Chapter 57: The Catachan Warrior Who Is Like a Fish in Water
Although Gu En complained inwardly, he still prioritized familiarizing the new soldiers with the environment and the patrol Task.
Just as Gu En was explaining the precautions for fighting in the jungle to everyone, several gunshots broke the silence of the jungle.
"It's the sound of Orc guns!" Gu En instantly disengaged the safety on his Assault Rifle and hid behind a tree; the other squad members did the same, and Yingzhou and Zhao Jian also quickly found cover. Yingzhou's sturdy physique did not appear cumbersome at this moment, which actually surprised Gu En quite a bit.
But what Yingzhou was thinking at this moment was: Damn! It's a good thing the trees in this jungle are thick enough, otherwise finding cover would have become a joke.
However, after the group waited for a moment, they did not find any Orcs attacking. Gu En poked his head out from cover and discovered there were no Orcs.
"The Orcs didn't come over, but we must go and check what happened where the gunshots just came from," Gu En said.
When Gu En led the squad to the place where the gunshots had just come from, they discovered eight Orc corpses lying on the ground; two of the Orcs had died from having their necks twisted a full half-circle.
"How is this possible? To actually be able to twist an Orc's neck!" Gu En squatted down to examine the marks on the Orc's neck.
"It was twisted off directly using brute force; what on earth is this?"
Yingzhou already had the answer in his heart; as expected of a Catachan hunk, he is simply like a fish in water in this jungle.
In the end, Gu En could not figure out the cause of death for these Beast Race members either. "Let's finish the patrol Task first, then report the situation here to the Commander."
Due to those few gunshots just now, Gu En and his party became even more cautious during the subsequent patrol.
It wasn't until evening that Gu En led the group back to the camp, and on the way, Gu En even questioned Yingzhou.
"Did your soldiers die in the jungle? Why haven't I seen them return until now?"
Yingzhou rubbed his chin and said, "Maybe? They're having too much fun?"
Gu En: "......"
The group returned to the camp, and Gu En went to find Nie Hao to report the things he had encountered today to him.
"You encountered this kind of thing too? Today, people from three squads in your detachment have already come to tell me that they encountered Beast Race corpses to varying degrees. Adding your group, that makes four groups, and your patrol areas happen to be connected."
Nie Hao leaned back in his chair, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he spoke slowly.
"What? How is this possible?" Gu En stood opposite Nie Hao, a look of surprise appearing on his face.
"You just said Yingzhou summoned soldiers to explore the surrounding environment?" Hu Jie, who was standing to the side, spoke up.
"Yes, you told me yesterday that as long as that Yingzhou doesn't violate the guidelines in the jungle, I can agree to some of his requests, right?" Gu En nodded and replied.
"Are the soldiers he summoned like this?" Hu Jie found a picture of the Death Korps of Krieg in the files and let Gu En take a look.
"No, they are muscular warriors wearing red bandanas and vests." After glancing at the file Hu Jie pulled up, Gu En shook his head and said.
"So, he isn't just able to summon one type of soldier," Hu Jie said, then wrote a few notes in the notebook beside him.
At this time, Yingzhou had not returned to the camp, but was waiting at the camp entrance for the Catachan Warriors to return.
After about half an hour, several Catachan Warriors nimbly emerged from the jungle to the side; there were dried bloodstains on their vests and Catachan knives.
Yingzhou heard the rough voices of the Catachan Warriors from far away.
"Damn it, the Orcs here are just too weak!"
"And the trees here don't eat people; those Green Skin weaklings are actually so weak in this environment, pathetic!"
Soon they arrived in front of Yingzhou, and that Sergeant saluted Yingzhou and said, "Respected Emperor, we have slaughtered all the enemies we encountered and have scouted the surrounding environment."
Seeing that Yingzhou had no intention of speaking, the Sergeant continued, "If you ask me, the environment here is simply fantastic! I want to stay here forever."
At this time, Yingzhou spoke slowly, "Well done; you will have plenty of opportunities to be here later."
After Yingzhou recalled the Catachan Warriors, Gu En and Nie Hao, who were observing Yingzhou from behind the tent, finally closed the slit they had pulled open.
"Hmm, it can be confirmed; it was the soldiers summoned by Yingzhou who took care of those Orcs," Nie Hao said. When he saw the bloodstains on those muscular warriors, he knew it must be the blood of the Beast Race.
"So, the information about him in the files before can only be used as a reference. It turns out a randomly summoned Back Spirit can be this strong!" Hu Jie put away the files in his hand and said.
"It looks like we have an incredible soldier here. When the time comes, no matter who asks me for him, I won't give him up!" Nie Hao's whiskers shook as he laughed.
Yingzhou returned to the camp and saw that Fan Ge's expression was a bit poor, so he walked up and said, "What's wrong? Did you encounter the Beast Race today?"
"Yeah, two soldiers died in our group," Fan Ge replied when he saw it was Yingzhou.
"You have to adapt to this kind of environment, otherwise, the next one to die will be yourself." Yingzhou patted Fan Ge's shoulder comfortingly and said.
"Thanks, it's just that one of the dead was my former comrade; I'm mourning for him for a while." Fan Ge nodded and replied.
Settlement Area.
After Charlie arrived at the Settlement Area, he discovered that quite a few people came here every day. They would perform various check-ups on the children rescued from the Hatchery every day, and even took a few away, only those children were never seen returning.
Hearing those soldiers say, "Those children who were taken away have all been confirmed to have no problems; they have already started new lives outside."
Therefore, many survivors were looking forward to being taken out by these soldiers and leaving the Settlement Area.
It was managed too strictly here, to the point that people weren't even allowed to communicate much.
It was as if they had come from one Hunting Ground to another.
"Brother Charlie, the Military District is going to send people to perform the Awakened Back Spirit ceremony for us today. I heard that after awakening, one can be as powerful as Brother Yingzhou!" Marie's crisp voice came from the side.
"I'm not sure, I always feel the atmosphere here is weird. Ajie and Kent and the others looked for me a few days ago, saying that the Settlement Area might not be safe. They have already contacted those people who trained with Brother Yingzhou in the Hunting Ground before. If any accident occurs, everyone will gather quickly to prevent danger."
Charlie said to Marie in a low voice, and added, "If an accident really happens, you must find Ajie and the others."
"Mm, I know, Brother Charlie, aren't you being a bit too nervous?" Marie said to Charlie with a smile.
"I hope I'm just being too nervous," Charlie whispered to himself.
End of Chapter
