Chapter 020: Discovering a Traveler
I didn't get a nod of approval from Zhao Jinfu when I said this, but he didn't refute it, but seriously considered what I said.
This is the first time I have said such a mysterious thing, and no matter what problems I encountered in the past, I would always tell the facts, tell the evidence, and look for the answer from a scientific point of view. But this time I can't explain it with theory, because what I have seen and heard is beyond my comprehension. I'm not a stubborn person, and I know that there are a lot of things in this world that can't be fully explained by scientific theories.
I saw that Zhao Jinfu didn't speak, so I continued my analysis, "Among the missing team of travelers, there must be someone who has some knowledge of the secrets here, so they can come here without being attacked." But our squad of fighters didn't understand, so they must have done something they shouldn't have done, which led to the disaster. This also explains why the previous gunfire was so intense, but there were no bodies of outsiders. I suspect that a team that was going to fire wasn't the attacker, but some kind of creature hiding here, which is this. With that, I tapped my foot on the ground a few times.
Maybe my speculation was very convincing, and the medical soldiers who were listening on the side nodded again and again, while Zhao Jinfu still didn't say a word, bowing his head and thinking.
After a while, Zhao Jinfu asked me, "What are the symptoms of that guide, do you have any ideas?" ”
I haven't figured this out yet, because the guide was shot dead by the warriors, and the strange pustules all over his body are completely different from the soldiers who died here, and I don't have a clue yet, but he must have been injured by some kind of poison, I'm sure of that.
Having said all this, after all, it is all just my personal speculation, although it is reasonable, but there is no strong evidence to support it. What we want to do next and what the next action will be, we need Zhao Jinfu to make a decision.
There are only two options, one is to retreat immediately, and now that we are all safe and sound, it means that we have not triggered the taboo here, and we should not be attacked. But when we go back like this, we can't explain to the soldiers who died here, and we can't explain to the old money of the people's police who sacrificed.
A search and rescue operation lost twenty excellent soldiers and a local policeman, which is not a trivial matter, and if you can't say it clearly, you will be light to pick up this military uniform.
Moreover, there is no trace of the missing people, perhaps they are engaged in a terrible plot, and our retreat is likely to allow them to succeed in a way that we cannot imagine.
Another option is to move on, find the group of backpackers who have come here, expose their plot, and bring them to justice. This will give everyone an account!
Of course, this road is full of dangers, and we have not yet figured out the mystery here, and it is very likely that we will die at any time, and to move forward is to pin our head to the waistband of our trousers, and to put life and death out of the way.
In fact, you don't need to ask to know that everyone will choose the second one! We are soldiers, the strongest weapon of the country, and if we retreat, who else will be able to accomplish this mission?
Yu Gong, we must find the truth, find the missing people, and complete the tasks assigned to us by the organization. For selfishness, our comrades-in-arms and brothers have fallen here, and we must go and get an explanation for them, and we will never let anyone's conspiracy succeed.
Zhao Jinfu made a choice, and the others had no objections, because this is also our idea, and we will never let these brothers sacrifice in vain.
Gather all the remaining fighters, there are still forty-two of us in total, and according to the current situation, the missing ones should not be far from us.
Their purpose is not yet clear, but they have been classified as highly dangerous by us. Zhao Jinfu ordered that as long as he found out that the other party had bad intentions, he could be killed on the spot. However, after the clues of trekking poles and mobile phones found before, we believe that there should be innocent people among the missing people, so we must be cautious before using weapons to avoid injuring innocent people by mistake.
Now the goal is clear, it is the source of that mysterious magnetic field. Just take out the compass and follow the fixed direction to get there, and we believe that the missing person must be there too. Once there, all the puzzles can be solved.
I would also like to remind everyone that there must be something not to do in this area, or something not to touch. In the following actions, everyone must be cautious, and must not be careless, maybe one person's negligence will bring disastrous consequences to the whole team, remember!
None of them are recruits, and everyone can fully understand the seriousness of what I said, after all, the corpses of the brothers are still there.
Because there are no conditions here, we can't cremate their bodies, so we have to put them together, mark them, and then come and take them home when we finish our mission.
In front of the sacrificial comrades, we solemnly saluted a military salute. At this time, although everyone is sad, they are more full of fighting spirit. Shedding tears is a man's cowardice, and avenging his brother with his own hands is a man's righteousness.
When a soldier performs a mission, he must have the determination that he will not come back, and everyone must be mentally prepared for this, so everyone's sadness is fleeting and undelayed.
This time the team was marching forward, running forward, and we could have a hunch that the enemy was not far in front of us.
After walking for almost a kilometer, I suddenly had a strange feeling that the atmosphere around me was very wrong. I couldn't tell what was wrong, it was as if there was an electric current in my head that made my ears feel like they were ringing in my ears.
I looked at the others in amazement, and there was nothing unusual about them. I wondered if I was the only one who felt something was wrong.
My subtle astonishment did not escape Zhao Jinfu's eyes, and he asked me in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Did you find anything? ”
I told him how I felt and asked him if he was in this condition.
Zhao Jinfu felt it, shook his head, and said that there was no electricity passing through the brain, and there was no tinnitus feeling.
That's weird, so what's going on with me? I know I don't have special abilities, is it my delusion? But my ears were still buzzing, and if it was an illusion, it would be too real.
I can't just stop the team as if nothing happened, any small oversight can lead to bad consequences, and I'd rather do it myself than let everyone take risks.
Zhao Jinfu saw that I was a little suspicious, so he asked the soldier to shoot a flare to observe the surrounding situation. But I stopped it, and my reason was that if my feelings were right, it meant that we were close to our target, and firing flares wouldn't expose us.
Zhao Jinfu is not hypocritical on this issue, and he respects my opinion. The soldiers were ordered to march on foot, and the whole group kept a high level of silence and moved forward through the darkness. If I'm right, I can also take this opportunity to surprise the other person.
Strangely, the further I went, the worse my tinnitus became, and it even made me feel irritable. I kind of understand the feeling of Sun Wukong describing Tang Seng like a fly in "Journey to the West" endlessly "buzzing" in his ears.
Not far away, Zhao Jinfu, who was at the front, suddenly raised his right fist and stopped advancing, and he found the "situation".
Immediately afterward, Zhao Jin's palm pressed downward, and I and the other fighters immediately crawled to the ground.
At this time, I also noticed that there was someone talking not far ahead.
Zhao Jinfu also slowly lay down, right next to me, he turned his head and nodded at me, and smiled approvingly, it seems that my feeling is right!
All of us held our breath, and I listened to what the person in front of me was saying, but it was too far away to hear what the other person was saying.
Zhao Jinfu began to crawl forward, and we followed him and spread out slightly, moving forward silently.
As I got closer, I heard as if there were two people arguing in front of me, and the content of the quarrel was inaudible, and the occasional staccato words could not be connected in a whole sentence.
Now the darkness is our best cover, don't look at the more than forty of us, all crawling on the ground, but no one makes a sound. With our skills, if the camouflage is in place, we can move under the feet of the target without being detected.
I looked at the time, and it should be past eight o'clock in the evening. I thought to myself that this group of missing people could really do it, and they could still have the strength to quarrel after spending so many days in this primeval forest.
I wondered what they were arguing about, but I didn't dare to make too much noise, and I was a little anxious.
No matter how slow we were, we could see the lights coming from ahead.
At this time, Zhao Jinfu made a quiet gesture to everyone, and then he slowed down and continued to move forward. I followed closely behind, and with every meter I moved forward, I saw that the other person would be a little clearer. Later, I could see that the light was a common camping lamp for tourists.
Under the lamp, there were two figures, one standing and the other sitting, talking fiercely.
I'm secretly glad in my heart that I've finally found you bastards, and this time I'll see where you go. But I was just a little happy when I noticed a strange phenomenon.
The camping lamp was not in anyone's hands, but actually hung in the air.
I didn't quite believe it, so I rubbed my eyes and looked again. That's right! The lamp hung in the air, and it was above the heads of the two men.
What the hell is this?
I've seen so many strange things in the past two days, and I'm a little surprised. "Maybe they set up a pole on the ground, and I can't see it from a distance." That's how I explain it to myself.
This time there was enough distance for us to hear what they were saying.
"What the hell do you want to do?" A man's voice, "Did you coerce us into this hellish place to kill people?" Aren't you afraid of the punishment of the law? ”
I heard it very clearly, this person spoke with a distinct northeast accent, and I recalled the origins of the missing people, as if there was a person named Sun Ji who was from Anshan, Liaoning, maybe the person who spoke was him.
At this time, another voice said: "Don't blame me, because there must be a few sacrifices in my plan, unfortunately, you automatically applied to join, and you can only blame your bad luck!" ”
I heard this man speak, with a vague Sichuan accent, but it always felt like something was strange.
Zhao Jinfu was right next to me, he nudged me, stretched out his finger and wrote the words "One, Sun, Two, Zheng" on the ground in front of me.
I know that he also heard it, this is telling me that the first person to speak should be Sun Ji from Anshan, Liaoning, and the second person to speak should be Zheng Xiaocheng from Deyang, Sichuan.
I shook my head slightly and drew a "? No.