Chapter 182: The Vast x Forest
July 4, 1986, Dark Continent.
As the sun sets in the west, the golden sunset shines on the primeval forest on the southeast coast of the Dark Continent. It is like putting a golden coat on nature, showing a "song of birds and the fragrance of flowers".
Jiwu~jiwu~
On the top of the towering giant tree, a group of small carnivorous birds that looked like pteranodons gathered in a flock, spread their fleshy wings, flapped rapidly, and emitted loud calls towards the golden sun as big as a disk.
"rustle…"
He opened the vegetation in front of him, and his combat boots made a slight sound as he stepped on the wet grass.
"Hu~hu~"
"How big...is this... forest?"
Among Ilumi's group, there was a fat woman who was holding a cane made of tree branches. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and panted. She was a physicist who was one of the four survivors in the fifty-person expert team.
, the name is Gina.
Suddenly, her foot slipped and she fell to the ground.
"Are you OK?"
Hercules stopped and held Gina's hand, but Gina still squatted on the ground, her well-sized chest rising and falling. Hercules could see that she had reached her limit and could not walk.
Already.
"Mr. Ilumi, Mr. Biyande, let's take a rest."
Hercules looked at Ilumi, Byande and others who were walking at the front of the team, took a deep breath, and shouted.
"Hu~hu~"
After shouting, Heracles himself was out of breath. As an ordinary person, he could hardly walk.
"Hey, that's really troublesome."
At the front of the team, Glied glanced at them with disdain. If it weren't for these few people, they could have walked out of this primeval forest at a faster speed.
"It's almost time, let's set up camp on the spot."
Yilumi looked up at the top of his head. The golden sunset shone through the gaps between the towering giant branches in the gloomy and dark primitive forest, bringing a glimmer of light to the originally dark primitive forest.
But this is just an illusion. According to the time in the human world, it is already nine o'clock in the evening, and the night in the Dark Continent will come more suddenly than in the human world.
Often, one moment the sunset is all over the sky, but the next moment, it's completely invisible, and the pitch-black virgin forest is even more frightening.
Their first night in the Dark Continent was spent in a sea of fire and heavy rain. The large forest surrounding the sea of fire was extremely bright, and there was no darkness at all.
Therefore, tonight is the real first night for these people in the Dark Continent.
"Puff..."
Ilumi gave the order, and the Avengers soldiers used steel knives to clean up the land under their feet as usual, completely clearing away the dense vegetation around them to prevent any unclean things from being thrown at them while everyone was resting.
drilling in the camp.
"Click."
An avenger rubbed a flint with a steel knife, ignited the tinder collected from the surroundings, and put it into the bonfire. Then he put a large amount of wet firewood into it. The bonfire made a "sizzling" sound and thick white smoke rose up.
.
"Kaka..."
Cervantes heard a strange noise and looked around.
He found that the guys called Avengers took out four rectangular bodies with long silver metal sticks from the big backpacks they were carrying and placed them on the ground in the four directions of the camp, southeast, northwest, and seemed to be building some kind of fortification.
.
"what are they doing?"
Cervantes looked at Ilumi, who was sitting on the ground resting and taking out various foods from an Avengers backpack, and asked curiously.
Ilumi just glanced at him without replying. He unscrewed the kettle and put the mouth of the bottle in his mouth, his throat rumbling.
"Well……"
Cervantes opened his mouth, but had nothing to say. Ilumi didn't want to speak, and he couldn't force others.
After replenishing his water, Yilumi looked around the camp. The things installed by the Avengers soldiers around the camp were a new weapon system developed by their weapons research institute - the Remote Sentinel Weapon System.
It can learn or adjust its operating weapons at any time according to the changing conditions in the environment in which it is deployed. It can also independently search, identify and attack targets without human intervention.
"Buzz~"
The Avengers released the Falcon drone to survey the surroundings of the camp. Through low-light sensors and ultrasonic detection, the terrain around the camp was transformed into a three-dimensional model and transmitted to the weapon system and neuro-mechanical helmet. Any changes could be responded to immediately.
"You just need to know that it's something to keep us safe."
"For example?"
"It can replace humans as sentinels, automatically identifying and attacking all creatures within a hundred meters of the camp."
Kim Bradley saw that the hunters in Biyande's team were very concerned about these things, so he opened his mouth to explain a little bit.
"That's really...convenient."
When Sergio heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched.
These guys carry so many advanced weapons and equipment. Compared with the preparation work of these hunters, this group of people is too professional.
"Come, sit here."
Hercules and Isaac helped the physicist Gina to the left and right and sat down next to Ilumi, Byande and the other hunters.
"it hurts."
Gina took off her boots and immediately frowned and screamed in pain. Under the light of the campfire, blisters appeared on her feet.
"Even if we slow down our progress and only advance 60 kilometers per day, the body of ordinary people still cannot bear it."
Cervantes looked at the blisters on Gina's feet. Under the light of the campfire, his expression made Gina a little scared.
"Don't worry, I can handle it."
Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, another curly-haired woman in the expert team took out a first aid kit from her backpack and treated the blisters on Gina's feet.
Her name is Tessa, and she is a first-responder from the United States of Adime and Youkexin. She originally wanted to join a non-governmental organization, but she unexpectedly ended up in the investigation team of the Cajun Empire.
"We have been walking for two days, and the march time every day has reached 17 hours. When can we get out of this virgin forest?"
While Tessa was helping Gina deal with it, she asked Hercules the question in her heart.
"According to the Ozma Federation's past exploration records, this forest is 1,800 kilometers long."
"length?"
"No, it's the width, the length cannot be estimated."
Tessa was speechless for a moment after hearing this. The length of the 1,800-kilometer-wide virgin forest is incalculable. Perhaps only the largest virgin forest in the human world can compare with it.
Chapter completed!