The white steel armor brushed the snow-covered branches, causing it to shake up and down, and snowflakes fell.

Four exoskeleton warriors are traveling through the snowy forest.

This is the fifth day after Anthony led the Bordeaux team to set off. They set off in a low-key manner and are now approaching the goal of 300 kilometers.

With the stealth effect of the spider silk armor as the lining, and the carefully chosen route, they avoided most of the trouble.

Although there were some monsters on the road, luckily they were not strong, and the team members used precise cooperation to strangle them.

If the country is divided according to the past, the Bordeaux team is located in the South Sudan region, and the surrounding trees belong to the former rainforest.

Anthony, the captain at the forefront, raised his hand and stopped the players.

He then gestured, and Hobart, a seasoned veteran, left the team and continued to scout ahead.

The rest squatted down on the spot and lowered their bodies to rest.

"Alternate alert, take turns eating."

The other team member held a gun and turned his back to the remaining two people, observing the surrounding situation to avoid the sudden appearance of monsters.

The visor was returned to the helmet, and the faces of Anthony and the technician were exposed in the ice and snow.

In the temperature of minus 40 to 50 degrees, their eyebrows quickly formed 22 hoarfrost.

Anthony took out a piece of compressed dry food and stuffed it into his mouth to chew slowly, so as to better absorb energy and restore physical fitness.

In fact, in the life-sustaining device of the exoskeleton armor, there is a nutrient solution that can be directly injected into the human body, but the reserve is not much, and it can only be used in critical situations.

For example, the outside world is full of poisonous gas, and it is impossible to open the mask to eat.

The technician on the opposite side looked at the surrounding scenery while eating, with a look of amazement on his face: "No matter how many times you eat and see these plants, these plants are shocking.

"In such a cold weather, even if frost and snow cover, they still grow vigorously and never wither like in spring.

Anthony also looked up to the vicinity, with a deep meaning in his eyes: "The changes in the world will affect not only human beings, but everything.

"Right." He lowered his head and looked at the technician: "How much of our energy core is left?"

The material backpack is linked to the exoskeleton armor, which can be viewed on the visor display:

"There are still twenty-five sticks left, enough for our way back, and there are five more spare sticks, that is, there is not much dry food.

The so-called energy core is actually an ultra-high-density battery, one of which can support an exoskeleton to operate at low power for twelve hours.

Although humans have built fusion reactors and achieved miniaturization, the so-called "miniaturization" is too large to be used in war machines.

From the palm-sized sci-fi model in "Iron Man", human's current technology is still a long way away.

Anthony nodded: "Food is not a big problem, these places are lush with vegetation, you can always find something to eat, and you won't go hungry. 39

After eating the compressed dry food, he took out the thermal flask, grabbed the clean snow and put it in it, and melted it into water with the electricity of the exoskeleton.

After a few sips, he exchanged with the guards and asked him to eat food to replenish his strength.

Soon, Hobert, who went to investigate, came back, and while eating dry food, he lowered his voice and said to his teammates:

"There is a cliff in front, and there is a village below, the building is very complete, there is no trace of encountering monsters, but I didn't see anyone.

Anthony frowned: "This area has been ravaged by monsters for so long, and the village is still intact?"

"Could that be the case?" The technician raised his hand and said:

"Before the monsters came, the people in the village had already fled to the north with the team, and when there was no one in it, the monsters would not go back to patronize. 35

Anthony nodded thoughtfully: "This possibility is not ruled out."

Then, he said to the players:

"We are here to investigate the situation. As long as there is no major danger, we should all go and have a look. After a short rest, we will head towards the village. 99

Shortly after.

The four of them circumvented the steep cliff and cautiously entered the village.

This place is not big. It is said to be a village, but it is actually a small traditional African settlement. The houses are made of mud and straw.

Similar buildings are common in this country, which was rated as one of the least developed countries in the Philippines before it perished.

On its 619,000 square kilometers of land, more than 13 million people live. According to the exchange rate in 2020, the GDP is only 19.17 billion yuan, and the per capita is about 1,474 meters.

Note that this is GDP per capita, not per capita disposable amount.

One can imagine the extent of poverty in the country.

"The detector shows that everything is normal." Hearing the words of the technician on the team's radio, Anthony carefully observed the settlement ahead.

The situation is as Hobert said, the building is intact, but no one can see it.

Anthony led people into it slowly.

Except for the wind, everything is quiet, which is normal in the wild, but in man-made buildings, it seems a little depressing.

When he noticed something out of the corner of his eye, Anthony reminded in a low voice: "Everyone be careful, something is wrong. 39

Hobart looked around and asked without looking back, "What's the matter?"

Anthony's eyelids are down: "The snow on the roof isn't the right thickness. 35

"If the people here had fled to the north before the monsters ravaged, the snow would have been thick without anyone clearing it up.

It was only then that everyone remembered the problem, and after looking carefully, they found that the roof area was really thin, as if someone had cleaned it not long ago.

This settlement is located in an area that has been occupied by monsters for several months. Not only is the building intact, but someone is cleaning the snow on the roof?

The players suddenly felt their hearts go cold.

The dark windows of these shabby houses seem to hide countless eyes looking at themselves and others.

"Find a house and take a look inside." Anthony said.

They first classified the outside and the two sides of the door, then kicked the single door open, followed the standard procedure to alternately cover the inside, and quickly checked the corners where living things might be hidden.

There was no one in the house.

Seeing that the team members were vigilant, Anthony randomly found a piece of cloth 623, wiped it lightly on the table, and put it in front of his eyes.

No dust.

Anthony's eyes became sharp immediately, and a bad premonition emerged in his heart.

Experienced people know that even if a house is completely sealed and does not exchange air with the outside world, it will be covered with dust for a long time.

But this building should have been abandoned for a long time, and the furniture inside is not stained with dust!

Anthony quickly told the players about the situation.

Soon, the technicians also made a discovery.

In the other room, in front of the bed, there were a few broken bones, and the wall made of rammed earth had spatter-like bloodstains.

The technician picked up the bone on the ground: "Such size and shape...should belong to a small rodent."

After he finished speaking, he used the knife to rub off the blood spot again, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he said with great certainty:

"The blood clotting time does not exceed twelve hours.

He looked at Captain Anthony: "That is to say, some living creature killed a rodent here last night, most likely a mouse."

"What's the reason, we don't know yet."

The snow on the roof of the settlement has been swept away, the house is spotless, and there were living creatures that killed a big mouse in it last night...

An inexplicable sense of strangeness rose in the hearts of the four of them.

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