Chapter Thirty-Six: Extraordinary Sensing
As soon as Qi An finished speaking, a second urging sound came over the public channel, and the convoy in the distance had already started moving.
"Captain?" Su Qingran and Zhuang Xiao both asked anxiously in the team channel.
“I can help…” Yang Yuning said, and Yu Shuang picked up the walkie-talkie: “I request that the commander give my squad another 5 minutes to salvage the vehicle…”
"Application rejected. If your team refuses to carry out orders, it will be considered a withdrawal from this mission, and I will report to command..." Li Yi rejected the request in his usual cold and intimidating voice, but before he could finish, Qi An's calm voice interrupted him:
"Is the reason for not giving us time that a large wave of Fallen Insects is approaching us?"
There was a pause on the other end, and Li Yi seemed to be trying his best to suppress his contempt and anger: "Nonsense!"
“Only 12 Fallen Insects are approaching us, and they have already stopped,” Qi An said.
The channel went silent for a moment. Li Yi replied after a brief pause, unable to hold back his curse: "You fucking..."
"It seems... it has stopped..." Zhou Zi, sitting in the back seat of his car, said softly.
Li Yi suddenly turned her head to look at him!
"The eyesight of the Fallen Insects... I only dare to fly at altitudes above 500 meters. They don't walk, and they're coated with camouflage paint, making them half-hidden in the grass. I've never been able to spot them clearly," Zhou Zi hurriedly explained, but then he confirmed again, whispering:
"It has stopped; the grass over there is completely still!"
"Only 12?" Li Yi's voice was icy.
"I can't be sure... How did she find out?" Zhou Zi shrank back, puzzled.
Li Yi then remembered that Qi An, the purifier in the information of the Wind Riding Team 2, had special abilities.
To be able to sense such a clear supernatural ability?!
Over there, Qi An was holding Zhao Bohan's tablet, and she spoke rapidly as Zhao Bohan quickly marked things on the satellite map.
Zhuang Xiao and Su Qingran had already driven the car over, one in front and one behind, each pulling out the winch cable.
"They stopped because they sensed we had too much insect oil and got scared?" Qin Tianshuo interjected, while also asking, "Damn, you determined their numbers using drones? What model of drones did you use?"
"Even if your count is accurate, there are only 12 fallen insects."
But this number is neither too many nor too few. This wave of fallen insects may have been out on patrol, and we cannot rule out the possibility that they have a base behind them...
It took Li Yi half a minute to regain his normal tone, but he was interrupted by Qi An again: "Yes, they are most likely out on patrol."
They reduced the distance between us from 4 kilometers to 2 kilometers in less than 10 minutes, which shows that they were coming for us.
Was the original route the commander planned to change to follow the rural road to the southwest? Qi An's voice was calm, but his words jumped around, which startled the wary Li Yi.
"Otherwise what?" Qin Tianshuo shouted, "Are we going back to the Northern Route? Or are we heading east back to our base?"
"Going west along the rural road, you will pass through Yuli Village and Xincun Village in turn."
When that swarm of fallen insects stopped, one of them quietly slipped away, and my spy drone caught up with it.
It stopped at a spot in the wild a minute ago, the cysts on its head glowing.
"Holy crap!" Yu Shuang couldn't help but exclaim.
She had just attached the cable to the slack-in vehicle and was watching Zhuang Xiao and Su Qingran's winches turn, desperately pulling the slack-in vehicle out of the mud.
Amid the roar of the motor, she still tried hard to listen to the conversation on the public channel, and then she suddenly understood.
Xiao Qi... her intelligence enhancement is only 4?
Qin Tianshuo also understood! Li Yi became uneasy, his voice growing agitated: "Which location...?"
"Those fallen insects realized that we were very strong. If they all retreated, they would be just a small team in the wild, too weak to dare to approach."
If they charge, it's either reckless or they have support nearby.
If they stay put and observe, and only one or two insects are missing, then they have gone to report a problem!
My deputy told me that the glowing of the cysts of the worms was a form of 'speaking,' and that the lowest-level worker worms could emit low-frequency sound waves that could travel 1-3 kilometers.
Based on the location where the fallen insect stopped, it is most likely that it was sending a message to Yuli Village.
If they were to detour according to the commander's original plan, the convoy would crash right into the Jade Pear Village outpost!
Once their convoy starts moving, the group of sentry insects crouching two kilometers away will definitely follow, as they can roughly track the convoy's movement by sensing the insect oil.
The sentry insects relayed the convoy's location to the main force at the Jade Pear Village stronghold in real time, allowing the main force to wait in ambush and kill the convoy!
Qi An's voice remained gentle and calm, possessing a calming power.
But the content of these words silenced the public channel once again, an awkward silence!
The convoy, which had already started moving, came to a sudden, helpless halt.
Now, only the cheerful roar of the motor and the loud voices of Yu Shuang and Zhuang Xiao shouting their commands fill the air.
However, the rescue operation also encountered difficulties.
After Zhuang Xiaoche's winch retracted to a certain extent, it made a creaking sound as if it could not bear the weight. The rope was completely taut, and the ground was generally soft, so his wheels began to sink a little!
The vehicle only moved back half a meter, but the tires were still deeply stuck in the mud!
In the midst of that unsettling silence, Ruan Xiaoyu, in the lead car of the convoy, now the last, was observing Qi An's situation through binoculars. Upon seeing this, she couldn't help but shout with excitement:
"Their cars couldn't be pulled out in the first place; they were stuck too deep! They might even drag the rest of their cars in as well!"
Everyone turned around, and the members of Morning Star Team 1 seemed to catch their breath, saying one after another, "No matter what, Team 2's rescue is a waste of time."
But the stuck vehicle in the distance started moving again.
The car moved again, not being pulled backward by the winch, but being lifted upward! It wasn't Tang Long lifting it; he was about to get off.
It's Yang Yuning!
He rushed into the mud, crouched down, and placed his hands on the side of the vehicle. Then, without him exerting any force, the vehicle was lifted up!
The tires rose from the mud, less than 10 centimeters, but that was enough for the winch to work again and pull the stuck vehicle back a lot!
Zhuang Xiao, sitting in the car behind, stared wide-eyed.
Tang Long was also taken aback, and Qi An glanced over at them briefly before being stunned.
She immediately realized that this was a superpower!
Yang Yuning's body did not sink, nor did his veins bulge. He did not exert any force, as if he was controlling something to make the car body rise!
The rear wheels of the stuck vehicle have been pulled ashore. Although the mud pit is widening, the rear wheels have landed on relatively hard and supportive ground!
Although Yang Yuning did not exert any force, beads of sweat still seeped from his forehead. He wiped them away, then easily pulled his feet out of the mud, turned the car around, and lifted the wheels again.
One minute later, the stuck vehicle was completely pulled out!
Yu Shuang immediately got into the car, started the engine, and reversed. Zhuang Xiao and Su Qingran's cars also reversed in turn, until they reached a safe area.
Once they reached the safe zone, they were close to the main force, practically right next to the lead vehicle where Li Yi was.
Ruan Xiaoyu put away the binoculars and silently shrank into her seat.
The public channels were eerily quiet at this moment.
Qi An, Yang Yuning, Zhao Bohan and Tang Long were all covered in mud, but they strode back to the convoy!
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