Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Exercise Opening Ceremony

It was a Monday when Lian Luoyi arrived. A huge screen above the central square was broadcasting the latest military exercise news. The sun shone on his bronze skin, and the flesh on his cheeks clung to his bones.

They have a temporary residence permit and need to take an assessment after six weeks to determine whether they can start working.

I heard from passers-by on the road that most people would participate. They stopped by the roadside to catch a glimpse of the event. I also heard that Clara and the kind guide would also participate.

They tried to find familiar faces in the picture.

After Xu Shanshan finished her speech on the stage, she sat on the side of the booth as a representative of the guides, waiting for the commander-in-chief to announce the start of the exercise.

Before she knew it, her elbow was lightly tapped. She turned around and saw her superior motioning her to go down. When introducing the participating teams later, she would need to introduce the commanders and accompanying guides.

She hunched over, stepped back from the red-clothed table, and walked behind the scenes. Her excitement hadn't yet subsided. Looking down at the thousands of people, her heart was still pounding. She nervously asked, "How did I perform? Did I say anything wrong?"

Shan Hao: "You did a great job." He pointed to the corridor on the left, "They are waiting for you down there, go ahead."

It was not until the majestic drum music started that she realized that the rehearsal had really begun and she was in the middle of a grand scene, but because she had rehearsed it beforehand, she was desensitized to the camera.

"Then I'm leaving."

She said goodbye to her superior and walked down the stairs. Sure enough, she saw Xia Guangli and others at the end.

She trotted over excitedly, raised her head, and gave him a big bear hug with her hands on his back. The fabric was rough, and the group went out.

When the units were introduced, everyone lined up and the guides sat in the car. Whenever they were introduced, they waved and greeted them, and applause broke out in response.

The human voices rise and fall like waves.

It was easy to tell the difference between the two from their clothing. She hadn't thought that there were so many sentinels.

After the unveiling, lighting, collective oath and other ceremonies, the opening ceremony came to an end.

The vehicle took her to her destination, a large building. When she reached the corresponding floor, she saw several virtual devices placed inside, with huge glass vertical tubes neatly arranged.

Everyone put on their sensor devices and heard some subtle instructions in their ears. She stepped into the facility first and closed her eyes.

Darkness, and the sudden appearance of a countdown, she knew she should pull away. As the countdown ended, color reappeared.

This is a barren plateau with only exposed rocks and gravel, and weeds growing in the cracks of the steep cliffs.

After a while, the others also logged in. Team One and Team Two were two independent teams, deployed to different areas, and they had not yet been able to contact each other.

The plan for the air combat team was to be assisted by the second team, and she would be with the first team from the beginning until they won the championship.

The safety zone is large, and the teams will not meet each other at first. The danger comes more from outdoor pollutants. Once they come in, they immediately change their status and assign team members to patrol continuously.

She has experienced Eagle Eye, which has high-definition vision, dynamic tracking, all-round vision, long-distance recognition, and anti-glare... She can only say that she is envious.

They explored for half an afternoon, but then word came in that the zone was shrinking. Unfortunately, they were no longer inside. They had to reach the safe zone by a specific time, as by then, the pollution level in the area would increase, and the amount of pollutants would rapidly increase.

But Xia Guangli and his companions were still strolling in the garden, setting up tents and humming songs. Captain Darren was keeping watch on the surroundings, and she seemed to have some free time.

Things were far from smooth sailing, the woman sat on a rock face, next to a campfire, the flames reflected on her face, off-road vehicles were nearby, and her colorful quick-drying clothes were clinging to her body.

Xia Guangli took out the rations, which were plastic-wrapped food blocks as big as bricks with different flavors. When he tore open the packaging, he found various small bags of food and a self-heating bag inside.

Xia Guangli: "What do you want to eat? We have fish, beef, compressed biscuits, bread, mashed potatoes, stewed pork ribs, fried noodles with ham, scrambled eggs, chocolate bars, cocoa powder, coffee..."

There are more than twenty flavors of individual soldier rations. If she doesn't like it, there are canned food in the trunk.

A fire rack was placed on the campfire, and the self-heating hot pot began to heat up. They had the leisure to cook the hot pot and eat it, but the heat source of the fire would expose the team's location.

He is really a man of great skill and courage.

When Xia Guangli arranged dinner, he first had to consider the guide's feelings. It was windy on the mountain, very cold at night, and the sun was about to set.

The night is more dangerous. Most people have average night vision, but there is a team member who can see at night. His spiritual form is an owl.

Now we are mainly facing the threat of pollutants, so light sources and heating are necessary.

The man took the noodles out of the pot and put them into a bowl, followed by the meat patties. When he thought it was no longer hot, he gave it to her.

The pebbles on the ground were rolling, and before she could catch them, she heard a stern warning from a golden eagle high in the sky. This sound meant there was a pollutant.

"It's okay, they'll take care of it, just eat."

She saw no pollutants, only a few birds taking off vertically and heading to the other side of the hillside. At this moment, her help was not needed. With so many people on the team, she understood that her mission did not lie at this time.

Xu Shanshan took the plastic lunch box, picked up the fork and spoon, and started eating.

The boiling water made a gurgling sound, mixed with the roar of an unknown creature in the distance. As she ate, her hands trembled from the roar. She looked up and imagined the scene over there.

Xia Guangli did not leave. There were two sentries standing there, responsible for guarding, accompanying her while she ate, and telling her a few jokes from time to time.

"Don't you want to eat?"

The two men declined her kindness. Xia Guangli looked around and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, sit down and eat together." Only then did they sit down, as they must have been reserved before.

She is not as familiar with Team One as she is with Team Two.

She was full, but the portion was too big for her to finish, so Xia Guangli took the rest and continued eating.

She stood up and looked from a high place. The silhouettes in the distance were not clear. They were moving swiftly. The previous sneak attack from a distance had hit the vital points, and now they were just putting up a desperate fight.

But the giant was huge, and its body was broken into pieces everywhere. The things that fell down and hit the ground were thicker than tree trunks.

Birds of prey are aerial assassins that rely on high-speed dives to kill with one strike. Otherwise, they would have to bleed their prey back and forth. Their most commonly used weapons are their hooked claws.

“Hehe——”

She nervously noticed a bird spinning in the air and tumbling to the ground. Her heart sank as she looked for it, only to find that it had not been hit and had flown away again.

It was not until the team members returned from the battle and gathered together that Darren scanned the area for several kilometers and found no other threats. Then he took turns to roster and came to the campfire.

Xu Shanshan got into the car, made room for them, and took out the map. There was already a circle marked on it, which was where they were, in the wilderness in the northwest. The nearest supply point was fifty kilometers away.

She noticed that the attitudes of these participants in the war were much colder. They were smiling in the morning, but when they came back, they had no expression on their faces. They were unwilling to interact and just sat aside, eating silently.

The impact of pollution on the Sentinels is quite obvious.

Outside the screen, many people are always paying attention to the actions of each team. The air combat team, as a veteran and strong team, is of course attracting much attention.

In less than half a day, some people were seriously injured and eliminated. They woke up from the holographic chamber and were rushed to the hospital.

It was indeed very cold at night, so she found another windbreaker and put it on. The cool wind blew on her body, making it difficult for her to walk.

She saw a sentry who was in a bad state stand up and followed him. He was obviously stunned and walked behind a big rock. It was not until the woman spoke that he realized she was behind him and put down his hands.

Xu Shanshan: "Where do you want to go?" The instructor taught them to pay more attention to the more taciturn or violent and impulsive sentries, so that they would not suddenly turn into monsters.

"I... need to go to the bathroom."

"Oh, okay." She nodded and walked back. "Would you sit with me for a while?"

"well."

Seeing that everything was fine, she turned around and walked back. Xia Guangli, who was leaning against the door, saw her come back, stopped, opened the car door, and rummaged through the blanket and pillow.

Xia Guangli folded down the back seat and said, "There's no signal on the computer here. This is a radio communicator. You can sleep in the car tonight."

"What about you?"

Xia Guangli: "We sleep in the tent."

Seeing her sniffle, he took out other warm items from the trunk. Xu Shanshan stepped on the step to get into the car, and the man leaned against the door. "Do you want me to sleep with you tonight?"

Her eyes widened. What kind of vicious words was he saying?

Xu Shanshan: "Is this necessary?"

"It's very cold at night. This place is at a high altitude."

She refused with great emotion, "I know you are warm, but I am really not cold." As soon as she finished speaking, she sneezed. She was trying to ruin his plan, wasn't she?

Xia Guangli: "It should be only around seven degrees."

At this time, the sentry came back, asked for the guide's location, and greeted him by the window: "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

She patted the chair and said, "Come up."

Go up, him?

He looked at the deputy captain blocking the entrance, greeted him, pushed him aside and got into the car. He sat next to the guide and greeted him nervously, "Do you have any instructions?"

Xia Guangli glanced at the two of them and said, "It's okay for Xiao Han to accompany you." This was considered as tacit agreement.

She rolled her eyes, but seeing his fingers clasped together, she was afraid that the little brother would misunderstand, "Don't talk nonsense, I just want to chat with him."

She pressed the button on the door frame and the car door closed, creating a private space for the two of them.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

He hesitated for a moment and admitted that there was no guide in the team before, so he had not thought of asking for help. However, it was not serious and he could just bear with it.

"Release your spirit body."

He heard the guide lady say this. Her willingness was the most important thing. The sentinels could not force the guide to do counseling, but even if they did nothing and just stayed by her side, the guide factor that was passively released was like a sustained-release drug.

"If you feel uncomfortable, you can lean on me."

She released the little mushroom and saw that the back of the man's hand was tense, sweat was oozing out, and he was breathing softly. A white light seemed to appear in front of him. What was this?

She reached out to touch it, but couldn't feel it. It was invisible, connecting the two of them. Was it mental power?

She can't see it in the real world, but can she see it here?

Because it was so amazing, she stared at it for a while longer and didn't stop until the man begged for mercy repeatedly, then she withdrew her spiritual body.

Seeing his face flushed, she felt a little embarrassed that she had overdone it. "How do you feel now?"

"Very good," he said with his fingers clasped together as if he had just emerged from the water, maintaining his composure and uttering thanks. As soon as the door opened, he fled in embarrassment.

Running so fast?

She was lying in bed when she suddenly felt cold. She wrapped herself in a blanket and put on warm clothes, but the heat still continued to dissipate and she shivered.

Just then, there was a knock on the car window. She rolled down the window, saw Xia Guangli's face, opened the door and let him in.

He came to recommend himself to someone else.

"You can let it sleep in the middle." The man held a peregrine falcon in his hand. It had a gray back hair, white flowered pants, the texture of dead wood, and round eyes. It tilted its head to look at her, looking very well-behaved.

“It’s not impossible.”

Probably sleeping in the same bed.

As the night deepened, the people on duty outside took turns. Peregrine was pushed aside at some point. Because she was cold, she subconsciously moved closer and the two of them had physical contact.

Xia Guangli woke up at night, tucked in the quilt, and then closed his eyes.