Before Xiao Jing could react, Lin Qi's hand suddenly pressed down on her head.
An XM25 handgrenade, which was 40 mm in diameter, flew over from a low altitude and pierced through the forest. Finally, it exploded a hundred meters away from Xiao Jing and the rest.
Smoke covered the sky and covered the earth. As expected, the smoke swept over.
Lin Qi picked up the spear, grabbed Xiao Jing's hand and started running.
Xiao Jing turned her head to look at the deafening artillery shell attack. She staggered and nearly fell to the ground like a dog eating shit.
Lin Qi was panting heavily as he observed the movement in the forest. He asked worriedly, "What's going on?"
Explosions could suddenly be heard in the vast forest. This wasn't an examination at all, but more like an invasion by the enemy forces, attacking the border in large areas.
Yes, they seemed to be surrounded.
"Be careful."
Xiao Jing quickly grabbed onto a large snake that was descending from the sky. She then threw it high into the air, took out her gun, and without any hesitation, fired at the snake's head.
Lin Qi frowned and said cautiously, "No matter what, we have to leave this place as soon as possible, so come with me."
As the sun set, the entire forest was dyed a gorgeous crimson red by the sunset red frost.
"You guys go take a look over there."
The unfamiliar man's voice sounded from not far away. He walked over in an orderly manner with his footsteps.
Xiao Jing crawled on the ground, using her binoculars to observe the people walking towards her. They were all wearing the same black coat, each holding an AK in their hands. Judging by their physical statures, they shouldn't be from Flower Country.
The man looked around, as if in charge of the rear guard.
"I saw a kitten."
The man's gaze fell on Xiao Jing's binoculars, as if he had already discovered her whereabouts.
With that, the man walked towards her, rifle in hand.
Xiao Jing didn't move. She still maintained her calm as she hid in the grass.
Sweat was dripping from the corners of her brow, and she was holding her breath, her fingers spasming with tension.
"Come out."
The man glared at her, the muzzle of his gun pointing at another patch of grass three meters away from Xiao Jing.
"Bang!"
A bullet shot out from the grass.
The bullets hit the body armor but did not cause any damage to the man. The next moment, the man fired without any hesitation. The bullets were like heavy rain as they shot towards the grass.
Jiang Shi rolled out from the bushes and ran towards the back of the big tree that could cover him in a sorry state.
"Bang!"
Jiang Shi's body shook, and his right leg was hit by a stray bullet. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, trying to retreat while dragging his injured leg.
The man smirked as he raised his AK high up into the air, his finger touching the trigger slowly.
"Pah!"
At the sound of the gunshot, Jiang Shi instinctively closed his eyes, but didn't feel any wounds. He opened his eyes in panic, and the man who had been so pleased with himself a moment ago fell heavily to the ground.
A wound of about five millimeters had been left on his forehead, and blood gushed out, staining the weeds beneath him red.
After the calamity, Jiang Shi retreated backward with all his strength.
"Are you all right?"
Xiao Jing placed the gun behind her. She crouched down and carefully examined the wound, then took out some gauze and bandaged it up for him.
Jiang Shi paused, embarrassed. "Why did you save me?"
Xiao Jing threw the sniper rifle onto his body. "What nonsense are you spouting? We are comrades-in-arms, get up."
"We're competitors now."
"Do you think that the situation right now is still like an exam?"
Xiao Jing pointed the gun butt at his injured leg.
Jiang Shi was about to say something, but then hesitated. He propped himself up against the tree trunk with a serious look in his eyes. "You're the only one?"
"Lin Qi has gone to investigate the situation in front."
Xiao Jing pulled out a pile of grass to hide the dead man, after she was sure no one would find out, she picked up the gun and prepared to continue moving forward.
Jiang Temple followed closely behind Xiao Jing.
As the night deepened, a spider hung from a branch, spitting silk.
The python slowly moved its body beside the stream of water. The dead leaves rustled as they were lifted by the snake's tail.
Lin Qi took out the compressed biscuit from his backpack, handed it to Xiao Jing, and said, "I have looked carefully, there are a lot of blood stains one kilometer ahead, there must have been a gunfight."
"So what are we doing now?"
Xiao Jing whispered while munching on her biscuit.
Lin Qi shook his head and threw a dead tree branch into the water, "It's very likely that this place was occupied by the civil forces."