Chapter 58 Lost contact? Who dares to touch my man!
【Southwest coordinates 22°11'XX 103°45'E】
On the banyan tree entangled with blood vines, a tin can swayed slightly in the morning mist.
Tang Jingmo suddenly raised his left palm, and the five team members behind him instantly solidified into statues in the shadows.
"Three o'clock, trip mine."
Tang Jingmo used a dagger to pick up an almost transparent fishing line, and the end of the line was connected to a Soviet-made PMN-2 mine left behind by the South Vietnamese army in 1972.
It was their third day in Ghost Valley, and the last signal from the missing Border Patrol disappeared on the north side of the canyon.
Ghost Valley is the most controversial area on the border. Because the canyon is full of mines and has an abnormal magnetic field, few people set foot in it, so the locals call it "Ghost Valley".
Tang Jingmo rubbed the shell ring on his finger. The air smelled like rotten leaves mixed with some artificial synthetic aroma.
He released his mental strength, explored forward, and suddenly took a breath.
"Everyone, wear gas masks! Now!"
Almost at the moment the mask buckle was locked, yellow-green mist gushed out from the cracks on the surface.
A frightened hare jumped out from the banana tree nearby, knocking down the banana leaves. Juice splashed out, and a "hissing" corrosion sound was heard.
Chen Xiaohan's face was as pale as paper under the mask. He finally understood why the locals called this place "The Breath of the Fog Ghost".
"It's not natural miasma." Tang Jingmo crushed the leaves covered with mist, and the remaining substance on them glowed a strange blue-black color in the sunlight.
"The enemy poisoned us upstream, and we were exposed."
Almost as soon as he spoke, a "da da" sound was heard all around.
At first it sounded like the sound of an electric current sending a message, but as the sounds became more and more frequent, the entire rainforest became eerily quiet, as if they were also holding their breath.
"Ah!" Chen Xiaohan screamed in pain, "Something is biting me!"
"Don't move, don't slap with your hands!" Tang Jingmo pulled out the bag of salt from his leggings. The snow-white particles drew an arc in the air and sprinkled accurately on the black beetle the size of a fingernail.
His experience in dealing with corpse worms in the last days allowed him to instantly determine the weakness. It was obvious that he had made the right bet. The arthropods had defects in regulating osmotic pressure, and he hit the target with one strike.
"Captain Tang, be careful——"
Countless black beetles emerged from the rotten soil, and the "da da" sound made by the vibration of their wings merged into a rhythmic melody.
As the tune became louder and louder, Chen Xiaohan and his companions covered their heads and cried out in pain.
There was a gleam in Tang Jingmo's eyes, and an invisible mental shield enveloped the team members, rescuing them from the pain.
"Captain Tang, what the hell is this?"
The team members took out salt bags and sprinkled salt grains around. Just like snakes are afraid of sulfur, the insects all avoided it.
"If you get infected with the poisonous insect, you'll be half dead. Tian Meng, light the fire!"
Using salt grains alone can only avoid the poisonous insects, but cannot kill them.
However, there are few animals in the world that are not afraid of fire.
Tian Meng set fire to the tree crowns, and the fire spread, forming an isolation zone.
The firelight reflected the surrounding world of black beetles, densely packed like a green cake sprinkled with black sesame seeds.
We can't be trapped here by them! Tang Jingmo locked his mental power on a cave not far away.
"Prepare to break out. Everyone follow me closely and rush to the cave at nine o'clock as quickly as possible. Do not shoot to save bullets."
Tang Jingmo's mental shield formed a transparent barrier, protecting the five people as they rushed forward.
"Report--!"
The signalman knocked on Gu Xicheng's office door, where he was marking numbers on a map.
Political Commissar Zhou grabbed the telegram, glanced at it twice, and slammed it on the table, causing the ashtray to bounce twice.
"Look! It's just as you expected! That girl ran away last night, and our people were thrown off by her this morning. Now she is like a kite with a broken string! Disorganized! Undisciplined!"
Political Commissar Zhou banged on the table, making loud noises, and it was obvious that he was very angry.
Gu Xicheng put down his pencil and slowly picked his ears. "Old Zhou, you are old, don't get angry easily, be careful of high blood pressure!"
"Stop playing dumb!" Political Commissar Zhou pointed his finger at him in the air and was about to scold him as well, but when he saw the dark circles under his eyes, his heart softened and he sighed.
"Like father, like daughter!" He picked up the teacup and took a sip to calm down. "But no matter how capable she is, she is only eighteen. Are you really willing to let her go alone?"
Old Zhou couldn't understand his old partner. If he had such a beautiful daughter, he would have offered her up earlier and would never let her do such a dangerous thing.
"You don't understand. My daughter is the queen of the forest. She is safest when she walks alone. You should be worried about others!"
Gu Xicheng is indeed a master at analyzing intelligence. He analyzed the truth from the files that Tang Jingmo had whitewashed and the information he had searched for.
Political Commissar Zhou glared at him and took out a document and threw it at him, "I have changed the take-off time of the logistics supply plane."
He signed with curses, "I owed you and your daughter this in my last life!"
"Don't say that, Lao Zhou. You are the most important family member to my daughter and me. Without you, she can't fly over!"
Gu Xicheng looked towards the southwest, wondering what was happening there.
He believed more in his daughter's ability to catch the bullet with her bare hands than in the "rules" that were talked about in the office.
"Okay, stop flattering me! Oh, by the way..." Lao Zhou suddenly lowered his voice, "The blood sample report sent back by the kid from the Tang family..."
Gu Xicheng clenched his fists suddenly. He had already seen the test results - the toxins in the blood were exactly the same as the poison that Suning was poisoned with that year!
It turns out that there are still some fish that slipped through the net about what happened back then!
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
Xiaobai squatted on the branch of an ancient tree, gently stroking the rough texture of the bark with his fingertips, staring at the hillside not far away with disgust——
The black masses of poisonous insects there were like flowing asphalt, surrounding the cave where Tang Jingmo and his group were hiding. The "clacking" sound made by flapping their wings made people's scalps numb.
"What on earth did Tang Jingmo, this idiot, provoke!"
The vines quietly slipped out from her sleeves and burrowed into the ground like a snake.
Through the "eyes" of the plants, she "saw" the situation in the cave immediately -
Tang Jingmo leaned against the rock wall, his face a little pale, and it seemed that his mental strength was a little overdrawn, but his eyes were still as sharp as a knife.
"Captain Tang, there are more and more bugs outside. It's no use hiding here. Food, bullets, and communications are all problems."
Tang Jingmo looked down at his watch and said, "We successfully sent a telegram requesting support three days ago. According to the time, the rescuers should be here soon. Let's hold on a little longer."
Suddenly, a thin vine silently climbed up his combat boots, gently wrapped around his ankles, and then quickly retreated.
Tang Jingmo's lips curled up slightly: Girl, is that you?
"Soon, these bugs will meet their nemesis." There was an inexplicable certainty in his voice.
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