Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 19: Gunshots

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In the jeep, Jiang Baimian looked at the rearview mirror and said with a smile:

"Did you find anything just now?"

"That group of robbers in the wilderness are very calm, and their quality is not low." Long Yuehong recalled the various words she learned from books, hoping to find the most appropriate description.

Shang Jianyao took back the Berserker assault rifle on the car window:

"Apart from the leader and the other, the rest have a strong desire to attack, the kind that will shoot at any time."

"Not bad!" Jiang Baimian was quite surprised. "People who haven't experienced many battles and various dangers can be keenly aware of relatively abstract things such as hostility and desire to attack."

"Talent." Shang Jianyao looked serious.

Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:

"It is normal for certain mutations to occur during the genetic improvement process."

She immediately smiled and said:

"So, what do you think the phenomena you've observed indicate?"

Shang Jianyao looked sideways at Long Yuehong, smiled and urged:

"What about you!"

"Explain, explain them, they..." Long Yuehong was vaguely inspired, but because this was a question raised by someone else, and he needed to answer it, it made him a little stressed and relatively nervous, so he couldn't catch the flash. idea.

"It shows that they have a strong suicidal tendency!" Shang Jianyao helped him to answer.

"Are you joking?" Long Yuehong couldn't help but say.

Then, he had an association based on this, and grasped the crux of the matter:

"I understand!

"After we showed great firepower and gave a friendly attitude, they still have such a strong desire to attack that they have a lot of confidence to solve us, which is impossible from their numbers, weapons and other equipment. see.

"Is there a secret weapon in their car? Some of them have terrifying powers that can't be seen from the outside. For example, they survived a genetic modification experiment? Or, there are many accomplices lurking around them?"

Jiang Baimian said "um":

"Next time you meet them, don't give them time to prepare."

"Yes, team leader!" Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong answered at the same time.

The jeep continued on its way, bypassing patches of dark and muddy land, scrambling to the distance among the sparse trees and large weeds that grew misshapen.

Shang Jian Yao, who was sitting on the right side of the back row, suddenly straightened up and took off the "Ice Moss" pistol hanging from his armed belt.

The whole body of this pistol is silver-white, and the grip has a non-slip pattern.

It shimmers with a distinct metallic sheen in the sun, and is as delicate as a work of art.

Shang Jianyao held the gun in both hands and began to disassemble it skillfully, checking every detail.

In the orderly and pleasant metal collision sound, Shang Jianyao pressed the last Huang Chengcheng bullet into the magazine, completing the reorganization of the "ice moss".

After loading the magazine, he put the ice moss back on the armed belt and pulled out the "United 202" pistol.

The body of this gun is also silver-white, but the handle is inlaid with black anti-slip material. Compared with the "ice moss", it has a thicker barrel and rougher details in various places.

After Shang Jianyao repeated the operation just now, he began tossing the dark "Berzy Warrior" assault rifle.

As a self-produced weapon of "Pangu creatures", this gun is also very designed, full of futuristic and industrial styles.

After the inspection, Shang Jianyao put the pure black weapon with metallic luster on the window, lowered his body, and aimed at different targets outside.

Long Yuehong looked at the side with a tinge of heart, and when Shang Jianyao finally "quiet", he hurriedly asked:

"What are you doing?"

Shang Jianyao said without looking back:

"School guns, preparations, and drills."

Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief:

"I thought you found something...

"Don't make everyone so nervous."

"I really found something, I will remind you." Shang Jianyao withdrew his assault rifle and sat up straight.

"Team leader, look..." Long Yuehong sought a just verdict.

Jiang Baimian raised his hand and touched the metal device in his left ear, and responded with a smile:

"What did you say? I didn't catch it!"

Without waiting for Long Yuehong to repeat, she said "um":

"Forgot to remind you before.

"In the wilderness, you must always maintain proper vigilance, but well, there is no need to be overly vigilant, too much tension will soon lead to exhaustion.

"Okay, let's have lunch, compress cookies, energy bars and water, don't stop deliberately."

Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao didn't speak any more.

Then, Long Yuehong replaced Bai Chen and let the latter eat.

After driving like this for an hour, Bai Chen, who was sitting on the left side of the back row, looked out the window for a long time, and suddenly said:

"There's something wrong with this area."

... Long Yuehong was startled and almost stepped on the brakes.

He glanced left and right, and found that there was no essential difference between this place and the place he had passed before.

The only difference is that the left side is more swampy, and the deformed trees seem to have come out of the black quagmire.

"It's nothing..." he replied suspiciously.

Jiang Baimian gave an "um":

"It's too quiet."

Hearing this, Shang Jianyao glanced out the window thoughtfully:

"I haven't seen an animal in a while."

Long Yuehong was startled:

"right!

"There's really a problem."

In the black marsh wilderness, it is normal to not encounter humans for a few hours, or even a day or two, but this is a paradise for wild creatures. From time to time, you can see some normal or abnormal animals, for example, busy collecting food for winter The squirrels, for example, the birds that traverse the sparse woodlands, for example, the lone wolf who hides in the more secluded places and observes the jeep.

Bai Chen retracted his gaze and said to Jiang Baimian:

"Team leader, let me drive, I'm afraid something will happen in this area."

"Okay, you know this place better than us, and you can make the right choice as soon as you encounter an accident." Jiang Baimian immediately motioned Long Yuehong to stop.

After switching positions, Bai Chen increased his speed, as if he wanted to pass this somewhat wrong place as soon as possible.

In this area, the trees on both sides are still sparse, the dark mud pool reflects the weak water light in the sun, and clumps of weeds grow wantonly in the open area.

It all seemed so normal, but it lost all movement, like a large oil painting.

Feeling that even the wind was freezing outside, Long Yuehong was beating a drum in her heart, and she said with some trepidation:

"Why is it getting worse

"How about we go back and take a different route?"

Bai Chen didn't laugh at Long Yuehong, nodded seriously and said:

"Drive for another two minutes, and if it doesn't change, go back."

When she was talking, she glanced at Jiang Baimian and asked the team leader's opinion.

"Well." Jiang Baimian said yes.

While speaking, the jeep passed through a shadowy place.

This is because the trees on both sides are suddenly tall, and the branches and leaves are stretched and entangled, covering most of the sky above the "main road".

At this moment, Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen saw a thick black shadow hanging from the air, swinging over, and smashing hard on the windshield of the jeep.

The black figure had a hideous head covered with pitch-black scales, two eyes dark yellow and cold, and his mouth was wide open, revealing a few white fangs with rotting flesh and spit out a core that was extremely bright red.

This is a huge python beyond the imagination of normal people!

Bai Chen's expression moved slightly, but he was not frightened, and calmly stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.

The gray-green jeep jumped out like an arrow, just passing under the python's head.

The distance between the two sides widened instantly, and Shang Jianyao came back to his senses, picked up the "Berzy Warrior" assault rifle, twisted his body, and placed it on the window.

Then, he saw clearly the appearance of the giant python.

This sudden attacker was at least two normal buckets thick, obviously more than ten meters long, and his tail was wrapped around the tree again and again.

Its body is covered with thick, pitch-black scales that shimmer with a metallic sheen in the sunlight that passes through the gaps in the foliage.

At this time, Bai Chen turned the steering wheel to the right, making the jeep a little sideways.

In this way, Shang Jianyao, who was sitting on the right side of the back row, could aim at the huge python.

"Bang bang bang!"

Shang Jianyao pulled the trigger and fired a burst.

The bullets hit the body of the python, splashing exaggerated sparks.

But this failed to penetrate the thick pitch-black scales, and only caused cracked lines to appear on the outer layer.

The "Berzy Warrior" assault rifle couldn't hurt this terrifying python!

The python seemed to feel the pain, hissed, opened its mouth, and exhaled a cloud of yellow-green gas.

The gas spreads rapidly, making the surroundings seem to be shrouded in a yellowish-green mist.

The clumps of weeds rapidly decayed and yellowed in the mist, falling to the ground.

"Close the window!" Jiang Baimian calmly gave the order.

She immediately added:

"It's the Black Marsh Iron Snake!"

When Long Yuehong, who had just recovered from the panic, heard this sentence, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead instantly.

In the previous training class, he and Shang Jianyao heard Bai Chen mention about the most dangerous monsters in the Black Marsh wilderness.

This includes "Black Marsh Iron Snake".

This is a anamorphic but genetically stable python that was tainted by the destruction of the old world.

Their biggest feature is that the body surface is covered with layers of black iron-like smooth scales, making most thermal weapons ineffective.

In addition, they have poison sacs that allow for a splash of aggressive venom, as well as a terrifying, poisonous mist that is harmful to both plants and animals.

The combination of these two turned the Black Marsh Iron Snake into a nightmarish creature. Even if it reached a certain number of troops, it would be difficult to fight it without using heavy weapons or special weapons.

Moreover, the Black Marsh Iron Snake seems to have instant perception of danger, that is to say, when someone is hiding in the distance, aiming at its fragile eyes with a sniper rifle, and trying to blow its head, it can respond in an instant in advance, Attempt to circumvent.

Because of this, the Blackmarsh Iron Snake is called a monster, not a beast.

The black swamp iron snake that appeared in front of Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and others now was much bigger than what Bai Chen had described.

In the distance, the group of people quietly following behind the jeep heard bang bang gunshots coming from the front.

They looked at each other with a look of joy at the same time.

"It's on," their leader said with a smile.