Recap
Who was it? The viewers almost stood up and stuck to the screen to see the blurred shadow under the fire.
The wind brought messy footsteps, which were getting closer and louder. Ji Xinghai was motionless in the grass, his breathing adjusted to the frequency of the wind blowing the grass leaves, and only the pair of eyes that were still sharp in the dark night were silently looking into the distance through the gaps between the grass.
Finally, the fire appeared, and the orange-red light and a row of shadows were imprinted in his light-colored eyes.
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“Hurry up! Otherwise, I’ll chop off your legs, old thing, ugh.”
“Boss, we can go back after walking all the way here, right? We can still play a few more games when we go back.”
“Asshole, sooner or later you’ll lose your hand at the card table.”
Under the dim light of the lanterns, the crooked team came over, speaking a language that most of the viewers couldn’t understand.
The middle-aged man in the lead was wearing black clothes and black pants, limping with his hands raised. Three fingers on both hands were cut off, and the gauze on one of the severed fingers was still bloody.
Behind him followed a dozen middle-aged men of different heights, weights, and skins, whose faces were not clearly visible from a distance.
[What language are they speaking in?] [Why can’t I understand it at all?]
[It’s over. An ancient language. How many students can speak this language?]
The language of the NPCs is not translated. If students want to understand what they are saying, they must understand this language themselves. The viewers were a little worried about Ji Xinghai. Does he know this kind of ancient language?
As the team got closer, the appearance of these people became clearer and clearer, but the first thing the viewers noticed was the lantern.
The cylindrical lantern of the bamboo bone paper clothes was swaying in the air. The lantern looked orange from a distance, but when they slowly approached, they found that there was a bluish-white light ball like phosphorus inside, and it was consciously bumping around in the lantern.
[Second-level abnormal creature, blue lantern?]
Under the light of the blue lantern, the faces of these people appeared on the screen.
There were fourteen of them. In addition to the trembling middle-aged man in black at the front, the thirteen people behind were a team.
The leader was a strong man holding a rifle, with the muzzle of the gun against the middle-aged man’s waist. They lined up in a row but walked in an irregular S shape. These people also held weapons in their hands, including rifles, light machine guns, pistols, magazines, and grenades.
“Hurry up.” The man holding the rifle kicked the middle-aged man in front of him on the thigh, staring at him with eyes like copper bells. “You don’t want the other finger?”
The middle-aged man in black trembled and rolled over.
“You bastard.” The man showed a mouthful of black teeth, two of which were covered with gold. There was also a deep scar on his face that could be seen through the bone, and his eyeballs were slightly bulging, which was terrifying.
The twelve people following him were also full of murderous auras. Even if they were smiling playfully, they still had an indescribable sense of cruelty.
“Huh?” The man with gold teeth suddenly looked straight at the camera, and the gun head shifted to aim at the camera. The viewers in front of the screen felt like the god of death was aiming at their hearts; their blood froze, and their minds were blank for a moment.
Were they discovered?
“These NPCs are definitely rolled out of the meat grinder, and they have this kind of murderous aura that ghosts and gods avoid. They are very sensitive to murderous auras and strange auras.” The minister stared at the screen.
Ji Xinghai, can he face this kind of pressure?
“Ah!”
A scream suddenly sounded in the distance. Except for the middle-aged man in black, the heads of the other thirteen people twisted 90 degrees, weird and twisted.
The unprepared viewers in the live broadcast room screamed in fear and almost smashed the screen.
Some students were discovered or even killed in the instance.
The other students who went down the mountain were stimulated to have their mental values fluctuate up and down, and their fear values all exceeded the threshold of “mild mental distraction” of 20. Ji Xinghai…
The live broadcast room camera was all given to this weird team, so Ji Xinghai, who was lurking in the bushes not far away, had only a flashing arrow. If it weren’t for this special arrow representing the identity of the student, no one would know that there was a person hiding in the bushes so close.
There was no sound, no sudden breathing, no abnormal breath; his data was the same as if he were dead: 59, 0.
“No one is here.”
“No one is here either.”
The one in command fired a few shots at the bushes, and a bullet almost grazed Ji Xinghai’s head.
The viewers gasped, but he didn’t move at all. A few insects in the bushes were startled and flew away.
‘A full set of camouflage uniforms with leather boots, carrying modified standard guns and weapons, with scars and bullet holes on the face and body, and rich practical experience. Their skin is covered, they must have been active in outdoor environments for a long time. Wearing a gold watch on the wrist, a gold ring on the finger, they are not strict in discipline and pursue pleasure. This is a group of mercenaries.’
Mercenaries, Ji Xinghai licked the corner of his mouth, and his eyes narrowed with excitement.
The green lanterns swung around them and floated over the bushes where Ji Xinghai was, but these people seemed not to see them. They confirmed that there was no one nearby and put away their guns.
There were a lot of exhalations in the headquarters. It turned out that everyone was holding their breath.
The deputy minister watched the patrol team go away and said with a smile, “Do you think it’s too late for me to sign up my children for summer camp now?”
This was a joke, of course. Elementary school summer camps also teach people how to lurk. Special forces who have been on the battlefield alone several times are no different.
They are more willing to accept the speculation that Ji Xinghai was trained separately during the nine years of “soul-body separation” during his coma.
“What are the characteristics of abnormal creatures like Qingdeng?” The minister suddenly asked the scholars who studied abnormal creatures.
The kind-looking old lady raised her glasses and said, “This is an abnormal creature mutated from a paper lantern, level 2. Legend has it that the light in the lantern is a powerful ghost. Within the range of the green lantern, the dead can be resurrected, and the undead are controlled by the green lantern.”
“Are those people behind the resurrected dead?”
“That’s not the case. But once they die, they will become the undead that can be manipulated and controlled. If our student wants to attack this team, he must first solve this troublesome lantern; otherwise,”
She didn’t say anything else. Everyone can see the difficulty of this team. They are well-equipped and experienced enemies, and there are strange undead lanterns.
Anyway, doing nothing is the best thing. The atmosphere in the command center became lively and relaxed again, and the leader of the analysis team began to look down at the recorded data.
New information appeared. The clothes of this team and the weapons in their hands can provide directions.
The same was true in the live broadcast room at this time. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
However, within two seconds, how can this heart be relieved, and how can it be lifted up again? Ji Xinghai moved. He bent his body; his palms fell to the ground, like a cat hunting at night, and each step overlapped with the footsteps of the patrol team in front.
He actually caught up.
Swish, swish, only the slightly messy footsteps of the team in front could be heard.
The viewers stared at Ji Xinghai, staring at the eyes that looked like a beast hunting in the night.
‘They are going to turn and go to the center of the village, which is in the southeast direction. And the southeast wind is blowing at this time. Now they are in the downwind, and the noise can be minimized.
‘From here to the center of the village, it will not exceed one kilometer at most, and the closer it is, the more teams will gather and the greater the danger. ‘
Ji Xinghai analyzed all the influencing factors in his mind. His biggest chance was the three seconds when these people were attracted by the screams.
Ambush (to get points), gun (long-range weapon), middle-aged man in black (information), and lantern (ingredients).
Either a full meal or a miserable defeat.
He was very patient, following them step by step, he slowly entered the range of the bunker. Federal student Jason was discovered in this range and then shot.
The viewers remembered Jason, and the threat of death was so strong that they couldn’t help but tense up while sitting in front of the screen. But Ji Xinghai remained calm and was still waiting for the best time to strike.
There would definitely be more than one person going down the mountain, and more than one person would be discovered. He just needed to seize this fleeting opportunity.
The closer to the village, the stronger the smell of blood and rotten meat.
Ji Xinghai sniffed the familiar stench, and he looked at a shadow not far ahead, and the buzzing of flies and insects came from the wind.
It seemed to be a newly dug pit because it was dark and it was unclear what was inside.
Is it a corpse inside?
Those who escaped to the mountain were fish in a dried-up pond, so how could those below the mountain avoid it? And the killed people would never be thrown on the roadside at will, which would hinder their actions, so it was reasonable to throw them all in the pit.
Judging from the size of the pit, there are at least hundreds of bodies in it.
It is autumn now. Corpses usually begin to decay and emit a stench two to three days after death, attracting flies to lay eggs.
The stench in the air is not strong now, and flies have just appeared. These corpses should have died about three days ago.
He guessed and kept this guess in his mind, which became another vital piece of available information.
The patrol team slowly approached the pit. The middle-aged man in black trembled more violently. He lowered his head but clenched his hands tightly.
The patrolling mercenary team behind him was relaxed and was even chattering to each other.
“After I finish this job, I’m going to find some pretty girls. I feel so stuffed here.”
The spotlight swept under Ji Xinghai’s feet. The team was infinitely close to the village, and at the same time, the danger was getting higher and higher. He had to make a judgment about whether to continue to follow or wait for the next opportunity.
“Ah——”
The scream of a night explorer.
The team stopped and looked to one side. The sound came from that place.
“Damn, here they come again. Why don’t we have a few rats here? I’ll wear them up and eat them for meat.” The guy with the flower scarf in the middle joked, and the jade peace card on his chest swayed.
“Don’t let your guard down.” The leader shouted.
The flower scarf was frightened, and she smiled awkwardly.
[This is the second one.] [These are all elite students. Eh? Where is Ji Xinghai?] [Wasn’t he here just now?]
[Yes, where is he?] In the dark background, everyone was looking for Ji Xinghai. Fortunately, the instance marked the students of each live broadcast room with a golden arrow, and they finally found the arrow that was waving in the wind and approaching the patrol team quickly.
He was as silent as a cat and as fast as lightning. It was too fast. In just three breaths, the golden arrow had reached the end of the team. With a flash of cold light, the black shadow silently pounced on the last person and took advantage of his height to cover his mouth with one hand and cut his throat with the other hand. Blood gushed out, clean and neat.
The guy who was chosen kept his eyes open. He struggled for a while, and the slight movement he made reached the ears of the people in front.
The leader’s ears moved slightly, and he heard it.
The viewers’s hearts were in their throats.
“Boss, what is this?”
The voice of the flower scarf suddenly sounded. Jin Ya and the others subconsciously looked at the flower scarf in the middle, but the flower scarf’s eyes were wide open and more surprised than anyone else.
“I didn’t. I didn’t speak.” He opened his mouth, confused and terrified.
In this environment and at this moment, of course he should be terrified.
“Enemy attack!” After all, he had fought through countless life-and-death struggles. Jin Ya immediately realized that something was wrong. His finger was on the trigger, and he was about to press it down the next second.
However, the opportunity was missed, and the only response he got was a rapidly spinning bullet.
Bang! The bullet accurately hit the lower part of the brain, killing him instantly.
Bang, bang, bang, bang—four more consecutive sounds—and four figures collapsed.
Most people think that bullets shot at the heart or throat are the fastest way to kill people, but in fact, being shot at the heart or throat will not kill people immediately. Instead, the medulla oblongata, located at the bottom of the brain, will kill people immediately once it is hit.
Ji Xinghai pursed his lips tightly, and the smell of gunpowder and the smell of blood and flesh burned by high temperatures made him tremble with excitement.
The remaining few people already felt something was wrong, and they clenched their weapons tightly.
“Who?! Ah!”
Ji Xinghai had already got the second modified rifle and took away the lives of five people in an instant. He then changed guns and continued to kill; everything was almost instinctive—the instinct to kill after countless brushes with death.
All thirteen people died, and the bullets passed through their brains, leaving no possibility of survival.
The last person to die was the confused flower scarf. As a reward for borrowing his voice, he lived a few more seconds.
The flower scarf fell down, and the jade peace card fell to the ground with him, breaking into pieces, and the fragments fell into the blood.
The last bullet was left for the lantern glowing in the air.
Ji Xinghai didn’t know what the green lantern was; he just instinctively knew that this thing was edible.
The green lantern that was shot through didn’t even dare to revive the dead and was about to escape immediately, but was grabbed by the tall Ji Xinghai, and his other hand went straight in, grabbed a ball of light that kept twisting, and swallowed it in one gulp.
The cold ball of light melted like fish jelly when it entered his mouth. It had no taste but was just cool and refreshing, like mint juice.
He threw away the useless lantern skin and turned to look at the wreckage on the ground.
“Ah! Ah——” The black-clothed man who was held hostage before cried and held his head. Ji Xinghai cut his hand, and the crying stopped abruptly.
He heard the footsteps brought by the wind, coming from all directions.
Ji Xinghai carried the middle-aged man with one hand and picked up the machine gun with the other hand. He kept the ammunition and put the two pistols in his pockets.
The two spotlights overhead were focused here. He did not hesitate and carried the middle-aged man into the corpse pit he had long been watching. Flies were startled and flew around.
The spotlight swept over him in the next second, and then quickly swept over the twisted and weird pile of corpses.
Ji Xinghai looked at the corpses.
The swollen, ulcerated corpse with corpse spots had its gray eyes opened and was looking at the dark sky. Its intestines were open, and the umbilical cord in its abdomen was connected to a wet baby with a placenta. It clenched its little fists, curled up beside its desperate mother.
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