The thaw in spring means vitality, and the life that has been nested for the whole winter only needs to be blown by the lake breeze, and then it will grow luxuriantly, as if it really broke through the ground. But this also meant that mud was the main theme of the journey, and the swamps formed by the melting snow would cause all ground vehicles to sink into the mud. Once trapped, within ten minutes, the swamp demon would come uninvited, followed by the clans in that area, and finally the demon eagle.

Augustavina gently lifted her mask, and the increasingly violent wind of the morning soon cracked her bare earlobe, and if you looked closely, you could actually see a thin hole, probably a girl's favorite earring or something, but a warrior would never wear any inconsequential jewelry.

She took out the kettle in her carrying container and drank it in small sips, a smell of alum filling her mouth. Although she still had four cans of pure water in her backpack, since she was walking along the shore of the lake, it was impossible for the team to use these emergency reserves at will.

"Rest on the spot and continue your journey in twenty minutes." A communication came from the walkie-talkie, and the team immediately dispersed in an orderly manner, and the lookout quickly created a less conspicuous vantage point. Amid the sound of exoskeletons dragging the wreckage of abandoned cars, Augustavina also turned up the power and single-handedly tore through the pre-war construction waste that littered the wasteland to form a chest with her teammates.

No matter when and where, it is necessary to adapt measures to local conditions and build advantageous conditions. Augustavina silently recited the twelfth article of Claudia's training code. She bent her left hand slightly, and quickly clicked on the main control panel. "Confirm the disengagement." The mechanical prompt "ding" sounded, and the hydraulic chain armor of the exoskeleton was unlocked in a loop, and Augustavina held the thin metal shelf with her backhand. Squatted down and took off the huge backpack that didn't match her skinny frame.

She dismantled the divider of her mountain backpack, revealing a hand-cranked generator and a ring of universal socket cables, but instead of charging the exoskeleton, Augustavina plugged in power-hungry electronic devices such as smart eyepieces, night vision devices, and walkie-talkies. The hand crank "squeaked" and turned, Augustavina finished putting away the thread, the brown fingerless gloves were already so dirty that she couldn't see the original color, she didn't have the time to scruple, tore open the sealed box packaging, tore off a piece of rusk and stuffed it into her mouth, the whole wheat bread fermented from semolina definitely didn't taste good, the taste buds that had tasted the delicacies instinctively protested, and the cold water mixed with the breadcrumb, releasing a little sweetness.

Augustavina leaned directly against her backpack, and her teammates all did the same, untied their dust towels, and their young and beautiful faces added a real spring color to the barren lakeshore, saying that they were resting, but none of them really closed their eyes and snored. Augustavina's pale pupils were filled with a gauzy mist. These are all waterflies that breed in shallow water, suggesting that the highest predator in the area is probably the arrowtongue frog. Whenever they pass through a specific area, they spray different extracts, deceptive pheromones enough to make them invisible.

"Check the exoskeleton and report the state of the body." There was another command on the walkie-talkie, and Augustavina sat up on her knees, holding most of the rusks with no moisture in her mouth, and expertly flicked them open

The total energy storage group of the lower hip of the exoskeleton. She examined the mercury solution that slowly flowed through a turn of warming lines and took note of the scale marks. The exoskeleton remote control table attached to the left wrist will report the exoskeleton power and basic status of each team member to the team leader in real time, but further parameters are difficult to monitor.

"45%, moderate mechanical wear, and two plates remaining in the battery." Augustavina replied, then pulling out a folded iron ring at the bottom of her backpack that didn't seem to match anything.

"Assemble the motor, group A, vigilance for ten minutes, and the rest of the people, take turns to recharge." Sure enough, it was not in the walkie-talkie as she expected. The camp suddenly became busy, everyone took out the motor parts they were responsible for carrying, and within a few seconds, a square box shaped like a radio station took shape, and Augustavina finally put a gas restraint ring and installed a magnetron ring on the universal plug-in wire, and the majestic shaped energy pulse even gave people a scorching feeling.

"Let's go." As the motor was assembled, a round face with festive freckles under her eyelids nodded to Augustavina. The latter has a scarf tied with a chin. Swinging past the MK47 at all times, the long rifle was wrapped around a field ash camouflage cloth, just like her camouflage suit.

Claudia's chosen rest camp was in a tricky position, with slightly undulating mounds just blocking the view from the south, forming a natural reverse slope, and the side near the shore of the lake was built up with a wreckage chest, and in the ring fire of ten MK47 rifles and the medium-sized drones released later, the attackers would not easily break through without paying ten times Claudia's casualties. Moreover, if Claudia, who is famous in the Franz family, has only such a few means, wouldn't she be in vain?

Through the MK47's ACOG sight, the wasteland is endless, and the deadly humus swamp hides under the half-human-high weeds, even if the infrared life detector is turned on, it is difficult to catch the signs of the cold-blooded species lurking inside. It is not safe to walk along the shores of the lake, and invasive species tend to enter the shores of Lake Erie to mate during the spring floods, and there have been more and more recent reports of amphibian lake demon attacks. Some people claim to have seen a giant alligator, and no one wants the nightmare of the Southern Gulf to run north, and it becomes a joke.

"Click......" Augustavina caught a glimpse of several worker ants crawling with unusually developed front jaws, and cautiously drew their sabers and stabbed them one by one, the pale green juice clinging to the saber that looked like it had punctured an acorn. The grass shook, she knew that the round face wanted to be close to her, who wouldn't want to? Nominally Claudia is equal, but in the end she has to go back, and there is a difference between inside and outside the black wall.

Her gaze shifted as the magnification increased, and in the swamp of gurgling green bubbles, several garland lizards rolled in the mud and licked each other's backs, and the lizards bounced happily and spat letters, sticking to the water flies, which was really a godsend. But I couldn't see the bubbles under the mud getting closer. A thicker spit immediately wrapped around the one closest to the pool, and an extra layer of pink appeared in the rotten green. Silence followed

"Group A, come back." Augustavina said, "Yes." Sliding down the slope sideways, a black mist spreading from her helmet. Moving through a stationary exoskeleton, the power is strong

's shaped motor stores enough power for the exoskeleton to travel until the night rest in 10 minutes. She sat cross-legged and looked out at Lake Erie.

Nearly five days after the departure from Steel City, Claudia crossed Lake Erie, on the shores of the old Kannada country. It is now known as the Lakeside Wilderness Belt. The north shore of Lake Erie is very different from the south shore, and the wilderness wanderers will try to escape from the left and right land bridges on the lakeshore to Ford City or Steel City, and over time, the lakeside will naturally become a complete wasteland.

Even with the aid of an exoskeleton, the journey was difficult and easy, from dawn to dark, about 12 hours of trekking on the rugged terrain reshaped by the nuclear explosion on the day of the ruling, juggling mutant creatures and maintaining a maximum speed of five miles per hour. Augustavina wasn't born with a golden spoon in her mouth to enjoy herself within the black walls. One of the most important biology classes in the Iron and Steel Academy is to go out into the wilderness and dissect a hyena by yourself. Within the black walls, how can there be mediocrity?

Books are books, images are just images, and women are women. Augustavina was not the only one wondering if the golden age that was remembered by her ancestors to death really existed, or if civilization was like that. She knew she was walking in the most prosperous areas of the Old World. However, it can only be that in the past five days, only four or five handfuls of homeless people have been fishing on the shores of the lake.

"Girls, it's time for shooting practice." The captain said.

Indeed, these shoeaughts, who do not have a fishing license, can be killed by any team registered in Steel City. Besides, they were Claudia of Franz. Nine bullets, she killed a family.

Augustavina picked up the bullets one by one and filled the magazines that had been emptied. The helmet strap, which outlined the outline of her youth, took off the helmet and placed it horizontally on her lap, and she naturally remembered an illustration from the Enlightenment book, which was also a young girl sitting by the edge of a pond, holding a book, and beside her was an elk, with only one head.

"The rest is over, let's go." Augustavina stood up in response, not seeing the soles of her boots wet from the lake.

Backpacking is the most basic task of every soldier, and disassembling numerous camping equipment is a great test of skill, and Augustavina is bending the iron piece. Someone suddenly shouted, "Boat! There's a boat coming! ”

She immediately stood up with her gun in hand, and quickly found a cover position, and there was indeed a ship in the scope, and it was coming towards them! It was a typical fishing boat, and there were one of the few small motor netters in the Iron City that had one hundred and eighty of them. The problem is that fishing boats on the south shore never cross the centerline of Lake Erie to the north shore.

"They saw us, bring grenade launchers." The captain put down the binoculars and said coldly, Augustavina pushed her arm, hooked her foot over her backpack, and pulled out the shell box and seat. Claudia, a round-faced woman named Ivy, quickly set up a grenade launcher that was only legs high, and erected a gauge plate to quickly measure distance.

"Captain! Something seems to be chasing that ship! "When the boat was close to the striking range, the monstrous waves affixed to the stern of the boat almost drowned the fishing boat.

"It's okay, it's just a lake demon, three high-explosive shells fired rapidly!"

"Understood!" Augustavina replied, holding the cannon

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