"Gone? How is that possible? Aren't you two in the dark and one in the dark?" Chen Changqing couldn't believe it and looked directly at the anxious-looking soldier.
According to convention, even a temporary camp that does not have the conditions for camping must be equipped with two sentries to stand guard, and they must be rotated every four hours to ensure that the sentries are always alert.
At this time, just over four hours had passed since we decided to camp here, which meant that this was only the second shift.
There were no problems before, but something went wrong when it was the changing of the guard's turn. This had to make Chen Changqing suspicious of the sentry in front of him.
Why was he so sure the person was missing?
The hidden sentry is not a mobile sentry, so it should not cause problems.
But now the bright whistle is back, but the secret whistle is gone.
Could it be...
Chen Changqing was shocked. He no longer stared at the sentry, but clapped his hands to gather the crowd.
"Gather first, everyone, get ready, and let's go look for it together."
No one had any objection to his order. Everyone knew that in this wilderness, if someone was missing, they were absolutely not allowed to move around. The best way was to stay where they were and wait for rescue.
Of course, this assumes that the missing person is still free.
But if there is any other reason...
The soldiers in this team were not stupid. They quickly thought of this and moved much faster.
No one wants to be left behind, and they all know that being left behind in a place like this will definitely lead to death.
The best way to dispel this idea is to actively find the missing person.
For them, it is not just about finding their missing teammates, but also about winning a guarantee for their future.
"lets go."
Chen Changqing nodded with satisfaction, looking at the people who had finished dressing up in an instant, and glanced at the sentry who had just calmed down.
"You lead the way, first to where he was before he disappeared."
This order is undoubtedly the most correct choice at the moment.
Although according to the sentry, the secret sentry had disappeared, Chen Changqing still felt that what he saw was what he saw.
First, scout the most likely location before disappearing, and then consider other things.
The captain spoke, and the others naturally had no objections. Only the sentry opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.
The location of the secret sentry was not too far from the camp, and a group of more than 20 people arrived quickly.
This is a relatively dense thorn jungle, slightly higher than the camp. Since the thorn road is a vast plain with dense thorn grass all over the ground, it is good to find a higher location.
After clearing away the thorn grass, the location of the camp is already in a low-lying area compared to this highland.
Chen Changqing observed the position of the secret sentry. There were obvious signs of a person lying there, and scattered wrapping paper could be seen. Those were snack packages that the sentry tore off to replenish his strength.
Other than that, there's nothing noteworthy.
Chen Changqing thought for a while and called the sentry who reported the news.
"When did you realize he was gone?"
When he called people over, he deliberately stayed away from everyone.
Although it was not easy to detect, the attentive Chen Changqing still felt that this sentry seemed to have something else he wanted to say but had not said.
"Tell me, there is no one else here. I want to know what exactly you saw?"
Chen Changqing didn't waste any nonsense and asked straightforwardly.
The sentry was obviously taken aback, as if he had not expected this question, and then his expression became more exciting.
"Captain, have you heard any rumors about this isolation zone?"
Chen Changqing was startled when he heard this, and then his face darkened.
"I'm asking you something now. Don't talk to me about all this. If you have something to say, just say it."
As a pragmatic person and a soldier, what he hates most is the kind of long-winded nonsense that doesn't make sense.
It’s not like I’m specializing in writing, so there’s no need for foreshadowing!
Seeing that the captain was angry, the sentry did not dare to disobey and spoke honestly. The first sentence shocked Chen Changqing, almost thinking that the other party was fooling him.
But when he looked at the other party's extremely determined eyes, he unconsciously believed it.
"Is there such a thing? Are you saying that the so-called isolation zone was actually a battlefield before?"
Li Yi was a little surprised. He had always thought that the so-called isolation zone was artificially divided by the guys in the core area to highlight their status.
But I didn't expect that there would be such a story.
"At that time, a brutal war broke out on this planet. In the end, the population was reduced by half. The entire planet was filled with the smell of blood. The isolation zone was the center of the battlefield at that time... "
"According to what you said, the reason why the plants here mutated so quickly is because of the corpses? Let me do the math. The entire planet has a population of more than 400 million people. If half of them are dead, that would be 200 million. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, Two hundred million people, why don’t we have to plow all the ground?”
"In fact, it is true. Today's surface has dropped by more than two meters compared to before."
Li Yi originally just said it as a joke, but he didn't expect that the system directly gave an accurate answer, which made him stunned.
"Human corpses, aren't they just some protein? Over time, they turn into nutrients at most. How could those weird things you mentioned happen? This is unscientific."
Li Yi shook his head and retorted.
Although he has experienced many dungeon worlds and seen various ability systems, he even has three incomplete ability systems.
But this does not mean that he really believes in those false rumors. In his opinion, even supernatural abilities cannot escape the scientific framework.
At most, it’s just that different time and space follow different physical rules.
This is his truest thought. As for ghosts and so on...most of them are artificial ghosts. If there are real ghosts, Li Yi is the first one not to believe it.
However, the system's next sentence broke his illusion.
"Host, don't forget, the so-called ghosts or weird events are nothing more than a kind of energy, but the energy is expressed in different forms. According to your idea, this does not break out of the scientific framework, but is just a matter of superficial observation. It was contrary to common sense before, coupled with preconceived ideas and misdirection from people's word of mouth, this turned ghosts, which were just different forms of energy expression, into what humans call spies, but in fact they are essentially the same."
"Okay, what you said makes sense."
Li Yi said, throwing away the chicken leg bones in his hand, turning over and going directly to bed, leaving a satiated figure by the fire.
"But what does that have to do with me?"
"The host seems to have forgotten that the combat team you asked me to pay attention to before seems to have encountered some troubles, and those troubles are related to the tricks I just mentioned."
''oh? Li Yi turned over and faced the sky, "You mean those young men encountered those things?" "
"what's the situation?"
The system explained what it had discovered and added a comment at the end.
"The captain named Chen Changqing is very good. Under such circumstances, he can still stabilize his position and try his best to avoid greater casualties. Now they are ready to withdraw from the Thorny Road, but because there are wounded, the speed is very slow, I am worried It’s very difficult for them to get out of the quarantine zone alive.”
"I heard that these people are elites, and everyone is a mutant. The combat effectiveness of a single individual cannot be ignored. Is that it?"
When he said this, Li Yi was a little careless, and it was hard to tell what kind of mood he was having at this time.
But the system obviously understood what he was thinking.
They just sent me to complete this kind of near-death mission, and they also sent people to monitor me. This kind of deliberate avoidance was obviously due to scruples!
Do you think I'm stupid?
Every time he thinks about this, Li Yi feels extremely unhappy. These days, he has been working as a foreigner. He spends most of his time resting and a small part of his time on the road. This is the reason.
If you don't trust me, then why should I fight so hard?
No hurries? Wait, then.
The system obviously knew this and just watched all this silently. He was just a tool and did not have independent consciousness. All he did was execute orders. Occasionally providing suggestions was under Li Yi's inquiry.
Even though he knew that Li Yi had misunderstood, he did not say anything, but waited quietly, waiting for the host's decision.
