Previously, Wu Qi's proposal had been approved by Morley. Morley sent Miranda to accompany Wu Qi and reorganized the patrol positions among several soldiers.
Several large mining machines in the mining area began to operate, and the entire mining area was filled with noise that was difficult to get used to. At the same time, Wu Qi, Chris, and Miranda set off and entered the forest with complex environment.
Wu Qi led the team to climb the mountain. The slope of the forest land was neither urgent nor slow, but sometimes there were long roots of trees exposed above the ground, low branches and leaves, dense bushes and other things that hindered people from moving forward normally. The closer you get to the depths of the forest, the quieter the environment becomes, which is so quiet that it makes people nervous.
Miranda looked around in the dense forest. It was too quiet in the forest, too quiet to be alive, but a woman's sixth sense told her not to let down her guard, otherwise dozens of them would pop up casually. The dangerous forest of second-level plague species, if you don't take it lightly, you may be looking for death.
"Really, why didn't Molly let Du En come?" Miranda complained in a broken voice. She is actually very bad at dealing with that kind of narrow and complex environment, both mentally and physically.
Wu Qi opened the way ahead, keeping his ears open to listen for any movement in the surrounding environment. Miranda's mouth naturally entered his ears.
Miranda, a blond Western woman, and Duen, a black man, are Morley's cronies, and they were both slightly injured during a deadly battle with the dire wolves last night, which shows that their strength is not ordinary. After all, the people there have passed the many tests in the occupied area. When they can survive, they have the care of the goddess of fate, and they are lucky enough to survive and join the Dawn Base.
Miranda's strength should be at the second level. According to Morley's psychology, he should keep stronger cronies by his side, so Du En's strength is 80% higher than that woman's.
While Wu Qi was thinking this, the perception network suddenly sensed a creature that was small but moved very quickly.
The target is just outside the bushes 2 meters ahead.
Wu Qi drew out his long knife and quietly approached the bushes. There was a fierce rustling sound, and a lizard the size of a leg and an arm ran out of the bushes. Its back is gray, with colorful markings on parts of its back and abdomen. It has a long and thick tail, but no trace of aggression.
The viviparous lizard was not targeting Wu Qi and his group. On the contrary, as soon as it sensed Wu Qi's approach, it fled as fast as if it had encountered a natural enemy and disappeared from Wu Qi's sight in the blink of an eye. .
Miranda patted her plump breasts, seeming to be startled by Xiao Xiao. The lizard is a very weak first-order plague species that is very common in the coniferous forest.
Wu Qi raised his head, his vigilance not affected much.
The hunting team continued to move forward to open up the mountain road. Ten minutes later, they were already a little far away from the mining area. Both the vertical and horizontal distances exceeded the spot where Wu Qi and the Black Wind Giant Bear encountered and burned a large area of trees last month.
"Master... Boss, it seems like there hasn't been a single gunshot from the mining area." Chris almost let it slip and hurried to change his words. He was extremely uncomfortable calling him "boss", but that was not specifically what Wu Qi had asked him to do. No matter what his usual name is, it is best to change to a normal name when outsiders are around.
"He didn't hear it either." Wu Qi replied.
"He thought last night was purely an accident. They had already killed all the plague species nearby. At most, a group of dire wolves had moved there, and they had killed them to pieces and fled. He said , wouldn’t it be unnecessary to set up that hunting team?” Miranda took the opportunity to ask.
Wu Qi said without turning his head: "Even if there are no other plague species, the terrifying wolves are still alive, and the extremely intelligent and unknown alpha wolf has never shown up. The black wind giant bear he encountered is still alive and dead. It is unknown whether it is a powerful enemy with five second-level abilities. It is best to eliminate it during the hunting process."
"Oh, no? Then please try your best." Miranda said absently. She simply wanted to return to the mining area to do work that didn't require constant stress, but Wu Qi didn't seem to be someone who compromised easily.
Miranda recalled that Mo Li and Wu Qimin changed the layout policy after talking with each other. In fact, Wu Qi convinced Mo Li.
That young man could actually convince Molly, who strongly despised him, it was incredible even to think about it.
Time passed minute by minute, and the longer time passed, the stronger the strange feeling the forest gave Wu Qi.
"Miranda, have we ever had a mission to explore the forest?" Wu Qi asked, walking in front.
"They don't. It seems that the soldiers who were responsible for guarding the mining area did."
Wu Qi thought to himself, then there would be no information to refer to for comparison.
At that point, Wu Qi began to wonder whether there was something wrong with their pure luck, or whether the animal density in the forest had indeed changed. As usual, Feike could walk a kilometer or two without encountering a threatening plague species.
That situation is simply like whether all the plague species are hiding together for some reason.
The hunting team rejected Wu Qi's proposal. Not only could he look at the danger from the perspective of the safety of the entire mining area and try to eliminate it; from a personal perspective, if he could kill a few second-level plague species and drink blood for Chris, Chris can also regain his strength quickly.
Unexpectedly, their "luck" was so bad and they didn't encounter anything.
Wu Qi never expected that such bad luck would last throughout the afternoon. They climbed almost to the top of the mountain and circled the front mountain near the mining area, but couldn't find even the second-order plague species. If you want to patrol again, you have to go to the back mountain and go deep into the rolling mountains.
"Hey, it's lunch." Miranda reminded and hinted Wu Qi all the time that it was time to make a comeback.
"Okay, go back."
Wu Qi made a final decision and led the team to Dongshan with empty legs.
Back at the mining area, the bustling scene in the logistics area caught their eyes immediately. Wu Qi looked around the edge of the mining area and the buffer zone, but saw no trace of blood or the remains of the enemy's corpse.
Wu Qi licked his lips and frowned slightly.
Chris stayed close to Wu Qi, and Miranda had already run back to the camp where Morley was.
It is estimated that the woman asked Mo Li to say something to hinder the hunting team's proposal. Wu Qi couldn't control what they said, and he didn't want to.
Wu Qi and Chris returned to their team's tent. At the same time, Morley was having dinner in his tent.
Miranda opened the camp curtain, immediately ran to Molly's side, and then took the lunch box sent by the attentive guard.
"Molly, he told me that there is nothing at all in the mountains! They walked all afternoon and saw snakes, lizards, rabbits and other small things. Wrong, when he came back, he saw the edge of the mining area. Very clean, how many plague species have we been attacked by?" Miranda said nonstop. If Moli's legs were not straight, she could not wait to wrap her arms around Moli's legs and complain "sweetly".
Morley didn't look at Miranda. He said: "The mining area is very safe, and no plague species has come to attack."
Molly's words were simple and without any emotion. After listening, Miranda continued to echo heartlessly. She didn't know that Molly had let her ears block her voice.
There was an invisible storm brewing in those evil crimson eyes that were as charming as the blood moon.