The big dog moved extremely fast, leaving everyone with no time to react. Several soldiers with machine guns ran into the jungle. At that moment, the intercom sounded, “031 calling 005, 031 calling 005. A person on vehicle 015 has been taken away by a wild beast. Requesting backup, requesting backup!”
“005 here, all vehicles stop advancing, all vehicles stop advancing!”
The convoy came to a halt, and everyone who had weapons in their cars picked them up. Those closer to the front hadn’t seen what happened at all. The personnel from the armored vehicles got off and jogged to the rear, holding various weapons, and searched along the incident site towards the dense forest.
Xu Song felt his heart pounding. The dog was too fast; he hadn’t even seen clearly when the person was taken away!
“Clang!” Someone knocked on the car window, startling Xu Song.
Luo Wen’an had somehow gotten out of the car and asked in astonishment, “What was that just now? Did you see it clearly? I only saw a white blur in the rearview mirror!”
“A dog,” Xu Song’s voice tightened.
“A dog? What kind of dog?!” It was so big! Bigger than the rabbit I saw the other day!
“A Samoyed… a Samoyed bigger than the leading armored vehicle!”
The troops searched for more than twenty minutes, but returned empty-handed. They had lost two soldiers, one swallowed by a huge snake-like creature and three others injured. The second soldier was found on the way back, hanging from a strange tree, with every drop of blood sucked dry!
What made them even more helpless was that they had no way to deal with the monster that attacked their comrades! The snake-like creature ran incredibly fast, disappearing into the dense forest after only two shots were fired. And when they tried to lower their comrade from the tree, the tree swung its branches like whips, driving away several soldiers who attempted to approach. Firearms were almost useless against them.
“Retreat!”
“Captain! Let me burn it! I can’t leave his body hanging there like that!”
“No! We’re low on fuel, and the forest is so vast. If it catches fire, we’re done for! Can we even continue on the road after that?” The captain felt distressed seeing the soldiers’ bodies hanging on the tree, but they had just left Y City and encountered this situation. If they impulsively burned all the fuel, would they even be able to continue on the road?
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Upon hearing the crying voice of the woman behind them, Xu Song and the others became even more alarmed. However, the extended car continued to start smoothly, passing by the vehicles of the two people and returning to its designated position, accompanied by the sorrowful crying along the way.
The convoy set off again, and on the second day of the journey, the atmosphere within the convoy became somber. The soldiers standing on the armored vehicles heightened their vigilance, tightly gripping their firearms and staring intently at the surrounding jungle, afraid to let their guard down.
Inside the extended car, the middle-aged woman was in a hysterical state, tugging at the sleeve of the man in the suit. “Why? Why! Wenwen was taken away right under their noses! Aren’t they soldiers? Weren’t they supposed to protect us all the way? Why didn’t they rescue Wenwen?”
The middle-aged man looked impatient, his sleeve almost being torn off by the woman. He listened to her incessant crying and nagging and suddenly shook his sleeve.
“Enough! Two soldiers have already died! If we keep going, maybe we won’t even make it! Let Wenwen rest in peace!”
“You should rest, you should die! They deserved to die! They didn’t protect Wenwen! My daughter, the only one I cherish! If you have the ability, go find your mistress! You despise us, why didn’t you leave the two of us in Y City? It was intentional on your part!”
The noise from the car faintly transmitted some of the words, but the exact content couldn’t be heard, yet it weighed heavily on the hearts of the people.
Everyone silently pushed forward on the road. The leading armored vehicle, unlike the first day, didn’t clear obstacles meticulously or flatten the ground to ensure smooth passage for the vehicles behind. Instead, it accelerated its pace. As a result, the vehicles behind, except for those with off-road capabilities, faced considerable hardship.
Even though the road was rough, no one dared to get off the vehicle and squat by the roadside to vomit. The morning incident had left a heavy shadow in everyone’s hearts.
“Come on, switch places. Take a break.” The road conditions today were particularly bumpy, and driving alone was extremely exhausting. After finishing lunch, Xu Song brushed off the debris on his body, half stood up to switch with Yue Zheng.
“It’s fine. We’re not going too fast. I can eat while driving.” Yue Zheng held an open bread in one hand, tilting his head to avoid the plastic packaging as he took a bite of the bread inside.
“Who can stand eating bread every day? Don’t waste words, come over quickly.” Xu Song glared at him, one leg swung over, and his hand reached for the steering wheel.
Seeing that he would almost sit on top of him if he didn’t move, Yue Zheng had no choice but to get up and move away. He pressed his body tightly against Xu Song’s and shifted to the right. Xu Song felt the warmth of his body brushing past him and quickly stepped on the accelerator. The two of them swiftly switched positions.
“We’ve been eating bread every day for so long.” The road conditions were calm at the moment, and Xu Song chatted casually as he drove forward.
“How about cooking instant noodles tonight?” Even though Yue Zheng had undergone various wilderness survival training and experienced a period of eating only compressed biscuits, after eating tasteless bread for nearly a week, he also wanted a change of taste.
“Instant noodles… sounds good.” Xu Song sighed. “Before summer vacation at school, I always thought the cafeteria food was bad. Everyone in the dormitory kept instant noodles and bread. But now, besides these convenience foods, I doubt we’ll even have a chance to eat a big pot of rice cooked with recycled cooking oil.”
Swallowing the last bite of bread, Yue Zheng squinted his eyes and leaned back against the seat. “We still have quite a lot of supplies for now. It’s better than having nothing at all.”
“Yeah, I wonder what the situation is like in Y City now…”
The group traveled with trepidation, guarding against any possible attacks from mutated creatures or plants. However, it seemed like these creatures had made up their minds to toy with them. Despite maintaining their vigilance throughout the day, not a single shadow emerged. Not to mention attacks from mutated animals on the convoy, they didn’t even see a single vine extending from the roadside plants to capture prey.
For three consecutive days, the convoy encountered no incidents until the late night of the fourth day.
A scream startled everyone from their sleep, and the sound of machine guns rang out, causing birds hidden in the dense jungle on both sides to take flight.
In a daze, Xu Song hurriedly got up, only to find that the zipper of his sleeping bag seemed to be stuck, and he couldn’t break free. Yue Zheng suddenly stood up, grabbing his firearms and weapons, and said, “Don’t move recklessly,” before disappearing into the darkness, leaving no trace.
Struggling like a live fish, Xu Song finally managed to break free with a “tearing” sound as the zipper broke…
Finally out of the sleeping bag, Xu Song also grabbed his own self-defense weapon and poked his head out of the sleeping bag. The machine gun fire outside continued incessantly, seemingly coming from the south.
Following the direction of the sound, he saw something resembling a thick whip, with a human-like object coiled at the end, swinging wildly in mid-air. The humanoid object seemed like an unconscious rag doll, falling to the ground one moment and flying into the air the next, appearing especially eerie under the silver moonlight.
Despite the continuous machine gun fire, the “whip” that seemed to have no real form seemed completely unaffected. With a sweep downward, the soldiers who were shooting from the ground all fell down.
“Use fire! Use fire! It’s not afraid of bullets!” Seeing that a group of people couldn’t stop the monster’s attacks, Colonel Wu Zhong, who was leading the operation, shouted loudly.
The soldiers who hadn’t been attacked immediately changed their equipment and went to the armored vehicles at the rear to retrieve small flamethrowers. Xu Song also quickly crawled out of the tent, ran to the side of the SUV, and took out the flamethrower that had been prepared and strapped it onto his back.
Tongues of fire burned in the darkness, and in the reflected light, the “true form” of the monster could barely be seen.
It was a thick vine, somewhat resembling the most common ivy, but at this moment, it seemed like a life-harvesting demon, coiling around a lifeless soldier’s corpse and launching attacks on the people trying to escape.
The fiery red flames mixed with the apricot-colored flames, and no one noticed the difference between the two. Although the ordinary flames made the plant somewhat fearful, it still showed no intention of retreating. It was only when the fiery red flames touched it, burning some of its vines to charcoal, that a sharp cry came from somewhere, and it retracted its tendrils from the tattered corpse.
The dense forest once again returned to calm, as if there were no other signs of life besides the occasional breeze, everything quiet and peaceful as if in a utopia.
“Thump, thump…” Exhausted, people sat down one by one, gasping for breath. Although they had heard before leaving the city that there might be attacks by mutated plants on the convoy, the actual experience of combat was completely different from what they had heard.
“How much fuel do we have in the vehicles?” Colonel Wu Zhong frowned and asked.
The adjutant quietly reported the fuel consumption over the past few days, and finally said, “The flamethrowers consume a lot of fuel. Although we brought a fair amount, we can’t use them excessively. We’ve only traveled one-tenth of the distance, and if we don’t have any refueling stations along the way, if this happens a couple more times… we might have to abandon the vehicles and continue on foot.”
“Rethink the planned route and try to pass by as many refueling stations as possible.” On foot? How would we transport the supplies? How would we carry the weapons? Even if the soldiers can endure, how could the ordinary people withstand it? His responsibility was to bring as many people and supplies as possible to City S. As for what happens afterward when heading north, it would have to be negotiated and handed over to City S.
Now they must find a way to sustain themselves!
Taking off the flamethrower and putting it back in the box, Xu Song felt a tap on his shoulder, causing him to almost jump in place. When he turned around, he saw that it was Yue Zheng, which made him relieved, so he continued packing, following Yue Zheng’s gesture, he climbed into the vehicle, and Yue Zheng followed him in, closing the car door behind them.
The rear compartment of the vehicle was filled with weapons and supplies, hardly leaving any space. Luckily, the tents, sleeping bags, and other items were stored below, so the two big men could barely squeeze inside.
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