The four of them had already expected that Brother Zhang was unwilling to say it, but Brother Zhang’s unwillingness to say it did not mean that others were unwilling to say it.
Lan Jin turned around and asked the colleagues on duty.
Of course, Lan Jin had no skills in asking questions, and in the end, it was Lao Gao who finally figured out the matter after a long chat.
Only then did they realize that the ship had already arrived at the mission area, which was in the nearby woods. However, the ship had been wandering in this area for several days and still could not find the entrance to the mountain.
Lan Jin asked in confusion, "This hilltop is covered in dead branches. There's no way we can't go up there. Why do we have to choose the right spot to go in? Is it possible that going there is closer, so we can't go somewhere else?"
"No." Lao Gao revealed the answer directly. "To put it bluntly, our mission this time is also in the same dense forest as the H City base. However, the dense forest here is many times larger than that of H City, and this hilltop is also many times larger. The entrance and exit is the most direct and the closest one. Otherwise, it would take several days to walk in this forest."
As soon as Lao Gao finished speaking, he paused and continued, "But in fact, the ultimate goal is not because it is difficult for us to leave, but because we need to take the professors with us, and the professors are not easy to leave."
Ling Jiang asked doubtfully, "Why bring them along? It's so dangerous in the Maolin. Could it be..."
"That's right. Our mission this time is to take the professors and search for something in Maolin. As for whether or not we need to destroy this place, I never found out. Also, I didn't find out what we need to find."
Huang Jinghe said, "It's great that you can find out so much. I went out and asked but got nothing."
But everyone who should know the important news already knows it. Taking a group of ordinary people to search for something in the dense forest, this is really the idea of the people in power. Wouldn't others be able to find it? Or is it that these people are the only ones who have to find it?
In short, if this is the case, people with low special abilities and poor skills may never come back, not to mention bringing the professor's team with them.
…
Since they couldn't find the entrance, they couldn't enter the woods. However, Captain Zhang didn't keep wandering around. They brought a lot of high-tech equipment on this trip. They had deployed the equipment just two days ago. It's just that the mountain was a little big, so it took some effort to find it. After searching for another day and night, the high-tech aircraft finally reported the entrance to the mountain. Not only did it fly back first, it also led them to the entrance.
After some more time, the five ships finally landed steadily at the shore of the entrance.
After getting off the boat, Lan Jin asked, "Has the water level dropped again?"
"With the temperature over 70 degrees, no matter how big the flood is, it can't last that long. It's normal for it to drop." Lao Gao replied as a matter of course.
Lan Jin had a question, "How long will the extreme heat last? How long will the polar day last? With the current heat, the floods will definitely be dried up, but if it lasts a while, there's no guarantee that the rivers and lakes will all dry up. So what should we do?"
This is a really good question, but Lao Gao doesn’t know.
Captain Zhang, who was standing by, passed by Lan Jin and said, "If we can get out safely this time, I can tell you an approximate time."
have to.
So, in fact, we all know everything we should know, but ordinary people like us don’t know it.
Captain Zhang had no intention of paying any attention to Lan Jin after he finished speaking. He first asked everyone to wear thermal insulation suits. Then, worried about mutated bugs, he added a layer of mesh to the thermal insulation suits and tightened the legs to prevent bugs from flying into the thermal insulation suits from below and injuring the team members.
So, all the measures are really well implemented.
…
Captain Zhang was the first to count the number of people. Excluding those who had died before and the crew members who were driving the ship and doing odd jobs, there were a total of 153 people in the elite team, and this number included himself.
It was impossible for the ships to be left without anyone, so Captain Zhang left 10 people on one ship, leaving a total of 103 people. Together with 8 professors, a total of 111 people went up the mountain together.
The extreme cold earlier really damaged the roots of the trees. Even the extreme heat could not revive them. So even on such a hot day, the trees on the mountain are still some dead branches that break at the slightest touch.
Huang Jinghe pulled several branches with his hands and said, "Hey, these branches can easily cause fires in the mountains. These dead branches will ignite almost instantly. It's very dangerous."
Lao Gao said expressionlessly, "What's so dangerous about this? No one lives here, and the mountain is full of mutant creatures. It would be better to burn them to death."
"Okay, you're right."
But what we are saying is that this mountain is really big. They have been walking up for several hours and are still on the way up the mountain. If they were at the H City base, they would have reached their destination.
Captain Zhang said, "The hills here are already quite large. If we had a car, we could just walk up the driveway, but we came here by boat, so we can only walk. We've only just begun our journey, so let's take a break here. The further we go, the less time we'll have to rest."
Of course, this break was not for them to rest. With their physical strength, climbing a mountain for a whole day would be no problem. But they were leading a group of professors, and Professor Pei was old, so how could he climb such a mountain? So, in these few hours, they had already rested several times.
But this time was a little different. Captain Zhang had just finished speaking when his mental power sensed a large group of things rushing towards them.
Before I could even put down my backpack, or even find a place to rest, I heard Captain Zhang shout, "Wait a minute, everyone, be careful, there are a lot of little creatures coming towards us."
As soon as the words fell, the mutant creature appeared in their sight.
And those things that came in large numbers were none other than cockroaches that were more than the size of a size 40 shoe.
As for why it was so accurate, it was all thanks to the male comrades in the team. The big feet just stepped on one of them, with neither the head nor the tail exposed, and at most only two whiskers exposed, so the description could be so accurate.
The cockroaches were extremely fast and soon they had already rushed into their group. Fortunately, although these cockroaches were disgusting, they did not eat or hurt people.
But they definitely couldn't rest any longer. Almost everyone picked up their weapons and attacked the things at their feet the moment the cockroaches rushed over.
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