Rebirth: Don't Want to Be Hot-blooded

Lurking in the woods is more about being boring than being difficult.

When you lie in the grass, you can look for "enemies" or dangerous points out of curiosity.

But being alert does not mean you have to face the enemy at all times. What you have to face is the endless darkness and the forest that seems unchanging yet is changing at any time.

There were hares that appeared without warning, strange cries that could be heard from time to time, and more often the rustling of the woods caused by the wind.

Maybe you can maintain a high level of concentration if you only watch for a while, but it will be difficult to maintain this level of energy for a long time.

As she began to get used to the various sounds around her and even adapted to the environment here, she began to feel a little bored.

I was already tired after a long day, and once the novelty wore off, I started to feel drowsy.

It can be said that my eyelids started to droop within less than an hour.

Seeing that her eyes were about to close, Gu Beixing pushed her and asked, "Are you asleep?"

An Chuxia woke up instantly and shook her head, "Not bad."

After saying that, he tried hard to cheer himself up, but when he looked around, it was still quiet and silent, and he still felt bored.

He yawned and asked, "This kind of secret sentry is too easy to get sleepy."

"Letting me lie down here at this time is like giving me a bed."

After hearing her words, Gu Beixing looked at her helplessly, "Weren't you still scared just now? Can you fall asleep now?"

"As long as you're with me, there's nothing to be afraid of." An Chuxia said without thinking.

After saying that, she looked at him with some emotion, "Are you really not afraid at all when you are alone in these woods?"

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of wild beasts, ghosts, or even... enemies?" Gu Beixing asked in a low voice.

An Chuxia choked up, and couldn't really tell what she was afraid of at the moment. "No matter who it is, facing these things alone in the woods... they would all feel scared, right?"

In fact, before this, she was not so afraid of going into the mountains alone, or even into the woods at night, but ever since the last incident, she would feel a certain inexplicable fear when facing such a woods.

Although the training these days was also done in the woods, fortunately there were other people around so it was not so obvious.

But this time, leaving the camp meant leaving a familiar place, and those well-concealed fears resurfaced.

So when Gu Beixing left her alone here, she instantly lost her composure. Although she couldn't say what she was afraid of, she just couldn't suppress the fear.

Seeing her hesitation, Gu Beixing realized something and looked at her in surprise, "Do you...still occasionally think about the last sneak attack?"

An Chuxia didn't expect him to bring this up suddenly. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded, "I do think of it occasionally, when I dream at night... and during training."

“It will be more obvious this time when we come here.”

Gu Beixing had obviously seen more cases like this than others, so he was not surprised at all. Instead, he said, "Your condition... is a kind of post-war syndrome."

"But don't worry, it's not that serious. It's just the reaction most people have when facing the enemy for the first time. Some people just last for a shorter time, while others last longer."

"What about my situation? Is it considered long or short?" An Chuxia was not surprised at all when she heard his words. She knew that there was something wrong with this situation.

"You are far from that. You can't even be considered as such." He suddenly smiled and glanced at her. "When you encounter a more dangerous situation, you will forget about this."

An Chuxia was stunned when she heard this. "Your treatment method is really novel."

"It's not new, it's our unique training method." He looked at her teasingly and said, "Thinking too much proves that you haven't practiced enough to have the energy to think about these things."

"When you really get in touch with actual combat and think back on these things, you will feel that they are nothing special."

An Chuxia really didn't expect that this is how they deal with psychological problems here. This can be considered as fighting poison with poison, right?

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be true. Once you have seen the big scene, these may really not be a big deal.

After chatting for a while, An Chuxia became more alert. She stared at the movement in front of her and couldn't help asking, "I find that this kind of sniper alert is actually more difficult than focusing on one target."

"After all, the range that a sniper scope can see is limited, and the angle is also fixed... The range that can be guarded... is not large either."

Gu Beixing finally raised his head and glanced at her sideways, only to notice that she had been staring at the sniper scope.

He sighed helplessly, "Did I forget to teach you something?"

"Although we are snipers, we cannot always rely on the sniper scope, especially when we are lurking. The field of view through the sniper scope is too narrow."

"You've also discovered that such a narrow field of view is only suitable for monitoring a target, but not for surveillance."

After hearing this, An Chuxia looked at him helplessly and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I've been staring at this sniper scope for more than an hour, and my eyes are almost blinded."

"This...are you blaming me?" Gu Beixing gave her an unpleasant look.

"It's your fault in the first place. You didn't teach me these, okay?" An Chuxia said without thinking.

As he looked around, he couldn't help but say, "But what can I see? I can only roughly see the outline of the camp, and I don't know anything else."

"So we need to combine the naked eye with the sniper scope. Use the naked eye to expand the range, and use the sniper scope to guard key locations."

"Especially if you suspect there is a problem, you must use a sniper scope to observe carefully. This is the role of a sniper."

An Chuxia could only nod, "Okay, I'll try my best."

"But with visibility like this, do you have night vision goggles installed? Can you still see anything?"

Although they are now on the commanding heights and have the advantage of position, there is really little visibility in the woods late at night. Even at a glance, they can only notice it because they know the location of the camp.

Otherwise, it would take a while to find a campsite, not to mention anything unusual.

So I started to observe the situation in front of me by switching between my naked eyes and the sniper scope from time to time.

Not to mention, this way I didn’t feel so sleepy anymore, and time passed a lot faster.

Finally, the two-hour shift time was up, and An Chuxia also saw people coming out of the camp to take over their posts.

In the sniper scope, after confirming that it was one of his own, he immediately laughed, "Finally here, my legs are almost numb."

Having said that, he sat up and looked at Gu Beixing while holding the gun.

Gu Beixing looked at her helplessly and sat up as well. "Not bad, at least you managed to finish one sentry post. Keep it up."

"Thank you for the compliment." An Chuxia had no choice but to pick up the gun and limped back without hesitation.

In fact, Gu Beixing didn't just say this compliment casually.

He knew that for a novice, her performance was pretty good.

Although I felt sleepy from time to time during these two hours, my overall performance was still good.

Gu Beixing found that he no longer even treated An Chuxia as a female soldier. As long as the intensity was not too great, she could hold on.

She said she was lazy, but when she was really forced here, she did better than anyone else. This relatively contradictory behavior made Gu Beixing feel helpless.

It can be said that her good mentality is related to this attitude.

It is because of this attitude of not caring about anything that the mentality is so good, which is a good thing for a sniper.

After all, the more advanced snipers are, the more they rely on mentality rather than technology.

An Chuxia had such a mentality during the novice period, which really raised her starting point and helped her avoid many detours compared to others.

But on the other hand, it is also because I have such a good attitude and really don’t care about anything. No matter what I learn, I am forced to do it here.

This may be a very important point in the eyes of Xia Lan and others, but in the eyes of Gu Beixing, it is not so important.

He only looks at the current performance. At least An Chuxia's performance is good now.

But I don’t know whether this contradiction will affect the subsequent training.

An Chuxia didn't know that Gu Beixing had so many thoughts in his mind at this moment. She just quickly handed over the guard post and ran back to the camp to rest.

But halfway through the walk, I realized that I had completely forgotten about Gu Beixing behind me when I was going down the mountain.

When she realized this, she was stunned for a moment and turned around to look at Gu Beixing who was following her slowly.

"What's wrong?" Gu Beixing saw her stop and asked directly.

An Chuxia came back to her senses, shook her head and continued walking down.

Just now she actually forgot about Gu Beixing's existence and really thought she was going down the mountain alone.

Her eagerness to get down the mountain made her forget her fear and terror. This reaction really surprised her.

It can be said that An Chuxia had a very special night, and the feeling was different from the last time she came out to patrol the lines.

Increasing the alert time would make her more tired, but she was really making progress. Even with two more hours of alert every day, she could still keep up with the main force.

Moreover, halfway through the trip, she had already adapted to the intensity and didn't even find it difficult.

It can be seen that the special training during this period has really helped her a lot.

After a few days of alert in the woods, An Chuxia slowly found some feeling.

Whether it was finding a sniper position or using a sniper scope while on alert, she was trying to find a method that suited her.

Perhaps she is really different from other people. An Chuxia really likes to think. No matter what kind of training it is, she is accustomed to thinking about its training methods.

In her opinion, no matter how Gu Beixing taught her, her first reaction would be to think whether this method would work, and then think whether it was suitable for her.

Of course, these are just her own thoughts and she won't say them out loud, as saying them out loud would be a challenge to authority.

This method is actually helpful for training. In her opinion, it is much more effective than blindly following the other party and practicing.

At least halfway through the journey, she was able to find a suitable sniping position on her own.

I thought I could just complete this line patrol while training peacefully without any accidents, but an accident still happened.

Just as they passed a boundary marker in one of the most complicated sections of the road and were about to continue moving forward, Gu Beixing suddenly stopped.

"No, the grass here...someone has passed by." Looking at the traces on the ground, he said with certainty.

After hearing this, several people stopped and looked down.

Deputy Class Leader Xu frowned, "It doesn't look new..."

"It's indeed not new, at least it was two days ago." Gu Beixing shook his head, "But two days ago, we didn't have anyone patrolling the line here, and the sentries were a bit far from here, and they wouldn't come here every day."

He raised his head and looked in the direction of the boundary marker, "And the people in this direction... don't look like ours."

Upon hearing his words, everyone's expressions became serious.

"There are more than one or two people who can leave such a large trace. Let's... speed up and follow the trace to see what's going on."

Then he stood up and asked, "Who is most familiar with the situation here?"

"Thank you, squad leader!" Deputy Squad Leader Xu spoke immediately without any hesitation.

He didn't need to tell her, even An Chuxia knew about that living map, squad leader Xie.

"Li Shen, contact the checkpoint and see if there is any situation over there?" Gu Beixing gave the order immediately after hearing it.

In fact, we don’t bring a radio when patrolling the lines every time. After all, it is too bulky and not suitable for the patrol team’s operations.

No matter what the communication is, we have to go to the outpost. Fortunately, the regiment has distributed new communication equipment this time, which can be taken to the outpost together with the new weapons.

I never thought that I would use it before I even reached my destination.

After hearing this, Li Shen naturally did not dare to neglect it and immediately took out his radio to make the contact.

Seeing how nervous they were, An Chuxia didn't dare to join in for a moment. She tactfully stood guard at the side, carefully observing the situation around her.

Although Gu Beixing said that the trace was there at least two days ago, there might be other dangers. Even if she doesn't have that strategic thinking, she at least knows to be careful, right?

Others were a little surprised when they saw her action.

But this was not the time to talk about this. Seeing Gu Beixing take out the map, everyone came over.

"From where we are now, we are still at least three days away from the checkpoint. If these people are heading for the checkpoint, they should not have arrived yet."

"So even if their target is the checkpoint, they haven't reached it yet."

"But... the probability of this happening is not high. After all, it is unlikely for a few people to attack a checkpoint."

"The greater possibility is that they want to pass through this area and enter our territory quietly."

"But in this case... we don't know if they brought goods or have other plans. Now that we have discovered it, we can't let them go."

As the others nodded, Li Shen said directly, "We've contacted them."