When you're in the Wolf Pack, your ability to obey orders becomes stronger.

Chapter 62 What's the scariest thing in the no-man's-land?
It's now basically confirmed that Qi Ruibiao has run away.

This was not the first time Luo Shan, a military officer with many years of service, had encountered such a situation.

The reason he reacted so strongly was because this was a no-man's-land.

What the no man's land meant was something the new recruits didn't know, but he knew it all too well.

Even if it's broad daylight and you're alone in a deserted area, you could face all sorts of dangers.

The new recruits remained silent, following behind Luo Shan towards another exit of the valley.

The riverbed was flanked by steep cliffs, and Qi Ruibiao could only run in one direction.

Seeing that Xiao Siquan was having difficulty running on the gravel beach, Xu Ge bent down, picked him up, and put him in his pocket.

Luo Shan originally wanted to call the instructor and company commander to report, but the signal was very poor in the valley, so he gave up after a few attempts and kept urging everyone to speed up.

A dozen minutes later, the group emerged from the valley and found themselves in front of a stream. The water flowed slowly among the pebbles, and beyond that was a hillside covered with sparse wild grass.

After stepping across the stream by stepping on the stones, Luo Shan and Kaiyoumu bent down and began to examine the ground carefully, while the other recruits stood still and looked around.

It was already dark, and the surroundings were shrouded in a gray haze, with visibility limited to only a few dozen meters at most.

"Platoon leader, look at these footprints, they should be heading south," Kaiyu said, pointing to the ground.

Luo Shan nodded: "I think so too. Let the white tiger come over and sniff it!"

Xu Ge immediately took out the little dog and led it to the footprints that Kaiyoumu had found: "White Tiger, sniff!"

The little dog lowered its head and sniffed the ground, then began to circle around the soldiers, eventually hopping and skipping southwards.

"Let's go! Keep chasing!"

Luo Shan waved his hand, and the new recruits immediately went up the hillside to prepare to advance south.

"Platoon leader, I think I just saw someone over there!" Li Dongshui suddenly said from the back of the line.

Everyone stopped in their tracks. Xu Ge looked north, following Li Dongshui's finger, but could only see a hazy expanse of fog.

"where?"

Luo Shan glanced back twice but didn't see anyone. "Are you sure you saw anyone?"

Li Dongshui hesitated for a moment: "The lighting wasn't good, so I can't be sure. It just felt like there was a shadow flashing behind the slope over there."

Luo Shan was in a dilemma. The earthen slope that Li Dongshui mentioned was seventy or eighty meters away from here. If he was wrong, it would take a lot of time to go back and forth.

I glanced at the little dog; the little guy was still sniffing as he walked south with his butt sticking out.

"Okay, Xu Ge, you and Li Dongshui go check it out. If no one's there, come back quickly. If someone is there, call out to them."

Luo Shan then looked at Kaiyoumu, "You take two people and wait here. The rest of you come with me south to check out the situation."

"Yes!"

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui turned around and ran towards the north slope, while Luo Shan led several new recruits south, the ten men spread out in a straight line about two or three hundred meters apart.

. . .

. . .

"Did you even see it clearly?"

As they approached the earthen slope, Xu Ge couldn't help but ask.

"I caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye, and by the time I turned my head, I felt that the figure had already disappeared behind me."

Li Dongshui spoke quite directly to Xu Ge, "But my intuition is very accurate, almost always right!"

"Okay, let's climb up the slope and take a look; we can see further from there."

Xu Ge knew Li Dongshui had excellent eyesight, and he cursed.

"If it really is that kid Qi Ruibiao, I'll beat him up! Damn it, he made us look for him outside so late, I'm starving!" The two climbed up the earthen slope and began to look down.

“Xu Ge, look, isn’t there someone sitting over there?” Li Dongshui pointed to the bottom of the slope more than 30 meters away. “I told you I wasn’t mistaken!”

Xu Ge looked closely and sure enough, there was a figure sitting below, wearing what looked like a hat, which resembled the boonie hats everyone wore during training.

"Damn, it really is that kid. He's just resting because he's tired from running."

Without much thought, Xu Ge immediately recognized the figure below as Qi Ruibiao and shouted, "Qi Ruibiao!"

After shouting, Xu Ge yelled again in the direction of Kaiyoumu behind him, "Squad leader, over here!"

Kaiyuki perked up at the shout and immediately prepared to bring the two new recruits over, but at that moment he heard Luoshan's voice from ahead:

"Kaiyoumu, bring everyone here. Qi Ruibiao has been found!"

Kaiyoumu, who was about to run towards Xu Ge, suddenly froze, looking around in confusion. What was going on?
"Zhou Meng, did you hear what Xu Ge shouted just now?" Kaiyoumu asked Zhou Meng beside him.

"It seems like he just called out 'deputy squad leader'," Zhou Meng said uncertainly.

"Damn! What are they doing?"

Kaiyoumu clearly heard Luo Shan's voice, so he prepared to call Xu Ge and Li Dongshui back.

"Xu Ge, you two can come back..."

Halfway through his shout, Kaiyoumu froze again. The two people had actually come down the slope!

On Xu Ge's side, after calling out Qi Ruibiao's name, he saw the sitting figure below immediately stand up.

Now the two were absolutely certain that the other person was Qi Ruibiao. Li Dongshui shouted down, "Hurry up, A-Biao, the platoon leader and the others are here."

The figure below turned to face the two, said nothing, and simply waved.

"He told the two of us to go down," Li Dongshui guessed.

"This kid's stamina is pretty impressive too. Once we get down there, remember to pin him down immediately. If he really starts running, we might not be able to catch him," Xu Ge whispered.

He planned to pretend to go down with Li Dongshui to get closer to Qi Ruibiao first, and then find an opportunity to capture him.

"it is good!"

Li Dongshui nodded, and the two started walking downhill. As they walked, Li Dongshui called out, "Hey Abiao, why did you run so far just to take a dump?"

The figure remained silent, still standing there watching this direction.

"This kid's probably regretting it now, and he's probably thinking about how he's going to make up a story in front of the platoon leader later!"

Xu Ge sneered, "I fucking suspect that the gas on my gun is his..."

"Xu Ge!"

Xu Ge, who was walking ahead, noticed that Li Dongshui's voice sounded off and turned around: "What's wrong?"

Li Dongshui looked nervous and pointed down: "Why do I feel like he... he seems a bit fatter than Qi Ruibiao?"

Xu Ge was startled and immediately looked carefully at the figure below.

Now that they were closer, the other person's outline was clearer, and he did indeed seem to be a bit wider than Qi Ruibiao.

Xu Ge suspected that the darkness was making it difficult for him to see clearly, so he called out again, "Qi Ruibiao, can you say something?"

The figure below remained silent, but once again extended its right arm and waved.

Li Dongshui's slightly trembling voice came from behind: "Xu Ge... he... his arms are so long!"

"Also, look at his feet, he's not wearing our yellow combat boots!"

A chill ran down Xu Ge's spine as he recalled what Kaiyoumu had said during their earlier conversation:
Do you know what's the scariest thing to encounter in a no-man's-land? It's not wild animals, it's people!
(End of this chapter)