Chapter 604: Turnaround
Captain Shangguan Li and Ji also followed, and the east and west of the attacking convoy were on the other side of the road, about 500 meters away from the road, and the effective and controllable range of ordinary rifles and machine guns could reach 800 to 1,000 meters.
The power of bullets at this distance can be well exerted, just look at the row of scrap metal on the road.
Shangguan Li and Captain Ji followed, so I walked slowly, side by side with them, and secretly observed Captain Ji's expression by the way.
There are not a few people who know what Zuobar wants to co-opt, but not many people know the specific time and which way to go.
The survivors in the camp did not know when to leave, so they packed up their belongings early in the morning and gathered in the office building.
Only those who came from Safe Harbor knew the specific time, and the two shapeshifters had no reason to find someone to annihilate the survivors, so the most suspicious person was Captain Ji or the accompanying bodyguards.
I was suspicious of Captain Ji first, so I secretly observed his expression, from the attack on the convoy to the current search for clues, his reaction was not abnormal, at this time his eyes were gloomy, and his face was solemn.
We stopped in front of a long snow-covered trench, where a thick layer of snow was dug up a meter and a half wide, and then the dug snow piles were piled up on the edge of the ditch to make a great wall of snow.
The ditch was littered with bright silver metal powder, and the ditch could not be seen from front to back, Shangguan Li and Captain Ji looked along the snow ditch respectively, and I waited in place and did not move.
They wanted to know how long the groove was, so I crouched down, grabbed a handful of metal powder, and rubbed it in the palm of my hand, and found that it was so light that I could barely feel the weight.
I let go of the powder in my palm, leaving only a little bit to rest on my fingertips and rub them, but my fingertips were actually worn out.
Whatever metal it was, it didn't look like anything ordinary, so I pinched a handful and put it in my pocket, ready to keep it for later.
Interestingly, the wind is strong on the grassland, but these light metal powders are not blown away by the wind.
Shangguan Li and Captain Ji turned back at the same time, and the number reported was the same, this snow ditch was five thousand meters long, but only the five hundred meters where the convoy was located had metal powder.
The ground in other places had traces of things staying, and Shangguan Li said that it looked like four legs, like the marks left by ladders or table legs.
"They've moved?" I asked.
"It's moved, it's coming this way, is it evaporating?" Shangguan Li nodded and said while staring at the powder in the ditch.
With four-legged objects, they can move, and they can attack convoys, and I immediately think of robots in science fiction movies.
Of course, Shangguan Li and Captain Ji were more confused than me, because I knew that those robots had turned into powder, but the two of them didn't know, and they discussed a few words about it.
"Now it's certain that these things have been lying in ambush on this road, and as soon as the convoy comes into range, they will attack, and if the firepower is insufficient, things from other positions will rush over to support." Shangguan left the road.
"Well, maybe the mission is done, they activated the self-destruct device." Captain Ji looked at the metal powder in the ditch and guessed.
The mission was done, except that they didn't self-destruct, there was nothing but metal powder in the snow ditch, and we didn't see empty shells.
After ten minutes of strafing, the shells that fell to the ground should have been very thick, but not a single shell could be found near the snow ditch.
We had to go back to the road, and Shangguan Li checked the bullet holes on the scrapped vehicles, and the bullet holes were real, but the bullet head could not be found.
Captain Ji inspected the wounded and corpses hit by bullets, and like Shangguan Li, he found nothing.
In fact, it should not be said that nothing was found, at least we know that the other side is not using conventional weapons.
But no one will be happy about this, the whole convoy has been scrapped, and we can't be sure what the other side's weapons are.
The survivors volunteered to help dispose of the corpses and treat the wounded, and they seemed to have been prepared for this, and when the bodies were buried, no one shed a tear.
"It's too cold, the wounded can't stay outside for too long, they are susceptible to tetanus, and the chances of survival are low." Shangguan Li had already sent someone to inspect the car, but none of them worked, and when he spoke to Captain Ji, his eyes swept over my face.
"Go back to Zobar first, and then I'll call the headquarters and send someone to pick us up." Captain Ji looked at the still burning business vehicle not far away and said that it was the car that the shapeshifter was riding.
We had been out for some time, and if we had walked on the way back, it would have taken about an hour or two, and most of the wounded had lost a lot of blood, and the first aid kit was in the car, and the treatment available was extremely limited, and I was afraid that they would not be able to make it even this way.
Shangguan left the organization and everyone returned to Zuobar, and Captain Ji also had to go back with us, and on the way back, I quietly used my ability to transfuse some blood to the wounded.
The mood of the survivors was very heavy when they came out, and after the bloodbath, their expressions became numb, and they just followed the team mechanically.
The food and water brought by Captain Ji were beaten to shreds in the car, and the water ran out, and even if they returned to Zobar, the team would face a food crisis.
"Are there any animal activities around here?" I looked around at the vast snowfield and asked Shangguan Li.
"Yes, but it's very dangerous." Shangguan Li said: "There is an area fifteen kilometers away from the camp, where bears are often infested, and nowadays bears come out in groups to feed, and together they can overturn the tanks, and no one dares to approach them." ”
"We sent people to round up two months ago, and when we went to 50 people, we ran back six." A young man walking behind us suddenly interjected.
"Yes, more than 40 people were sacrificed, more than 100 bullets were fired, and not a single bear was caught." Shangguan Li added.
"Oh... That could be a mutation. "I only felt a little emotional, but I was not afraid, the natural environment of the grassland is getting worse and worse, and the animals that can survive will naturally not be the same as before.
"The bears are on the east side of the camp, and there are wolves on the west side, they don't go into the city during the day, they often go to the city at night, we all sleep in rooms on the upper floors at night, the first floor is too dangerous, these guys can even break the glass." The young man continued.
"Do they come out during the day?" I asked.
"What are you going to do?" Shangguan Li immediately asked rhetorically.
"Go hunting." I answered truthfully.
"Wait until we get back to camp, we can't get anyone out of it now-"
Before he could finish his sentence, I raised my hand and interrupted: "I'll go by myself." ”
At this moment, even Captain Ji turned his head to stare at me, as if I had said something incomprehensible.
Shangguan glared at him: "No, don't joke." ”
His gaze was indeed a bit majestic, but unfortunately I had already made up my mind, gave him a reassuring look, and said, "I've been out there for more than a day or two, and this little scene can still hold up." ”
Shangguan Li received my gaze signal, hesitated for a moment, and I continued to say: "I drove more than a thousand kilometers alone, and I met the wild beasts on the road, did you see that I was injured?" ”
This time, Shangguan didn't answer, and drove thousands of kilometers alone, and on the way, he encountered more than storm beasts, and I arrived at Zuobar unharmed, no one can deny this fact, so my strength is beyond doubt.
"I'll send a few men with you." Shangguan Li said loosely.
"Okay, I can't drag it back alone after hitting the prey anyway." I smiled and nodded, as if I was going to go fishing in the fish pond.
Shangguan Li assigned me eight members of the security team, including Zhang Xin.
These eight people looked at me like fools, and their dissatisfaction was all written on their faces, but because it was Shangguan Li's order, they just stretched their faces and did not complain.
On the road near the camp of Zhobar, I led the eight men and the large army separately towards the area frequented by wild beasts.
We were still silent on the way, all eight of them looking like they were going to die generously, I couldn't bear to keep them on their nerves, they needed to relax after an attack.
"When you arrive at the place in a while, you wait on the periphery, and I will go alone, and when I call you, you will go again." I said to Zhang Xin, who had a straight face.
Originally, there was only the sound of our creaking footsteps in the snow, but now I took the initiative to break the silence, but Zhang Xin didn't answer.
"The camp is in an eventful season, you are the people Shangguan Li trusts, he needs you, so not for me, but for him and yourself, and the remaining survivors, the action will be under my command later."
I didn't expect to be able to mingle with them in such a short period of time, not to mention my position as a security captain, just to facilitate my access to the upper echelons of Safe Harbor.
So I don't care about their attitude towards me, even for Shangguan's sake, we should both coexist peacefully.
Maybe my words played a role, Zhang Xin said inaudibly, as long as he nodded, I would have no worries.
We trekked for nearly two hours on the snowfield before we came to the place where Shangguan Li said, there was a forest in this place, and we were lucky enough to get close to this wood, and we heard the sound of animals.
"Alright, you can wait for me here." I raised my hand and made a 'stop' gesture.
"I'll go with you." Zhang Xin temporarily changed his hexagram, he gestured to several other people, signaling them to stay put, but he stepped forward to follow me, without the slightest intention of staying.
"You're better than those forty or so people combined?" I stopped to look at him, and there was not a smile on my face.
"Neither did you." Zhang Xin replied.
"I have." While speaking, the gun in Zhang Xin's hand had already been snatched away by me, and he hadn't even reacted, looking at me with a surprised face.
Even if I don't use special abilities, I am stronger than ordinary people in terms of physical fitness, and no matter how trained Zhang Xin is, he has no chance of winning against me.
I wasn't going to hunt with lifesteal, that would expose my abilities, and I didn't want shapeshifters to know about that.
Leaving Zhang Xin with a look of disbelief, I ran towards the woods at a speed that they couldn't reach, sometimes no matter how much I said, it was better to lay out the facts and let people know the difficulties and retreat.
A group of snow-white giant bears are gathering in the forest, their average height is more than two meters, and it seems that only adult bears have no cubs.
Without using the bloodsucking ability, I could use my psychic power to kill them all, which would inevitably arouse the suspicion of others, so I used my psychic power to scare away most of the bears, leaving only three, first knocking them out with psychic power, and then going over to wipe their necks and watching them bleed to death.