Steel steam and flame

These things should not be left here, no matter what the time and circumstances. And looking at the presence of other cigarette butts around, it can be seen that the people in this team don't seem to care much about their whereabouts. If you have a hunting tool such as a hunting dog on hand, these cigarette butts can instantly transform from discarded waste into a deadly thing.

I don’t know if I really don’t care, or if I just didn’t notice it seriously when I was training or studying. Cassia preferred the latter, and the unknown sniper showed this. The skill of observing prey is good, and the ability to sense it in advance is also good, but most of them are not proficient, and there are always small problems in it. Generally speaking, it comes down to insufficient practice or not paying attention to the details when studying. Cassia couldn't tell what the specific problems were, but she just felt that something was wrong.

Perhaps if Kara were here, she could clearly list the mistakes the sniper had made one by one, so that Cassia could more clearly feel the gaze of the sniper looking over. It was as if he was calling Cassia from a distance, "Hey, look here, I'm here." Techniques are good to start with, but used poorly.

Thinking of sniper rifles, Cassia would think of Kara many times. But we have to think that as an absolutely excellent sniper, Cassia believes that there may not be anyone around her who can surpass her in sniping.

"I don't know what's going on. More than half a year has passed quickly. Have Carla and David established a firm foothold in other prosperous areas?" Cassia looked ahead blankly. It was about the second mission. Son, from Hai's mouth, he knew that Kara seemed to have spent some time in Avalon, but what happened next, Hai didn't say, and he didn't know. It's probably nothing more than getting away safely, which is highly likely. Carla can be sent to the headquarters of the Avalon Agency. Cassia has no other option except thinking that Noel has this ability and power.

Standing on the edge of the platform and looking around, there are two ends of the railway line on the left and right. It was a long distance, and it took him nearly three minutes to complete this section of the railway line on a human-powered railcar.

"The surgeon team should be from the enemy country, people from the Far Sea Commonwealth." Cassia judged based on this extremely long distance, because when he felt that he was being watched, he was just at the end of this field of vision. That's not just relying on the optical sight of a sniper rifle to see clearly and lock one's distance. Even if ordinary people's eyes are equipped with the best sights, Cassia thinks it is impossible to do such a thing.

But not long ago, he had always thought that the people on the platform were ordinary people, and he also regarded them as people on his side, sent by the front to defend and look out, or to explore. He took out the firecracker, firstly because he wanted to use it as something to show his identity. It is not a product made by the military, but the model and appearance are commonly used. As a soldier of the empire, you can recognize it at a glance. The second is that he has doubts in his heart and is not sure about the situation on the platform. But at that time, I didn't think in the direction of the surgeon. I just thought it was better to be cautious.

But he also felt surprised. In his impression, except for those cheap surgeons created by the dark world of the empire, all the complete surgeons he came into contact with, whether they were from the military school or those he met during the mission, such as Delya and Lina, People, let’s not talk about their own strength for the moment, but in terms of their fighting qualities, as well as their attitude of paying attention to such small details, their methods can be called meticulous. As for the traces, Cassia felt that unless it was a life-or-death moment, no matter how anxious it was, it couldn't be handled this way.

And judging from the scene on this platform, cigarette butts have been piled up. It seems that they really have no basic consciousness about these. Isn't it a cheap surgeon from the Far Sea Republic? Cassia even had such an idea.

"Have you gone this far?" Cassia withdrew her gaze and walked around the small platform a few times, collecting as much information as possible. Finally, he bent down, took out a few clean tissues from his pocket, carefully picked up all the cigarette butts around him, wrapped them in tissues, and put them back in his pocket. If you go to the front line, there may be hounds and other animals with sharp noses that can be used for tracking and searching. Maybe these things can play a role.

The number is quite large, and it can be seen that the team should stay here for two or three days. Maybe he wanted to wait for the army train to arrive, he guessed. Apart from the railway lines, there seems to be nothing else here that can attract people from the enemy country.

After taking a final look around to see if there were any other missing clues, Cassia carefully followed the original traces back to the railway, put the human-powered rail car back on the rails, and continued to move towards the battle line.

There is already a gentle downhill road ahead. As long as a little external force is applied to the rail car, it can run very far by relying on its own gravitational potential energy, and the speed is also good.

At the same time as the height decreased, a thin layer of fog also appeared in several places where the railway line shuttled from time to time. The very light color fell on the railway track, slowly fluttering, and was immediately hit by the human-powered rail car speeding past. fragments.

The view ahead slowly becomes wider as we advance. The continuous mountains seem to be disappearing, and a vast plain may appear later. The railway line in front of her still had no intention of ending. Just when Cassia was thinking that she could really cross this mountain range and see what the scenery would be like after the mountain, the slope of the railway line suddenly dropped a few degrees, and the human-powered track The car speeds up.

Then a basin-like terrain suddenly appeared in front of them. Ancient trees that were hugged by several people grew densely together. The bark was cracked ferociously, and some were covered with dark green evergreen vines, but they all gave people a shriveled feeling, as if they were missing water. . The surrounding light also became much darker at this time.

The long railway line also suddenly ended here. It was a tunnel that penetrated into the mountains around the basin, with shelters camouflaged by trees and vines built on both sides. A gate that was obviously made of steel alloy tightly sealed the tunnel entrance.

At this time, Cassia knew that she had finally arrived at the empire's battle base, although the feeling was not quite consistent with the chilling feeling she imagined.