1

When Tang Feng, Han Jiang, and Makarov faced the huge stone wall again, they were all at a loss.

"How did we get back here?" Tang Feng's cry was filled with panic.

"Did we go around in a circle in this corridor?" Han Jiang was also panicked.

"No, how is that possible?"

"That is, there are two identical stone walls in the corridor? But...... It's not like that! Han Jiang himself denied his own inference.

"It can't be two stone walls, we are walking in the direction of going back, and it stands to reason that we should be farther and farther away from that stone wall!" Tang Feng reasoned.

"But the truth is that we're back here?!"

"Have you noticed, we seem to be moving in a straight line in this road, but this road is actually curved." Makarov said suddenly.

"Well, I noticed that too. But I don't think it's a big arc enough for us to go around in circles. Tang Feng used a flashlight to shine on the wide corridor behind him.

"Perhaps...... Maybe our estimate was wrong? Makarov said suspiciously.

"You mean, the arc of this corridor is so much more than we can see that we go around in circles?" Tang asked Makarov rhetorically.

Makarov said: "I just doubt that this is a possibility. ”

"If that's the case, then you should be able to see the stone staircase from where we came, or there is a fork in the road!" Tang Feng refuted Lao Ma's inference.

"So I'm not sure what's going on in this hallway."

"Okay, it's too late to say anything, I don't want to be trapped here, there's no other way but to continue to find a way." Han Jiang said helplessly.

The three of them had to turn back and head in the opposite direction of the stone wall. The trio walked unusually slowly this time, and three flashlights illuminated almost the entire cave wall, looking for any clues that might be useful.

"Be sure to pay attention to whether there is a hole in the road, which may be the wrong way to turn." Han Jiang reminded everyone.

With ten thousand cautions, the three of them groped their way through the corridor, but after more than an hour, they returned to the stone wall at the end of the corridor.

2

When the three of them faced this huge stone wall again, they were all stunned, "This ......" Tang Feng felt that he was about to collapse.

"It seems that from the moment we entered King Hao's right eye, we entered a huge labyrinth!" Han Jiang muttered to himself.

"Nope! But from the moment we stepped into Helan Mountain, we had already entered a huge labyrinth. The mysterious inn, the lost woods, Fanny's death, the huge vulture, the looming huge petroglyphs, and the traces left by the mysterious man, plus the current deep mountain palace, all of this is like a huge labyrinth, let us fall into it. Tang Feng recalled the scenes since entering the mountain.

Han Jiang and Makarov also fell into deep thought, "Could it be that all this was arranged by King Hao back then?" A huge fear enveloped Han Jiang, making him also begin to suspect that all this was arranged by fate.

"I don't believe this was entirely arranged by the ancients hundreds of years ago, and we must have fallen into a trap." Tang Feng said suddenly.

"Trap?!" Han Jiang and Lao Ma were both shocked. Although they also thought of this layer, when Tang Feng said the word "trap", his heart still sank.

"Think about it, why can't we see the mark of the mysterious man when we enter through the right eye of the Buddha?"

"Why?" Han Jiang and Makarov have actually thought of the answer.

"There is only one explanation, that mysterious man did not enter this labyrinth, and he deliberately left rivets on the top of the Buddha's head to lure us into this labyrinth!"

"This ...... It's incredible. Makarov said.

"It's incredible, but it's the truth." Tang Feng paused for a moment and began to explain his conspiracy theory, "I always feel that this time we came to Helan Mountain, our old rival was the first to ascend from the beginning, which can be proved from the mysterious figure in the inn's east house, Fanny's death, to the triangular mark in the forest, and the rivet on the top of the Buddha's head. ”

"I also saw this, so I made a mistake in a hurry." Han Jiang began to regret that he had rashly entered the right eye of the Big Buddha.

"But this time our opponent's actions seem to be very different from the past." Tang Feng further explained, "First of all, Fanny's death is very suspicious. Fanny has always been inseparable from Stephen, and his death naturally reminds us of Stephen also coming, and Stephkin, who has only heard his voice and never seen him, what is the relationship between them? Why did Fanny die? ”

"I thought they were supposed to be in a group." Han Jiang Road.

"I used to think so, but now I don't think it's that simple. If we were tricked in, which means that my conspiracy theory is true, then our opponent is not simple. ”

"Are you saying that the rivet on the Buddha's right eye was deliberately left by that mysterious person? Just to lure us in and trap us here? Han Jiang exclaimed.

"If that's the case, then Yelena and Dr. Xu are also unlucky outside?" Makarov couldn't help but feel sorry for Yelena.

"And in the past, Stephen gave us the impression of being brave and unscrupulous, and this mysterious man seems to be much more clever, not only is it counted before us, but I suspect that Fanny was killed by this mysterious man!" Tang Feng further inferred.

"Fanny is our opponent, is this mysterious man helping us or hurting us by killing Fanny?" Han Jiang was a little confused.

"I always thought that our opponents were far from being a simple force, they were powerful and complex." Tang Feng reasoned.

"But we're fast enough, how could they get here before us? Even if we have internal demons, they won't be so fast! Han Jiang was puzzled.

Tang Feng pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe the problem is still with that treasure map. ”

"The treasure map we saw in the inn?"

"Well, the red circle on that treasure map is very close to where we are now, so I suspect that the so-called red circle is actually here, the inside of the Buddha, but we found the wrong entrance." Tang Feng suddenly opened his mind, and everything seemed to be suddenly clear.

"You're exaggerating, there's not much information on that treasure map, and you can't be sure that the red circle is here."

"If the guy who lived in the East House had something to do with Fanny's death, you wouldn't think so. A single so-called treasure map isn't surprising, but isn't it clear enough to tie it to Fanny's death, and what happened to us now? Tang Feng began to feel a little difficult to breathe, so he had to lower his voice.

Han Jiang groaned, and he also began to agree with Tang Feng's inference, "It seems that we have ignored many things from the beginning. ”

"There must be information on that treasure map that we've overlooked!" Tang Feng Road.

As soon as Han Jiang heard it, he wanted to find the photo he took, but was stopped by Tang Feng, "We didn't find it at the beginning, and now we are trapped here, what's the use of looking for it?" ”

yes, it's too late to say anything. The three of them were exhausted and leaned against the rock wall in despair......

3

……

He didn't know where it led, he didn't know why he came here, whether he was here to explore the lost civilization, or to get the treasure of King Hao?

He kept moving forward, and suddenly, a white ghost flashed in front of him, blocking Makarov's path! Frightened, Makarov took two steps back, leaning against the stone wall, and then re-established, Makarov looked at the white ghost on the other side, and couldn't help but murmur "Misha?!" "The name.

The ghost Misha looked at Makarov and said to Makarov in a low, hoarse voice: "Follow me." After that, Misha turned around and continued to walk towards the depths of the corridor, Makarov didn't know what Misha meant, only to see Misha's light steps, walking quickly towards the depths of the deep and dark corridor, Makarov had to chase closely, but Misha was getting faster and faster, Makarov tried his best, still couldn't keep up with Misha's pace, he wanted to call Misha, but he opened his mouth wide, but his throat couldn't make a sound...... Finally, after turning a corner, Misha disappeared.

Misha disappeared forever into the dark corridor, and the surroundings returned to calm, Makarov stopped and quietly looked around, this is the end of the corridor, there is no road ahead, all around are black rock walls, "What about Misha?" Why is it gone in the blink of an eye? Makarov came to the end of the road suspiciously, he lit up the whole rock wall with a torch, he suddenly noticed that there were some strange lines on the rock wall at the end of the road, and there were some residual colors, he approached the rock wall, under the light of the torch, Makarov's eyes widened suddenly, he ...... He saw the terrible pattern again......

"Nope! - Nope! Makarov shouted and woke up, Tang Feng and Han Jiang hurriedly helped Makarov up, "What's wrong?" Old horse! The two asked Makarov with concern.

Makarov sat up, only to realize that he had just fallen asleep against the rock wall, "I had a nightmare!" Makarov wanted to calm himself down quickly, so he said lightly.

However, when Makarov recalled the scene in his dream, his heart was pounded. Makarov stood up and stared at the black rock walls around him, Tang Feng and Han Jiang didn't know what he was doing? Suddenly, Makarov took a flashlight, took more than ten steps back, and then turned around and shone the flashlight on the huge stone wall in front of him.

"Old Ma, what are you doing?" Han Jiang was puzzled

"This stone wall appeared in my nightmare." Makarov looked intently at the stone wall in front of him, but the light from the flashlight was still too faint.

"What does the stone wall have to do with your nightmare? I think you're definitely tired......" Han Jiang comforted Makarov.

"No!" Makarov interrupted Han Jiang, "Don't you think this stone wall is a little strange? ”

"Strange? It's strange, it's blocking our way. Han Jiang said angrily.

"That's not what I'm talking about......"

"Do you think this rock wall is much smoother than the surrounding rock wall?" Tang Feng saw some clues.

"Well, Tang Feng, you're right, just now we were just looking for the way, and we didn't look at this stone wall carefully...... If only there were torches, ......" Makarov said this, and suddenly there was no sound, and Tang Feng noticed that in an instant, Makarov's eyes widened suddenly.

4

"Old Ma, what did you find?" Tang Feng immediately asked.

"Look, are there any paintings on the stone walls?" Makarov's voice trembled a little.

"Got a painting?" Tang Feng and Han Jiang aimed their flashlights at the stone wall in front of them at the same time.

Under the illumination of the three flashlights, some irregular lines faintly appeared on the huge stone wall, Tang Feng slowly moved the flashlight in his hand, and the light moved with the lines, and the lines twisted and swirled on the stone wall......

What is it? What exactly are the lines drawn on the stone walls? The length of the line far exceeded Tang Feng's estimate, could it be that this line painted the entire stone wall, if this was a rock painting, what a huge painting it would be! Tang Feng had a hunch in his heart that this would be another astonishing discovery.

In order to see the lines on the stone wall clearly, Tang Feng involuntarily stepped back, and retreated ten more steps before Tang Feng stopped, Han Jiang and Makarov also retreated, and the three of them all widened their eyes at this time.

"It's a giant petroglyph!" Tang Feng shouted.

"The petroglyphs are all painted on the cliff wall, how can they appear in such a deep cave?" Han Jiang also recognized the huge petroglyph outlined with ochre-red lines in front of him.

"To make such a huge petroglyph in such a deep cave just shows that this is an important place!" Tang Feng inferred.

"Maybe, but I still don't understand, what is this drawing?" Han Jiang asked.

"It's like a wolf, and there is an eagle on it, maybe it's not an eagle, it's a vulture!" Tang Feng saw the content of the painting.

"What? An eagle on the wolf?! Han Jiang immediately thought of the recurring tattoo on the man in black.

"That's right! It's almost exactly the same as the tattoo on our opponent. Tang Feng also thought of the tattoo.

While the two were talking, Makarov was speechless, and when Tang Feng turned his head to look at Makarov, he found Makarov standing in front of the stone wall in a daze, his eyes were full of fear, "Old Ma, what's wrong with you?" ”

"How...... How...... It would be so...... "Makarov muttered in Russian.

"Old horse, have you ever seen this pattern?" Han Jiang suddenly remembered Makarov's strange reaction when he saw the tattoo on the black-clothed man in the Stone Waterfall Cave.

Tang Feng also remembered Makarov's reaction when he saw the tattoo on the man in black, and both of them stared at Makarov, expecting Makarov to solve the mystery for them, but Makarov was silent, as if he was stuck in a deeper memory.

Han Jiang had no choice but to turn to Tang Feng, "Do you see that this rock painting is from Western Xia?" ”

Tang Feng approached the stone wall, stretched out his right hand, and lightly touched the mysterious lines, and in an instant, a strange feeling swept through Tang Feng's body, and he instinctively retracted his hand, "It's very strange, according to the style of this rock painting, it should be from the Western Xia period, but the lines on the surface of the rock painting are not the ochre red we saw before." ”

Han Jiang also stretched out his hand, touched the lines on the stone wall, and then took a closer look, "Well, the color seems to be brighter, closer to bright red, but it may be old, and it is not so bright." However, wouldn't this color be used to create petroglyphs in the Western Xia period? ”

"It's hard to say......" Tang Feng continued to look down the lines of the petroglyphs, his fingers lightly touched these ancient lines, and suddenly, Tang Feng's fingers stopped moving, "Look here." Han Jiang followed Tang Feng's finger and found that two lines appeared there in the originally single line.

"What's going on?" Han Jiang didn't understand what Tang Feng meant.

Tang Feng observed carefully for a while, and said: "This explains my question just now, you see that the line suddenly became two here, in fact, it was drawn twice, and the color of the line below is the ochre red we see." ”

Han Jiang found that there were indeed two lines here, one was ochre red, and the other was bright red, Tang Feng continued to explain: "The ochre-red lines are more ancient, they should have been painted in the Western Xia period, and the bright red lines covering the ochre-red lines were repainted with cinnabar by later generations, so I saw such a rock painting." ”

"In other words, someone painted it again on the basis of the original painting of Western Xia."

"Again, to be exact."

"Who did this? Why? ”

"I can't figure it out, who would do that? In this cave deep in the mountains, it seems that there is no need at all. Tang Feng shook his head.

5

The two studied this rock painting that frightened Makarov for a long time, and when they looked back at Makarov, their faces seemed to be better, Tang Feng walked over and asked Makarov, "Old horse, what's wrong?" Why are you so nervous to see this petroglyph? ”

Makarov slowly walked up to the petroglyphs, sat down on the ground, and said, "Han Jiang, you are right, I was surprised when I saw the tattoo of this pattern on the black-clothed man in the stone waterfall cave of the Seven-Colored Jinhai; Later, Yelena also saw such tattoos on several men in black who were killed in Petersburg, and I was even more surprised, which showed that these people who were fighting against us came from a mysterious organization, which was marked by this pattern, and judging from the fact that they all had the same tattoos on their bodies, it was a very tight organization. ”

"Well, we've found the same tattoos on several other members of this organization, so we conclude that our opponent is indeed a very tight organization." Han Jiang paused for a moment and said, "But I don't understand why you are so frightened when you see this tattoo?" ”

"Because I've seen tattoos of this pattern before, and I dreamed of this terrible pattern in nightmares just now." Makarov tract.

"Have you seen it? Before this?! ”

"That's right! A few decades ago. Do you remember the trip to Mongolia that I mentioned to you? ”

"Of course, the forward base, Buldenko......" Makarov's mind returned to the forward base on the Gobi Desert, and that was the first time he saw this strange symbol......

In the hot summer, after a sandstorm, the angry Gobi Desert was quiet again, and the air was still filled with fine dust, Makarov pushed open the iron gate of the base, and spat out a mouth full of dust.

"Summer on the Gobi Desert is as hard as winter!" Bultenko's voice sounded behind him.

"Yes! I wonder when such a day will be the end? ”

"Patience, we need patience." After saying a no-nonsense word, Burdenko walked out of the base.

At this time, Makarov only wanted to stay in the house and do nothing, but his sense of responsibility prompted him to make a tour of the base and check the damage.

OK! There was no damage to any important equipment, Makarov walked slowly towards a few tin houses outside the base, and after Makarov and Buldenko came to the base, they successively set up several tin houses on the periphery of the base, which were used for vigilance and sometimes for training; Especially to the east of the base, Buldenko erected several tin houses, saying that they were used as training bases, and Makarov did not bother, and even after the training base was built, he did not visit them several times.

Makarov paced slowly to the newly built tin houses in the east, and he didn't know how he was so interested in braving the scorching sun today. Outside these tin houses, I don't know when a circle of barbed wire was installed, and the barbed wire fence surrounded several tin houses, leaving only a hole for easy entry and exit.

Makarov walked into the barbed wire, he couldn't help but sneer, and said in his heart that there are no sentry posts here, so what's the use of setting up this barbed wire?

Makarov came to a large tin house, which he knew was an office where Buldenko used to take people to train. Suddenly, a scream came from inside the house, which made Makarov shudder, and he instinctively pulled out his pistol and nervously came to the door.

Without waiting for Makarov to push the door, the door suddenly opened, and Burdenko walked out sweating, "What happened just now?" Makarov asked.

Buldenko smiled unnaturally, "It's nothing, let's talk about a little more game." ”

"Mini-games?" Makarov pushed the door suspiciously, and when he walked into the room, he saw several students* wearing upper bodies and pressing another thin student, led by Li Guowen, who was holding the smallest military dagger in his hand, standing beside him, and the back of the thin student's neck had already been peeled open and flesh and blood were blurred.

"What are you doing here?" Seeing this, Makarov asked sharply.

Li Guowen was obviously not mentally prepared, and his heart was a little weak, "No, no...... No, we're just playing a little game. ”

Makarov just wanted to have a seizure, but Buldenko stabbed him in the back, and Makarov was inconvenient for the seizure, so he had to follow Buldenko out.

Back at the base, without waiting for Makarov to speak, Buldenko laughed twice and said: "You have been in the office in the city for a long time, you don't know much about the difficulties below, if you want to train these people well, you can't use some extraordinary means, I will be cruel to them today, in fact, it is for their good, so that they will not be used when they perform their tasks, which will not only ruin our affairs, but also make them unlucky." ”

"But did you do this with the approval of your superiors?"

"Don't be stupid, this kind of trivial matter, the above has always turned a blind eye. There are above ideas, and below there are the following methods. Burdenko was remarkable.

Makarov also knew that there was a situation of corporal punishment within the KGB, which he could not change, and Makarov listened to Buldenko's explanation, shook his head, and had no choice but to give up.

6

A week passed, everything was normal inside the base, and Makarov's life remained as uneventful as usual. On this day, he felt a little dizzy, so he went to the infirmary of the base, wanting to find the only military doctor in the base to prescribe some medicine.

Walking into the infirmary, there was no one in the outhouse, so Makarov went into the back room, where there were two beds, and Makarov saw a man lying on one of the beds, a military doctor wearing a mask, holding scissors and medical pliers to remove the man's stitches.

After saying hello to the military doctor, Makarov wanted to wait in the outhouse, but when he turned around, he found that the man lying on the bed was the same student who had been physically punished by Buldenko a week earlier.

Makarov stopped, stood aside in a daze, watched the military doctor remove the sutures of the man, the military doctor quickly finished removing the sutures, Makarov saw that the back of the man's neck was red and swollen and tall, but to Makarov's surprise, on the red and swollen wound of the man, a clear pattern appeared, it was an eagle standing on the wolf's body. Could it be that this pattern is the masterpiece left by Burdenko and Li Guowen with military daggers on this person that day? Makarov shuddered at the thought of this.

Makarov was surprised, suddenly the door opened, Li Guowen walked in, the two of them were stunned when they saw each other, Makarov pulled Li Guowen out of the infirmary, and asked him sharply: "The wound on the student's body is your masterpiece?" ”

Li Guowen smirked twice, "Hehe, sort of." ”

"That's how you treat him?"

"It's just a small punishment."

"A small punishment? Do you have it on you? ”

Li Guowen didn't expect Makarov to ask like this, and was stunned for a moment, "I ......"

"Comrade Burdenko asked you to do this?" Makarov asked.

"Well, it's his order."

"Tell me, then, what does that pattern mean?"

"Pattern?!"

"It's the eagle, and the wolf!"

"Oh! It didn't mean anything, Comrade Buldenko told me to do it, and he said it was a totem of an ancient tribe. Li Guowen said very calmly.

"Ancient tribes? What tribe? ”

Li Guowen shook his head, "I don't know, Comrade Burdenko said that he saw it in the valley near the base. ”

"Which valley?" Makarov's mind quickly searched the nearby terrain, but he couldn't think of any valleys near the base.

"I haven't been there either, so I don't know where that valley is. However, Comrade Burtenko seems to have mentioned that the valley is quite far from the base, and it is already very close to the border. Li Guowen replied crisply.

Makarov hesitated inwardly, and finally asked the biggest question in his heart, "If it's a tattoo, why use such a cruel method?" As far as I know, there are very civilized methods of tattooing nowadays. ”

Li Guowen shrugged his shoulders and explained: "You know, we have poor conditions here, and tattoos are not allowed in the army, so where is the special equipment?" And then there's ......"

"What else?"

"And ......," Li Guowen was silent.

"Speak quickly!" Makarov was a little annoyed.

"And ...... You'd better ask Comrade Buldenko, I've already said everything I can say. Li Guowen suddenly straightened up and said to Makarov very firmly.

Makarov was a little shocked, did not expect the Chinese in front of him to answer himself like this, Makarov had to wave helplessly at Li Guowen, Li Guowen gave Makarov a military salute, and then walked into the infirmary and took the trainee.

7

Makarov looked at the backs of the two leaving, and then remembered his business, so he returned to the infirmary, and after taking the medicine, Makarov asked the military doctor, "Was that person seriously injured just now?" ”

"Originally, the injury was not serious, but it was only sent now, the wound was suppurated, and the person was not in good health, so it is difficult to say now, I have to observe for a few more days, and if the wound does not heal after a few days, I recommend that the person be transferred to the hospital in Irkutsk for treatment."

Makarov didn't expect it to be so serious, he hesitated for a moment before asking again: "Did you see that pattern?" ”

"Pattern? Well, got it. The medic replied lightly.

"What does that mean?"

"What does it represent? I'm just going to heal the sick, and I don't know what that pattern represents. However......" the military doctor seemed to remember something, but he couldn't say anything.

"But what?" Makarov asked.

"But I've seen this pattern before."

"Oh!" Makarov came to the spirit.

"This was also the case with a student in the past, who was brought in and asked me to deal with it, and the person's condition at that time was worse than this person, not only the wound was inflamed and suppurated, but also the whole person was unconscious and had a high fever." The medic recalled.

"And then? How's that student doing? Makarov, as the commander of the base, knew nothing about these things and was not angry.

"I don't know what happened later, but after I dealt with the student, I never saw that person again." The medic shrugged helplessly.

"Do you remember his name?"

"The cadets who come here only have one number, and we don't know their names." The medic shook his head.

Only then did Makarov remember that inside the base, between the students, between the instructors and the students, they were only called by number, so if he didn't check the files, he wouldn't know what the names of those students were, such as the student who was taken away by Li Guowen just now, Makarov felt familiar, but he couldn't call his name, which was also the discipline formulated by Buldenko at the beginning.

"And what about his number? You should remember it! "Makarov is not dead yet.

The military doctor still shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "The discipline set by Comrade Buldenko is that the cadets come here to see a doctor without keeping a medical record, and all prescriptions must be reviewed by him, so I only see a doctor and prescribe medicine, and I don't know anything else." ”

"When was that student brought in last time? You should remember that, right? ”

The military doctor rolled his eyes, thought for a while, and said, "It was probably seven or eight months ago!" ”

It seemed that the military doctor couldn't ask anything, and Makarov got up to take his leave. Back in the dormitory, I didn't see Buldenko, Makarov lay on the bed weakly, couldn't sleep, could only stare at the ceiling in a daze, the cadet seven or eight months ago? And ancient tribal totems? Makarov thought about the pattern, chewing on Li Guowen's words...... Maybe he should do something, and at the thought of this, Makarov jumped up from the bed.

Makarov came to Buldenko's room, which was originally only a bedroom, but because this room was larger than Makarov's, this was not only Buldenko's bedroom, but also the "confidential room" of the entire base, where important archival documents and spare guns and ammunition were stored.

Makarov glanced at Buldenko's room, the sheets on the bed were neatly folded, and the whole room was spotless, which was Buldenko's consistent style, even in this foreign land, the Gobi desert, Buldenko still maintained the rigor of a soldier. Makarov glanced at the large iron cabinet next to the desk, which stored the important archives of the base, as well as spare guns and ammunition, the key to this iron cabinet was only owned by Buldenko and himself, usually Makarov rarely opened this iron cabinet, so this iron cabinet is basically in charge of Buldenko.

Makarov can't remember the last time he opened the tin cabinet, it seems that a month ago, he put a document in it......

8

Makarov took out his key and opened the tin cabinet. The large tin cabinet occupies an entire wall, and is divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower, the upper floor stores important archival documents of the base, and the middle and lower floors store spare guns and ammunition.

There is also a small safe in the upper floor, which stores the funds and ledgers of the base, Makarov carefully opened the cabinet on the upper level with another key, and there are several piles of colorful banknotes neatly stacked inside, which are rubles, US dollars, yuan and Mongolian currency tugrik, there is no bank in this hellish place, everything has to rely on cash to speak, when Makarov first came to the base, he was worried for a while that rats would get into the cabinet and gnaw all these banknotes, then he would stop eating completely, but then he gradually relaxed his heart, because in this place where the ghost doesn't grow grass, he didn't even see a single mouse.

Makarov has always had no concept of money, and the accounts of the base are also managed by Buldenko, Makarov probably looked at the cabinet where the money was stored, and felt that there was quite a lot of money, and the account books were all there, so he was relieved.

Makarov locked the locker where the money was kept, and checked the weapons and ammunition in the middle and lower cabinets, except for the KGB personnel in the base, the cadets were not dispensed with weapons, and only during training did the instructors come to Buldenko to receive weapons and ammunition, which was the rule he set together with Buldenko.

A row of AK-47 assault rifles was neatly arranged in the lower cabinets, Makarov counted them, there were twenty-seven in total, nine were missing, he looked through the register, Buldenko trained the cadets, took nine AK-47s, and a box of ammunition. Makarov looked at the middle floor, thirty-six TT-33 pistols, four shotguns, three sniper rifles, two light machine guns, one heavy machine gun, and four miniature spy pistols specially designed to train agents, all in the cabinet, all missing, and twelve boxes of ammunition, two boxes*, all in the cabinet.

Makarov's gaze returned to the upper cabinet, where there were still many archival documents, Makarov found a box of files, took it out, this is the form for the registration of cadets, on which he checked the situation of the cadets at the base. Makarov looked at it, and suddenly, his eyes widened, and he noticed that in the remarks column of one of the cadets, it was written: The cadet was killed on the spot when he tried to escape from the base during training.

Makarov recognized that it was Buldenko's handwriting. A student tried to escape from the base and was killed! Makarov had no impression in his head, and he tried his best to recall, slowly, slowly...... There seemed to be a fragment in Makarov's memory, seven or eight months ago, Buldenko seemed to have mentioned to himself that a cadet had been shot and wounded by his companion who had not trained according to the rules during training.

At that time, Makarov asked Buldenko what to do, and Buldenko said that he would be in charge of handling it, and Makarov did not need to take care of it, so Makarov did not ask about it again, and Buldenko later took the initiative to mention to Makarov that the student was sent back to the hospital in Irkutsk and then removed from the base.

But...... But the record in this file is different from what Burtenko said, he was killed on the spot?! No, it's impossible, if I was killed on the spot, someone should report me, although I don't care much, but if something so big happened to the base, it would be impossible to hide it from me.

According to Burtenko, the student had a bad intention, and he was injured, and if such a thing happened, I should have known about it? Makarov's eyes were focused on Burdenko's handwriting, and he stared at the date behind Burdenko, just over seven months ago! Thinking of the trainee who was carried by the military doctor to himself, Makarov was suspicious, and looked forward from the remarks column, height, weight, and all the indicators of this person were registered, but only the name column was missing. The column before the name is the number, and the person's number is: A711209.

9

"The A711209 number has been removed." Makarov was wondering when Burdenko's deep voice came from behind him.

Makarov was shocked, and hurriedly turned to see that Buldenko was standing at the door of the house with four AK-47 rifles under his left arm and five AK-47 rifles under his right arm.

"You...... Went to training again? Makarov didn't know what to say.

Bultenko was very calm, put the nine AK-47s back in the tin cabinet in turn, then wiped the sweat from his face, pointed to the file on the table and said: "I knew you would come to find this." ”

"Since you know I'm coming for this, let's talk about this A711209 student." Makarov tried to keep himself calm.

"There's nothing to say, since I'm in charge of training, then I have to follow my methods, and no one can break the rules I have set, that's it." Burtenko looked nonchalant.

"I kind of understand why you were demoted and assigned here!" Makarov stared thoughtfully at the rank on Burdenko's shoulder.

When Buldenko heard Makarov say this, instead of getting angry, he smiled, "Believe me, only the students who have been trained by my methods will be able to accomplish the tasks they are going to accomplish, otherwise, they are nothing." ”

"Can you tell me the whereabouts of this A711209 student? You told me earlier that one of the students was injured and sent to the hospital in Irkutsk and then removed, but I searched the entire file, and among all the students, only this one person was removed, and you wrote ...... in the file"

"I wrote that the cadet was killed on the spot when he tried to escape from the base during training." Buldenko abruptly interrupted Makarov's words and said categorically.

Makarov was stunned for a moment, "Which is the truth?" Can you tell me? ”

"Of course, I can tell you, you are the commander of the base!" Buldenko picked up the file, looked at it, and then said solemnly: "Comrade Makarov, you should understand that everything that happened at the base is subject to the records of the archives. ”

Makarov did not believe that the A711209 number was as simple as the archives recorded, "No, what I want to know is the truth, I think I have the right to know the truth." Makarov raised his voice.

"Alright! Let me tell you. Dear Ivan, you calm down first. Seeing Makarov's resolute attitude, Buldenko immediately eased the atmosphere.

"I can be calm, but if I don't know the truth, it's hard to guarantee that I won't report the situation to the headquarters and let the headquarters send someone to investigate the matter." Makarov softened his tone, but there was a threat in his words.

Buldenko smiled bitterly twice, patted Makarov on the shoulder, and said: "Actually, it's better that you know less about the so-called truth in your mouth, like you, who have been sitting in an office in Leningrad before, don't know us people who are working at the grassroots level. ”

"Maybe I didn't know about it before, but I'm interested to know about you now, especially your training methods." Makarov bit the bullet and didn't let go.

Burdenko shrugged helplessly, "Well, let me tell you, these students are not like us, they no longer have the concepts of country, nation, and honor in their minds, all we have to do is to train them into a machine, a cold-blooded, ruthless, sophisticated machine, and for our use, then, first of all, we must break the psychological defense in their hearts and erase their past memories." Although most of these people are outlaws, they still have distracting thoughts in their hearts, and I need to find a way to eliminate them from their hearts. ”

"Just use a knife on them?"

"That's just a small idea. I have a whole set of ways to make these students completely forget their past, give up their dignity, erase their emotions, and only when they do all this can they become truly powerful machines. Buldenko said this, looking very excited, he calmed down a little, and continued: "As for this A711209, he is the most disobedient of the students, and the reason for this is that as I said before, there are still many distractions left in his mind, he still wants to go back to the past, he still wants to find an idyllic normal life, I warned him, since he has come here, don't think so much in his head, and carry out our mission is the only thing he has to do. However, A711209 did not listen to my warning, and his mind was still full of inappropriate distractions, so I asked Li Guowen and them to teach A711209 a lesson. ”

Makarov had already chewed some flavor from Buldenko's words, "That is to say, the real situation is neither the accidental injury you told me and the hospital, nor the attempt to escape and be killed on the spot, as written in the file, but the torture to death by Li Guowen and them." ”

"They were too careless, of course, Li Guowen can't be blamed for this, because this is a necessary means. As for the report's 'attempted escape, killed on the spot', it is undoubtedly the best explanation for the above. ”

Makarov lowered his head and pondered for a moment, "Why isn't there a A711209 name in the file?" ”

"Because this man refuses to speak, he refuses to ask no matter how he asks, so we still don't know his real name." Burtenko shrugged helplessly.

"Then why do you want to stay at the base with such a person?" Makarov was puzzled.

Burdenko sighed and said, "Because I thought I could train him well, but it turned out that I was wrong, this guy is really hard-boned." ”

"Where is the A711209 now?"

"It's been dealt with. Buried outside the base. ”

"Where are they buried?"

"In a valley far away from the base, Li Guowen and I went to bury it."

"I'd like to check it out." Makarov now only wants to determine the life and death of the A711209.

"That valley is far away from the base, and the guy's symptoms when he died were very similar to the plague, so Li Guowen and I buried him far away."

"No matter how far away, I'm going to have to take a look, or ...... It's hard for me to agree with your training methods. Makarov said with words. Just as Buldenko was about to speak, Makarov said again: "Don't say that you don't remember that place, I said that no matter how far away, I will go to see it, and if I do, I will treat it as if nothing happened." ”

Burdenko pouted helplessly, "Okay, I'll arrange it when I have time." ”

"That's right! And that pattern? What does that pattern represent? Why would you want to use that pattern? Makarov suddenly remembered the strange pattern again.

"It's nothing, it's just an ancient tribe totem, I saw it, you used that pattern."

"The totem of an ancient tribe? Where did you see that? ”

"It's near the base, I'll take you to see it when I have a chance."

Makarov nodded thoughtfully, and the two eventually ended the not-so-friendly conversation in a friendly atmosphere.

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