Chapter 20: The Unfinished Peace
Good news:
The rest of the people woke up, but the believer fell into a temporary madness.
A piece of news that is not very good:
There wasn't much living on the road.
Neither the protists of this world, nor the creatures of Cthulhu, have found a single one.
I don't know if it's because this blizzard came too early, those animals froze to death in this blizzard before they were ready for winter, and they didn't even survive the night.
Or, in the years that the divers had been planning for a long time, none of the local creatures were left behind, except for the plants, and all were wiped out.
Li Zhi's sixteen people were divided into three waves of people, and they did not choose to concentrate on action.
One of them was a group of silenced warriors who used two people as scouts and roamed in the distance to find out the situation.
Five more men were responsible for breaking the rear and preventing outflanking at the rear of the group and not far from the vicinity.
"I've reached the highest point," came the voice of a scout in front of him over the walkie-talkie carried by the strategist.
The man stated that he had reached the cliff with a wide view and was ready to provide them with remote support at any time.
"But I noticed that there was a checkpoint ahead that we had seen when we came, and I looked at it with my observation glass, and they were locking off the area."
This information caught everyone's attention.
"How many people did the other side distribute in the direction we chose to break through?" The Strategist assessed his own combat effectiveness after abandoning most of their weapons, "Take a closer look at their equipment. β
In their current situation, fighting is not a good option.
It can be said that in the current situation, if there is to be a war, it must be an absolute that can only be made under no other law.
The disaster in which the plane fell left several people with the loss of most of their combat capability.
And the bullets that were discarded could not support their protracted war.
If you want to fight, there is only a surprise attack, but if you can make a surprise attack, then it is better to bypass it directly.
"They...... In this direction we are going, there are about twelve people...... "this scout is still watching the distance as he speaks" and then there may be eight people who come to support at short notice. β
"Their equipment is not visible at the moment, they don't seem to have the ability to exchange fire in a large area, but there is a plain ahead, and they have a geographical advantage in the watchtower."
There were too many people on the other side, and the military advisor frowned for a moment, and then heard the other party ask what to do next.
"You stay where you are, pay attention to the other person's attitude......"
Before he could finish his command, he was interrupted by Li Zhi, "Wait! You ask him to observe the faces of those people if there is anything noteworthy! β
Li Zhi suspected that those people were also pretending to be deep divers.
If they have obvious wrinkles on their faces, it is certain that the other person must not be friendly.
"No, there is nothing noteworthy about their faces, the only thing that is strange is their emotional ......"
"They seemed, too nervous."
After thinking about it for a long time, the scout finally held back a word to describe the complicated expressions of the officers on duty at that checkpoint.
That look was understandable for a split second by the scoutsβthey understood the orders of their superiors, but they couldn't bear to carry them out.
He himself had seen it that way.
When the superior conveys that it is one to be able to live.
At a time when they are faced with having to abandon their teammates.
However, he did not dare to express his speculation.
"Nervous?" When the military advisor pondered the word, he asked Li Zhi if his previous question had any deep meaning.
Li Zhi just replied with a wry smile, "Those fish-people called Deep Divers we saw in the city before, when they are in human form, they will have wrinkles on both sides of their cheeks, just like the kind of fish gills. β
This explanation made the mercenary group make a lot of extra money later, but it had nothing to do with Li Zhi who left this plane.
"For their blockade, my decision is ......"
The advisor summoned the two men and told them what they were asking them to do.
Subsequently, he said a few words in detail to Li Zhi and others.
After everything was arranged, the military advisor stretched his waist and looked at the sky.
Anyway, this heavy snow really didn't come without any warning.
At the checkpoint on the periphery of the blockade, Aji sent a message to his parents in his notebook asking for two sets of thick clothes.
After typing this line, he rubbed his hands twice and sighed into his palms.
"Aggie! Did anyone show up on your side? Suddenly, the door opened, and the cold wind came in, accompanied by the voice of his friend Northon, who had enlisted with him.
"No one yet." Northon's words couldn't help but distract him.
They have only been in the army for more than a year, and the two of them have not yet learned not to question the orders of their superiors: "You say, if someone really escapes, will you shoot?" β
"Me?" Northon shrugged his shoulders at his question, "I don't know, maybe, right?" β
Aggie sighed, long before he enlisted, he felt that he was not very suitable to be a soldier.
For a year, he was basically in a training camp or going to any random place to be on duty.
Basically has nothing to do with fighting, thanks to their parents' contacts already in the military.
If you have been living in this kind of salted fish, Aggie thinks it is still good.
But a few days ago, he suddenly received an order - to seal off the area and not allow anyone alive to come out.
Including the living, no matter how innocent they may be.
Biological weapons leaks, genetic contamination, and threats to the human population were all revealed in his mission information.
And when he received this instruction, it was also his parents who were looking for a relationship.
It is said that there is no risk in this matter, and it is said that after it is done, there will be a lot of war exploits, and it is said that the entire city has died in the leak, and no one will escape.
"I'm going to retire after I've done this mission." He walked over to the coffee machine and brought a cup of coffee, and looked at the time, "It's really not for me to do these things, I still prefer to stay at home and draw." β
For Aggie's retreat, Northson seemed puzzled, "For Mao? The relationship between your family and the army is obviously so good, and you will be promoted soon......"
"But it's not what I like to do, after all." His answer was very willful, absentmindedly adding a few grains of sugar to the coffee: "If I have to say it, I'm afraid of death." β
Then there was a brief silence.
"It's time for me to be on duty," Aggie picked up the military cap he had placed next to his notebook and put it on his head.
Then he picked up his coffee and passed by Norson, "I don't think I'm going to shoot." β
"When the time comes, I think someone will force you to shoot."
"Let's talk about it."
Aji walked to the bottom of the lookout, exchanged military salutes with his comrades standing guard, and then took his post.
It's snowing so hard......
If there were living people, they wouldn't be able to survive this heavy snowfall, right?
How long will it take for a city with no supplies to go in before it becomes a dead city in this heavy snowfall?
Aggie wrote another letter on the lookout.
βPeacβ
While he was pondering what the next word should be after writing it, another of his comrades took over another post.
Aggie, who had little contact with others, only had time to know that he was his comrade-in-arms.
How long does coffee stay warm in a snowstorm?
His eyes were blank, and when he looked into the distance, he noticed two black dots moving in their direction.
"Someone! There is a living ......"
Amid his excited shouts, a gunshot interrupted what he was about to say.