Whoosh!
After hearing the light whoosh of the bullet leaving the barrel, before Li Qianfan could react, his whole body suddenly shot out to the right like a mantis shrimp flicking its claw, seven centimeters.
*Pfft—*
As the faint blue trajectory flashed and disappeared in the darkness, Li Qianfan heard the *pfft* sound that only occurs when a bullet hits a body.
The speeding bullet precisely hit the spot where Li Qianfan had just been standing (his head).
He had been leaning against a corpse, unsure if it was a suicide.
After dodging in time, the bullet directly struck the corpse behind him.
"My reaction, the speed at which I dodged the bullet, how can it be so fast?"
This was Li Qianfan's first thought as he quickly hid behind a tree.
209.
This speed and reaction, which even Li Qianfan himself couldn't control, came from the mysterious and powerful 209.
His second reaction—
was fear!
The enemy could quietly approach him from over ten meters away in pitch-black darkness and accurately shoot at his head.
Yet, he couldn't see anything.
Any normal person would be scared.
If you put yourself in his shoes, the only ones who wouldn't be scared in this environment would appear in Hollywood or films made by 'Sang Ge'.
"Ah—"
As Li Qianfan's heart pounded uncontrollably, he heard a scream that abruptly stopped.
It was a woman's voice.
It was the kind of scream only a woman's life makes when it is suddenly and completely terminated.
Du Junlin.
Li Qianfan suddenly realized something and, with his soul about to flee his body, lunged in the direction of the scream, yelling, "Du Yaoyao!"
At this moment.
He didn't care about anything else.
He just wanted to reach Du Junlin as quickly as possible and see if she was alright.
Whoosh, whoosh—
Just as Li Qianfan lunged out from behind the tree, two faint blue trajectories shot towards him from two different directions.
This also proved.
That at least two enemies had silently infiltrated to within ten meters of Li Qianfan.
Li Qianfan didn't have time to ponder how they managed to lock onto him in the dark environment (it wasn't just his face, there was fluorescence on his back shoulder).
The moment the faint blue trajectories appeared, he simply rolled a few times, not even caring that his head hit a tree and hurt badly.
Using the direction of the scream as his guide, Li Qianfan rolled a few times, then sprang up and continued to charge forward.
*Bang!!*
Li Qianfan's forehead hit a tree heavily.
Why is there a tree here—
Li Qianfan, unable to see anything, was disoriented by the collision. As he stumbled backward, the faint blue trajectories reappeared.
But an invisible black shadow promptly tackled him to the ground.
This was followed by rapid, consecutive rolls.
After being tackled to the ground by this shadow, Li Qianfan instinctively raised his hand.
Before his fist could land a heavy blow, Du Junlin's voice sounded in time: "It's me."
Who is it?
Oh, oh, oh, Du Yaoyao.
That scream just now was her eliminating the enemy who was trying to snipe me!
Li Qianfan was overjoyed. He turned his swinging fist into an embrace and whispered angrily, "Where did you go just now? Do you know how scared I was?"
He was scared by being targeted by the enemy in complete darkness.
He was scared by his lack of jungle combat experience.
Even more so, he was scared for Du Junlin, who had disappeared in a huff.
"Bird, don't be afraid, I'll protect you."
Du Junlin whispered in his ear.
Her voice was still cold, but it contained a gentleness that even a deaf person could hear.
It would have been even better if she had called him "Brother Qianfan" instead of "Bird."
No time to talk more—
Just as at least four faint blue trajectories appeared again, Du Junlin, still holding Li Qianfan, rolled rapidly.
Then, she sprang up and, pulling his hand, ran forward madly.
In the pitch-black, uneven forest filled with scattered trees and rocks, Du Junlin moved as if on flat ground!!
Li Qianfan had no chance to think about anything else.
He could only run forward, blindly led by Du Junlin, making left and right turns.
*Splish.*
Li Qianfan's right foot suddenly stepped into water.
There were streams in the suicide forest.
After all, the highest altitudes of Mount Fuji maintained a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius year-round. The heavy snow would melt in the summer, and the flowing water formed streams, which in turn nourished this suicide forest.
Furthermore, there were abundant hot spring water sources here.
It was normal for there to be streams in the forest.
Because the streams were deep within the dense forest.
Every year, the fallen leaves in the forest would enter the streams, forming a thick layer of mud.
This resulted in the stream water only reaching the calf, but the mud was nearly half a meter deep.
Li Qianfan sank as soon as he stepped into it.
"This is bad!"
Li Qianfan inwardly cursed.
The pursuers, relying on their familiarity with the terrain and some kind of "golden finger" that could lock onto targets in the dark, were rapidly closing in.
If they got stuck in the mud, they would become sitting ducks.
The key was that the stream water was reflective, and even in the dark forest, it would clearly show their silhouettes on the water's surface to anyone in the jungle.
As Li Qianfan tried to pull his foot out of the mud, Du Junlin tackled him into the water.
"What is Du Yaoyao doing!"
Li Qianfan's head was submerged in the warm stream water (besides the melting snow, there was also hot water from the active volcano; the mixture of ice and hot water brought the water temperature to a good thirty-seven to thirty-eight degrees), and he was even more surprised.
Then he felt Du Junlin tearing at his clothes.
Damn it—
Li Qianfan was truly angry!
He burst out of the water with a splash, ready to yell, but Du Junlin beat him to it, whispering, "There are biological surveillance systems everywhere on the trees in the forest!"
Biological surveillance.
What kind of surveillance was this?
Broadly speaking, this surveillance system was not affected by light or temperature. It locked onto targets precisely based on the "biological characteristics" of animals.
This was precisely why Li Qianfan could be accurately targeted!
And if he covered himself in mud, he could effectively mask his "biological characteristics," rendering the biological surveillance system in the jungle completely blind.
Even the mud could interfere with thermal imaging surveillance systems.
Li Qianfan suddenly understood.
It was then, by the faint light reflecting off the water, that he noticed Du Junlin was covered in mud.
He had to remove his clothes and apply the mud directly to his skin to make the "invisibility" more effective!
He couldn't hesitate any longer.
Before the enemies caught up.
He discarded his clothes as quickly as possible, leaving only his shoes (his shoes were filled with mud, which could help with invisibility; the key was that in a jungle full of rocks, going barefoot would be incredibly uncomfortable). He began digging up mud.
Du Junlin also helped him apply it.
Hands!
Where were her hands applying it?
Du Yaoyao is really shameless—
Didn't she see the large head on Li Qianfan's shoulders?!
Forget it.
The situation was critical, and Li Qianfan couldn't worry about too much.
Within tens of seconds, like Du Junlin, he turned into a mud man.
Then, the two of them quickly rushed out of the stream, plunged into the jungle, and hid behind a clump of bushes.
*Rustle, rustle.*
The gentle gurgling of the stream not far away added a touch of life to this death-shrouded area.
Besides the sound of water, there was no other movement.
And no faint blue trajectories appeared!
What did this prove?
It could only prove that the enemies, like them, had become blind and deaf.
Li Qianfan and Du Junlin clung tightly to each other, hidden behind the bushes, not daring to move. It took a full five minutes before his wildly beating heart gradually calmed down.
Li Qianfan listened intently. Hearing no unusual sounds, he asked in a low voice, "When you were in Nanjiang, did you encounter a similar situation?"
Du Junlin replied, "I've encountered much more serious situations than this."
She paused.
Then she added, "So, when I said I could move like I was on flat ground in this environment, you weren't allowed to call me a braggart."
Li Qianfan was a little unhappy. "Just because I said you were bragging, you abandoned me?"
Du Junlin calmly retorted, "Do you believe I'll abandon you again right now?"
Li Qianfan—
He really wanted to push her away!
But he also knew very well that he was a jungle novice. If he wanted to get out alive (let alone find the dark web branch), he would have to rely on Du Junlin, the queen of the jungle.
To survive, appeasing Du Yaoyao was not shameful!!
Li Qianfan was full of admiration. "No wonder you told me there was water when we first entered the forest. You could sense it from so far away from this stream. And you thought of using mud to conceal yourself, you're simply amazing."
Du Junlin, however, said, "When I said there was water, I wasn't referring to this stream."
Li Qianfan was puzzled and asked, "Then where is the water?"
"My foot nerves are exceptionally sensitive. If you play with them in various ways, I will."
Du Junlin suddenly leaned into his ear and said, with an air of great magnanimity, "Understand?"
Li Qianfan was stunned.
He didn't understand!
His mind was so pure, and he was still a "child." How could he understand "adult" matters?
But he couldn't help but be glib and ask, "Pornhub?"
He immediately felt a sharp pain in his ribs.
But he heard Du Junlin admit even more magnanimously, "Uh-huh."
Uh-huh what?
Tell me, what does "uh-huh" mean?!
Not saying?
Then I'll tickle the sole of your foot—
Li Qianfan seized one of Du Junlin's feet, about to take off her shoe to personally verify if she was lying, when he saw a black shadow slowly appear in their line of sight.