181: They heard the sound of a landmine exploding.

When they had their meeting earlier, they all considered that these people would plant landmines and that there would be many dangers, but such a large quantity of landmines was a first in their missions.

"Everyone, be extra careful. Don't stray from the paths we've scouted and confirmed to be safe..."

Their team included comrades from the Special Forces Brigade, as well as comrades-in-arms from State Security, Public Security, and the Reconnaissance Battalion. These individuals had good combat abilities and other qualities, but their capabilities were still far inferior to those of the Special Forces Brigade comrades, and their landmine-clearing ability was even worse.

Now everyone was much more cautious than before.

Xiao Niannian also joined the reconnaissance team. Military Doctor Shen and Instructor Qin all thought that Xiao Niannian's reconnaissance skills were learned from Captain Lu.

With Xiao Niannian joining the reconnaissance, everyone's speed increased even more.

Instructor Qin was even happier when he saw the significant increase in speed.

"Old Lu, find a way to transfer Comrade Xiao to our team, and then find someone to recommend her to the Military Academy. Once she graduates from the Military Academy, she'll be one of us..."

While cooking lunch, Instructor Qin saw Xiao Niannian about dozens of meters ahead. He lowered his voice and approached Lu Jing.

Lu Jing glanced at Instructor Qin and then looked away.

Instructor Qin looked at Xiao Niannian sitting not far away. What was Old Lu thinking?

He then looked at Military Doctor Shen, who was instructing the soldiers cooking.

"It's humid in these mountains, add more chili..."

Xiao Niannian heard The Monkeys say there were lotus roots nearby, and she planned to go pick some.

"Comrade Xiao, where are you going?"

"There's a pond over there, there should be lotus roots. I want to go take a look."

Upon hearing Xiao Niannian's words, Military Doctor Shen immediately became interested.

"I'll go too."

Upon reaching the pond and seeing what was inside, Military Doctor Shen happily said,

"You're right, there really are lotus roots! Now we have another dish to eat. Don't go down, I'll call someone to pick them."

"Yes, Comrade Xiao, we'll pick these."

"You just watch from the side..."

Several soldiers also echoed Military Doctor Shen's words.

Xiao Niannian looked around, observed carefully for a moment, and said,

"Be careful."

Hearing Xiao Niannian's words, Military Doctor Shen and the soldiers all nodded.

Not long after, Military Doctor Shen dug out a few long lotus roots. Although they weren't very big, for this era, they were quite good.

"Look, such a big one."

"I found one too."

Many soldiers went down into the pond and dug out dozens of them.

"Alright, you all come up."

Lu Jing said.

Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and came up, carrying their spoils.

After picking a few lotus roots and washing them, they stir-fried a dish.

Eating the lotus roots, Xiao Niannian felt that the vegetables of this era tasted much better than those grown in her original world.

However, the fruits here were much sourer than those in her original world.

Everyone quickly finished their meal and hurried on their way.

In a mountain not far away.

"Our people planted so many landmines, why hasn't a single one exploded?"

Brother Hu asked his subordinates, frowning.

Hearing Brother Hu's words, all their gazes turned to the four people who planted the landmines. All four of them knew how to install landmines, but among them, Brother Lei was the most skilled.

Hearing their words, one of them said,

"Maybe they haven't caught up yet. If they catch up, there will definitely be an explosion. Mountains are connected here, so if there's an explosion, we'll definitely hear it."

"That's right, Brother Hu, it must be that they haven't caught up yet. Otherwise, with how well we hid those landmines, the people tracking us would definitely fall for it..."

"They don't know how formidable Brother Lei and we are. Brother Lei says he's second, and no one dares to claim first."

"Exactly. There are various types of landmines: pressure-activated, tripwire-activated, release-activated, directional, booby traps..."

The few of them boasted.

But Brother Lei's brow was deeply furrowed; he felt something was wrong.

Regardless of whether the people chasing them were from State Security and Public Security, or from any Military Unit in Huaxia, in their impression, they weren't very powerful. Their landmines were not something ordinary people could disarm.

"Brother Lei, why do you look so troubled?"

Brother Hu asked Brother Lei.

"Tiger, I feel something isn't right. We've planted over a hundred landmines. Based on the time, they should be not far from us. Could it be that they took the wrong path? Or is there a master among them?"

"Brother Lei, you're overthinking it. Your landmines are indeed very powerful. Maybe their speed is just too slow."

Brother Hu had seen the landmines Brother Lei installed and knew how powerful they were.

Seeing Brother Lei's uneasy expression now, Brother Hu comforted him.

He was puzzled, maybe they took the wrong path. They took the left path. But they also planted some landmines on that left path.

This time, they would ensure that those who tracked them would never return.

Just as they were speaking, they heard the sound of a landmine exploding.

"Boom!"

A huge sound rang out.

Everyone's gaze turned in that direction.

"Someone stepped on a landmine."

"Judging by the sound, it should be about ten to twenty li away from us."

"Good explosion."

"Now they won't be able to catch up to us."

"They want to catch up to us? That's a pipe dream. This isn't flat ground; this is a mountain forest, climbing one mountain after another. If they take the wrong path, by the time we're out of the mountains, they won't even know where they are..."

"That's right, hahaha."

The four Experts listened to their laughter. Old Lin and Old Zhao's faces were filled with worry, and they felt a bit guilty. Because of them, if those comrades were to suffer casualties... Comrade Ning looked at the two Old Comrades and comforted them.

"Old Lin, Old Zhao, I believe in our comrades. They definitely won't fall for the enemy's trap, and they will come and rescue us..."

Hearing Comrade Ning's words, Old Lin and Old Zhao nodded.

"Little Ning, you're right. We must trust the organization and our comrades; they will be fine."

If they weren't shouldering the heavy responsibilities of the nation, they would never cling to life at this moment, but rather drag a few enemies down with them to die together.

If they died, several technologies in Huaxia would never catch up to USA's, let alone make breakthroughs... Comrade Zhou also echoed Comrade Ning's words.

"Comrade Ning is right, Old Lin, Old Zhao, you must believe in our comrades..."

Some of these thugs noticed the four Experts talking, immediately walked over, and fiercely threatened them.

"What are you old guys talking about? If you dare to play any tricks, I'll shoot your legs off."