"Ah!" Zhao Hu woke up from his sleep and couldn't help but scream, but as soon as he made a sound, his mouth was blocked by Jiang Cheng.
"Cheng Ge, this is?" Zhao Hu looked around and asked in confusion.
"Don't make a sound, just follow behind me!" Jiang Cheng looked at Zhao Hu with a serious face and said. He let go of his body, waved to the other two, turned around and ran into the distance.
Seeing Jiang Cheng's strange behavior, Wang Hai and Ye Shaowen were very surprised, but they immediately caught up and followed behind him, running forward like crazy.
Ye Shaowen ran to Jiang Cheng's side and asked softly, "Cheng Ge, have we been discovered?"
Jiang Cheng said as he ran, "I don't think so, but if we stay here, we will definitely be discovered by them. Those people are coming towards us."
"Oh." Ye Shaowen nodded. If they are coming, then they are coming. Why are you so nervous? It's not too late to retreat slowly.
"Just now I said that there are at least five people over there, right? But these people are just the outpost team. I heard that there is a large number of people rushing over from the distance in the woods. The number should be no less than a hundred. They are moving quickly towards us and will arrive in two or three minutes." Jiang Cheng continued slowly.
"A hundred? So many people! " Ye Shaowen was surprised. Although he could still maintain a relatively calm expression on the surface, the degree of horror in his heart could be seen from his widened eyes.
Hearing Jiang Cheng's words, Wang Hai was also shocked, "You heard it? Cheng Ge, you, you mean, you can hear it from such a distance? "
"No way? What happened while I was sleeping? "Zhao Hu also couldn't believe it.
"Yes." Jiang Cheng heavily agreed, then slowly and softly said, "There are no less than a hundred of them. As for me being able to hear them, it's not strange. After using Zhen Qi, my hearing is very close to that of a sensitive animal. There are too many of them. Just the sound of their footsteps can be clearly distinguished. The sound is very chaotic, and the area it covers is also very large. They are passing through the forest in groups. Their feet stepping on branches and dead leaves will make a lot of noise."
While they were talking, they ran 50 meters away from their original position. Jiang Cheng made a gesture, telling everyone to stop and keep quiet. He listened attentively and even put his ear to the ground to listen. The others also did the same, but unfortunately, they couldn't hear anything. At most, they could hear some insects in the nearby mountains. Soon, they all gave up and stared at Cheng Ge.
After about 30 seconds, Jiang Cheng's body that was originally lying on the ground straightened up. He nodded and said to the others, "It's okay. They stopped. They probably didn't notice us. Otherwise, they would have chased after us."
The others all let out a sigh of relief. The opponents were most likely more than a hundred fully armed special forces soldiers. If they discovered them and chased after them, it would be no laughing matter. If they surrounded them, the chances of all of them escaping would be very low.
"Cheng Ge, there are more than a hundred people. There are not many people in Iraq who have this kind of organization. Who could they be? Could it be that the US Army set up a guard post here? "Zhao Hu asked in confusion.
Ye Shaowen and Wang Hai also stared at Jiang Cheng. They were also very concerned about this question.
"It's definitely not the US Army." Jiang Cheng immediately said with certainty. He then slowly explained, "These people are also very secretive about their whereabouts. If it was the US Army, they wouldn't have to be so sneaky. I think … it could be the Iraqi militants, preparing to ambush the US Army here. I didn't expect to run into them."
Then, Jiang Cheng said, "Of course, this is only a preliminary guess. It could also be some other organization or country that also wants to steal the genetic modification data. For example, Germany, or the militants in Iraq and Syria. These are all very possible. As for the specifics, we will have to investigate later."
"Cheng Ge, are you saying that we have to go back later?" Wang Hai asked nervously. If they were discovered by the enemy, there was a high chance that they wouldn't be able to escape. The risk of this operation was too high.
Jiang Cheng nodded. "We will go back, but it's not us, it's me. Today's mission plan has changed. You guys don't have to accompany us here. Let's go back to the place where we parked the car. I will stay and investigate who these people are and what they want to do. Maybe we can find an opportunity."
"Cheng Ge, you're going back alone?" Ye Shaowen frowned and asked in surprise.
"I want to go too!" Zhao Hu said from the side.
Before Jiang Cheng could say anything, Ye Shaowen took a deep breath and nodded. "I have the same idea as Zhao Hu. If Cheng Ge wants to go, bring us along."
Jiang Cheng smiled bitterly and waved his hand. Then he continued. "No need. It's easy to alert the enemy if there are too many people. It's more convenient for me to go alone."
"But …" Zhao Hu wanted to say more, but Jiang Cheng raised his hand and stopped him.
"You guys go back to the car immediately. I will leave now. If anything happens, I will contact you immediately." Jiang Cheng said as he stood up and walked back to where he came from.
Ye Shaowen and Zhao Hu watched Jiang Cheng leave. The three looked at each other and prepared to return to the off-road vehicle according to Jiang Cheng's instructions. Just like Cheng Ge said, they couldn't help if they stayed here. They could only be a hindrance.
Ye Shaowen lowered his head and looked like he was thinking about something.
Jiang Cheng retraced his steps alone and soon approached the high slope that he had just left. He slowly climbed up from the back of the slope and arrived at the top of the slope. Just as he was about to stand on the top of the slope, he found that someone had already occupied the spot. It was a soldier wearing a helmet and a camouflage uniform. He was holding a pair of binoculars and looking into the distance. It seemed like he was checking to see if the Americans had arrived.
This person's attention was completely focused elsewhere. He didn't notice Jiang Cheng who was slowly climbing up behind him.
When he saw this person, Jiang Cheng hesitated for a moment and immediately changed his target. He climbed to the side of the slope with dense foliage. About ten minutes later, he crouched on the right side of the top of the slope and looked down. He saw many people crouching at the bottom of the slope. There were about 130 of them, and each of them looked like a fully-armed soldier. None of them spoke, and their expressions were solemn.
They were all standard Caucasians. Jiang Cheng had a guess in his heart. It seemed that these people were not the armed terrorists from Syria and Iraq. Instead, they were like them, eyeing the information of the genetic modification plan. However, it was really unexpected for so many people to come all of a sudden. Could it be that these people had given up on the secret infiltration plan after observing for a while and were ready to fight a tough battle?
Just as Jiang Cheng was letting his imagination run wild, he suddenly heard a sound behind him. He immediately turned his head and saw a man crawling carefully in the distance. It turned out to be Ye Shaowen!
Ye Shaowen crawled to Jiang Cheng's side and also looked down. His face was full of surprise. He turned to look at Jiang Cheng and whispered, "Cheng Ge, it seems that these people want to hijack the US Army's vehicle and sneak into the Beauregard base."
Jiang Cheng nodded. "That should be the case. But why are you here? Where are Wang Hai and Zhao Hu? Are they also following behind? "
"No, I've already asked them to go back to the parking lot. I came to take a look myself." Ye Shaowen said with a smile.
Since they were already here, they might as well take things as they come. Jiang Cheng naturally would not chase Ye Shaowen back. He just made a shushing gesture to him, telling him to keep quiet and not be discovered by those people. Fortunately, this place was more than 50 meters away from the soldiers. As long as they did not make too much noise, they would not be discovered in the dark.
"These people have also been forced into desperation." Jiang Cheng looked at the hundreds of special forces soldiers below and said in a low voice, "They are more anxious than us. Seeing that there is no chance, they want to use this method to sneak in. But in my opinion, they are just looking for death. They are making a last-ditch struggle. These soldiers will definitely die because of the decision made by the higher-ups!"
"Cheng Ge, what should we do? Just watch?" Ye Shaowen asked hesitantly.
Jiang Cheng nodded affirmatively. "That's right. It's a good opportunity to see how strong the U.S. Army's garrison is. This place is not far from Beauregard Base. If we make a big noise, maybe the U.S. Army in the base will come out to rescue us."
Jiang Cheng and Ye Shaowen waited quietly. About an hour later, someone standing on another high slope with binoculars reacted. He immediately rushed to the high slope and came to the group of special forces below. Under his command, more than a hundred soldiers quickly advanced forward, like countless insects swarming toward food.
"The U.S. Army is here!" Jiang Cheng said while holding the military binoculars and looking into the distance.
About two to three kilometers away, three military heavy trucks were rushing toward them at high speed. Based on the capacity of those trucks, there were about a hundred U.S. Army soldiers coming. Because they could vaguely see the figures on the three trucks flashing.
Ye Shaowen grabbed the military binoculars and looked in that direction. His expression changed and said, "Damn Americans, they actually captured so many people this time!"
"What's wrong?" Jiang Cheng asked curiously.
"Cheng Ge, we are familiar with these trucks. The people on them are not all from the U.S. Army. Most of them are civilians who were captured by them. Based on the number today, it seems like there are about 50 people, almost double the previous number," Ye Shaowen said with a frown.
Jiang Cheng's expression changed. It seemed that his previous speculation was not groundless. The genetic modification program was speeding up the speed of human trials. It was a sign that the technology was approaching maturity!
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