There were only three of them in the dimly lit office, and the place seemed very deserted, as if even the somewhat old furniture had an indescribable coldness.

After General Shangguan's questioning, Gao Chao suddenly had some thoughts, he felt that maybe General Shangguan shifted the topic to the most advanced alarm this time, maybe there was a special intention, if you think about it logically, could it be that the alarm they always hear has a lot to do with whether General Shangguan can help?

Gao Chao looked at General Shangguan, he was not a person who liked to beat around the bush, so he decided to say it directly.

"General Shangguan ......" superb attitude looked very serious: "That's the case, we do feel the tense atmosphere these days, and we do have to move many times a day because of the sound of the alarm, but the answer we get is always a sandstorm or something, so this can't help but make us suspicious, so let's put it this way, I have long felt that these alarms are a little suspicious, since you mentioned it now, can I ask, the real reason why you can't help us, is it directly related to these alarms?" ”

General Shangguan was still silent, he seemed to have thought of Gao Chao talking like this, but his face was very gloomy.

In the dim light, General Shangguan's face looked so angular, which seemed to be a little more strange in Gao Chao's eyes.

"Comrade Xiao Gao......" General Shangguan said in a low voice: "I want to tell you some information now, but before that, I hope you must understand that this information is not what I should tell you, in other words, this information is highly confidential, I should not have said it, and there is no need to say it, but the reason why I want to tell you now is because ......"

As he spoke, General Shangguan glanced at Xinlan, and his gaze suddenly softened: "It's because I have to give my daughter a reasonable explanation." ”

Gao Chao nodded, although this reason seems a bit far-fetched, but as a father who is estranged from his daughter, it may be understandable.

"General, please speak." Gao Chao said very seriously.

General Shangguan lit another cigarette, and then said in a deep voice: "About five years ago, there was a strange thing in our underground facility, at first it was just a report that they found some strange things in the facility, such as some people would suddenly hear strange sounds, or some people felt that their bodies were touched, etc., but at that time they did not get the attention they deserved, because the life in the underground facilities all year round also caused some mental problems, so the doctor's advice was, Get plenty of rest. ”

As he spoke, he took a hard puff of his cigarette and continued: "But in the time that followed, these things began to become unscrupulous, and many people saw things that they didn't know, they were like gases, they were everywhere, sometimes they would suddenly appear anywhere, they were real, and they started to attack us. ”

At this point, Gao Chao and Xinlan glanced at each other, in Gao Chao's opinion, he really hadn't heard of such a thing.

"Then ......" Gao Chao asked softly, "and how do they attack?" ”

General Shangguan raised his eyes to look at Gao Chao, and only said in a low voice for a moment: "They can control the thoughts and actions of the soldiers, causing the soldiers to kill each other, and ......"

General Shangguan glanced at Xinlan next to him, as if he didn't want Xinlan to hear what he said, but he still said: "And after killing their own comrades, they will commit suicide, but before committing suicide, they will eat each other's hearts." ”

Xinlan's face turned a little pale, and she asked softly, "Dad, what are those things?" You...... Have you seen those things too? ”

General Shangguan looked at Xinlan, then nodded silently, then looked at Gao Chao and said: "Because this matter looks very bizarre, but we can't ignore it, so we quickly reported this matter to our superiors, and soon, the superiors said that they would send us a team of experts to solve this matter, and someone told us that these things are just mental illness." ”

General Shangguan was holding a cigarette in his hand, and his resolute face seemed to tremble slightly: "But the team of experts had a problem when they entered this desert, and when we found their convoy, we found that there was only one driver left at the scene, but the driver had been killed, his body seemed to have been bitten by some animal, and there were few bodies left, but the others were gone, and they seemed to have disappeared like that." ”

General Shangguan's voice trembled, and he seemed to enter his own memories: "After that, I reported to my superiors again, but the reply I got was waiting, and then I lost my temper, I ordered a small detachment to take the car to the headquarters station, but after this convoy set off, I was never able to contact again, and then I sent people to look for it, and there was no trace, until about three months ago, someone found them in the opposite direction to the headquarters." But they are long gone, and there are also some human stumps left in the car, and the scene is difficult to see. ”

"Three months ago?" Gao Chao suddenly said: "Could it be ...... Hasn't this matter been resolved yet? ”

General Shangguan nodded and said: "The order given to me by my superiors is to stay in place and ensure the safety of the troops, as for the rest of the information, I don't know anything now, I can only rely on my own ability to resist the terrible incident that occurs again in these five months." ”

He looked at Gao Chao and seemed to find that Gao Chao didn't understand very well, so he continued: "We have figured out some rules, when those gas-like things appear, the temperature in the vicinity will quickly drop by about three degrees Celsius, which can bring us some warnings, and we have also found that these things also have their own weaknesses, they are afraid of strong light, so once we find this kind of thing, we will use strong light to drive it away." ”

Gao Chao nodded, but looked helpless: "General, do you mean that after the past five months, you have been constantly solving the crisis caused by those strange things, and these things seem to surround this desert, no one can get out, and support from the outside world can't come in, is that what you mean?" ”

General Shangguan nodded, but said helplessly: "That's the case, but it's very strange, you are here, where did you come in, this is simply a miracle, but of course, you have your own way, the ninth bureau does things, there seems to be something that ordinary people can't understand, just like these things we have experienced." ”

Xinlan looked at her father and suddenly said, "Dad, those things...... What are they? Now, Xinlan finally understands her father, and it seems that it is not that his father doesn't want to send them out, but because his father is worried that they won't be able to get out at all. As for Xinlan, she knows her father very well, and in her mind, her father will never lie.

General Shangguan didn't seem to want to answer this question, but Xinlan was looking at him, which made him have no choice, so he could only say in a deep voice: "These things are more like ...... Ghost. ”

As a result, the temperature in the room seemed to drop a lot.

Gao Chao felt that his scalp was a little numb, although he was not so sensitive to the word "ghost", and he would not feel terrible, but the problem was that the word "ghost" came out of the mouth of a general.

Xinlan was stunned for a long time before saying, "This ...... How is this possible? Haunted here? ”

General Shangguan was silent, and then said: "At first, I didn't believe it, but now I have to believe it, I have seen this kind of thing with my own eyes, they are like gases, they can pass through any wall at any time, they will suddenly appear anywhere, and then some people will go crazy, they will pick up guns and shoot at their own people, and some people will hurt themselves, and many soldiers will not escape their fate." ”

Gao Chao could see that in General Shangguan's face, there was a kind of loss that was difficult to detect, he seemed to have been tortured to the point of emaciation, but he rarely shared the true feelings in his heart with others, so General Shangguan was very tired, but no one knew.

General Shangguan continued: "So I can't help you, no one can come in here, no one can go out, in fact, we are already trapped here. ”

Gao Chao's heart was shocked, but he still said calmly and seriously: "General, how many casualties are there now?" ”

General Shangguan said: "Fifteen people died, dozens of wounded, and this number is increasing every day. ”

Gao Chao frowned and asked, "But I found that the people in the army are not so nervous, they don't seem to care." ”

General Shangguan looked at Gao Chao and shook his head and said: "They don't know the truth, although they are also guessing, but they still can't think of what is happening here, especially the large number of troops, in this underground, we have a total of six layers of facilities, we find that the further down the place, the safer it is, the place where we are now is the fifth layer, so this place will only be constantly transported to the lowest layer to defend, but in this layer, there is not too much danger." ”

"I see." Gao Chao nodded, he thought of when he was in the army, he also experienced some strange things, it was in the station in Inner Mongolia at that time, but there are always some legends in the border area, and some people claim to have really seen some impossible things with their own eyes, but those people were arrested, and said that they had mental problems, and then the things that followed, that is, they were not allowed to talk about it publicly, and then they were slowly forgotten.

It seems that for the troops, they always treat those things that cannot be understood in this way.

Gao Chao looked at General Shangguan and asked, "Then how did you solve the supply in the past five months?" ”

General Shangguan said: "We have our own vegetable plantation, and the water source is also deep. ”

Gao Chao was stunned and said, "Vegetable plantation? Over here? ”

Xinlan explained at this time: "It's not a big deal, all the nuclear energy used here is underground, and the vegetable plantations are also underground, they absorb enough virtual sunlight, and they can also grow well." ”

General Shangguan said: "That's the case, and the technology is very mature, but it's just ...... The vegetable plantation is located on the second floor, which is also an area where strange things happen now, so we usually have that floor completely closed off except for the necessary vegetables and food. ”

Gao Chao has only learned a little about this matter, and it seems that General Shangguan has really encountered strange events.

Xinlan glanced at Gao Chao, and then said, "Brother Gao, what do you think?" ”

Gao Chao thought for a moment before he said to General Shangguan again: "General, five months ago, did you find anything, or did you do anything unusual?" ”

General Shangguan looked at Gao Chao, shook his head slowly, and said, "I didn't understand what you meant. ”

Gao Chao said: "I mean, have you found any special facilities somewhere, such as ...... An ancient tomb. ”