When I was just born, my grandfather said that I died early and that it was difficult to feed. Gave me a girl's name, Chen Xiu.

I grew up wearing girls' clothes, combing pigtails, and being raised as a girl, so my grandfather was still not at ease, saying that the army was heavy and could suppress my life, and when I was eighteen years old, he sent me to join the army.

At that time, I was assigned to a certain engineering regiment in Xinjiang, and my service expired at the end of the summer of '96, and I was busy with the procedures for changing jobs these days, when I suddenly received an order from my superiors to report to the 73rd Company immediately.

The 73rd Company was still a secret unit at the time, and it was rumored to be involved in the top-secret project in Lop Porri.

When they arrived at the 73rd Company, they were soon assigned to a temporary combat squad. The squad leader's name is Zhang Dezhu, a veteran who participated in the war against bandits, and has a hideous scar on his face. Below are the sharpshooter Li Chuang, the military doctor Xu Peng, the communicator Zhang Hu, and the all-army champion Gao Chuan.

And me, Chen Xiu, a total of six people.

After only half a day in the camp, we were taken to the Outpost of Saidula, which means "grave of martyrs" in the Uyghur language, located in the middle of the Kunlun Mountains, adjacent to Tibet.

There are a lot of willows on the roadside along the way, which grow in the barren Gobi, and Xu Peng said that these willows have a background. During the Qing Dynasty, Zuo Zongtang had two expeditions to the west, and ordered soldiers to plant Dao willow along the way, which stretched for dozens of kilometers, and Zuo Zongtang was also called Zuo Gongliu by later generations.

Two squads of fighters were stationed at the Setura outpost, and the environment was very difficult. Only here were we told that the mission was to enter the Kunlun Mountains and rescue a lost expedition team.

The expedition team had gone missing four days earlier, and included four professors and a six-member combat squad. The command from above is to see people alive and corpses to die.

At noon, each person was equipped with an 81 bar, 200 rounds of ammunition, and a small Bayi C-type individual radio, which was only successfully developed in the 70s, and the C-type was a mature product that had undergone three improvements, with high power and durable leather.

At that time, the relationship between US imperialism and us was still very delicate, the frequency band of GPS was not fully opened, and in addition to the proximity to Lop Nur, satellite communication and positioning could not be used, so Xiaobayi Radio was the best choice.

At two o'clock in the morning that night, the squad leader woke us all up, got into a truck, and drove towards Kunlun Mountain. At night, the Kunlun Mountains in the distance are filled with cold fog, and the continuous mountains are reflected white by the snow, like a silver dragon across the sky and earth.

The squad leader took out a tape recorder on the way, and when he pressed the play button, there was a rustling of electricity inside, and after a few seconds, the sound of electricity was mixed with the exclamations of some men and women, as if there were many people panicking.

One of them had a very sharp voice, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman, and kept shouting repeatedly: It's coming, run.

After repeating it three times, the sound stopped abruptly, and even the sound of electricity disappeared.

The squad leader turned off the tape recorder and said to everyone: "This is the last sound that the expedition team sent back before they lost contact!" ”

Li Chuang frowned and looked at the squad leader and asked, "Are you sure there are only ten people?" ”

When these words were asked, everyone looked at the squad leader, and everyone could hear the recording just now, it was definitely impossible for ten people to make a sound, at least hundreds of people.

"Our mission on this trip is not only to save people, but also to find out what happened to the expedition!" The squad leader put away the tape recorder: "Don't think about it, sleep!" ”

Since ancient times, there have been many strange things in Kunlun Mountain, and there are too many secrets hidden under the ice and snow. The car shook, the six people had their own thoughts, and they didn't feel sleepy, and the car was a little depressing.

At dawn, we arrived at the climbing point, said goodbye to the veterans who drove the car, and we stepped into Kunlun Mountain.

The cold fog I saw outside the mountain, and when I got to the mountain, I realized that it was a white-haired wind, and the wind carried ice slag in it, which blew on the face like a knife.

We followed the route of the expedition team, along the west side of Kunlun Mountain, in the evening the wind and snow were a little lighter, and when we walked to a high slope, the squad leader fired a few shots at the top of the mountain, shook off some scattered snow, and made sure that the snow on the top of the mountain was not thick, so we camped below.

During the break, Zhang Hu used the radio to get in touch with the outpost, reported our location, and then tried to contact the expedition team, but still did not get any response.

At night, Li Chuang and I were on duty, and the two of them chatted with each other, and when it was time to change shifts, several highland snow wolves suddenly popped out of the snow nest in the distance, and there was a cold light in their eyes.

When Li Chuang found out, he immediately pulled the bolt of the gun and aimed at the snow nest. As if sensing danger, several snow wolves did not continue to approach, but picked up something in the snow nest.

I picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and saw the wolves dragging a black object out, but the light was too dim to see what it was.

"Bang!"

At this moment, Li Chuang suddenly fired a shot, and the plateau wolf fled in all directions after being frightened. When the people in the tent heard the gunshots, they rushed out with their guns in hand.

Li Chuang pointed to the snow nest in the distance and said, "That group of wolf cubs seems to have picked up a corpse." He said and put away the gun: "I'll go and have a look." ”

The squad leader pressed his shoulder: "You stay, Chen Xiu will come with me!" ”

Although the wolves scattered, they were still hovering nearby, and only Li Chuang could hit such a long distance.

The squad leader and I slid down the snow slope, and the cat ran towards the snow nest with his waist bent, and the snow wolves, which had been scattered, saw us approaching on their own initiative, and gathered together in twos and threes, and walked back in circles.

"Bang"

There was another gunshot behind me, and a snow nest about ten meters away from me suddenly exploded, and a snow wolf was thrown out by the bullet, and a cloud of blood mist burst out of the brain, and it was already out of breath before it landed.

Seeing the death of their companions, the remaining seven or eight wolves howled and dispersed unwillingly.

The squad leader and I touched the snow nest where the wolves gathered just now, and sure enough, there was a corpse, half of the body was still buried in the snow, I wanted to use a flashlight, but the squad leader stopped me and said: "It's dangerous to turn on a flashlight in the snow!" ”

I didn't understand what he said, but I tried it afterwards, and turned on the flashlight on the snow at night, and the near things were clear at a glance, but ten meters away was a white expanse, unable to distinguish objects, and there was a lurking danger that could not be detected at all.

With the faint light of snow, it was vaguely recognizable as a male corpse, wearing a military uniform. The squad leader and I took the body out and carried it back to the camp.

The one who died was a soldier with a bullet hole in his jaw that pierced his skull, and all the blood that came out was frozen on his face, and his head was red, which was a little scary.

Takakawa checked the gun in his hand and said with certainty: "He committed suicide." After examining the body, Xu Peng said: "The time of death will not exceed two days!" ”

The squad leader took out the armory shovel, patted the frozen marching bag on the back of the corpse, took out all the things after getting rid of the ice on it, and saw that there was still a lot of dry food left, and everyone's faces were full of surprise!

It's only a day's journey from the foot of the mountain, and with enough dry food for two days, who would kill themselves in such a situation?

The squad leader couldn't say why for a while, six people, you look at me, I look at you, and their faces are a little ugly.

At this moment, there was a sudden rustling sound behind us, which startled us all, and we were all busy pulling the bolts.

"It's the radio!" Zhang Hu heard it, turned around and was about to enter the tent, but was dragged back by the squad leader: "Don't make a sound!" ”

The six of them kept their movements just now, and they didn't dare to breathe, and the rustling of electricity gradually became louder, and after a few seconds, there was a chaotic scream, among which there was a sharp voice, and the shouting again repeatedly: It's coming, run.

After three times, the sound stops abruptly, exactly like the recording.

The only thing left in the dead air was the sound of our heartbeats.

Zhang Hu's face was bloodless, and he said worriedly: "Before going to bed, I locked on the band used by the expedition!" ”

The radio station has no recording function, and the voice just now only means one thing, on the other end of the radio station, there are hundreds of people who are suffering terrible things, and the scene is very chaotic.

Xu Peng's voice trembled a little and said, "You all heard it, that person kept shouting that it was coming, what is 'it'?" Enemy? ”

Because of the top-secret project in Lop Nurri, the U2 of the US imperialists has not stopped investigating, and the agents are even more frequent, not without this possibility.

The squad leader's face was cloudy, and he asked me after a while: "Chen Xiu, what do you think?" ”

Gao Chuan had some doubts, and Li Chuang said directly: "What's the use of you asking a hairy baby about this kind of thing?" ”

"Shut up!" The squad leader yelled impatiently, then looked at me.

I hesitated and said, "I don't see anything yet!" But this matter is very serious, squad leader, why don't we go back first? ”

A hint of disappointment flashed across the squad leader's face, apparently not getting the answer he wanted. After more than ten seconds of silence, the squad leader ordered: "Zhang Hu, you contact the outpost early tomorrow morning, report the discovery of the body, and confirm his identity." Xu Peng and Gao Chuan were in the second half of the night. No one is allowed to talk about what has just happened! ”

I felt a little uneasy in my heart, and the squad leader saw that I was still holding the pestle and kicked me in the ass, "Go back to sleep, don't think nonsense!" I answered, feeling that he might know what I was doing.

Getting into the tent, I patted the snow off my body and put my hand on the oil stove to roast it before getting into my sleeping bag. Li Chuang, who was next to me, stabbed me with his hand and asked in a low voice, "Chen Xiu, do you think it will be haunted?" ”

The idea of ghosts and gods was not promoted in the army, but in those days, the soldiers did not have much knowledge, and most of them were rural people.

It's not surprising that Li Chuang asked like this!

"Don't talk nonsense!" I hurriedly reminded him: "Don't forget that we still have the August 1st Army Medal on our shoulders!" ”

Li Chuang glared at me unhappily and turned sideways to ignore me.

The wind outside stopped at some point, and only a few wolf howls were heard from time to time in the distance, and my eyelids became heavier and heavier, and finally I fell asleep.

The next day, I was woken up by the squad leader patting my face, and he squatted next to him with a solemn expression and said, "Something happened, Gao Chuan is gone, and the corpse of the soldier found last night is also gone!" ”

I hurriedly got up, and when I went outside, I saw Xu Peng sitting on the snow, his body trembling slightly, and I don't know when there was a big fog outside.