On Monday, October 18, the air quality in Xuanjing was very poor.

Cai Junyan came to the outside of an ordinary government compound in Dongcheng District, there are only a few low bungalows of less than four floors in the courtyard, the exterior walls are mottled and gray, the big trees in the compound have lost their leaves and are bare, and the doorman in the security booth in the compound is an old man who has no hair, wears a uniform, and is drinking tea and reading the newspaper.

The whole compound exudes a smell of disrepair from the inside out, and if it weren't for the copper-plated door plate of the 'Pest Control Office Affiliated to the Forestry Bureau' hanging on the courtyard wall, it is estimated that it would be regarded as an old warehouse ready for demolition.

However, Cai Junyan's body began to tremble unnaturally from time to time within 100 meters of entering this courtyard - this was because the 'reflex' and 'blind flash' runes in her mind were triggered by stimulation.

To the northeast, on the fifth floor, there is a sniper.

In the convenience store I just passed by, the owner had a QSZ92 semi-automatic pistol in his arms.

Thirty-six facial recognition surveillance cameras.

There is gravity sensing underneath the floor tiles.

Cai Junyan kept calm, walked to the entrance gate of the compound, and beeped to enter. The old security guard smiled and said good morning, she responded politely, then walked through the courtyard into the second building, took the elevator, and clicked on the B2 floor.

The elevator slowly descended, opened the door again, and what appeared in front of Cai Junyan was a passage of cold white light, and there were guards standing in the passage. The guard was wearing a pair of gray-black eyepieces, and he glanced at Cai Junyan, and a flow of information appeared in the lens, and Cai Junyan could see from the reflection of the lens that it was her ID photo.

After the verification was passed, the guards no longer paid attention to Cai Junyan. Cai Junyan walked through the aisle and pushed the door with the sign that said 'B2-001'.

The room is very large, and there is a projection screen hanging on the wall due north, and there are already many people in it, some of them are Cai Junyan's 'classmates', but more people they don't know, everyone is sitting quietly in their positions, it looks like a classroom.

"You really came, Professor Pei quarreled with me several times because of you."

A short man in military uniform stood in front of the curtain, he didn't look very old, he was good-looking, his expression was cold, his body was thin, but the most obvious thing was his height - even with thick boots, he was still shorter than Cai Junyan.

"High Commander......"

"In the future, call me captain or forest chief, don't call my surname." He pointed to an empty seat: "Take a seat." ”

"Yes, Chief Lin." Cai Junyan thought about it for a while, but still chose this title, obediently sat down and observed the surrounding situation, knowing in her heart that Gao Linchang would become her top boss in the future.

Gao Linchang, whose real name is Gao Zhishui, was one of the people in charge of the rune ability test project when he was in the underground research institute, and he also had rune ability - Cai Junyan didn't know the details of his runes, and could only vaguely feel that it should be related to body strengthening.

The professor Pei he just talked about is the researcher who hopes that Cai Junyan can join the institute. But after careful consideration, Cai Junyan still rejected the enticing offer of the institute and chose to come here.

At this time, Cai Junyan's heart moved, and she felt that there were many people in this room secretly watching her, but she didn't look back. She had been accustomed to this kind of gaze ritual before she had obtained the 'Reflection' rune - she just didn't expect that there would still be so many emotionally impulsive goblins in this place where psionics were gathered.

But you can put it to good use......

After a few more minutes, after another newcomer came in, Gao Zhishui closed the door and said lightly: "Don't speak now, you have to raise your hand to report." My name is Gao Zhishui, the captain of the forest patrol team, you can call him the captain, or the forest chief. ”

"There are a total of 30 people sitting here, and you are all reserve members of the Xuanjing No. 1 Forest Patrol Team now, as for whether you can get the official establishment, it depends on your future performance."

"The main mission of the ranger team is to detect, solve, and solve mysterious events in the territory of the host country. Unleash the specificity of a psyker and enter the fog beyond the reach of Skynet to eliminate the threat of unknown existence. ”

"I guess you still don't understand what the rangers do, so let's look at a concrete example."

Gao Zhishui walked up to the pulpit and operated the computer, and a top-down view of the mountains and forests at night was projected on the curtain.

"These satellite surveillance images were taken at 21:31:32 on the night of October 16 in the Longling area of Shaanxi Province. Residents in the Longling area called the police at night and an earthquake occurred nearby. ”

He briefly explained two sentences, and then enlarged the details of the picture, and everyone saw more and more clearly: mountains, forests, flat land, human figures......

When the picture was enlarged to a certain extent, Cai Junyan's pupils suddenly shrank, and her whole body stiffened.

"That's ...... What is it? Someone couldn't help but ask.

Even if there is a lack of detail and lack of light and shadow, everyone can still easily recognize that it is a spear soldier wearing full coverage heavy armor in the picture!

Gao Zhishui did not answer, but shifted the picture to a certain weirdo. Although it was from a bird's-eye view, the strange man could be seen to be nearly naked, covered in tadpole-sized blue runes, and wearing a heavy helmet on his head.

What's more, this weirdo...... Splitting the body!

His waist and legs seemed to be separated by sharp weapons, and his shoulders and chest cavity exploded as if they had been hit by a high-powered cannonball. If this is not a picture but a video, then in the next second, this strange person should be scattered all over the place and die a miserable death!

At this moment, Gao Zhishui suddenly changed the photo, and then repeated the magnification operation to lock the picture to the strange man. But unlike the previous picture, the new image shows the strange man on all fours, and it looks like he hasn't been attacked yet.

Facing everyone's slightly confused gazes, Gao Zhishui said lightly: "This image is 3 seconds after the previous picture. ”

There weren't a few stupid people here, and one of the team members immediately said, "That means this person will be -"

Gao Zhishui slapped the table hard, and the whole room seemed to tremble, and the table seemed to be scattered by him. He looked indifferently at the reserve team members who were talking, and the team members' bodies trembled for a moment, and then they came back to their senses: "Lin Chief, report!" ”

"Say."

"I think the guy in the picture recovered all his injuries in three seconds!"

Gao Zhishui didn't speak, but switched another picture, and then zoomed in.

In this picture, there is a very magical scene: the strange man's body seems to be cut open again, but his broken limbs look like a piece of handwriting rubbed together by an eraser.

"It's not about recovering from an injury, it's a more convenient 'technique' that almost glues the split body together."

Gao Zhishui said: "In addition, there are many traces of battle at the scene, involving a radius of tens of meters, and the terrain has been completely changed. ”

"This mysterious incident happened the day before yesterday and Saturday, and the public security and fire department had already entered the mountain to search yesterday and Sunday, but found no other clues except for rubble everywhere. The creatures in armor seemed to have vanished out of thin air. ”

"Underneath this place, there is a Tang Dynasty tomb, which is now undergoing rescue excavations. There is reason to suspect that these mysterious creatures use ancient tombs as their habitats...... Or even as a base point for reproduction. ”

"The origin is unknown, the purpose is unknown, the ability is unknown, and the destination is unknown."

Gao Zhishui said lightly: "The content of the task that our forest patrol team is responsible for is this kind of incident. ”

"The object we are confronting is not our compatriots, not humans, not even familiar creatures, but mysterious beings that have emerged because of waves of psionic energy. In order to ensure social stability and the safety of people's lives and property, we need to investigate, solve, and contain and use them. ”

"We don't have the experience to draw on, we don't know what we're going to be in, and we can't even predict what kind of danger we're going to be exposed to. But compared to ordinary people, those of us who can touch the 'psionic world' are the most ideal candidates for access to mysterious events. ”

At this time, Gao Zhishui pointed to another area of the screen: "Moreover, you may not have noticed that the dangers in this picture are not only those that we can see. ”

Gao Zhishui raised his head and looked, and found that the place he was pointing at was a little high. He was silent for a moment, then moved the computer picture down and pointed his finger at the 'black fog' in the picture:

"Obviously, the strange people in this picture are fighting, and the enemies of the strange people are these ...... 'black fog'. We can't observe the abilities of the 'Black Mist', and can only judge indirectly by the injuries of the weirdos. ”

"We have two speculations about this for the time being: first, these black fogs are also mysterious phenomena and have the ability to attack damage; Second, these black fogs are a trick, and there are other mysterious creatures in the black fog. ”

"Report."

Gao Zhishui looked at Cai Junyan, who suddenly spoke, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Say." ”

"I think we could be a little bolder in our speculation about the mysteries." Cai Junyan said calmly: "Is it possible that there is a 'technology' that allows oneself to only be observed by the naked eye, but once it is recorded by the light and shadow shooting technology, a black fog will be produced to obscure the figure?" ”

"If you have a preconceived idea and subconsciously think that these 'black fogs' are real, it may cause misunderstandings for subsequent investigations."

Cai Junyan's speculation was naturally very confident - she was very sure that when their team was fighting, there was no black mist on their bodies at all!

This layer of black fog, just appearing in the satellite surveillance images, is enough to show that this may be one of the protective measures of 'Nether' for the members!

However, after saying these words, Cai Junyan felt that her heart was pounding, and her lips were even a little dry.

She felt she was too bold, but she didn't regret it.

The intelligence of the Nether Society, she must use it in a planned way. If she didn't dare to divulge it out of fear, then why did she become a government psyker? It's better to go back to the countryside and plant sweet potatoes while participating in the activities of the Nether Society.

Increasing her strength through the Nether Society and selling the Nether Society to rise step by step was originally her plan of action. She had to take this small step before she could take a bigger step later.

Gao Zhishui was silent for a moment and nodded slowly: "I can understand why Professor Pei called me so many times. ”

Then he turned off the picture, looked around at the reserves, and said:

"You have all gone through the rune test in the research institute, and there is a big difference between the forest patrol team and the research institute, that is, although we all use psionic energy, the research institute is to 'excavate' psionic energy, while the forest patrol team only needs you to 'use' psionic energy."

"Firearms, swords, grenades, flamethrowers, high-pressure water guns, nanowires...... Until the Rangers have no specific mission, you can train your tools to maximize your runic abilities and surpass ordinary people - if you can't even surpass ordinary people, then you are not qualified to stay here. ”

"Until the first mission of the rangers, you can choose your training program here and go home and sleep. None of us have experience in the training of psionics, so we don't force it, we just look at the results - whoever can't do it, leave. ”

"Any questions?"

Team members, look at me, I look at you, at this time a girl timidly raised her hand: "Report." ”

"Say."

"Why are we called ...... Rangers? ”

Gao Zhishui glanced at her: "Then what do you think we should be called?" ”

"Uh...... Don't know where to go? ”

A few people laughed, Gao Zhishui glanced at them, and the room quickly returned to quiet.

He explains: "The name Ranger comes from two considerations. First, our department is a joint law enforcement department composed of the forestry system and the public security system, and the name should experience the characteristics of public security and forestry. ”

"Second, the task of ordinary forest rangers is to prevent wildfires, eliminate pests and animals, and maintain the stability of the ecosystem."

Gao Zhishui suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped it back, so fast that he pulled out the afterimage, and everyone could even hear a soft sonic boom!

At the same time, the white curtain behind him suddenly exploded into a puddle of mosquito blood!

He took out a tissue and wiped his hands, and said in a low voice, "That's what we psionic rangers are going to do. ”