Ren Xiaosu was squatting in the snow. The snowstorm was frighteningly heavy, but he did not care because his attention was fully focused on the seeds he had just planted.
After planting the Brambles, Ren Xiaosu exchanged for another five seeds.
There were about a dozen different seeds in the slot of the vending machine. But after he inserted his gratitude tokens, the vending machine spat out four new Brambles seeds and a khaki-colored seed.
It seemed like this thing was similar to Explosive Poker. The more common the seeds were, the easier it was to get them. Previously, when he exchanged for poker cards, the vending machine only spat out threes and fours at most. Occasionally, it would spit out one or two fives. As for the higher card types, Ren Xiaosu had never seen them before.
The Brambles were very aggressive. Ren Xiaosu estimated that even if supernatural beings entered its attack range, very few of them would survive. Therefore, Ren Xiaosu was quite satisfied with this new product.
But what was the use of this khaki-colored seed?
After the seeds were planted, the sprouts took a lot longer to grow. It was only after more than ten minutes that a tender green sprout emerged.
The sprout was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. But even now, the plant did not seem to be any different from the others.
A moment later, Ren Xiaosu was stunned because he saw a pocket-like structure forming at the top of the plant. Then his consciousness connected with the plant.
With a thought from Ren Xiaosu, the pocket-like structure quickly spat out a fist-sized potato like it was firing a cannonball.
This was … a Potato Shooter!
What the fuck was this? Ren Xiaosu was speechless. He had already understood the function of this plant through his consciousness connection. It was actually an automatic rifle from the plant world that could spit out 30 potatoes a day.
Ren Xiaosu found this to be very boring. Any automatic rifle would be more powerful than this thing, alright? Not only were firearms faster than it, but they were also more lethal.
Other than being able to automatically alert others, it did not seem to have any other advantages.
Besides, wouldn't it be a waste to spit out the potatoes? They were all food!
Ren Xiaosu suddenly looked at the Potato Shooter. "Spit it out."
The Potato Shooter spat out the remaining 29 potatoes that it had hidden underground. Ren Xiaosu smacked his lips and said, "High-speed food production. That's pretty useful. We'll have potatoes for dinner."
The palace probably did not expect that Ren Xiaosu would use this offensive plant as a food crop …
However, at this moment, he suddenly heard the crunching of the snow in front of him. Ren Xiaosu immediately became alert. Someone was walking over from the other side!
At the moment, the Li Consortium's other regular troops had already been deployed at the front line of Mt. Fengyi. However, which regular troops would come to the mountains for no reason? Everyone would take the main road. Only a weird unit like the Divine Arms Battalion would travel through mountains and rivers, alright?
The Divine Strategy Battalion is here? No, they weren't even walking in the same direction.
Then … they were enemies!
Ren Xiaosu quietly retreated. When he stepped on the snow, he used the tip of his foot to step on it, so it did not make a sound.
He retreated very far and hid behind a big tree. There shouldn't be too many enemies coming. It was very likely that they were just the enemy's outpost. He wondered if it was the Kyung Clan or the Yang Clan?
However, he saw the 30 people carefully walking in the snow. They were in a long line, with people taking turns to advance through the snow like a pack of wolves.
Ren Xiaosu waited for them to enter the attack range of the Brambles so that he could observe the specific function of the Brambles.
However, the other party was very alert. Ren Xiaosu had just left not long ago, so the snow was not big enough to cover up his footprints. Therefore, when this platoon, which was the outpost, saw Ren Xiaosu's footprints, they immediately stopped.
The entire platoon immediately fanned out on the snow so that they could have a full grasp of the situation around them.
"Someone was here just now. Be careful!"
"Judging from the snow, they should have left after hearing our footsteps."
"Has the plan been exposed?"
"Not sure. Look for the target. There should be only one person!"
Ren Xiaosu was a little disappointed. If they had just walked a little further, they would have stepped into the attack range of the Brambles. After all, the attack range of the Brambles was tens of meters.
However, Ren Xiaosu's eyes suddenly lit up. Although the Brambles were fixed, the Potato Shooter could attack under his control.
Ren Xiaosu wanted to control the Potato Shooter to test its power, but he found that the Potato Shooter did not react at all.
This must be a fake, right? Why didn't it spit out the potatoes?
Oh no, the potatoes were all in his backpack … It was not the Potato Shooter's fault …
Ren Xiaosu watched from afar. He had already confirmed that the other party was the Kyung Clan's army. Although he was very familiar with Fatty Luo, if they really met on the battlefield, no one would hold back. War was war.
Moreover, Qing Zhen and Luo Lan were currently under house arrest, so these soldiers had nothing to do with Luo Lan and the others.
Suddenly, the Kyung Clan troops switched on the flashlights on their automatic rifles. The light shone on the snow and followed Ren Xiaosu's footprints all the way to the big tree where he was hiding.
In the heavy snow, footprints could not be hidden even if they wanted to, unless Ren Xiaosu could fly.
To be honest, Ren Xiaosu did not expect the Kyung Clan troops to be so vigilant. The Kyung Clan troops looked at each other. "There's only one person. Confirm."
"Don't let him go, lest he reveals our whereabouts when he reports back," the platoon commander said calmly. As long as they could confirm that there was only one person, things would be easier.
"Don't shoot yet. There might be troops stationed nearby, and refugees wouldn't appear here. It could be a nanosoldier from the Divine Arms Battalion."
The Kyung Clan troops carefully analyzed Ren Xiaosu's identity and motives to determine their next course of action.
They had only approached this area after receiving intelligence. The intelligence indicated that the Divine Arms Battalion had disappeared after advancing in this direction. So it was not surprising that they would appear in the wilderness.
As they spoke, someone put a silencer on the barrel of their gun. As the frontline troops, they could not alert the enemy. Therefore, they had to fight quickly and covertly!
"Advance!" The platoon commander said, "Battle forward formation."
Under normal circumstances, there were only three battle formations for the frontline troops. The first was the basic forward formation, in which the entire platoon would advance in a straight line. The first member of the platoon would fire his gun at the front to test his aim, while the rest of the platoon members would hold their guns and stand guard to the left and right. The second was the defensive forward formation, in which one of the main combatants would take aim at the rear.
As for the battle forward formation, all the platoon members would advance in a staggered formation. The first, second, and third members would fire their guns at the front to test their aim, while the second and third members would be positioned to the left and right of the first member respectively to provide cover.
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