Mou Xuan grabbed the gloves stained with coolant, and the longitude and latitude coordinates projected by the tactical watch resonated with the genetic chain of the mutant wheat seeds.
He recalled the gear embroidery he had torn from the boy's collar twenty hours ago. The molecular formula of the fluorescent bio-gum was exactly the same as the unknown substance in the soil samples from the agricultural area.
"Bring three sets of purification devices." Mou Xuan replaced the electromagnetic pulse bomb with a herbicide sprayer, and when he passed by Chen Yao, his tactical backpack brushed against her shoulder armor.
Under the blood-stained breathing mask, he smelled the smell of gunpowder from the other person's hair mixed with the green scent of wheat seedling juice.
Chen Yao stuffed the last two signal jammers into the equipment box, and when she looked up, she met Mou Xuan's gaze as he was checking the tightness of his protective suit.
The explosion-proof light cast a faint golden ring around the edges of his pupils, like the last sunset they saw from the top of the watchtower last month.
Her tactical gloves brushed against the back of the other person's hand, and the body temperature data transmitted by the sensor chip was 0.8℃ higher than usual.
As the armored vehicles rolled over the crusted asphalt road, Ren, the contact person, was deciphering the encrypted data sent back by the soil tester.
A sudden burst of static caused the holographic map to flicker for half a second, revealing a faint fluorescence on the northern horizon—exactly the same wavelength as the prion solution was evaporating.
"There's something wrong with these ears of wheat." Messenger Qi's mechanical arm issued an overload warning. The roots of the plants he had just pulled up were entangled with white mycelium that looked like artificial nerve cords.
Chen Yao's dagger cut through the withered wheat stalks, and the mucus oozing from the broken surface was corroding the Alliance emblem on the blade.
When Mou Xuan squatted down, his tactical belt brushed against Chen Yao's knee armor, and the overlapping outlines of the two were reflected in the protective mask.
He crushed a mutated wheat grain, and the black powder that leaked out from between his fingers automatically arranged itself into the coordinate sequence of the enemy command vehicle's explosion.
"Activate level 2 alert." Mou Xuan pressed the positioning button on the tactical watch, and a warning line glowing blue instantly took shape outside the farming area.
Chen Yao looked at the flickering lights, and in a trance it seemed as if she was back to the laser grid they had laid out when they first built the safe house.
The night wind blew away the condensed water droplets on her mask, and a few drops fell on the genetic map that Mou Xuan was analyzing, blurring the position of a key base pair.
When the first rays of morning light pierced through the clouds, the detector suddenly sounded a shrill alarm.
Mou Xuan looked at the pollution index jumping on the screen, and the built-in timer of the tactical watch began a 24-hour countdown.
Chen Yao bent down and picked up half a wheat ear, revealing a metallic cross-section at the broken part - it was the lattice structure of the latest alloy steel circulated on the black market.
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