"Phantom, is the information you gathered at the bar yesterday true?”Lin Ran asked after a long time.
Stael nodded.
"Boss, don't worry. The information is absolutely accurate. I'm sure that the mercenary Old Cat has already entered the country ahead of us.”
"But this place is so big, and the view is very poor. Where do we start looking?”Brand looked at the endless protective forest.
After Lin Ran heard this, he calmly grabbed a handful of soil from the ground.
After rubbing it with his hands, he put it into his mouth and chewed it carefully. Then, he immediately spat it out and said slowly,
" The soil here is moist. It must have rained heavily in the past three days, and the taste is slightly salty. There should be moss plants with extremely high salt content growing nearby. Not only can we determine the direction through them, but we can also find clues about Tomcat and the others.”
Everyone squatted down and grabbed a handful of sand.
"Boss, this dried up place is almost like Princess Iron Fan's flaming mountain. Rain? Stop joking."
Jack was disdainful. He looked down at the dry and even cracked land. There was no sign of a rainstorm recently.
"Hey, Jack, you're not allowed to disrespect the boss.”
"When did the Blacktide ever miss the opportunity?”
The seabird patted the dry soil in its hands and stood up with a frown.
"Seabird, is the soil in your hand dry or wet?”Jack shrugged and said indifferently.
The seabird looked at Lin Ran unconfidently.
Lin Ran glanced at everyone and took out a sharp military knife. He bent down and stabbed it into the soil. Then, he picked it up and found that the soil was black.
Everyone gathered around curiously.
Surprisingly, the black soil beneath the dry and cracked soil was actually moist!？
Jack was stunned.
He immediately understood why his boss had said that there had been a rainstorm recently.
"Jack, this place is different from your South America.”
Lin Ran slowly stood up and said with a serious expression,
"The Dragon Country is located in a sub-tropical climate. It's summer now, so there will be miasma. It's like a furnace that will quickly evaporate the water on the surface. At the same time, it's like a protective film that allows the water below the surface to be stored.”
"So although the soil looks dry on the surface, it's actually still wet underneath.”
Lin Ran then said in a commanding tone,"Take out your compasses."
Everyone quickly took it out from the left side of the backpack.
The needle spun in a counterclockwise direction.
"Hmm? Boss, the compass doesn't seem to work.”Mole said in surprise.
Lin Ran nodded solemnly. His eyes were emotionless as he looked straight ahead.
"Do you see the protective forest in front of you?”
Everyone looked in Lin Ran's direction.
"In the early stages of planting, they smeared a layer of military-grade silver phosphorous powder on the roots of the saplings.”
"This silver phosphorous powder is a metallic substance that will affect the surrounding magnetic field.”
"However, there are several hundred square kilometers of protective forest here. The compass will be completely useless.”
"I have a feeling that the Dragon Country's army will be completely different from the opponents we encountered before.”
Gulp.
Hearing this, the members of the Blacktide special forces could not help but gulp.
"Don't worry. With me around, there won't be any big problems. But for you, it's a valuable combat experience.”Lin Ran's tone was relaxed, dispelling everyone's concerns.
"But Boss, if that's the case, we won't be able to find Old Cat and the others.”Brand frowned.
"There's an old saying in the Dragon Country.”
As Lin Ran spoke, his sharp and deep eyes slowly patrolled the forest not far away.
Soon, he found a patch of moss the size of a palm in the bushes.
"The only way to identify the direction is to rely on the moss that grows in the dark.”
Under the shocked gazes of the team members, Lin Ran slowly looked to the side and carefully observed.
Moss in the sub-tropical climate grew in the dark.
In fact, there were many ways to identify directions in the jungle. The simplest way was to look at the distribution of moss.
The north was the side with more damp moss.
"Haha, boss, you're really amazing!”Jack shouted excitedly.
"It seems that everyone has been deceived. The Dragon Country is not the kind of child soldiers that the international community says.”
"I reckon that the soldiers here are not like the miscellaneous troops we encountered in Ou Zhou. I'm afraid they won't be easy to deal with.”
Lin Ran's eyes were suddenly filled with anticipation.
After all, the Blacktide mercenaries had never failed in their hundreds of missions. They needed a real test to sharpen their willpower.
Because of the calm sea.
They couldn't train excellent sailors.
"Boss, it's not because you're from the Dragon Country that you brag about the strength of your country's soldiers, right?”Phantom Star teased.
"I can't help it if you don't believe me. You'll know when the time comes.”
Lin Ran crossed his arms.
In fact, in his mind, there was very little concept of the country.
After all, mercenaries were people with no status.
No country.
No faith.
No bottom line.
"Look around and see if there are any clues left behind by Old Cat and the others.”
"Yes, sir!"
After a short while, with Lin Ran's reminder, everyone really found some messy footprints.
"Boss, we found something!"
The Thunder Bear waved its strong arms and roared in a muffled voice.
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