She followed slowly behind, carrying a basket on her back.

There aren't many things to eat on the mountain in summer, but Jian Dan did manage to find some wild fruits. The most common ones were dark brown ones, since it was late summer and some were still ripe on the sunny side, and Jian Dan didn't miss any of them.

Further in, we even saw some wild grapevines, but since it wasn't the season, they were all still green, with only a few that had turned a darker color. I tried one, and it immediately made me wrinkle my face from the sourness.

I had to gulp down several mouthfuls of water to get rid of the sour taste. I was just thinking of noting down the location so I could come back and collect the fish after the autumn harvest when I heard a series of noises ahead. It was very noisy. I could tell that there were mostly small birds, but why was there also the big black one's voice mixed in?

Dahei was always steady, but this slightly anxious voice made Jian Dan's heart tighten, and she immediately forgot about the grapes.

He immediately tightened the straps of his basket and darted away.

Over the past year, Jian Dan has maintained a low profile in public. However, she has honed her skills back at the base, making her able to roam freely in the deep mountains, though not as if they were deserted.

Following the sound, they found barking dogs mixed with sounds of fighting. In a relatively large clearing in the middle of the woods, several people were locked in combat.

Judging from their clothing, they were clearly two groups. The person in the middle was obviously wearing a homespun cotton jacket, but judging from his posture, he was clearly trained.

That face... it seems... somewhat familiar?

The other five men were dressed differently, but they were all tall and burly, with hard, muscular arms, indicating they were also trained fighters.

They were ruthless, almost every move was a killing blow, and they kept glancing this way, even though they were not close, they were very wary of these guys.

Jian Dan carefully hid behind the tree and did not show himself.

The little ones kept barking at the front, while Big Black followed behind, looking ready to charge at any moment.

It was already a bit deep in the mountains, and under the shade of the trees, there was no envy from the outside world.

After watching for a while, I could roughly tell that the person in the middle was clearly running out of energy.

"Hand over the stuff, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse."

Before I knew it, I was stabbed in the arm again, but I gritted my teeth and persevered.

"Don't even think about it. I'll destroy it, but I won't give it to you."

"Just because you've grabbed something doesn't mean it's yours. Who gave you that right?"

Seeing that he was exhausted, his opponent stopped trying to kill him and began to toy with him, occasionally stabbing him.

"Haha, we were careless. We've been lying in wait for so long before we discovered your ambition. But I guess you're already dead back home, right?"

Ha ha!"

The man in the middle lost his footing and was stabbed in the back again. He staggered and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Behind the tree, Jian Dan frowned and clutched her chest. Why did she also feel uncomfortable?

What was that stinging pain I felt earlier?

Her lips, stained with blood, were exceptionally vibrant, and even her smile carried a hint of madness.

"Haha, come on, kill me. You can forget about the stuff. I'd rather destroy it than let you take it away."

Of the five opponents, only two remained standing. Jian Dan secretly took out her hidden dart, which she had specially commissioned to be made in her previous life for self-defense. It had served her well.

"you!

"You don't need to provoke me. Guess what? If I let the news that you're still alive get back to China, wouldn't someone risk their life to save you? Like, your capitalist father and father-in-law, for example!"

"You! You're shameless!"

"Haha! When it comes to shamelessness, can I compare to you? I treat you like a brother, my sister treats you like a lover, and what about you? You liar!"

"Haha, yes, I'm a liar. I've told you before, I have my beliefs and my bottom line. You've crossed that line!"

The other party had clearly lost patience, and two people stepped forward, ready to grab the person.

A gust of wind blew by, and the prematurely withered yellow leaves fluttered down, the sound of the wind mixed with the whistling of an arrow.

The opponent reacted quickly, dodging the arrow with a twitch of his ear. Before he could even turn around, the simple second and third arrows followed closely behind. The first arrow was meant to alert the enemy, but the second and third arrows were the real purpose.

Sure enough, the other party clearly did not expect it to be so close. They dodged the vital points but not the arm, and the one with his back to them was stabbed in the thigh.

Being ambushed naturally enraged them. The two dragged their wounded bodies toward this side, while the one who was being attacked in the middle, leaning on his broadsword, knelt on one knee and looked in this direction with a hint of anxiety.

Jian Dan hid behind a tree and silently counted. After slowly counting to sixty, he suddenly appeared. Sure enough, with two loud "bangs," the two people fell to the ground. The one with the injured arm was pushed directly into the ground by Xiao Jian.

"Thankfully, it didn't fail."

To protect themselves, the hidden darts were coated with a potent anesthetic, a dose powerful enough to anesthetize an elephant in later generations, so these two were naturally no match for it.

Seeing this, he simply walked out slowly.

The woman leaning on the knife was clearly surprised. Although she was dizzy, it was obvious she was a young girl, but her surprise was quickly replaced by anxiety.

"Hey comrade, you need to get out of here quickly, it's dangerous. These two are bad people."

They were already at their last gasp, and from this distance, their shouts were broken and intermittent. They simply walked this way; otherwise, they really wouldn't have been able to hear them.

"It's alright, they've already passed out. Can you still move?"

"I," he said, relieved to hear that the other person had fainted. He swayed and then collapsed forward, also fainting. Da Dao fell to the ground and bounced a few times before settling down.

The little ones were so frightened that they cried out several more times, and only quieted down when they saw that the person was indeed not moving.

After a brief silence, she stepped forward and turned the person over. There wasn't a single unscathed spot on his body or face, and she couldn't bring herself to hit him.

After looking around, we couldn't find any caves or anything nearby. With no other option, we pulled the person under a tree, took out a water bottle from our basket, hesitated for a moment, and then splashed water on their face.

This is indeed a good way to wake someone up; the person quickly opened their eyes, without any hesitation.

"Do you need help? Should I take you to the police station or the hospital?"

As they got closer, the man stared intently at Jian Dan, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"This is... deep in the mountains, isn't it?"

"right,"

Needless to say, girls who can venture deep into the mountains are naturally capable of defending themselves.

"If it's convenient, could you help me find the local garrison?"

It's the garrison again. Jian Dan discovered that her connection with the garrison is truly inextricable.

"Sure, but do you know where this is?"

The man's eyes were dazed.

"We've just crossed the border, not far at all. We're in the mountains again, so this should be, well, Linbei Province, right? But I don't know which county or commune it is?"

He just gave a slight twitch of his lips; he seemed pretty lucid.