Shi Lang was sitting inside an air-bound vehicle, this thing looked similar to the helicopters used by humans in old times but were overhauled. They were powered by a nuclear battery and the rotors were soundless. Overall, the vehicle had a camouflaging ability. Once initiated, nothing can detect it, unless they have a thermal vision.
The boy did not know where he was being dropped off, but he was looking through the holographic map on his communicator. Yuu had told him that the boy could only be able to monitor his real-time location only when he had landed. However, he still wanted to know a bit more about the surroundings.
Ao, was a green planet, the place where the military base and the camp were located was called, Will Peak. This peak was the only high ground area in the tropical forest around it. The humans named this forest Woods of death. That was the unofficial name but that was all Shi Lang needed to know.
This forest was spread to ten thousand miles and was inhabited, not only deadly flora and fauna but also, the residents of this place, the Shamantis. His communicator was filled with a lot of data regarding the Shamantis and the flora and fauna of the place. The boy read it all, turned out the Shamantis were purple-colored humanoid creatures.
They had six fingers at the end of each toe and were thin built. They used animal skin or plants as their outfits. The Shamanti females were only distinguished by their long hair, otherwise, they all looked the same. Shi Lang did not have any thoughts about this, but something attracted his attention, the shamanti women were stronger than the men.
The data stated clearly that these women were more adept at using their skills of so-called witchcraft. Witchcraft used by Shamantis was something very mysterious and not defined in the data, it was said that they can conjure up fireballs, summon beasts and insects to attack the people. The data also stated that in the case, of capture. One should kill themselves before they are put to torture and cursed to death.
Turns out these Shamatis will not take you in if you have not died by their attacks. Shi Lang read all this and the boy sighed. The pilot suddenly said, “Drop zone coming up. Ready?”
Shi Lang nodded and said, “Ready.”
The pilot pressed a button on the console and a green indicator lit up. Then he signaled Shi Lang to jump.
The boy did not hesitate and jumped out from the opening in the cabin. The helicopter had no door to improve the time of deployment of the soldiers so Shi Lang had no problem jumping out. Shi Lang was wearing gear that had a wingsuit in it. The technology was amazing, this wingsuit was made of smart nanomaterial.
It would only deploy when the user willed it to. This wingsuit did not reduce the speed much but unlike a parachute, it did not make the soldier a target in the air. The other thing was that Terrans had a strong enough physique to handle the stress from the landing. That was not all, the gear was also capable of complete camouflage until they made any big moments.
Shi Lang gazed at the ground below and decided to land near the biggest tree he could find in the vicinity and descended there. He dropped his sniper rifle and sword before he landed to not encounter posture difficulties. He rolled his body as soon as he landed and rushed to recover his equipment.
The task was now about to start, but since he could sense the things around him and did not find any movement around him. The gun and the sword were nearby, it was easily recovered. Shi Lang returned to the tree and climbed it up. He first needed to determine where he was and what route he should take to even reach the Shamanti settlement.
After he concealed himself inside the canopy of the tree, he operated his communicator and began to determine his next few steps.
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Inside the monitoring room, all the instructors were sitting around a table watching the boy through a satellite. Carlos said, “His reactions are quick and he is decisive, however, this can spell both good and bad for him.”
The others did not comment. They might not be experts but they were aware of what he was talking about. Due to his quick movements, Shi Lang had left traces around the place and he did not clean them up.
Charlotte was about to say something when the communicator on her wrist rang. She pressed the accept toggle and a voice sounded, “This is Cadet Lang, permission to commence incursion.”
Charlotte replied, “Status acknowledged, permission denied. Your readiness is commendable, but before you proceed, you have a few objectives that must be met without fail. You must report to the monitor command every hour, and you will be advised by Carlos on the mistakes you have made. It may be a task, but consider it a hands-on experience. Do you receive?”
Shi Lang replied in a monotonous voice, “Copy that, Monitor Command.”
Charlotte nodded to Carlos and the man said, “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. That is how you move through the forest, without leaving traces. Remember, that Shamantis have hounds, they might not be patrolling this area now, but it is not sure when they decide to, so be very careful. How you do that, I will leave it to you.”
Shi Lang replied, “Understood, Instructor.”
Hearing his reply, Charlotte said, “You are permitted to advance.”
Shi Lang replied, “Roger that.”
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Shi Lang sighed, “They sure are the experts and I am losing my touch. Well, I was a loose cultivator and the geniuses had all advanced long before me. Guess I did lack a lot of skills. time to learn them all.”
With that said, he got down the tree and began to move through the forest slowly and this time he made sure to not leave any traces.
