After skirting around Gu Cheng and the others, Ye Ruan racked up plenty of kills against the Fourth Team along the way.
When he encountered members of the First Team, he was a little gentler at most.
He still fired without mercy when he needed to.
The day passed quickly. After spending so long on high alert, they were all a little tired.
As the sky began to darken, Ye Ruan climbed a tall tree, surveyed the area through his binoculars, then jumped down.
"I found somewhere we can pitch our tents. It's well hidden."
"Where?" Lou Yu asked.
"Up ahead. There's a big patch of shrubs."
Ye Ruan lowered his voice. "If we want a good night's sleep tonight, we should go in there."
It went without saying that tonight would see the fiercest fighting.
The team members were treating this as a game rather than a field exercise.
"Then let's get moving." He Zhou stood up.
Ye Ruan nodded and looked at the quiet, unobtrusive little gray dove.
"Huihui, we need you to turn back into a dove and fly overhead this time. Keep watching to make sure we stay on course. The vegetation's thick here, so it's easy to take a wrong turn."
Huihui tilted his head and studied Ye Ruan for a moment, then tilted it again to look at Lou Yu.
"Listen to Captain Ye," Lou Yu said.
"Okay," Huihui replied.
The little gray dove soon flapped his wings and took flight.
"Why did he tilt his head just now?" Ye Ruan asked. "Was he trying to look cute?"
"No."
Lou Yu was a little out of breath as he spoke. "He didn't understand what you meant, so he tilted his head to take another look."
Ye Ruan smiled. "Interesting. He seems like a Special