Chapter 1897 The Victory Team in Action (3)

"Horie, how's the situation?"

As Munakata Seiichi, who was walking at the front of the group, cleared the way with Madoka Masami, he asked her a question.

"The radar hasn't detected anything unusual, Commander."

Masami Horii glanced at the portable radar detector in her hand and immediately responded.

Zong Fangcheng nodded slightly and then continued forward.

But at that moment, the detection radar in Horii Masami's hand suddenly went off.

This sudden change immediately brought the members of the Victory Team to a stop.

"Horie, what's wrong?"

Zongfang Chengyi immediately turned around and hurriedly asked.

"The radar just detected something approaching us."

Horii Masami frowned, looking at the light spots displayed on the detector, and said in a hurried tone.

"alert!"

Munakata Seiichi immediately shouted.

In an instant, the five members of the Victory Team gathered together in a circle and raised their pistols.

At the same time, Wushuang's eyes frantically scanned the surrounding environment, but the dense bushes prevented them from seeing anything clearly. They could only judge whether something was hidden under the bushes by the swaying of the bushes.

"Horii, where is the location?"

After a moment, having found nothing unusual, Munakata Seiichi asked again.

"That's strange. The detector is detecting things that overlap with our current location, but..."

Horii Masami frowned more and more, unable to understand what the radar detector in her hand was detecting.

"what?!"

Upon hearing Masami Horii's words, Makoto Munakata immediately exclaimed in surprise.

The location of the unidentified creature had overlapped with their own, yet they couldn't detect a single clue in their surroundings.

In this situation, Zong Fangcheng could only think of one possibility.

However, before he could even warn them, a scream pierced everyone's ears.

"Ah ah!!!"

Nanase Rena's scream rang out instantly.

Everyone turned to look and saw that Nanase Rena's body was wrapped up by a thick, flat vine.

In the blink of an eye, the vine had wrapped around Nanase Rena and lifted her into the air.

"attack!"

Munakata Seiichi immediately gave the order.

In an instant, Daigo and the others immediately pulled the trigger at the base of the vines to avoid accidentally injuring Nanase Rena.

However, the strange vines were extremely well concealed within the dense thicket; even though they had already wrapped around Nanase Rena, they had only exposed part of her body.

Most of the attacks from the Victory Team only landed on the trunk or branches, and did not cause any damage to the vines.

If this continues, Nanase Rena doesn't know where the vines will drag her to.

As Nanase Rena was getting further and further away from the ground, Shinjo Tetsuo immediately stepped forward.

As the team's best shooter, Tetsuo Shinjo's eyes narrowed, and he finally found the vine among the dense branches.

Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger, and the energy bullet shot out, hitting the vine squarely.

The power of the Victory Team's weapons is not to be underestimated. A single energy bullet caused great damage to the vines after hitting them. In particular, the explosion of the energy bullet caused damage that directly broke the vines on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, Nanase Rena, who had been dragged into the air, plummeted rapidly toward the ground.

"what!!!"

The sudden feeling of weightlessness made Nanase Rena scream again.

“Lina!!!”

Yuan Dagu shouted and darted out from his spot with lightning speed.

The next second, Daigo Madoka successfully caught the falling Nanase Rena.

However, due to the impact of the fall, Daigo Madoka and Rena Nanase fell directly to the ground, rolling around like gourds.

Fortunately, no one was injured.

"Lina, Daigo, are you alright?"

Zongfang Chengyi and the others rushed over immediately and asked with concern.

"I'm fine, Lina, how about you?"

Daigo Madoka immediately spoke up.

"I'm fine, but..."

Nanase Rena followed up, but halfway through her sentence, she looked down at her own body.

Immediately, everyone noticed the extremely obvious tear marks on Nanase Rena's uniform.

If it weren't for the sturdiness and durability of the GUTS uniforms, Nanase Rena would probably have been injured by that terrifying vine by now.

"What on earth is that thing!"

Seeing Nanase Reina emerge unharmed from the vines, Shinjo Tetsuo couldn't help but look at Horii Masami.

"I don't know, but it's definitely an unknown species that we've never seen before."

"Moreover, judging from its aggressive attack on Lina, it is a rather terrifying plant!"

"I wonder if that one terrifying plant is the only one in this forest."

Masami Horii's tone was frighteningly serious.

Their recent experience made them realize that the island beneath their feet was not as harmless as it appeared.

Perhaps, the terrifying side of this island is gradually being revealed to them.

"Commander, what happened?"

Just then, Megumi Kijima's voice came through everyone's PDI communicator.

Munakata Seiichi immediately turned on his PDI communicator and said, "We were just attacked by an unknown plant, and Lina was almost dragged away by it."

As he spoke, Munakata Seiichi tapped a few times on the PDI and took a picture of the half-plant that Shinjo Tetsuo had broken off, sending it back to headquarters.

In the command room, Megumi Kijima and Hachimi Nozue looked at the photos taken by Seiichi Munakata, both showing expressions of shock.

Nozue Hachisuke was able to immediately align the data in the database with the shape and characteristics of the vines in the photo.

A moment later, he exclaimed in shock, "There is no matching plant species in the database; it is a completely new species."

Megumi Kijima was also shocked by the news, and immediately asked, "Is Lina alright?"

Munakata Seiichi's voice came again: "No, I was just a little frightened."

Hearing this, Megumi breathed a sigh of relief for the moment, and then said, "Why don't we retreat first? If we continue forward, we might encounter some danger."

Although the information gathered so far is limited, Megumi Kijima felt that the team could not continue the investigation.

Although doing so felt like giving up halfway, the safety of the team members was Megumi Kijima's top priority.

As for matters like investigations, she could wait until her team members returned before developing a more detailed and prudent plan and then carrying it out.

With more thorough preparation, the safety of the team members can be better guaranteed.

Upon hearing what Megumi Kijima said, Seiichi Munakata did not immediately agree. Instead, he took out a satellite map and compared it with his current location.