After hearing what Chen Ruoruo said, Erlangzi immediately stood up and ran to Chen Ruoruo. Chen Ruoruo reached into his backpack and took out a few pieces of chocolate, a few packs of biscuits, and a bottle of water. Then, he sat on the ground, leaning on Erlangzi, and started eating as if no one was around.
After hearing Chen Ruoruo's movements, Qi Jiang, Han Xiao and others continued to keep a vigilant eye on the movements around them.
After Chen Ruoruo had eaten and drunk her fill, she leaned on Erlangzi again and closed her eyes to rest. After all, out of sight, out of mind.
The wolf king beside him ran to Chen Ruoruo at some point and sat at her feet, looking at Han Xiao and the others vigilantly with his red eyes.
After Tao Wei and his companions carefully passed through the tunnel, they also found traces of a black bear on the other side of the tunnel, but they were unable to tell what kind of animal it was.
They could only conclude that it was a large, extremely aggressive mutant animal. They then quickly retreated and told Zhou Zhiguo what they had discovered.
After Zhou Zhiguo received the information from Tao Wei, he immediately understood what had just happened.
He also understood why the animals around Chen Ruoruo had such a strong reaction. It all stemmed from the animals' innate alertness and territorial awareness.
In nature, animals have a naturally keen sense of their living environment. They remain highly alert to changes in their surroundings and take appropriate actions to protect themselves and their groups.
This instinctive alertness is triggered when an unfamiliar threat enters their territory and safe range.
The animals around Chen Ruoruo obviously sensed some potential danger or abnormal situation around them.
Therefore, it would urgently convey the warning message, remind her of the dangers around her and use the sound to warn the other party not to approach easily.
Zhou Zhiguo asked people to evacuate the area near the tunnel entrance and keep a certain safe distance before coming to find Chen Ruoruo.
He saw her lying on the ground, with her head resting on the Husky's belly, a gray wolf lying at her feet, and she was asleep with her eyes closed. This was something he had not expected.
"Captain Zhou, what's going on..." Qi Jiang asked.
"Based on the current situation, it should be some kind of large mutant animal, which is the target of our mission this time. However, it is safe for now..." Zhou Zhiguo replied in a calm tone.
"Can you confirm what it is specifically?" Han Xiao asked immediately.
“I don’t know…” Zhou Zhiguo shook his head.
"I can go and take a look..." Ma Qian suddenly said from the side.
"Well, okay... Let's take a break and set off together later..." Zhou Zhiguo glanced at Ma Qian and replied
Afterwards, Zhou Zhiguo walked towards Chen Ruoruo who was not far away and stopped a few steps away from her.
"Ms. Chen..." Zhou Zhiguo whispered to her.
"..." Chen Ruoruo frowned and slowly opened her eyes, looking at Zhou Zhiguo with a bad expression.
"I see you've been sleeping all the way. Are you feeling unwell?" Zhou Zhiguo asked Chen Ruoruo.
"It's okay..." Chen Ruoruo replied sullenly.
"Well, that's fine. We'll set off in half an hour..." Zhou Zhiguo saw that Chen Ruoruo looked unhappy and didn't say anything more.
"Yeah..." Chen Ruoruo nodded, then turned her back and lay in Erlangzi's arms again.
"Well, Miss Chen, I said something inappropriate just now... I'm very sorry..." Zhou Zhiguo looked at Chen Ruoruo's back and said to her with an apologetic look on his face.
"...I understand..." Zhou Zhiguo was answered by silence. Just when he thought Chen Ruoruo might have fallen asleep again, he heard a muffled voice.
Zhou Zhiguo saw Chen Ruoruo bury her head in Erha's arms, and turned away without staying.
Chen Ruoruo listened to the footsteps receding behind her, and her consciousness was still exploring the surrounding situation, looking at the mountain on the other side of the corridor.
From time to time, you can see the figures of mutant black bears. There are about sixteen of these ferocious guys in total. There seems to be no other mutant animals in this mountain. This should be the territory of these guys.
Chen Ruoruo sat up and looked at Zhou Zhiguo, Qi Jiang, Han Xiao and others not far away, as well as the other team members who were sitting and resting further away. Do they know what they are about to face?
Chen Ruoruo turned to look at Zhou Zhiguo again, her eyes deep. Or was it because they brought her with them that they were not afraid of these dangers?
Chen Ruoruo frowned and thought, she didn't seem to have shown any strength in front of them, most of the time it was just Erlangzi and the Wolf King who did the hard work, so this shouldn't be the reason.
Afterwards, Chen Ruoruo fumbled in Erlangzi's backpack and took out the task map that Qi Jiang had given her. She had previously been busy looking at the route and the surrounding mountain environment.
Only then did she realize that the mission target on the map had no sign at all, only the simple words "mutated animals." Chen Ruoruo couldn't help but put her hand on her forehead, now she didn't know who had tricked whom.
Now, all over the country, mutated plants and animals are growing abnormally rapidly, constantly invading and encroaching on the human living environment.
Therefore, the country's top leaders arranged a special vanguard team to detect and mark areas where mutant animals and plants are active frequently, and then arranged team members from each base to deal with them specifically.
Most of the common mutated plants and animals have been eliminated by the previous team members, and those that remain now are basically incidents that several previous teams were unable to handle.
The so-called inability to handle means that there were heavy losses and almost no survivors, so no more information was passed on, and of course everyone knew not much about this mission.
Zhou Zhiguo and his team are specifically responsible for handling these dangerous missions. In fact, Zhou Zhiguo took into consideration that Chen Ruoruo would be accompanying him on these two missions, so the danger level was relatively low compared to previous missions.
Han Xiao looked at Chen Ruoruo with a curious expression, wondering how she judged that it was safe just now, and then looked at the others blocking her way.
Could it really be because of them? But he clearly saw that the mutant wolves only completely relaxed after a while after Chen Ruoruo spoke. So why was Chen Ruoruo so sure?
"Captain Han..." Mou Jiao, who was standing by, saw Han Xiao staring at Chen Ruoruo in a daze, and touched him with her arm.
"What's wrong?" Han Xiao came back to his senses and looked at Mou Jiao. Following her gaze, he found that Qi Jiang and others were staring at him with unfriendly expressions.
Even Xia Xiaoying, Li Xue and others pointed at their eyes with their index and middle fingers, and then immediately pointed at him. Their meaning was obvious, and their movements were so coordinated as if they had practiced it in advance.
"..." Han Xiao touched the tip of his nose helplessly upon seeing this. He did not feel anything about their offensive behavior. However, it seemed that it would take some time for them to let go of their prejudice against him and his teammates.
The group was silent again. Soon half an hour passed and everyone set off in a team.
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