Doomsday Totem

Chapter 42 Retreat
Just when everyone was frightened, a red light suddenly flashed outside the dark window.Tie Slag looked out, and saw two bolides soaring into the sky with their golden tail flames.

"Explosive Rocket!" Lao Di shouted.Then there were two loud bangs!Accompanied by the dazzling light, two huge fireballs ignited in the air.In an instant, the flames lit up the sky, Sha Feng's sharp neighing sound was deafening, and countless black spots fell to the ground with flames...

The explosion produced a violent shock wave that shook the vehicles, and the glass of several of them shattered!At the same time, a terrified scream came from the walkie-talkie!
After a few seconds, everything returned to calm.The sun hung high in the sky, and the sea of ​​sand returned to a clear sky.For a moment, the surroundings were as quiet as if nothing had happened.If it wasn't for the smell of gunpowder smoke still lingering in the air, I might have thought that everything just now was a dream.

Afterwards, Tie Slag and Lao Di got out of the car to count the personnel and treat the injured.Most of the defenders were bitten by Sha Feng, but they were all minor injuries, and a shot of antidote would do.Among the creatures in the sand sea, the toxicity of the sand peak is relatively low.It's just that they are huge in number, and if they are stung repeatedly, they will be life-threatening.

"I didn't see the people in the No. [-] car." "Yes, I didn't see Mike and the others." Some guards noticed.

Afterwards, Tie Slag and Lao Di led the people to the No. [-] sand buggy.I saw that the right front window of the sand buggy was broken, and because the sand buggy was relatively high, I couldn't see what was inside when standing on the ground.Lao Di yelled a few times, but no one answered.Seeing this situation, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and a bad premonition filled their hearts.

Iron Slag stepped forward and grabbed the doorknob of the sand buggy, motioning for everyone to back away.Then, he slammed open the car door!At the moment of opening the door, a defensive player tilted his body and fell out of the car, and he quickly caught it.At this moment, there was a sudden "buzz" in the car, and a black shadow the size of a fist rushed out!
He slapped the black shadow flying towards his face with a quick slap.There was only a muffled sound, and the black shadow slammed into the car and sprayed out green slurry.The black shadow was pitch black, with four pairs of transparent insect wings, and a black spike a few centimeters long protruding from its tail.This thing is Sand Peak, one of the most common creatures in the sand sea.A single sand peak is not scary, what is scary is the overwhelming bee swarm, which can wipe out almost all creatures.

Iron Slag then put the unconscious defender on the ground, climbed into the car and checked.After confirming that there is no danger, the three unconscious defenders in the car were moved out of the car one by one.

Doctor Lao Di with half a bucket of water examined them, picked out the bee stings and injected the antidote.However, these four defensive players were stung several times, and their entire faces were swollen like balloons.Lao Di suggested arranging a rattlesnake to send them back to Tieshan Town for treatment first. These people will have to stay in bed for at least two weeks before they recover.

Tie Slag groaned secretly in his heart, and had seriously injured four team members before he had gained anything.The medical expenses and remuneration are another large sum of money, plus the two mechas each fired a valuable blasting rocket, all these must be settled on his head.It seems that they shouldn't bring people out this time, after all, in the sea of ​​sand, the survivability of this group of rookies is very limited.He hesitated for a while, thinking about whether to go back as a whole.

Lao Di seemed to see what he was thinking, pulled him aside and whispered, "There is no one who is immortal in a war without being injured. Now that you have come out, you must complete the task as much as possible. They just return to the team injured, and it doesn't cost much. Those two blasting rockets will be used up when the time comes to suppress the riots, and we have a certain ammunition budget every year."

Tie Slag thought about it, if he took people back now in a disheartened manner, Lina would probably turn pale with laughter.

"Yo~ Baby~ I was bullied by sandworms~ It's okay, it's okay~ My sister will take you out~ah~"

Thinking of what Lina would say, Tie Zha agreed to Lao Di's suggestion.Next, a driver and four wounded returned to Tieshan Town first, and the remaining team members rested in place.

In the evening, when night fell, Tie Zha sat alone on the sand and looked at the stars, while Ye Xinling was busy building tents and preparing dinner.At this time, two guards pushed each other and came to Tie Slag's side.One of them said hesitantly, "Brother Tie, I am the big head, do you remember?"

Tie Slag shook his head, expressing that he had no impression, and the other party continued, "When you were young, you went to the giant mulberry shop... I even helped you out."

"Since I've known me since I was a child, don't turn corners when you talk, and just speak directly when you have something to say. I can't understand what is going around." Tie Slag grinned and said.

"Brother Tie is better." The big head pushed the teammates around him, and the team member continued to say, "Brother Tie, it's like this, we are all from the town, and we are soldiers to support our family..." Then he pushed the big head, and the big head went on to say, "Come here to take risks, we really... If something goes wrong, the family will not be able to open the pot."

"That's right, we don't have a lot of salary, but we can barely make a living, there are old and young, and there are young..."

The two hesitated and hawed, and it took a long time to explain what they meant, probably because they felt that the sand sea was too dangerous, and hoped that Tie Slag would raise his hand and lead the team home.

Tie Slag thought about it, and felt that it was really inconvenient to take these people along, their ability to survive in the sand sea was too low.So he replied, "Okay, you guys call Lao Di and leave for Tieshan Town tomorrow morning."

After getting an affirmative answer, the two team members cheered immediately, and then praised Tie Slag one after another.Tie Slag waved his hand casually and told them to call for someone.After a while, Lao Di came over.After understanding Tie Slag's arrangement, Lao Di sighed and cursed, "These two bastards, let's see how I deal with them when I go back."

"There's no need to embarrass them. I didn't consider this matter. After all, the sand sea is too dangerous." Tie Slag said.

Listening to Tie Slag's words, Lao Di remembered what Lina had said before leaving.She said that although Tie Slag was cruel to his enemies, he was somewhat soft-hearted towards his own people.She thinks that iron slag can't control people, so she asks Lao Di to help him be a bad guy when necessary.Who should be executed, let Lao Di do it first.

But Tie Slag had already personally agreed to retreat, and it was estimated that the two officers had also informed the whole team of the good news, so it was too late to correct the order now.When Lao Di returned to the camp, he immediately asked which two people made the request.He didn't expect that these two people would dare to directly ask Tie Slag for instructions.Iron Slag is a famous fierce god, the most ruthless law enforcement officer in Tieshan Town.Logically speaking, if they thought about quitting, they should first discuss it with Lao Di, and then ask Tie Slag.However, they hit the right person by mistake.If they went to Lao Di first, they might have been executed by Lao Di on the grounds of "shaking the morale of the army".

Up to now, Lao Di has no other choice but to arrange tomorrow's return trip according to Tie Slag's request.During this period, Lao Di secretly recorded the names of the two troublemakers in his small notebook.These two people have been classified as the third-line personnel by him. The so-called third-line personnel do not have his share in the benefits, and he is the only one who does the dirty work, and he is the first choice.

"What kind of soldier are you afraid of dying!" Lao Di scolded in his heart.

The next morning, the team was fully assembled and began to return to Iron Mountain Town.But on the way back, a strange thing happened.

[Captain, Alice detected that the vehicle that left yesterday suddenly changed its direction about 27 kilometers away from the camp.They were heading south towards Iron Mountain Town, but turned east at that coordinate point. After 300 minutes, their coordinate signal began to be lost.Alice can monitor coordinate signals within a range of [-] kilometers. Therefore, the signal loss event may be caused by humans. Alice suggested that the captain go to the coordinates of the turning point to check]
Since the coordinates of the turning point of the vehicle were on the way back, the whereabouts of five defenders were involved.So half a day later, Iron Slag arrived at the destination under Alice's prompt.

Lao Di sent people to search around the coordinate point for a while, and soon someone reported that five bodies were found, which were the five guards who left at noon yesterday.Lao Di rushed to the scene and found that the five corpses had been stripped of their clothes and equipment, and then half buried in the sand.All of them had a blood hole in the back of the head, it is estimated that they were shot in the back of the head.According to the traces at the scene, Lao Di quickly judged that the murderers were professional soldiers, and there were quite a few of them.The purpose of the murderer is very clear - to snatch sand vehicles and supplies.

There is no law in the sea of ​​sand, and killing people and stealing goods is almost the norm in the sea of ​​sand.It is said that most of the teams that hunt sandworms every year die at the hands of their own people, not sandworms.

Tie Slag frowned and looked at the five corpses. Not only did he have to face thousands of dollars in personnel and equipment loss, but he also had to face the loss of five fresh lives.These people were drinking ale with each other in the Black Fire Bar a few days ago...

"Old Di, you take people back first." Tie Slag said.

"Tie Slag, what do you mean?" Lao Di asked while closing his eyes for the corpse.

"I brought them out, and I should be responsible to the end. You guys go back first." Tie Slag said calmly.

"Let's go together, we want to go back together." Lao Di took out his pistol and said, "If I go back by myself, Big Sister will definitely kill me."

"It's inconvenient for you to follow me, I still like to act alone." Tie Slag explained.

At this time, the big head who retreated last night stood up from the team.His eyes were a little red, and he held back for a long time before he said, "Brother Tie, there are my brothers here, let me go with them, even though Datou is also afraid of death, but my brothers must not die for no apparent reason."

"Yes! The big head is right!" "They are all soldiers, and they will die at worst." "My brother was killed, and he dare not go, what kind of man!" "Brother Tie, count me in."

Looking at the excited crowd, Tie Slag waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Brothers! Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)