Chapter 27 Moving Forward (1)

Jingle.

The blood-stained dagger fell to the ground, and there were also empty anesthetic injections, beam therapy devices, hemostatic sprays and bandages scattered on the ground.

Jiang Jianming took off the disposable non-toxic gloves and threw them on the ground. He walked across the mess and said tiredly, "Come and clean up."

"Have another half-hour break, and then we'll go back."

The wind and snow were still whistling outside, and the smell of blood in the marching tent had not yet dissipated.

Before a word was spoken, a few teammates who were sitting beside them all exploded.

"Back...return!?" Qiao took the lead in exclaiming, "Jiang Jianming, are you kidding me, that big guy doesn't know when it will appear, we're going back!?"

Ellie spread her hands anxiously: "Yes, it's finally safe now, can't we just wait for the rescue of the fortress!?"

"No." Jiang Jianming sat down and slowly tightened his coat, "Rescue and alien creatures, it is very likely that the latter will come first, and we must not lose the initiative."

"That……"

Joe's eyes widened: "—then are you urging us to take the initiative to seek death!?"

"That thing...that thing...we're really going to die!!"

Jiang Jianming had no expression on his face, and said, "No. I don't have the strength to speak now. I plan to talk about it later."

Joe froze there, staring and panting.

This is very embarrassing, and a little pitiful.

He pressed the pestle for almost half a minute, his Adam's apple rolled twice, and suddenly said: "Jiang Jianming...I tell you, we have endured you for a long time."

"A crippled human being," Qiao raised his head sharply and scolded harshly, "with such an aloof look every day, what do you think you are, a military advisor to all of us!? Or our commander, our Commander!?"

This burst of scolding was too sudden, and Ellie next to him was taken aback by Joe's outburst, "Hey! Joe, you...what's the matter with you?"

But the latter didn't even give her a look... Obviously, the fear and anxiety caused by a series of incidents completely overwhelmed this young man who was not strong at all.

He suddenly jumped up, with a strange red light of excitement on his face, pointed at Jiang Jianming's nose and scolded a series of words: "When we are fighting the giant spider, what else can you do other than shout at us to retreat!?"

"If our team has one less disabled human being and one more new human being, maybe this will not be the case at all!!"

"Even when you were saving Beimaner, didn't you choose to run away and let your brain go back to save people!? You are also a selfish fellow, who are you pretending to be!?"

"..."

Jiang Jianming rubbed his forehead with a headache.

The most common mental breakdown among recruits, he thought to himself.

It is not surprising that he encountered a strong enemy when he first entered the battlefield.

Originally, Yin Beidou set up a one-year adaptation period to avoid such a situation. Unfortunately, this time was indeed an unexpected tragedy.

Jiang Jianming thought slowly, he took out the emergency energy water from the combat bag beside him, and unscrewed the lid to drink water.

"Joe!"

Instead, Li Youfang stood up, frowning angrily, "Have you lost your mind? In the end, wasn't you the one who fell and startled the subspecies!? Wasn't you the first to flee in fear!?"

But Joe was out of control, "I didn't mean to!!"

He turned his head, put a smile on his face, and turned to push Tang Zhen: "Hey, Tang Zhen, you talk too, you have to think clearly..."

He waved his hands, as if trying to persuade him, "If Jiang Jianming uses Xue Dou to rescue Bei Man'er as soon as possible, so that she can get treatment, then she must not need amputation! You actually think so too, right? "

"..." Tang Zhen didn't respond. Since the moment Jiang Jianming's short knife fell on Baiman's right leg, he no longer reacted to the outside world.

He sat dazedly beside him, as if he had become a walking corpse.

Joe was even more excited, and malice grew in his twisted heart: "Look, even your friends don't protect you anymore."

He turned his head again and couldn't wait to see Jiang Jianming's usual leisurely eyes showing a hurt expression.

Unexpectedly, it was not Jiang Jianming who responded to him.

It was a weak, hoarse female voice.

"……To shut up."

Beimaner opened her eyes, her eyes dimmed.

She moved her lips, "...A coward."

The stagnant air in the tent was like a piece of brittle glass, shattered by her voice in an uproar.

Tang Zhen raised his head abruptly, and several other people also turned their stunned gazes—

"Maner?"

"Man'er, are you awake!?"

Beimaner raised her head hard... She was still lying flat on the simple "bed" that had been laid out temporarily. Her right calf had been amputated and was wrapped in layers of blood-stained bandages.

"then……"

Her hands were tightly clutching the corners of her bloodstained clothes, and she said hoarsely, word by word:

"At that time, when the giant spider rushed towards me, it was so sudden that no one could save me."

"Only classmate Jiang, he asked me to jump into the mecha, I listened."

In the slightly dim tent, Beimaner's voice trembled unwillingly: "If it wasn't for Jiang, it would not be my leg but my head that was pierced by the spider silk."

Not reconciled...how can be reconciled?

Ambitiously marching to the front line, after so many days of hard training, he shouldered the expectations of his companions and became the captain.

But he was so vulnerable and defeated under the sudden appearance of the subspecies, ruining his own half of his leg.

After losing her complete right leg, she can still...

Can you still stay in Yinbeidou?

"Student Jiang..."

Beimaner bit her bloodless lips, with a little tear in her eyes, "You have a way to take us out of the current danger, right?"

The surroundings were quiet for a while, and Joe stood there like a clown who failed to perform, with a colorful face.

Jiang Jianming glanced down at the wrist phone and said lightly, "...There are still twenty-three minutes."

He raised his eyes again and said succinctly: "You can do whatever you want. If you want to fight or fight, go outside."

There was no more noise in the tent.

After a long while, Tang Zhen suddenly got up and slapped himself hard.

He didn't speak, gritted his teeth, and staggered into the snowstorm outside.

Li Youfang said in surprise: "Hey! Don't..."

"—let him go."

Jiang Jianmingwo lowered his eyes in the corner and said, "It's not a bad thing to wake up."

As he said, he lowered his head and took a sip of energy water, then waved his hand calmly, "Don't worry, he won't run away foolishly, the young master of the Tang family is not that cowardly yet."

Bermaner coughed weakly.

She turned to her side and whispered with a pale face, "Student Jiang, don't...don't be angry with Young Master Tang...I'll apologize to you for him."

"No, not angry."

Jiang Jianming sighed lightly and screwed on the cap of the energy water bottle, "If I was really angry, I would have scolded him or beat him long ago, don't think about it."

Several people stopped talking, and even Joe sat down numbly and began to eat compressed food. They are taking this time to regain their strength.

Tang Zhen didn't come back after almost ten minutes. He was covered in ice smudges, and he was extremely embarrassed, but his mental state seemed to have improved a little... At least, he saw that he had changed from a walking corpse to a living person.

He stood in front of Jiang Jianming, his bleak expression filled with shame, and he faltered and couldn't say a complete sentence.

"I just……"

Jiang Jianming glanced at him lightly.

He casually patted Tang Zhen on the shoulder, "You've been outside a little longer than I thought, aren't you cold?... Not cold, take off your coat and give me, I'm cold."

Tang Zhen: "..."

After a while, the time was up.

Jiang Jianming, wearing Tang Zhen's coat, waved to the rest of the group, motioning them to come together.

He turned on his wrist and found a three-dimensional projection of the map for several people to see.

"Come on, listen to me."

Jiang Jianming's eyes are clear and his expression is calm: "It is impossible to run to a low altitude. The subspecies come from there. If we continue to go deeper, we don't know what we will encounter. We can only retreat in the direction of the fortress."

... very strange, he is obviously also a military cadet who has just left the school, and it should be the first time to design a battle plan in a difficult situation, but his tone is naturally as if he has repeated it thousands of times in his previous life.

Ellie raised her hand and gestured: "Then, if we take off in a flying state, can we bypass that subspecies from a high altitude?"

"...Enough."

Li Youfang's face was ashen: "The few of us ran too far... In addition to the energy consumption of the mecha just now, even if the backup energy is included, it is not enough for us to fly back to the fortress in a flying state."

Tang Zhen: "And there are alien creatures at high altitudes. We are not used to aerial combat. If we encounter something more difficult..." He shook his head and closed his mouth.

"That's right," Jiang Jianming nodded and coughed lightly, "but if we retreat while fighting, our physical strength will not be able to hold, so the key to retreat is how to stop this subspecies... We can't follow It plays the game of you chasing me."

Jiang Jianming reached out and pointed on the projection, and drew a circle at the exit of the canyon when they came: "Look here."

Several teammates couldn't help but follow this man's fingers.

On the map, it is the narrowest part of the canyon.

Forward is the way, and backward is the low basin where they found the subspecies, which resembles the neck of a round-bottomed flask.

"We'll run through the subspecies with the mech first, of course, this will cause it to attack. It doesn't matter, we'll stick to this place..."

Jiang Jianming clicked a red cross icon here.

He said in a deep voice, "Then blow up the side of this valley."

Everyone was shocked, and the sound of air-conditioning sounded. Jiang Jianming's expression remained unmoved, and he continued: "Let the falling rocks pile up here and block the way."

"I'm not sure if the subspecies can be completely shut down, but at least, there must be no problem blocking it for a while."

"Blow up... blow up the valley!?"

"How is this-"

Jiang Jianming: "Before I set off, I bought two medium-sized crystal particle bombs."

The original intention was to make up for his lack of combat power, but now there are other ways to use it.

"This thing was originally a new crystal weapon for alien creatures, and it should be no problem to blow up a mountain."

"This……"

Several people were stunned and looked at each other.

The so-called "time and place are right for people", and the importance of correct utilization of geographical conditions in combat, everyone has learned in school.

But now it's the moment of life and death, when others are either breaking down or crying, calmly and calmly say "blow up the valley", this is not something ordinary people can think of...

Tang Zhen's face lit up, and he murmured in surprise: "This seems to work... It works! If it really blows up..."

"But there is a problem."

Jiang Jianming interrupted him and glanced back at the bed. Beimaner had fallen asleep again, her breathing was shallow, and it made people panic.

"We now have a wounded man, and Beman's injuries are so severe that she can't take the risk that the turbulence of the fight will cause the wound to burst and continue to lose blood."

"So, Tang Zhen."

Jiang Jianming called the name of the young master of the Tang family, "Take Beiman'er away, fly over the subspecies with a flying electric shock, and stop at the entrance of the canyon."

"The remaining four people used the electric shock of the land state to forcibly break through to attract the attention of the subspecies. We have to drive the mecha and run all the way to the entrance of the canyon."

Tang Zhen was shocked: "Little Jiang!?"

Allie was stunned: "Forcibly break through... Can we do it?"

Joe's face turned even paler. He seemed to want to refute something again, but was speechless for a long time.

"No, this division of labor is unreasonable!"

Li Youfang retorted, "Why don't you take Beimaner first! Tang Zhen's crystal bone is the strongest among us, he should stay. And your physical fitness is not suitable for fighting..."

Jiang Jianming's expression was firm and unmoved: "This is my plan, and all the staff are arranged to listen to me."

He took out a black grenade from the combat bag and handed it to Tang Zhen.

"It will detonate when you get my signal. Be careful when you use it."

Tang Zhen's mouth was dry, and he couldn't help swallowing.

He felt that the thing in his hand weighed a thousand pounds.

"Xiao Jiang." He whispered, "You... can you tell me the truth? How sure are you?"

Jiang Jianming thought for a moment, then smiled.

"You guessed it," he said.

...

After a while, the tent was put away.

Several people came out, stepping on a layer of ice and snow under their feet.

"Really..." Joe's teeth were chattering, his hands and feet were cold, "

Do you really want to rush over like this? "

Suddenly, he felt a gaze fall on him.

Jiang Jianming was standing under the mecha and looked over. Snow grains swept through his hair, his eyebrows, and those deep eyes.

"Are you scared."

Joe was stunned for a moment, and he was in a trance for a moment.

This black-haired, black-eyed human with a residual crystal stood in the snow, with his back against the steel mecha, and said lightly:

"It's normal to be afraid, and everyone faces it at some point. So it's not funny to feel fear, it's funny to give in to it."

... This is like a painting, and this thought appeared in Qiao's numb mind for no reason.

Small and vast, fragile and cruel.

Just like a painting, in which a small flower blooms

the end of the world

on the ruins.

Before parting, Tang Zhen held Jiang Jianming's arm for a long time and said hoarsely, "...don't have an accident."

"I believe in your plan, but Man Er has..." He paused, "I beg you."

Jiang Jianming patted him: "No accident, see you at the mouth of the canyon."

Tang Zhen took a deep breath, and a hard look appeared on his face.

He carried Bermaner into the cockpit and sat in it himself.

Soon, the flying-state IP took off in the wind and snow.

"Let's go too. The snow is still not deep, and the electricity can start running. If we drag it on, the longer it will be bad for us...cough..."

Jiang Jianming choked on the cold wind, frowned and started coughing.

Li Youfang came over. Whether it was intentional or coincidence, he blocked the strong wind for Jiang Jianming.

"Why don't you drive the snow dove."

Under the dark sky, Li Youfang had a gloomy face, staring at the man who had looked down upon him before.

The muscles on his face twitched, and he gritted his teeth: "Are you staying here to... take care of us?"

"..."

Jiang Jianming glanced at him more and seemed to smile.

"no."

He turned around and got into the cockpit, raised his hand and slammed the door, "The energy chip of the A-class mecha is very expensive, and the fortress does not include rations, so I want to save it."

"If you have the time to think about what type of mecha I use, why don't you think about when I can pay back my money."

Li Youfang: "..."

He cursed secretly, patted his cheek hard, turned his head and climbed up on his IP.

In the cockpit, Jiang Jianming carefully checked the data of each item, and finally opened the communication.

What follows will be a life-and-death breakout.

"Are you ready, good teammates?"

His voice was cool, with a languid and laid-back tone.

"Remember, once you start running, you can't stop, especially don't be in a hurry to lift off. Switching the form of the IP will produce a stagnation time of about two seconds, which is too dangerous."

Jiang Jianming squinted, and the screen in front of him listed maps, data, positioning cursors, and the communication projections of his teammates. All kinds of numbers and lines made people dazzled.

He fastened his seat belt deftly, his black gloved hands resting on the console.

Jiang Jianming's eyes were clear, and he ordered: "Go!"