185: The animals went berserk in revenge.

Xiao Niannian planned to test how far away she could retrieve these uncleared landmines.

If she could retrieve these items from five meters or more, she wouldn't be afraid of the danger.

If it was only one or two meters, she could still easily be accidentally injured.

“There's a landmine ahead.”

Xiao Niannian spoke first, and Lu Jing hummed in acknowledgment.

The two walked toward the landmine. They were currently using Type 65 Mine Detectors.

The landmines currently used by the criminals resembled Type 72 Mines but had some differences. They were slightly smaller than the Type 72, and this one was a pressure-activated mine with a tripwire detonator. Xiao Niannian squatted down, gently loosened the soil around the mine with a small knife, took out a safety pin, secured the safety mechanism, slowly unscrewed the screw plug, and used needle-nose pliers to pull out the detonator tube... The mine was defused.

Lu Jing also defused the mine on his side.

Xiao Niannian thought of a more advanced mine detector—something she also knew how to make. The current Type 65 Mine Detector was too slow to use. If she could produce a more advanced detector, the speed of future mine clearance would greatly increase.

Furthermore, in a few years, the battle with the monkeys would begin. If a better mine detector could be used sooner, it would also reduce our casualties then.

Xiao Niannian cursed inwardly. Anyone who had to dismantle so many landmines for over a day would go crazy.

Yesterday, she told Monkey King and the others to deal with those people. She wondered if Monkey King had explained it clearly to the animals.

Could that tiger have also been summoned by Monkey King?

However, she heard many explosions yesterday, so some animals must have been hit.

Xiao Niannian collected her thoughts and continued holding the mine detector, investigating the path ahead.

Military Doctor Shen looked at the two people at the very front, then turned to Instructor Qin.

“Old Qin, don't you think that with Old Lu and Comrade Xiao cooperating, our speed has increased significantly?”

Because it was daytime, after the investigation confirmed no issues, the Soldiers behind quickly followed the footprints they had made. Besides Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing, four other Soldiers were also clearing mines.

They were Special Forces, so they were well-equipped with mine detectors.

The Type 65 Mine Detector is composed of a first section probe rod, a middle section probe rod, a probe head... a headset, a canvas bag... and other parts.

“The speed has indeed increased significantly. After this mission, I must submit a report to request Comrade Xiao be transferred to our team. Her mine clearance ability is almost as good as Old Lu's. Our First Team will gain another formidable Team Member...”

Instructor Qin said happily.

Military Doctor Shen smiled upon hearing this.

Just as he was about to speak, they heard a loud boom.

Everyone's gaze turned toward the front.

About one or two li away from them, several explosions sounded consecutively.

Hearing the commotion, Xiao Niannian guessed internally whether animals had stepped on landmines again, or if Monkey King and the others had relayed a message, causing the animals to figure out how to clear the mines?

Xiao Niannian had previously told the Monkey King group that if they found the men installing landmines, they should find a way to detonate them, or set off the mines the moment those people were installing them... Soon, they heard several more explosions.

“Boom.”

“Boom.”

“Bang.”

Various explosions rang out intermittently.

“Old Lu, what is going on? Could it be that those criminals set fire to their explosives depot?”

Hearing Military Doctor Shen's words, Lu Jing replied.

“It must be animals stepping on the landmines.”

“These people have created a lot of evil karma.”

Brother Hu and Brother Lei quickly moved forward, while some people stayed behind to place landmines.

Hearing these explosions, many people began discussing.

“Did the people chasing us step on the landmines?”

“Possibly.”

“Their casualties this time must be much greater than ours.”

“Yesterday, those animals really attacked us like they were insane...”

As soon as the words fell, they heard the roar of several bears.

Bears are different from other animals; ordinary bullets find it hard to penetrate a bear's hide, and the Black Bear's attack power and combat ability are extremely fierce.

Although they are not as agile as tigers, their lethality is greater than a tiger's. One swipe of their paw could potentially kill a person.

“There are Black Bears, everyone be careful.”

Someone issued a warning.

As soon as the warning was given, a scream was heard.

“Ah...”

That person was knocked directly to the ground by a Black Bear's paw.

The two men who were installing landmines saw the situation was bad and climbed up a tree.

Some of the other people also quickly climbed trees.

Lin Da and Lin Shi were about to climb a tree when they saw the four Experts, and they ran over to them.

“Old Comrade, climb the tree.”

While those men were fighting the Black Bears, they quickly hid.

Although they were coerced into leading the way, they knew right from wrong. In a situation like this, they had to protect these Experts. Otherwise, if the elders in their tribe or their parents at home found out, they would surely beat them to death themselves.

Old Lin and Old Zhao were elderly. They had been captured these past few days and constantly carried, which, though not severe suffering, was very uncomfortable due to the shaking.

Moreover, the food in these mountains wasn't good.

While saying this, Lin Da and Lin Shi secretly slipped food into their pockets.

When leading the way, they picked any wild fruits they found and put them in their own bags.

These past few days, those men had been eating canned food and rice, while Lin Da and Lin Shi ate their own dry rations, occasionally being given a can of food by the men.

Black Bears can climb trees, but right now, the Black Bears were only going after whoever attacked them.

So, these people were currently safe.

“Thank you.”

Old Lin and Old Zhao looked at Lin Da and Lin Shi, knowing they were acting against their will, and never blamed them. They noticed the help they provided in secret.

Many bullets flew toward the Black Bears, but some failed to penetrate the bears' hides, instead inciting their murderous intent.

They attacked the crowd with even greater speed.

Screams were continuous, and some people were hit directly by the Black Bears, leaving them bloody and unconscious.

Brother Hu and Brother Lei retreated while fighting, seeing one of the Black Bears was injured—it must have stepped on a landmine earlier—it was covered in blood and was currently charging into the crowd everywhere.

After several waves of animal attacks last night, they already had about twenty injured men, and their medical supplies were running low.

Unexpectedly, now a group of Black Bears had arrived. Had these animals gone mad? Were they seeking revenge?

They had indeed planted landmines and killed some animals, but how did these animals know their whereabouts and retaliate against them so frantically?

Brother Hu and Brother Lei both felt that something was wrong. These animals seemed to be retaliating like they were insane.

But even if they sensed something amiss, they couldn't torture the animals like they would captured humans to find out the reason.

Or was it because fewer people had entered the deep mountains in recent years, causing the animals to go mad?