The following description is from Chen's point of view. Since I was still in a coma at the time, theoretically this story should not have been written by me but by Chen Zaihai himself, which is more realistic and meaningful. Decades have passed, and it's impossible to get rid of some of my memories, especially since this is not an event that I personally experienced.

But for this story, this is just a small episode, harmless, dispensable, no foreshadowing and no warning. If you have to classify it, farce, yes, it's nothing, it's just a farce that makes us all laugh. Now that Chen Zaihai and I are two old guys in different places, of course, there is no need to let him who is full of children and grandchildren help me recall the past that we don't want to remember for the sake of my little willfulness. Especially this thing...... For a long time (and even now) his black history-like existence. In that case, the person who can do that kind of thing can, except for him Chen Zaihai, I can't think of a second person.

Farce is not a comedy, nor a tragedy, but a farce, which makes people cry and laugh, and there is nothing to follow. For performances, like stage plays, or operas, it is undoubtedly a failure. Maybe for those sketches on TV today, it will be successful first. But everything we have experienced is not a sketch, let alone cross talk, it can't be a joke, it can't be a burden. Fundamentally, there is no laughing in this story at all. It's more like a tragedy than a prosaic story or memoir. Although as a result, Chen Zaihai and I both survived, married a wife, had children, retired for the elderly, and lived a life of enjoyment. But it comes at a price, and we will never be able to talk about it in our lifetime, not even as a conversation after cooking or a story for our children, and we decide to carry it for the rest of our lives, and it is like the original sin of humanity to us, which we cannot pay off or get rid of. Now I'm going to write it down, I'm very old, I don't have a few years to live, and those secrets, those sins are not so heavy for me. It's just a novel, so it's okay to think so, and it's just a whim of mine to write it down. Not for myself, not for the characters who died in this novel

Putting aside the farce itself, the results weren't so bad in retrospect (on the premise that Talia wasn't shot, of course), and it relaxed the nerves we've been straining these days. Mental relaxation is undoubtedly our lifeline, and it is impossible for people to remain normal in a constant high-pressure environment. It can be said that without this farce, our spirit would not have lasted long, and Chen Zaihai's crooked action inadvertently helped us a lot. It's just that in terms of the result, not the process (the process still makes people want to shoot him).

Through Chen Zaihai's narration, I finally understood what had happened since last night. Time went back to last night, not long after I fell asleep, Chen Zaihai woke up, and through a few engineers with us, he learned about my vigil arrangement. I assigned myself to the second shift for the vigil, but from the time I slept until noon the next day, no one actually called me.

"That's right, I arranged it. At first, I just saw that you were too tired to bear to wake you up. Chen Zaihai said.

It's just that I thought so at first, Chen Zaihai said so, and it can be seen that something happened later that I couldn't be called up. Chen Zaihai, who had just woken up, was in good spirits, and casually looked at my watch sleeping next to me, at 3 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Lao Su is tired enough, so I'll help him keep this night, Chen Zaihai thought at 3 o'clock. After the decision, Chen Zaihai went to the vigil post assigned to me alone. When he walked to the location, the two engineers on the night vigil did not immediately notice him, and were still chatting leisurely. The mood changed really quickly, and he looked panicked during the day, worthy of being a soldier. Chen Zaihai smiled bitterly, he himself has no way to laugh with people during the vigil, who knows if there will be a gun or a giant python aimed at you when you are joking.

"What the hell are they thinking, sir? Suddenly came to this kind of place, such an environment is difficult for us to deal with, how can we let people like Chen Gong and Su Gong in Beijing come? A soldier asked curiously.

"You ask me, how do I know. You don't know the characters we received, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't ask what you should ask, it's not our turn to ask, listen to the command unconditionally, don't our squad leaders and deputy squad leaders tell us that? The other replied.

"But now the squad leader and deputy squad leader are gone, and they were all killed by that big snake." The tone weakened significantly.

"You still say! Isn't that to save us! We were all stupid by the big snake, and we even forgot to shoot it, if it wasn't for the squad leader who gave us orders in danger, we would have become snake dung a long time ago. You were almost bitten by the snake, but thanks to the deputy squad leader, you were brought back. ”

"But the deputy squad leader, he is"

In the distance, Chen Zaihai heard a loud sound of fear in his head. "Don't think about it! It's a man anyway, crying a ball! Didn't the squad leader sacrifice himself to save me and the foresters of the geological team?"

Hearing this, Chen Zaihai secretly apologized for his opinion of them just now. Engineers are also human beings, and no one will be so calm when they experience that kind of thing. I was so unkind that I almost scolded them for a few "gossip" words when they were on guard.

There was no need to hide, Chen Zaihai took advantage of the situation and wanted the two engineers to go. As soon as the two found him, they immediately put away their words and quickly stood up, and gave Chen Zaihai a standard military salute. I'm not a chief, do you need to be so nervous Chen Zaihai smiled. Thinking that the explanation might be even more troublesome, Chen Zaihai reluctantly accepted their treatment.

After explaining his intentions, Chen Zaihai sent two soldiers back to sleep. There were branches everywhere, and one or two were broken and dried over the fire and thrown in. Looking blankly at the pitch-black woods in front of me, Chen Zaihai began to keep watch for the second night in my place.

"So what? Speaking of which, you are just a good young man of the party who was kind enough to keep vigil for me at the moment. Why did things turn out the way they did? I said angrily.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to talk about it, it's the point now!" Chen Zaihai seemed to be very unhappy with being interrupted, and replied with a sigh of relief.

"And what did you just say? Nonsense!? This time I really shouted out, but Chen Zaihai on the side ignored me and continued.

Listening to the footsteps of the engineers gradually moving away, Chen Zaihai found a comfortable tree and leaned on.

Damn, I'm afraid I won't even be able to light a fire if I get attacked again. It's a northern wood, and I've been here for a long time. There is no more gain, waiting for winter to come, and someone will have to explain it here. Thinking of this, Chen Zaihai suddenly sneezed loudly without warning, and the echo could not be dispersed in the forest for a long time. This really made him jump, grabbed the automatic rifle placed beside him randomly, and stared suspiciously at the pitch-black woods in front of him.

After a long time of tense nerves, nothing happened, Chen Zaihai shrank his hands and feet, trying to make himself warmer. After such a toss, the sky is almost dawn. The humidity in the woodland in the morning is very heavy, and if you don't take precautions, you can even get poisonous fumes out. Especially in places like this that have been inaccessible for thousands of years, no one knows how thick the accumulated branches and leaves are, and it is not surprising that they are decomposed by microorganisms and the like, and what poisonous gas is produced.

It is dangerous to stay here any longer, and we must join Lao Su and them as soon as possible. The place I found yesterday is relatively high and relatively dry, so it will not be affected, but it is hard to say how long it will take to say. Thinking like this, Chen Zaihai quickly ran towards my campsite.

Running and running, Chen Zaihai suddenly felt a hardness under his feet, and he almost fell into a row and ate. Rubbing his almost injured ankle, Chen Zaihai squatted down to see what it was that had tripped over him. In the early morning light, the thing reflected a brass-like sheen, and this thing was a bullet casing. It seems that the Soviet-style automatic rifle brought by the task force is just a bullet, thinking of this, Chen Zaihai's whole body is stiff as if he has fallen into an ice cave, and the victims of the task force were also killed by this kind of bullet! The style of the bullet casings is very new, there is no rust, those turtle grandsons are nearby, Lao Su and they are in danger!

There was no time to linger here anymore, so Chen Zaihai rushed to the campsite. The situation was not as bad as I thought, everything was normal, and everyone was breathing evenly. Watching this scene with a sigh of relief, Chen Zaihai sat weakly in place. What, what a false alarm.

"! What is this called! I am so worried every day, nothing happens, but I will be scared to death by myself first! Chen Zaihai spat and scolded with a bloodshot light.

No, we can't be so passive anymore, now we can't find Ivan and them, and when the food runs out and there are chasing soldiers, sooner or later they will die in this deep mountain and old forest! I've got to figure out a way to get the initiative!

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