December 4th.

After most of yesterday's rest, the survivors of the excavation team were at least psychologically settled; it was obvious that Solid's approach to conceal the truth was right, no... it should be said that all his decisions and responses were right.

Yesterday evening, Professor Rodrigo negotiated with the workers according to the "evil and power" method mentioned by Solid. As a result, the workers really agreed to continue the work.

Therefore, this morning, except for the group of Gimenes and some of the wounded, the other members of the excavation team set off at dawn.

In the wild, people's work and rest time are naturally different from those in the city; here you have to "see the sky and work". As long as the sun rises, you have to get up quickly, because after the sun sets, you can't even add overtime even if you want to work overtime.

If it is in a desert area with a wide view and few animals, it is not a good idea to dig at night with a few large searchlights; but... it is a jungle, with a complex terrain and a lot of animals, so it is not a good idea to create very bright light at night.

Considering that the daytime is limited, workers have to eat, drink, defecate and rest, and there will be heavy rains in the rainforest from time to time, which will take several days... If you want to finish the work early and leave here, you won’t be able to hurry up.

To sum up, Rodrigo sets the time for the workers to get up at 4:30 in the morning.

However, at 4:30, although the alarm clocks in the workers' tents did ring, the only one who finally put on his clothes from the tent on time was the professor himself...

Of course, Rodrigo was not surprised at all about this situation and led the team to dig up soil for decades. He had seen any kind of workers, so it was nothing wrong.

After walking out of his tent, Rodrigo took a big circle in the camp and pulled the zippers of all the workers' tents apart. Then, he took a leisurely walk to a nearby stream to wash.

When it comes to "get up", the alarm clock is undoubtedly far inferior to the mosquito.

The alarm clock is like a butler who gently pats your shoulder. After you wake up by him, he will shut up and then you can sleep for a while; while the mosquitoes... are like a group of naughty kids who poke you with their fingers as they please. They can neither hit nor drive away, and they will harass you until you get up.

Sure enough, ten minutes later, when Rodrigo returned to the camp from the stream, all the workers scolded the street and came out of the tent, and now you just let them go back to sleep... They were too itchy to sleep.

In less than half an hour, the professor's wisdom behavior gave him the nickname "Luo Pai Pi", but he didn't care; first, he was thick-skinned; second, he knew a long time ago that the image of "Some Pai Pi" was actually a fabrication and processing by a novelist, and his character prototype was actually a good person. He had always been frugal and kind, but he just caught up with the tide of a certain era. He was beaten to death for no reason, and his property was divided, and he had to be used as a negative typical propaganda, which was infamous for thousands of years.

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At six o'clock in the morning, after more than an hour of hard work, the workers finally moved an excavator out of the cargo hold of the plane.

Don't think they are inefficient, it's just done with the help of Solid and two soldiers; if it weren't for the assistance of these three "strong men" wearing b17 armor, they would have to do this work for a whole morning.

In this mission, they originally prepared three excavators, but two of them were damaged during the emergency landing, leaving only a smallest lightweight "Camera" (a model of an excavator)" that can still be used.

However, although the sparrow is small, it is complete with all organs; this "Camera" is not much worse than the other two in terms of excavation performance. In fact, from a certain perspective, it is more suitable to use this type of light machine in jungle landforms.

After the excavator was moved outside the machine, Solid asked the soldiers and workers to go back to the camp first, because the next half hour was the time to charge the excavator.

Originally, this could be done directly on the plane, but because the supporting base was broken and the circuit in the cargo hold had also failed, they had to let two mechanics in the excavation team pull a cable out of the power chamber of the aircraft, drag it outside through a hole at the bottom of the aircraft, and then dock with the excavator to complete the charging.

During this half hour, soldiers and workers could go for breakfast and take a break.

Solid and Rodrigo did not rest. They set out together and followed the route Solid took yesterday, preparing to survey the excavator's route and decide on a "shuo down" location.

"You are different from all the officers I know, Mr. Wilson." On the way forward, the professor started talking to the veteran. "Although I do not completely agree with some of your practices, your spirit of leading by example is really admirable."

"Oh? Do you know a lot of officers?" Solid asked.

"Ah... there are quite a few," Rodrigo replied. "There are many official tasks that will allow the troops to follow us, so I have seen at least twenty officers of the Federal Army, but I have never seen any commander who will watch with soldiers."

He is telling the truth, not a compliment.

The federal officers Rodrigo had contacted before were usually like the old man, throwing everything to his men, wishing he could even let others pee. But last night, when Rodrigo got up at night, he saw Solid (their armor had numbers and would not recognize the wrong person) standing guard with a soldier in person.

"Because I am a person who is 'out of the way' in doing things, if I don't set an example, it will be difficult to convince the public." Solid continued.

Rodrigo smiled after hearing this: "Ha... Sometimes objectively 'correct' is 'incorrect' in human nature or politics; for example, what you asked me yesterday to do, "hint the workers, if they don't start work, they will be thrown into the river" is in my opinion... and most people, but I also understand deeply that considering our current situation, this tough negotiation method is indeed the best choice; if I don't listen to you, just bargain with them... then they will probably gain a lot of effort, and my prestige will gradually be lost in this process of dispute; even if I temporarily make them compromise by raising prices, in the following days, they will take advantage of all the opportunities that can be used to raise prices with me again."

"Ha..." Solid chuckled when he heard this, "I thought you were just a pedantic intellectual, but now it seems that you are a sensible person."

"It's undesirable to be stereotyped, sir." Rodrigo shrugged.

"Call me Solid, professor." Solid replied.

"Okay, Solid," Rodrigo continued, "that... although I want you to call me directly, because my name is a bit silly and even hinders the sales of my works, I hope you will continue to call me a professor in the future."

"Okay, Tandy." But in the next sentence, Solid maliciously reported the professor's name.

This is probably the sense of humor between uncles...

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The two of them just chatted and walked for a while.

The air in the jungle was humid and hot, and Rodrigo, who was fat, quickly got sweaty, but he did not slow down his pace.

But Solid, for some reason... he was getting slower and slower.

"What's wrong with you?" Rodrigo noticed Solid's abnormality, so he asked, "Do you want to sit down and rest for a while?"

"What's wrong..." Solid didn't need a break. He slowed down for other reasons. "When I walked here yesterday, the surrounding terrain was not like this..."

"Ha?" Rodrigo was stunned for two seconds, "Can you remember it..."

Before he could express his word "wrong", Solid snatched: "Impossible, the mark I made is still there."

As he said that, he took a step back and pointed to a tree beside him; there were indeed two obvious scratches in the middle of the trunk.

"I said... why do you use such an original method of engraving? Your armor should have a directional and positioning system, right?" Rodrigo's focus seemed to be a bit off.

"The system you mentioned is broken..." Solid replied, "There is a strange interference in this area. The direction system in my armor will change every once in a while, and the interval and the direction of the transition are random."

When he finished speaking, Rodrigo took out the compass in his pocket with a slight look, looked down at it, then raised his head and looked at the sun: "Hey! It's true, the compass is wrong."

Although the professor always carried a compass with him, he rarely looked at it because his sense of direction and astronomy were also good; as long as there was a sun during the day and stars at night, he could tell the east, south, west and north by just a glance at the sky, and there was no need to use equipment... Therefore, it was not until now that Solid reminded him that he found that there were not only communication interference in this area, but also magnetic field interference.

"The magnetic field problem does not explain the situation in front of you..." A few seconds later, Solid looked ahead and continued in a deep voice, "When I came to this tree yesterday... the road ahead was a gentle downhill. After walking about two hundred meters ahead, the terrain gradually rose, but now..."

"It's going to be uphill, right..." Rodrigo followed the other party's words and continued.

"And... look at this." Solid knelt on one knee again and pointed to the roots of the tree next to him. "The water marks at the bottom of the trunk are left during the rainy season. The color of the part soaked in the water will be somewhat different from other parts." As he said that, he raised his hand and pointed to the trees in the distance. "But look at the location of the water marks in front of them, which is not parallel to the one beside me, and it is much different... If the water level has risen to the height of the water marks of those trees, then the traces on the trees beside us should be at least one meter higher."

"Then you mean..." Rodrigo asked tentatively.

"Just last night, the terrain here changed drastically..." Solid said a tingling conclusion in a calm tone, "...at least, the area in front of us has raised a large part of the upward bulge."

"Is this impossible?" Rodrigo certainly could not accept this unreasonable statement immediately. "The magnitude of the earthquake that can cause this terrain changes is very high, and we cannot feel it."

"So this is not an earthquake." Solid looked very clear.

"Oh?" Rodrigo asked again, "what would that be?"

"I don't know." Unexpectedly, Solid changed his mind and gave this answer with confidence. "But I think... I should know something by keeping moving forward." He paused, stood up, and looked at the professor and said, "Professor, you go back to the camp first... By the way, you can bring me a message to the soldiers No. 4 and No. 7, let them come and meet me. They know the marks I left and will find me."

Rodrigo is a very rational person. He knew that he was not wearing armor and was not suitable for participating in this "unidentified abnormality" task; if he insisted on following, it was hard to say whether he could help, but he would probably become a burden to Solid when encountering an emergency.

Therefore, Rodrigo did not object to Solid's order. He just left a sentence "Then be careful yourself", and quickly turned around and went to the direction of the camp.

The professor's figure soon disappeared in the forest, leaving Solid standing alone.

After standing silently for a moment, Solid suddenly rushed into the air and said loudly: "Okay, the person who is in the way has left, you can come out."

I don’t know who he said this to, but in short… After the words fell, no one paid attention to him.

There were constant strange sounds in the jungle, and some kind of beast could still be heard in the distant sky, but the area around Solid was surprisingly quiet at this time, so quiet that he could only hear his breathing in his armor.

"I have seen several opponents who can completely eliminate their own breath. You are not the only one in the world who can do this." Seeing that the other party did not show up, Solid continued, "But no matter what, that trick is useless to me... I can still feel your existence."

This is not bluffing or trying to cheat someone, but telling the truth.

Solid has a stronger intuition and instinct than wild beasts, and what he is best at is reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, ambush and counter-ambush in jungle wars...

Since he is sure that there is someone lying around him, there must be one!

"That's it..." After waiting for more than ten seconds, seeing that the other party was still unmoved, Solid said, "There's nothing more... If you don't want to come out, I can only come to find you."

He was only halfway through his words, and the person had moved.

The b17 armor is not the kind that can speed up the people wearing it. Its design concept is to greatly increase the defense and attack capabilities of infantry combat units. After ordinary people wear this set of armor, their speed will be affected even with the assistance of the built-in power system.

However, Solid used this heavy mechanical armor to run out of a hare-like speed, and rushed out of seven or eight meters with his foot...

After a breath, he rushed into a bush more than ten meters away, picked up the pistol at his waist and prepared to aim.

But what he didn't expect was that the "person" who was lying here was also at a speed that was not inferior to him; as he approached, the other party had also escaped. I wonder if it was because of its speed too fast, Solid only saw a black and small shadow through the video capture system on the armor mask, and it didn't look like an adult.

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The next second, Solid decisively opened his mask, instead looking at the object with his naked eyes, and followed the route of the black shadow running away to catch up.

He was very confident that with his tracking skills, no one could escape his pursuit in the jungle...

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After five minutes of quick pursuit, the target's trace disappeared.

This situation that is like evaporating out of thin air can usually be judged as the other party's ability to use or some tool has flew into the sky.

Solid did not think that the things he was tracking were escaping with a jetpack or a rope ladder thrown by a helicopter, because even the jetpack and helicopter would leave traces on the ground.

Therefore, this "disappearance" is probably due to some kind of supernatural power.

"Since I can escape without a trace, why not leave early?" Solid stood in the place where the other party disappeared, thinking to himself, "I chased me for a while before I suddenly disappeared. There are about three possibilities... First, at first, he didn't expect that I could keep chasing him, and when he found that he could not get rid of me, he used his ability; second, the ability to help him escape was a certain price, and he didn't want to use it unless he had to; third, he deliberately led me to...he came here..."
Chapter completed!