129 Chapter 129
Chapter 129
"This ability to hide from you doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the wild duck I was riding before."
Hearing Captain Dai's question, the drunk felt a little embarrassed.
His abilities are somewhat similar to those of his own children, but are weaker in comparison and can only serve to soothe their emotions.
He was lucky as he had encountered the wild duck by chance outside Daxi Village before. At first, the wild duck had no ill feelings towards him and didn't want to get close to him. After seeing it once in Daxi Village, he didn't see the wild duck again for a long time.
However, after the heavy rain, the wild duck was forced to stay outside and couldn't fly back. Unfortunately, it was targeted by a predator. When it was bitten and about to die, it met a drunk who was patrolling the area around the temporary camp with the team.
If the wild duck had not recognized the drunkard first and sought his help, given that humans all see animals the same way through face blindness, the drunkard probably would not have been able to recognize the wild duck even after several lifetimes, let alone lend a hand, and they would not be getting along the way they do now.
The wild duck really knew how to repay a favor. Knowing that it was raining outside and that it had lost contact with the flock and might not be able to find its way back, it simply stayed to keep the drunk company.
If the drunkard hadn't known Wild Duck's abilities this time, he probably wouldn't have run away so easily.
"I understand. Although your abilities may seem weak, when you're lucky, you can still be on par with Guaibao."
After listening to the drunkard's account of how he got out, Captain Three didn't react much and continued without any emotion.
Apparently, after recognizing the drunk, he had thought of all the possible scenarios.
Judging from the current situation, we can only say that the drunkard is lucky.
If he was unlucky and didn't encounter a mutant animal with such great abilities that could be appeased by him and willingly follow him, wouldn't he run away knowing that he wasn't strong enough? The answer is no, he would still run away.
As long as the child is taking risks, it is impossible for this person to stay in one place and wait quietly.
So what the other party said now was just to explain how he escaped. He didn't think there was anything wrong with coming out, or whether he valued his life.
"If you really want to follow me, then follow me. Don't be sneaking around behind me. It's not safe for you either."
They had talked about almost everything they needed to talk about, and everything they needed to know and arrange had been completed. Finally, the team leader agreed to let the drunk follow them.
Knowing that even if the drunkard had no fighting ability now, he was still able to hide himself and there was no need for them to allocate manpower to look after him, the team leader and the captains of the first-line teams present no longer objected to him following.
"OK!"
The drunkard was very happy to get approval.
But after being happy, the drunkard felt a little conflicted. His child was still waiting outside. How should he tell the child now?
He didn't need to worry about it for long. After the children outside came in, they didn't continue to focus on why the drunk appeared here.
When he saw someone, he just pulled them out.
"Dad, if you want to come with us, you must bring all these things with you."
The child didn't take his father for a walk. Seeing that his father didn't have much stuff with him, he took people to find the logistics department to get equipment.
In fact, it’s not that the drunkard didn’t bring any equipment, it’s simply because the quality of the equipment he could buy could not be compared with the official equipment.
Combined with the consumption on the way, it seemed that the equipment he brought with him was very little.
Although the child is very young and has insufficient understanding of some equipment, he has been in the front-line team for a long time. Even if he does not know the specific attack data of those weapons, he can guess which ones are better by looking at the equipment status of other team members around him.
If conditions permit, children will definitely choose the better one for their father.
Looking at the equipment pushed in front of him by his own child, the drunkard looked with some embarrassment at the logistics staff who were still sorting out the number of equipment.
"Don't look at me, just take it. The captain and the others said that you'll be following us anyway, so you'll have better equipment. We don't need to help look after you, so take care of yourself."
After the logistics officer finished speaking, he didn't care about the drunk's reaction and continued to do his own thing.
"All right."
Since the other party said so, the drunkard didn't bother about it and directly packed up all the equipment.
The team rested at this location for a while, and only after making sure that everyone was ready did they head in the planned direction again.
The first place they went to this time was not far from their original temporary base. If they had gone when the weather was normal, it would not have taken so much time.
But with the weather being what it is now, the road is still on water most of the time and it’s been raining all the way.
Whether it is accurately controlling the direction of advancement or sensing underwater obstacles, it requires a strong sense of direction and perception of the surrounding environment, and requires the coordination of abilities.
So we didn't walk very fast along the way, even a drunk could keep up with us.
Of course, the main reason why the drunkard was able to keep up was because the wild duck was able to keep up with their forward trajectory and take the drunkard directly along the trajectory.
"That's the mountain in front. The last earthquake revealed a lot of land that didn't belong to the original plate, including this mountain."
Looking at the mountain in front of them that was surrounded by rain, the team leader briefly mentioned the situation of the mountain, and then continued to arrange matters for going up the mountain.
The low-lying areas of land that appeared due to the earthquake are now buried under the water, but even this has not stopped them from becoming dangerous.
Just like now, after detecting that those places were very dangerous, the official top leaders directly ignored those underwater areas that were covered by rain and could not be detected except for the danger when designating the target areas this time.
At least there is a part of the mountain that can be photographed by satellite, so we can know something about the situation.
"Please check yourselves and the equipment you carry. Once you're sure everything is OK, we'll set off."
Everyone present at this target point knew about it and had already seen the information here on the way.
Although the information was obtained from the fact that they had led their teams to explore these places when they first appeared, they had some understanding of the situation inside.
But after I knew this and saw the satellite photos sent down from above, all my hope was gone.
The world was changing, not only the areas where they often stayed were changing, but also the places where only the top-level people could enter before the rain to complete exploration missions.
"Are you sure?"
The team leader waited for a while, and when he saw that the team members who were checking themselves at the beginning gradually stopped, he started to ask.
"Yes, the inspection is complete."
Everyone answered in unison.
This was their last roar before setting off.
Once they go up the mountain, they can't speak freely most of the time. When necessary, they will choose to communicate with gestures.
It's not that they are not allowed to speak, but they are worried that the mutated animals and plants on the mountain will notice their group and cause unnecessary entanglement.
The purpose of their trip was not to fight with the mutated animals and plants, but to explore the places where the changes occurred, so as to know what happened there that caused the danger levels that were under control within a certain range in the previous detection to suddenly soar.
I don’t know if it’s because of the rain or something else, but there are so many mutated animals and plants on the mountain.
They had anticipated this before going up the mountain, so they were not surprised now.
It's the same in other places. After all, some mutated animals and plants just have no brains, not no instincts.
The mutated animals and plants on the mountain became a little restless when they saw them going up the mountain and smelled the strange scent in the air.
It’s just that the direction of the restlessness is different.
Those with brains didn't stop at all and ran directly to a farther place, leaving space for the brainless mutant animals and plants to attack.
Seeing them like this, the group became alert.
The next moment, those mutated animals and plants ran straight towards them, their attacking intentions not concealed at all.
"Wow, these mutant plants and animals are so enthusiastic towards us."
Upon seeing this scene, one of the team leaders who was leading the way hurriedly waved his weapons to resist, and couldn't help but say a few more words in the middle.
"Captain, please calm down. Let's be careful. Even though I can treat it, it doesn't mean you won't feel any pain!"
When they heard his voice, another roar came from the crowd in the team behind. Judging from the tone, the other party was very familiar with the captain.
"Okay, I got it. Don't worry, I still have some sense of propriety."
Hearing that the two of them still had time to talk in such a situation, the leader who was watching the battle frowned and looked over. As soon as his eyes fell on them, the two of them consciously turned their attention back to the mutant animals and plants attacking on the side.
Seeing that their captain was silent, the teammate who had shouted at his captain before also shut up and watched the battle situation carefully. After seeing that a teammate was injured, he tried his best to move closer to him.
His ability is special, and his ability itself is not an offensive ability. The reason why he can now stand in this front-line exploration team is simply because he has a healing skill that is so strong that it is unreasonable.
Normally his treatment was similar to that of the doctors in the hospital, but if it was combined with medication, it would be extraordinary. As long as he was strong enough, even a person who had just died could be pulled back to life and recover half a tube of blood, allowing him to walk down and circle around with the mutated animals and plants for a few steps.
Because of his presence in the team, everyone from the captain to the teammates had their attention diverted during the battle, and talking during the battle was common. They had even stopped attacking when they saw that the mutant animal was about to die, allowing the half-dead mutant animal to serve as a training ground for the new team members.
Although the team leader usually did not go on missions with these front-line people, he still knew something about how they got along with each other. So when he saw the looks of these two people, he just reminded them with his eyes, and after seeing them react, he stopped staring at them.
With their strong abilities, large numbers of personnel, and good coordination, they managed to scatter the mutant animals and plants that had gathered together in just half an hour.
After watching the last mutant animal escape, the people left behind had no intention of chasing it and simply stopped to rest on the spot.
"How come these mutant plants and animals are increasing in strength so quickly? I've always thought that our group would be the only one that could keep up with the increasing strength of those mutant plants and animals, but looking at the situation now, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."
As soon as they stopped to rest, the team leader called the captains of those teams to review the battle just now, and take a break and recover the energy they had just consumed.
On this mountain, what they care about is no longer time, but how to be cautious and complete the exploration of this inexplicably changed mountain on the premise of ensuring that the personnel can be brought back intact, and to find out the reasons for the changes.
"Judging from the battle we just had with those mutant plants and animals, they're improving even faster than before."
After listening to the other team leaders, Captain Dai whispered what he had observed.
"I don't know. Is it because the world is still changing, or because of the rain, or because of the inexplicable mountain?"
The leader nodded and asked his doubts softly.
His doubts are no different from other people's doubts.
They came here to solve their doubts.
"It's not just this mountain. Don't forget, there are other places too. Not only mountains, but also plains, canyons, forests, and so on. Even though those places are currently flooded, that doesn't mean they are no less dangerous than the mountain we're standing on now."
Danger is certain. What they need to think about now is how to survive in such an environment, obtain exploration results, and explore other areas.
【Author’s words】
Good morning everyone, this chapter is from last night.
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