Chapter 708: Roles Constantly Reversing

"Fine." Zhang Qian, thinking of the person who started getting excited at the mere thought of going up the mountain, decisively agreed.

Over there...

Having been frustrated for an entire day, the squad simply couldn't catch a glimpse of those two people; the two were just like loaches, extremely slippery.

"Is it them?" a soldier asked in a low voice.

For this whole day, they didn't even know what the cicadas looked like; they had circled around this mountain several times, yet they hadn't managed to see a single person.

Now that they heard movement, their first reaction was actually excitement.

But the Captain in charge shook his head, "With their level of strength, it's impossible for them to be exposed; they are likely trying to lure us over."

"Then we aren't going?" the soldier asked, muttering.

The Captain smiled, "We're going!"

"It was hard enough to find a trace; even if we know it's a trap, we have to go."

Such a big mountain, two people on the other side, and their squad had ten people—what was there to fear?

The first day passed peacefully.

At night, it was even more quiet, like a dream; they still hadn't seen anyone yet.

Their mission as the Mantis was to catch the two cicadas.

As for what the cicadas' mission was, they didn't know either.

"Form up, move out!" A squad consisted of ten people, and there were ten squads in total, each responsible for a different Regional Economics area; each area had two squads, and there were two more squads located in the central area, assigned other tasks.

The ten people of this squad moved slowly toward the direction of the gunshot.

After firing the shot, An Yinan left that spot; she walked to a corner and then lay down on a tree branch.

During the operation, she had picked up many small stones from the ground and held them in her palm.

During this secret special training, she did not intend to use her space.

No matter how cruel the Gun King Special Training was, in Huaxia, whether it was special training or an exercise, it would never threaten one's life.

There were benefits, and there were drawbacks.

The benefit was that it allowed one to be at ease; even if one failed, there was still a chance to try again.

However...

The drawback was also very obvious, which was that it was too reassuring; without the stimulation of life and death, a person could not reach their limits, and sometimes being at ease was not necessarily a form of reservation.

"It should be this location." A Team Leader raised his hand, signaling the other nine people to disperse and take cover.

An Yinan lay on the tree branch; a person's muzzle swept past her front several times, yet they didn't discover anything unusual.

Night was the greatest cover.

"Captain, there's no one here." One person raised his hand to report.

That Captain had just made a gesture to move out...

Suddenly, the colored smoke pack on his body burst, and blue smoke drifted out from his colored smoke pack.

"Cap... Captain, you're dead." A team member pointed at the Captain.

The Captain glared at him fiercely; did he not know he was dead?

But he couldn't speak now; he was dead, he was a dead man—how could a dead man speak?

"Captain, what do we do now?" a team member asked.

An Yinan frowned, secretly pondering; they were new recruits this year, and to them, this was an exercise.

But to the three of them, these people were just cannon fodder at the front.

How could the real Mantis be these people?

"How would I know what to do? You're asking a dead man—will he talk to you?" the Captain said irritably.

Afterward, he walked down the mountain, swaying as he went.

He left the nine people behind, looking at each other in dismay.

An Yinan didn't strike again; instead, she just lay on the tree branch, watching the nine people below in a state of chaos.

Are these hunters?

If they were hunters, they probably wouldn't even know how they died.

Let alone herself, even Chen Xun and Zhang Qian, if they encountered hunters like this, would probably have wiped out the entire hunting party long ago.

They didn't move...

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind...

Who is the mantis? Who is the cicada? Who is the oriole?

Interesting! Truly interesting.

An Yinan smiled, then slowly closed her eyes; knowing what level the cicada was at, she would just slowly wait for the oriole to surface.

Is she the oriole?

She could be, but she could also be the mantis, eaten by another oriole...

This night, apart from a single gunshot that broke the peace of one side, there was also the elimination of a Team Leader, which made those new recruits feel panicked.

Alas, no one was there to give them answers.

In the shadows, a person's eyes were like a hawk's, scanning the area, but she discovered nothing.

"Attack range, attack target—that person should be right here."

Either that person's concealment was too strong, or he had discovered something.

Yun Shu lay to one side, dressed in military green, lying on the green grass, blending into the green.

An Yinan squinted, sensing those nine people wandering around in confusion below, but she didn't move; her eyes were closed, feeling everything around her.

"Captain, did that person leave?" a voice suddenly said.

Yun Shu frowned and looked over, and that person quickly shut their mouth.

At that very same moment, An Yinan's eyes opened slightly; sure enough...

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Who is the hunter and who is the prey—the roles are constantly shifting.

"Retreat!" Yun Shu ordered immediately.

Although she had not yet come face-to-face with the people over there, she could be certain now that they were definitely not ordinary soldiers.

Any slight movement on this side could allow those on the other side to make a decision.

The ten members of the Flying Eagle Special Operations Team retreated rapidly.

An Yinan waited for them to withdraw, but she still did not move; she simply turned over, and the dense tree canopy hid her figure completely.

"Go back and accept your punishment." Yun Shu did not state the reason, nor did she explain the process.

Since they had already joined the Flying Eagle Special Operations Team, they should possess military discipline, yet this person had actually exposed themselves on the battlefield.

If this were a real life-or-death battle, then with their team exposed, how many would be able to survive?

This person was newly promoted into the Flying Eagle, as someone had previously sacrificed themselves while executing a mission.

Their Special Operations Team was just like this; no one could guarantee that if they went out alive, they would be able to return alive.

They, these comrades-in-arms, did not even have time to grieve before they had to join the next mission.

"Yes!" that person replied directly.

Yun Mo patted that person on the shoulder, then followed in Yun Shu's footsteps and walked a bit further away.

"What kind of style does that person have? Did you figure it out?" Yun Mo asked.

Yun Shu shook her head, "I only know that they are an expert."

"We are currently in charge of this side. Tomorrow we will arrive here, then sneak in and lie in ambush to see if we can probe the other side's background." Yun Shu looked at the various fortress nodes on the map and stated her plan.

Yun Mo nodded and pointed to a spot, "Then will they leave from here?"

Yun Shu looked at the gap and shook her head, "That is Luanshigang; it is a very wide area with a lot of rocks, and the road is difficult to travel. Unless they fly over, they would never choose that path."

They, the Flying Eagle, were responsible for this Regional Economics sector, and they had already thoroughly investigated the terrain of this area; they had a rough estimate in their minds of what was where, what the roads were like, and whether there was any possibility of a breakthrough.