Lu Ming and He Wei finally left the cave and came to the flat land that was used as a temporary camp. The helicopter was ready, and the group boarded the plane in silence and returned to the command center.

At this moment, the sun has set in the west, and it is about to enter the night. After a restless dinner, in a certain tent, the daily meeting of the second action team was held again.

"Captain, today there was another protest in the sociological experiment camp. There was a strong sense of resentment at the prolonged detention period, and there were even incidents of agitated crowds storming the camp gates. My superiors have expressed concern about this matter and asked me to calm people's emotions, but I ......"

Lu Qingliang shook his head again and again, with a wry smile on his face.

This matter has indeed dragged on for too long. Anyone who stays here for such a long time will get emotionally excited.

Zhang Dingshan said in a deep voice: "Soon we can let them go home." ”

"Got a result?"

"Nope."

He Wei took over the words and informed Lu Qingliang of what had happened that day.

After hearing that the mountain god did not appear and everything before was suspected to be a coincidence, Lu Qingliang also sighed.

He knew that this clue that he had found with great difficulty had finally been broken.

What should I do next? In which direction? Where to find clues?

Everything is unknown.

"To ...... Is it an unsolved case? ”

After returning from the cave, in order to avoid irritating Lu Ming, neither Zhang Dingshan nor He Wei mentioned this matter.

But everyone knows in their hearts that if they can escape for a while, they can't escape for a lifetime. This matter still has to be faced after all.

Now, Lu Qingliang's words put this question in front of people directly.

Lu Ming's expression was very bad, and he was just silent. Zhang Dingshan said: "If there is no other breakthrough, it can only be like this." ”

Lu Qing's conscience was full of anger, unwillingness, but powerlessness.

It has spent so much energy and resources, and it has been busy for so long, but it still has achieved nothing. That mysterious X organization was still hidden in the dark, and it didn't even hurt them with a fur!

At this moment, maybe the members of Organization X are hiding in the shadows, watching their own side laugh and ridicule, and watch their side withdraw in disgrace, and then Organization X can once again unscrupulously and secretly kidnap people and continue their unsightly deeds!

It made him feel like a flame was filling his heart, and it was almost about to burst out.

But......

Operation Team 2, no, and even everyone in the entire thirteen divisions of the Planetary Security Agency deeply understand a truth.

In the face of "supernatural events", failure is the norm. Every investigator must get used to it, be in the company of anger, and accept it. Otherwise, under the long-term emotional abnormality, mental problems may occur.

In the end, Lu Qingliang could only end with a helpless sigh.

"Are you going to evacuate?"

Zhang Dingshan said calmly: "Yes." Evacuation will be made early tomorrow morning. ”

Evacuate the team, abandon the search, give up the investigation, list it as an unsolved case, put the files in the unsolved case, and wait for what may happen in the future, and these files will be rediscovered.

Lu Ming's expression was very bad. But Zhang Dingshan did not care about his thoughts, but directly said the result.

This time the regular meeting ended in silence. After that, Zhang Dingshan didn't say much, just patted Lu Ming's shoulder and left.

Lu Ming had a night to digest this matter and think about his future life arrangements.

It was up to him to choose whether to return to society normally at the risk or join the Planetary Security Agency incognito.

This night, Lu Ming was assigned to a separate tent.

It was already completely dark.

Lu Ming tossed and turned, unable to sleep no matter what. So he got out of bed, put on his clothes, and went outside.

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and tonight is also a good day.

At this moment, most of the people have already rested, except for the night watch. There was no sound except for the roar of insects and beasts in the distant mountains and forests, and the sound of the mountain wind blowing gently.

Lu Ming sat on a stone, looking at the mountains in the distance and was stunned.

Don't...... Do you really have to accept your fate?

But he didn't want to choose either of the two options. He did not want to take the risk of returning to his parents and relatives, nor did he want to remain incognito and not see his parents and relatives for the rest of his life.

So...... What to do, what to do?

He knew that tonight was his last chance.

Because at this moment, this case has not really been listed as an unsolved case. And once it is really listed as an unsolved case, it is not so easy to restart the investigation again.

The allocation of resources, the support of personnel, the support of superiors, etc., cannot be the same as now.

The investigation of the kidnapping case of Organization X is important, but from a global perspective, there are more important things to be done for the superiors.

If there's any turning point in this matter, it's tonight, only tonight. After tonight, everything is over.

The night was getting deeper. The mountain wind also began to cool, blowing cold on people. But Lu Ming always sat on the stone, motionless.

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten the perception of his own body.

He's thinking, he's been thinking. He was thinking about every process, every step of the story, from the beginning to the present. He was like an old cow regurgitating, chewing every detail and every passing.

He sat there until the moon was almost setting, and the eastern sky even had a faint white.

The sun is about to rise. A new day is about to begin. Destiny will also continue, whether people accept it or not, whether it is good or bad, they will never stop themselves.

Lu Ming got up - he was immobilized for a long time, which made his blood flow a little uncomfortable, and his limbs were also a little numb. He almost fell.

He held on to the small tree next to him, and it took a long time to ease up.

After that, he walked straight to the tent where Zhang Dingshan was. Regardless of whether it was appropriate to disturb people's dreams early in the morning, he directly began to shout.

"Captain, are you awake?"

I thought I needed to shout a few more, but I didn't expect that as soon as my voice fell, Zhang Dingshan's voice came from inside.

"Lu Ming, is there something wrong?"

The voice was as calm and steady as ever, with no signs of being woken up. It seems that he has not slept all the time, always waiting for the arrival of Lu Ming.

Lu Ming ignored these, but said directly: "There are some things I want to talk to you about." ”

"Okay."

The tent zipper was unzipped, revealing Zhang Dingshan's figure.

"Do you want to call He Wei?"

Lu Ming said: "It's best to call him too." ”

"I'm here."

The tent door next to him opened, revealing He Wei's slightly darkened face with delicate facial features. It seems that she is not sleeping either, but has been paying attention to the movement here.

"Good."

The three of them entered Zhang Dingshan's tent together and sat down separately.

Lu Ming sorted out his language and began to tell his thoughts.

"I'm wondering, could the place of worship of the mountain god we found this time be fake? Could it be a deliberate ploy by Organization X to prevent us from finding out the truth? ”

"Oh?"

No one had thought of this possibility before.

"I don't have any proof, I just thought of it from a logical level."

Lu Ming continued: "First of all, since the beginning of the investigation of this case, a large amount of evidence and details have shown the attitude of Organization X to the official investigation in this incident. Their attitude is obvious, that is, they just want to hide in the dark, hide in inconspicuous corners, secretly carry out their own business, and do not want to get any attention. ”

There is no doubt about that.

Throughout the incident, it has always been its own side trying to find the traces of Organization X, and Organization X has always tried its best to hide itself. They have never taken the initiative to confront official forces.

They have never appeared in the open, and the only few appearances they have appeared, such as the assassination of the cremation chemical at the beginning, such as in the field hospital, where the text is projected into the eyes of Lu Ming and Zhang Dingshan through special lasers, the purpose is only to delay the progress of the investigation and better conceal themselves.

Concealing oneself and dispelling the attention of the outside world is the ultimate goal.

"On top of this principle, we can make assumptions about the next step.

Let's assume that Organization X is aware of the existence of the mountain god's sacrificial site, and that there may be some important clues there that may even help us find them. And with such a massive search, we will one day find there. What would Organization X do in such a situation? ”

Directly confronting the second team of Operations?

Given the way Organization X acts, this is impossible.

Their sole purpose is to continue to hide themselves. Direct confrontation with official forces will only escalate the situation.

Even if they succeed in the first confrontation, it will only allow the authorities to continue to invest more forces and investigate with greater force.

Negotiate with Zhang Dingshan and others, and use some bargaining chips to ask Zhang Dingshan and a few people to give up the investigation?

This road also does not work. At the beginning of the field hospital, the actions of the second action team have already shown their attitude.

He Wei said in a deep voice: "If I were a member of the X organization, I would destroy those clues that might exist in the place where the mountain god sacrificed. ”

"My guess is that Organization X, like us, only knows the general location of the mountain god's place of worship, but it doesn't know exactly where it is, so it can't destroy those clues.

Organization X is not omnipotent, and they don't have all the information, they can't know everything. They weren't gods, just ordinary people who had mastered some paranormal technology. Before we came into contact with Huang Weimin, he was still alive and well, and he was not killed by them, which is evidence. ”