Chapter One (15)

  Behind was Ma Cheng. Ma Cheng said: "You go down first."

  Xiao Hei didn't let Ma Cheng say anything else, and pushed him forward. Ma Cheng had no choice but to grab the rope and slide down.

  The blue army rushed up, and Xiao Hei looked around, making sure that no more brothers from the second company were left on the mountain top. With a flourish, he waved his hand at the blue army, "You're too slow, see you later!"

  Xiao Hei finished speaking and grabbed the rope, turned his back to the cliff and jumped off, disappearing from Lanyu's line of sight.

  Xiao Hei's jump caused a burst of exclamations from the Blue Army. In the darkness, no one saw that he was holding a rope and thought he had jumped off the cliff. They all rushed to the edge of the cliff and found that the Second Company had safely descended to the foot of the mountain via this rope, at which point they were so angry they could have jumped down immediately.

  A cooked duck has flown away just as it was about to be eaten, and the disappointment of the Blue Army can be imagined.

  Ma Cheng slid down and looked back, only to find that this was a slope under the cliff. The whole team landed safely on this slope without any damage.

  He Dajun couldn't understand, the cliff was straight and steep, but when he looked down to find a foothold, there wasn't one. Xiao Hei didn't have any rope, how did he climb up with empty hands? Was it really the legendary gecko technique?

  On his way down from the mountain slope to the foot of the mountain, He Dajun followed behind Xiao Hei and couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.

  Xiao Hei smiled and said mysteriously: "A unique skill, cannot be lightly passed on."

  He Dajun was half-believing and half-doubting, "Could it be that you know the legendary Gecko Skill?"

  "Are you kidding me? You actually believe in this kind of kung fu?"

  He pointed at the cliff face, "There are perennial wisteria vines on the cliff wall that can fully support a person's weight."

  He Dajun took a cold breath. When he was exploring the way down from the top of the mountain, he also noticed that kind of plant vine, and almost got his body entangled in it. Xiao Hei actually climbed up with bare hands without any protection, which was simply a miracle.

  The troops marched forward without encountering any obstacles. Presumably, the Blue Army had absolute confidence in capturing the entire Second Company at Zhao Gong Mountain earlier. The unexpected escape of the Second Company disrupted the overall deployment of the Blue Army.

  During the march, Ma Cheng saw that all the soldiers in the company were surrounding Xiao Hei, laughing and chatting with him, completely ignoring him as their instructor. Even Wu Daifu, the clerk who he had previously looked down on, was now talking loudly like a hero about how Xiao Hei led them to victory, reenacting the "Mantis Stalks Cicada, Oriole Waiting Behind" play.

  But Wu Dafu and Gao Yidian, who were carrying the unconscious Xiao Hei to catch up with the troops, did not wait for the arrival of the medical team sent by Ma Cheng. Instead, the Blue Army's vanguard, the Sharp Blade Brigade, chased after them from behind. Wu Dafu and Gao Yidian quickly carried the stretcher with Xiao Hei into a roadside thicket. The Blue Army was too focused on advancing to notice that there were still people in the thicket.

  Several batches of Blue Army passed by one after another, and the highway became quiet again.

  "Monitor, Blue Army has run ahead of us, how are we going to go?" Zhen Meinan poked her hand a little higher.

  Looked up at the still sleeping Xiao Hei, shook his head and said, "The Blue Army has already run ahead of us, what's the point of us continuing on? Isn't that just sending ourselves to be their prisoners?"

  Zhen Mei Nan said: "Then let's just lie down here and sleep for three days and three nights, and wait until the exercise is over before going out."

  "To put it bluntly: 'You're dreaming, according to the drill regulations, if you go missing for 24 hours, it's considered a casualty, which is almost as good as being taken prisoner.'"

  "What should we do? I won't be able to catch up with the instructor, and if I go back, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue as a communications officer. Squad leader, except for the company commander, you're the oldest soldier here, think of something quickly." Zhen Meinan anxiously looked at Gao Yidian.

  Gao didn't say anything, Wu Dafu chimed in and said: "What's the big deal about being a captive? It's just a deduction of salary. I don't care about that little money."

  Zhen Mei Nan saw Wu Da Fu say this, and asked a bit higher, "Class leader, what do you think we should do?"

  "Let's put it this way: we have to wake up Lian Zhang, maybe he has a solution."

  He said: "He woke up and it was useless, I thought he was very strong, didn't expect him to be similar to this cripple..."

  Gao Yidian said to Zhen Meinan, "Lian Zhang is just taking too many tranquilizers, we need to think of a way to wake him up."