32 Accident

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"What?" Yan Xunzhi immediately checked her helmet's reception. The reception range was normal, indicating no communication. She asked the mixed team leader, "Did you receive any messages?"

The shuffle guide shook his head. "No news at the moment."

Yi Rong turned on the coordinate sharing function, and the direction of the message delivery was vaguely moving on the map, still some distance away from them.

There were towers on the ground around. Yan Xunzhi remembered that before she first came to the ground, Kong Wei told her that if she got separated, she should ignore the airdrop communication. Although she was not separated now, she did not have any experienced people around her. She was the most experienced person.

She hesitated for a moment and said, "Just ignore it for now and pretend you didn't see it."

If they were lost, desperate to retreat underground, they would have been indiscriminately sending messages to everyone nearby. Yi Rong ignored them; they should receive new communications soon.

Sure enough, not long after they walked out, the mixed group guide suddenly stopped and said, "I received a communication."

"Same direction?"

The shuffle wizard also shares coordinates, and the coordinates of the two points almost coincide. "They are in the same direction and the positions are basically the same, so they should have been sent by the same person."

As she spoke, she began typing a message, waiting for Yan Xunzhi to nod before replying and contacting the tower above ground.

Perhaps it was because he held the rabbit too many times, his mental strength increased, and his sixth sense also developed. Yan Xunzhi felt that something seemed to be wrong.

He continued to send messages, but no one responded. It had already been seven or eight minutes since Yirong received the message. Even if he hadn't gone offline, being lost on the ground the longer he stayed, the higher the risk. Staying still increased the risk of sand intrusion.

For seven or eight minutes, haven't you ever thought about looking for a tower on the ground?

She looked back, but the wind and sand were so strong that her vision was only half a meter.

The distribution of the ground towers in the military area is regular. To sum it up in one sentence: as long as you walk in one direction and walk far enough, you will definitely reach the ground tower.

Unfortunately, there are too many interferences on the ground, and walking in a straight line is very difficult. Most people eventually die from getting lost.

But when death is the only option, instead of waiting for death and hoping others will rescue you, it is better to try on your own.

Besides, this is not a conflict. Walking can also deliver communications, but the positioning may not be as accurate.

"They might be newcomers." Seeing no movement, the mixed team guide guessed she was hesitating. "This is their first time on the surface. They're unfamiliar with the ground and won't dare to act rashly. They'll probably just stand there and wait."

“…”

This time we had a new group of students, and even after training, some were still overwhelmed.

Yan Xunzhi paused for a moment, finally making up her mind. She connected with the mixed-row guide and turned off her communication receiver.

The mixed array guide was surprised, "You won't save me?"

Yan Xunzhi shook his head. "If there's something unusual, we have to take risks. If it's a new student, there's not much point in saving him."

After she said these two sentences, her teeth suddenly shivered.

In all the years of training in the White Tower before coming to the surface, she never thought that she would say such words one day.

At that time, she thought she was helpful and discriminated against those who did not help others in need, and even more so, those who gave up after taking a little risk... She didn't expect that in the end she would become the kind of person she looked down upon. It turns out that everyone can make sarcastic remarks.

Yi Rong stared at her from behind, somewhat incredulous.

Yan Xunzhi silently ignored this gaze through two layers of helmet, thinking, I'll wait for you for half a year...

Now she had become accustomed to, and was even beginning to adopt, Officer Kong's style. Yan Xunzhi burst into tears. It was true that the company of vermilion became red, and the company of ink became black... It was so easy to pick up bad habits.

Both of them turned off their communication reception, leaving only Yan Xunzhi's own communication reception on. However, she continued to walk towards the target point given by the military district, but still did not receive any communication delivery.

She was a little puzzled, vaguely feeling that her decision was correct.

This is so strange. They were clearly in the same group, and their distance range was basically the same, so why did they only deliver to the other two and not her?

Suddenly, there was a slight strange sound in my ears.

Yan Xunzhi suddenly stopped, holding his breath, and compared the location provided by the military district to confirm, "...It's a foreign object."

The mixed platoon guide and Yi Rong both drew their guns and stood guard. Yan Xunzhi also touched the handle of the gun and walked slowly forward, listening carefully to the extremely slight yet abrupt sound amidst the whistling wind.

"A foreign object has been discovered. It has deviated slightly from its location and is currently more than 20 meters away. It is moving towards the southeast at a slow speed and is medium in size." She also turned on the mission recording and reported her findings one by one.

All patrols who have been on the ground for less than two years must record their missions, even if Yan Xunzhi's team only has three people. This makes it convenient to review the mission and find out the gaps after the mission, so as to quickly gain ground experience.

The foreign object was moving, and she followed the sound, constantly adjusting her position.

Draw the gun, load the bullet, and aim.

A foreign object came into range, she pulled the trigger repeatedly, and yellow sand splashed in an instant!

In a brief moment, a vacuum was created in the storm, and the figure of a foreign object appeared in the vacuum. It was so fast that it was difficult to distinguish the head and the tail. Even the edges were blurred by the wind and sand.

The wind suddenly broke, and two spirit bullets quickly followed, but were instantly swallowed up by the sweeping wind and sand.

Yi Rong's disappointed voice came over the communication channel, "I missed."

It's okay. She followed Kong Wei for two months before she finally hit the target once, and she often missed... Yan Xunzhi thought of his tragic past, pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly, and was about to speak to comfort her.

Suddenly I heard the mixed team guide say, "I hit it."

"...but it's not in the spirit's location." She paused, then continued, "Or perhaps its spirit has lost its mind and cannot be captured. I didn't detect any mental energy, so it's most likely the latter."

The number of completely demented alien creatures on the ground is increasing day by day. The Southern Military Region has destroyed several of them and built new expulsion lines. This is no longer surprising.

Demented aliens can only be killed.

According to the military district's information, the alien's level was not high, but the demented alien had no pattern to follow, making it extremely difficult to kill. Yan Xunzhi took a deep breath and said, "Same direction, fifteen meters."

Yi Rong and the mixed platoon guides quickly spread out to both sides, raised their guns, and concentrated their bullets.

Yan Xunzhi took off the knife from the exoskeleton, charged it, and calculated silently in his mind.

Ten meters, eight meters, six meters...

The black shadow swayed.

Four meters, three meters, two meters...

A foreign object suddenly rushed out, breaking through the yellow sand, and its sharp claws were already within reach!

Yan Xunzhi swung his sword without hesitation, and at the same time bent slightly to prepare. After the attack was successful, he was about to roll forward on the ground, just enough to brush past the foreign object and fall behind it.

The tiger's mouth suddenly shook, and the blade was stuck in the body of the foreign object. He lost his strength for a moment and couldn't pull it out!

What’s going on! Yan Xunzhi was startled for half a second by this sudden change, and had no choice but to let go of the knife and dodge to the side, narrowly avoiding the foreign object.

But the knife was stuck in the foreign object and was taken away by it.

This was the first time Yan Xunzhi encountered this situation. He lost his long sword and saw it embedded diagonally in the leg of the alien creature, but he didn't know how to take it away.

The alien creature was right in front of him, with long and thin limbs, slightly twisted joints, a cat face and bird ears, no fur attached, and two holes behind its eyes, as if a hole had been opened through its head.

She stared at it closely, feeling that it looked different from the common foreign objects she saw on the ground, yet somewhat familiar.

The north is extremely hot and sunny, and most foreign creatures have hard helmets and thick hair. They have evolved a new system inside to protect their internal organs from direct sunlight and heat rise, which can lead to dehydration and death. However, the foreign creature in front of me does not have this feature. Its skin is rough, wrinkled and dry, very much like a dehydrated corpse, but there are no obvious protruding bones.

The outer layer was extremely hard, even beneath it. She had thought she could just cut it through, but unexpectedly, it was so hard from beginning to end, just like...

It's so familiar! Yan Xunzhi really wanted to scratch his head. Why did he fail at the critical moment?

Without giving her a chance to recall, the alien object turned and pounced. Yan Xunzhi switched to a spear, but only a little energy was stored, and the effect was even worse.

I poked a tiny hole and was almost knocked down by it.

Fortunately, the iron spear was strong enough, and the long handle blocked the foreign object, preventing it from rushing forward directly.

The two people in front of him had already dispersed. Seeing that Yan Xunzhi was having a hard time resisting, the mixed platoon guide immediately drew his gun and fired rapidly!

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The three scattered sounds scattered the foreign body, and it exploded with a muffled sound, but there was no normal splatter of blood and flesh. Only a little dust-like substance floated out, and was instantly swept away by the wind and sand.

The foreign body only felt pain and turned to rush towards the mixed row guide!

Yi Rong was well prepared, calculating the distance and firing, attracting the foreign object again. The two of them worked together, constantly adjusting their direction, leading the foreign object back to Yan Xunzhi, who had accumulated enough energy.

After a round of fighting, Yan Xunzhi was prepared this time. He found that the long weapon was not easy to use, so he immediately changed to a dagger the length of his arm and stabbed it hard at the foreign object's chest!

The tip of the knife was sharp and went straight into the chest.

But it was stuck again, making it difficult to pull it out directly. Yan Xunzhi had experience, so he lowered his body and fell down directly holding the dagger.

A long cut was made on the foreign object's chest, and dust fell on the helmet. The smell was transmitted and captured, becoming strong in an instant.

The smell was unique, but it didn't seem uncommon. She smelled a similar smell last time, as if it was in... the room?

Suddenly, an idea came to Yan Xunzhi's mind.

Simulated landscape! She had smelled it in the simulated landscape before; it was the scent of plants!

Looking at the foreign object before me again, its skin was wrinkled and rough, with a lighter color in the cracks, just like tree bark. It was devoid of flesh and blood, and its interior was hard and hard. Wood dust was scattered everywhere from the damage, and I'm afraid its body has almost turned to wood.

But... if it's a plant, it's not just mindless, it doesn't even have the necessary nerves—

Then how could it attack!

The underground vegetation had long been sparse and almost non-existent. Yan Xunzhi had never seen real plants, and her understanding of them was just the simulated landscape outside the window that was built to experience the previous above-ground environment, and what she had seen when she hurriedly flipped through the book during the second assessment.

The alien creature resembled an animal, but its flesh was made entirely of wood. Its body was riddled with bullet holes, and it was constantly being pounced upon, yet it seemed to feel no pain, unfazed by the cleavage of its chest.

There is no bleeding, as if to kill it, you have to cut it into pieces.

This knife is definitely not going to work. Yan Xunzhi was thinking about how to get the stuck long knife back when he heard a crackling sound in the communication.

Then there was a pain in the head, as if a stone was thrown into the spiritual realm, causing a wave of ripples.

"...Yan Xunzhi." The voice was noisy and intermittent, and each word was severely muffled, proving that the person delivering the message was very far away. Thanks to the spiritual transmission, Yan Xunzhi recognized it as Kong Wei. "Monitoring...super level..."

"In your...direction...the Northwest Army..." The electric current was roaring, and the interference from the ground made it impossible to hear even half a sentence.

But Kong Wei kept repeating, and finally one sentence made her hear it clearly -

"...It's too far away. We probably won't get there in time. Run!"

【Author’s words】

Pickled Fish: What the hell are you talking about??!!!