As time enters July, the northern hemisphere has ushered in the hottest season. The continuously rising temperature opens the box called "life", and countless species swarm out. The atmosphere of the wilderness becomes noisier and more dangerous day by day.
During the day, these can also be obscured by vibrant green. But once night falls, the eye-catching green turns into gloomy black. Wild life, large and small, is carrying out complex and simple activities behind these intricate shadow patches.
Rest, feed, mate - the purpose is to survive or to keep the offspring alive.
All these activities, although their practitioners have tried every means to cover them up, no matter how small the sounds are mixed together, they become an annoying noise. Mixed with the moist air blowing from the sea and flowing over the five senses, the excessively rich information is squeezed together, making it easier for people to lose direction.
Faced with this situation, some people choose to hide themselves as much as possible, just like wild beasts, and blend into this noisy and depressing background.
But some people do the opposite, making no secret of their existence and displaying a behavioral order that is incompatible with the wilderness.
On the southwest side of the mountainous area in the central part of the peninsula, it forms a corridor together with the coastal uplift. This is already the southernmost end of the mountainous area. Further south is the alluvial plain with a dense water network, which is about to leave the boundaries of Xiacheng.
In a flat area, nearly ten military vehicles were connected end to end, forming a circular camp defense circle.
There is also lighting in the central area, and the light reaches hundreds of meters away. The arrogant light source and heat source attract a large number of mosquitoes and ants in the surrounding areas.
But when these little bugs, driven by instinct, fly or crawl and cross the edge of the circular camp area, there will be a sudden flash of electric sparks, killing them.
The slightly larger ones also have laser beams to greet and kill them.
After the accumulation in the first half of the night, the outside of the camp was soon covered with a dense layer. Although there is still a steady stream of follow-ups, it is impossible to break through the defense line.
The campers in the camp were able to rest and adjust in a relatively relaxed environment.
There are more than fifty people in this military vehicle camp, more than 80% of whom are combatants, and most of them are quite qualified. They have already developed the ability to survive in the wilderness for a long time. At this time, they follow the camping arrangements and regulations, either resting or staying overnight, in an orderly and strictly disciplined manner.
But there were also some people, using the lighting and the large "mosquito zappers" that covered the entire camp, chatting in the rare and refreshing summer night. The atmosphere was relaxed but also a little subtle.
"What a luxury."
The speaker was the wilderness guide hired by the team, named Zeng Xiao.
This man in his 50s was born as a nomad. Even when he later returned to the city, he still used the wilderness as the main area where he made a living.
He has extensive experience and often works with various exploration and adventure teams, including the military. But spending the night like today, with a large mosquito killer on and looking like a big torch, is really rare.
"Although it is intended to attract mosquitoes for experiments, if everyone has one of these mosquito killers, the wilderness will be much safer."
"The mosquito killer is good, but in order to ensure its size and function, it is made by burning Yuan Stone, which is too expensive... This night, a single apartment in Xiacheng was gone."
Sitting on his right is a young female officer with short hair and a military uniform named Jin Ying. The facial lines are sharp, but the smile is very casual.
"In the wilderness, human life has become more and more valuable over the years."
Zeng Xiao sighed inexplicably, and then turned back: "We can fight wild beasts, and we deserve to be able to defeat the large deformed species, but we are all big-headed against these little bugs. Isn't that what the saying says - don't be afraid of incomplete corpses, but be afraid of dead corpses.
"If one is not good, the body will become
Entering the insect nest, that scene...not to mention if you encounter a serious nest. "
Jin Ying nodded: "Brother Long Qi talked about this today, and it was very accurate."
Speaking of Long Qi, Jin Ying's eyes lit up and she turned on the projector to watch the replay of today's live show.
"How many times have you done this today?" After saying this, Mao Yan, who was sitting on the other side of Jin Ying, still turned his face to look at him with interest.
This woman, who is undoubtedly the most feminine and beautiful woman in the entire camp, adjusts her movements while holding up her collar and shaking out her sturdy but not necessarily cool hunting clothes. She doesn’t care about the men around her. Because of her unconscious movements, they all focus on her. eyes.
Previously, Maoyan only talked to the young man opposite him. Now leaving people behind only stimulates the "competition consciousness" over there.
That person, Dr. Chen Qiang, a researcher of the observation team who had just joined the team, wanted to talk to him if he had nothing to say:
"He discovered the nest?"
The raised tone was obviously suspicious.
"It's not that easy. Why don't you just talk about it?" Jin Ying responded without even using Mao Yan to speak.
At this time, Long Qi in the projection area was giving his wilderness small classroom knowledge lecture. In front of Ruiwen and dozens of millions of live broadcast viewers, he introduced the characteristics of the aberration lair.
"The nest is actually a kind of biological cultivation tank. It can also be understood as a special insect nest. Because the ghosts it creates are basically short-lived ghosts, including insects and ants. The type of snakes and rats is already quite large. Rare, larger ones are almost non-existent.
"This is in line with the nature of the experiment. It can quickly iteratively correct while absorbing feedback, so that each generation of mutants produced by the nest will be stronger than the previous generation.
"Of course, not producing large, relatively long-lived creations may also be for safety reasons. Because once a long-lived species appears in the nest, it is likely to cause a shift in dominance, form a new leader, and eventually backfire on the nest. This also reflects The complex relationship between the nest and its creation.”
Long Qi, who is covered in armor and speeding through the wilderness on a sidecar motorcycle, is indeed particularly charming: "Here I would like to introduce a new term to you: reverse fusion.
"It refers to the long-lived species taking away the command of the nest, and even destroying and devouring it. However, the nest can regain the dominance through a second parasitism... Such a super complex process.
"Through this process, some nests that were originally 'not good for walking' may use the relatively large shells of long-lived species to gain mobility and active foraging abilities that they did not have before - their power is greatly increased and the danger is ten times higher. If they are touched, Go up and run as far as you can.”
In fact, Zeng Xiao had already seen this scene during the day, and he still felt emotional about it now:
"That's insider talk."
"If a professional from a quantum company doesn't understand this, how can he be worthy of his salary?"
Following the words, Lieutenant Colonel Freese, who was still wearing his inner armor and fully armed, strode over and sat down on the other side of the cat's eye.
Dr. Chen Qiang opposite was even more upset. He had been staring at that position for a long time and wanted to sit there for a long time, but he was afraid that it would be too obvious and not reserved enough.
Who would have thought that someone would not hide it at all...
But he didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction. Lieutenant Colonel Freese was the chief officer of the recently merged Wilderness Patrol Combat Camp. He had four teams of Dark Blue Walkers under his command, and could be said to be the top three most powerful people in the camp.
After Fries sat down, he stared at Maoyan's profile with a burning gaze, making no effort to hide his interest. But the latter just got together with Jin Ying and watched the live broadcast replay without even saying hello.
Jin Ying, on the other hand, is fighting for her idol: "There are not many people who can understand reverse fusion, at least the popular science is definitely enough!"
Fries grinned: "It's about searching on the Internet..."
Jin Ying was not afraid of her immediate boss at all, and pushed back firmly: "The live broadcast in the wilderness for the past two weeks cannot be done by searching on the Internet. There are only two people, and they have already started night camping. It's not like A camp like ours, in the wilderness—that’s super hardcore!”
Zeng Xiao on the other side also nodded: "No wonder my girl doesn't even get out of bed. She just chirps every day, talking and talking about Miss Ruiwen..."
When this topic comes up, Jin Yingke gets excited: "Ruiwen is good. I'm attracted to her beauty. Her skin makes people jealous. She's also very calm and stylish. But at the moment, she's just good-looking. Take responsibility.
"The main thing is Brother Long Qi, who is super handsome! He is responsible for the four systems of live broadcast control, knowledge popularization, positioning and navigation, and combat guard..."
Fries laughed and said, "What you are saying...is chasing stars, I understand."
Jin Ying just glared at him.
There is one advantage to Fries being the leader. It doesn't matter how the team members play in private, as long as they don't stretch their hips when performing tasks.
Jin Ying did not hesitate and continued to talk about the live broadcast: "Last week they went to the estuary, and this week they will definitely go south. Maybe they will encounter them..."
Zeng Xiao chuckled: "Then I have to get an autograph. If I miss it, my girl will cry into the ICU!"
While talking, Lang Zhihe, another chief officer in the camp and the former head of the Wilderness Observation Group, came over. This person looks gentle and gentle, not like a soldier.
He looked past Fries and greeted Maoyan first:
"Maoyan, you are much quieter than before. I remember the last time you came here, you took everyone to 'run in the wilderness' together... When people play in the wilderness, they can really run away and vomit."
Maoyan smiled: "I'm old and have no strength anymore. "
Chen Qiang said: "How can there be..."
As soon as the words came out, Frith patted Maoyan on the shoulder: "You can follow the combat team and run thousands of kilometers at night. Kitty, you can't be too hypocritical!"
Maoyan smiled and said nothing.
The second person Lang Zhi greeted was his guide Zeng Xiao: "Old Zeng, where is your Cen Ran still in the hospital?"
"It's much better if she is raised at home. Even though there have been a few earthquakes during this period, she is busy chasing stars, so she is not afraid."
Lang Zhihe found an open space next to Zeng Xiao and sat down.
Chen Qiang, who had just been ignored by Xiao Xiao, was busy looking for a presence: "Master Zeng, your daughter is also named Chen?"
"It's Cen, the mountain is Cen."
"Take your mother's surname?"
"No, she will have her father."
"Well……"
Zeng Xiao didn't take it seriously. In fact, he had explained it many times over the years: "Of course, both parents are dead... It's not true. My biological father is considered missing. He finally made it to Xia City alive, listened to the black intermediary, and went to work overseas. Gone never to return.
"As for me, my current partner and I have reorganized our family and have no children of our own. Seeing that Ranran is young and physically weak, I adopted her and lived together. A family like ours is very common in satellite cities. common……"
As he was speaking, a low-frequency alarm and red light appeared above the military vehicle he was leaning on, and people around him sat upright almost at the same time.
"Abnormal?"
After a few seconds, the red warning light dimmed, and Lang Zhihe and Frith received the order at the same time.
"Someone is approaching the camp..."
Jin Ying was excited: "Could it be that Seventh Brother has arrived?"
Maoyan smiled: "Not so soon... the people who came are much more annoying than Long Qi."
The low-frequency alarm rang a few more times, then became silent. It was announced that it was over, but the outside of the camp became lively.
