Chapter 240: Fifty-One: Missing Squad
- Playtime: 13:40:35 on April 1, 2122
- Location: Zone C of the Derton Desert Experimental Field
- Weather: Sunny (high temperature)
- Visibility: High ~ Medium
"Hmm, where are we now?" Li Ziyue slowly opened her heavy eyes, only to feel that her limbs were weak, her head hurt badly, and her back was wrapped in fine beads of sweat.
"Zero, are you awake?" Saiyin heard Li Ziyue's voice and turned back from the edge of the boulder, "Huh? Your face is so red, why do you sweat so much? β
Nonsense! Does anyone sweat in the 40s? Uh, well, you're a virus fusion, you're awesome, okay!
At nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature rose to the highest of the day, Li Ziyue estimated that she was suffering from heat stroke, but on the other hand, Saiyin was not only energetic, but also did not even sweat a drop, and still looked refreshed, as if the heat wave did not work for her at all.
"Thirsty." Li Ziyue said weakly, at this time, Li Ziyue felt that her whole body was out of strength, she had no ability to move at all, and her attention was completely unable to concentrate, and even her vision was a little blurred.
[Heat Stroke Lv.2: Mild heat stroke will not be a major problem in the short term, but staying in this state for a long time will cause the illness to escalate and lead to a fatal threat. γ
"Really?" Li Ziyue smiled miserably, and the DEBUFF in the system panel announced the indisputable fact that Li Ziyue suffered from heat stroke, "Damn, it's really heat stroke!" β
"Here, save some, I'll bring a pot of water when I come out." Saiyin took out a bottle of water from the white coat, the bottle had a capacity of about 1L, but Li Ziyue checked it and knew that the water bottle was not filled, and when she opened it, she saw that the liquid level was only 1/3 of the full height at most.
"Are you sure?" Li Ziyue took a sip, and then handed the water bottle back, although every cell in the body was greedy for the moisture of water, but Li Ziyue knew that he couldn't drink a lot of water now, otherwise it would only backfire.
"Well, why are you in such poor health? I haven't sweated a sweat yet, and I haven't lost much water. Saiyin said as a matter of course, her expression did not fluctuate, Li Ziyue almost thought that the person in front of her was facial paralysis, "It's you, sweating profusely, and you usually lack exercise!" β
"......" Li Ziyue rolled her eyes silently, "I'm just an ordinary person, there is no virus and genetic modification, the reason why you have good physical fitness is only because there is a virus in your body." β
"Is there one? Hera didn't tell me! So your constitution is so weak? Sain asked with a sincere expression.
"......" Li Ziyue was silent, you must know that you can usually deal with those interstellar soldiers (offline version) and can pick N existence, how did you become weak here? Then he looked at Saiyin's tall body, turned around silently, and drew circles on the ground......
"Okay, okay, let's go, don't forget the task given by the headquarters, finish it early and go back early, Hera still has to cook us dinner!" As he spoke, Saiyin picked up the big shield on the ground and walked into the distance.
"Here we are." Li Ziyue screamed, then slowly propped up his body, picked up the WP-7-L, usually didn't feel how much weight the 3 kilograms were loading, but now it was really fatal, Li Ziyue carried a gun on his back, brought up the coat and hat on his body, and then found a piece of cloth to wrap his neck and other exposed skin.
This is common sense in the desert, you must know that the desert can kill you not only the heat, but also the sunburn caused by the heat, maybe short-sleeved shorts can make you dissipate heat faster, but the strong sun will definitely make your skin sunburn severely, and the consequences may be more serious than heat stroke.
"Whew." Li Ziyue was dressed roughly, barely following behind Saiyin, walking in the desert step by step, Rao is Saiyin had slowed down his speed a lot, Li Ziyue still felt a little difficult to keep up, but at this time, he had been away from the original big rock for more than 20 minutes, there was no concealment around, and resting in place had no effect except aggravating his heat stroke.
"Woo, Zero, Origin, Reply." Suddenly, there was a sound in the headset.
"Here's zero, received, repeated, here's zero, what's the matter?" Li Ziyue said to the headset, from the departure to the present, due to the impact of the sandstorm, the headset has not had a signal for a long time, but now it is suddenly connected.
"The magnetic field interference in the Delton area is relatively strong, so next, yes, no, very, if there is, yes, yes, yes, yes, now, yes, ask." As soon as the signal climbed a little, it began to fall in a straight line, and then, the other party's voice began to be intermittent.
"I'm suffering from heat stroke, and besides, we don't have enough fresh water, is there a supply point nearby?" Li Ziyue asked.
"Ahhh......h But Li Ziyue still made up all the words by herself.
"The supplies carried by the third squad included heat stroke medicine and 20 liters of fresh water." This is what Li Ziyue thinks the other party is saying, but in fact:
The only supplies carried by the third team were antipyretics and 20 liters of fresh water, and you should return to the base as soon as you take emergency measures.
"Let's go, Sain, let's hurry up, the supplies of the third team have what we urgently need." Li Ziyue said, and continued to walk towards the coordinates of the third squad.
"I said, who is holding whose hind legs!" Saiyin rolled his eyes, followed directly from behind, and then directly grabbed Li Ziyue's waist and carried Li Ziyue to his shoulders.
"Hey, Sain, put me down!" Li Ziyue was frightened for a while, and almost fell directly to the ground, and then Saiyin used more strength to control Li Ziyue and ran all the way with her.
ββTwo hours laterββ
"Whew." Saiyin finally put Li Ziyue down, and then took off the big shield on his back, and at the same time took out a miniature submachine gun from his waist.
"You, where are you going to take me!" As soon as Li Ziyue landed, an unstable almost threw himself on the sand, if he pounced, Li Ziyue would really hit the street at this moment, because the temperature of the desert sand is not low!
"We got to the place, but we didn't see anyone from the third squad." Saiyin looked around vigilantly, "I have a bad feeling here, the third team has been attacked. β
"Communication is also missing, and we have lost contact with the base." Li Ziyue fiddled with the communication terminal in his hand, closed the terminal, and then carried it on his back, "Let's take a step by step and see one step at a time, the coordinates of the third team's loss of contact are still there, let's go to the place where they lost contact first, maybe you can see why they lost contact." β
"Okay." Saiyin nodded, and then took the shield in front of him to open the way, and Li Ziyue followed.
In front of them was an oasis, and the third team went to this oasis, seemingly preparing to carry out a secret mission, and after passing through this oasis, they lost contact. And now Li Ziyue and the others were sent over to find them.
"Huh?" Sain took a few breaths in the air, then frowned, "Something is wrong. β
"What's wrong?" Li Ziyue took the sniper rifle from behind his back, and then swept around with the sniper scope, but he really didn't find anything.
"There is a faint smell of blood in this air." Sain replied.
"Isn't it normal for animals in the oasis to prey on each other?" Li Ziyue asked, now her head is still hurting, but it is a little better than before, but she still feels that her vision is a little blurry, and she will faint at any time.
"No, it's not animal blood, it's the smell of human blood." Sain sniffed, then sniffed around, and finally locked in a direction, "It's there, let's go!" β
"Hey, wait for me!" Looking at Saiyin, who rushed out first, Li Ziyue quickly followed and plunged into the dense forest.
"Damn it, these bushes are so annoying!" Saiyin took a sip and directly picked up the big shield, sweeping all the surrounding bushes directly, opening up a path, and the two followed to explore inside.
"Roar!" Suddenly, a roar came from the front, and the smell of blood intensified, and at the same time, gunshots rang out, and grenades or bazooka explosions were heard.
The two of them immediately bent down, carefully thinking about the direction from which the voice came.
"See!" A few minutes later, Li Ziyue came out of the bushes, and instantly saw several people fighting below, "It's the third team!" β
I saw a group of soldiers in black chemical protection suits holding rifles firing frantically below, and in front of them was a group of various desert creatures, but compared to normal creatures, their eyes were blood-red, and they were not afraid of death, as if they only had their initial instincts left.
"It looks like it's infected with the G virus." Saiyin followed from behind, looked at it, and said.
"G virus?" Li Ziyue tilted her head.
"It seems to be called Tenny, I don't know, but I heard Hera mention that after being infected, you will lose your mind directly, and then you don't have any other feelings except appetite." Sain said.
"Over Tenny?" Li Ziyue repeated, and then directly thought of a word in his mind - Gluttony.
Gluttony, which means gluttony, is indeed a good fit for the infected person after infection.
"Help! But don't go down, I don't know if this virus has the ability to spread in the air, but it's better to be careful and wear a mask. Li Ziyue said solemnly.
"Hmm." Saiyin did not refuse this time, and directly took out two fully enclosed gas masks from Li Ziyue's backpack, and then gave one to Li Ziyue, and he also wore one.
"It's about 200 meters away, easy." Li Ziyue thought about it, put the crosshair of the sniper scope on a high-speed moving creature, calculated the amount in advance, and directly shot it out.
"Bang!" There was a loud gunshot, and the creature that was still running in the distance suddenly felt light, and then saw its body fall in the herd, and then lost consciousness.
"Wow, Zero, your marksmanship is so accurate!" Saiyin was slightly surprised on the side, Li Ziyue did not take more than 2 seconds from aiming to firing, and he was definitely a top sniper.
"Don't say it, help me, I don't have enough shooting range." Li Ziyue said, then stood up, forced down the sleepiness in his head, cheered up, and then motioned for Saiyin to squat in front of him.
"The target moves fast, so I'll try to kill with one shot, don't move, I'll let you know before it's ready, plug your ears." Li Ziyue said, put the sniper rifle in his hand on Saiyin's shoulder, and stood up by himself.
"I mean, where did you learn such bells and whistles?" Seyin asked angrily, his voice sounding very dull because he was wearing a gas mask.
"I learned it from the movies, I'm going to shoot, get ready!" Li Ziyue said, holding her breath, and the Saiyin under her also felt something, holding her breath and stabilizing her body.
"Bang!" Another shot, the bullet hit a beast directly in the head without any suspense, and the large beast was almost dead, but the little bugs were the real trouble!
There are already a lot of snakes and scorpions in the desert, but now they seem to be infected with the virus, not only their bodies have skyrocketed, but they also show signs of living in groups, and there are hundreds of small creatures among the beast tide of the third team chasing this time.
"The small creatures are too small for me to hit." Li Ziyue put away the sniper rifle in his hand, he didn't bring much ammunition when he came out this time, did Li Ziyue still have the confidence to hit in the past, but now he is dizzy, how to fight?
"So what do we do? Are you watching here? Sain asked.
"Anyway, it's a colleague, find a way to help, do you bring a grenade?" Li Ziyue asked.
"Nope." Saiyin shook his head, disappointing Li Ziyue, "But I did bring a few injections for heat stroke." β
"Huh? You didn't say it earlier! Li Ziyue suddenly exploded, "Do you know how uncomfortable I endured all the way!" β
"You didn't ask me!" Saiyin's face was upright, and Li Ziyue was speechless.
"Hurry up, get me a shot!" Although it felt weird, Li Ziyue still chose to stretch out her wrist, and then pierced the injection into the blood vessels of her wrist, and pushed the syringe to inject the injection into her body.
In an instant, a cool feeling came from the body, and Li Ziyue could be said to be cool from head to toe, and she almost shouted with her hands on her hips.
γTips!γ Sein injected you with antipyretic injections, and your heat stroke was relieved. γ
γTips!γ Sein injects you with an antidote to eliminate the effects of heat stroke. γ
"Whew, I'm finally comfortable, but I'm a little thirsty." Li Ziyue licked her chapped lips and said, "Saiyin, is there still water?" β
"Now, the last bit, it's gone after drinking." Saiyin took out the water bottle from under his robe, took a sip of it himself, and then handed it to Li Ziyue.
Li Ziyue took a sip after taking it, and sure enough, there was no water in the bottle, "It seems that we are completely short of water." β
"But fortunately, there is a certain amount of water in the supplies of the third squad, we saved them first, and then we went to find water, so I will let you see my real strength." Li Ziyue said, took off the magazine of the WP-7-L, put it in his backpack, rummaged for a while, took out another magazine, and then pushed it into the bolt.
"Click!" The cartridge lock automatically closed, and then Li Ziyue pushed the bolt and put a bullet on the chamber, and then the hammer fell, in a state of readiness.
"Let me show you a big baby!" Li Ziyue said, licked her lips, and slowly put her finger on the trigger.
[Item: 7.62*50mm Burst Incendiary Magazine
[Type: Special consumables]
[Parameter 1: Killing radius: 0.1mΒ²]
[Parameter 2: Bullet capacity: 7 rounds/7 rounds].
[Parameter 3: Weight: 0.14kg]
[Effect: Explodes immediately upon hitting a target/obstacle, generating intense heat and shock waves within the radius]