At a fork in the road, I saw footprints on the fire sand again.

This time, the four footprints form a curved signpost, turning diagonally ninety degrees to the left.

I turned right against the signs and entered the shadows of a large shipping container.

This combination of fire sand and footprints was repeated three more times, and each time I walked in the opposite direction it showed, and finally arrived at the location under a red shipping container directly west of the tin house.

This time, there is an arrow drawn in white chalk on the container, pointing to the left.

I went the other way and went to the right, and when I turned the corner, I saw a black rope ladder hanging in the shadows.

According to the location estimate, if you climb to the top of this container, you can overlook the movement of the tin house. If there is a sniper rifle, the Blue Devil and the others are all within range.

I didn't hesitate, climbed the rope ladder up, and turned over on the top of the container.

I was greeted by Chen Dingkang, wrapped in a gray military raincoat, who looked very haggard, but his eyes were bright.

As I expected, there was a moisture-proof felt blanket at the east end of the container, and on top of the blanket were food boxes and water bottles. There was indeed a spear mounted here, covered in camouflage clothing, and pointed at the Tin House.

"I know you're coming, and you're the only one who can find this place. Chen Dingkang smiled and stretched out his arms to hug me.

It is possible that his true identity is the Lord of the Sharks, and once this information is confirmed, he is the great enemy of humanity, standing against me. Still, I calmly hugged him and it lasted for ten seconds.

"Thank you, friend. Chen Dingkang said in my ear.

"I also thank you, if I find you, even Chengbi will be saved. I responded.

If Chen Dingkang is the master of the merman, then Lianchengbi, who relies on the "Koi Blood Sucking Bureau" to continue his life, has hope of resurrection.

When the hug was over, we each stepped back and looked at each other.

"Some people say that you are the lord of the mermaids, and you have evil intentions, so you must be captured and imprisoned so as not to cause great harm to this world. I don't believe it, but I have to believe it, because all the evidence points to this, including the file you left for Dr. Lizong and others in the hospital, which is very appropriate evidence. Now, if you're still willing to call me 'friend,' help me explain, don't keep me in the dark for too long, okay?" I said.

Chen Dingkang shook his head with a smile: "The dossier is fake, sometimes I hypothetize, sometimes they pretend to remember, and in the end, it becomes a madman's diary." Just like the "Diary of a Madman" written by the great writer Mr. Zhou Shuren in the past, half is really crazy, half is fake crazy, true and false, half false and half real, if you really want to find the truth from the text, then you will lose. ”

"Why did Dr. Zong lie about it, and what reason did he have to frame you?" I asked.

"Lao Zong is Zhang Quanzhong's person, Lao Zhang asked him to check my secrets, but he didn't make progress for a long time, so in order to avoid trouble, he created such a dossier. For a while, he would give me psychological induction once a week, and forcibly implanted a lot of things that did not belong to my memory into my brain neurocortex through the method of 'anchor stimulation'. In this way, a lot of what I said was actually what he 'taught' me, and if I recorded it in the file, I could please Zhang Quanzhong. I know all they want, but it's only the treasure of the Twelve Islands. However, the funny thing is that the more the dossier is remembered, the thicker it becomes, and in the end, everyone doesn't know which ones are true and which ones are false...... As a result, in any memory, the Twelve Islands have become a bewilderment, and the exact point can no longer be found. I am the Lord of the Sharks, where did you get this clue? Is it from the experts in the 51 region? Is it that Your Majesty has arrived?" Chen Dingkang suddenly became excited, and seemed to have some kind of strange relationship with His Majesty.

I nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty said it." ”

"Great, great!" Chen Dingkang rubbed his hands again and again, his excitement overflowing.

"Your Majesty said that you must be caught. I added.

"Of course, here he is, and the matter will soon have an end. I'm looking forward to this meeting, a great moment is coming. I'm not the lord of the merman, but I'm looking for it too. Within the seven seas, there can only be one overlord, this is the principle of the sea, and it cannot be violated ......" Chen Dingkang spoke incoherently, but his eyes were full of light.

He wasn't a madman, and it was impossible for a madman to have such a sparkle in his eyes.

I got to the felt carpet, grabbed my binoculars, and looked at the door of the tin house.

The Night Pearl is still there, and I am worried about her safety.

Everything seemed to be peaceful, and there were eleven men at the door of the tin house, all of whom were walking back and forth with their short guns, ready to fight.

The explosions and fires all happened a kilometer away in front of the right, whether it was a tin house or a large container where we lived, it was out of the public eye.

"You created a series of explosions just to divert the police wire, but the harm of doing so is too great, I don't know how many people will die because of it?" I sighed deeply.

"If you don't cut off the claws of Area 51, there will be more victims. You should not only look at the present, but also think of something deeper, not only look down, but when you walk at night, look up at the sky more often, and you will not fall into a dark labyrinth. Chen Dingkang reminded behind me.

I looked up at the sky and suddenly saw that the clouds in the sky were rapidly rolling and gathering.

There is no moon or stars tonight, and if there is no sky-high fire in front of the right, the sky will be dark, and the image of the cloud head will not be clear. It was precisely because of the light of the fire that I saw the cloud head directly above the tin house slowly transform into a prone tiger.

The tiger's right front paw stretched out, pointing southeast, and the tiger's tail was raised upwards to shock the northwest, and its body was about 80 meters long and more than 10 meters high, spanning the sky above our heads.

"The white tiger cloud group appeared, and the green dragon, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu were almost there. Chen Dingkang said.

Sure enough, a large bird with its wings spread appeared in the sky closest to the firelight, making a gesture of looking down. Its wings span a full 100 meters, covering the southeast, far away from the tiger clouds.

The firelight gilded the rim of the big bird with a layer of red gold, and it looked majestic and imposing.

The Vermilion Bird in the South and the White Tiger in the West have arrived, and the Green Dragon in the East and Xuanwu in the North are still missing, so they can gather a dignified formation to line up to kill the enemy.

Looking at the clouds from a high place, you can feel a big difference. Now, the tiger cloud slowly descended, as if it was about to land on a container, pressing me and Chen Dingkang under the tiger's claws. In the distance, the clouds of vermilion birds gradually rose, like birds of prey flying high, wanting to swoop and attack.

"At such a time, the common people can no longer be of much help, and it has completely become a battle to the death between the thaumaturgists of the Octophores. In the past, the god of war Chi You led the southern barbarians, Gu tribes, and beast tribes to the north, and led the human race, water tribe, and grass and wood tribe to fight in the Yellow River with Emperor Yan and Yellow Emperor, which was a protracted battle of thaumaturgists. The people of Li ran to escape, crying, but there was nothing they could do. Xiao Xia, guess what the white tiger represents, and what does the Vermilion Bird represent?" asked Chen Dingkang.

I didn't have time to play a guessing game with him, my eyes suddenly looked to the northeast, and then to the southwest, waiting for the appearance of the green dragon and the vermilion bird cloud.

In fact, it is not accurate to analyze the cloud from the perspective of "arraying to meet the enemy". In the thaumaturgical classics, the green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the xuanwu are divided into three "postures", which are lying down, standing, and walking. Lying state, the cloud is calm, the main guard, standing state, the cloud is mighty, the main face the enemy, the posture, the cloud is hideous, the main killing.

Now, the tiger cloud and the big bird cloud can be described by the word "hideous", which shows that they are already in a "state of conduct", and the next step is not only to meet the enemy together, but also may be cannibalism.

The four divine beasts killed each other, which represented a chaotic internal strife from the inside out.

Then, this "inside" may represent the interior of the 51 region, or it may represent the merman interior. I can't be alone, I have to choose which side to be on.

"The big scuffle is about to begin. Chen Dingkang muttered.

As soon as his words landed, countless tongues of fire suddenly flashed out of the darkness. It was someone shooting, and it was a multi-person shooting. The reason why they saw tongues of fire and did not hear the sound of gunfire was that everyone had silencers on their muzzles.

From the binoculars, the two sides of the firefight poured out from the southeast and northwest, but under the cover of the containers, I couldn't see the clothing characteristics of the two sides, so I couldn't tell where they came from.

"Now it's just the little minions showing up, and the big guys are all behind!" Chen Dingkang said leisurely.

"Who's the big guy?" I asked.

"Of course, it is Area 51, they sit in the Americas, their tentacles are everywhere in the world, they can mobilize US near-Earth satellites and land, sea and air forces at will, and have formed a giant fortress of super-first-class thaumaturgists. They will definitely become the leaders of the Green Forest Alliance of thaumaturgists in the future, commanding the world, and they will not dare to disobey. It took five generations of presidents for the Americans to build such a powerful thaumaturgic force that would replace the army, navy, and air force as the fourth military force to defend the United States of America. If the other nations don't even see this, it's a real failure. Chen Dingkang replied.

In the traditional sense, Region 51 is a research institute, but when it has some kind of divine power that is proud of the world, it will automatically upgrade to a high-tech combat force and attack countries through "non-force" means.

The armed forces of the United States dominate the world, relying on an invincible army in World War II, a powerful naval aircraft carrier in the Cold War, and an air force soaring in the blue sky and rampant in the clouds in the war on terror in the past two decades. In the future, the 51 region will be born out of thin air, and it will certainly be able to seize the only commanding heights of high-tech warfare, which will become a nightmare for all countries.

At that time, there will be no more so-called "kings of thaumaturgy" in the world, only the "thaumaturgical fortresses" under the leadership of the Pentagon.

The 51 region will start a war, and it can launch a "annihilation" attack on the small countries of the earth every minute, crushing the strength and destroying the other party.

"Who the hell are you?" I lowered my binoculars and stared at Chen Dingkang's face.

"I'm the Pirate King, you know. Chen Dingkang replied in a relaxed tone.

I can't know exactly what the other party is, and the "Pirate King" is just a disguised appearance, and only Dr. Zong and his ilk would believe it.

"Anyway, thank you seniors for teaching. I bowed deeply to him.

What he taught me just now was to "fight for the survival of the country". In other words, if modern countries ignore reality and do not develop thaumaturgy or even suppress thaumaturgy, they will lag behind other countries in the future, and eventually lead to defeat in the "thaumaturgical war" of the great powers.

Now, Chen Dingkang and I are talking about "thaumaturgical warfare"; a hundred years ago, the big figures of the imperial court were talking about the Opium War and the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, and 80 years ago, the bureaucrats of the old government were talking about 918, the Battle of Shanghai, and the Nanjing Massacre...... In any era, technological backwardness is equivalent to the overall backwardness of national strength, and there is only the share of passive beatings and frequent trampling.

From this moment on, a spark suddenly woke up from hibernation in my heart and began to glow. This spark is "cultivating thaumaturgy for the rise of China". Perhaps there is no need for such a glorious title as "King of Thaumaturgy" in the world, and everyone who practices thaumaturgy should put aside their personal family honor and fight for the country and the nation.

Such a person, whether in life or death, can be called the "king of thaumaturgy" in contemporary times.

No matter what the true meaning of Chen Dingkang's words was, in short, I realized the truth of "fighting for the country", which is the biggest gain I gained from coming to Gaijiagou.

The shootout lasted for more than twenty minutes, and the tongue of fire gradually disappeared, and the cargo yard temporarily calmed down.

I saw the Night Pearl through the binoculars, and she ran quickly to the tin house, slammed the door open, and rushed in.

"If you can't see me and the Blue Devil, she'll come out right away. "I know the result.

Sure enough, she only rushed in for five seconds, then rushed out and questioned the gunman at the door.

"Let her come here?" Chen Dingkang asked.

I shook my head: "She's the bait, and if the bait is safe, the fish won't bite anymore." ”

Chen Dingkang smiled: "Okay, little brother, I thought you were fascinated by beauty, but you are full of determination." But if you really see how beautiful the Night Pearl is, I guess you'll be tempted. Alas, at the beginning I didn't believe that there were such beautiful women in the world, but since I saw the Night Pearl, I suddenly realized that the beauties I saw before were all garbage, and they didn't even deserve to carry shoes. I dare to assert that as long as it is a real man, he will be tempted to see the true face of the Night Pearl. ”

I adjusted the focus of the telescope and aimed it at the face of the Night Pearl.

With her lip call, I guessed that she was asking the sentence "Where did Mr. Xia go", and in the latter sentence, she said "everything is a scam".

My heart moved, and I looked closely, and she said a few more words later, which probably meant "I am afraid that the internal strife between the mermaids and the 51 area will cause a fire at the city gate and affect the pond fish."

"Little brother, do you feel it? The clouds in the sky are still changing, the Vermilion Bird and the White Tiger are retreating, and the green dragon and Xuanwu are gradually growing. Chen Dingkang reminded.

I looked up and saw that the cloud heads in the southeast and above us receded, and were replaced by the dragon head cloud in the northeast and the turtle snake cloud in the northwest.

The changes in the celestial phenomena indicate the changes in the advance and retreat of the forces on the ground. There was no news after the Blue Devil left, and this is where the biggest change lies.

Suddenly, all the gunmen raised their guns and pointed at the Pearl of the Night.

I didn't dare to slack off, so I immediately crouched behind the spear, quickly adjusted my scope, and pointed it at the door of the tin house.

Soon, the Blue Devil Hand appeared. He looked very tired, his original ferocity was gone, his shoulders were slightly rickety, his walk was staggering, and he had to hold down the shoulder of the gunner next to him before he could barely stand up straight.

"I arranged a container maze gossip array for the Blue Devil Hand, and in the past half an hour, he has been running wild in the maze, he should be tired enough. Chen Dingkang explained quietly.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly, if I followed the footprints on the fire sand, I would also fall into the maze, even if I ran until I died, I would not be able to escape.

Now, I believe in my sixth sense more than blindly judging my eyes to make my next move.