Chapter 843, The Wish

When you are in the wilderness and there are enemies around you, you should never build an open fire because that campfire will turn you into a target in this dark night.

The two of them, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaoguan, were sitting on the canopy of a large tree, the dense branches of that tree were just enough to hide their figures at night.

“Here, have some,” Ren Xiaosu pulled out a piece of chocolate from the palace and handed it to Yang Xiaoguan, “I think there might not be many barbarians in this Boulder Mountain, and it’s only a matter of time before P5092 they exterminate them.”

“Well,” Yang Xiaoguan took the chocolate and gently bit into it, “What are your plans for the next step, these barbarians like to sneak up on people, they are very cunning, let’s not overturn the ship in the ditch.”

“Not cunning,” Ren Xiaosu shook his head, “Perhaps you have less contact with this type of people, but I actually detected a familiar aura …… of hunters on them. Just like felines, when you turn your back to them, they will instinctively launch a sneak attack on you, not even bothering to consider whether or not this sneak attack can succeed.”

And these northern barbarians were accustomed to sneak attacks, which was also a hunter’s instinct.

After Ren Xiaosu and the others exited the advance base, they first pretended to walk eastward, and waited for half a day before quickly meandering towards Boulder Mountain.

Then half a day into the mountain, Ren Xiaosu immediately discovered the behavioral habits of these northern barbarians, these people, were killing the Central Plains people as prey.

Perhaps many people thought that it was just an ordinary ambush, but Ren Xiaosu realized that the location where these people were hiding must be downwind.

In the face of human beings, in fact, there is no need to hide downwind, after all, the sense of smell of human beings is not good, only to hunt those wild beasts in the wilderness, only need to be so careful, so as not to prey in advance to smell the “human flavor”.

If once may be a coincidence, then Ren Xiaosu they encountered twice is by no means a coincidence, this is the subconscious habits of the other side.

“What exactly is the north like,” Yang Xiaoguan said doubtfully, “If everyone is a hunter, it’s a bit exaggerated.”

“Whatever,” Ren Xiaosu sneered, when it came to things like hunting, these northern barbarians really weren’t necessarily his match.

Moreover, this was the south, Ren Xiaosu’s home turf.

No matter how skillful the other party’s hunting techniques were, they wouldn’t know the wilderness and mountains of the south better than Ren Xiaosu.

Yang Xiaoguan glanced at him, “Got a plan?”

Ren Xiaosu hemmed and hawed, “Don’t talk about this, why don’t we talk about something more sensitive?”

“A more sensitive topic?” Yang Xiaoguan was puzzled for a while, “…… What do you think about the political situation in the Central Plains?”

Ren Xiaosu: “…… I didn’t mean to talk about this!”

Yang Xiaoguan glanced at him, “Okay, the guts are getting bigger and bigger, not bad.”

“Ahem, not bad.”

At this time, the stars above the dome were like the sea, the two sat side by side on top of a thick tree branch, together they looked up and gazed at the silver ocean overhead, Yang Xiaoguan suddenly asked, “What do you want to do the most after returning to the Northwest?”

Ren Xiaosu looked at the starry sky, her thoughts suddenly pulled away by this question, “I want to go and see the world outside of Fortress 178, and then go back and plant some seeds, maybe I can work as a heart surgeon inside Fortress 178, and then receive a salary every month to support our family. When I come home drenched in cold air and take off my scarf, then I’ll say to you that I’m back, and then I’ll hear the gurgling sound of soup stew on the potting bench.”

This sentence, said Yang Xiaoguan actually froze, not knowing why, she suddenly could imagine that picture, and a little bit of anticipation.

And Ren Xiaosu said all these trivial things put together, in fact, he just wanted to have a stable home.

Planting some land or working as an ordinary surgeon, and seeing his wife when he came home, this was a very ordinary wish.

Yet it was this simple wish that was on the verge of becoming a luxury in today’s day and age.

“Aren’t you going to be your Major General?” Yang Xiaoguan asked curiously.

“How am I qualified to be a Major Commander,” Ren Xiaosu leaned against a tree and whispered, “Actually, I don’t know why Mr. Zhang thinks I’m okay, but I’ve always wondered if I shouldn’t find someone a bit older and more mature. For the position of Commander, I’m also too young. Though I know it’s not like he’s making me one right now, it’s just that I feel like I’m used to traveling alone, so I might not really be able to carry this responsibility he’s expecting.”

“It doesn’t matter, do whatever you want,” Yang Xiaoguan said as she looked at the vast starry sky.

“Right, what do you want to do most in the future?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

However, Yang Xiaoguan didn’t say anything for a long time until she slowly leaned on Ren Xiaosu’s shoulder and whispered, “I’ll tell you later.”

Right in the middle of this bloody battlefield, no one would have thought that there was a pair of teenage boys and girls who were snuggling closely together.

The world was a big place, and there were very few people who could possibly give each other warmth.

Life in this era was filled with darkness, betrayal, and deals, so much so that if there was just a little bit of warmth, everyone would feel that it was hard to come by.

……

Early in the morning, outside the camp of the main force led by P5092 in the Boulder Mountains, there were dozens of soldiers from the cooking class carrying iron buckets towards the river, who were responsible for replenishing the water for today’s cooking.

With a main force numbering in the tens of thousands, it was impossible for them to rely on transportation to solve the problem of water, so when the army was on the march, it was usually along the river.

Soldiers carried iron barrels in groups of two as they waddled along, and there were also soldiers who said mysteriously, “Have you heard from the people in the reconnaissance battalion, yesterday they went into the mountains and encountered barbarians, and they almost killed one of their combat squads, but luckily there were two snipers who saved them.”

“I heard,” said the head of the cooking class responsible for carrying water, “I don’t know where these two snipers came from, thinking about it is also strange and exciting, if I didn’t have bad eyesight at the beginning, maybe I could also be a sniper. Look at the snipers in our troops day by day cattle, eating to open a small stove.”

In the army, can open small stove is a very honorable thing.

However, just as they walked to the riverside, the river suddenly stirred up waves, and a huge axe split from the water in the middle of the river.

The water splash started first, and the axe arrived later, only to see that the axe split the water curtain layer by layer to come in front of the Spark Soldiers!

At this time, there were already people who couldn’t help but scream, this axe was too sudden, no one thought that the barbarian would hide in the river near them waiting for a sneak attack!

In the middle of the surprise, two more barbarians drilled out from under the river, their axes sharp to the extreme.

But before that axe could hit the fire soldiers, the fire soldiers suddenly saw the front of the barbarian’s head bloomed with blood mist to ……

“Sniper!”