As Jiang Li and the others gradually approached the forest, more and more footprints of mutated creatures appeared on the ground.

"Stop, alert. Jiang Li gave the order, the advance of the team stopped, Zheng Dong and Wang Kai drove the fighting machine to the left and right ten meters in front of the team, responsible for the vigilance of the surrounding environment.

After all, in foggy weather, people have limited distances, relying on various advanced instruments in the war machine, they can sense the surrounding environment, such as thermal induction imaging, infrared imaging, etc.

Sun Xiao, Ye Ming, and Ruoxue were scattered in the left and right rear of the team, and they were also wearing various advanced equipment, but the equipment they carried was limited, and they were definitely not as good as the war machine.

Jiang Li, Xia Xiaowei, and Li Yi squatted down to analyze the animal to which the footprints on the ground belonged. Where they squatted was a huge footprint five or six meters wide and seven or eight meters long.

"These relatively small footprints come in many shapes, and we can recognize the footprints of mutant wolves, mastiffs, foxes, etc. And there are some footprints in these footprints that we don't recognize. Jiang Li looked at the footprints on the ground and said to everyone in the team channel.

"I think it's the mutants from other places that have come together. For example, this footprint is obviously the footprint of a lion, and the Asiatic lion is almost extinct, and the large number of such footprints indicates that it should be an African lion. ”

Xia Xiaowei and Li Yi looked at a kind of footprint pointed by Jiang Li, which was mixed with other footprints, but the depth of stepping into the dirt was obviously deeper than that of the mutant wolf.

"This kind of big footprint is the footprint of a bear, which has appeared in the previous animal tides, and the bear after this variant is more than ten meters in size. But the giant footprints we're seeing now should be those of a much larger mutant bear. Jiang Li expressed his speculation.

The footprints of the mutant bear, which was more than ten meters in size, could not be five or six meters wide, and these footprints in front of everyone were obviously larger than the mutant bear in Jiang Li's mouth.

"Could it be the Bear King?" Xia Xiaowei said his guess. "Although bears are not social animals, the habits of many creatures have changed since the Earth mutated, and perhaps this bear king is leading the mutants around Monitor 36. ”

"It makes sense, first of all, such a large footprint is definitely not an ordinary mutant bear. Secondly, it is difficult for mutant creatures to behave in such a uniform manner, and there should be a more powerful creature commanding them. Li Yi agreed with Xia Xiaowei's speculation.

"Well, it seems that the difficulty of this mission has increased again. Jiang Li let out a sigh, the increase in the difficulty of the task showed that their team would encounter great danger this time, and more importantly, the safety of the passage would also face a greater test.

Jiang Li stood up from the ground, "Keep moving, Zheng Dong will drive the Cold Soldier Type 5 to reconnoiter within 200 meters in front of the team, Li Yi, can you communicate with the plants, we are ready to enter the forest." ”

Zheng Dong received the order and drove the Cold Soldier Type 5 to the front. Cold Soldier Type 5 is on the thin side, mainly to provide melee flexibility, and is suitable for temporary scouting.

Li Yi heard Jiang Li's inquiry, closed his eyes, and telepathized with the plants that existed within 100 meters centered on him.

After a while, Li Yi opened his eyes and said, "I can sense, but it's difficult, there are too few low-grade plants nearby, and I can only sense through low-grade plants." ”

Li Yi's ability to awaken through the first secret realm is plant control, mainly to be able to exert commands on plants and perform some simple actions. And now it is still a more advanced ability for Li Yi to communicate with plants, and he can only communicate with some low-level plants, unless he passes through the second secret realm in the future, or even a higher secret realm.

"It's better than nothing, it's not enough for Zheng Dong to drive the Cold Soldier Type 5 to be a scout, Li Yi, you also go to scout the front. Hearing Jiang Li's command, Li Yi nodded and disappeared ahead.

At this time, the fog gradually thickened, and Ye Ming found that he could no longer see 20 meters away, and as he gradually approached the dense forest, there was even less space to see.

Ye Ming was on the left side of the team, and he wore a multi-functional glasses on his head, which allowed him to see thermal imaging and infrared cameras.

Ye Ming observed the direction of the footprints on the ground, and along the way, he found that the footprints were mainly concentrated in the eastern area of the outer part of the forest, while the footprints in the western direction of the team became scarce.

"Senior, let's continue to go deeper to the west, there are few footprints here, which means that there are fewer mutant creatures active here, which is convenient for us to detect. Ye Ming told Jiang Li about his discovery.

"Okay, let's go west and enter the forest. Jiang Li agreed with Ye Ming's idea, since the mutant creatures mainly operated in the east of the forest, there was no need for the team to go there, and the few mutant creatures in the west would be conducive to their concealment.

Jiang Li led his team to move west along the outskirts of the forest. After ten minutes of moving, the mutant footprints were barely visible on the ground.

So the team entered the forest from this place, and fortunately the trees in the forest were very tall, and the distance between the trees was more than seven or eight meters, just enough for two war machines to operate in it.

After entering the forest, everyone was greeted by huge trees that were extremely hideous, with the trunks of the trees being one or two meters wide and five or six meters wide as thick. The thick roots dug into the dirt, and the roots singuled and intertwined with the roots of the giant tree next to them.

The trees are covered with moss because they do not see the sun at their roots. The tangled root system severely hampered the team's movement in the forest.

Zheng Dong piloted the Cold Soldier Type 5, switched the weapon on his arm to a cutter, and opened a path for the team in front.

Not long after entering the forest, Sun Xiao, who was on the right side of the team, hurriedly said on the communicator: "Captain, there are mutant creatures on the right walking towards the team. ”

"Can you see what kind of mutant animal it is?" Jiang Li raised his left hand up and made a fist movement, and everyone in the team immediately entered a state of alert and fighting.

"The fog is too big, and the sight in the forest is not very good, so I can't see clearly, but there should not be many of them. Sun Xiao stared carefully to the right again, and the bushes under the giant tree shook, making a rustling sound, but the shrubs did not shake for a long time, indicating that there were not many mutant creatures passing through there.

"We should be spotted, try to the left and see if we can avoid them. Jiang Li shifted the team to the left, not wanting to fight the mutants.

"No, Captain, they're moving too fast, they should want to attack us. Sun Xiao leaned over to the team as he spoke, otherwise he would be approached by mutant creatures.

"Then prepare to fight, Wang Kai doesn't have to fight, he is responsible for monitoring the rear, the fire attack of Rewu Type 3 will attract other mutant creatures to come, and the others will come with me." Jiang Li led everyone to take advantage of the forest environment to lurk in the bushes.

Everyone held their breath and nervously looked at the bushes on their right, their weapons clenched in their hands.

With a rustling sound, the bush to the right of the bush where the team members were ambushing came out of the chimpanzee, but the chimpanzee was three meters tall and the mutated body became extremely strong.

After the chimpanzee came out of the bushes, the bushes shook again, and the chimpanzees followed out of the two mutant wolves.

Just as Jiang Li thought that there were only these three mutant creatures, the ground trembled, and a huge claw stretched out from the fog and slapped into the bushes that had just walked out of the three mutant creatures, and then the owner of the claw stood up.

The team members gasped and looked at the mutant creature that stood up, a mutant black bear more than ten meters tall.

The black bear growled at the three mutants beneath its feet, as if asking where they were talking about.

It was clear that the mutants had heard the sound of the war machine opening the way, so they leaned in this direction. However, the three mutants were very smart, and they also notified a "big guy" before coming.

The combat uniforms worn by Jiang Li and the others have the function of shielding the smell, and the communicator with their mouths also has the function of shielding sounds, so that the sound of speech will not be transmitted. Therefore, as long as they are not seen by mutants up close, they are generally difficult to spot.

Although the war machine also uses technology to silence it, it can only reduce the sound of the war machine moving, and the sound of using weapons cannot be silenced.

The crowd lay motionless in the bushes, hoping that the mutants in front of them would not notice them. But the facts disappointed the players.

After the mutant chimpanzees and mutant wolves said they had just heard a mechanical movement in the vicinity, but now they were quiet.

The huge mutant black bear didn't feel like they were lying, it was smart. The black bear roared into the trees ahead, then stepped towards the surrounding bushes one by one.

"Oh no, this black bear is so smart that it will find us. Jiang Li looked at such a crisis situation and immediately gave an order: "Li Yi and I dragged out the mutant black bear, and Xiao Wei took the others to kill the other three mutants first." ”

After speaking, Jiang Li immediately rushed out of the bushes, took out a gun and fired at the black bear in the bushes that were about to approach the team.

Li Yi also followed closely behind Jiang Li, holding a machine gun and shooting at the black bear.

The black bear was suddenly attacked, and immediately let out a cry. Then he rushed towards the two humans in front of him.

Jiang Li raised his hand and aimed it at the giant tree beside him, and then a hook and lock wrapped around his arm ejected, nailed to the giant tree, and then took Jiang Li's body off the ground and flew towards the giant tree.

Li Yi also flew to another giant tree in the same way. In the tree, the two continued to attack the black bear with guns.

When the black bear was attracted by Jiang Li and Li Yi, Xia Xiaowei and the other team members also rushed out of the bushes and launched an attack on the other three mutant creatures with weapons, everything happened in just ten seconds, they must deal with the chimpanzee and the mutant wolf as soon as possible, otherwise Jiang Li and Li Yi will be in danger.