Sitting in the not very spacious compartment of the armored command car, Tianxiang couldn't help but fall into deep thought again. In the morgue, he had wondered if this could be the work of the gods and his goddamn aliens. Could it be some kind of plan they want to re-emerge against humanity? However, after careful consideration, he eventually dismissed this idea. Because, from what is known so far, the purpose of the god is to destroy the human race, it seems that he does not use such small actions, on the contrary, those large-scale attacks on the human race, it is very likely that he did it.

So what is the reason for this tragedy? Thinking of this, Tianxiang couldn't help but urge the driver in the front seat to speed up. He was already a little impatient to get to the scene of the incident. For, although the captured servants were not their own formal people, they were in a sense their own rulers. No matter who it is, killing someone who kills themselves so casually is an unforgivable act.

"Fighting against humanity is a dead end."

This is the only thought in Tianxiang's mind right now.

PS: There seems to be a typo in the original text in the first sentence, and "continuous urging" should be changed to "continuous urging". Hehe, Lijiatang Farm is not big. There are only a few wooden huts made of wooden planks, a warehouse made of bricks and stones for storing food, and a simple watchtower about five or six meters high. As for the power supply, it is maintained by a small wind turbine. There are hundreds of small farms in this configuration in the jurisdiction of Liaodu, which is really ordinary and cannot be more ordinary.

Tianxiang, who stepped down from the command car, had already let go of his sense of thought and conducted a thorough search around. Where the energy of the brain spreads. Even the slightest movement under the dirt can be seen clearly. Aside from his own group of dragons who had just arrived in full armor, the creatures of this vast field were nothing more than small insects trying to find food between the soft soil and the cold and humid air. Of course, compared to their unusually large counterparts, their size has not changed much from hundreds of years ago.

The furnishings in the chalet are simple. It's just a few wooden beds and some simple utensils. In contrast, the various types of ploughing equipment that are idle on the land outside the house are more complex and dense. After all, if you want to successfully gain the approval of the dragon people, you must pay great hardship. "It's always been very well preserved." Yang Yigang, who followed in, pointed to the sturdy wooden floor and said, "The last time I came, I had already arranged a battle squad to be stationed here. I asked them just now, and no one has entered this area in the last few days. No signs of a large-scale insect attack were also found. Everything was set up almost exactly as it was a few days ago. Tianxiang nodded and did not speak. His attention was already drawn entirely to a broken wooden table in the center of the room. It's not that the table itself has any quirky features, or that the table is made in a special way. It was because of the things placed on the table that he had to take a keen interest in them.

A huge ceramic soup pot, a large clay plate for food, a few messy earthen bowls, and a few scattered wooden chopsticks. And a bunch of tubers that had apparently been cooked and had become moldy and rotten from being left out for too long, all of that was all the stuff on the wooden table. In particular, the large clay pottery bowls are scattered almost everywhere near the wooden tables, not only on the table, but also on the floor of the room, near the wooden table......

"They're eating?" Tianxiang said something to himself.

"That's how it should be." Yang Yigang excused: "It seems that they were attacked during the meal. In a hurry, he was unable to respond, and he was killed. Tianxiang shook his head lightly, stretched out his right hand and pointed out the window: "Look, what is that?" ”

Following Tianxiang's guidance, Yang Yigang clearly saw a tall wooden building. Just a dozen meters away from the house, there was a tall guard tower.

"As is customary, the guard sentries on the tower should be on duty twenty-four hours a day. I think they should follow that rule here as well. Moreover. Didn't you find the sentinel's body on it the last time you came? "Patriarch, what do you mean......" Yang Yigang's face was a little confused and puzzled.

Come to think of it, even if they were in the house, at least the sentinels were still on alert. If the watchtower detects any anomalies, there is no reason why the people in the house should not hear his warning. You saw it too. The gun rack in the room was right next to the bed. The position of the excitation from the dining table is powered by the power supply, but it only takes a few seconds to run from the table to the gun rack. Isn't it true that they don't even have the most basic reflexes? "Could it be that it happened so suddenly that they couldn't react in any way?"

"It's possible." Tianxiang nodded heavily: "But have you noticed, how many earthen bowls are scattered on the table and floor?" ”

"One, two, three, four...... Eight, it should be eight. "Yes, eight bowls, that is, at the time of the incident, there were eight people eating in this room. Judging by the position of the chairs, at least four people were closest to the gun carriage. The man at the table only had to step over the bed to reach for a gun. But the contents of the gun carriage were still intact. They don't even have time to react a little bit, if it were you, what would be the situation like this? "Kill eight people all of a sudden...... In such a confined space...... Time ......" Yang Yigang pondered Tianxiang's words carefully, and suddenly he shouted as if he had thought of something: "Could it be that they are ...... Was it killed by someone you knew unconsciously? ”

"There's some truth to what you say." Tianxiang shook his head: "But don't forget, those corpses stored in the cold storage." The look of extreme fear on their faces was definitely not caused by acquaintances. It will only be caused by a sudden and great shock. "Then what could 、、、 be?" Yang Yigang was a little confused.

"I don't know. If you know, I'll let you lead people directly. Tianxiang smiled and said, "But one thing is for sure, the attacker must have quietly touched the guard tower first." After killing the Sentinel, he tricked the others into paying attention. From this point of view, the other party is at least a group. Moreover, they are quite intelligent and know how to continue to disguise themselves as sentinels and dispel the suspicions of others. Tianxiang said as he walked towards the outside of the house, but when he was near the door, it was an inconspicuous-looking object. Caught his attention.

It was an insect's arthropod. It looks like it belongs to the forelimbs of some kind of locust creature. This thing is fairly common in the dark world. After all, a certain number of bugs die every day, and some bugs become food for people's stomachs every day, and even in normal times, there are bugs that accidentally fall off their limbs due to various accidents. Therefore, it is not unusual for this kind of thing to be found almost everywhere in the wild. Tianxiang didn't have much interest in this insect limb, but had some doubts about the fracture on it. Although the blood stains on the fracture had long since dried up, but. Judging by the muscles on the surface, the time should coincide with the killing of the servants.

"Locust stewed tubers, it tastes good!" Yang Yigang saw Tianxiang's focused expression, but he didn't notice anything wrong, and casually snorted.

"What, there's a swarm around here?" Tianxiang didn't smile, turned his head and asked. "Probably not." Yang Yigang said: "According to your order to ensure the safety of grain production, all the insect swarms around the agricultural reclamation area have been transferred or completely wiped out. However, it is not necessary that there may be a few bugs that have slipped through the net. ”

For such an explanation. Tianxiang nodded noncommittally. He gently put the severed ground limb aside, leaned over and walked out of the wooden house. Outside the house, there were already patrolling soldiers, and their cordon had long since extended beyond the edge of the farm. As a result, there are only a few armed men left near the house. However, this is also the right place to protect the site.

"The soil here is good." Tianxiang stepped on the dirt under his feet and praised: "It's loose, soft, and quite fertile." It is a good place to plant tubers. "Yes! The yield of this farm has always been high. Yang Yigang said with great interest: "They have been here for three years, and every year the harvest is much higher than that of other farms. The performance has also been good, and I was going to apply to the above to ask for a reduction in their inspection period. I didn't expect this to happen......"

"No one can stop what should come." Tianxiang comforted, and suddenly pointed to an obvious dent on the ground and asked in surprise, "Look, what is that?" He was talking about a mark in the dirt not far away. This trace is very shallow, and if you don't pay special attention, it's often easy to ignore the past. In appearance, it shows a pattern similar to an inverted triangle, and at the front of it, there are several tiny vertical cone imprints. There are many such strange traces in this area, chaotic and complex. It's just that Tianxiang's question doesn't need to be answered. Because, not far from these imprints, lies a death locust that is nearly as tall as a man. The shape of the toe matches the marks left in the soil. Moreover, only half of the locust remained, and the rest seemed to have been taken and eaten by the laborers. Because, right next to the insect corpse, there is also a machete condensed with pale green insect blood.

"It's supposed to be a lone bug." Tianxiang smiled faintly after comparing them: "It seems that their food is good, and they can even get a locust to eat." "Yes!" Yang Yigang smiled with him, casually picked up a piece of crusted nails from the locust carcass on the ground, and played with it in the palm of his hand.

The wind that blew through the wilderness, wet and cold, whistling over the wilderness with impunity without any hindrance, crashed against the wooden houses, and made a violent sound of air currents. And the delta propeller wing wind turbine standing alone dozens of meters away from the tower also turned more and more cheerful because of this. A noble hunter. He had stepped out of the hut and into a field enclosed by a wooden fence. On the neatly divided fields, there are still dragon marks, and the tubers and green shoots that break through the soil are mixed in them, which seems to have a special business.

"All the bodies were found here." Yang Yigang at the forefront. Pointing to the wide field under his feet, he said to Tianxiang: "I have asked someone to mark out the original location of the corpse with white lime, but after so many days, it may seem that the traces are a little indifferent. Tianxiang waved his hand, signaling everything. Ever since he walked into this world, he has been trying to think about a question - why are all the corpses concentrated here?

"Could it be that the assailants happened to kill everyone here before taking the rest away?" Yang Yigang said carefully. Tianxiang smiled lightly and shook his head. In his opinion, such a thing as a coincidence does exist. However, in terms of its probability, it is pitifully small. So, instead of believing in coincidence, it's better to think about other possibilities. After all, although Yang Yigang's statement has its truth, it is too reluctant.

If you had commanded an attack on such a farm by yourself, you would have killed everyone regardless of location. There is no place to deliberately choose the place of murder because of any geographical relationship. It's just that why are all the corpses concentrated here? The position of the corpse circled by lime is horizontal and vertical, and there is no pattern to speak of. At that moment, Tianxiang couldn't help but think of those frightened frozen expressions in the morgue. What was it that made them feel so frightened before they died? And what creature could leave so many tiny wounds on them? And lethal with a blow to the throat?

After thinking about it, he didn't get any answer, and finally he could only shake his head regretfully. He had to admit that the other party was too quick to attack, and did not leave a trace, clean and neat, as if the ancient people called "killers" did it. Nothing to gain from the sky. led the group in the direction of the gnawing tower. It's just that when he just stepped out of the field, his eyes couldn't help but fall on the dead body of a locust on a stump next to him. Like the one where it was found, the locust's brain was cut off, leaving only half of its body lying on the side of the road......

"These sporadic crawlers. How can you not finish killing. But it's also good that it can be used as part of the meat for these laborers. ”

With this in mind, Tianxiang walked up the stairs of the watchtower. This is a typical guard tower. Simple and functional. Moreover, the field of view is extremely broad. Standing on the ganta, Tianxiang could even clearly see the vague hills in the distance. There were also brigades of soldiers standing around the farm and waiting. It was impossible for any stranger to approach this place without the Sentinel's sight. However, the impossible still happens. The sentry who served as a guard was indeed unaware of it, and his head was easily cut off.

"We found the sentry's head here." Yang Yigang pointed to a hidden grass on the ground and explained: "It seems that the other party's strength should be very strong, and he will cut his head away with a single knife. There's just one thing I really can't figure out. I checked the gun that was left here, and it was all gone. Moreover, the tower was full of bullet casings. "What about the bodies of the dead?" Tianxiang suddenly asked, "I don't seem to see a headless corpse in the morgue?"

"There are no bodies, only heads." Yang Yigang said calmly: "I ordered to search all the nearby areas repeatedly, and I didn't find the body of the sentry at all." No corpses? How is this possible? Tianxiang was a little surprised: "Could it be that after the other party succeeded in the sneak attack, he still had to flee with a heavy corpse on his back?" ”

Yang Yigang didn't speak, this question was obviously beyond his comprehension.

"So you say, the sentry was killed after discovering the situation?" Tian Xiang didn't dwell on this question, and instead said, "Then, according to the normal order of attacks and the results of the counterattack, the people in the wooden house should be killed first. Then the sentry noticed that something was wrong......"""It should be like this. At this time, Yang Yigang's face became extremely ugly: "To be honest, I can't figure it out because of this, so I asked the patriarch for support...... How do you think that the attackers, who were not even able to detect the sentinels, crossed the plains and attacked the people in the huts directly? ”

Tianxiang didn't speak, and the question raised by Yang Yigang was actually the question he had repeatedly considered.

It's illogical. First of all, the sentinel will definitely give an early warning when he finds the situation. Others will be sure to react accordingly. At the very least, the cavity frame in the wooden house will not remain intact. After all, no one will find a crisis waiting for death to come.

The problem is that the sentry did shoot after something was wrong in the cabin, which means that everything was normal before. People are even preparing to eat、、、、、、、

There is no one who would not fail to see a group of attackers crossing such a large plain. Of course, if he is blind, then it is a different matter. Who killed them? And who was able to get to this point in such a situation?