The damp water shrolled around her close-fitting clothes, making her shiver with cold, and the underground water continued to rumble all year round, beating a monotonous tune in the stone streams of the silent tunnels, and the deep, inky black water churned and tumbled beneath their boats, and then swept everything against the planks of their boats, fluttering and thrashing, and repeating.

The underground river, the first half of the main road to the transport station, had to go up the river, but fortunately the river was not rapid, and the soldiers carried several steamers through it quickly. When they had walked on the boat for a while, they found that the water had eased considerably, and the lights on the side of the road were still on, but at this moment there was a more eerie silence, as if someone had swallowed up all sounds, and the sound of the murmuring water crashing had become sporadic and sporadic except for the fluttering sound of bats flapping their wings once or twice.

The occasional movement was fleeting, and they were soon swallowed up again by the terrifying darkness around them.

In the darkness, one whistled, the other shouted "Arno", echoes echoed back and forth through the cracks of the tunnel, and soon, an eerie silence overwhelmed all their senses, and the dim environment added a chill to the strange atmosphere, and everyone shut up. The old Ranger tensed, "What's wrong?" ”

An older soldier said coldly, "Don't worry about him, he's looking for Arnold......."

"Arnold is a big crocodile, she has lived with us for twenty years, this guy is very spiritual, when he hears someone shouting Arnold, he will turn back and forth, and he will never move his nest, twenty years, but now ....." The soldier's voice was a little worried, not just because of the disappearance of the crocodile.

"It's been more than twenty years, she's been here longer than the underground river station has been established, it's at least fifty years old, it's a bad fellow, it's hurt a lot of people, we've tried to hunt it several times, but it's escaped," one soldier muttered, "and the glowing shrimp, now it's a lot less than before, strange." He put his hand in the water, and the old Ranger wanted to stop him, but he thought that the soldier might have lived here for twenty years, and there should be no problem, so he said no more.

The soldier stirred in the water, but found nothing unusual, so he had to withdraw his arm and shake it off.

The old Ranger suddenly asked, "Has this crocodile ever killed anyone?" ”

"Not really, but it just bit off the arm of a fool who was swimming here, and bit off half of the foot of a fisherman who was fishing for shrimp around here, and of course we wanted to catch it alive and put it in a cage, but it was so clever and clever that it was so fast that I don't think the fastest speedboat could match it."

Listening to him blowing the crocodile there, the Ranger couldn't help but have a thought.

Could it be a caravan attacked by crocodiles?

The Ranger thinks that there must be other reasons why no mutant crocodile can make a heavily armed unit go missing, and that it also destroys the communication signal by the way.

But....... He had the privilege of hearing an old stalker say that he had seen a huge bear on the ground, far larger than any black bear he had ever heard of, and what was even more frightening was that the bear fed on some mutated black claws that lived on the ground, and on the ground, the black claws were not as confined by tunnels as underground tunnels, and the place was empty, and they were more agile in their movements, if the stalker did not exaggerate, the bear was indeed a terrible creature, if it did not have a fatal flaw like its eyes, It can even easily wipe out an armed force.

If there are such creatures on the ground, there is no such thing underground. Will this crocodile become equally berserk by the monster's movements in recent days?

Luckily there was nothing unusual when they arrived on the other side, except for the sound of two bats flapping their wings in the dark, and oh, countless finger-sized water spiders floating across the river, and after a light ripple, they dived deeper into the water.

On the shore is a small unloading wharf made of wood and iron plates, and on weekdays, they cross the underground river, they have to go ashore, and they can reach the transport station for half a day. The dock is now empty, since the caravan disappeared, in order to avoid another accident, the stationmaster of the underground river station has already let the stevedores and sentinel soldiers who have lived in the vicinity for a long time have been evacuated, and now the dock has nothing but a few empty ships, a small number of fuel tanks and wooden boxes.

"Old Ai, the .......ship they left behind," one soldier added, surveying his surroundings, "I guess they've been here at least." ”

"Of course they've been here," scolded another soldier, "and old Aidu has sent back to tell us, and guess what's the matter, we'll have to walk at least an hour or two to get to the part where they're missing." ”

The old Ranger coughed, and added by the way, "There is nothing unusual in this area, there should be no wild things such as black beasts or black claws passing recently, and even if there are, there are only two or three." “

The non-commissioned officer agreed, "It's always been safe here, and it used to be. "They decided to rest here for a while, waiting for the returning ships to bring in light armed vehicles. After the soldiers unloaded the equipment they had brought on the spot, they gathered together in twos and threes, and the flames burned with it, and the rotten wood on both sides and the abandoned dead grass that had accumulated over the years were also added, making the light even stronger, and the thick heat rising from the burning of the wet wood made the heart feel comfortable.

The old ranger took a white enamel cup handed over by the non-commissioned officer, and in it floated a few pieces of "tea leaves" produced by the neutral sovereign front. Of course, it wasn't tea at all, it was just a concocted river grass with some flavor-enhancing additives.

Pure tea comes from the Han court, and the quantity is scarce, and the stationmasters will regularly distribute small quantities of pure tea, and the soldiers will most likely hide and wait for a day worth celebrating to drink it, and it will cost more than ten times the price of this river grass tea. Still, they have a soft spot for the tea they produce in their metro stations.

The old ranger swallowed a mouthful, and found that the taste of tea was so fishy that he wanted to vomit, he choked a little, but soon, he gradually got used to this taste, after all, it also has a special fragrance, at least more fragrant than pig dung tea, the last time he passed by the feed factory station, he always remembered that the fool factory director who was proud of his pig dung tea, praised the pig dung tea he concocted like a treasure, saying that drinking it can be tonic and alleviated, clearing heat and relieving fire, detoxifying and nourishing the skin, refreshing the heart, clearing heat and relieving heat, eliminating food and phlegm, and losing weight, clear the heart, detoxify and sober up, quench thirst, reduce fire and brighten eyes, stop diarrhea and dehumidification.

"Even the merchants of the Han Court will come here to buy some river tea to drink," the non-commissioned officer is also quite proud of this tea, "One of the seven merchants, the Taisi businessman is very fond of this river grass tea, Ranger, taste a few more sips, you will find that it has a very magical effect, it can tonify and ease, clear heat and relieve fire, detoxify and nourish the face, refresh the mind, clear heat and relieve heat, eliminate food and phlegm, go greasy and lose weight, clear the heart and remove annoyance, detoxify and sober up wine, shengjin quenches thirst, lowers fire and brightens eyes, stops diarrhea and dehumidification, by the way, the most important thing is that it can also resist radiation." ”

"The Tyce merchant loved every tea he represented, and every food he represented, whether it was garbage or not, and he used to say that black potatoes were the agricultural revolution of the subway, the most nutritious food in the world, because he was the importer of black potatoes in Hanting," (Black Potato: A kind of mutated potato-like underground vegetation with a long flare-up period, bitter, stiff, and highly poisonous, and many people ate it by mistake before it was discovered, resulting in the death of hundreds of people) Verna told the truth, But the non-commissioned officer mocked in a rather obscure tone, "What do you little girl know, the Tess merchant is a famous merchant in the underground station, how could he do such a thing, it's just that the merchant under him did it privately." The Tyce merchant has boxes of river grass tea at home, and you know that he has a bad stomach, and it is because of drinking river grass tea that he can look red. ”

Vilna: "......"

There are many people who hope that Tess will die soon, because he monopolizes most of the food sales in Hanting with his wealth and power, and many stations in urgent need of food are hungry to grow tea, vegetables and mushrooms for him. "It's really good tea, and the Tess merchant really has an eye."

An ominous scream rang out, and everyone fell silent, a very soft whisper, like a ghost hiding somewhere.

"Is it north?" The suspicious voices leading to the depths of the tunnel became clearer and clearer—

The shadows are swaying, mixed with the sound of light and rhythmic footsteps.

The Old Ranger was the first to hear about it. He immediately silenced and waved for the others to be quiet, and the soldier rose from where he had rested. The old slippery head and the non-commissioned officer opened the safety bolt at the same time, loaded a magazine of bullets, and quietly moved from the igniting flames to the shadows with their backs against the box. If the other person is not afraid of flames and can adapt to the light, then the light emitted by the flame will leak through their position. Vilna also stood up—

The non-commissioned officer stopped at the edge of the darkness, threw the gun over his shoulder, and whispered, "Give me some light!" ”

Someone handed over a high-powered battery lamp, which had been modified from the headlights of an old car, and the moment he turned it on, a white burst of light cut through the darkness. A vague silhouette appeared on the ground and lasted for a second. It was a small thing, not very scary, and it let out a squeaky scream and quickly retreated into the shadows.

One soldier couldn't help but shout, "Kill it!" It's going to run! ”

Behind her, the masked girl suddenly shouted, "Don't shoot...... It's dog ......."

The old Ranger and the non-commissioned officer hesitated, and the old ranger chose to trust Alexand, and he waved at the non-commissioned officer. The non-commissioned officer asked one of the soldiers to come forward to investigate, and soon the young soldier scooped up a puppy in the dark.

He returned to the fire and laid down the little dog he was carrying beside the flames, it was wet, shivering, pitiful, dirty, tangled in hair, unable to tell what color it was, black eyes showing fear, drooping ears, and dejected. As soon as it fell to the ground, it immediately tried to run away again, but the old slippery head grabbed it back with his rough hand, put it in front of him, first scratched its wet clumps of hair, wiped the water stains off its body, and then turned it over with one hand, and unconsciously flicked it a few times with the other hand...... Little tits, "It's a mother's ......" The little bitch let out a scream, which made people really unbearable to look at directly.

"Gotta make it warm." He laughed and explained, "Don't look at me like that, I just think its tits are cute." ”

Vilna glared at him in disgust, "That's disgusting. ”

The non-commissioned officer warned, "Ranger, it's so dirty, and I don't know where it came from, maybe it still has some kind of disease, and if you get infected and infect us, we don't have any spare medicine." ”

"Don't be so cold, brother," he said, placing the little next to the sergeant, the cold and fear making it shiver uncontrollably, "Look at its eyes—they won't lie!" ”

The non-commissioned officer looked at the puppy suspiciously—the dog's eyes, though fearful and tired, were undoubtedly still alive, showing no signs of infection, and the non-commissioned officer had to snort softly.

"Take good care of it, look at its fur, I can assure you that it will grow into a hunting dog, and it will be worth more than your tea," said the old Ranger, who seemed to be more enthusiastic about dogs than men, and saw the little dog wrapped in his own clothes move closer to the fire.

"But where did this puppy come from?" One of the young assistants of the non-commissioned officer asked in a low voice, and the doubt in his eyes did not disappear.

"Only ahead," added another young soldier, "but as far as I know, the transport station is still far away, and it doesn't come here for no reason to cross such a long distance in search of fire." ”

"It's mostly a caravan, one of them has this puppy, they're missing, but it ran out unexpectedly, what kind of truth can it be." It wasn't long before they lost interest in talking about the puppy and turned their attention back to the fire.

Logs burned in the fire, making a crackling sound, and in the distance, another strange chirp was heard, this time clear to everyone, and the sound from the silence made everyone feel creepy. Everyone subconsciously scooped up the rifles that were placed next to them.

"I thought it was a dog barking again," Knoll said, standing up and shocked, "it sounds so weird. Even Verna, who prided herself on being calm, was startled by the voice.

The ranger's expression also became solemn, "It seems that there is really something ahead......

The soldiers looked at each other, and for a while no one dared to say a word, for fear of really provoking the monster.