Chapter 604: Attrition

"I just thought that the story Baker told was too, he didn't want to tell me what was going on, so he used such a ridiculous story to perfunctory me, I thought he must have been bought by Mr. Tem, which made me a little panicked, because I couldn't find anyone to trust in the whole team, I wanted to turn around and go directly to Mr. Tam, maybe I shouldn't have accepted this job in the first place, but I haven't completely lost my mind, because those retired soldiers have guns in their hands, I don't want to get into a conflict with them, especially now that we're in the middle of nowhere and there's no one around. So until I find an opportunity, I can only continue to be my guide.

"After what happened that night, the scientists' mood was a little low, but I don't know if it was my delusion, the expedition team obviously lost two members, but Mr. Tim became more and more interested, and the most surprising thing to me was those retired soldiers, obviously lost two companions but they were not worried at all, and there was no sad look on their faces, calm and a little scary, in addition, because I have been keeping an eye on them these days, I have also discovered a little secret of theirs.

"That is, this group of retired soldiers will also perform a small ritual before the meal, similar to the pre-dinner prayer session, but it is not the Christian kind, and they do it very secretly, try to carry other people behind their backs, which means that they and may all be from some secret sect, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

"My father was Inuit, but I was more atheist, but I was not very resistant to these mysterious things, but I was curious from time to time, but not now, not in this uninhabited ice field, with a bunch of sneaky infidels, it doesn't sound like a good thing.

"Although I didn't believe the story the doctor told me, I have to admit that it haunted my mind for the next few days, and even made me sleep unsoundly, so I went to Mr. Tam, hoping that he would defend himself with a weapon, but he comforted me and said don't worry, there are retired soldiers in the team protecting us, I can't help it, so I have to bring an ice axe with me, which is better than nothing.

"We arrived near our destination on the seventh day, and although I saw nothing but the rolling glacial mountains, Mr. Tame told us in an unusually firm tone that this was the place, the ancient ruins that would have brought great fame to the discoverers, and even rewritten the history of mankind, but where it was hidden needed to be searched a little more carefully.

"I fulfilled my duty as a guide, found a suitable camping site for the expedition, and with this as the center, I began to carefully search the surroundings, praying that this operation would lead to nothing, and that it would be better to leave empty-handed before the food and supplies were running out, so that there would be no more trouble.

"But I found myself underestimating Mr. Tem's determination to find the ruins, and three days later we changed camps, and Mr. Tame gathered everyone together, reiterating the importance of what we were doing, and saying that he would not leave here until he found the ruins, and that if the supplies ran out, he would use a satellite phone to contact another team to deliver them, and his words also changed the faces of many people, including me.

"I'm even thinking about stealing the satellite phone to call the police, but Greenland doesn't have enough police, and we're in a very remote place, so it's probably not a match for these retired soldiers. The doctor seemed to see through what I was thinking and warned me not to act rashly for the time being.

"Then we continued to search the site, and I led a group of men to the north of the camp, and the geologists led a group of people to the south, and they were still studying the rock formations along the way, because according to Mr. Taim, the site was very old and had transcended human history, and the meteorologists were in charge of observing the weather every day, reminding us when there was a blizzard and when we could continue our work, and Mr. Tame and the couple of theologians from China also brought a team of people each."

On the twelfth day, the team of geologists made a new discovery, they found some strange fossils found before, and this time there were more of them, Mr. Tim was very happy, and opened a bottle of champagne in the evening to celebrate, but this time for safety, he did not allow anyone to bring those fossils back to the camp, but to everyone's surprise, not long after eating, not long after lying down, a strange blizzard came.

"And before that, the meteorologists had just announced that the next two days would be sunny and that we could continue to explore, because this time the blizzard came so suddenly that I didn't even have time to drive the Greenlanders into the tent, but soon I heard gunshots again, and the two retired soldiers who lived with me rushed out together as they had done last time, while I nervously grabbed the ice axe and stayed in the tent with the doctor.

"We turned on the camping lights, hoping that the light would give us a sense of security, but then I felt like the blood was rushing all over my body, because after turning on the lights, we saw a shadow on a tent, and the shadow was exactly the same as in the story that the doctor made up before, it looked indescribably twisted and weird, and the doctor and I were terrified, and we only thought that the next second that thing would rush into the tent and kill us, and what was worse was that the retired soldiers had already run out to join the battle, This means that there is no one in the tent to protect us.

"It was definitely the scariest half minute of my life, but then the thing didn't rush in, even though it had already put its face on the tent (if that part could be called a face), the barking of the dogs seemed to attract its attention, and it walked towards that side, and when the blizzard subsided, I looked out and found that the Greenlanders on the other side of the dog pen were all gone, all of them had been killed, and in addition to three retired soldiers who had been killed in battle, one was seriously wounded, and I saw the rest of the men carrying their bodies aside, Then I started digging the pit, just like the last time I saw it.

"But what I didn't expect was that Mr. Tam could be so shameless, he still insisted on blaming it all on the hungry polar bears, and there was no intention of canceling the expedition, even if only half of the retired soldiers who can fight are left."