Just when everyone was terrified, a red light suddenly flashed outside the dark window. Iron Slag looked out, only to see two fiery meteors dragging golden tails into the sky.

"Exploding rockets!" The old flute shouted. This was followed by two loud bangs! With a blinding light, two huge fireballs ignited in the air. In an instant, the firelight reflected the sky red, and the sharp hiss of Sha Feng was deafening, and countless black spots fell to the ground with flames......

The explosion sent a violent shock wave that shook the vehicles, shattering the glass of several of them! At the same time, there was a scream of terror over the intercom!

After a few seconds, everything was calm. The sun hung high in the sky, and the sea of sand returned to clear skies. For a moment, it was as quiet as if nothing had happened. If it weren't for the smell of gunsmoke in the air, you might have thought that everything just now was a dream.

Subsequently, Iron Slag and Lao Di got out of the car to count the personnel and treat the injured. Most of the garrison members were stung by Sha Feng, but they were all minor injuries, and a shot of antidote was all enough. Among the creatures of the sand sea, the toxicity of the sand peak is relatively low. It's just that they are so numerous that they can be life-threatening if they are repeatedly stung.

"I didn't see the number four car." "yes, I don't see Mike and the others." Some of the garrison members noticed.

Afterwards, Iron Slag and Lao Di led people to the No. 4 sand car. I saw that the right front window of the sand cart was broken, and because the sand cart was relatively high, I couldn't see the situation inside when I stood on the ground. The old flute shouted a few times, but no one inside answered. Seeing this situation, everyone looked at each other, and a bad premonition permeated everyone's hearts.

Iron Slag stepped forward and grabbed the doorknob of the sand cart and motioned for everyone to step away. Then, he slammed the car door! At the moment of opening the door, a guard member tilted his body and reversed out of the car, and he hurriedly caught it. At this moment, a "buzz" suddenly sounded in the car, and a fist-sized black shadow pounced out!

He slapped the black shadow in his face with a quick slap. Only a muffled sound was heard, and a black shadow slammed into the car and spewed green slurry. The black shadow was jet-black, with four pairs of transparent insect wings, and a black spike several centimeters long from its tail. This thing is the sand peak, one of the most common creatures in the sand sea. The sand peaks alone are not scary, they are terrible because they are overwhelming swarms of bees that can sweep away almost all living things.

Iron Slag then placed the unconscious guard on the ground and climbed into the car to inspect it. After confirming that there was no danger, the three unconscious guards in the car were moved out of the car in turn.

After the doctor with half a bucket of water examined them, he picked out the bee stings and injected them with an antidote. However, all four of the guards had been stung several times, and their faces were swollen like balloons. Lao Di suggested arranging for a rattlesnake to take them back to Iron Mountain Town for treatment first, and the people would have to stay in bed for at least two weeks before they recovered.

Iron Slag secretly complained in his heart, and he had seriously injured four team members before he could harvest. Medical expenses and remuneration were another lot of money, plus two mechs each fired a valuable blasting rocket, and these accounts had to be counted on his head. It seems that he shouldn't bring people out this time, after all, in the sea of sand, the survival ability of this group of rookies is very limited. He hesitated for a moment, thinking about whether he wanted to go back together.

Lao Di seemed to see his thoughts, pulled him aside and whispered, "How can there be no dead people who are not injured in a war, since they are out, they must complete the task as much as possible, they are just injured and return to the team, and it doesn't cost much." Those two blasting rockets, when the time comes, will follow up and say that the suppression of the riot is gone, and we have a certain ammunition budget every year. ”

Iron Slag thought about it, if he took people back now, he would probably be smiled and yellow-faced by Lina.

"Yo~Baby~ I was bullied by a sandworm~ It's okay, it's okay~ My sister will take you out of anger~Ah~"

Thinking that Lena would say this, Iron Slag agreed to the old flute's suggestion. Next, a driver and four wounded people returned to Iron Mountain Town first, and the rest of the team members rested in place.

In the evening, when night fell, Tie Slag sat alone on the sand and watched the stars, while Ye Xinling was busy setting up the tent and preparing dinner. At this time, the two guards pushed each other to the iron slag. One of them said hesitantly, "Brother Tie, I'm the big head, do you remember?" ”

Iron Slag shook his head, indicating that he was not impressed, and the other party continued, "When you were young, you went to the Jusang shop...... I'll also help you get through the wind. ”

"Since you have known me since you were a child, don't turn around when you speak, just say something directly, I can't understand it when I go around." Iron Slag grinned and said.

"It's still Brother Tie simply." Datou pushed his teammates next to him, and the team member continued to say after Datou's words, "Brother Tie, that's the case, we are all from the town, and we are soldiers to support our families...... and then he pushed Datou, and Datou continued, "Come here to take risks, we are really ...... In case there are three long and two short, the house will not be able to open the pot. ”

"Yes, yes, we don't have much salary, we can barely live, there are old and young......"

The two of them were at a loss, and it took them a long time to explain their meaning, probably because they felt that the sea of sand was too dangerous, and hoped that the iron slag would raise his noble hand and lead the team home.

Iron Slag thought about it and felt that it was indeed inconvenient to take these people with them, their survivability in the sand sea was too low. So he replied, "All right, you call the old flute, and leave for Iron Mountain tomorrow morning." ”

After receiving an affirmative reply, the two team members immediately cheered, and then you praised the iron slag word by word. Iron Slag waved his hand casually and told them to call someone. After a while, the old flute came over. After understanding the arrangement of the iron slag, Lao Di sighed and scolded, "These two rabbit cubs, see how I clean them up when I go back." ”

"There's no need to embarrass them, I don't think about this matter, after all, the sand sea is too dangerous." Iron Slag said.

Listening to the words of the iron slag, Lao Di remembered Lina's words before leaving. She said that although the iron slag is fierce to the enemy, it is a little soft on her own people. She thinks that iron slag can't control people, so she asks Lao Di to help him be a bad guy when necessary. Whoever should be executed, let Lao Di take the lead first.

However, Iron Slag has already promised to retreat in person, and it is estimated that the two ruffians have also informed the whole team of the good news, and it is too late to correct the order now. When Lao Di returned to the camp, he immediately asked which two people had requested. He couldn't have imagined that these two people would dare to go directly to ask for iron slag. Iron Slag is a well-known fierce god, the most ruthless law enforcer in the whole Iron Mountain Town. It stands to reason that if they have the intention of retreating, they should first consult with Lao Di, and then ask the iron slag. However, they did ask the right person by mistake. If they go to Lao Di first, they may be executed by Lao Di on the grounds of "shaking the morale of the army".

So far, Lao Di has no other way but to arrange tomorrow's return trip according to the requirements of the iron slag. During this period, Lao Di secretly wrote down the names of the two troublemakers in a small notebook he carried with him. These two people have been classified by him into the third-line personnel, the so-called third-line personnel are benefits without his share, he does all the tiring and dirty work, and cannon fodder is also the priority to choose him.

"What kind of soldier are you afraid of death!" Lao Di scolded in his heart.

The next morning, the team was regrouped and began to return to Iron Mountain. But on the way back, I encountered a strange thing.

[Captain, Alice has noticed that the vehicle that left first yesterday suddenly changed direction about a hundred kilometers from the camp. They were heading south towards the town of Iron Mountain, but at that coordinate point they turned east. After 27 minutes, their coordinate signal began to be lost. Alice can monitor the coordinate signal within a range of 300 kilometers, so the loss of signal this time may be caused by man, Alice suggested that the captain go to the coordinates of the turning point to check]

Since the coordinate point of the vehicle's turning point was on the way back, the whereabouts of five members of the garrison were involved. So half a day later, the iron slag arrived at its destination at Alice's prompting.

The old flute sent people to search for a while near the coordinate point, and soon someone reported that they found five corpses, the same five garrison members who had left at noon yesterday. Lao Di rushed to the scene and found that the five bodies had been stripped of their clothes and equipment, and then half-buried in the sand. All of them had a bloody hole in the back of their heads, and they were presumably shot in the back of the head. According to the traces at the scene, Lao Di quickly judged that the killer was a professional soldier, and there were quite a few of them. The purpose of the killers was clear - to rob the sand carts and supplies.

There is no law in the sand sea, and killing people and stealing goods is almost the norm in the sand sea. It is said that most of the teams that hunt sandworms every year die at the hands of their own people, not sandworms.

Iron Slag frowned and looked at the five corpses, he not only had to face the loss of thousands of gold in personnel and equipment, but also the loss of five fresh lives. These people had been gulping ales from each other in the Black Fire Bar a few days ago......

"Old Di, you take someone back first." Iron Slag said.

"Iron slag, what do you mean?" Lao Di asked as he closed his eyes for the corpse.

"I brought the people out, I should be responsible for the end, you go back first." Iron Slag said calmly.

"Let's go together, we want to go back together." Lao Di took out his pistol and said, "If I go back by myself, my eldest sister will definitely kill me." ”

"It's inconvenient for you to follow me, I still like to act alone." Iron slag explained.

At this time, the big head who had retreated last night stood up from the team. His eyes were a little red, and he held back for a while before he said, "Brother Tie, here is my brother, let me follow, although the big head is also afraid of death, but my own brother can't die in vain." ”

"That's right! Big Head is right! "They are all soldiers, and if it's a big deal, it's a life." "My brother was killed, and I didn't dare to go, what kind of man is it!" "Brother Tie, count me in."

Iron Slag looked at the crowd of passionate people, stretched out his hand, and shouted, "Brothers! Let's go! ”