Doomsday Hero Academy

"The second possibility?"

"Correct!"

Zhang Zhi continued to point to the map of Gu County and said: "The second possibility is that these red beetles did not migrate, but escaped from the northwest!"

Hearing this, Chang Shengyuan also began to frown.

If it is true as Zhang Zhi said, then this matter is a bit subtle.

Although the red beetles are not very strong, and the Insect King is only a D-level at most, the advantage is that the entire group has an extremely large number, starting with tens of thousands of them.

So, what kind of strange beast can drive them out of their habitat?

And all this was not stated in the intelligence.

"I'll contact the company commander."

After receiving Chang Shengyuan's report, Feng Fugui's eyes sank slightly and he fell into deep thought.

This mission was apparently to open up wasteland on the outskirts of Gu County, but in fact he had received secret orders from his superiors as early as the beginning of the operation.

In the northeast corner of Gu County, there was a pre-apocalyptic scientific research institute, and there were some important research materials in it that he needed to send people to bring out.

In order not to attract attention, this land reclamation mission was actually just to hide the eyes and ears of the consortium. The actual mission of the first and second platoons was to secretly sneak into the scientific research institute in the Northeast to retrieve data after establishing outposts.

But if it was as Chang Shengyuan judged, then their mission would have added many hidden dangers this time.

Although preliminary judgment is that the unknown alien beast's current activity range should be in the northwest area, but who can guarantee that it will not suddenly run to the northeast?

"Contact Sun Jianzhong immediately and order his troops not to rush in, but to carefully explore the way forward before advancing."

Sun Jianzhong was the platoon leader. When he received Feng Fugui's order, he felt a little baffled.

When the mission was issued yesterday, they were clearly asked to march quickly and get the information as quickly as possible, but why are they not in a hurry now?

Looking at the first line of defense that had been established on the southern edge of the river, Sun Jianzhong pondered for a long time and decided to act according to the company commander's instructions:

Because of the "fight" incident between the second and third platoons a few days ago, the second platoon leader Liu Youliang lost the command of this operation. The frontline commander of this operation fell on Sun Jianzhong. He immediately ordered:

"The second platoon is on standby to guard the defensive line, and the first platoon is following me to go to the front to conduct reconnaissance."

Liu Youliang was unhappy when he heard this: "Old Sun, what do you mean? Are you asking me to provide you with logistics?"

Sun Jianzhong was usually kind and cheerful, but when he went to the battlefield, he immediately changed into a different person:

"Old Liu, stop talking nonsense. If you are not satisfied, you can directly contact the company commander to remove me from my post! As long as I am still the frontline commander, you have to listen to me on the battlefield!"

Liu Youliang fell silent. He was not good at disobeying orders on the battlefield. He could only mutter: "See what you can do," and turned around to arrange the defense of the second row.

Sun Jianzhong quickly set off with a line of troops.

After walking along the dry river for several miles, I encountered a red beetle.

The red beetle looks a bit like a beetle, but its body is at least dozens of times larger, and each one is as big as a hyena.

There is a pair of silver flapping wings behind them, and the buzzing sound of thousands of red beetles flapping their wings can be heard hundreds of meters away.

"alert!"

The purpose of his coming out this time was to detect the unknown enemy situation, rather than engage in a head-on firefight with these red beetles. He immediately ordered a platoon to move forward in a circuitous way along the periphery of the river where there were few red beetles.

Although red beetles have a strong sense of territory, they rarely attack humans unless they rashly break into the red beetle's territory.

Sun Jianzhong, who was familiar with their habits, led his men carefully around the bushes where the red beetles were active, and slowly approached the settlement in the northeast corner.

This is a human settlement before the end of the world. There are the remains of high-rise buildings everywhere. Some buildings with dozens of floors have collapsed at this moment, leaving ruins all over the place.

Shaking aside the branches of bushes that were as tall as one person, Sun Jianzhong led the people through the ruins, feeling relieved at the same time.

He turned around to discuss with the deputy platoon leader: "I think we can temporarily establish an outpost position here later to prepare for defense to the south. After we get the information, we can work with the second platoon to attack from the north and south, and completely Get rid of these red beetles."

The deputy platoon leader thought for a while and basically agreed with Sun Jianzhong's idea: "Well, this method is completely feasible, so let's go get the information now?"

Sun Jianzhong took a look at the sky in the evening, hesitated for a long time without making up his mind, and finally wanted to try it out again: "Let's go ahead and have a look. If there is really no threat in the area of ​​the scientific research institute, we can go directly tonight." action."

"Then I'll notify Lao Liu and the others so they can get ready."

"Well, remind him not to disturb the red beetle, otherwise we will be attacked from both sides."

"Don't worry, although Old Liu's temper is a bit irritable, he can still distinguish the seriousness of things."

After a brief communication with Liu Youliang by radio, Sun Jianzhong quickly led his troops and continued to penetrate deep into the settlement area.

Their location is less than ten kilometers away from the scientific research institute, but because there are collapsed ruins everywhere, it is impossible for them to travel along a theoretical straight line.

Sun Jianzhong could only keep modifying the direction according to the reference objects on the map, and made a large circle from a distance to approach the scientific research institute.

When their team stopped to rest for the last time, the clock had already pointed to eight o'clock in the evening.

Although it was already summer, it got dark very early today. Without any street lights, the entire row was plunged into darkness.

"Platoon commander, do you want to turn on the searchlight?"

Sun Jianzhong thought for a while, then shook his head and rejected the deputy platoon leader's suggestion: "Forget it, just use the flashlight. We are all cautious. We would rather march slower than let our brothers take risks."

The deputy platoon leader nodded and quickly whispered to the ordering soldier beside him: "Pass it on one by one. Don't turn on the searchlight, just use the flashlight to illuminate the road. The traveling speed can be slowed down appropriately."

After shining a flashlight on the map and reconfirming the direction of the next crossing, Sun Jianzhong put away the map, stood up and adjusted his equipment: "Let's go."

A row of well-trained soldiers began to march in an orderly manner. Except for the occasional sound of stepping on dead branches, the entire team was like a ghost, making no sound.

Looking at the outline of the scientific research institute in the distance under the moonlight, Sun Jianzhong finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was lucky and could complete the task as scheduled tonight.

Just when he was about to rush to the scientific research institute to complete the task, a deafening roar resounded throughout the ruins!

'Roar--! '