At her words, Zhang Xiao immediately straightened her back, tightened her grip on her backpack straps, and patted her chest, her tone carrying a hint of confidence.
"Captain, don't worry. I specifically wiped the binoculars three times. Once we enter the wilderness, I'll keep watch over the area thirty meters to the left ahead of us. I won't miss even the direction a blade of grass moves."
As she spoke, she pulled a silver pair of binoculars from her pocket, lightly rubbing a finger over the lens before quickly stuffing them back.
Liu Jialin watched her serious expression, the corners of her lips lifting almost imperceptibly. Then, as if remembering something, she raised a hand and rubbed her wrist.
"Last time in the western wilderness, a newcomer kept staring at the ground for footprints and failed to notice the Ironwing Insects above him... Their wings were sharper than blades and nearly sliced his throat open."
Zhang Xiao's gaze immediately froze. She instinctively looked up at the sky overhead, then hurriedly lowered her head again, her fingers lightly tracing the hem of her clothes as she firmly etched the lesson into her mind.
Not far away, the company's person in charge, Zhang He, dressed in gray, was directing the technicians as they moved the equipment.
He was in his forties and around 1.7 meters tall. He was half a head shorter than the technicians beside him, yet he deliberately straightened his back, his voice booming.
"Check all the equipment carefully. The place we're mining this time is very unusual. Nothing can go wrong."
The Beast Hunters hired by the company leaned against the vehicles, their fingers casually rubbing their weapons while their gazes swept across the distant grass like hawks.
The researchers from the Psionic Energy Research Institute had not brought