At night, the island is quiet at night, the carnival island can be seen far away around Phuket, and there is only silence here, so quiet that you can almost hear your own heartbeat, look a little farther away, you can see the starry sky, people are intoxicated like a large and small diamond embellished on the blue-purple satin, the townspeople really have no nightlife habits, except for a few houses with scattered lights, the brightest thing left is this huge bonfire on the beach.

The contestants sat around the campfire, and even though it was tropical, it was still very cool at night, so some of the girls even made a two-handed fire movement.

Valulia, the public director of the beauty pageant, is also wearing a T-shirt and shorts, her slender legs are not worse than the contestants, and there is a temporary projection screen hanging up next to her: "First of all, let's popularize the location of this island ......" The world map on the projection screen slowly rotates in a spherical shape, allowing the contestants from various countries to adapt to the angle of taking their homeland as the center of the map:" This is the western Pacific Ocean, located just south of the rate coast, and the town of Wanda is the only town in the surrounding hundreds of nautical miles, and our future dream island finals will be centered around the three islands outside of this town......"

There are hundreds of islands dotted around the enlarged town of Wanda, and Valilia points out three islands in a zigzag pattern on the screen: "The organizers have built five-star hotels on these three islands, and then this is where you can choose to stay......

The photos that glided through the screen, showing the elegant villas hidden in the blue sea and white sand and pothos, and the beautiful swimming pools amazed many well-informed contestants, but Valelia did not stop at the point, and then there were the lagoons that were completely unspoiled, the untouched undeveloped islands, the bird islands crowded with seabirds, and the faintly sunken warships under the clear and transparent waters. The beauty of the natural coral reef that has never been commercially exploited is breathtaking, not to mention the stunning schools of whirlwind fish in the water, and the self-contained underwater bedrooms of the sightseeing living room floating on the water......

Exclamations rang out one after another in various languages, and it was obvious that the girls were starting to get a little excited.

Valilia turned off the picture at this time: "Actually, it is the first time for me to come to this beautiful wonderland that has never been commercially developed, and I will be in the arms of this dream island with anticipation like everyone else, but unfortunately, when you are enjoying this qiē, don't forget that you are playing a twenty-day competition, and at the same time, you are very lucky, the champion of you will receive a grand prize of one million dollars, of course, some people will say that they will do nothing, let go of their minds and play for twenty days, and they can also get a participation prize of 50,000 dollars...... But you are willing to admit defeat when a fair opportunity is in front of you?"

Many of the contestants applauded softly, causing the other girls to applaud.

Maybe beauty is the best gift that God has given them, and most of the beautiful girls are also a little arrogant, why should they get the commemorative award? Since they have already come here, why not fight for it, the sixteenth place also has a prize of 150,000 US dollars, and the charming eyes flashed with a warm light.

Valilia was very satisfied: "Actually, through the preliminary round, you know very well, how fair our beauty contest is, there is no bribery, no deception and traps, you all beat the other four hundred contestants through your own efforts, you are already very proud, but what I want to tell you is that it is just a small test, the next competition is a test for you, and now I begin to announce the official rules of the competition......"

After experiencing the kind of preliminary competition that requires their own understanding, all the girls' attention is highly concentrated......

Far away at the open-air coffee table of the sea restaurant, there is no too bright light, there is only a glass-covered candle lamp on each table, the candlelight sways in the sea breeze, but most diners do not pay attention to coffee or food, among a large group of media workers from all over the world, Wu Xi and others almost sit in rows, each holding a telescope in one hand, fixed on the railing with their hands to look intently, Wu Xi is also proud: "Did you secretly go to the bathhouse in the compound to watch the female soldiers take a bath when you were a child?"

Several other people chuckled, and some suddenly realized: "No wonder my sister told me not to fool around with you, it turns out that you are the villain who peeked at them taking a bath when you were a child?"

"Bad guy because he didn't take you there, right?"

Buck sat at a nearby table with Cook in a bit of a smile, but fortunately the former Golden Eagle Commander could not understand Mandarin, and opened a hand-drawn white piece of paper by candlelight: "This is our helicopter survey of the surrounding environment...... I've heard you've had a beach fight here?"

Buck described the battle scene as professionally as possible on the sketch drawn by Cook, and then took the pen, because of the length of the paper, he only sketched in the corresponding direction: "This east, more than 200 nautical miles, is the area of extremist religious armed activities in the south, and this 350 nautical miles to the south is the area of extremist religious activities in the border waters between the two countries, and then this north may be the direction that the government army will approach at any time...... Finally, to the west of the town of Wanda is the only airfield defense line on the island of Busuanga, and if the government forces want to control the town, the best route for the army to drop off is here......"

The former commander, who was equivalent to the brigade commander controlling Cheng dù, but whose rank was definitely more than the brigade commander, was finally a little stunned: "It turns out that such a beautiful place is dangerous in every direction?"

Buck briefly described the religious and political relations in the area: " Omoism is an indigenous sect, there is no extreme tendency, but there is a tradition of promoting Catholicism to disperse different denominations, so it was driven here from a large area near the capital to take root, and in the future, it is not excluded that the government army will completely eliminate Omoism, which is why we are going to hold a world-famous beauty contest, so that this place becomes known to the world, then the government will have to cast a rat trap, but in case this place is famous for its beauty like a fairyland, it is not excluded that some people will take it back, so it is necessary to balance with the government, there will be no anti-government here, and I don't want the government to intervene, just continue to maintain such a state of autonomy。 ”

As a high-ranking commander, Cook's vision and political literacy are really unusual, and he can see at a glance the key to what Buck said: "Then you deliberately want to maintain a local armed force with strong combat effectiveness, and even deliberately want to attack the invading militants, suing the government that it is not so easy to deal with it casually? After all, according to my understanding, the combat effectiveness of the military is not very good." ”

Buck nodded: "At one time, we only had about two hundred local self-defense forces and a dozen or so Eastern European mercenaries, so we didn't dare to make this battle public, and in the end all the corpses were destroyed, but if you join, I need to show the government the strong defense here, this has the defense against the rebels, and there is no need for the government to intervene, this is not a mainland country, and when there are many islands, they generally maintain their own autonomy, just because this place is really famous, it will attract greed." ”

Cook pondered for a moment, and his thick fingers tapped on the sketch: "I have been to see these three key islands that have completed construction, and I can see that those buildings have the idea of resisting aerial reconnaissance and sea ships...... Unless the government forces ignore international public opinion and bombard these buildings, ordinary rebels will be able to ensure their safety if they want to land and fight!"

This is said with great confidence.