Making Use of the Rules

He looked at the woods a few meters away, pointed to a cluster of strange mushrooms, and asked the officer in his thirties, "Brother Cao Wei, what are those?"

There was an unidentified animal carcass covered in brightly colored mushrooms.

Cao Wei said to the young man who approached, "Qing Huai, that's the carcass of a capuchin monkey. It's covered in Spore Mushroom. When Spore Mushroom mature, they explode, and their spores use the force of the explosion to enter the animal's skin, eventually feeding on the parasitic animal's body to grow into new Spore Mushroom."

Because the explosion was not very powerful, the injured animals did not die immediately.

So they will continue to live with those spores until the spores completely drain their bodies of nutrients.

The dangers of this forbidden territory are far more than just a few Spore Mushroom and their spores.

Cao Wei said, "Commander Qing Huai, let's begin."

As he spoke, Qing Huai waved to those behind him.

But then they saw several soldiers with expressionless faces leading in a group of ragged Wilderness People, including an old man, a middle-aged man, and a little girl.

Qing Huai took out a dagger from his waist, pressed it against the little girl's Achilles tendon, and calmly said to the other Wilderness People, "Let's begin, do as we agreed beforehand."

The little girl kept crying, calling out to her grandparents, father, and mother not to listen to this devil.

But the few Wilderness People seemed not to hear, their faces ashen as they stared into the heart of the Forbidden Zone.

The little girl's grandfather walked into the heart of the valley, unzipped his pants, turned his back, and urinated on the ground.

The next second, Grandpa started trembling all over. Suddenly, countless ants crawled out of the ground and onto his body, gnawing on his living flesh.

Qing Huai then looked at the old lady and the middle-aged man beside him, signaling them to continue.

The middle-aged man said in a low voice, "Mom, do it, for our daughter's sake."

After saying that, the old woman trembled as she picked up a pistol, walked into the heart of the area, and fired a shot into the ground.

In an instant, the ants that had been nibbling at the little girl's grandfather suddenly turned around and pounced on the old woman.

The middle-aged man, holding his wife's hand, walked over cautiously. The two looked at each other and hugged tightly.

The woman swore and was then devoured by ants.

The man watched in agony as his wife died in agony, and spat on the ground.

He himself was also enveloped by the swarm of ants.

Just five or six minutes later, all that remained of them were skeletons.

Qing Huai smiled and looked at the little girl, "I promised your family that I would let you go if they did as I said. Okay, now leave."

After saying that, he let go of her hand.

The little girl wailed and cried, but instead of running away, she threw herself onto the skeletons and called out for her loved ones.

Before all the ants had dispersed, they sensed the scent of their prey and climbed onto the little girl's body again.

The soldiers lined up behind watched all this indifferently, their eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

Qing Huai said to Cao Wei, "Brother Cao Wei, the rules we obtained are all true."

Firearms are prohibited, as are swearing, spitting, and urinating/defecating indiscriminately.

These federal soldiers captured a Wilderness People simply to see if the rules they had been given were genuine.

Cao Wei glanced into the depths of the territory and said, "Commander Qing Huai, if we need to continue advancing, I suggest we take a break for now."

Qing Huai nodded slowly. "Rest where you are."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Brother Cao Wei, you've worked hard."

"Sir, you're too kind. It's what I should do," Cao Wei said before walking to the back of the line.

Cao Wei, Federation Second Army Group, is a fairly well-known name, having reached the C-Class at a young age.

In every Group Army competition, Cao Wei was the top performer in both the army and the military. In actual combat exercises, he also ranked among the best.

He launched 17 campaigns to annihilate the wilderness, and the medals he earned in those battles could fill an entire chest.

His military rank rose all the way to major, a meteoric rise.

However, two years ago, Cao Wei suddenly got drunk and caused trouble during an exercise, so he was directly disciplined by the military and assigned to a company as an adjutant.

At the time, many people wondered why Cao Wei, who was so outstanding, would make such a mistake when his future was so bright.

Moreover, Cao Wei has always been a direct descendant of the Qing Clan Fourth Branch. In the Federation Second Army Group, the Qing family faction has the greatest power, so why is no one protecting him?

Two weeks later, Qing Huai graduated from the Spark Military Academy and became the commander of Cao Wei's field company.

Everyone then realized that all of this was prepared for Qing Huai.

All the soldiers in this field company were direct subordinates of the Qing family, and were transferred to the field company by the Qing family through various means.

Cao Wei and the soldiers had no complaints. They were well aware of one thing: the Fourth Branch was one of the most influential factions in the Qing Clan today, and Qing Huai was the most promising member of the Fourth Branch.

Although everyone is having a tough time right now, they also have to endure criticism from the outside world.

But as long as they survive the Shadow Struggle, their rise to prominence is just around the corner.

If Qing Huai becomes the head of the Qing family one day, then these short-term gains and losses will not matter.

Moreover, Qing Huai at least called him Brother Cao Wei.

The truly elite Tuanzi are not as arrogant and difficult to get along with as one might imagine.

At this time.

More than a hundred soldiers stood silently. After receiving Cao Wei's order, each of them took out a sealed bag from their baggage and took care of their bodily needs on the spot.

With serious expressions, they used steady, strong arms to control the situation and prevent urine from splashing outside the sealed bag.

A few minutes later, everyone carefully sealed the two layers of the sealed bags tightly, and then each combat team collected them and buried them together in the woods.

During the process, no one spoke or talked.

Cao Wei also spoke very slowly when conveying orders, and they had to learn to think before they spoke.

Before saying anything, you should consider whether you might say something wrong.

These people were not carrying firearms and had prepared sealed bags.

This indicates that they were aware of certain rules before entering the Forbidden Zone.

However, just as the land was filled in, a dense rustling sound suddenly erupted from the heart of the Forbidden Zone, as if predators were quietly approaching.

Everyone looked toward the source of the sound, but found nothing.

"Combat readiness," Cao Wei said coldly.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a soldier's face suddenly turned bluish-purple, and he struggled to cry out, "Help me."

The other soldiers looked at him, but they didn't know what was wrong.

The soldier slowly fell to the ground, his eyes red as if they had just been stained with blood.

No one dared to approach rashly. Only Cao Wei slowly walked to his side and gently pried open the soldier's mouth with a dagger. The inside of his mouth and tongue were completely ulcerated.

He then cut open the other person's trouser leg.

But the soldier's legs had turned black, and the wounds were festering and filled with a bloody, fleshy pus, as if they had been corroded by sulfuric acid.

Cao Wei observed carefully. "This is..."

Before he could finish speaking, another soldier nearby collapsed to the ground with the same symptoms. One after another, more than a dozen soldiers were infected within just a few seconds!

Other soldiers wanted to save people, but their comrades died too quickly, and there was no time to do anything.

Someone looked at the display screen in their hand, which contained a thermal imaging scan of the mechanical dog's brain. Strangely, even the thermal imaging didn't reveal any abnormalities.

At this moment.

The rhythm of death paused briefly.

"Take a headcount!" Cao Wei asked angrily.

"Sir, the death toll is 24... Sir, the entire sixth platoon has been wiped out!"

A shift consists of 8 people, and a platoon has three shifts, totaling 24 people.

"Oh no!" Cao Wei suddenly looked up at Qing Huai.

Qing Huai said coldly, "Someone is using the rules to assassinate us. Others have entered Forbidden Zone No. 002!"

As he spoke, Qing Huai took the lead and ran in the direction they had come from, his movements extremely swift.

Cao Wei gritted his teeth and said to the surviving soldiers of the field company, "Follow up in tactical formation and prepare for battle."

They had already realized what was going on. If it had been a monster or plant invasion from the forest, their comrades would not have died so neatly, with an entire platoon wiped out.

But which rule did they actually use?!

Led by Qing Huai, the field company returned along the same route at full speed.

Soldiers continued to die along the way, as if an irresistible force was enveloping them, like the arrival of death itself.

After running for several kilometers, Qing Huai suddenly stopped. He looked at the landfill pits that had been dug up in front of him and remained silent.

Inside those dug pits were sealed bags that had been cut open.

Someone forced them to break the rule that "you can't urinate or defecate anywhere"!

Before this, who would have thought that someone would use such a vicious trick?

No one had expected that when others cut open these sealed bags, the Forbidden Zone would also hold the original owner of the urine accountable!

The other party not only knew the rule against urinating or defecating indiscriminately, but also understood it more deeply than they did.

But that's just too insidious!

"The other party didn't go far; they left only when they saw us arrive," Qing Huai calmly analyzed, because there was still one landfill pit that had only been dug halfway.

At this moment.

"Who?!" Cao Wei suddenly looked into the woods further away.

In the distance of the woods, a figure was silently watching them, making a throat-slitting gesture.

Then it quickly disappeared into the darkness.

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