Four box trucks were parked off Highway 9336, about a mile (about 1.6 kilometers) from the Paheoch lookout. A straight road stretches from Highway 9336 to the direction of the lookout, and the vegetation on both sides of the road is very lush, and it looks a little eerie in the dark night.

The truck didn't have its lights on, and the people in the car were very familiar with the area, and they came here with ease and began to wait for the time to come.

"Bob," Derek shouted, picking up the walkie-talkie in the car, "you go to the lookout and take a look at the defenses there, and we'll have a good idea." ”

"Head, why am I going, I'm afraid of the dark," the man in sunglasses heard the voice coming from the intercom, and his face showed a look of embarrassment.

"You're afraid of the dark, and you still wear sunglasses all day?" Derek couldn't laugh or cry, "Ian, you go with Bob, I'm a little worried about him alone." ”

"I took off my sunglasses when I went out," Bob said, "and you wouldn't let us drive the lights, and if we didn't take them off, we couldn't see anything at all." ”

"Be careful, don't be careless, they're professional soldiers," Derek advised, "and don't smoke or use anything that gives off light, if you don't want to die." ”

"Got it, head," Ian and Bob got out of their respective trucks, and the two men came to the road leading to the lookout with their guns in hand. The forest by the side of the road was quiet, only the faint sound of insects could be heard, and the occasional birdsong was very clear in the dark night.

"Bob, do you see? Derek was eccentric again. After walking a distance, Ian finally couldn't help but say the words that were holding back in his heart, "Dangerous work is always sent to the two of us to do, and Derek doesn't do it himself, but also helps his cousin pick up the bargain." ”

"I think that's a bit of a thing when you say that," Bob touched his chin and thought about what it would be like on a normal day, and felt that it was exactly what Ian had said.

"Matthew has a lot of tendons, but he only does the easiest work every day like a fat man," Ian said with some indignation, and he looked back in the direction of the truck, and after making sure that the people in the car would not hear him, he continued, "Hey, Bob, do you think the system here makes sense right now?" Everything in the visitor center was up to Derek, and during the day, Matthew asked the chick to pass as soon as he opened his mouth. ”

"I think the other one is more to my appetite," Bob's interest suddenly heightened when the conversation turned to the woman, "the Mexican-American girl named Mason is even hotter." ”

"Don't think about it, it's all Derek and Matthew's," Ian walked over to Bob's side, putting his hand on his shoulder, "We only have soup, who told us that we don't have a place here."

"It's better to have soup than not to eat," Bob thought to himself, but he didn't say it.

"Maybe there are other women over there at the lookout, and Derek will always give us one or two after this vote." Bob comforted Ian, and the two of them approached the lookout as they spoke.

A mile away doesn't take much time even on foot, and when Bob and Ian approach the parking lot outside the lookout, the two stop talking, and they take advantage of the darkness to enter the parking lot, only to see two fires outside the boardwalk in the distance.

"They made a fire at the entrance to the trestle," Ian whispered to Bob, staring at the fire ahead, "there's someone at the fire." ”

The sentries on duty did not notice the people lurking in the distance, some of the sentries sat on the ground against the railing, and some walked back and forth around the fire from time to time, and the light of the fire reflected on them, which was clearly seen by those hiding in the shadows.

"Look, the shift changer is coming," Ian saw a few soldiers coming from the boardwalk, they came to the fire, and after chatting with the soldiers on duty for a while, the soldiers on duty were replaced by them, and began to return to the lookout from the boardwalk.

"The three trucks parked over there are exactly the same ones that came to the visitor center during the day," Bob said, gesturing to the north side of the parking lot, where three trucks were parked near the fire, "You say what's in there?" ”

"How do I know, I'm going to have to find a chance to go over and have a look." Ian yawned, licked his lips, and unconsciously reached into his pocket to pull out a lighter and cigarette.

When he touched the cigarette, Ian remembered Derek's advice, so he took his hand out and put it to his nose to smell the cigarette that remained on his fingertips.

"It's going to be the early hours of the morning, MD," I can't rely on cigarettes to refresh myself, Ian has become a little sleepy and irritable after the addiction to smoking, "I'm going to feed the mosquitoes here." ”

"Where are the mosquitoes?" Bob looked around, "I don't feel anything. ”

"Because the mosquitoes are biting me," Ian began to scratch at his exposed skin, which had already been bitten by several bags after a while, "I've been in the visitor center for so long that I forgot to apply mosquito repellent to my body when I go out." ”

"I've never used this thing," Bob smiled, showing a mouthful of white teeth in the darkness.

"Then you're definitely not blood type A," Ian said with his eyes fixed on the soldier by the fire, waiting for an opportunity to get closer to the truck and inspect its loads.

"How do you know?" Bob asked, a little surprised, "We all have blood type A in our family, only I am type B, and I have always felt that I am a scarce blood type." ”

"Huh?" Bob's words stunned Ian for a moment, and he turned his head to stare at Bob, and there was a word in his heart that didn't come out.

"This unlucky guy is definitely not his own!"

Time was ticking, and Ian had lost count of how many yawns he had yawned or how many red, itchy bags had been on his arm, but he had finally waited for his long-awaited opportunity.

"Bob, you're waiting for me here," Ian rushed ahead as the soldiers on duty turned around almost at the same time, his figure crossed the white pavement in the parking lot, then rushed a few meters away, and then quickly slipped into the gap between the trucks.

Before the soldiers turned back, Ian finally managed to get to the side of the truck, he lay on the ground, secretly observed the movement around the fire under the truck, and after seeing that the soldiers did not react unusually, he quietly got up and climbed into the back of the truck lightly.

Most of the seats in the carriage were filled, and when Ian touched the boxes with his hand, he was very happy, although he couldn't see what the boxes contained, but to be carried on the road by such a troop, the contents would definitely not be bad.

The compartments of the three trucks were searched by Ian, and his heart began to cheer, if it weren't for the soldiers stationed more than ten meters away, Ian really wanted to drive the truck back now.

A woman's voice came from the direction of the boardwalk, and Ian quietly poked his head out of the shadows to look that way, and he saw the figures of two women walking towards him.

Kim and Hill made their way to the entrance to the boardwalk, where they had just met Jason at the lookout and had received a blanket and sleeping bag from Sergeant Steve. Jason helped Stephen distribute things, and some people who needed tents didn't know how to set them up after they got them, and Hill, who wanted to pull Jason with him, had to watch him get busy again.

"Hey, isn't this a pretty college girl?" The arrival of the two made the soldiers on duty outside the plank road excited, and in the dead of night, a beautiful woman visiting would always add a touch of color to the boring standing guard work.

"Hello," Hill greeted them graciously, "it seems to be quiet here. ”

"Of course, we're staying here, and mosquitoes can't fly in," one soldier said with a laugh.

"You're Nicola, aren't you?" Kim asked.

"It's unbelievable that we don't usually communicate with each other, and you remember my name," Nicola said flatteredly.

"Haha, of course I remember your name," Kim walked over and sat down by the fire, "When I was at the base, you instructed me in some shooting techniques in the training room. ”

"I remembered when you said that," Nicola laughed, touching the back of her head.

"This is Ivan," Nicola said, gesturing to the soldier with the Mohican haircut next to him, and then beckoned to the two soldiers beside the other fire, motioning for them to sit down, "Channing, Norman, sit here, you are so far away, it can't be because of shyness." ”

Channing and Norman walked over, and the two said hello to Hill and them, respectively. Of the four soldiers here, the one named Norman looked the youngest and was also very shy. The light of the fire reflected on his face, making his face red. Norman secretly looked up at Kim, as if he had something to say.

"How did you two get here?" Ivan asked the girls sitting by the fire.

"There are a lot of people on the lookout, we want to find a quiet place to take a walk, and we will get here by walking," Hill looked back at the dark boardwalk behind him, "Will there be crocodiles or snakes in the swamp under the boardwalk?"

"Of course, these reptiles are active at night," Channing picked up a bag of chocolate and chewed it, "There's an infrared thermal imager on the truck, why don't you take it to the boardwalk?" ”

"Forget it," Ciel shook his head, "who would be bored to look at the creatures under the water on a night like this, the stars in the sky are so much more beautiful in comparison. ”

"That's right, it seems that you are a woman who knows how to enjoy life," Ivan brushed his mohican hairstyle with his hand.

"Don't you need an infrared thermal imager when you're on guard?" Kim suddenly asked, "When I was at the Everglades Crocodile Farm, I remember the soldiers standing guard would take this with them. ”

"It's not the same as the crocodile farm, if you look around, there's only one way to get here, we just have to stare in the direction of the parking lot ahead," Nicola pointed to the way out, "The terrain of the crocodile farm is different, it's open on all sides, it's surrounded by plants, and it's raining heavily that day, so we had to use some tools to help." ”

"I see," Kim nodded.

Ian, who was hiding behind the carriage, was already in a cold sweat, and the words of the soldiers just now made him very nervous, there was such an artifact in the carriage. Fortunately, they didn't use it, otherwise, even under the cover of the night, he would have nowhere to hide.