gnovel Chapter 0099: Brother, get ready to work!
Chapter 0099: Brother, get ready to work!
On the hillside.
Xu Sanduo looked at Cheng Cai and Zheng Yingqi with surprise as they hid behind the hill, and said strangely, "That's strange, why are Cheng Cai and Yingqi hiding behind the hill together?"
Wu Liuyi was also puzzled. Shouldn't Cheng Cai be acting alone to conduct reconnaissance and mapping?
The two stared for a long time, and as dawn broke, they still saw no sign of Cheng Cai making any moves. They grew even more puzzled. Xu Sanduo said worriedly, "Could it be that Cheng Cai was injured during the infiltration?"
"No, look how nimble he is, he doesn't look injured at all!" Wu Liuyi retorted. He never would have imagined that Cheng Cai, after experiencing a soul-wandering state, would suddenly let his emotions cloud his reason.
"Forget it, stop guessing. There might be unforeseen circumstances... Let's just stay put and wait for Zheng Yingqi's comrade-in-arms—Xu Sanduo. Be careful, if you see anyone, sneak over and check!" Wu Liuyi was afraid that Xu Sanduo's overthinking would affect his mood, so he entrusted Xu Sanduo with a "difficult" task. Xu Sanduo nodded, and his mind was indeed diverted.
……
On the boundless grassland, Wang Hui gritted his teeth and moved forward, but because he was dragging a burden, his progress was not fast.
"Burden" then said, "Brother, don't worry about me, you go on your own, I really can't walk anymore."
After saying that, he plopped down on the ground, looking like a dead pig that wasn't afraid of boiling water.
"Burden" is Ma Xiaoshuai. After being forced to scatter by the reconnaissance battalion, he was lucky enough not to be chased. During this time, he also saved Wang Hui, who was being chased to the point of having nowhere to go. The two traveled together and went through many hardships along the way. However, with less than 7 hours left before the end of the exercise, they still had not found their destination.
Ma Xiaoshuai gave up in despair.
"If I leave, our boss will look down on me for the rest of my life—our boss said that soldiers should never abandon or give up on their men. If I abandon you today, how will I face our boss in the future?" Wang Hui said resolutely.
"Brother, don't worry about me..." Ma Xiaoshuai said with a bitter face, "Are you trying to ruin the class monitor's life? The class monitor promised to wait for you at the destination. If you don't make it and delay the class monitor, neither of us will be able to face anyone... Don't worry about me. Without me holding you back, you'll definitely find the destination quickly!"
"Don't you dare bring that up again!" Wang Hui roared—he was even angrier at himself for being so foul-mouthed and having to yell that! He also glared at Ma Xiaoshuai, who had copied him and yelled that too!
"Let's go!" Wang Hui grabbed Ma Xiaoshuai's backpack angrily and dragged it up with difficulty. Ma Xiaoshuai cursed angrily, but obediently struggled to get up. He could give up, but he would never be a burden to others. And the person dragging him would definitely be stubborn enough to keep dragging him along.
"I must have had tons of water in my brain to come to this..." Ma Xiaoshuai said with a mournful face, as if every step he took was a death sentence.
Wang Hui was too lazy to comment on this cadet. If you called him a coward, he was really tough; if you called him tough, the way he was walking and cursing didn't make him look like a tough guy at all.
The two continued onward, hastily munching on some wild ferns to fill their stomachs, and then, as if fully recharged, they finally saw the shimmering sea foam after they had climbed over a small hill.
"Brother, am I seeing things?" Ma Xiaoshuai asked, his eyes wide.
"Let me see if I'm dreaming!" Wang Hui was just as surprised. He pinched hard—it didn't hurt?
Ma Xiaoshuai, standing to the side, winced in pain: "Ouch, damn it, why did you pinch me?"
"I wasn't dreaming...that's good!" Wang Hui ignored Ma Xiaoshuai, almost jumping for joy, and repeated the reference point: "Southeast. There's a small pond on the edge of the grassland, next to it is a mountain, and beyond the mountain is an oak forest—there's some bastard waiting for Dad in the car in the oak forest!"
Wang Hui looked at the mountains in the distance and spoke smugly. Hearing this, Ma Xiaoshuai, remembering the suffering he'd endured these past two days, echoed him with deep sympathy: "Yeah, there's some bastard waiting for his dads to arrive in his car in the oak grove!"
"Hey bro, do you think the squad leader might not be here yet?" Ma Xiaoshuai asked suddenly, looking at the empty mountain.
Wang Hui jumped up and shouted, "Bullshit! If our leader hadn't shown up, I'd twist his head off and use it as a football!"
Wang Hui had complete confidence in Zheng Yingqi. In his mind, Zheng Yingqi was omnipotent—in today's terms, Wang Hui was Zheng Yingqi's number one die-hard fan!
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's charge down! Find the squad leader!" Ma Xiaoshuai suddenly became spirited. He was thinking about how shocked Zheng Yingqi would be if he saw him.
[Squad leader, you wouldn't believe it, would you? I, Ma Xiaoshuai, actually managed to hold out until the very end!]
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When Wang Hui and Ma Xiaoshuai appeared, Xu Sanduo spotted them. Blending seamlessly with his surroundings, he immediately peered through his sniper scope. After recognizing their faces, Xu Sanduo exclaimed with delight, "Liu Yi, they're here! Yingqi's comrades and Ma Xiaoshuai have come together!"
Really coming?
Just when it was almost 2 o'clock and Wu Liuyi was about to give up, he unexpectedly heard such good news. He turned around and saw the two people in the distance. He immediately squatted down and waved to them. The two people in the distance were startled when they saw someone suddenly appear from the bushes. But when they saw the wave, they were overjoyed and rushed over with boundless strength.
"Deputy Squad Leader Xu? Squad Leader Wu?"
After the four reunited, Ma Xiaoshuai looked at Xu Sanduo and Wu Liuyi in surprise. He hadn't expected it to be these two. He asked, panting, "Deputy Squad Leader Xu, have you seen the squad leader?"
"Yingqi came with us. He swam across the sea pool at dawn and circled around to the back of the position..." Xu Sanduo explained. As Xu Sanduo explained, Ma Xiaoshuai and Wang Hui looked annoyed.
I regret it. It's all their fault for delaying the class monitor. If it weren't for their yelling, Zheng Yingqi would have finished his drawing assignment and rushed to "Bastard" by now!
"Alright, stop looking like that. Get ready. I'll signal Zheng Yingqi. We'll prepare for a feint attack!" Wu Liuyi interrupted their annoyance.
Behind the position.
As time passed, Cheng Cai grew increasingly anxious, but he suppressed his anxiety until he finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Zheng Yingqi, they haven't arrived yet. They've probably been eliminated."
Zheng Yingqi looked up at the sky and saw that it must be two o'clock.
He was extremely disappointed. Of the four people in Group A, was he the only one who made it to the end?
"Let's...wait a little longer!"
"Are we still waiting? It'll get dark soon!" Cheng Cai said. "If it gets dark and time runs out, even if we finish the drawing, they definitely won't accept it!"
"I know... I'll just wait half an hour." Zheng Yingqi couldn't help but feel a little unsure of himself.
Having achieved the result he wanted, Cheng Cai stopped pressuring him and instead apologized, saying, "I... I didn't mean to force you; you've already done more than enough."
"I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this." Zheng Yingqi apologized to Cheng Cai for the first time, but Cheng Cai shook his head: "We're in the same boat, there's no question of being implicated."
"Grasshoppers..." Zheng Yingqi chuckled. "We're not grasshoppers, at least not grasshoppers in autumn."
"At a time like this, you still have the mood to joke... I'm speechless," Cheng Cai muttered.
A light shone from the distant mountaintop, flashing intermittently.
The two men looked solemnly toward Xu Sanduo and Wu Liuyi's location. They couldn't see clearly from a distance, but the refraction of the lenses continued!
This is a signal!
This was the pre-arranged signal; as long as the lens refracted, it would notify Zheng Yingqi and Cheng Cai to prepare for a feint attack.
"Looks like we've arrived," Cheng Cai said with delight.
Zheng Yingqi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously: "Yeah, they're here! Brothers, get ready to work!"
brother……
Cheng Cai glanced at Zheng Yingqi and suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart.
(As a writer skilled at sophistry, how can I trick you into writing this chapter if I don't leave some loopholes? Well, I will never tell you that I always remembered writing 703... and I even specially changed 701 to 703, hehe.)