Chapter 69

Missing frontline personnel

Chapter 69

When the people nearby heard this, there was a hint of anticipation on their brows.

Although they had no way of knowing the taste of the mutated plants during this period, they could not tell the taste just by looking at their appearance.

But mutated animals are different. Among those animals that are normally edible, even if they have mutated into having no brains, they will still be edible due to their own reasons and the premise that the surrounding environment does not change much.

Of course, there are not many such mutant animals.

They had encountered some mutant chickens that appeared in the garbage dump before. Those mutant chickens had no brains. Because there were many insects surrounding the garbage dump, they were spontaneously attracted there. After they processed them and took them to the research institute for testing, they found that they were all inedible.

Those mutant chickens stayed in the garbage dump for a long time, eating very dirty mutant insects, which caused them to become inedible.

I couldn’t eat it, so I had to find a way to deal with it.

"It's a reservoir after all, and the environment is well maintained. The chances of it being edible are very high."

The captain said, signaling the group to leave.

"It's already this late, shouldn't you guys go back and stop disturbing me?"

Looking at the people sitting around him, the captain was speechless.

He is almost having a nervous breakdown after dealing with this group of idiots every day.

"Okay, then we'll go back first and come talk to you tomorrow, Captain~"

Seeing that his captain closed his eyes after speaking, obviously not wanting to continue talking to them, Tang Ji spoke up, and after saying these words, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"My dear ancestors, how come you guys are so energetic at night when you go out on missions during the day?"

The captain waved his hand in their direction, signaling them to leave, but also expressed another attitude: he didn't want to talk anymore.

The higher-ups are preparing to hold another meeting recently. Since things have been peaceful for a while, they calculate that it is almost time for the next spiritual energy explosion and the appearance of the spiritual energy pit.

In the past two days, the leaders have been asking these team leaders to pay attention to the surrounding environment when they are on missions, and they have to make an environmental observation report every time they come back.

Therefore, it is understandable that the captain who returns from the same mission will be less energetic than his team members.

He has more to do!

Looking at the amount of tasks their captain currently has, Tang Ji and the others have completely given up on the possibility of being assigned to be captain.

When the higher-ups really want to make arrangements, they will definitely rush to sit next to their leaders and complain.

Just going on missions requires a lot of brainpower and ability from them. They don't have that much brainpower and are not as capable as the captain, so they don't want to take on so many unnecessary tasks.

It’s good that someone is ahead of them, arranging the direction of their actions.

Thinking of this, Tang Ji made a phone call gesture to Mo Shan beside him as soon as he went out.

"How are your abilities lately? Can you speak directly to our leader?"

As he spoke, he moved closer to Mo Shan.

"Yes, I tried it before, and now Morning Glory can communicate with many people."

Mo Shan nodded. As Mo Shan's abilities grew, he was no longer the useless guy who could only talk to his girlfriend like he was at the beginning.

Now Mo Shan can directly connect to anyone he has come into contact with through the morning glory. The length of time between the connections depends on his ability and the person's attitude towards him.

Before, when he was practicing his abilities, he connected to his leader, who happened to be taking a shower. Because of the ability connection, he listened to the leader on the other end of the phone analyzing the current situation with him while taking a shower, and then taught him to recite a text for 30 minutes.

He didn't quite understand how a leader who had climbed up the ranks through military means could take such a long shower. Anyway, because his ability was activated and he couldn't turn it off, he listened to his leader's half-hour lesson.

The leader who washed his own child at that time said: ...

How could he know that he couldn't even control Mo Shan's ability? It was obvious that he didn't want to talk to him anymore, but the other party hadn't turned off his ability yet and was still hanging on?

The boss won't hang up on his ability call, what can he do? He is also desperate!

When he was so vulnerable, a man's voice suddenly appeared in his ear. It sounded like a pervert. He didn't even hang up the phone while listening to the other person taking a shower.

Later, he saw Mo Shan sitting opposite him without saying a word, just listening. If he hadn't heard the sound of someone flipping through a book, he would have thought that someone was listening to the sound of him taking a shower to help him fall asleep.

Teaching the text is really the only way out.

After all, the child in his house who was used to wash him couldn't even speak, so he could only nag him to keep the child entertained.

"So you're just going to hang around and listen to our leader tell you how to memorize the text?"

Tang Ji is incredible.

"What else can I do? I couldn't turn it off at that time!"

Mo Shan was helpless, there was nothing he could do!

"Dude, you're not just a communications soldier for our team, you can also be an enemy eavesdropper!"

After listening to his story, Tang Ji finally came to this conclusion.

After saying this, he thought about it and realized that it was quite appropriate. After linking the abilities, if he wanted to hang up the phone, unless Mo Shan did it himself or his abilities were exhausted, the caller on the other end would not be able to hang up the phone at all.

Just be careful when connecting, don't make any noise, and don't let the other party notice.

"By the way, your abilities seem to be improving much faster than mine."

"Yes, Mo Shan's ability seems to be the most obvious among us."

They were walking towards the dormitory, and a few people nearby were listening to their conversation and started to join in.

"I remember that at first your ability could only connect to your girlfriend's phone. Then, for some reason, it appeared directly next to her ear. Then, it became the people around us you knew, and now it has developed to leaders you rarely meet."

Tang Ji counted Mo Shan's abilities carefully. It seemed that every time his abilities were improved, there would be confusion when he used them to the maximum, but they were quite stable at other times.

"So what do you want to do?"

After Mo Shan listened to Tang Ji talk for a long time, the idea that had vaguely arisen in his mind before became clearer.

"Hey, why don't you ask that senior brother in the research institute and ask him to help find out when the research on those mutant fish will be completed."

After hearing Mo Shan's direct question, Tang Ji finally told him his purpose.

"Why are you so obsessed with eating?"

Mo Shan didn't understand. Tang Ji used to like smoking, but later he forced himself to quit because he was afraid of problems due to the changed environment. However, he still had some problems. Every time he felt like something was missing in his mouth, he would think about stuffing something delicious into his mouth.

"That's all I'm after, so tell me if you can help me or not~"

Tang Ji came close to Mo Shan and stuffed a fruit that he had hidden in his pocket when he was playing cards into Mo Shan's hand.

"Okay, let me ask."

Weighing the fruit in his hand, Mo Shan turned around and looked at Tang Ji's reluctant expression, put it away and agreed to Tang Ji's request.

So, they stopped on their way back to the dormitory and found a small corner where Mo Shan could quietly open his ability contact person.

A senior from the research institute who was taking his junior fellow student to explore the spiritual environment in the wild: ...

He was speechless. Ever since he appeared on the mountain and met several people with special abilities near the spiritual energy pit, he was always harassed from time to time.

"No, I don't have any research materials from there. Besides, I'm out exploring the environment with my junior brother right now. How can I have time to pay attention to what's going on at the institute?"

The senior brother listened to the inexplicable voice on the link beside his ear, put down the detector speechlessly, and listened quietly to Mo Shan's greetings and questions before replying.

"Okay, you're detecting the spiritual environment now, so is there any problem with you stopping now?"

As soon as Mo Shan asked the question, he realized that he had asked a nonsense question.

"What do you think? Well, I'm busy now and have been working non-stop lately.

Not only me and my junior brother, but also the team that came with us is exhausted. Why are you guys so busy with missions lately? I couldn't find any free time for your team's missions before."

Seeing that the person on the other side just wanted to ask some unimportant questions, the senior brother felt relieved and picked up the detector he had put down before. He focused all his attention on his hands and only paid a little attention to Mo Shan so that he could talk to the other party.

When he said this, he didn't mean it at all, and he couldn't even repeat what he recalled completely.

However, his question was exactly what he was doubting. When he was on a field mission and was about to go out to detect the surrounding spiritual environment, the first thing he thought of was Captain Dai's team, who he was more familiar with.

Unexpectedly, when he went over there, he found that their team's tasks were so intense that there was not even a moment of rest.

In the end, the leader saw that he couldn't find anyone, so he arranged for Team 3 who had just finished their tasks and were temporarily free.

"Big brother, the captain said it's time to rest. Are you done with your work?"

As he was thinking, before Mo Shan on the opposite side could speak, a child's tender voice appeared in his ears.

"Big brother still has some data to sort out. Can you take him to the side to rest first?"

The senior brother felt his clothes being carefully tugged. He looked down and saw a child who looked not even as tall as his waist looking up at him.

He squatted down, holding the detector in one hand, looking at the child at eye level, and patiently responded to his questions.

"Okay, then big brother, take a rest after you're done."

Seeing him like this, the kid's nervous expression relaxed. He turned around and took the hand of his junior fellow student next to him in a somewhat affectionate manner, and led him towards the camp where the team was temporarily stationed.

"Brother, I'll go over first!"

The junior brother followed the child's force and turned to say something to his senior brother.

"Well, go ahead."

The senior brother nodded, then lowered his head and carefully checked the spiritual energy value just detected by the detector.

There are teams of people defending all around, and they have enclosed this area including the camp within the protection range. In addition, the child is also a person with special abilities, and is said to have very strong abilities, so he is not worried at all when he sees his junior brother being led away.

"Brother, here, this is delicious."

As the junior brother, who was dragged to the camp by a child, sat down, the child stuffed a lunch bag into his hand and urged him to eat quickly.

The junior brother looked up at the child and smiled, "Have you eaten, little one?"

"I've eaten. Captain Uncle let me eat first while he was cooking."

Upon hearing this, the child hurriedly nodded in the direction of his junior brother.

"Captain uncle said I'm still a child and can't go hungry."

The child spoke these words very slowly, as if he was thinking about what the captain said while speaking, and then repeating it.

"That's right, children shouldn't be tired. They need to eat well and sleep well so they can grow tall."

The junior brother gnawed on the lunch bag that was stuffed into his hand and nodded in response to the child's words.

He had learned about the child's abilities over the past two days. He didn't know the details, but he had a general idea. He also knew why the child was taken care of by the team members instead of the child's parents.

The child was rescued by this team and has some dependence on the team, so the team captain and team members have taken turns to look after him during this period.

Because of the undisguised love shown by the entire team, the children who seemed reluctant to talk at first now take the initiative to talk to him.

Although he is still not very lively and is still timid when speaking.

Thinking that his junior brother was still chewing food, he didn't say anything and reached out to rub the child's head.

"Brother, you have something to eat in your hand, you can't touch me like that, I'm dirty."

The child was rubbed suddenly, his hair was messed up, and his eyes were a little confused. After he reacted, he looked at his junior brother and spoke seriously.

"Not dirty, you wash up in the morning and you always put on perfume before going to bed at night. Our children are not dirty."

Listening to the child's words, the junior brother reached out his hand again, rubbed the child's cheek, and looked at the child with a smile.

"Okay."

Looking up at the brother in front of him, the child was a little conflicted, but finally gave up arguing with him.

He bent down to find the water they brought out, and also dug out the milk that the captain had prepared for him. He looked down at the two things in distress, and finally handed the milk to his junior brother.

"Brother, drink this. The captain said it will make you taller."

As he said this, he pushed the milk in front of his junior brother, and then he held the water and started to drink it up.

The child was very sensible. He left what he thought was better to the brother in front of him who was very kind and gentle to him.

While the two were talking, the senior brother who was detecting the spiritual energy environment data came over.

As soon as I sat down, I saw them like this and made a joke.

"Hey, brother, do you want to drink the kids' milk?"

"Brother doesn't drink, the little one drinks it himself, brother is already grown up."

After hearing what his senior brother said, the younger brother finally reacted, pushed the milk back, signaled the child to keep it himself, turned around, took out the water bottle from his backpack, and started pouring water to drink.

When they came out, because they had to bring some equipment, as well as the team members and equipment, they didn't even bring food. They only brought rice and flour for cooking, and spare compressed biscuits. They didn't bring any other ingredients. Whatever they wanted to eat, they found wild vegetables around them.

The children didn't bring much with them, and it wasn't clear how long they would stay outside. How could he possibly compete with the children for food?

"The leader didn't come out with you this time, Senior Brother, did you see if the leader urged you?"

After finishing the last bite of lunch in his hand, the younger brother thought of something and turned to ask his elder brother.

Every time they come out, the people who are most looking forward to the information are the teachers in the research institute at home and the leaders.

Because of the attention paid to this aspect, the leaders have become familiar with some of the institute's information reports.

Now he seems to be half an expert.

Although he is not good at doing experiments, he can understand the content of the results by putting them in front of him, whether they are good or bad.

They still know how much reading and brain cells are needed to understand what these people have created.

Ever since the great changes in the world, the leaders have had to integrate and dispatch those teams, and have spent so much time and effort in order to better connect with them privately. It’s tiring just thinking about it.

"Hurry up! I've just sent back the surrounding environmental data. We'll start moving to the next location soon."

The senior nodded and looked down at his phone, which contained the leader’s reply and questions from the teachers in the institute.

He needed to answer all their questions during this free time.

"We've been staying here for a while. After we finish eating, tell the team leader that we're going to move to the next place."

He casually took a bite of the food in his hand and lowered his head to answer the questions on his phone. He was also able to spare some time to give his junior brother some advice.

"Okay, I'll go find the captain right away."

Upon hearing this, the junior brother stood up and walked outside.

"Brother, I'll go with you."

The child looked up at his older brother, then looked at his brother who was about to go out, hesitated for a moment, and decided to run behind his brother.

"Hey, kid."

Watching the two of them leave, the senior brother said something in a low voice.

Of course he knew why the child liked his junior brother more.

He is better at processing data, and he is always serious when looking at the data. In the words of his junior, if someone disturbs him while he is working, he will stab them with a glare, even if it is a fly.

Once, the team leader encountered some problems, and the child wanted to help the adults remind him that there were changes in the surrounding environment. As a result, he was given a look by the senior brother who was absorbed in processing data at the time. It was also because of this look that even though the child knew that he had no ill intentions and was very nice to children, he was still a little timid when approaching.

He shook his head, stood up, finished the last bite of his lunch, and began to pack up his machines.

They were about to start moving, so it would be better for him and his junior brother to pack up and store the machines he brought with him. After all, others didn't understand, and he was afraid that other people's help would make things worse.

Fortunately, everyone in the team knew the importance of these machines. As long as he didn't speak, they would even walk around them.

Even a child as young as him knows not to get too close to the machines unless it is his own thing. He will double-check before taking other people's things. In such a short time, he was taught very well by the team members.

Just as he was cleaning up, the crackling sound started in his ears again.

"Mo Shan, what on earth are you going to do?"

The senior brother was speechless.

"Hey, um, I didn't ask clearly before, where are you guys right now? We have a mission that seems to be going through your area. Is there anything you need us to help you with?"

Mo Shan heard what his senior brother said and explained awkwardly.

After all, his ability is quite powerful. After he became capable, he didn't even want to use his cell phone. It's normal to be annoyed when he contacted me twice in such a short period of time.

"Hmm? Which direction are you going? Can you tell me your destination?"

Hearing Mo Shan's words, the senior brother turned around, took out his itinerary map, looked at his current location and the next place he was going to, and asked softly.

"Sangshan, I'm very close to you. You happened to be detecting the spiritual energy environment over there. I wanted to ask if you found anything wrong?"

When Mo Shan heard what his senior brother said, he quickly told him the destination he was going to.

It's just a destination, there's nothing secretive about it, but the specific mission content cannot be revealed. Plus, they themselves don't know what kind of situation they'll face when they get there, so they'll ask in advance the senior brother who's on field work there.

This mission was very vague. There was only a place name, and the rest was for them to explore. It also explained that three front-line personnel had already gone there, but there was no movement, and they seemed to be missing.

They went there to search for the missing frontline personnel and to explore what the situation was like in that place.

Hearing the place name, the senior brother glanced at the itinerary map and said, "I'm not on field work there, but I'm very close. The spiritual energy environment here has fluctuated recently and is showing signs of rising. However, this is probably due to the next spiritual energy pit about to appear, causing the spiritual energy to surge."

"If you want some information from me, I'll give you a brief analysis using the aura detector when I pass the closest point to Sangshan."

As the senior brother spoke, he calculated the time and concluded that a simple stop for exploration would not delay his journey. He would be able to complete the itinerary before the next spiritual energy pit appeared, allowing the teachers at the research institute to calculate the direction of that spiritual energy pit.

After making up his mind, he stopped talking nonsense with Mo Shan.

"Please hang up that thing of yours. I'm tired of hearing that creaking noise over there."

Tang Ji, who was nibbling fruit next to the morning glory: ???

He is innocent! Why bother him???

"Okay, let's go and take a rest on the way."

Watching Mo Shan hang up the call with Morning Glory, the captain, who had just had a brief rest, stood up and went out with his team members.

Because the team members knew the list of tasks to be carried out later, they were extremely careful about their time management. Even though they had anticipated that there might be unexpected tasks added on, they did not expect such an urgent task to be added on.

"I don't understand. Frontline personnel always communicate with their partners before going on a mission, and report their coordinates wherever they go. How could three of them disappear in the same area without any further contact and only now be reported to the leadership?"

The deputy captain looked at the information in his hand about Sangshan and the three missing front-line personnel, frowned in confusion, and couldn't figure it out. It was really difficult to understand.

"Such a low-level mistake shouldn't have happened."

The team member next to him took a closer look and nodded.

"The only thing we can be thankful for now is that those members still have vital signs, but we just can't contact them."

But now the only thing we know about the three people is that they have vital signs, and the rest is unclear.

"The fact that he has vital signs now is said by a person with special abilities. Otherwise, it's unclear whether he's dead or alive."

The captain shook his head and said, "Let's go."

When the team was urgently mobilized and set off, in a cave, a man holding a locust leaf looked at the person who was still sleeping next to him with some anxiety.

He had a locust leaf given to him by his nephew, which somehow protected him when he fell down. But the two people next to him were not so lucky.