Yongzhou City, east of the East China Sea, is an important port city in the southeast of China, and because of its close proximity to the magic capital of Shanghai, it enjoys rich market resources, so it became the second largest city in Zhijiang Province more than ten years ago.

After Liu Zheng and Luo Zhijian came out of Shanghai, they rushed to Yongzhou, where there is also a superpower person who needs to be recruited, and I learned from the record form that this person can control the energy of sound.

They followed the address to the office building where he worked, and then found the target person for this mission.

Zhao Xu, 41 years old, from Yongzhou, is the owner of a local decoration company, and after Liu Zheng showed his ID and explained his intentions, Zhao Xu received them in the spacious and magnificent conference room.

According to Zhao Xu, when he was in his early twenties, he was watching the sunrise on the beach one morning, but he entered a mirage by mistake, and in the fog, he arrived at an isolated island, and there was a strange giant beast on the island. According to Zhao Xu's description, the giant beast resembled a cow, but it was the size of a house, had no horns on its head, and had only one leg. Zhao Xu saw that the giant bull was sleeping soundly, and it seemed that there was no danger, and driven by curiosity, he actually had the audacity to touch its head, but the giant bull immediately woke up and opened his mouth to roar. The monster's roar was so loud that it exploded around Zhao Xu like a thunderbolt, instantly shaking him to death. When I woke up again, I was lying alone on the reef on the shore, and the mysterious and magnificent mirage world had long since disappeared.

Zhao Xu thought it was just a dream, but strange things happened to him one after another. The first is that his voice is completely different, his vocal range has become very wide, and he can sing any song very well, at first he thought it was just a voice change, so he didn't care, and he planned to be a professional singer. But then he found out that everyone who listened to his singing would unconsciously imitate the content of the song, until one day he stopped a girl who decided to commit suicide after listening to his bitter love songs, and then until the seriousness of the matter. More than ten years ago, the world was still very shallow about the concept of "superpowers", he didn't know why this happened, he was very afraid, for fear that others would think he was a monster, so he never dared to sing again, but changed careers to develop industry.

Decoration is actually a very competitive industry, and Zhao Xu's ability to gain a firm foothold in this industry has a lot to do with his voice. As long as there are negotiations or business negotiations with him, the success rate is very high, coupled with his own hard work, and the team never cuts corners, so his company has gradually developed into one of the largest enterprises in Yongzhou after years of development.

And Zhao Xu, who has entered the age of not being confused, has already married a wife and had children, and is now the father of two children.

Liu Zheng must admit that Zhao Xu's voice is indeed very good, and the rich and restrained baritone is both gentle and manly, no matter what he says, he can make people have a convincing impulse.

"Later, I checked the information myself, and there was a record in an ancient book, which I still remember: There is Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, which enters the sea for 7,000 miles. There is a beast on it, like an ox, with a pale body and no horns, and one foot, and if it enters and exits the water, it will be stormy, and its light is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder, and its name is called Kui. The Yellow Emperor got it, with its skin as a drum, with the bones of the thunder beast, the sound of 500 miles, to power the world.

I think that place should be the ancient desolate land Liubo Mountain mentioned in the book, and the monster I saw was Kui Niu, but I don't know why I had this strange ability later. I asked the staff at the time when I went to the Special Group Office for the record, and they couldn't explain it, but that's how it happened. ”

"Okay, Mr. Zhao, we're done." After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he stood up and signaled to Luo Zhijian that it was time for them to go.

"Wait a minute!" Zhao Xu also stood up and said to the two, "It's an honor that Zhao's name can be on the recruitment list of the Special Group Office, but I dragged my family with me, and I really can't get out." However, I am very willing to serve the country, and if I am really useful, please contact me in time, and I will definitely participate. ”

Zhao Xu has a stable career, has children and a complete family, Liu Zheng has long expected that he will not be able to join the organization, and his trip will definitely be in vain. At this time, I heard that he didn't say anything to death, that is, he was willing to help at a special time, and it was a bit of a gain, at least much better than the drunken unicorn, Liu Zheng smiled toothily: "Okay, with Mr. Zhao's words, our goal will be achieved, thank you." ”

Liu Zheng's third stop was to go to Wuchang City in Heilongjiang Province. Regarding the target information this time, the information sheet given by Fu Shenzhou is basically empty, except for a general address, there are only four words on the detailed information column:

Tiger Shadow in the Forest

In winter, Heilongjiang is frighteningly cold, with the lowest temperature of the day reaching minus 26 °C, Liu Zheng tried throwing a bottle of mineral water outside the house, and it froze into a large ice lump in less than 10 seconds. Fortunately, Liu Zheng has internal strength to protect his body, and Luo Zhijian's symbiosis is also very good at cold resistance, so he will not let these two authentic southerners freeze out in the northeast. But even so, they bought the thickest cotton coat they could buy from the mall and wrapped it around their bodies, and they didn't dare to go out easily. They had to go through a lot of hardship to reach the target location, a small mountain village in the northwest of Wuchang City, near Taipingling.

The mountain people in the Northeast did not have many opportunities to see the outsiders, and warmly invited them to go to their homes to chat, and after enjoying a very rich meal of Northeast food, Liu Zheng and the two learned some useful information in the process of chatting with the mountain people.

These Wuchang City belongs to the administrative division of Harbin, and the geological structure is located on the platform between the folded mountain belt of the Great Xing'an Mountains and the folded mountain belt of Changbai Mountain and the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, and borders the Songnen Plain, so the local forest resources are very developed. To the north and to the east are large areas of deep mountains and old forests, these places because of the geological climate is extremely harsh, and there are fierce beasts infested, so basically no one enters, even in spring and summer, the mountain people only dare to pick some mountain mushrooms in the periphery of the forest, and beat some small beasts.

According to the forest ranger, he once saw the "Tiger Daxian" on the edge of the forest, a tiger that could walk upright like a human, running and jumping on the ravine-lined mountains. Northeast people have always believed in "family fairy", "yellow beard and white willow gray", and they all believed it when they heard Uncle Hulin's words, and since then the name of "Tiger Daxian" has spread in several nearby villages.

Liu Zheng and Luo Zhijian glanced at each other, and they both felt that the person they were looking for was probably related to this "Tiger Immortal".

The two stayed at the village chief's house for one night, and at noon the next day, they brought all the warm supplies, mountaineering equipment, dry food, etc. provided by the villagers, filled two large backpacks, and decided to go into the mountain to see what was going on.

The road into the mountains was rugged and difficult, with deep snow in some places and unusually cold temperatures, which affected their exploration work. Later, Luo Zhijian simply turned into a monster form, and he often shuttled through the woods when he was in school, so even if one person carried all the heavy objects, it did not affect his speed. Liu Zheng was lightly armed and simple, and followed Luo Zhijian with internal strength, and the speed was much faster than at the beginning.

Luo Zhijian thought of a name for his monster form, called "gluttony", because he had seen the gluttonous pattern on the bronze tripod when he visited Liangzhu Cultural Village, and felt that it was very powerful and domineering, especially in line with his handsome and extraordinary temperament. And Liu Zheng has a different opinion, he thinks that Luo Zhijian's monster form is too ugly, like a huge arthropod, so he nicknamed him "human worm", and decided to resolutely implement this name to the end.

They ran all the way into the woods, shouting and making noise all the way, trying to lure the so-called "Tiger Immortal" out. As the mountain people said, there are indeed a lot of fierce beasts in this forest, Liu Zheng has seen several lone wolves and leopards, and there are countless pheasants and hares, and he can clearly perceive that there are many hungry carnivorous beasts that fall far behind them, and it is only because of the temperament of Liu Zheng and Luo Zhi that they dare not come up and attack.

By noon, the two of them had nothing to gain, and they could only make a fire to cook under hunger, a big bowl of rabbit broth, a few compressed biscuits, and a few sips of soju brewed by the mountain people, and Liu Zheng and Luo Zhijian sat by the bonfire to replenish their strength. It seems that today is destined to be a feather and a feather, the northeast is getting dark quickly, the sun will go down at 4 o'clock, after eating, they will be ready to go back, the forest is too cold, they have no intention of spending the night here.

"Huh?" Liu Zheng's heart moved, and he immediately stood up.

Seeing this, Luo Zhijian became serious, and after a while, he heard the movement from the depths of the forest, and couldn't help grinning, it seems that they were lucky, and they met the "Tiger Daxian" on the first day.

"Boom."

Liu Zheng heard the sound of his feet stepping on the snow, the sound of the branches and leaves of the trees shaking, the snow falling to the ground, and the heavy breathing of the beast. A nimble shadow in the woods moved rapidly around the two, as if testing their reactions. Luo Zhijian, who was in his gluttonous form, keenly felt the hostility and became restless and vigilant, making a terrifying "grunt" sound in his throat to show threat, and the creature in the forest also made the same low guttural voice, and the two sides had already confronted each other before they met.

Seeing this, Liu Zheng hurriedly patted Luo Zhijian, and Lang Sheng said: "Don't be surprised by this senior, we came here to find you this time, and there is no malice." ”

Hearing Liu Zheng's words, there was a sound of branches breaking in the forest, and then a dark yellow sound rose into the air, rolled up the scattered snow, and jumped onto the rock not far from the two, and the legendary "Tiger Daxian" finally appeared in front of their eyes.

It wasn't a humanoid tiger at all, but a person, but he was wearing a light armor made of tiger fur tanning, and a tiger head mask on his head, which really looked like a colorful tiger from a distance. He looked at the two strangers condescendingly, and asked in a sullen voice, "Who are you!" ”

"Oh, we're from the NSA."

Liu Zheng took out the work card from his pocket, shook his wrist and threw it over, sighing in his heart that the next time he went back, he would have to find the old man to ask for an iron certificate, or send a piece of the same official waist card as in ancient times.

"Hu Daxian" took the certificate and didn't open it, just looked at the cover and knew that it was true. Now that the identities of the two were clear, he no longer concealed his identities and took the initiative to take off his mask.

Under the mask is a pretty face, with a high nose and double phoenix eyes, eyes like electricity, and two sword eyebrows slanted like sideburns, full of heroism. Unexpectedly, the mysterious "Tiger Daxian" in the mouth of the mountain people is actually a heroic neutral beauty, and she is only a few years older than Liu Zheng at most.

Liu Zheng was speechless, and Luo Zhijian was also dumbfounded, and he didn't know when he would lift his gluttonous form. It's not that they haven't seen beautiful women, it's just that on this occasion, the appearance of such a woman full of wild charm was completely unexpected, and the impact on them was too great. The two of them looked at each other and felt that this thing was really incredible.

The "Tiger Beauty" took them to her quarters, which were made of stone and wood, and behind the house there was a small field, but it was already covered with snow, and a little farther away there was a small snow bag that seemed to be a grave. The furnishings in the house are very simple, but they are very warm, and the beautiful woman made homemade flower tea for Liu Zheng and the others, and sat next to them and watched them.

After this beauty entered the house, she took off her tiger skin coat to protect herself from the cold, revealing wheat-colored healthy skin, and saw that she was sitting down and generous, not at all cramped, thinking that it was not as simple as a mountain village woman.

Liu Zheng took out the registration documents of the Special Group Office from his bag, handed them to the beauty, and introduced himself: "I am Liu Zheng, a staff member of the Special Group Office of Qiantang City, Zhijiang Province, this is my colleague Luo Zhijian, we are here this time to invite you to join our team." Then he talked about the formation of a national defense force.

The beauty listened to Liu Zheng's statement in silence, thought for a while, and finally spoke, her voice was clear and slightly hoarse, unlike most locals, Mandarin was quite standard.

The woman's surname is An Mingjing, and she and her husband were originally local forest public security officers in Wuchang, and the forest area of Taipingling is their management area, which is usually inaccessible, so there is not much work, nothing more than some simple work such as preventing wildfires and recording the number of wild animals. But during a daily patrol ten years ago, they spotted a group of foreigners with loaded guns.

In order to find out why, the husband and wife quietly followed them until they reached the outside of their camp deep in the forest, and looked at the men with compasses and maps, as if they were looking for something. As a result, when they were about to infiltrate the camp, they accidentally touched the alarm device, and were chased by the group of foreigners, and An Jing accidentally fell off the cliff on the way to escape. When An Jing woke up from her coma, she found that she had fallen into a cave, which seemed to be an altar of an ancient religion, and a strange totem was enshrined in it, with a tiger head and a human body, which looked very strange.

When An Jing crawled out of the ruins and turned back to look for the camp, she only found her husband's body, and the group of foreigners seemed to have evaporated from the world, leaving no trace. In the deep mountains and old forests, An Jing has no ability to take her husband's body out at all, and their young couple has always had a good relationship, and their parents who have no children under their knees have died early, An Jing has no relatives except for her husband, so she thinks that she will simply not leave, and she will die together.

As a result, at night, An Jing found that she could see her surroundings clearly, she could hear the slightest sound of insects crawling, and not a single hungry beast dared to approach them all night. On the second day, An Jing, who was already dead, buried her husband in a clearing in the woods, and built this hut by herself, and lived here alone from then on, never leaving again.

"Thank you for the invitation of the two little brothers, but the outside world has no nostalgia for me for a long time, and my only wish is to be by his side, so... Sorry. An Jing bowed to Liu Zheng and the others and declined the invitation.

Liu Zheng thought that there was still a turning point in this matter, so he asked, "Sister An, can you take us to see that ruin?" ”

An Jing was puzzled: "Of course it's okay, but when I went to that place again, I never saw the cave I fell into again." Since you want to go, go for it. ”

Sure enough, the three of them arrived at the address of the ruins that An Jing said, but found nothing. Liu Zheng maximized the perception ability of the fox, and the range of 1 kilometer and 100 meters underground was clearly visible, and there was also nothing, so Liu Zheng speculated that the location of the ruins should be a secret realm, An Jing fell from the cliff, and somehow met the conditions for entering the secret realm, and her strange ability should have been inherited from the ruins. I'm afraid that the group of foreigners are also looking for here, but they still can't get the essentials and can't get in.

When they returned to the hut, Liu Zheng proposed to pay homage to the eldest brother who had died in the line of duty, and in front of the grave, he continued to persuade him: "Sister An, I once heard a good brother who believes in Buddhism say: When the deceased feels too strong longing, he will be trapped in the world, unable to die in bliss and reincarnate. Don't you want your big brother to find a good family? Sister, it's time for you to look forward, if the eldest brother sees you torturing yourself like this in the sky, he will definitely not agree. ”

"Yes, sister." Luo Zhijian chimed in, "Besides, don't you want to avenge your eldest brother?" Only by getting out of the woods and joining the Special Group Office can you get more information and find your enemy! ”

It was this sentence that completely touched An Jing's heart, she hesitated for a moment, and said to the two: "What you said makes sense, let me think about it for another night." ”

That night, Liu Zheng and Luo Zhijian stayed in the hut, while An Jing herself spent the whole night at her husband's grave. At dawn, An Jing opened a pair of red eyes, and finally agreed to the invitation of the two and decided to join the "National Defense Force".