Zhang Chi said: "I didn't mean to attack you, Instructor Xue, although my face has darkened a little, my appearance has not changed, there must be something wrong with your face recognition system." ”

"Then why doesn't anyone else have a problem? Okay! Even if there is a problem with the face recognition system, is there something wrong with the fingerprint authentication? The system of the base is specially set up for you?"

Zhang Chi said: "The regulations are dead, people are alive, you can't rely on machines for everything, right?"

Xue Hongguang said: "Although the rules are dead, we must abide by them, there are no rules, there is no circle, let alone you, even if the dean of your academy comes, you can't enter the base if you can't pass the verification." He put on a businesslike face.

There was a rumbling thunder overhead, and Zhang Chi looked up at the dark clouds, seeing that a storm was coming.

Xue Hongguang had already ordered the door to be closed, clearly to keep him out.

Zhang Chi said: "I said that you are so rigid, who will be responsible for keeping me out in case of danger?"

No one paid attention to him, the gate continued to close, Zhang Daxian was so angry that he kicked the gate, raised his head, and found that there was a guard on each side of the watchtower who pulled a compound bow and aimed at him, Zhang Chi raised his middle finger at the two of them. Carrying his deflated backpack and running back with his ancient sword, he dared to find a place to shelter from the rain before this rainstorm arrived.

It didn't take long for a torrential rain to fall, and Zhang Daxian, like a chicken in soup, ran lonely in the wilderness.

Bai Xiaomi came to the corridor from the room and saw the motor also standing in the corridor: "Where is Zhang Chi?"

Mada shook his head and said, "I didn't let him in! ”

Now that they don't think it's funny, Bai Xiaomi said, "I'll go find them." ”

Ma said: "I'll go too!" Before the two of them reached the staircase, they met Chu Jianghe, Chu Jianghe: "What are you doing?"

The motor said Zhang Chi's matter, Chu Jianghe: "The base stipulates that no one is allowed to leave the dormitory without permission before the assembly......" When he spoke, a python-like lightning fell straight down from the top of the sinkhole, and landed outside the base, smashing a thick camphor tree, the camphor tree burned, and then there was a thunder like an explosion, which shook the entire ground.

Chu Jianghe: "Go back to the dormitory immediately, and I will report his affairs to my superiors." ”

Bai Xiaomi said: "It's very dangerous outside, we can prove Zhang Chi's identity, why don't we let him enter the base?"

Chu Jianghedao: "I'll say it again, you go back first, I'll ask about the situation now." ”

Bai Mi said: "I'm going too." ”

The motor stood firmly behind Bai Xiaomi.

Chu Jianghe finally nodded, and led them to find Wang Xiangyang, the leading teacher who had come in advance, Wang Xiangyang had heard about it, and he smiled bitterly: "I already know what you said, and I am also negotiating with the base, but the base has the discipline of the base, you must know, it doesn't matter what I said here." ”

Bai Xiaomi said: "Teacher Wang, how can you say such irresponsible words? Since the beginning of the parachute jump, the two of us have been with Zhang Chi, and the three of us have helped each other all the way. ”

The motor nodded.

Bai Xiaomi said: "If it weren't for Zhang Chi, we wouldn't have been able to arrive at the meeting place at the specified time, it was he who led us to protect us to the base, he is our core, we can prove it to him." ”

Chu Jianghe frowned, always feeling that her words seemed to be insinuating herself.

Wang Xiangyang said: "I understand your feelings, but the base has the discipline of the base. ”

Ma said: "Teacher Wang, there is lightning and thunder outside, Zhang Chi is alone outside, you are the leading teacher and you have to think about the safety of the students!"

"I know, but now the verification system can't verify his identity, who can prove that he is Zhang Chi?"

"We!"

Wang Xiangyang shook his head, obviously saying that they were not weighty.

Bai Xiaomi became popular: "Mr. Wang, can you be a little responsible?"

Wang Xiangyang said: "Since someone can pretend to be Zhao Lei, someone can pretend to be Zhang Chi, the base is very important, and no suspicious people are allowed to mix in." ”

Bai Xiaomi said: "In this case, I don't want to stay here either, let's advance and retreat together, please tell the base and let us out." ”

Wang Xiangyang shook his head: "Don't you know that this is not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want?"

Zhang Daxian finally found a place to shelter from the rain, under a natural boulder, he came to the boulder like a chicken, took off his clothes and wrung out the water, and started the real fire refining body first, not because he practiced hard and seriously, but to transport the heat to the body surface through the way of real fire refining the body, driving away the cold and using the body to dry the clothes.

The body dryer started to work, and for a moment the body was surrounded by hot steam, and it looked a little fluttering.

After drying his clothes, he touched his face, felt that the stubble was pricked in his hands, Zhang Chi never figured out a truth, his face is so thick, why can the beard still be pricked out? Idle is also idle, put some laundry detergent on the face, rub out a lot of white foam, pull out the saber and start shaving, thick skin also has the benefit of thick skin, do not worry about being scratched by the knife.

The rain kept falling, and you could see that the camp under the mountain had been lit up, according to what Wang Xiangyang said before, he had not reported in time, and he should be removed from the trainee list this time.

The clothes are dry, and the body doesn't feel cold, but the food has been eaten before, Zhang Chi sighed, it is estimated that it will be completely useless to enter the base tonight, and checked the backpack, except for the amber crystal ball, there is almost nothing superfluous, the motor always rushes to carry heavy objects on his body, the tent and sleeping bag are all there for him, and now he is in trouble.

Zhang Chi found a relatively flat place to lie down, not long after lying down, the rain was heavy again, although the boulder can block the rain, but the water mist that rebounded from the rainstorm on the ground was still blown in by the mountain wind, Zhang Chi wanted to keep warm, he had to keep the real fire refining body way to output heat to the body, simply carry out the exercise of the skin and flesh around the body, and the exercise of the skin and flesh did not take long to sweat profusely, and there was a feeling of taking a sauna.

When Zhang Chi Lian was putting his body in, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and the footsteps came from far and near, obviously coming in the direction where he was.

Zhang Chi took a breath and grabbed the ancient sword on the side.

A black shadow appeared outside, the man bowed down to the boulder, obviously chose this place to shelter from the rain like Zhang Chi, and saw that there was actually someone under the boulder, the man sighed in surprise, still walked in with a cat's waist, and threw a string of prey in his hand on the ground.

He was about fifty years old, with gray hair, long hair and a shawl, and a beard.

At this time, a lightning bolt just flashed, illuminating his face, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be taken aback after seeing it clearly, because he looked a little familiar with this person, and looked like He Donglai who was wanted, Zhang Chi had seen He Donglai's photo from Rui Fu, and recalled it carefully, and became more and more sure that this person was He Donglai.

The middle-aged man sat aside, took out a pipe from his pocket, stuffed some tobacco into it, lit it with a match, the light of the fire illuminated his face, the outline of his face was as hard and distinct as a knife and an axe, he took a puff of cigarette and said, "Why didn't you enter the base?"

Zhang Chi pointed at himself: "You asked me?"

The middle-aged man laughed: "Is there anyone else here?"

Zhang Chi said: "I didn't pass the identity verification, and they didn't let me in." ”

"Unlucky boy. ”

Zhang Chi deliberately said: "Uncle, do you live here?"

The middle-aged man nodded.

"Why didn't you go to base?"

The middle-aged man said: "Not qualified." He took a hard drag on his cigarette and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.

Zhang Chi took the initiative to stretch out his hand to him: "My name is Zhang Chi!"

The middle-aged man shook his hand, and Zhang Chi felt that his palm was very rough like old bark, very powerful.

The middle-aged man shook Zhang Chi's hand and said, "He Donglai!"

Zhang Daxian's heart sank, and he was really He Donglai, and Lao He was bold enough, if he didn't change his name or change his surname, didn't he know that his wanted warrant had not been canceled.

Zhang Chi has some understanding of He Donglai's affairs, knowing that he saved Xiao Li, and after Lin Chaolong's death, it was revealed that he plagiarized He Donglai's achievements and framed He Donglai for embezzling R&D funds, which has proved that He Donglai has been wronged before.

He Donglai took advantage of the light rain to go outside and dragged a dead wood in, cut the dead wood into several pieces with his axe, and made a fire on the spot, because the dead wood was damp, the smoke was very large.

He pointed to the ancient sword and said, "Lend me the sword." ”

Zhang Chi handed him the ancient sword, and He Donglai disemboweled the two wild pigeons, washed them away with rainwater, and directly used the ancient sword to bake them on the fire.

Zhang Daxian really couldn't laugh or cry, he couldn't imagine that he actually used his sword as an iron chisel to barbecue, and He Donglai's barbecue level was obviously not good, Zhang Chi took the initiative to replace He Donglai, and the barbecue had to depend on the professionals.

He Donglai knew that he was a foodie when he saw Zhang Chi's skillful barbecue technique, so he took out salt and chili powder from his tattered backpack and handed them to Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi said: "Can I call you Uncle He?"

He Donglai nodded and said, "Okay!"

"Uncle He, how long have you been living here?"

He Donglai said: "It's been more than ten years. ”

Zhang Chi secretly wondered in his heart, no wonder He Donglai was able to escape wanted, this sinkhole is located in the Gobi no man's land, and it is also a secret area of the Secret Bureau, it is indeed a good place to hide, but how did he come here?

Zhang Chi roasted the roast bird and handed it to He Donglai, He Donglai gave one to Zhang Chi, he untied a stainless steel wine jug covered in scales from his waist, poured a glass of wine into the lid and handed it to Zhang Chi: "I brew my own wine, taste it." ”

Zhang Chi took a sip and took a sip, the entrance was spicy, and he felt that it should be made of sweet potatoes, and the taste was not good.

He Donglai drank directly at the spout, took a sip of wine, took a bite of roasted bird meat, and praised: "Your barbecue skills are really good." ”

Zhang Chi said: "When I was in the capital, I opened a barbecue restaurant. ”

He Donglai looked at him again and said, "New World School of Management?"

Zhang Chi nodded: "The academy arranged to come to the apprenticeship, today is the deadline for the assembly, everyone else has entered, and the verification system does not recognize my identity, so I was kicked out." ”

He Donglai laughed: "What these pedantic guys are best at is sticking to the old rules, resting on their laurels, and not thinking of making progress!"

Zhang Chi said: "But the rules are made by others, and it is unlucky for me." ”

He Donglai said: "I have also participated in the construction of the base, and I am still the first batch of builders. ”

Zhang Chi said, "Uncle He, can you tell me about the situation here?"

He Donglai nodded and said: "There is nothing mysterious, the relevant departments have discovered a certain energy source, collected the energy, and thought that the sinkhole is a good place to store energy, so they built a storage warehouse here to transfer the energy here." ”

Zhang Chi said: "Psionic energy?"

He Dong glanced at him and said: "I don't agree with this name, it's not scientific at all, this energy is very unstable, until now it has not solved the problem of storage well, in the first year of choosing Tiankeng as a storage site, there was also a large-scale energy leakage, so the landform and environment here have changed, and initially this was originally a barren land." ”

Zhang Chi said: "It sounds like an accident to hear you say. ”

He Donglai said: "It was originally an accident, people's hearts are full of greed, and they want to use energy, but in the end, they are usually controlled by energy. ”

Zhang Chi said: "That's why you have created a large number of superpowers?"

He Donglai took a sip of wine, and his eyes became confused: "The greed of the human heart is always endless, constantly demanding from the world, and only after the accident did it come to mind to make up for it, if you take precautions earlier, why spend dozens or hundreds of times the price...... " He paused and said: "It may not be able to achieve the desired effect." ”

Zhang Chi said: "Uncle He, what is the relationship between you and the base now?"

He Donglai said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, the base has used many people in the process of construction, and some of these people came voluntarily, and some of them were forced to choose." ”

Zhang Chi secretly thought, He Donglai must belong to the latter, he was framed by Lin Chaolong and fell to the point of being wanted by the whole country, so he chose to come to Tiankeng, there must be someone operating behind this matter.

He Donglai said: "The energy leakage has caused many people's bodies to change, some people have gained superpowers, but many more people have been damaged, sick or even died. The physical changes are secondary, and more importantly, they affect people's psychology. He finished nibbling on the roasted bird in a few sips, and then screwed the lid of the flask screw: "Anyway, I'm just an outsider now, and I'm not qualified to express my opinion." ”

Zhang Chi said: "When I first came, I met a person named Cao Chengguang, do you know him?"

He Donglai said: "Profiteer! Like me, they are all homeless, we built the base together, and he is not what he is now, but later he was irradiated, his body shrank sharply, and he became a dwarf, but he is sick and retired, and the base will also distribute some necessary materials to him every year." I asked to leave by myself, although we people left the base, but we couldn't leave the sinkhole, so we became a special group outside the base, they called the homeless, although they are homeless, there are differences, some people continue to communicate with the base, accept the base's assigned tasks, and make deals with the base, Cao Chengguang is like this. ”

Zhang Chi said, "Uncle He, have you ever seen the Netherworld here?"

He Donglai frowned when he heard this: "Nether?" he shook his head.

The rain outside had stopped, He Donglai put away his things, planned to leave, and when he stood up and was about to say goodbye to Zhang Chi, he said, "Are you planning to stay here for the night, or go back to rest with me?"

Zhang Chi said: "Is it convenient?"

He Donglai smiled: "It's nothing inconvenient, I have a very spacious place." ”

Zhang Chi hurriedly packed his luggage, he didn't want to stay here alone for a long night, from what he knew about He Donglai in the past, he felt that this person was not a bad person, although it was the first time they met, he had a good impression of He Donglai.

Follow He Donglai to climb and walk among the mountains and rocks, He Donglai is very familiar with the surrounding environment, walking through the dark as if walking on the ground, half an hour later, they stopped in front of a ruin, He Donglai said, this is the original storage, and later because of the explosion caused by the leakage of spiritual energy, so it became a ruin, and then the higher authorities decided to completely abandon this place, and choose another place to build the storage, which is where the current base is located.

He Donglai led Zhang Chi into the ruins, walked sideways from a narrow gap, and became spacious in a few steps, He Donglai lit a lantern and illuminated the passage, the length and width of the square passage was about two meters, fifty meters forward, pushed open the stone door, and saw a spacious stone hall, which was dug directly in the rock formation, about two hundred square meters.

There are a lot of daily necessities in it, and He Donglai usually lives here.

He Donglai hung the lantern on the wall and introduced: "This is also one of the warehouses, the explosion did not affect it, and it is also the only intact building that has been preserved, there were dozens of warehouses like this back then. ”

Zhang Chi raised his head and saw that the top of this stone warehouse was arched, the closer it was to the center, the higher it was, and the highest point was about five meters above the ground.

He Donglai found a bear skin and spread it on the ground and used it as a bed for Zhang Chi, Zhang Chi roughly estimated that this bear should be about the same size as the bear he met when he was alive.

He Donglai said: "Go to bed early, there will be heavy rain at night, the special structure of the sinkhole is easy to attract thunderstorms, and it is very unsafe outdoors." ”

Zhang Chi nodded, lying on the bear skin mattress very soft and comfortable.

He Donglai sat under the lamp, found a sewing needle, and began to sew up tattered trousers.

Zhang Chi said: "Uncle He, good night!"

He Donglai smiled: "Sleep, in my place, you just have to rest assured." ”

Zhang Chi smiled at him, and also fell asleep, a week after coming to the sinkhole, he didn't sleep a few restful nights, today not only eats meat and drinks wine, but also sleeps in the best environment to come to the sinkhole, this sleep is very steady, when he woke up, it was already more than eight o'clock.

Sitting up and seeing that the oil lamp on the wall was still on, He Donglai was not in the room, got up and walked the same way to the outside, and before he got close to the exit, he heard continuous thunder. He Donglai walked in from outside wearing an army-green raincoat and carrying two buckets of water, and said to him, "Wake up? This rain can't stop for a while." ”

Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and took the wooden barrel, which should also be handmade.

Back in the stone room, He Donglai took off his raincoat. took out a jet-black stove from the corner of the wall, threw a spirit stone the size of a grain of rice into it, and poured some pink liquid into it, the spirit stone and the pink liquid had a chemical reaction, releasing a lot of heat, He Donglai put the stainless steel pot full of water on the rack, and put some oats in it.

Zhang Chi said: "How to control the heat of this stove?"

He Donglai said with a smile: "It's similar to an alcohol stove, just control the entry of air, but there is no flame, the blue is the spirit stone you should have seen, and the pink is an acidic liquid, both of which are unique products of the sinkhole, and there is no outside world, don't underestimate this spirit stone, the heat emitted is enough to cook a whole cow, used for cooking, and there is no problem with using it for two months." ”

As he spoke, the pot was already boiling, and He Donglai stirred it in with a wooden spoon, and added some wild vegetables to it.

Zhang Chi sighed secretly, He Donglai was framed by Lin Chaolong and escaped into the sinkhole, and spent more than ten years alone in solitude, but he didn't understand how he left the sinkhole later and came here again?

Zhang Chi said: "Uncle He, I hear your accent as if you are from Beichen?"

He Donglai nodded and said, "The country accent has not changed, and my sideburns have declined, and I haven't been there for many years." ”

Zhang Chi said: "I am also from Beichen!"

He Donglai was not surprised: "I heard it, when Beichen people speak Mandarin, they still have a hometown flavor." ”

Zhang Chi laughed.

He Donglai slowly stirred in the pot with a wooden spoon.

Zhang Chi said: "Actually, I have heard of your name in the past, and I also know about you. ”

He Donglai said: "There is no need to mention the past. ”

Zhang Chi said: "Do you know that Lin Chaolong is dead?"

He Donglai was stunned when he heard this, the wooden spoon in his hand stopped, and he looked at Zhang Chi with an indifferent expression: "Dead?"

Zhang Chi nodded and said: "What happened last month was killed by him, and it has been confirmed that he plagiarized your scientific research results back then, and also framed you for embezzling R&D funds." He felt obliged to let He Donglai know the truth, and in Zhang Chi's opinion, these should be long-awaited good news for He Donglai.

He Donglai's calmness was beyond Zhang Chi's expectations, and He Donglai seemed to be listening to something that had nothing to do with him: "So what?"

Zhang Chi said: "Prove that you are innocent, you can now go back innocently, and you can even ask for compensation and get back everything you lost." ”

He Donglai smiled and said: "Can you find it back?" shook his head and said: "I can't find it back, I've been used to the current life over the years, I have gone back, but I still choose to come back, the world is becoming more and more complicated, I can't adapt to the outside world, in fact, He Donglai in the past has long since died." ”

When the rice was cooked, he filled a bowl and handed it to Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi took the wooden bowl and looked at He Donglai sympathetically.

He Donglai went to the clay pot and sandwiched some pickles, brought them over and put them on the wooden pier: "Everyone thinks that I hate Lin Chaolong very much, but in fact, I have long looked down on it." ”