Five military vehicles drove through the bumpy wilderness and headed west. The spring season is always full of dryness from nowhere, and it is especially strong in the wasteland.

A rabbit crouched quietly in the grass, and not far from it, a snake coiled its body, as if sensing an unusual silence, and swallowed its tongue uneasily, but could not find the source of the threat.

The rabbit's dark eyes reflected the figure of a snake, its three-petal mouth opened slightly, the corners of its mouth were pulled with an anthropomorphic sneer, and its sharp teeth showed that it was also a carnivore!

It bowed slightly, a layer of hard scales beneath its soft white fur, one that covered its limbs and was tucked into short, slender claws.

Just as it was about to pounce, there was a violent tremor on the ground, as if some large animal was running by!

The rabbit put away its obviously mutated features, returned to its harmless appearance, and jumped up and down to nibble on the grass, intending to avoid it in the distance, but heard a "bang" that made its ears tingle, and then a sharp hot metal pierced its scales that could defend itself against coyote bites, burrowed into its flesh, and tore its muscles and internal organs between spinning and deforming, and finally blasted it into pieces of minced meat!

The snake was frightened by the sudden change, and as a cold-blooded animal, it felt uncomfortable with the heat poured on its body, and then the flesh and blood on the ground made it feel an indescribable temptation.

The snake twisted its body slowly towards the shallow pit where the metal had struck, and suddenly remembered something, and dragged a large piece of meat next to it into the grass and disappeared, as if it had seen a vulture swooping down.

After the military vehicle was gone, the soil around the minced meat tumbled, and the roots of unknown plants climbed up and dug into the flesh, clearing the land in less than a minute, leaving not a single drop left.

When the air warms up slightly, the plants break through the soil and greedily absorb all the nutrients they can get, rendering the land colorful in just a few days, as if the goddess of nature is splashing different paints on the earth.

After so many years of evolution, plants have finally understood that it is only in the three months of spring that they can bloom their beauty to the fullest, while sowing seeds and reproducing at an almost pathological rate.

Three months later, the land will be hit by scorching sun, showers, and extreme cold, and the populations that cannot adapt will be eliminated one by one.

Animals have no such concerns, and their ability to adapt to their environment is beyond human imagination. However, after a cold winter hibernation, they are now mostly hungry and desperate for fresh flesh to satisfy their twitching stomachs and lay the first foundation for the new year.

Getting a full meal first is the basis for them not to be priority prey. In this case, survival is also a skill.

Back to the five military vehicles. From the number, it can be seen that they belong to the military headquarters of Beiwangcheng, and there are twenty heavily armed soldiers in each of the two carriages at the beginning and back of the hall, and their expressions look more casual, and some people even hum a small song softly, or chat with the one next to them, but the hand holding the shotgun has not been released.

The other three cars were occupied by soldiers, or "formerly" soldiers, who were not long after, but are still prisoners.

It has to be said that war is a catalyst for science and technology. It has only been three years since the northern barbarians went south, and there have only been two large-scale battles between the two sides, but the development of technology can be described as "changing with each passing day".

In addition to the constant innovation in weapons, the means of transport are also constantly changing. Three years ago, if the assigned sergeants had been escorted from the north to the west, they would have either been transported by float boat or trekking for more than a month on horses and cages. Military vehicles have now been modified several times, combining steam-driven, alchemical engravings, and a fuel called "hot oil", which can be reached in about ten days with only a small amount of replenishment in a few large cities.

However, the increase in speed did not make Francis happy in the second car, at least he now looked gloomy, his brow was like a tangled ball of yarn, and the confusion about the future filled his heart, stuffing the small place, and the center that originally supplied blood to the brain was now supplying gray emotions.

He was originally the captain of a hundred-man team in Beiwang City, and he was nearly fifty years old this year, and the wind and frost left more and more marks on his face. The fourth-order ability level is not outstanding, but it is better because of its rich experience and old age.

His application for retirement was delayed by the stalemate of the war, and at the same time, looking at the ranks of the people who were born and died together, he felt that he had to bring them to the end of the war.

Because of this, during a mission that deliberately sent them to their deaths, he gave the order to retreat on impulse. The whole operation was not changed by the temporary retreat of one team, they fought equally bravely in the later battles, and those who survived had at least the ears of the third brother's enemy on their hands, which was a sign of statistical exploits, but Francis still had to pay for his actions.

With the help of his old superiors, he was finally exempted from the death penalty of beheading, but was eventually sent to the Western Expeditionary Force.

The people around him were all wearing handcuffs and anklets that restricted the operation of the source force, but most of them did not have the standard definition of fear, and even a few people showed excited expressions, licking their lips unconsciously like beasts, and moistening their dry skin with their tongues due to excitement.

Of course, there are also people who sit on the sidelines dejectedly, or have dull eyes or cold eyes, and their expressions are indifferent.

Are you going to work with a bunch of guys like this in the future? Francis sighed.

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