"Yeah, soone with such strength coming and going without a trace is impossible to detect. If they use surprise attack tactics, we'll be very passive, just like just now. This guy is not only strong but also incredibly brave, daring to walk right up here openly. It's infuriating," Lan Xue said with an icy look, concern showing in her eyes.
"Let's put that aside for now." Luo Zheng looked in the direction where the Black Shadow person left, his tiger eyes slightly narrowed, and pondered, "Brothers, strengthen the vigilance and be careful of enemy infiltration."
"Yes." Everyone responded softly, with a bit of heaviness. The Black Shadow person just now had shocked everyone; facing such a powerful enemy, who would dare to be careless?
Soon, the bonfires below the mountain waist increased, illuminating the woods and making it easier for everyone to be on guard. Hook led people to collect more dry firewood for backup, while others set traps in the middle of the mountain waist. Those digging trenches above didn't dare to slack off either. The appearance of the Black Shadow person made everyone even more tense.
After several hours of busyness, things were basically prepared. Seeing that there were about two hours before dawn, Luo Zheng divided the team in two, one group resting and the other continuing to be on guard. He too took a nap in the trench, as continuous fighting had exhausted him to the limit, and he unknowingly fell asleep.
"Boom!" Suddenly, a loud thunderclap erupted in the sky, followed by a flash of lightning, waking the entire pitch-black primordial forest. Countless birds flew in panic, and beasts roared. The previously silent primordial forest beca lively for a mont but quickly retreated back into their nests frightfully in response to massive spider-web like flashes of lightning.
"Crack!" Another flash of lightning exploded in the night sky, making the entire sky as bright as day. The lightning looked like spider webs, large and small, spreading across the dark night sky, emitting terrifying light, which was soon swallowed by darkness and disappeared.
Soon after, a torrential downpour began, with heavy raindrops pounding the primordial forest, making a loud rushing sound. The wind picked up, causing the big trees to sway irregularly, mixed with the sound of rain, turning the entire primordial forest into a realm of storm, and adding layers of terror to the black night.
Spider-web-like lightning occasionally exploded in the sky, as if vying for the sky with this night, but eventually was swallowed by darkness, with the ground alternating between black and white, combined with the pounding storm, extrely terrifying.
"Pew pew!" Suddenly, the sound of two sniper rifles fired, almost inaudible amidst the storm and lightning.
People were jolted awake by the storm and lightning, but none had heard the gunshots. Luo Zheng also awoke, looking up at the night sky with a worried expression. His face was deeply solemn; the storm wasn't scary, what was scary was if the enemy used the opportunity to attack, that would be trouble. He quickly called out through the earpiece: "Who's on guard now? Stay alert, be cautious of enemies using the opportunity to infiltrate, everyone check if anyone is missing?"
"Understood," Scholar and Farr responded in succession, beginning to check the people.
Soon, Scholar found that one brother had no movent, and was shocked, calling out twice in the earpiece. In such a loud thunderstorm, even if one were asleep, they would wake up, knowing sothing was wrong. As he arranged for people to go up and check, he quickly reported the situation to Luo Zheng. Hearing soone had been assassinated, Luo Zheng instantly beca furious, jumping to his feet, looking coldly down towards the foot of the mountain, clenching his fists tightly, and said in a low voice: "Everyone, get up, stay alert."
"Yes," everyone agreed, and even Hook called his people to wake up, laying in the trench like facing a great enemy, watching forward. The storm isn't frightening, everyone is used to it, but the enemy's infiltration is too keenly desired, especially the sniper, it's hard to defend against.
The bonfires had been extinguished by the thunderstorm, reducing visibility further. With Hook and the others' night vision ability, without lightning, they could only see five ters out, no farther. Luo Zheng and others all put on the Night Vision Devices, watching forward, each clenching their gun, silently lurking, not speaking, a faint murderous aura brewing in the night sky.
"Report, our brother was sniped by the enemy," a voice sounded in the earpiece.
"What? Bastard," an enraged shout from Scholar sounded in the earpiece, followed by a voice: "Squad Leader, should our brothers also infiltrate and fight them?"
"No, follow the orders," Scholar's voice refused in the earpiece.
Luo Zheng calmly listened to everyone's exchanges, his cold gaze gradually becoming icy, like eternal frozen ice, staring fixedly at the forest below the mountain. At this ti, a flash of lightning exploded, illuminating the front brightly, but unfortunately, nothing but trees could be seen.
The position quickly returned to quietness; in the face of orders, no one dared to act recklessly, even if they were seething with anger wanting desperately to rush down and fight the enemy, they had to hold the line and wait for orders. The sniped comrade's body was brought back, placed in the trench. Luo Zheng walked over to inspect, the bullet hit the chest, creating a basketball-sized blood hole, almost cleaving the body into two, left just held by so skin and flesh, unrecognizable.
Seeing the brutal death of the comrade, Luo Zheng didn't even know the person's na. With a cold expression, he stepped forward, squatted down, took off the night vision device, and checked. By the lightning, Luo Zheng saw the brutally killed comrade's glaring eyes, dying with grievances, his heart aching like being cut by a knife, his tiger eyes turning red, his nose sour, but he could not shed tears.
Everyone looked painfully at the brutally killed comrade, silent. Soldiers aren't cold-blooded animals devoid of tears; their tears had long run dry, with only hatred and revenge in their hearts. Luo Zheng sorrowfully murmured: "Brother, go well, don't rush too much, watch us avenge you from above." Saying this, he rose, gently touched the comrade's eyes, and as he let go, the comrade's eyes closed, the grim expression seed to soften a bit.
Luo Zheng stood up, with a cold expression looking at the woods below the mountain, the hatred in his heart intensified, rage burning, his whole person like a volcano ready to erupt, coldly shouted: "Brothers, raise your guns, honor the fallen brother."
"Dada da!" Everyone raised their guns, firing into the air, sending off the brother in the manner of soldiers.
After the burst of gunfire, Luo Zheng looked coldly at everyone, his furious gaze once more moving to the mountain foot, coldly saying: "Brothers, disperse, stay alert, Scholar, Farr, Monk, and Gardener stay."
"Yes," everyone dispersed, the four remained, their tiger eyes full of anger, faces ice-cold, their eyes focusing on Luo Zheng, who instead looked to Hook, coldly saying: "Old friend, I'm going to counterattack, dare to follow to kill the enemy?"
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