We stayed in an unknown small courtyard in Dihua for two days, and finally waited for all the members of the Kunlun Mountain expedition team.

The captain of this investigation team is a powerful figure in the action department of the Tianji Division, called Peng Jianxiong, he is one of the three major cadres under Deputy Director Tian, the descendant of the lineage, born in the Xuanzhen lineage of the three sects and five secrets, and is introverted.

At first glance, this person doesn't seem to have much strength, but he gives people an indescribable sense of solemnity, and he is a person with great leadership ability.

In addition to Captain Peng, Mr. Zhang Jie Zhang is a senior researcher in the National Library who enjoys the special allowance of the State Council.

Although she is not a cultivator in her sixties and full of gray hair, she is familiar with countless classics, and has studied many allusions and geographical knowledge of Kunlun Mountain.

Teacher Zhang also brought a student, a doctoral student she brought with her, named Huang Xueer, who was in his thirties, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses with thick bottoms of beer bottles, looking a little dull and not talking much, as if he was stupid to read.

In addition, the inspector Xie Ning sent by the Ministry of Supervision is a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old woman, who looks quite delicate, but her lips are very thin, and she always likes to squint her eyes, looking at people, plus the short hair of a female cadre of the same style as Empress Tian, which makes people really unapproachable.

Of course, this person is also a hidden cultivator.

In addition, Captain Peng also brought two assistants, one is called Chen Jing, and the other is called Xia Longfei, one of these two is a child of the Mo family, and he has a lot of explanations for the technique, and the other is Mai Shenxiang, but he doesn't show people, but specializes in the study of magic circles, and they are all technical talents.

In addition to these people, through the coordination of the Heavenly Machine Department, a squad of soldiers was also coordinated from the military.

The temperament of these people is very similar to the soldiers we met when we flew before, but the unit numbers are different, and the armbands are also different.

On the armbands of these people is a white tiger that chooses to devour people.

They were no ordinary warriors, but because they didn't wear epaulettes, they couldn't tell their rank, and these ten people were directly led by a captain named Huang Ming.

The entire expedition team, plus me, Ma Yiao, and Tang Dao, totaled nineteen people.

For such a configuration, in fact, I personally feel quite strange, especially the ten soldiers, although it can be seen that they are all specially trained steel soldiers, and all of them are top-notch characters, and many of them even know hard qigong, but what role they have for this investigation, I still haven't figured it out for a while.

Later, however, when they fiddled with the communications equipment and other sophisticated instruments that the individual soldiers carried, I learned that in addition to protecting the members of the expedition team, they were also responsible for communications and liaison.

It can be seen that the scientific investigation organized by the Tianji Department this time actually took a lot of thought.

I thought so, but when no one was around, Ma Yiao whispered to me that there might be some constraints and struggles within the public gate.

Of course, this has nothing to do with us.

Ma Yiao and I went this time, and the main task was to protect the members of the investigation team.

Of course, this is just an excuse for us to join, in fact, the main purpose of our coming here is for the sake of Ugin in the White Tiger Secret Realm, that is, the medicine guide that can help me survive the tribulation.

After all the members arrived, Captain Peng informed us that he would give everyone half an hour, and then he would go directly to the state of secrecy, confiscate everyone's mobile phones and communication equipment, and redistribute them.

From then on, until the end of the expedition, no one was allowed to communicate with the outside world without permission.

I used this half an hour to make a phone call to my parents in Tanzhou, and listening to my mother's nagging and concerned words on the other end of the phone, my heart became inexplicably quieter.

When the time came, Captain Peng collected everyone's communication equipment and then held a meeting for everyone in the makeshift conference room.

Several things were decided at the meeting, the first was the principle of confidentiality, the second was the rules that all members of the expedition team must abide by, and the third was about the destination of the trip.

The principle of confidentiality is the basis of this operation, which needs to be enforced from the moment the meeting is held, and the same is true of the following rules.

Captain Peng particularly emphasized the principle of "obeying orders and listening to commands", and when he said this, he also specially asked me and Ma Yiao, and said unceremoniously: "Both, I don't care whose way you came in, but I said ugly things in front, if you can't do this, then I will exercise my captain's power as soon as possible." So if you can't stand it, it's too late to leave now......"

Ma Yiao and I naturally expressed our attitude and said that we would follow his leadership.

Of course, this is just words, and if this Captain Peng asks us to die, we will definitely not be able to resolutely carry it out.

After talking about the previous lot, Captain Peng finally told us the destination of the trip.

The ridgeline of the Sarykole Ridge, in the area of the Uzberi Pass.

When I heard this name, I was almost at a loss, because before this, I had never heard of this place name at all, and then after listening to Captain Peng's explanation, I realized that it is the border between China and Tajikistan, and it is also one of the important passages from the hinterland of the Pamir Plateau into Kashgar, China.

As for the specific location, Captain Peng did not say.

In fact, only a few high-level officials of the Heavenly Machine Department know the specific location of the White Tiger Secret Realm, and in our investigation team, only Captain Peng and Kunlun expert Teacher Zhang Jie know, as for the others, in fact, they only know a rough idea after the meeting.

But even then, the goal is much smaller.

After all, Kunlun, known as Kunlun Xu, China's first sacred mountain, the mountain of ten thousand ancestors, Kunlun Hill or Jade Mountain, is a large mountain system in central Asia and the backbone of China's western mountain system.

The mountain range starts from the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau in the west, traverses Xinjiang and Tibet, and extends to Qinghai, with a total length of 2,500 kilometers, divided into three parts: the western, middle and eastern sections, with a total area of almost more than 500,000 square kilometers.

And even if you know that you are in the area of the Uzberi Pass, it is as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack.

Even so, Captain Peng was still very cautious and directly announced the principle of information control and confidentiality.

Ma Yiao and I glanced at each other, and we both felt the importance of this scientific expedition from above.

After the meeting, Captain Peng, Inspector Xie, and Captain Huang, the military leader, still have some things to discuss, so let's dismiss the meeting first.

Tang Dao walked out, the man named Xia Longfei immediately stopped him, the two chatted in a low voice for a while, and went to another room to talk, I saw that Tang Dao's attitude towards Xia Longfei was not bad, and I knew that the two should have known each other before, and they were relatively familiar.

Ma Yiao found the chief consultant Zhang Jie and said, "Mr. Zhang, when you were at Yan University before, I listened to your big lecture, about the national map theory of the medieval Silk Road, which is quite wonderful. ”

Teacher Zhang was wearing a pair of glasses, she lifted the frame, and said with some confusion: "Are you ...... Students at Yan University? ”

Ma Yiao shook his head and said no, I'm from Mizuki, but occasionally I skip classes everywhere.

Ma Yiao and I are folk masters, so Mr. Zhang didn't care about it at first, and he didn't even pay attention to us.

However, she did not listen to biased beliefs, but asked Ma Yiao which class he was in, and then asked who his tutor and department head were, and made an incision with him that I didn't understand at all, and these Ma Yiao were able to answer them one by one.

After saying this, Teacher Zhang Jie finally believed it, patted Ma Yiao's shoulder and said, "Young man, you have bothered a lot about the next inspection and safety assurance." ”

Ma Yiao nodded and said You are polite, by the way, do you know what the Hell Eight Cold Realm means?

When Teacher Zhang Jie heard this, she immediately became vigilant and said, "Why are you asking this?"

Ma Yiao smiled and said that I heard that the White Tiger Secret Realm is on the edge of the Hell Eight Cold Realms, I want to know more about it, so as not to be able to deal with it when the time comes—you are an expert in ancient mythology and Kunlun, can you talk to us?

Teacher Zhang Jie was originally very kind, but when she heard this, she hesitated for a moment, and said very seriously: "This matter, let's talk about it when we get to the place." ”

After saying that, she left in a hurry, not even saying hello.

Ma Yiao and I returned to the room, and I asked in a low voice, "What is that Hell Eight Cold Realm, and why do Tang Dao and this Teacher Zhang Jie look like they are talking about tiger color?" ”

Ma Yiao said: "I have also asked someone before, but I have not replied, and my master does not know, but one thing is certain, that thing should be quite scary, Teacher Zhang does not want to say it, because he is afraid that the military will be unstable when he says it, and we, or others, will retreat, so I don't want to talk more." ”

I said that we still have to go there after all, so secretive, but a bit of a trick, everyone is puzzled, how can we work together?

Ma Yiao shook his head and said I don't know, let's read it when the time comes-by the way, has your suicide note been written?

I immediately laughed and said how many handfuls to write, when do people like us with their heads hanging on their belts need this?

Ma Yiao patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's better to write one." ”

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