January 22, 2015. Hubei Province, Shennongjia, Enshi Grand Canyon somewhere.

The night was dark, and the chill was rising. Li Zhen walked out of the marching tent, took a deep breath of fresh air, and then found a smooth rock and sat down.

Overhead, the stars are brilliant and stretching across the sky, as if the blue velvet canopy is inlaid with millions of tiny diamonds, which is beautiful. Although it was already freezing and snowy in the north at this time, it was not very cold here. The temperature on the multi-purpose marching watch is minus 2.5 degrees Celsius, and although the weeds have withered and yellowed, many of the plants are still green and vibrant, like early spring in the north.

And not far in front of him were cliffs—cliffs that stretched endlessly. The space of the black hole was like a crack in the earth in the night, as if it was eager to devour something.

This is the Enshi Grand Canyon. And they are now camped on the mountains on either side of the canyon, waiting for the next order from the command center.

In fact, Li Zhen has been here for more than three days. However, the positioning of the last cemetery of Chiyou has not been completed. Experts swore that Chiyou's tomb was somewhere nearby, even in the canyon in front of him, but sophisticated scientific instruments were never able to pinpoint the location of the tomb, and in the end only a two-square-kilometer area was given.

So the executives of the North and South bases set up camp nearby, and together with hundreds of special security forces, they hid in the primeval forest, waiting anxiously in the form of waiting for the rabbit. And now he felt like his patience was running out.

There was the sound of footsteps behind him, and then a man walked up to him and sat down.

"It seems that you can't sleep either, come to accompany me for the night?" Ying resolutely tightened his coat and pulled out a dry grass stalk and twisted it in his hand.

"I've been feeling less lately." Li Zhen sighed, "I don't know how long I have to wait." Why don't we let the prophets guess? ”

"Prophet...... Hehe. Prophets are not omnipotent. It's not like you can see what you want to see. Ying resolutely smiled, "It is said that what they see is a certain 'trend', or some kind of result - anyway, it is something mysterious and mysterious, I don't know." However, the information from the command said that there would be no results tomorrow, and a large-scale search was planned. ”

"But if Adam really comes...... It's going to startle the snake. Li Zhen looked at the swarthy Grand Canyon in front of him and shook his head, "And I always feel that our people are a little small." With such a large mountainous area and a primeval forest, it is not easy to find something about the size of a human. ”

Ying Ran hummed: "Because of traffic problems." The large army can't get in - you come late, or take the air route. But we came from the mountain road before, and only the heavy equipment was airlifted. It took a lot of work just to lay out those generators. I guess I really had to wait until I met Adam. Reinforcements will take off from the airfield. However, flying here is only a matter of ten minutes, but there is no delay. ”

"Actually, I'm really worried about the people at the Gate of Truth. It is said that a few difficult guys have been missed...... It wasn't clear how many people Kuaizai Feng had entered. It's really fighting...... Those professional mercenaries are also quite difficult. He patted Li Zhen on the shoulder, "Speaking of which, Adam is actually not the trickiest. ”

Li Zhen frowned slightly: "But I heard that I intercepted Adam on the road before...... It seems that some manpower has been lost. ”

"Hmm. Four people were killed and five wounded. And dozens of ordinary soldiers. Ying resolutely nodded. Then Adam was lost. Its power is growing, and it should also be quite intelligent. But no matter how strong it is, it is only limited, and it will not be the opponent of our people. The pressure is still coming from the door of truth...... Those guys are a little too bold. ”

When the two of them said this, they suddenly stopped talking in unison. Because there was a rustling sound in the jungle behind him, it seemed that someone was moving.

Li Zhen and Ying resolutely glanced at each other, and their hands touched the handle of the gun on their waists. But the next moment they breathed a sigh of relief—for a faint white light lit up in the woods, and at the same time there was the characteristic "click" sound of unplugging the lid of the marching lunch.

Ying Ran frowned, strode over, and shouted in a low voice, "Who is there?" Come out! ”

The white light in the forest was extinguished at once. Then the sound also disappeared. So Ying resolutely shouted again: "Come out!" ”

After two seconds, three figures walked out of the branches and leaves to the moonlight, and at the same time a voice whispered, "Sir, just eat something......

Li Zhen also followed, so he saw the three people clearly. They are not executives. Rather, it is the soldiers of the special security forces. One corporal, two first privates.

Ying resolutely glared at the corporal and said solemnly, "At 2:45 in the morning, you are eating?" Which defense zone are you from? Give me a flashlight? Are you militiamen? ”

A private of the first class muttered, "I'm so hungry...... It's been a day of running up and down during the day......"

Ying Ran immediately swept his gaze over: "What did you say?" Did I ask you? ”

However, Li Zhen involuntarily pursed his lips. Slightly tilted his head. Perhaps because he had not been in the system for too long, he could not pose as an officer in front of the three soldiers and reprimand them in such a stern tone for a while, as Ying Ran did.

He thought it was a little funny, and thought to himself that it was not a big deal.

The soldiers of the special security forces are indeed elite, but now the three in front of them are so hungry that they sneak out at night to get extra food - what did they do during the day?

However, it is true that these executive officers are resting and guarding during the day, and the manual labor such as carrying supplies and arranging camp defense is done by those soldiers, and it seems that it is okay to be hungry.

Crucially, he himself was the one who felt hunger the most—and it was a bad feeling.

Therefore, there was a smile on his face. And that corporal was obviously an out-and-out veteran, and as soon as he found out about Li Zhen's demeanor, he hurriedly saluted him with his chest straight: "Report to the sir, we have violated discipline, and we will go back to sleep immediately." Never again! ”

Li Zhen was slightly stunned - such a quasi-uncle-level figure in his thirties saluted him and promised to "never do it again" like a student reporting to a teacher, which made him a little uncomfortable. But fortunately, he had already been mentally prepared in advance, and he knew what his current identity was, so he looked at Ying Zhiran: "Brother Ying...... Forget it. ”

In the face of this situation, Ying Ran could only give Li Zhen a favor. He frowned: "Give you three minutes, eat the food, and go back to sleep!" ”

The three of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Li Zhen, raised their hands and saluted: "Yes!" ”

Then he picked up the hot lunch box on the ground and went into the woods.

When they were far away, Ying resolutely sighed: "That guy bullied you young." In the future, you have to be able to keep a straight face, otherwise you will be in trouble if you can't control them. ”

Li Zhen smiled: "You have to give me some time to get used to it." I've always been the one who was trained. But these three people...... Why are you starving like this? ”

Even if he could understand the unbearable feeling of hunger, he would find it strange that these people were not militiamen, not even compulsory soldiers, as Ying Ran said, they were all well-trained professional soldiers. For such people. Even if you take a few knives, you should not frown, you should not say a word, you should rush, you have to rush, you have to rush. And yet, tonight, he broke the order and ran to the field to get food?

Ying Ran frowned and thought about it, and shook his head: "I know that corporal, I have dealt with him before, and he guarded the west gate when the base changed guards last year. People are a bit slippery, but their combat quality is passable. These people are not ambiguous when it comes to fighting, but when it comes to discipline, this kind of thing is not unusual. I see ......"

But he suddenly stopped. Then he raised his right arm and glanced at it - there was nothing unusual on the pale green electronic dial. But his brow still didn't stretch. Instead, he looked at Li Zhen: "Do you also think things are a little weird?" ”

Li Zhen was stunned. Then I realized what Ying was worried about. His expression froze: "You mean ......"

Ying Ran had already snorted and strode into the jungle, and Li Zhen immediately followed.

It took only a few tens of seconds for the two of them to say these words, and the three before them didn't go far. On one side of the jungle are the three camps of the Executive, and on the other side are the garrisons of more than forty soldiers of the Special Security Forces. The chief officer was a lieutenant.

The three of them were gathering under a tree at the moment to devour food, and when they heard the footsteps of Ying Ran and Li Zhen, they quickly stood up and wiped their mouths, and said in a low voice: "Report to the chief." It's already eaten. ”

But the two of them were not concerned about it, and then the camp behind them, which should have been silent, was full of people walking around, and even turned on the lights on the top of the marching tents.

The lights are not very bright, but they are particularly eye-catching on nights like these. But there was a strict order before, after dark, the light source should be turned off to avoid exposing the target!

The two of them were in the woods looking closely at the camp—they were eating, too. Dozens of people, as if it had just arrived at dinner time, did not say much to each other, and started in small groups.

Everyone's expressions looked normal in the dim light—concentrating on the hot meal in front of them, chewing quickly and silently, just like they normally would have eaten.

However...... It's 2:50 a.m.

And a group of heavily armed patrol soldiers who were supposed to be on guard duty near this camp were also eating.

Ying resolutely turned around, grabbed the corporal by the collar and pressed him against the trunk: "You feel hungry?" Since when? ”

The corporal was obviously a little puzzled by what was happening in his camp not far away, and the long training seemed to have made him realize that something was unusual, so he was only slightly stunned, and immediately replied: "It was two or three hours ago—I thought it was only the three of us......"

At this time, Li Zhen had already turned on the intercom on the neck of his combat uniform, and cut into the duty channel of another nearby executive camp in the system: "I am Li Zhen, a lieutenant executive officer of the third battalion, please answer when you hear it." ”

A response immediately came from the other side: "I am Dong Lin, the second lieutenant executive officer of the fifth district, and I received it." Complete. ”

"Is there anything unusual in District 5?"

"The special security team camp violated night discipline, and communication and coordination are underway, and it has been reported and completed."

So Li Zhen looked at Ying Resolute.

Then, almost simultaneously, the two men pressed the dark red button on the dial on their right, which meant an emergency.

A minute later, an entire camp on top of a cliff woke up. (To be continued.) )