Chapter 10 Handover
The rest of the voyage went without incident, and the fleet arrived in the Somali Peninsula very smoothly, seven people gathered on the dock, and the others looked at me with different meanings.
"It's fine." I smiled at them.
"I'm sorry." Chen Lan'er lowered her head and said, "If I had found out earlier, I wouldn't have died." ”
"It's okay." I smiled and rubbed her little head, "That's what I had to go through, too." ”
That's right, as a hunter, I can't just fight against virtual infections in a simulated environment, I always have to face the reality outside.
"Alright, while they carry supplies, we have other tasks." Victor clapped his hands, and everyone walked towards the warehouse by the dock with small bags on their backs.
The door of the warehouse was opened by Shi Lei, and there were several people playing poker inside, and when they saw us, they immediately stopped and asked in English, "Operation code?" ”
"Sea Hawk."
"Oh brother, welcome, welcome."
I looked behind Shi Lei, only hearing his voice but not seeing him, and after concentrating, I realized that there were a few big white teeth shaking in the dark.
The door of the warehouse was completely opened, and the sunlight shone in, only to find that there were four black people standing inside, very burly, although not as tall as Shi Lei, but much taller than ordinary people.
I saw Victor step forward and take out a list from his bag.
The black man at the head took it, flipped through it quickly, then signed the list, the two hugged each other, and Victor took everyone away.
"It's that simple?"
"That's right, it's that simple."
Back at the docks, Victor took out a map of the area.
"Next, we're going to the island, where hundreds of Asian refugees are going to be brought back."
"And this task? How did I not hear about it when I set off. ”
"The fleet was only assigned when it landed, and I just received it, and the upper echelons also have all kinds of difficulties."
Victor unfolded the map and continued,
"These people have been developing in Africa for a long time, and now the environment in Africa is getting worse and worse, although the local government has also asked many times to hope that Asian countries can take back their people, but the authorities have not taken action for a long time, and it is only now that it has been approved."
I can't blame anyone for this, it's not that the state doesn't care about its own people, because in a disaster, no region can protect itself.
"We have to disperse, there are five refugee camps, and today we have to put them on a freighter and we will bring them safely back to Asia."
The six of them nodded, Xue Ji, Tianzang, Shi Lei, a group of one person, a group of Chen sisters, I still followed Victor, each group of a map, with a disguised ID, first found the connector, and then he led us to the refugee camp.
Our connector, an uncle in his forties and fifties, who also seemed to be of the yellow race, and whose skin was a little darker under the scorching African sun, gave him a false identity, but he just nodded and led us deeper into the island.
"This place is more desolate than it used to be."
Victor sighed, it seemed that this was not the first time he had been here.
The trio got into an SUV and a few hours later arrived in an empty town, the southernmost part of the island and the farthest of the five refugee camps.
The town is uninhabited, as if it has been abandoned for years, and the people say that the refugees are in the big theater on the outskirts.
Without further ado, the three of them went straight to the camp, the residential areas on both sides of the street had long been empty, and in the dilapidated grand theater, there were sixty or seventy people, both old and children, sitting heaped.
The moment the door opened, everyone turned their heads to look at us, and stood up one after another, their eyes filled with endless sadness, eagerness and indifference.
"Ah, here we are!"
The crowd gradually made a sound of excitement,
"I can go back, I can't stand this place anymore!"
I looked at their faces, and even though they were so happy at the moment, their expressions were very bitter and pale.
At this moment, a little girl of five or six years old suddenly ran out of the crowd and grabbed my legs, her face was dirty, she was carrying a shabby shoulder bag, and her plain white dress was no longer recognizable.
"She's an orphan whose parents died a week ago on the way here." "The convoy was attacked by mutant infections, killing many refugees and losing two transport trucks. ”
"I didn't expect you to be so rampant with infections here." Victor held his chin and said, "Didn't the government troops clean up?" ”
"There have been before, but the expenditure is too large, the consumption is also very large, there are not many countries in Africa that can withstand the large-scale use of force, and other countries have not yet completely stabilized themselves, although there has been funding, but it can only solve the immediate emergency."
The connector lit a cigarette and continued,
"Some areas are already poor, and with few people and too many wild animals, most people are dying in the wild."
After that, he began to mobilize the refugees, and at the back of the theater, five military transport vehicles were parked, and everyone began to get into the cars one after another, but the little girl still refused to let go.
I squatted down and wiped the mud from her face with my sleeve,
"Don't be scared anymore, brother swears, you won't be hurt again, get in the car, and go home together."
When it came to going home, the refugees all paused and looked back at me with indescribable sadness in their eyes.
"The quarantine zone in Asia is still very safe, and some large countries have been cleaning up the polluted areas for many years, and the inland lakes have also been purified for many years."
Victor smiled at the crowd, and the refugees smiled.
The little girl did not speak, frowned, took out a green four-leaf clover from her cloth bag, spread it out in her little hand and held it to me.
At this moment, I suddenly felt a sour nose, smiled and took it, raised it in my hand, and put it in the pocket of my jacket close to my heart.
The little girl smiled, waved at me, followed the crowd, and with the help of a middle-aged woman, boarded the military vehicle.
Victor looked at the refugees and sighed,
"Don't be sentimental, life will be better when they come home."
I nodded, is this really the case, the contaminated area is gradually decreasing, and the blood and dust are cleaned up, what about those P2 infections?
At this moment, I felt an unprecedented sense of responsibility weighing on my shoulders.
Letting go of the worries of the moment, the convoy slowly drove out and gradually drove away from the town.
We were the last to arrive at the docks, and several freighters had already begun to accept the refugees, and the seven of them reunited, their expressions not too sad.
I'm saddened that these people may have seen too much over the years.
Seeing everyone board the freighter, we were grouped again as we came, and before leaving, I asked the connector why he didn't leave with us, and he shook his head,
"There are some compatriots here, I will wait for them to come and then see them off."
"Where's your family?"
"On board, I don't want them to be in such a dangerous place with me, it's enough to stay here alone."
On the dock, he smoked a cigarette and watched us go, along with a few other joints, and I stood on the side of the boat and gave them a standard military salute.
The fleet plans to return on its original route, and the mutant infected have to deal with it, a common route that cannot be left unattended, and that's exactly what it's our job as hunters.
Before Chen Lan'er boarded the freighter, she soaked her wavy hair in the seawater, and she could clearly see that her blue hair was growing at a visible rate.
"The little otter's hair has the same ability as her sister's flower crack in the sea, not only can it become longer, but it can also detect the powerful P2 infection in the sea, and feel it more accurately." Victor explained.
I looked at the No. 3 freighter in front of me, the deck was empty, Chen Lan'er stood at the stern, her hair flicked, the blue hair instantly grew wildly, piercing into the sea, at this moment, her eyes have also turned dark blue.
I turned on my communicator and connected to Chen Lan'er's signal,
"Girl, what should I do if my hair is bitten? Won't you be pulled into the sea by monsters? ”
"Hmph, it may not have pulled me in the sea, Brother Haiwen, you can rest assured."
I had no choice but to shrug my shoulders.
There was no word all the way, and soon we came to the sea area where the accident occurred, on the freighter and the warship, there was no one in sight, and all seven of us went to the deck and cheered up.
Chen Lan'er's blue hair fluttered with the waves, and after a while, a full-range signal suddenly flashed on the communicator, and the warship radar also emitted a piercing siren, and the monster really came and came to take revenge.
I stared intently at the sea, filled with indignation.
Sure enough, at the rear of the fleet, the sea began to churn gradually, and Victor frowned, his eyes as if enchanted, and quickly scanned the churning sea.
"At ten o'clock, about thirty meters underwater, tentacles had already floated."
When I looked over, the dark passage was worthy of the Hayabusa, and the huge tentacles loomed, and it was almost impossible to locate accurately.
"There are no other stronger bands around for a hundred miles." Chen Lan'er's voice came from the headset.
"It seems that this guy is the new overlord of this sea, and we have broken into its territory." Chen Xue'er spoke.
"Humph! Its turf? I'm going to see what it can do to compete with this girl. ”
Chen Lan'er snorted coquettishly and turned off her communicator, it seemed that she was about to make a big move.
"Why don't you let the fleet open fire?" I asked Victor.
"The octopus is a mollusk, especially after being strengthened by blood dust to reach the P2 stage, I don't know what its skin has evolved, the fleet's firepower can only hurt it, not kill it, but we should be able to kill it."
"How to kill?"
"That's up to the otter, in the sea, the otter is stronger than any of us!"
At the same time, at the stern of the No. 3 freighter, the petite body jumped up and plunged into the water like a fish, barely making a splash.
After entering the water, her hair was like a dancing sea snake, and when it suddenly moved, it instantly rushed straight towards the sea beast at a speed comparable to that of a missile.
"So fast!"
I watched nervously, taking deep breaths and adjusting my body to prepare for the next unexpected situation.
At this moment, the three frigates fired signal flares in unison, all the ships began to accelerate, the destroyers changed from an open road to a closed one, and the fleet gradually moved away.
Almost in the next second, there was an explosion from behind, and a torrent burst out from the sea, and the girl and the sea beast faced each other!
All six of us came to the stern of our respective ships to watch and prepare for contingencies, but at this moment, the fourth freighter shook strangely.
Almost at the same time, a red flare rose from the sea behind,
"That's the otter's, she's out to sea!"
Victor watched with his perverted eyesight.
"What do you mean?" I asked, the sudden shaking of the freighter unsettling.
Victor looked at me with a bitter face, "Target multiples, more than one!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the sea on the left side of the fleet suddenly erupted, and another tentacle! Huge tentacles waved furiously across the sea.
Victor blurted out, "Damn! Same bands? So the little otter didn't sense it, and it actually reproduced! ”
"What?" I was shocked, could this alien creature still reproduce?
Unbelievable!
"Oops!" I secretly exclaimed, at this moment, things had developed beyond everyone's expectations.