Chapter 7: The Mysterious Box

Because of the unknown, so fear. The presence of the Black Shadow has always disturbed me. But Shen Xue's reaction gave me the impression that the expedition team had not encountered a dark shadow.

Could it be that Shen Guojun's crazy words and crazy words mentioned it are not the dark shadows we encountered?

But the black shadow appeared with the corpse of the warrior, along with the flying skin. Together, they lured us and unleashed another dark shadow sealed in the Supply Cave. And the expedition team split because of the death of that warrior!

I let out a long breath and didn't continue to think about it, after all, the current problem was to prevent the attack of the ancient ape, and the squad leader, Zhang Hu, Gao Chuan, and Li Chuang couldn't leave. I still have to go to see Xu Peng's situation, and when I saw Shen Xue looking at me in confusion, I didn't explain, that thing, we will meet sooner or later.

After entering the tent, Xu Peng had already put on his clothes, and after making sure that there was no problem, I asked for the amulet back.

When Xu Peng didn't wear it, the flying skin didn't hurt him, I don't know if the amulet had any effect, but my grandfather told me to wear it with me since I was a child.

After giving it to Xu Peng, I always felt that there was something missing on my body, and I was very uneasy, but now that I have taken it back, I feel a lot more at ease.

When I came out of the tent, I was called by the squad leader, and he whispered to me not to mention the corpse, and to go out as soon as it was dawn, and go back to the outpost, and let me prepare, and it will be up to me if I can go out.

However, when the squad leader said such things, it could be seen that he only understood the background of each of us, and his superiors told him that it was just to be able to reasonably distribute tasks and give full play to the strength of the team.

As for the worry he showed along the way, it should be inferred from my identity that this mission was unusual, and now he has been terrified when he encounters strange things one after another.

I nodded and said about Xu Peng's situation. Hearing that the worries were solved, the squad leader sighed lightly. Ordered Li Chuang and Gao Chuan to arrange tricks around to prevent them from being attacked by the ancient apes at night.

Next to the oil stove, the two little soldiers simply built a snow wall, and Shen Guojun and Shen Xue and the five of them curled up underneath, already asleep. Not far away, Han Jun didn't sleep, and kept staring at Shen Xue and them, looking very uneasy.

The squad leader, Zhang Hu, Li Chuang, and I each monitored one side, and Gao Chuan and Xu Peng sat back to back next to the oil stove in the middle of the expedition team, each monitoring one side, and the atmosphere was very tense.

In the middle of the night, a few creepy laughs could be heard in the distance, but the apes did not attack. Shen Xue was awakened by the laughter of the ancient ape, staggered to his feet, walked to me and sat down.

"Professor Shen, why don't you rest!" I was a little restrained, but at the same time I was more vigilant.

She didn't speak, she pulled her coat and pulled the scarf off her face, revealing only a pair of eyes. When Xu Peng's attention was taken away from this side, she stumbled out a palm-sized box and handed it to me, saying, "Inside is the result of our investigation, no matter what happens, you have to take it out and hand it over to the organization." ”

I looked at the black box, and for no reason I felt palpitations, and asked without concealing it, "That's what the ape is here for, right?" ”

I thought Shen Xue would deny it, but I didn't think she would admit it directly, "Remember, you must take it out." As he spoke, he secretly shoved the box into my hand, and walked back without waiting for me to speak.

Han Jun and the squad leader have been keeping an eye on this side, and if I stand up at this time, it will attract unnecessary suspicion. And my gut told me that as soon as the box was exposed, the team would immediately fall apart. If there is infighting, then no one will really be able to get out of the Kunlun Snow Field.

Under the jumping fire, Shen Xue went back next to Shen Guojun, leaning sideways, probably asleep.

I looked in front of me and found nothing unusual, and the squad leaders quickly withdrew their gaze. I stole a look at the box, and it felt a little heavy in my hand, which didn't fit its size. There is no lock on it, and it opens with a light buckle.

Inside was a two-inch square black stone chip with smooth edges, not as if it had been cut, and a strange symbol carved into the front of the stone shard.

Just by looking at it, my face changed, not because I didn't know what it was. It's just that I have a similar stone chip in my house. Before joining the army, I often saw my grandfather take it out and wipe it, sigh at the stone chips, and sometimes cry.

When I was a child, I asked him what it was, and my grandfather would nervously put it away, for fear that I would see it.

It wasn't until the year I enlisted in the army that he let me see it, saying it was the only thing my father had left.

Holding the box in front of me, my hands were trembling slightly. The stone chips inside are exactly the same material as those at home, but the symbols on them are a little different.

I couldn't bear to stand up, looked at Shen Xue, and wanted to go over to ask for an understanding, but at this moment, Li Chuang suddenly shouted: It's foggy.

Li Chuang's marksmanship is good, and he guards the direction of the pass, and it is also the place where the ancient apes lurk the most. As soon as he roared, we all looked in his direction, and a large cloud of fog was sweeping from the pass, extremely fast.

The squad leader got up from the ground and shouted, "Withdraw!" ”

If it was just a simple fog, I would have liked to go through it, but at the very front of the fog, several dark shadows were moving towards us with the mist. Whether it was the ancient ape or the unknown, passing through the fog at this time would undoubtedly be a death.

I grabbed the backpack next to me, took advantage of everyone's panic, secretly put the box in, and after putting it on my back, I was ready to dismantle the tent.

But at this moment, Han Jun suddenly rushed towards Shen Xue with his people, and the two little soldiers and Shen Xue wanted to resist, but Han Jun had three soldiers by his side, and they subdued Shen Xue with three punches and two kicks.

I pulled the bolt of my gun, aimed at the Han army and yelled, "Don't mess around, or I'll shoot." ”

Han Jun didn't know when he had an extra pistol in his hand, pointing at Shen Xue. For a while, we didn't dare to mess around. Han Jun didn't hurt anyone, but grabbed Shen Xue's backpack and beckoned the people around him to run towards the fog.

Li Chuang looked at the backs of several people and asked the squad leader if he wanted to shoot, but the squad leader hesitated and said angrily.

Shen Xue was shocked, I went over to pull her up, and took the opportunity to whisper in my ear: "Is that the box that Han Jun wants?" ”

She was just about to answer me, but Professor Shen Guojun suddenly broke free of my hand and ran after Han Jun towards the mist, shouting frantically: "Give it back, and we will be able to live." ”

Zhang Hu reacted quickly, and Shen Guojun was knocked down by him and dragged back without running a few steps.

Shen Guojun is crazy, but his words are not nonsense, what he said should be the black stone chip in the box, but the box is now in my hand.

Shen Xue grabbed my hand and said anxiously: "The contents of the box are very important, if you snatch the things in the mist, everything your father has done will be in vain!" ”

Father? I took a deep breath and sure enough, there was a connection. It's a pity that the fog is already very close, and a few Han soldiers rushed in, and a few screams suddenly came out of the fog, and then it quieted down, and my scalp was numb, and I didn't dare to delay.

But just as I was demolishing the tent, the apes lurking in the snow also became agitated, let out a human-like roar, and pounced on us wearing grimace masks.

Li Chuang opened fire immediately, but those ancient apes reached out quickly, used the terrain to dodge bullets, and approached quickly.

"Don't want the tent, withdraw!" The squad leader shouted, quickly untied the tripping thunder on one side, and pulled Liu Tiande down the snow slope. Zhang Hu and Shen Xue also pulled Shen Guojun to follow. Passing by the corpse of that comrade-in-arms, I knew that it was impossible to take the corpse away, but the "it" had not yet been unearthed, and his appearance was extremely important.

After hesitating, I took off the sapper shovel, cut off his head, and wrapped it in a black cloth covering his face and hung it on his backpack.

Li Chuang and Gao Chuan opened fire to cover, and when I slid down the snow slope, Gao Chuan pulled a grenade and threw it directly to the edge of the tent.

We came down from the snow slope, only a few steps out, there were two loud "booms" behind us, and the ancient ape chasing to the high ground encountered a trip mine and was directly blown away.

The wind and snow rolled up by the air waves also temporarily stopped the fog, but that thing was overwhelming, and it was impossible to stop it completely.

Gao Chuan and Li Chuang converged on my side, and the three of them covered each other and quickly retreated. There are also four australopithecus in hot pursuit, and in the snow, they have a unique advantage, and they are faster than us. And the IQ was very high, the three of us shot side by side, and after killing two heads, the remaining two heads held the bodies of their companions as cover, so that the bullets all hit the corpses.

The snow was deep and shallow, and I was about to be overtaken, and my gun happened to run out of bullets, and I saw that the ancient ape had rushed seven or eight meters away, and there was no time to change the magazine. turned around and yelled at Gao Chuan and Li Chuang: "You go first, I'll stop them!" ”

At the moment of life and death, there was not much tragedy, and I didn't have time to think about it, so I instinctively shouted this sentence, took out a grenade and wanted to deduct the insurance.

Li Chuang and Gao Chuan shot frantically, and even if they wanted to come up after running out of bullets, they just added two more corpses. They were all well-trained warriors, and although they grieved when they saw the form, they had to abandon me.

But at this moment, Shen Xue suddenly shouted: "Chen Xiu, don't!" I subconsciously looked back, and the movement of my hand slowed down for two seconds, and at this moment, the wind above my head was popping, and two huge figures flew directly above my head, rolling up a fishy wind.

The ancient ape did not attack me, but stepped over, and did not attack the people behind him, and after running dozens of meters, he threw away the corpse of his companion and quickly ran towards the canyon in front.

The sudden change made me stunned, and my back was covered in cold sweat. Seeing this, Gao Chuan and Li Chuang both rushed up, Li Chuang snatched the grenade in my hand, and when he saw that the insurance was halfway open, he threw it out with his backhand.

Escaping death, my mind went blank, and I only heard Gao Chuan shouting: "Don't be stunned, go quickly." The apes are not chasing us, they are hiding from something in the fog! ”

Gao Chuan woke me up and found that the fog had reached ten meters away, and the black shadows in the fog seemed to have increased. Following the pull of the two, he hurriedly climbed up, and ran towards the squad leader with them in embarrassment.

After running for a few minutes, I noticed that the squad leader was walking in the direction of the ape's escape.

Animals have a nature to avoid danger, and there is nothing wrong with following them, but this decision must not have been made by the squad leader, but only Shen Xue.

Thinking that she stopped me from pulling the grenade, did she know that the ape wasn't trying to attack us?

At this time, there was no time to pay attention to these, and the group rushed towards the canyon on the snow, and when they entered the canyon, there was a sudden wind and snow above their heads, and the more they went inside, the bigger it became, and the visibility quickly decreased.

At dawn, the squad leader stopped suddenly. Shen Guojun and Liu Desheng lost their support and went straight to the ground.

I gasped and ran to the squad leader, and was about to ask him what was wrong, when I looked up and saw countless black shadows standing in the wind and snow in front of me.

My scalp is numb, and the dark shadow has run to the front?