Peerless Genius System

Chapter 549: Small Mountain Village.

While on the way to the coastal base, Xiao Luo found that the military quality of this SEAL team was quite impressive. They could detect the existence of minefields, and there were special minesweepers. They also marked the location of the buried mines so that vehicles in the future could bypass the mines and pass safely.

It was near dusk when they arrived at a small mountain village…

A few wisps of smoke rolled up from the mountain village. This village consisted of a few dozen earthen houses. There were also not many trees around them, and there was a faint trend of desertification making the air quality in the village unpleasant. The place was full of yellow sand, and some villagers were roaming around the village dressed in rags. When they saw a group of armed men coming into the village, they trembled and fear could be seen in their gazes.

“Damn I’m so thirsty. This country is turning into a desert, and there are very few water resources for people to drink. It is a miracle that they can survive here!” Rice was thirsty and panting as he wiped off his sweat.

With a day’s travelling, he was thirsty and tired. Likewise, everyone was in the same state as him.

He turned to Powell and said, “Captain, if we are going to rest here tonight. We must solve the water problem first.”

“Ask these villagers where they get their water.” Powell gestured with his eyes to the villagers standing at the entrance of the village.

Rice was shocked when he saw the state that they were in. “Oh my God, these guys are seriously malnourished. Look at that child. There are only skin and bones left in his whole body. It’s really miserable!”

“Since the land is at war, the civilians are the ones taking the brunt of it.”

Powell sighed with emotion, and then turned his face slightly. “Mina, for God’s sake, give them some of our food. Anyway, we can return to the base tomorrow. There is also enough food in the jeep. What is most needed right now is water. Take some food and make friends with them. I think they will be happy to tell us where there is water and let us rest here for a night.”

“Yes.”

Mina nodded. She called two villagers and took out some canned and high-energy compressed food from the jeep.

Xiao Luo didn’t say a word, but his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. This small mountain village and the villagers here gave him a strange feeling, which was hard to describe in words. Generally speaking, the atmosphere here was very depressing, and the villagers looked like they lost their souls, as if they were walking corpses. They were like manipulated puppets, and their eyes were ‘dull and empty’.

“Mr. Mie, what’s wrong?” Sarah blinked and asked curiously.

Xiao Luo shook his head. “Nothing.”

“Mr. Mie, this is just a small mountain village. There is no black army here so don’t be too nervous. Relax your mind a bit. Besides if something does really happen, we will not leave you alone.” Rice took the opportunity to ‘comfort’ Xiao Luo.

Xiao Luo only smiled and ignored them.

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The villagers were given some food. Their ‘dull’ eyes looked at Xiao Luo and Co. in an obviously different light.

Sarah Michelle took the initiative to become their translator. Through their exchanges, she learned that there was a stream located one kilometer east of the village, and the water there was still drinkable. The villagers also voluntarily gave up an earthen house for Xiao Luo and Co. to rest for the night.

The earthen house had been impacted by artillery bombing, and there was a big hole on the ceiling. If it rained, there would be absolutely no place to take shelter. The people inside will likely get wet by the rain. It looked more like a courtyard surrounded by four walls. However, it was the best house in the village.

“These villagers are very friendly. They even gave us the best house. After we return, I will definitely write down the whole process of coming to Libya.” Rice ate canned food and looked around in a leisurely way.

A bonfire was lit in the center, and the light reflected on everyone’s face, the flames were swaying gently.

“Deputy Rice, your writing is so poor, can we even understand what you’ll write?” A team member jokingly said.

Rice snorted, “Who wants you to understand it, I can read it myself, and also…” He glanced at Mina and playfully said, “Mina can read it, I’ll give it to Mina as a gift, hehe…”

Mina glared at Rice and rebuked, “Go away, I don’t want your things!”

“Ha ha ha….” This immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Xiao Luo simply sat on the side and kept silent. He knew that these soldiers were decompressing. Albeit, a unique way of doing it. Of course, it did not rule out the fact that Rice really liked Mina. After all, radish and green vegetables also have their own love, and Rice wasn’t necessarily exempt from this.

After some joking around, it was now completely dark outside.

‘Why hasn’t Hebrew and Adolf came back from fetching water yet?’

Powell frowned deeply while staring out at the darkness. He had a bad premonition. He turned to Rice and said, “Rice, take two people and find Hebrew and Adolf!”

“Captain, there are only unarmed villagers here. What can they even do? Let’s just wait, they’ll come back.” Rice replied.

“This is a land of war. Anything can happen. When we arrived, we already had to sacrifice two comrades. We must not make any mistakes. Also, our enemy is the Khun Sa mercenary group.” Powell looked solemn.

“Yes, sir “

Rice stopped playing around and called two of his comrades. Then they put on night vision goggles and went out.

“Captain Powell, Mr. Mie told me that the Khun Sa mercenary group had already been annihilated by him, and we really don’t need to worry about them anymore.” Sarah told the truth.

Hearing this, all the people present were stunned, but the next second they laughed.

“What are you… laughing at?” Sarah was confused.

Mina said coldly, “Miss Sarah, do you believe what this Chinese said? During the day, didn’t he get scared silly just by my kick and couldn’t move? If I wanted to kill him at that time, he definitely wouldn’t have any strength to fight back. So him killing the Khun Sa mercenary group? Don’t make us laugh.”

“It is said that China has excellent traditional virtues, but I’m sure that this excellent traditional virtue should not be boastful right? Ah ha ha …” Another member quipped.

“Ha ha ha …..” Once again, they all laughed.

“Why do you say that? Mr. Mie is very powerful, he…”

“Miss Sarah, do you know why he followed us? Let me tell you. “

Mina interrupted and leered at Xiao Luo. “Because he knows that it is difficult for a person to survive here, thus he seeks our blessing. With us, he has a much greater chance of leaving Libya alive. Am I right, Mr. Mie?”

Xiao Luo just smiled in reply, he was too lazy to bother with this disgusting woman. Except for Sarah, he would treat everyone as air.

Mina gnashed her teeth at Xiao Luo’s silence. Such a reaction made her look like an unreasonable b*tch.