered over his shoulders, apparently having experienced a life-and-death catastrophe.

"Exactly... What happened!? ”

Facing everyone's questions, Sun Linsheng collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath and resting for a while, he slowly sat up.

"After a few minutes of separation from you, we met an alien race with red horns on their heads, and a fierce battle ensued!"

"Alien race!?"