Edge of the Apocalypse

"Captain, I got something, you can come and take a look." The tracking expert's voice sounded on the radio intercom, and the captain agreed, looked at his black adjutant and said, "Let's go, take a look."

In the cemetery behind the village, the tracking expert was squatting on a piece of grass, and the nearby turf was cleaned by him, so a footprint was exposed. The footprints stretched towards the depths of the cemetery. Behind the cemetery is a forest, and after that, there are mountains.

"How is it?" the team leader asked when meeting with the tracking expert.

The tracking expert pointed to the woods behind the cemetery and said: "I found footprints in this grass. They looked messy. They went to the back of the cemetery. It is worth mentioning that most of these footprints seem to belong to beasts. , But one group is owned by humans. Judging from the size of the footprints, it should be a twelve or thirteen-year-old child weighing no more than 25 kg. I suspect this is a survivor in the village. He may be able to tell us what happened here. ."

The captain called the correspondent and said: "Send a message to the headquarters and send the coordinates where we are, and then send it every 20 minutes."

"Okay, boys. Let's take action, open your insurance, and be ready to fight at any time. I hope everyone comes together and can go back together." The captain shouted, and then said to the tracking expert: "Lead the way. "

The team quickly passed through the cemetery and entered the woods at the foot of the mountain. The light in the woods is dim. Today is cloudy. There is not much sunlight. Coupled with the prosperous branches and leaves of the trees, the light in the woods is even dim. It started to rain as I walked, the air in the woods became humid, and the rain wet the soil, making it more difficult to track. Even this trained tracking expert can no longer find clues as quickly as before.

The advancing speed just slowed down, and they only walked out of the woods at noon. Tracking experts on a bare rock found a set of footprints. Fortunately, there was not much rain in the morning, otherwise these footprints would have washed away, and now there are still faint traces. Footprints indicate that the survivors of the village have entered the mountains.

The team was resting nearby, and the captain was also looking at the set of footprints. His black adjutant whispered: "Boss, I think it's better to suspend the mission, let the superiors think of another way. We are only this person, and the supplies are also brought. Not enough, I'm afraid it will be dangerous to enter the mountains rashly.

The captain nodded, called the correspondent, and asked him to report the situation to the headquarters. After a while, the headquarters sent a message asking them to go deeper and rescue the survivor. The deadline is two days. If no one is found within two days, the team can retreat immediately. This is obviously taking the team's supplies into account, and with the food and water they carry, they can spend three to four days in the wild. With a little control, the round-trip time is adequate.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the team continued to set off. After entering the mountains, the air became dry, and the traces left by the survivors became clearer. It's just that these footprints are always mixed with the traces left by wild animals, and judging from the size of the footprints and the span between the two footprints, these beasts are not small in size, and they are also heavy in weight. They are obviously very dangerous things. . What makes the tracking experts strange is that the traces left by the survivors have not disappeared because of these beasts. It seems that they are either mixed in these beasts or walked along the way they passed.

Both of these are confusing. Why is a twelve or thirteen-year-old kid walking with a dangerous beast not being eaten? If it is the latter, then why does he follow the trace left by the beast?

Perhaps the answer is only known to the survivors.

The march in the mountains is boring, and the team walks and stops, tracking the clues continuously. Sometimes they would rest in the stream, and sometimes they could only rest in the shade of the mountain. Soon night fell, and the captain chose a high ground as a temporary camp. Soldiers inserted sensors around the high ground and arranged a line of defense. Several soldiers lit up a flame, set the pan used for marching on the fire, poured in quick food, and water, and soon a pot of beef stew was ready to be enjoyed.

Everyone was given a bowl of broth that exuded a strong meaty fragrance, and it tasted full of flavor, but the taste of artificial flavor was too obvious. But in the wild, they can't help being picky. Moreover, as a soldier, as long as you can fill your stomach, no one will plan whether the food is natural and delicious.

After dinner, the captain was wiping the guns, and the adjutant came over and sat down and said, "This is very unusual, head."

"I know."

The captain certainly knows how dangerous it is for a survivor, a child who has not yet grown up, to enter the mountains alone. In this vast unknown area, no one knows what will happen. Even their well-equipped soldiers are not willing to enter the mountains easily. But that kid, why didn't he escape from the village and go to another small town a few kilometers away, instead of entering the deserted mountain area?

The matter itself is suspicious.

Add in those beasts, and the tracking experts can't tell what they are. He only knew that, judging by the traces left by wild beasts, these wild beasts had human-like forelegs and cattle-like hind legs. Such beasts have never been seen before. Even after the Battle of Dawn, there are many abnormal creatures on the surface, and none of them fit the description of tracking experts.

A group of unknown beasts, a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, these have put too many unknowable cloaks on their tasks. What makes the captain even more puzzled is the decision of the headquarters, why they insist on tracking the survivors?

"In any case, we will find another day. If there is no result tomorrow, we will leave this ghost place tomorrow evening." The captain said.

The black adjutant shrugged, and that was the only way to go.

At the same time, a soldier on a pretender rock under the high ground was dozing off. He is no longer a recruit egg. Son, so even if you sleep, it's just a light sleep. When the pocket intellectual brain on the wrist vibrated, the soldier immediately woke up. It is shown on the Zhibrao screen that several sensors have feedback signals. In the area set by the sensor, an alarm will be issued when a creature whose weight exceeds the set value appears.

The soldier immediately reported the situation, and at the same time he raised his gun and ran to the location of the alarm sensors. When he hid behind a boulder and poked his head out to look. Under the bleak moonlight, a pair of red eyes were looking at him. The soldier was taken aback. Those eyes were so calm, they didn't look like wild beasts at all, and the head with curved horns and the hind legs like oxen all pointed out the fact that it was a beast. .

Then the beast rushed towards the soldier, its movements were so vigorous and forceful, it made a low sound of breaking through the air as its body advanced. The soldiers immediately raised their guns and fired, and the crisp sound of gunfire tore the silence of the night. The captain who was wiping the gun on the high ground and the adjutant next to him immediately jumped up. They looked at the gunshot and vaguely saw a dark figure pounce on the soldier, followed by the soldier's yelling, and the gunshot stopped.

"Quickly, go over and see what's going on." The captain yelled, he had already rushed down the high ground with his gun, and opened fire on the beast.

The beast quickly dragged the soldier's leg away, and the cry of the soldier came all the way. When the captain rushed to the scene of the accident, the beast had already left. Only the brain that the soldier had dropped was still ringing the sensor alarm. What made the captain shudder was that from beginning to end, even if he was shot, the beast made no sound.

The captain and the black adjutant looked at each other.

The next day, the captain assembled the team on the high ground and said, "The hapless Robin was taken away. I don't know whether it is dead or alive. Judging from the speed of that beast, I think it is extremely dangerous and possesses certain intelligence. It is conceivable that there will not be only one such beast. If Robin is rescued, I think it will be quite dangerous, and it is not within the scope of our mission, the headquarters may not agree to do so. So if we want to rescue, we must bear it ourselves risk."

"Then now, I need to know what you think, and I will decide by voting. Those who agree to rescue our companions, raise their hands."

After the captain finished speaking, he raised his hand: "I promised to find a woman for that kid. I will not give up on him until this promise is fulfilled."

Hualara raised a large area, but only a few soldiers did not raise their hands. The captain called out the few people and said, "Since you are not willing to go, then I am not reluctant. Go back to the village and wait for our news. If we do not come back within three days, you return to the headquarters by yourself."

After a few people left, the captain led the team away from the high ground. Under the tracking of the tracking experts, they finally came to a cave. This is a cave at the foot of a high mountain. There is no concealment. The dark cave entrance seems to lead directly to the gate of hell~www.readwn.com~ Standing at the entrance of the cave, you can feel the cold wind blowing from it. , Is also very deep, and no matter where it leads, there is air flowing.

The team entered the cave. At first the terrain was fairly flat, but gradually began to tilt downward. The captain was already certain that this was not a natural cave, but a tunnel dug out by hand. Because this tunnel runs straight, and in nature, the least existing thing is a straight line!

"It feels a bit like going down to hell," the black adjutant whispered.

The captain did not answer, using actions instead of talking. They had put on their tactical helmets, and the flashlights on the helmets shot out beams of light to illuminate their way forward. After walking like this for two hours, a gate blocked the way. This is a steel gate, and the 30 cm wide armor tells the soldiers that this thing cannot be opened by manpower. Fortunately, the steel gate opened a passage, and it was vaguely visible inside. As for where it leads, it is not known.

"Damn it, this is an underground base. Why don't we know that there is such a base in the mountains?" The captain called the correspondent: "Can we reach the headquarters?"

The signal soldier shook his head and said: "No, we are too far from the ground, there is no signal here."