Chapter Thirty-One: The King of the Forest (4)

  Two assaulters observed from the four sides of the pirate's former hideout, one of them soon discovered the abnormality of the bush, "Look there, that is a camouflage net." Remembering the order to capture Du Ci alive, he hung his gun around his neck and rushed towards Lin Ruolan's position with his bare hands.

  Suddenly, he felt a tightness in his throat, and a thin steel wire soaked in copper oil stretched out from behind, wrapped around his neck, pulling him into the depths of the dense forest with great force. Instinctively, he used both hands to protect his own throat, but he knew that no matter how hard he resisted, he would suffocate to death within fourteen seconds, because the opponent had used a killing technique - the most pure killing method for professional soldiers.

  A burst of assault rifle fire and a sniper's bullet whizzed past his body from both sides and shoulders, his companion was firing at the enemy behind him, but he could no longer see the result of the shooting. The enemy behind him slammed one knee into his spine with great force, his neck was strangled by steel wire, his head hung down, leaning against a piece of intact skin on his chest.

  Jin Huang threw down the corpse and rolled continuously on the ground, a string of bullets was quickly thrown behind him.

  The venomous needle suddenly jumped up, shouting at the only living companion: "Go catch that woman, you're not his opponent!" His third shot fell empty again, he was getting more and more impatient, must quickly catch the hiding woman to make the opponent surrender. Jin Huan had already escaped from his sniper rifle range, he held the gun and rolled over to change positions, chasing towards Jin Huan's direction.

  Jin Huang glanced at Lin Ruolan's position, the only remaining enemy assault hand had already opened her hiding branches with a gun barrel. He took a deep breath, suddenly jumped up from the ground, a string of vines supported his sudden jump, he grasped the thick vine with one hand, made a beautiful spin, "Puff!" g3sg let out a low hum, the bullet entered the assault hand's left brain and flew out of the right brain.

  "Bang!" The fourth bullet from the poisonous needle whizzed past Jin Huan's left ear with a whistling sound, and he thought regretfully in his heart: "Alas, just a little bit short!" In the sniper's duel, the difference between life and death lies in this little bit.

  Jin Huang once again lost sight of Du Ci in the scope, and Du Ci, who had already been exposed, could only quickly hide behind a tree, searching every suspicious movement inch by inch through the scope in the silent primeval forest.

  Suddenly someone darted out from the bushes behind him, grabbed his legs and knocked him down.

  Du Cì's eyes widened in shock, this was a typical Chinese special forces grappling move. Du Cì knew the next move would be to jump onto his back, split his head, and lock his throat, so he suddenly threw an elbow strike backwards. The newcomer grunted as he took the blow, then immediately dropped down on one knee and heavily smashed into his waist, his hands reaching out from behind to grab Du Cì's head and twist it with force. He heard his own vertebrae make a "crack" sound, and in Du Cì's eyes appeared an expression of unbelievable shock, as he slowly exhaled his last breath, forever remaining on the foreign soil.

  No matter what kind of professional, after being highly tense and suddenly relaxing, they will inevitably feel slightly weak. Jin Huan now has a feeling of numbness all over his body, he knows this is very dangerous, his judgment and sniping accuracy will be affected by the weakness. Straining to maintain muscle tension, he quickly ran towards Lin Ruolan, first dragging the corpse of the assault hand who fell beside her to a distance, then pulling Lin Ruolan up from the ground.

  "It's okay, get up." Jin Huan helped her brush off the mud on her body, removed the camouflage net and put it back in his backpack.

  Lin Ruo Lan looked around at the restored quiet forest, her lips trembling slightly due to excessive tension: "Aren't you hurt? Will they send someone again?"

  Jin Huang stretched out his arm and pulled her into his embrace, "For the time being, there won't be any more. Following their usual practice, they will only send a small team to carry out the pursuit and killing mission. At least until they discover these few corpses, we are safe."

  Lin Ruo Lan gently pushed against his chest, the thick smell of blood in the air making her want to vomit. "Are we leaving tonight? I don't want to stay in this place."

  Jin Hao hummed a low "uh-huh", he also understood that they had to get away from here as soon as possible. With his backpack on his back, he pulled Lin Ruolan around the area where they had just fought and continued on their way.

  According to the map, after walking about 10 kilometers, Jin Huan found a suitable forest for camping. Under a tall tree of over 10 meters, he stopped his footsteps, "We won't move tonight, we'll camp here."

  Lin Ruo Lan looked around and saw that everywhere was covered with tall grasses and shrubs, "How can one sleep in a place like this?"

  "Sleep on top." Jin Huan pointed to the dense tree crown above his head. He took out a static rope from his backpack, tied one end firmly around Lin Ruolan's waist, "Stand here, I'll pull you up in a while."

  Lin Ruo Lan watched as he disappeared into the dense foliage, and before long, the static rope on her waist began to tighten. From the top of the tree came Jin Huan's low shout: "Grab onto the rope with both hands, I'm going to pull you up!"

  Sitting on a tree crown as big as four or five double beds put together, the dense branches and leaves supported their bodies. Lin Ruo Lan pressed her hands against these branches and asked nervously: "What if we fall asleep, will we fall off?"

  Jin Huang put away the rope and smiled: "Unless you're not honest at night, rolling back and forth desperately."

  "I'm definitely not going to. I sleep very honestly." Lin Ruolan lay down on the bed made of tree crowns, "Jin Huang, look, there are stars."

  It was already 3 am, the dense stars in the sky twinkled non-stop, Lin Ruolan rested her arm behind her head, this posture allowed her to take in all the twinkling stars.

  "Don't look anymore, go to sleep quickly. Once we're out of danger, I'll take some time off to accompany you to watch the stars for a night, okay?" Jin Huan covered her with a sleeping bag and gently stroked her short hair. "I'm going to sprinkle some sulfur powder under the tree, so that there won't be any snakes crawling up at night. You sleep, I'll be back soon."

  Lin Ruo Lan yawned, her eyelids getting heavier and heavier. She turned over, facing Jin Huang, and softly murmured "Hmm". Closing her eyes, she soon fell asleep to play chess with Lord Zhou.

  Jin Huang quietly slid down the tree, evenly sprinkling sulfur powder around the tree, and set up several traps with a lasso nearby. He buried some landmines in strategic locations. In less than twenty minutes, he finished his arrangements and returned to the top of the tree. He opened his military laptop and sent the first telegram back to base using a satellite transmitter: "Safe, don't worry." Those cold, unfeeling black eyes suddenly filled with warmth as they gazed at the petite woman sleeping soundly beside him.

  He moved slowly, not wanting to wake her up. His hands gently wrapped around her and pulled her into his arms, then he slowly lay down beside her. His movements were careful and cautious, as if what he was holding in his hands at this moment was the most precious treasure.

  Lin Ruo Lan murmured softly, her small face unconsciously rubbing gently against his chest, as she sniffed the familiar scent and let out a contented sigh. He patted her back, whispering, "Sleep, sleep." Watching her fall asleep again, he finally closed his eyes lightly, thinking it was time to get some rest too.

  ……

  The chirping of birds awakened Lin Ruolan from her deep sleep, she lazily yawned and reluctantly opened her sleepy eyes. The clear morning light cast on her face, the air carried a hint of dew and chill, a soft mist rose in the forest, the mountains were painted with a layer of gentle milky white, the faint fog rendered everything hazy and beautiful.

  As soon as she moved, Jin Huan woke up and his big hand around her slender waist suddenly tightened, pulling her closer.

  "Awake?" A low voice sounded in her ear.

  "Mmm." She snuggled closer to his side, savoring the breadth of his embrace, the strong and steady beat of his heart, and the warmth of his body.

  A faint cry of a small animal struggling caught Jin Huang's attention. "Lan'er, are you hungry?"

  He asked this, and Lin Ruolan only felt that she was already hungry to the point where her front heart was stuck to her back heart, and her stomach also made a very uncooperative rumbling sound. Lin Ruolan's face turned red all the way to her ears, "How embarrassing." She muttered softly.

  Jin Hao burst out laughing and helped her sit comfortably on the tree crown, "Our breakfast is calling us to enjoy it under the tree."

  "What's for breakfast?" Lin Ruolan looked under the tree and found nothing but lush branches and leaves.

  "You'll know when you go down." Jin Huan stood up, standing on a tree stump thicker than an adult's arm, facing the newly born morning sun, opening his arms wide, and taking a deep breath of the fresh air mixed with faint mist and the fragrance of leaves. At this moment, he was like a god who had just walked out of the sun, with a charm that made people's hearts beat fast.

  Lin Ruo Lan gazed at him in a daze for a long time, before curiously examining her surroundings with a full heart. She parted the dense foliage, and a tropical rainforest unfolded before her eyes. In the distance, rolling hills were completely covered by wildly growing rainforests, and crisp bird calls echoed through the valleys.

  Beyond several large trees, a babbling brook was happily flowing down, the trees by the brook stretched towards the water's surface, covering both banks of the brook. If it weren't for the forest occasionally revealing a narrow and long slit, it would be hard to discover that this dense forest still hid a small brook.

  Jin Huang took out the rope and tied it around her waist, slowly lowering her to the ground. He also lowered his backpack to the ground, habitually clearing up the traces left on the treetop, then quickly slid down the tree trunk to the ground.

  Jin Hao looked at Lin Ruolan, who was gazing around mysteriously with a smile, and pulled her hand towards a trap. The trap's noose had caught a grey long-haired wild rabbit, which was struggling hard against the restraints. Seeing someone approaching, it trembled all over its body, opening wide its black eyes in fear as it stared at the two of them.

  "Little rabbit! So cute!" Lin Ruolan exclaimed in surprise, unable to resist reaching out her hand to pet the wild rabbit.

  Jin Huan grabbed her hand: "Be careful, haven't you heard that rabbits can bite people when they're anxious?" He single-handedly grasped the wild rabbit's two long ears and freed it from the snare. From his pocket, he pulled out a piece of hemp rope and tied up the rabbit's four limbs. Next, in another trap set elsewhere, he caught a hedgehog. After looking around, Jin Huan pointed to the riverbank and said: "Build a fire over there, I'll roast some rabbit meat for you later."

  Jin Huang threw the frightened rabbit and hedgehog to the riverbank, drew out a machete from the thicket and said: "You play here, I'll go chop some firewood back and light a fire."

  He cut down some branches from the nearby woods for firewood, picked up a curious snake on the way, and picked a dozen or so pine mushrooms under the tree. A gentle breeze blew by, and he caught a whiff of a special fragrance, following the scent for over a dozen steps, he parted a large clump of weeds and found a large bunch of parsley growing in disarray. He pulled out two seed-bearing branches, thinking to himself that he would make another snake meat mushroom soup, this breakfast should be sumptuous enough.

  Holding the branches and snake, he returned to the campsite. Lin Ruolan was squatting by the river, whispering to the little rabbit and hedgehog. Jin Huan couldn't help but smile wryly, thinking: "I'd better kill the rabbit quickly, or it'll be troublesome if they develop feelings for each other." As he thought this, he drew a dagger from his left calf and approached the wild rabbit. Lin Ruolan happened to look up at that moment, her eyes brimming with tears as she gazed at him. Her beautiful appearance, accompanied by welling tears, heavily impacted his heart.

  Jin Huang's heart sank, and he put down the dagger to gently hold her, using his fingers to wipe away her tears: "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

  "Don't kill them, okay? They're so pitiful. Please, let them go." She clung to his neck, softly pleading in his ear.