While everyone was greetings, Petrosovlovich introduced Li Huan and Shangguan Qing to the northernmost settlement of mankind - because Li Huan saw something unusual, he saw several tall white men in military uniforms, carrying a few bottles of wine towards the abandoned buildings.

"Aren't those soldiers abandoned?" Li Huan was curious: "Didn't you tell us before that there is no army stationed here?"

"Well, let Chilov explain it to you. He's been here a lot longer than I have. Petotsovlovich smiled: "And this professor from St. Petersburg University can say everything clearly, and you can ask him whatever you want." I'm a guest at best, but he's been living here for a long time. ”

"Professor Chilov, I'd like to hear more about it. Li Huan turned his head to look at the old professor.

Qilov smiled faintly: "Now you know how to pat my ass?" Hehe, no problem, I've lived here for many years, and there's almost nothing here that I don't know." Speaking of this base, in fact, there used to be an army garrison, and at its peak, there were about 10,000 people here, which is equivalent to an integrated division. But of course, there is no army stationed now, and if there is an army stationed, what you see now is not like this. Fort St. Hayes actually had a military mission. Now this radio wave receiving station still has military intelligence, well, that area over there......"

Li Huan and Shangguan Qing looked in the direction pointed by Professor Qilov and saw that there were some buildings about five hundred meters away from the camp.

"That's the oldest building in the whole of St. Haysburg. Now there is about a platoon of soldiers on duty there, who are stationed for six months at a time, and then they are given three weeks of rest. The soldier you saw just now, he should have come to take a shift. At most, the military base is estimated to be guarded by more than a dozen people in turn. ”

Professor Qilov retracted his gaze, then pointed to the camp and continued: "Although this place has been abandoned, if you think about it, such a huge military base, it is impossible to say that it will be abandoned. Although the coordinate point has been exposed, it has always been a military base that has been operated for so long, and it can be used by both strategic missiles and bombers, so not only nearby residents are maintaining the runway, but there are also many military facilities here that can be used with a little maintenance. So the military has also been maintaining here. We'll go meet the local residents later, and if they don't have the information you're looking for, the best thing to do is to ask the soldiers. ”

Li Huan gave a thumbs up.

After some pleasantries, Qilov led everyone into the village.

The first thing that catches your eye is a small square that has been cleared.

Li Huan looked around this small square and found that around this small square, there were colorful signs. One of the largest signs is made of iron shelves, with white on the top and blue on the bottom, and St. Fort Hays written in black letters in the middle, which is probably a landmark. In the upper right corner of the sign, there is also a direction indication, and under the sign, there is a smaller line of black English - hope for world peace - this line of English letters translated into Chinese is wish for world peace.

They do have this good wish, because if the world is not at peace, then this military base will definitely be requisitioned by the military. As a military base that used to be the headquarters of the Strategic Missile Forces and the Strategic Bomber Force, even if it is not requisitioned, it will be used as a key strike area, so once the war starts, their peaceful life will be shattered. But the existence of this brand and this base is simply ironic.

The most interesting thing is that next to this sign, there are dense wooden signs, if the biggest St. Haysburg sign is the mother, these wooden signs are like children snuggled up to the mother. Most of these wooden signs are handmade signs, most of which have the names of various towns written on them.

Seeing Li Huan paying attention to these signs, Pyotrsovlovich said: "These signs are the signs of the previous village of the people who came to St. Heesburg to gather. When they come here, they often make signs of their hometown city after they integrate into the place, and then nail it here to commemorate their village. ”

Li Huan took a cursory look and found that there were at least more than ten large logs erected here, and each wood had no less than ten handmade wooden plaques nailed to it. That is, this settlement is the integration of at least a few dozen Siberian villages.

Shangguan Qing also saw these signs, and she smiled slightly: "This is a very good commemoration." ”

At this time, more people came over - in this season, there were very few people who came to visit St. Haysburg, so every time someone came to visit and brought them food and wine, it was a day no less than Christmas for these residents of St. Haysburg. It's too boring here, so whenever someone comes to visit, they attach great importance to it, and the same is true for Li Huan's and his party.

And among the people who came this time, there were even people wearing officer uniforms!

Perhaps the soldier who had just entered informed his commander, who, after getting the news, wanted to see who had died in the desert of Siberia during the desert season.

"Hey, Landau, come here, I'll introduce you to our guests. Chilov shouted to the bearded middle-aged man in an officer's uniform: "They have brought good wine." ”

Li Huan was stunned for a moment, so casual? This is a military base where people are stationed, theoretically speaking, you gang have already crossed the line, and you are still introducing guests to others in such a fair and open manner? This is probably the Siberian tradition, in any country in the world, there has been such a place where sensitive troops have been stationed and are going to be used in the future, and it is estimated that these people have long been driven away. It's just that the Great Siberian Wilderness is so barren, so barren that if it were just a squad stationed here, they would go crazy.

Sure enough, this officer named Landau trotted over, and before he could wait for Qilov's introduction, he shook hands with Li Huan with a smile, "Hey, hello, I'm Landau McGonagall, the head of this military base, you can call me Landau." ”

This big man is far from being as rude as he looks on the outside, on the contrary, Li Huan thinks that the word polite is still very appropriate for him. After the pleasantries, Qilov said: "Landau, the guests have brought us so much food, should we prepare it, it is past four o'clock, and there are less than two hours before we have dinner, I think we should have a grand bonfire to welcome our friends from afar." ”

Landau smiled and clapped his hands vigorously, and only after he had attracted everyone's attention did he say, "That's it, welcome guests from afar!"

More than 20 people around responded violently, Landau also said a few words into the walkie-talkie, and after a while, the roar of car motors came from the military base, and the entire St. Haisberg military base, as if because of Li Huan's arrival, boiled in an instant.

"These people are crazy, aren't they? Is this still a military base?" Shangguan Qing leaned against Li Huan's side, looking at the heat

The Russian, who was a little overdone, stuck out his tongue: "If only these villagers are okay, I can't understand why these soldiers are still so excited." They just come out for a party, and what are their duties? They don't have to stand guard? They don't have to do anything? It's really unimaginable, a fighting nation is a fighting nation. ”

"Hehe, you're thinking too much, what do you say they're here for? Do you see, their uniforms are very old. I admire them a lot, and if I were replaced, I might have been more than them. Li Huan smiled faintly, pointed at the officer and said, "His uniform has not been changed for at least five years, which means that he has been stationed here for five years." Petrosovlovich said that it would be rotated once a year, and that the officer had probably been demoted here because he had been squatting in this great wilderness for five years, which is why they knew each other so well. If you think about it, he's been here for five years, and if a base that has to be activated is so important, he definitely won't send such a small number of people. Therefore he must have been demoted. ”

"Then even if it's degraded, what do you admire?" Shangguan Qing could understand a little bit after listening to Li Huan's explanation, but she didn't understand what Li Huan was admiring. In her opinion, a soldier, an officer stationed at a special base, can already go to a court-martial.

"What I admire about him is that he still keeps his sanity. Come to think of it, this place is obviously a place where all the major military fortifications will not be activated, and coming here is punishment—and I don't know when he will be able to go back, and I think he may not be able to go back for the rest of his life. In this case, you can also know how to tidy up your military appearance and wear your military uniform well. I think it's already very good. Li Huan said: "If I had changed it, maybe I wouldn't know where to throw that military uniform." ”

"You seem to say so. I also admire him, and if I were in this situation, I might not have done as well as him. Shangguan Qing sighed, and then suddenly if she had been on duty here for five years, wouldn't she know everything about this secret military base? If we ask him, will he tell us something?"

"Yes, he knows better than the villagers. But you can't ask him now, if you think about it, a soldier with such an honor, knowing that he was exiled to a bitter cold place like Siberia, he could still keep his military appearance neat. If we ask about anything related to military secrets, not only will he not tell us, but I am afraid that he will immediately turn his face. Li Huan pondered for a moment: "In comparison, I think that Professor Qilov will know something." ”

"Oh, why? I think he's just an ordinary old man. Shangguan Qing was a little confused.

"Ordinary old man, he is not ordinary, at least he doesn't want to be a so-called university professor like he was introduced by others, I can even smell him!" Li Huan frowned: "You don't feel this way yet, but the intuition and senses of high-level Qi Refiners are very sensitive. I'll give you an example, for example, when I saw Old Man Chen and your grandfather, I could obviously feel the taste of the Jin Ge Iron Horse that had been trained in their military careers from the two of them, and when I saw Professor Chen and them, I could feel that they had a smell of books, this is a high-level cultivator...... I can't say that it's a unique ability, but in short, this feeling is very smart. ”

What Li Huan said was a high-level cultivator's spiritual power induction—this kind of spiritual power induction was not an ordinary induction and exploration, but a kind of mysterious thing, which was not clear. After a high-level cultivator tempers his spiritual power, his understanding of his spiritual power will enter a deep level, not the level that can be used, but the level that can be perceived. And you must know that everyone has spiritual power, even ordinary people, and these mental powers tend to change with the master's mentality - the so-called spirit and spirit - and to put it a little more cheesy, that is, the temperament of the whole person. What a person does and what he thinks in his heart, then no matter how well he disguises himself, he will definitely show some horses' feet, such as his eyes, such as habitual movements, such as behavior, or stress reactions when encountering certain things, etc., these things can never be concealed.

In fact, not only cultivators, but even ordinary people with experience can tell the difference.

For example, the most common, experienced old policemen, can see at a glance those petty thieves, and they are basically not wronged when they are caught. This truth is that the thief's spirit is always cringe, and he doesn't dare to look at the police with his eyes when he sees it, and the temperament exposed by the whole person is the kind of temperament that hides and hides, and normal people will never do this, so as long as you look for it according to such a temperament, it is definitely a catch. If you want to be for these experienced old policemen, most of them themselves can't tell why they will catch a certain accurate, but they can only tell you to observe words and expressions - in fact, they have grasped a certain mental power trait, as long as they hit the eye, they can immediately find out. Although they have not specifically tempered their spiritual power, this is the so-called practice makes perfect.

And high-level cultivators have a more thorough grasp of this technique of "observing words and feelings", because what they cultivate is spiritual power, and the deeper the spiritual power, the deeper their understanding of spiritual power, and the more they can perceive the abnormal state of spiritual power. When Li Huan saw Qilov for the first time, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong, at that time he was just wondering why Qilov was doing research in the Great Siberian Wilderness, there was nothing to study in this place at all.

However, from the conversation just now, Li Huan was more sure of his conjecture, this Qilov is not simple. When he was talking and looking at people, what he revealed was definitely not the temperament that a university professor should have, but when it came to what kind of temperament it was, Li Huan couldn't understand, so he could only say that this person was definitely hiding something.

"Does that mean he's very dangerous?" Shangguan Qing shook her head, she still believed in Li Huan's judgment very much, Li Huan would never be untargeted, and would generally say only after he had enough evidence, or had full certainty: "Do we want to ...... Preemptively? Otherwise, if he is allowed to break out, we will be in trouble. ”

"Preemptively? How can you strike first? What are you thinking about in your head? Look at what kind of place this is, this is the border of Russia, and you are going to attack a professor of St. Petersburg University on the border of Russia? The Russians will not tear you apart! Moreover, although this is the Great Siberian Wilderness, this is not a no-man's land, and there are small groups of soldiers stationed here. Although we can completely suppress this small group of soldiers, there is no need, because I just feel it, and there is no specific evidence......" Li Huan couldn't cry or laugh: "Besides, even if he is not a university professor, he has nothing to do with us, as long as he is not hostile to us, in this great Siberian wilderness, isn't it normal to meet one or two people who hide their identities?" And this is the base of the strategic forces, although it is said that it has been abandoned, but there is still the possibility of reactivation, in case he is the official sent person, we should not ask for trouble. ”

"Then you just brought it up......" Shangguan Qing shook her head in confusion.

"I bring it up as a warning to you not to trust this man easily, and to be careful when he says anything. He's not a university professor, and even if he hides his identity here, it doesn't mean that he's hostile to us. Li Huan said: "One."

At first, I wondered if he was sent by the Sunset Society, but if you think about it, even Petrosovlovich said that he has been here for many years, and when he came here, I was still in college, and you were still working as a technical non-commissioned officer in the special air service group. ”

After Li Huan finished speaking, he said: "And that Ensign Landau, who is definitely not a simple person, this base has indeed been sealed, but such a sensitive base, and it is still ready to be activated, how can it be guarded by a small team...... In short, except for those villagers, these people are not simple people. ”

After Li Huan's reminder, everyone thought about it and thought about it.

Professor Chilov called himself a professor at St. Petersburg State University. St. Petersburg University, located on the Basilyevi island of St. Petersburg, is a world-renowned public research university, which, together with Moscow State University, is the highest temple of Russian higher education and a member of the Coimbra Group. St. Petersburg State University is the first university in the Russian-speaking world, founded in 1724 by the Royal Decree of Peter the Great together with the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. In 1821-1914, it was called St. Petersburg Royal University. In 1924-1991, it was called Leningrad University.

St. Petersburg State University occupies an important place in the development of world history, where Euler, Lomonosov, Mendeleev, Pavlov, Chebyshev, Buniakovsky, Lenz, Gogol, and Perelman were taught, and Stolypin, Lenin, Kerensky, Turgenev, Markov, Lyapunov, **v, Landau, Putin, and Medvedev studied. Since its establishment, the University has been committed to the study of science and humanities, and has been an important center of research, culture and education in Russia, as well as training talents who will bring development and change to Russia. The university has contributed 9 Nobel Prizes and 2 Fields Medals to Russia, and more than 600 graduates and teachers have been elected as academicians and corresponding academicians of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of the former USSR and some professional academies - the professors from this university are all elites, so to speak, even if they really want to do research in St. Haysburg, they will have to be followed by a dozen graduate or doctoral students, and it is absolutely impossible for him to stay in this place alone for several years.

And a second lieutenant leading a squad to garrison a strategic missile base is even more nonsense.

Strategic missile bases refer to bases that provide support for the stationing, training, testing, and operation of the Strategic Missile Forces. It is an important part of the national strategic deployment. Missile bases can be divided into operational bases, training bases, and test bases according to their uses, and are usually equipped with missile launch positions, command posts, material and technical support, centers, airports, communication systems, power supply systems, and guard systems. The main task of the missile base is to store, store, and maintain the missiles and technical equipment, so that they are in a good state of combat readiness, and can carry out missile nuclear assaults at any time, conduct live-fire training, and conduct flight tests of missiles...... This shows what an important base it is. Although this base was mothballed due to leaked coordinates, as long as there is a possibility of activation, it is impossible to send only a team to guard it......

In short, this place is full of unusualness.

But Li Huan, didn't they just come for the unusual? Everyone understood a little under Li Huan's explanation, anyway, according to Li Huan, all the people here may not be good at stubble. But everyone is not afraid, although they know that the other party is not good, but they are not easy to provoke on their side! Don't be Li Huan, that may be the existence of the thunder after being angry, although such a large-scale movement will definitely attract the attention of the sunset, but when it comes to the last resort, everyone still has to suppress the audience.

"I'm just telling you this, in fact, the people who can survive in this great wilderness are not simple people, so everyone cheers up, don't be too nervous, what should you do, what else should you do. Li Huan said: "I have a hunch that we will soon be able to get close to the goal." ”

……

After two hours, the bonfire dinner begins.

The bonfire dinner was indeed a bonfire dinner, and after a few sturdy men removed a few stones in the middle of the square, a large pit more than one meter deep and about two meters in diameter appeared. Then the men pulled out a lot of dry wood from the back of the room like a juggler, and the two strong men stripped naked and left their vests, and then began to chop the wood with sharp axes. In the weather of about zero degrees, these white men split the wood into pieces one by one with their shirtless bodies, Li Huan looked at this scene and sighed, this is worthy of the style of a fighting nation.

Although Li Huan analyzed it at the beginning, he felt that everyone here was not good, but once it came, it was safe, as long as the other party did not hurt people or show malicious intentions, there was no need to wear it. And in fact, the kind of casualness shown by the people here quickly made Li Huan and them let down most of their guard.

"Why don't you use fuel?" Shangguan Qing was curious.

Luo Weisha and Agata also seemed to be back home when they came here, the two of them were helping to build the bonfire, hearing Shangguan Qing's question, Luo Weisha explained with a smile: "Siberia is too poor, everything is lacking, every village is like this, although oil and gas are available, but wood is still indispensable." Every summer, when the snow melts, people here go out to collect wood and stock up enough wood for a year to survive the harsh winter...... As for oil and gas, those precious resources can only be used at the most critical moments, so we all use firewood more often. ”

As the bonfire was built, there were not as many people as Li Huan imagined. As far as the eye can see, there are probably less than 100 people scattered in the square. Compared to the houses here, there are too few residents here, Li Huan estimated at first that there should be at least seven or eight hundred people who came to participate in the bonfire party, but now there are not even a hundred people, which makes him very surprised.

"Isn't Fort St. Haysburg the largest village in the surrounding area, why are there only so few people?" Li Huan asked curiously, and asked Qilov, who was directing the young people to surround the outside of the bonfire with stones, his eyes kept looking at him—if there was a cultivator here, he could still feel that Li Huan's spiritual power had always been connected to him.

Li Huan not only connected his spiritual power to him, if it weren't for the strong backlash of the soul spell, this old man without a little aura would not be able to resist it at all, Li Huan would have thrown out a soul silk thread a long time ago. Although everyone should not be nervous, Li Huan was careful when he contacted this professor at the beginning. When preparing for the bonfire party, Li Huan had been carefully scanning Professor Qilov with his mental power, without stopping.

From head to toe, inside and out, almost every bone and skin is spared. It's just that the more I observe Li Huan, the more confused I feel, that's right, this guy is definitely not a professor - he has received some professional training, which can be seen from his bone and muscle structure. First of all, he is not a cultivator, so this can be directly ruled out. Well, if he was a cultivator, then the strength of this Qilov Professor would be too terrifying.

Li Huan was already a cultivator at the seventh or eighth level of Qi refining, if even Li Huan couldn't see his level, or even feel a little bit of his spiritual power and aura, then he was at least a cultivator of Jindan Dao, this was impossible.