There are naturally no roads in the lush forest. Jiang Li and Wantong were in front using power tools to clear away the trees blocking the road.
Of course, just make sure the gecko can pass through. After all, the gecko's body width is up to five meters.
What amazed Wei Ling was that the gecko could move on only four legs, shrinking the other four legs and attaching them tightly to the body. The originally round body could also deform appropriately and become slightly oblong. Shape, easy to pass through dense forest.
No matter how bumpy the road was, Shou Gong walked more easily than Wei Ling, which made Wei Ling feel more relaxed.
Marching slowly in the forest, up and down, twists and turns, the group of people were really lucky. They found no suspicious signs and did not encounter any beasts without eyes.
After all, within a hundred kilometers of Yasi County, there are a large number of patrols combing around every day. The beasts are also smart. They know that this territory has been owned for a long time and do not dare to stay in this area.
Stop and go. When you are hungry or thirsty, you can replenish some energy food and drink water at will. There is no need to stop deliberately.
The three of them also occasionally found traces left by other patrols walking through the forest.
The unique tooth marks of their special electric knives are clearly visible to several people.
By evening, they had traveled nearly forty kilometers today and were already in the middle of the information support radius of the "Jianmu" barrier system.
There is still a range of about sixty kilometers behind, and information will often be interfered with, and instant messaging will be discounted to a certain extent.
Today's 40-kilometer journey looked good on paper, but in fact, the plain area occupied about 30 kilometers, and the actual distance traveled in the mountain forest was less than ten kilometers.
The dense forest gradually becomes darker. Occasionally, a ray of orange-red sunset shines through the gaps between the tall tree crowns into the forest, giving the dark forest a brilliant bright color.
"Find a place to camp."
With the news that they were about to leave, everyone began to pay attention to places where they could camp.
In the eyes of the patrol team, the ideal campsite is one that is far away from the water, because there is enough drinking water in their supplies, so there is no need to fetch water. At night, many animals will appear near the water, which is not safe enough.
Then, they found an open space in the forest surrounded by several towering trees, and cleared the bushes at will. Li and Wantong walked around in this small area, wearing heavy "Lynx Type IV" exoskeleton armor. The ground was crushed flat.
Wantong skillfully cut down some of the surrounding bushes into one-meter lengths, and soon piled a large pile of firewood in the middle.
Jiang Li and Wei Ling walked around within a few dozen meters, inspecting a large circle to familiarize themselves with the terrain.
By the time Wei Ling and Jiang Li came back from their inspection tour, Wan Tong had already lit the bonfire with accelerants.
The churning flames danced on the firewood, giving the dim forest a warm and bright color.
The gecko has lowered its body, with its eight legs slightly contracted, in a non-weight-bearing standby state, and a disc-shaped device protruding from the top of the huge carapace.
"Shou Gong, how is the microwave energy signal strength?"
Will send an inquiry message.
"Fortunately, the current energy is still good and can reach 10% of the normal charging mode, which is better than nothing."
Welling knew what Shou Gong said about microwave power transmission and charging.
Before the Great Annihilation, the Daxia tribe had assembled a large-scale space light energy power station in low-Earth orbit. Using microwave transmission, it could not only provide additional energy to directed energy attack weapons deployed in low-Earth orbit, The transmission direction can also cover the entire traditional territory of the Xia people, making it easier to empower equipment for field work.
After the Great Annihilation, a period of chaos, and the establishment of the empire, most of the Xia people, like other races, moved underground, and the focus was no longer on microwave energy transmission.
Coupled with the current drastic changes in the atmosphere and ionosphere, the original orbital light energy power station has also been severely damaged, and the empire has no more ability to maintain it, so this empowering equipment seems a bit useless.
However, as a supplement to the energy reserves of outgoing troops, many supply systems are equipped with microwave energy receivers.
"That's good! Our exoskeleton's energy recovery has also reached 40% today."
Jiang Li nodded.
Almost all armed exoskeletons have kinetic energy recovery devices on the legs, which use their own weight to drive high-efficiency motors to replenish the power batteries while traveling.
If it is always going downhill, there may even be a negative ratio between energy consumption and replenishment. Therefore, even if the armor looks so tall and bulky, its endurance in the field is very powerful.
Jiang Li and Wantong sat casually near the campfire, making a posture similar to a crouching horse stance. A support arm stretched out from the spine of the armor's back and was stuck on the ground, forming a stable three-point support with the legs.
With a slight clicking sound, they removed the armor from their heads and limbs.
The entire exoskeleton seemed to have turned into a semi-enclosed metal seat exclusive to them. They sat comfortably on the seat, took the energy food and water distributed by the gecko from Welling, and relaxed.
At night in the cold spring forest, the temperature is still relatively low. Surrounded by a warm bonfire, Wantong sips water, gnaws on energy bars, and makes pleasant sounds.
"Brother Wei Ling, you have walked dozens of kilometers without using an exoskeleton. Are you tired?"
"It's okay, I don't feel tired." Wei Ling smiled.
"That's great. I didn't expect you to be in such good physical condition... I'm already tired from walking. It's a pity that we didn't meet any rabbits today. Otherwise, we could roast rabbits... I also prepared the condiments for the barbecue." Shou Gong added the information.
"..."
Wei Ling was a little speechless. You are an eight-clawed mechanical spider, and you are preparing barbecue condiments. Can you eat it?
Jiang Li straightened up slightly, stretched out his hand, and baked it on the bonfire:
"If there is a chance, the further away from the county, the more animals there will be. If you go to a place thousands of kilometers away from people, there will be all kinds of large mutated beasts, which will be awesome.
The beast tide that attacked the county was no joke. "
Jiang Li's face was still so cold, his eyebrows were as sharp as knives, and he was slightly frowning.
Wei Ling suddenly thought of what Wan Tong had said, the humorous elder brother Jiang Li, and Master Yu Jin had said that Jiang Li's professionalism could join the Western Wasteland Legion.
Rub Li Jiang's warm hands together, then cover his face with both hands and rub them a few times.
Immediately, Wei Ling seemed to feel that Jiang Li's cold face was a little softer. He looked at the round eyes of the guard and sighed:
"When I go back this time, Wantong can become a formal member of the militia... My merit points are enough to join the Western Wasteland Army. However, for such a task, I have to save enough to guard the palace..."
"Brother Jiangli!"
Shou Gong seemed unwilling to talk more and interrupted Jiang Li.
Wantong also seemed to hesitate to speak.
Wei Ling intuitively felt that there was something they hadn't communicated to him, but he didn't ask any more questions.
After all, it was the first time that everyone went on a mission together. There were some exchanges, but it was not the norm.
Everyone stopped communicating. Jiang Li arranged the order of the vigil, lay down on the "seat", slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
According to Jiang Li's arrangement, Wantong reactivated and put on his armor, walked out of the campfire circle, and stood guard in the outer forest, changing positions every once in a while.
He will be on guard until about 10 o'clock at night, and then Willing will take over until 3 o'clock in the morning, which will be the last few hours of vigilance.
The round eyes of the gecko have become dull, and only a few undetectable small light spots are flickering slightly. It can be judged that it is in a semi-dormant state, but the microwave energy reception and part of the early warning detection device are still working. .
In the flickering fire, Wei Ling sat cross-legged and focused on the world of Origin Spirit.
Let all kinds of energy travel, stagnate and adhere to your body, constantly exercise your body and condense your mental power. This kind of exercise habit has basically become instinctive.
An hour later, Wei Ling interrupted his practice and fell into a deep sleep for three hours.
…
"Ding!" A small voice sounded in his mind. Wei Ling opened his eyes. The preset wake-up time of his mind body had arrived.
He stood up, added some firewood to the campfire, closed his eyes slightly, and his consciousness had already found Wantong wandering around in the world of source spirits.
This distance is still within the range that Welling can perform information packet loss:
"Wantong, come here and rest, it's my turn."
"Brother Wei Ling, you can rest a little longer, I'm not sleepy yet."
"It's okay, come here. Your body may not be as strong as mine."
Wei Ling insisted with a smile and walked near Wantong.
The forest at night seemed a bit scary, with darkness all around, and the surrounding trees seemed to be moving slightly in the faint light of the bonfire.
Occasionally, a gust of night wind passes between the tall trees, making a dull sound. The wind under the forest is much lighter, but it is freezing to the bones.
Wantong didn't insist and returned to the campfire to take off his armor and rest.
After all, he had been walking for a day and was on guard until ten o'clock at night. Although he was wearing an exoskeleton, his body was just that of an ordinary person.
Adequate rest is the necessary way to ensure physical fitness for the next day.
Welling walked around slowly without making a sound.
The black warlock uniform is almost invisible in the dark forest.
As he walked, his bright eyes opened and closed, and various wind direction data, air composition index, temperature change data, and tree distance data slowly flowed in his brain.
There was no sound of insects or sounds of nature, and there was no sound of nocturnal animals. There was only the random sound of wind and the friction of leaves. This small amount of sound made the dark forest even more silent, like a silent world.
…
A few hours passed, and it was past two o'clock in the morning. Welling had already changed several different directions and was observing vigilantly.
Suddenly, his eyes widened, he held his breath and stared fixedly in a certain direction.
In his perception, deep in the forest about a hundred meters away from him, in a gap between the trunks of dozens of big trees, Welling discovered that there was an abnormality in the world of Origin Spirit at this location, and countless types of energy were present here. Deformed and disturbed, a tall human form was formed!
There was a tremor between Wei Ling's eyebrows, like a needle prick.
According to the human form detected by the mind body, its disturbance to the world of source spirits is much higher than that of Li Lingyou and Xie Wuyi, who Wei Ling had secretly observed before. It can be judged that the opponent should be an intermediate warlock!
Without any hesitation, Wei Ling threw the package to everyone:
"Alert! Prepare for war!"
As soon as Wei Ling's message was sent, Jiang Li and Wantong's armors were activated instantly.
With a slight clicking sound, their whole bodies were wrapped in weapons. They stood up, each rushed towards a different direction, and entered a state of combat readiness.
At the same time, you can also hear the hiss of charging the "Orion" rapid-fire magnetic blast gun on their arms, and the sound of the magazine of the "Pianist Kai II" anti-material machine gun turning.
At the same time, the gecko had been activated synchronously, and its body rotated flexibly. According to the direction indicated by Welling's packet loss, the infrared night vision detection, ultrasonic detection, and laser detection modes were turned on. The firearm was already in sniper mode.
At this moment, using the information support from the Gonggong "Mountain Ghost" supply platform, the images detected by the Gonggong appeared in the minds of the three of them.
In the infrared night vision picture, there was a standing humanoid creature more than a hundred meters away from them.
Laser imaging is invalid and blocked.
Ultrasound imaging and infrared night vision imaging coincide!
