"Get away!" Meng Qingxiao shouted, "Stay away from this tree."
Meng Qingxiao's attack suddenly accelerated, and he kicked out several times in succession, kicking the tree man to the bushes aside.
This place is located at the foot of the mountain. Three years ago, there was a road leading directly to the mountain. Both sides of the road were lined with precious flowers. Due to disrepair, the precious flowers were deprived of their living space by shrubs and weeds with stronger survival capabilities. Even the original stone road was It was almost invisible, all covered with dead weeds.
Bang, bang, bang...
Meng Qingxiao's every punch and kick hit the tree man, and he could hear the sound. The sound was as if the tree man was not solid. He felt very strange in his heart. He didn't know what the mutant was based on. How does it grow? Even its arms have degenerated into branches. It can't really rely on roots to absorb nutrients like a tree, can it?
Although he was thinking wildly in his mind, Meng Qingxiao's movements did not stop at all. He punched the same position a few times and finally broke a branch of the tree man.
A large amount of viscous blood quickly seeped out from the location where the branch was broken, blocking the wound. In just ten seconds, the tree man's wound disappeared.
Meng Qingxiao frowned and watched all this. He took off the shotgun from his back without hesitation, pointed it at the tree trunk and fired.
The bullets used in their shotguns are single-head bullets, whose purpose is to cause greater damage to mutants within a shorter range and to better protect cultural relics.
The powerful firepower of the shotgun knocked down the tree man with one shot, but the result that Meng Qingxiao expected did not appear.
The tree man stood up again with a slight bounce like a roly-poly. The new wounds on its body did not affect its movements at all. A large amount of viscous blood flowed out from the hole made by the bullet.
The single-headed bullet was also slowly squeezed out, but it did not fall to the ground. The blood that flowed out gradually solidified, and finally wrapped around the bullet, forming bulges on the tree man's body.
During this period, the Shuren did not take the initiative to attack, and Meng Qingxiao did not attack either. Instead, he frowned at all this. The shotgun could not be used, so he could only place his hope on the stainless steel sword.
Killing this tree man is actually very simple. He has medical alcohol and solid burning in his backpack. If that doesn't work, he can contact the military to use a drone to drop a barrel of gasoline. He believes that all it takes is a little spark. You can burn this guy to ashes.
However, he has to consider the consequences. It is easy to burn it to death, but it is difficult to control the fire at the same time.
It was winter now, and there were a lot of dry weeds and shrubs under their feet. There was an ancient building not far above them. It was the Qiwang Tower, which was made entirely of solid wood. It was really hot.
At this time, the other three mutants of the third attacking group were finally eliminated under the siege of more than a dozen people from Yue Zuze and others. Yue Zuze asked the uninjured team members to support other teams, while he himself approached Meng Qingxiao carefully.
"team leader."
"Well, be careful and don't get hurt by its leaves again."
"Captain, every time it pauses, it should be replenishing energy."
"How to say?"
"Just now, five of us were injured by the leaves of this thing. The skin and flesh we cut dried up quickly, and then there will be a lot of roots inside the dead flesh. These roots will also wither as the flesh and blood dries up. Normally There's no way a plant would wither that quickly, so I feel like it must have been absorbed by it in some way."
Meng Qingxiao nodded, he thought Yue Zuze's analysis was reasonable, and said, "This thing is difficult to kill, my fists can't hurt it, and the shotgun can only cause some minor injuries to it, but it will recover quickly. "
"Captain, where is your knife?"
"I cut off a stone man just now."
"Then you can use mine."
"You stay away." Meng Qingxiao was not polite, took it directly, and greeted him again.
Meng Qingxiao had the experience of cutting stone men before, so he paid great attention to mastering the skills when using the knife this time. He was afraid of breaking Yue Zuze's knife, so he did not cut hard, but used skill to cut.
This sword is indeed extremely sharp, and coupled with his great strength, it's like he used to hit balloons with his fists, but now he uses needles. The effect is immediate. It seems like a light knife, but it leaves a meter behind in the tree man's body. What a long wound.
The tree man roared, and the sound was like dry trees rubbing against each other. More leaves grew on its body, and a large number of leaves swept towards Meng Qingxiao like a hornet's nest.
Yue Zuze, who was not far away, was startled. The feeling of danger in his heart skyrocketed. He subconsciously stepped back again. If so many leaves hit him, he would probably be sucked into him in the blink of an eye.
"Oh my god, it's so scary! How thick-skinned does our captain have to be to not get cut by the leaves?"
A voice suddenly rang in Yue Zuze's ears. He knew that it was one of his team members who was speaking without turning around, so a scorpion swung its tail and kicked the team member back, knocking the team member to the ground. At the same time, he yelled: "What a waste." The words."
Meng Qingxiao's eyelids twitched. Even if his defense was amazing, such dense leaves could not guarantee that he would not be cut. If it hurt his face, he would have to cut his face with a knife.
He had never practiced any sword skills and was unable to weave a knife net like the knights in martial arts novels. He had no choice but to pull the zipper of the backpack behind him and pull out a jacket, even if he took out many bits and pieces in the backpack. Don't pick it up.
Meng Qingxiao pushed his coat over his head, and then faced the impact of the leaves and attacked the tree man again.
There was a constant pain on the back of his hand, like saw teeth cutting the skin. Meng Qingxiao was not sure whether he had been cut, but he didn't care so much. He lowered his head and used the distance between the two people's footsteps to judge the other's position. , raising the knife was followed by a burst of crazy chops. The opponent had no hands, but it brought him a lot of convenience.
Meng Qingxiao could feel the liquid starting to flow in his right hand holding the knife, and it soon flowed into the tiger's mouth and between his fingers. It was so sticky that it was almost certainly blood, but he did not dare to stop, and instead chopped harder.
He didn't know how many cuts he made. Suddenly, his hands were empty. A section of the tree was cut off by him and fell to the ground. Through the gap in his clothes, he saw the leaves floating in the air. There seemed to be a brief pause, and then began whereabouts, so he took the risk and took off his coat.
The tree man in front of him has been chopped to pieces by him, and the red blood flowing out of its body seems to be getting less and less. Now all it is flowing out is clear liquid, and there is no leaf flying in the air. It only takes a few seconds. Then they all fell to the ground.
The tree man seemed to want to move, but eventually fell to the ground. Its powerful recovery ability could no longer help it recover.
Meng Qingxiao sat down on the ground, breathing heavily. Although this period of time was not long, his nerves were highly tense and he consumed more energy than the usual two hours of training.
Yue Zuze ran over quickly and said with concern on his face: "Captain, check quickly to see if you are injured?"
"Don't worry, it should be fine if this guy dies." Meng Qingxiao comforted the other party, but he still checked his right hand and wiped the blood on it with his coat. He found that there was no wound on the back of his hand, and he felt the same in his heart. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"How are the other teams doing?" Meng Qingxiao asked.
"Let me ask." Yue Zuze responded hurriedly, "This is 00, each team will report the current situation."
00 is the captain's walkie-talkie number, 01 is the leader of the first group, 02 is the leader of the second group, and so on.
But ordinary warriors are different. A group of warriors is numbered starting from 101 and ending at 110. Groups 2 to 9 have one more ordinary warrior and end at X11.
Yue Zuze asked on his walkie-talkie. He was worried that someone would not dump him, so he moved out 00.
Soon, Min Ke's voice sounded from the intercom: "Two people in one group were slightly injured, no serious injuries, no combat casualties, report completed."
Then Fei Junding said: "One person in the second group was slightly injured, and there were no battle casualties. The report is completed."
Yue Zuze also said: "The five people in the three groups were slightly injured, no serious injuries, and no battle casualties. The report is completed."
Yu Rucheng: "One person in the fourth group was seriously injured, and one person was lost in the battle. The report is completed."
Bao Tong: "0 people were injured in the fifth group, no combat casualties, report completed."
Zhao Xuchen: "One person died in the sixth group, one person was lost in the battle, and no one was injured. The report is completed."
Han Youwei: "One person in the seventh group was slightly injured and one was seriously injured. There are no battle casualties. The report is completed."
Li Xiaoguo: "One person in the eighth group was slightly injured and one was seriously injured. There were no combat casualties. The report is completed."
"I am Zhao Pingsheng of the ninth team. Our team leader is unconscious. No one else was injured. The report is complete."
Meng Qingxiao frowned after listening to the report, and then used his walkie-talkie to ask: "What's going on with Group 6?"
Zhao Xuchen said: "Yang Shen is dead. He was unlucky. He fell to death."
Meng Qingxiao screamed strangely: "He fell to death? He didn't open a parachute?"
"Maybe he didn't have enough time. The drag chute was open when he died, but it fell to the ground just after the wind blew."
"You can even make such a low-level mistake, what else can I expect you to do?" Meng Qingxiao was furious.
After finally calming down, Meng Qingxiao continued to ask: "What's going on with the fourth group?"
Yu Ruchenghui reported: "We encountered a mutant with a huge scorpion tail growing out of his butt. Before Che Xiaoxu even touched the ground, he was stabbed through the chest with the scorpion tail. Although I cut off the scorpion tail in time to save him, I dropped him, but he seems to have been poisoned and is now unconscious.”
"What about groups seven and eight?"
Han Youwei: "Luo Kai of Group 7 was bitten off three fingers on his left hand. The bleeding has stopped now and will not affect the next battle."
Li Xiaoguo: "Lu Cheng of Group 8 is blind in his right eye. It does not affect the battle."
"What's going on with Group Nine?"
Zhao Pingsheng: "Two of our team members were entangled by a moving vine. In order to save them, Captain Wanqi cut off the vine. She herself was drenched by the grass juice sprayed from the vine. Within a few minutes, she died. I fainted and couldn’t wake up no matter how I screamed.”
"Has the antidote been injected?"
"Injected."
"no effect?"
"It should be effective. I feel her breathing is much more stable, but she still can't wake up."
"Each group will call the drone and send all those who need treatment back to the city for treatment." Meng Qingxiao ordered, "Then the leaders of each group will come to my place to gather. The others will stay on standby and pay attention to the danger. Report promptly.”
"yes."
"Oh, for the ninth group, let's take Zhao Pingsheng. You will temporarily act as the group leader until your leader returns to the team."
Zhao Pingsheng: "Yes."
"Come and gather."
Zhao Pingsheng: "Yes."
Soon the team leaders of each group arrived. Meng Qingxiao glanced at everyone, and then said calmly: "This is your first time to participate in actual combat. Tell us, how do you feel?"
All nine team leaders lowered their heads involuntarily, and for a moment no one made a speech.
Meng Qingxiao was slightly surprised and said: "Why, just such a small setback, has you been hit like this?"
"Then let us talk first as a group." Min Keyong said, "Now all I can think about is the question that the captain asked us before we set off. He asked everyone, are there still cowards in our hearts?"
Min Ke smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I was still very dissatisfied at the time. We have gone through such brutal training for so long, and every training has to torture ourselves half to death. I feel that my will has become as hard as iron. But just now, While the captain was fighting for us, everyone in our group vomited, including myself. If it hadn’t been for the help of the brothers in group two, our group would have suffered heavy losses this time.”
Fei Junding, leader of the second group, said: "You're welcome."
Yue Zuze of the third group said: "It's embarrassing to say that our group has the most injured people, and if it weren't for the group leader, our entire army would probably be wiped out. Just one mutant has already made us so embarrassed. It's really It’s so embarrassing.”
Yu Rucheng of the fourth group said: "Everyone is too proud. It should be a good thing to use this actual combat to knock down everyone's arrogance."
Bao Tong shrugged and said, "I don't have anything to say. We were lucky and didn't encounter mutants."
Zhao Xuchen said: "We haven't encountered mutants either, just - alas..."
Soon, everyone made a speech, and Meng Qingxiao did not participate. They were allowed to discuss and summarize. After they all finished speaking, he said: "I am very happy that you have gained something. I will assign the next step." The mission... Oh, by the way, Zhao Xuchen, go and bring Yang Shen’s knife to me, mine is broken.”
