Turning over a small slope, Yang Jingyi looked forward. A black hole could be faintly seen under the rock ahead.

Yang Jingyi entered the cave, took out the small stove from her backpack and lit it, sat on the lunch box, poured some water into it, and took out a bag of coffee and broke it and poured it inside.

After a cup of hot coffee, Yang Jingyi felt a lot more refreshed.

A temporary low tide does not mean there is no hope. Yang Jingyi encouraged herself in her heart. She ate something haphazardly and slipped headlong into her sleeping bag.

…… In the stormy waves, Yang Jingyi lay on a small rubber raft, like a leaf sometimes high above the top of the waves, and was instantly smashed to the bottom of the valley. A row of bullet holes were clearly visible in the raft, and air erupted from there with a sharp whistling sound. Not far away, the comrades-in-arms struggled in the seawater, and a pair of hands stretched out to Yang Jingyi: "Save me!" Save me! ”

Yang Jingyi desperately rowed the sinking raft, trying to get over, but the wind and waves pushed her farther and farther.

Faces became blurred, and Yang Jingyi cried weakly: "Xiaoyan! Ame! Captain ......"

Suddenly, her heart was excited, no! Where are we? I'm not dead yet!

Yang Jingyi opened her eyes violently...... The head was still a little groggy, and Yang Jingyi didn't react for a while.

Who am I? She looked around blankly.

It's a small room, with one door and one window. In addition to the bed on which she was lying, there was a rudimentary wooden table and a stool by the window. There is a three-legged wooden shelf in the corner of the wall, on which more than a dozen bamboo baskets are placed, and the baskets are full of all kinds of dried herbs.

On a small stove by the door, a small pot sits, bubbling hot, so that the smell of herbs in the room is still full of the aroma of millet porridge.

On one of the walls in the back hung a huge wolf skin, which took up most of the wall.

When I saw the tiger skin, my memories came flooding out. Cave...... Halo...... Forest...... Giant Wolf ...... Where am I?

Yang Jingyi struggled to get up from the bed, and after getting off the ground, she found that the wounds on her body had been treated, bandaged, and exuded a burst of herbal smell.

She moved a few times, and the pain was much weaker, but her body was still very weak and a little lightheaded.

Holding on to the door frame, Yang Jingyi looked out, and she suddenly found that this house was actually built in the middle of the mountain!

A big river has made a turn here. On both sides of the bank are cliffs hundreds of meters high, and hundreds of wooden houses are scattered on the cliffs on both sides. Each wooden house has a small wooden platform on the outside, and a wooden boardwalk connects the wooden houses to the top of the mountain.

The cliff tops are covered with tall trees with branches that stretch out to shade the sky, forming a natural dome over the canyon. If you look at it from the sky, you won't find a hole here.

Traffic between the two sides of the strait is handled by a rope bridge. At this moment, a small figure carrying a large basket is swaying, and the clouds and mist are floating under the bridge, which is thrilling.

Yang Jingyi tugged at her heart and watched the man come over step by step. When I got closer, I saw that the person was wearing a coarse cloth dress, and it turned out to be a woman.

The woman had slender hands and feet, a slender figure, and should not be too old. Because she kept her head down, her attention was all on the road under her feet, and she couldn't see clearly.

Walking on the platform, the woman breathed a sigh of lightness, and raised her head suddenly, but saw Yang Jingyi standing at the door, and was immediately startled.

Yang Jingyi was also taken aback. to not her movements, but her face.

I saw that she was seventeen or eighteen years old, with apricot eyes, a pretty nose and cherry lips, and blond hair hanging down her shoulders, everything was perfect, but on the left side of her face, from her temples downward, to the corner of her mouth, a large scar ran across it, like a fat centipede lying there, looking indescribably hideous and terrifying.

The two of them stood for a long time, but the girl spoke first and said in stiff Chinese: "You...... Are you finally awake? ”

The voice was full of surprise, crisp and pleasant, but the corners of the mouth moved, and the centipede-like scar trembled up and down, as if it was alive, and it was even more daring to face it.

Yang Jingyi sighed secretly: Jealous beauty! It's a pity...... But...... Yang Jingyi was a little puzzled: "Finally? Have I been lying down for a long time? ”

The girl smiled and said, "It's not long, it's only half a day." ”

"Half a day!" Yang Jingyi was taken aback.

"yes, what? Running out of time? The little girl joked.

The girl, although ugly, is an extremely optimistic surname, just that face...... Alas! It's a shame.

Seeing Yang Jingyi's extremely unnatural expression, she giggled and said, "What's wrong?" Scared by me? ”

Yang Jingyi was a little embarrassed: "No ......"

A string of laughter from the girl.

This girl is very open-minded, Yang Jingyi thought with a wry smile.

The girl walked up to Yang Jingyi and said, "Don't get in the way." ”

Yang Jingyi hurriedly opened the door, and the two walked into the house.

Putting down the basket in her hand, the girl stretched out her right hand to Yang Jingyi: "Introduction, my name is Nadya." ”

Yang Jingyi was stunned for a moment, only to understand that she was going to shake hands with herself, and hurriedly stretched out her hand, her little hand was cold and soft, and her heart trembled a little, and she didn't come back for a while.

"Hey! You haven't introduced yourself yet? Nadya exclaimed dissatisfied.

"Me? Oh...... My name is Yang Jingyi. Yang Jingyi replied.

"Finished?"

"What's over?"

"I said that's how you introduced yourself?" Nadya's brow furrowed even tighter. "It's just an errand! Why don't I be your savior, and you treat me like this? ”

"You saved me?"

"Uncle Valery picked you up in the woods, but I brought you back to life."

"Pick it up?" Yang Jingyi looked down at her body, thinking that she was not far from death at that time, which was also very correct.

"Okay, so what should I say?"

"What do you do, like? Why it's here, etc. ”

"Hmm......" Yang Jingyi hesitated, the secrecy level of her unit was quite high, and the surname of the mission was not suitable for publicity, and with a turn of her mind, she came up with an idea.

"I'm a war correspondent, lost in the woods."

"Why are you lost?"

"Why? If you're lost, you're lost. ”

"What is a war correspondent?"

Yang Jingyi couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly explained: "It's the person who interviewed others." Seeing that the little girl was still confused, she added: "Take photos everywhere and make news." ”

"Oh-I don't understand." The little girl shook her head.

Yang Jingyi sweated wildly, this little girl should have never been out of the mountain, why didn't she know anything?

She tried to ask, "You don't have a radio here?" Broadcast? Newspaper! There should always be a newspaper, right? ”

Yang Jingyi lowered her head and snapped her fingers to start talking, not noticing that Nadya was completely silent over there.

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded: "Hmph! ”

She followed the sound, only to find that Nadya's face was clouded. She said coldly: "You are a spy!" ”

"Agent?" How could a little girl know this word? Yang Jingyi was stunned, but the situation in front of her couldn't help but think about it.

Seeing the sudden change in the little girl's attitude, Yang Jingyi suddenly became alert, and sure enough, Nadya sneered, flipped her right hand, and there was an extra small dagger in her hand.

Yang Jingyi didn't wait for her to level her hand, her body leaned sharply, grabbed Nadya's veins with her left hand, her index finger was slightly forced, and her right hand took advantage of the situation to unload a dagger.

Suddenly losing the knife, Nadya took a few steps back, looked at her hand in disbelief, and then looked up at Yang Jingyi, not knowing what to say for a while.

Yang Jingyi looked at the dagger, the dagger was very delicate, the handle was very small, and a few finger sockets were finely grinded, obviously made according to the shape of the little girl's hand. The cutting edge is longer than the handle, and the double-sided edge is open, and the polishing is shiny.

Yang Jingyi frowned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Nadya didn't answer her words, just flinched back in horror.

Compared with women, Yang Jingyi is better at dealing with enemies. And Nadya just completed the transformation from a woman to an enemy.

She was a little impatient, took a few steps forward, raised her voice and asked again, "Who are you?" Say it! ”

At this moment, a loud voice sounded behind her: "Guest from afar, you are so grateful to the life-saving benefactor?" ”

Yang Jingyi was startled, and her body reacted instantly. With both feet in force, take a big step to the right, point your body in the direction of the visitor, and make a defensive posture with both hands.

"Young man, you're good." At the door stood a tall man with a small bag in his hand.

He was in his forties, with a straight back and a broad body, a full beard, and piercing eyes......

"Uncle Valery!" Nadya hugged her arm as if she had seen a savior.

"It's okay, it's okay." The man known as Uncle Valery patted her on the shoulder and said strangely, "Nadya, you are too impulsive, and you don't ask clearly." ”

Nadya said unconvinced: "She's a spy!" ”

"Oh?" The man looked Yang Jingyi up and down, frowning and silent, and the little girl Nadya also moved slightly towards the door, quite threatening to flee when she saw the opportunity.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the man looked at Yang Jingyi with an indifferent look, and couldn't help asking, "Aren't you going to explain?" ”

Yang Jingyi pursed her lips and said, "There is nothing to explain, I can only tell you that I am not." ”

The man's eyes flashed, showing a little appreciation, nodded, threw the burden on the table, turned his head to Yang Jingyi and smiled: "I am Valery, and the juniors in the village call me Uncle Valery." ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, seeing that Valery was no longer strong, Yang Jingyi also stretched out his hand and said, "Hello Uncle Valery, my name is Yang Jingyi, you saved me?" ”

"Hehe," Valery said with a smile, "I don't dare to be greedy, I just picked you up, and it was Nadya who really saved your life, if it weren't for her, I would have had to collect your body." ”

It seems that this ugly little girl is indeed her life-saving benefactor, Yang Jingyi was a little embarrassed, and whispered to Nadya: "I'm sorry......"

"Humph!" The little girl pursed her lips and turned her face away angrily.

Yang Jingyi was a little embarrassed.

Valery looked at the little girl a little helplessly, and smiled apologetically at Yang Jingyi: "Don't be like a child, she has this temper, and it will be fine after a while." ”

"So, who's going to tell me what's going on?" Valery asked.

Yang Jingyi raised the dagger in her hand, and then spread her hands: "I don't know, but this thing is hers." ”

"Oh?" Valery raised his eyebrows, looked at the things on the table carefully, and nodded, "It's indeed Nadya's." ”

"Nadya, what's going on?" She asked, turning her head.

Nadya bit her lip and whispered in Valery's ear.

Valery listened and looked Yang Jingyi up and down with his eyes, and the surprise in his eyes became more and more intense.

After Nadya finished speaking, Valery pondered for a moment, looked at Yang Jingyi, then looked at Nadya, and said, "Nadya, go and call your grandfather, just say that the guest is awake." ”

"But you're a ......," Nadya pointed at Yang Jingyi.

"If you could help, you wouldn't have been cornered just now." Valery teased.

Nadya's face turned red all of a sudden, and she stomped her foot fiercely: "Leave you alone." He turned and ran out of the house.

Valery smiled at Yang Jingyi and pointed to the bed: "Come, sit down first." Then he dragged a chair and sat down.

Yang Jingyi was originally injured and had not recovered, coupled with being bedridden for a long time, and just now she grabbed the knife, hid from people, and stood for so long, her body couldn't support it for a long time. Hearing Valery say this, she didn't insist and sat on the edge of the bed.

She leaned on it, but her right leg was bent up, and her two hands were also supported on the bed board on both sides of her body, maintaining a state that could immediately burst out at any time.

Looking at Yang Jingyi's posture, Valery's eyes lit up, and his face was thoughtful.

Valery didn't speak, looking preoccupied. Yang Jingyi didn't know what was going on, so she simply kept silent.

The two of them sat opposite each other with wide eyes, and the room was quiet, except for the porridge cooked on the stove gurgling in the pot. Yang Jingyi suddenly felt so hungry in her stomach, but she was embarrassed to speak.

I don't know how long it took, but hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.

The light in the room dimmed, and there was a thin and withered little old man at the door, and her clothes were worn like flags fluttering on a flagpole. I really don't know how she travels back and forth between the two sides of the strait, because compared to the mountain breeze of the rope bridge, her figure is obviously a little too lightweight.

However, what attracted the most attention was the old man's eyes: clear, pure, but full of wisdom, not at all like the eyes of an old man over half a hundred years old.

The old man arched his hand: "Call me Hua Ye, don't talk about this first." ”

"Hua Ye?" Yang Jingyi was stunned.

From the moment she came here, she noticed that both Nadya and Valery, as well as this little old man named Hua Ye, spoke to herself in Chinese, although with a strong Russian flavor.

The old man turned to Valery and said, "Nadya told me everything, so you should ask first." Then he dragged another stool and sat down.

It seemed as if he had found a place to sit down at random, but Yang Jingyi found that the old man was just between himself and the door, and Valery, who was sitting in front of the window, just blocked his way.

Yang Jingyi was depressed and secretly raised her vigilance. She wasn't going to speak first, but she made up her mind: listen to what they had to say first.

Valery didn't speak immediately, but opened the baggage on the table, which she had brought earlier.

Inside was a mass of black rags, and on top was a short knife, different from the dagger Nadya had just held, the surface had been heat-treated, and the whole body was black, which was the one she had with her.

That's when she saw it. The black rag turned out to be the flight suit he was wearing, or it used to be a flight suit. Covered in blood and mud, it was impossible to see what it was.

Valery picked up the short knife, fiddled with it a few times, and said, "Where did you get this knife?" Then he pointed to the rags on the table and said, "And this kind of fabric is also very special, not like cotton, and the pattern on it is also very strange." ”

Yang Jingyi secretly shouted in her heart: Oh my God! What kind of place is this, even camouflage is not known! A bunch of dirt buns!

I looked at the clothes of the two people opposite, shirts and pants, all of them were modern, but the fabric was very rough, a bit like the homespun cloth I had seen in remote mountainous areas before.

"It was a commando tactical knife, made of high-quality alloy steel, known as the 'dagger that never breaks', and it is one of the standard equipment of Air Force pilots." Yang Jingyi said, "I am a pilot of the Chinese Air Force, I think you have already seen it." ”

"China - Air Force?" Valery and the old man looked at each other, a flash of excitement in their eyes.

"For so many years...... You're still here......" the old man named "Hua Ye" sighed.

"You are ......" Yang Jingyi looked at the two of them, she noticed that they were the same as herself, they were also black-haired and yellow-skinned, as if she suddenly understood something.

"It doesn't matter who we are anymore." Hua Ye stood up and said, "Although we look like clowns, cruelly manipulated by fate, we have to hide, forced to go out day and night, and we don't see the sky, but we are still not afraid of power, stand up, and swear to eradicate evil, uphold justice, and breathe a sigh of relief for the oppressed people, the only way is revenge, this is not a joke, but an oath, if you want to save your compatriots in dire straits, you must return blood for blood!" ”

"And now, it's time for blood for blood." Valery said.

"Why are you hiding here?" Yang Jingyi remembered the terrible scar on Nadya's face, and felt that there must be an extraordinary story in the people here.

"You haven't lived in a country, girl. Everything in this country is terrifying, it is tyrannical, it kills innocents indiscriminately, it uses extreme violence to force people to obey, and everyone dares to be angry. Hua Ye said, "We don't know why this is happening, and we don't know who to blame." Of course, you could say that this was the decision of those in power of the Bolsheviks, and that they would definitely pay the price, but, in fact, everyone in the country is to blame. ”

(To be continued)