The dark clouds in the sky gradually gave way to the sun, and a few lucky rays of light filtered through the gaps between the clouds, illuminating the silvery white land. The storm that had lasted for a day and a night gradually subsided, and the sound of the wind on the plains died down with it. The world fell silent, but the howling of ghosts still echoed from the lifeless ruins.
Suddenly, a tremor erupted from the distant, swollen snow slope. A hand in a heated glove emerged from the snow, waving its hand in the cold ice. After a moment, a small cave appeared.
"The forward detection team is in place, and no abnormalities have been found yet." Li Gang's voice sounded beside Jiang Ling, and the reinforced snow house faithfully hid the voice in the snow.
"Be careful, don't get exposed." Zhou Xiangyang's voice came from the two people's tactical communicators.
Earlier that day, they had exchanged information with the military using the safe house's communication equipment, and then determined their blocking mission.
According to the commander on the other end of the communicator, they had been carrying out defense missions near the attack point these days, but except for the people in the south who were not attacked, the other directions encountered several unsuccessful breakouts.
Ruan Danxin angrily snatched the communicator and cursed, "Don't you send people to scout the defense line every once in a while?"
As a veteran psychic, Shen Zi had already confirmed that the mutants had broken out from the south, but she didn't know where they were now. Clearly, those cultists included those with telepathic abilities, and they must have deceived the soldiers on the defensive line. However, according to Zhou Xiangyang's analysis, these creatures might not have yet crossed their current location, as there had been a widespread temperature drop last night.
The plan was quickly finalized. Considering the threat posed by the hidden superpowered, Li Gang made the following arrangements. Jiang Ling and Ruan Danxin could resist "mind control" from others, so the others had to stay close to one of them to prevent themselves from being manipulated and revealing the others and their plans.
Ruan Danxin, Bai Wu, and Zhou Xiangyang were to remain on the tank. Zhou Xiangyang would operate the fire control system, while Ruan Danxin would focus on protecting their brains. Jiang Ling and Li Gang would conduct reconnaissance, with Li Gang using the tactical terminal to remotely identify targets.
Before the two set off, several people worked together to bury the chariot with snow and weeds. Of course, Jiang Ling and Bai Wu were the main people doing the work, and the other three were giving orders, which felt like a construction site leader inspecting the work.
The two men, crouching in the makeshift snow hut, began to pack their tactical gear. They had a rifle and four magazines, all of which were now in Jiang Ling's possession. Li Gang, on the other hand, pulled out a sighting device the size of a toast loaf, which looked a bit like a round cake, from his backpack.
Jiang Ling had never practiced marksmanship, but that wasn't a big deal. Before they set out, they received two individual fire control systems from the military supply depot. This combat equipment, a byproduct of exoskeleton development, is now in widespread use. It consists of a metal ring secured to the waist, a robotic arm with five degrees of freedom, and a smart backpack. When Jiang Ling saw it, she thought she'd traveled to an alien world.
That fire control system could be adapted to many weapons, including the three rifles she had just purchased. So now she was just loading bullets into the magazines. Four standard magazines, under full-auto fire, would only hold out for about ten seconds at most.
"By the way, how did you come up with the idea of joining the army?" Jiang Ling grabbed a handful of bullets from his backpack and asked Li Gang through a layer of protective clothing and helmet.
"After completing my bachelor's and master's degrees in two years, I found that I couldn't find a job. Then I heard that the salary in the army was good, so I went to work for a living." The man half-knelt and set up the sighting equipment, then connected a series of data cables to a tactical terminal in the snow house.
Although soldiers these days no longer train for physical fitness and marksmanship, their requirements for enlistment are still quite demanding. This combination of requirements has resulted in the emergence of a large number of highly intelligent junior officers.
"What's life like in the army?" Jiang Ling asked curiously.
"It feels like I'm taking the college entrance exam. All day long I'm either cramming knowledge or taking various selective exams." Li Gang said casually without stopping the work at hand.
"Ah, this..." Jiang Ling was speechless for a moment. In this damn world, even the top students have to join the army to make a living, otherwise they have to dig for food in the dirt like homeless people.
"Tell me about yourself?" Li Gang suddenly asked. "What did you do before? You don't look like someone from the military. Are you related to someone else?"
Jiang Ling hadn't expected that her identity would be exposed after just a few days, but when she thought about how smart this guy was, she felt relieved and said, "I guess so."
Perhaps she's a relative, right? While Jiang Ling wouldn't claim to be a deity, she's a well-intentioned mutant. And someone has certainly gone to great lengths to give her some privileges, so taking advantage of them a bit shouldn't be too much of a stretch, right?
"Oh, is that so~" Li Gang said something meaningful, "It seems your relationship is really close."
The sighting and observation equipment has begun operation. This optical and thermal sensing device can independently locate targets within a 12-kilometer radius and then transmit the target data to the tactical terminal. Of course, no matter how intelligent a machine is, it is still a tool. After all, it is not strong artificial intelligence, and in actual use, it often generates false alarms.
"Won't that thing be seen by others?" Jiang Ling slightly stuck her head out. She saw that the observation and aiming equipment was set up at the highest point of the ridge, less than ten meters away from the snow house.
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