The transport plane slowly descended, glided on a temporary runway, and landed.
After the plane came to a complete stop, Lan Yu and Lu Rankong stood on either side of the closed cabin door, with soldiers lined up behind them.
The rear door slowly opened, and a strong wind blew in yellow sand. Lan Yu quickly closed her eyes, waited for the wind to stop, and then quietly spit out the salty sand in her mouth.
"Get out of the cabin..." Lu Rankong shouted.
The soldiers quickly left the cabin, and when they passed a device at the cabin door, they would stretch out their left hands and let the device put a metal ring on their wrists. Meanwhile, grab an Ion Gun and a Gear Bag from the rolling quartermaster belt on the right.
After all the soldiers left the cabin, Lu Rankong looked at Lan Yu.
Lan Yu also looked back at him.
Lu Rankong shouted loudly: "What are you doing? It's your turn..."
Lan Yu reacted and reached his left hand into the device. With a click, he felt a chill on his wrist and a metal ring was firmly put on it.
He picked up an ion gun from his quartermaster belt, tucked the equipment bag under his armpit, and followed Lu Rankong down the more than one-meter-high cabin door.
The ground beneath my feet was very soft, half of my boots were sunk into the yellow sand, and everywhere I looked was a vast expanse of emptiness.
This is the largest desert on the planet Katah and also an entirely uninhabited area. Normally, patrol soldiers would only come to check when they received abnormal signals.
Another transport plane parked not far away had also disembarked all the soldiers and was closing the hatch in preparation for returning.
Lan Yu saw that the two soldiers standing at the front of the group were the baby-faced second lieutenant from dormitory 302 and the honest colonel from dormitory 304.
The two men also saw him and Lu Rankong and nodded in greeting.
After counting the number of people and gathering together, the honest colonel with a baby face came over and asked, "Rankong, do you know the details of this operation?"
Lan Yu was putting her hands on her eyes and looking at the desert in the distance. Hearing these words, she couldn't help but look at Lu Rankong.
Lu Rankong was very friendly to them. He shook his head and said, "I just received instructions. The higher-ups don't know what happened here. A patrol team was patrolling here the day before yesterday, but suddenly lost contact. In the last call, they said they had spotted an interstellar beast."
"But the interstellar beasts on Planet Kata don't hurt people." The baby-faced lieutenant asked in confusion, secretly glancing at Lan Yu.
Lan Yu knew that he was thinking about K killing hundreds of interstellar beasts, so she pretended not to hear it and looked into the distance with a cold and indifferent face.
Lu Rankong said: "Just because they didn't hurt anyone before doesn't mean they won't hurt anyone this time. The patrolmen disappeared inexplicably, and we feel like we're in danger. We have to be more vigilant and not take it lightly."
"Rankong is right. Kata Star is a transit station for the Sasu Star Region. Many migrating interstellar beasts will pass by here. Although most of them do not hurt people, there is still a chance of accidents." said the honest colonel.
The baby-faced man looked around and said, "In that case, let's split up and look for it."
"We can't split up. We know nothing about the current situation. It's best for the two battalions to focus on searching in one direction." Lu Rankong frowned, his face a little solemn. "So, Chen Yuqin and I will go to the east, and Lin Zhu and K will go to the west. If we don't find anything, we will meet here in two hours and then check the south and north."
The honest Colonel Chen Yuqin answered readily: "Okay, I'll go to the east with you."
When the baby-faced Lin Zhu heard the arrangement, he instantly looked despairing as if the sky was falling. He reached out to grab the corner of Chen Yuqin's clothes and pulled it anxiously.
Although Lan Yu looked at the distance coldly, she kept an eye on them. When she saw Lin Zhu's action, she immediately sneered and said, "Since someone doesn't want to be with me, then--"
"Your battalion cannot act alone."
"Our battalion will stay here."
Lu Rankong spoke at the same time as him.
"K will go to the east with me. Yu Qin, you and Lin Zhu will go to the west. We will meet here in two hours." Lu Rankong made the arrangements decisively.
"Okay, see you in two hours." Chen Yuqin readily agreed and left with Lin Zhu, who was revived with full health.
Looking at the backs of the two men, Lu Rankong slung the gun in his hand, turned around and shouted, "Boys, let's go."
The voice is loud and full of energy.
“Yes, sir…”
The guys from the third battalion were standing there in a loose manner, some were hugging each other, and some were using their guns as walking sticks. After hearing the order, they immediately stood at attention, with their heads held high and their chests puffed out as if they were standing in a military posture.
The soldiers of the Second Battalion had already lined up in an orderly manner. Seeing the performance of the Third Battalion, they all turned their attention to Lan Yu.
Facing these expectant gazes, Lan Yu sighed secretly in her heart.
This terrible desire to win.
By the way, why does the open and secret struggles between your two camps manifest themselves in these strange places?
He cleared his throat gently, and shouted like a tenor, "Good boys, let's go!"
——You are even more obedient than Zaizai, they will definitely be satisfied.
"Yes, sir!" The good kids' responses shook the sky.
The two camps were divided into several columns and headed eastward. Gradually, the soft yellow sand under their feet was no longer the soft yellow sand, but hardened yellow soil, which cracked into endless pieces.
From time to time, the skeleton of an unidentified animal would appear in the field of vision, and flocks of vultures were circling in the sky.
The army had been marching for more than half an hour and nothing unusual had happened. There was no sign of the patrol team, and the thermal detectors did not detect any other strange humans nearby.
Lan Yu looked up at the bright sun, licked his dry and chapped lower lip, took out a water bottle from the military bag on his back, drank two sips, then screwed the cap back on.
Lu Rankong had been walking in front of him, and there was no sign of fatigue on his upright back. But when the sound of Lan Yu turning the bottle cap rang out, he tilted his head slightly, then stopped and turned around, shouting to the soldiers behind him: "Rest where you are for ten minutes."
The soldiers all sat down, drank water, smoked, and unbuttoned their shirts to fan themselves.
Lan Yu also sat on a rock by the roadside, took off his military boots, and shook off the sand and gravel that had seeped into them.
Lu Rankong sat silently beside them. Lan Yu saw him take out the small crossbow again and polish it carefully with a small file.
He was really afraid that the soldiers in the second battalion would see this scene and their desire to win would be activated, so they would ask him to produce something right now.
Then I can only ask who has wool and perform knitting skills on the spot.
Beep, beep, a series of terminal sounds rang out.
Lu Rankong stopped what he was doing, looked down at the number, and hesitantly pressed the hang-up button.
As soon as he put his hand on it, he caught a glimpse of Lan Yu looking over here. He moved his fingers and accidentally clicked the connection button.
"Uncle Yu, it's me... Well, I'm fine, don't worry... I will be careful about my safety... I won't go back, I'm very comfortable in the army, and I don't need his so-called concern..."
His tone was very respectful, but his voice became smaller and smaller, and he turned his body to the side with his back to Lan Yu.
Lan Yu knew the reason not to eavesdrop, so she put on her military boots, stood up and walked away.
There were two vultures fighting in the distance. He watched with interest for a while, then walked around the resting soldiers and headed in that direction.
The two captains of the second battalion stood up and wanted to follow him, but he raised his hand to stop them, "You guys take a rest, I'll just walk around."
He walked forward leisurely, and a small mound appeared in front of him.
Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something moving, but when I stopped and looked, there was nothing.
My eyes are blurry.
He continued walking forward. The two big birds in front of him had gone crazy, pecking at each other and flapping their wings, and black feathers were scattered all over the ground.
He bent down and touched a stone on the ground, preparing to open the two birds. When he stood up and glanced behind the mound of earth, he saw a corner of a black object sticking out.
Looks like a pair of combat boots.
"Who's there?" Lan Yu asked.
No one answered.
Are there soldiers hiding here doing something?
He became alert and moved carefully to the side, and the situation behind the mound slowly appeared before his eyes.
This scene made Lan Yu's eyes widen, but her pupils suddenly contracted, and she almost screamed.
There were several corpses in military uniforms lying on the ground. Their skin and flesh had been removed, leaving only white skeletons. There were also several vultures surrounding them, pecking at the remaining flesh and blood.
He finally understood why the two vultures were fighting. He nervously grabbed his clothes, subconsciously took a few steps back, turned around and was about to call for help.
At this moment, he felt another movement beside him.
This time he looked quickly and caught the strange scene.
The air in front of the mound seemed distorted, as if there was a layer of rising water vapor, or as if a stone was thrown into the water surface, causing ripples.
Then, a transparent shape slowly emerged.
Lan Yu looked on in amazement, forgetting to react for a moment, until the transparent shape suddenly appeared and transformed into a giant arthropod insect.
The insect was as big as a calf, with hard, jet-black, long oval wings, and six bent legs as thick as arms, covered with barbs like steel needles.
It looks like a cockroach, but it has long hair on its head.
The tentacles around its mouth trembled, and its two bowl-sized crystal-shaped eyeballs stared at Lan Yu without blinking. Then it flapped its wings, making a rustling sound.
Lan Yu only felt that at this moment the blood in her body was flowing backwards, her heart stopped beating, and every cell was bursting.
It seemed as if the body no longer belonged to me, the soul had died, and only an empty shell remained.
He was afraid of many things in his life, but what he feared most was cockroaches, let alone cockroaches that were so big that they were beyond his imagination.
He opened his mouth to call for help, but only two low, sharp sounds came out of his throat.
The big insect pounced on them as soon as it showed its shape.
The patterns on its abdomen and the sharp teeth filled with mucus in its mouth were all revealed in Lan Yu's dilated pupils.
The moment the insect approached, his mind went blank. Relying on instinct alone to move his stiff limbs, he grabbed the hair on its head with his left hand and pulled it down, while he scratched the insect's face fiercely with his right hand.
It was not until his fingers touched the hard and cold shell that he reacted with a start. K's instinct was activated, and he leaped backwards and tumbled in an instant.
This time his potential was unleashed, he leaped back several meters and pulled the ion gun on his shoulder in the air.
As you land, aim forward and pull the trigger.
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