Chapter 45: One Less
Chapter forty-five is one less
Lu Ming knew that the previous vigorous and vigorous mountain search operation carried out by recruiting so many people was just a foreshadowing. The real search for the mountains did not begin until this moment.
Helicopters roared through the night sky. Looking down at the mountains, the little lights that were as bright as the reflection of the stars, Lu Ming was silent.
This is your last chance. It is the opportunity that Shu Changshan won at the cost of his life at the last moment of his life.
At this moment, there are still many people walking through the Nanli Mountain, searching. But because of the night, the search is always much lower than during the day.
Because there are many people who are not professionally trained and are not suitable for working at night. At the same time, there are many places with treacherous terrain that are simply impossible to reach at night.
This is the second exploit that the Action 2 team deliberately left behind that can be used by the monsters.
I just don't know if the monsters will eventually use it.
Helicopters roared, patrolling the night sky. The hour hand quietly pointed to ten o'clock in the evening.
From this moment on, the window for the guiding ceremony has arrived. The monsters could start a ritual at any time. At the same time, it also means that Shu Changshan can start working.
In the cabin, Lu Ming, Zhang Dingshan, and three first responders waited silently. In the comprehensive life support cabin, Shu Changshan closed his eyes and breathed softly, but there was no movement other than that.
If it weren't for the data on the brainwave monitoring and life monitoring equipment showing that Shu Changshan was still awake at this moment, Lu Ming would even think that he was dead or fainted.
"Mr. Shu, will there be too many people now? Does it affect your inspiration? ”
The three medical staff looked at their noses and noses, as if they had not heard Lu Ming's words.
In fact, except for Shu Changshan's physical condition that required their intervention, they would pretend not to know everything they saw and heard. And after the mission is over, it will not be mentioned to anyone.
Once the secrets are leaked, the prison doors will be immediately open for them.
Shu Changshan, who had his eyes closed, raised his hand slightly and waved it, signaling that it would not.
Shu Changshan said before that because he was too close to death at the moment, the sensitivity of inspiration had been enhanced to the limit, and he no longer needed to block it or turn off radio contact, and he could clearly feel everything he needed to feel.
It's just that Lu Ming is still a little worried. In fact, he believed that even if he ordered the mountain searchers to give up the search for the time being, it would no longer arouse the suspicion of the monsters.
After all, it was late at night.
Shu Changshan signaled no, and Lu Ming did not speak again.
Time passed quietly. Shu Changshan always lay there motionless. The bright spots of the mountains under the night sky are slowly decreasing.
The night was getting deeper.
It was about half past two in the morning. Shu Changshan, who had always closed his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes, which were already dim, cloudy, and unfocused, suddenly brightened at this moment. He raised his arms as if he were about to struggle to sit up.
Above the comprehensive life support cabin, the numbers showing his heartbeat and blood pressure were rising rapidly. Three emergency doctors immediately stepped forward and tried to check his physical condition, but Shu Changshan raised his hand to stop him.
He gasped and looked straight at Zhang Dingshan: "I, I sensed it." ”
What?!
Did you really feel it?
Before this moment, Lu Ming had even prepared for this night to find nothing, and then Shu Changshan could not support it and died, so he could only find another way to continue the preparation of this investigation.
Thinking about defeat before winning, Lu Ming never expected his side to achieve his goal because of too good luck.
But now......
Could it be that the monsters are really anxious to this extent, and as soon as Shu Changshan died, they couldn't wait to hold a guidance ceremony?
Or did they know enough about the magical creatures of the Star Spirits, and they knew that the Star Spirits couldn't wait, so they had to hold the ceremony in such a hurry?
Regardless of these things, no matter what, Shu Changshan finally sensed something at this moment!
"That, there, about, ten...... Eighteen km. ”
Shu Changshan gasped, raised his arm tremblingly, and pointed in a certain direction. Zhang Dingshan immediately said: "He Wei, take me as the base point, 16 degrees north-east, 18 kilometers. ”
"Yes."
Even in the middle of the night, ten helicopters in the helicopter formation, which had been patrolling the mountains and rivers back and forth, quietly changed course and flew in that direction.
Lu Ming's helicopter also changed course and flew there as well.
A few minutes later, Shu Changshan opened his eyes again.
"There, nine kilometers."
The closer he is, the more sensitive and accurate his sensing becomes.
Zhang Dingshan informed He Wei of the data again. And so, getting closer and adjusting, the helicopter ended up hovering in one place.
"There, about three kilometers, can't be wrong, it's there. Well, what a strong evil force......"
Shu Changshan gasped violently, his face turned dark red, his heartbeat quickly climbed to more than 110 beats per minute, and large beads of sweat flowed out of his forehead.
He seemed to be under a great deal of pressure.
The three medical staff still adhered to the principle of ignoring and ignoring everything except for Shu Changshan's quick physical adjustments.
After completing this last guidance, Shu Changshan finally let out a long breath, and his body collapsed weakly in the comprehensive life-support cabin.
The three doctors talked in a low voice for a moment, and finally, the doctor at the head reported to Zhang Dingshan: "The patient is in danger now, and he may die at any time." I recommend returning to the base and resuscitating the patient immediately. ”
Shu Changshan opened his eyes vigorously, his lips kept trembling, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything, he could only make some gurgling sounds.
His arm was bruised, groping, trembling, and grabbed Zhang Dingshan's arm hard.
The doctor said anxiously: "You have to rescue immediately, it's too late!" ”
Zhang Dingshan sighed. He didn't answer the doctor, but gently patted Shu Changshan's hand that was clutching his arm, and said in a deep voice: "Until the monsters are caught, we will stay here and not go back." ”
Shu Changshan's exerted hand immediately relaxed, and he fell weakly into the life support warehouse. His whole body began to relax, but the muscles of his face were still exerted, and he held out his eyes and refused to close.
Lu Ming looked at his eyes, staggered, and couldn't bear to look at them anymore.
He knew it in his heart. Shu Changshan knew his physical condition and knew that he could no longer live. However, he didn't get the news that the monsters had been exterminated, and he didn't blink an eye.
He was forcibly hanging his breath, waiting for the final news to arrive.
But...... Is his heart really like what he appears?
Lu Ming's heart was full of complicated thoughts.
Because until this moment, he couldn't be sure whether Shu Changshan was really on his side.
At this moment, the location of the monsters' ritual has been determined. Next, it's the work of the arresting personnel led by He Wei.
Like Shu Changshan, he can only wait for the final result.
At this moment, three kilometers away from the final direction, more than a dozen helicopters with all lights off were hovering, and more than 200 heavily armed fighters landed quickly by abseiling, and then immediately entered stealth mode.
They carefully hid their tracks and movements, and quickly moved forward.
Compared to the last operation, this time the guards were more cautious. After all, this time is different from the last one. Last time, it can be said that I took the monsters by surprise, and attacked them with lightning speed, without the slightest defense.
This time, as long as the monsters are not stupid, it is bound to be impossible to be defenseless.
It is highly likely that they have placed a guard force around the perimeter of the sacrificial site.
More than two hundred guards quietly moved forward separately, searching the surroundings as they went, looking for possible monsters in charge of guarding the perimeter.
Farther out, more than a thousand field soldiers who had been tasked with night search missions also began to quickly assemble here.
However, because of the distance, only a few people can reach the combat position in a short time.
In the midst of this silence, a soft tinkling sound sounded from the earphones. He Wei looked at the projection on the combat helmet and saw that on the map, a red dot lit up hundreds of meters away from him.
A warrior heading towards the center from that direction lit up his icon. And this means that he has made a major discovery.
At this moment, a major discovery almost means only one thing, and that is that he has discovered a hidden monster within his field of vision.
According to the plan and action plan, after discovering the monster, you must hide it immediately, try not to be discovered by the monster, and at the same time light up the icon as soon as possible to inform your comrades of the matter. Then, the comrades will be more careful to avoid it so as not to be discovered by monsters.
The plan strictly forbade the guards to open fire and attack the monsters without permission. This will alarm the rest of the monsters that have not yet been discovered by you. Only after confirming and locking down all the monsters can they fire together.
The warning sounds of one, two, and more monsters are different. The warning sound at this moment means that there is only one monster.
He Wei's heart first jumped, and then, in addition to becoming more and more dignified, there was also a little more joy.
I've really found a monster! The monsters really had a guiding ceremony tonight!
Although Shu Changshan said that he sensed it, who would dare to be sure before he really discovered the monster?
Before that, there were two issues that worried about it. First, the monsters didn't have a ceremony tonight. Second, the monsters held a ceremony tonight, but they didn't all show up.
At this moment, at least the first question is not to be worried.
"I hope the monsters are here......"
He Wei thought silently in her heart.
At this moment, in the helicopter, Zhang Dingshan also saw the icon that was lit up. He looked at Shu Changshan and said softly, "The first monster has been found." ”
There is a first, there is a second, there are more.
Shu Changshan's eyes moved, he didn't speak, and he didn't make any other movements.
At this moment, I'm afraid he won't be able to do the rest of the moves.
In the dark jungle, the guards wearing low-light night vision devices carefully avoided the place where the monster was, and still searched everything around them as they advanced.
In a moment, another dinging sound reached He Wei's ears.
A second monster was discovered.
Then the third head, the fourth head.
At this moment, there are a total of four red dots on the map. They are located in four directions around the perimeter of the core area. At least from a vigilance point of view, the monsters' arrangement is reasonable.
After the fourth red dot was lit, there was no sound. He Wei continued to move forward, and it took almost an hour to cross the distance of only about three kilometers.
At this moment, they finally lurked near the core area.
According to Shu Changshan, it takes about two hours to hold a sacrificial ceremony. Once the sacrifice is over, it will be useless for you to kill them all.
At this moment, half of the time has been spent.
At the beginning, a total of twenty-eight people in Zhou Tianyang's team mutated into monsters. Of these, eleven monsters were killed by their own side in the last raid, which means that there are seventeen monsters left.
The monsters that were locked by their own side to guard the four perimeters before, so in the best case, there should be thirteen monsters in the core area.
In this way, the monsters are all here. As long as you kill them all, the operation will be a complete success. Even this time there is hope for the end of the case.
Whether the truth of the universe is a scientific system or a Cthulhu system is a matter for scientists, and there is no hurry, you can study it slowly in the future.
At this moment, your mission is only to exterminate the monsters and eliminate the crises and hidden dangers facing the human world. And if you kill all the monsters, you will be able to accomplish this.
At this moment, He Wei couldn't help but start a silent prayer in her heart. She eagerly awaited that she would see thirteen monsters here in the core area, and not a single one would be missing.
With this in mind, she looked into the core area through the low-light night vision device.
The first thing that caught her eye was still the same big and strange eyes as the last encirclement and suppression operation. After starting to search around this statue-like thing, He Wei immediately saw the shadows of the monsters.
The small head and hideous body are worshipping around this statue......
One, two, three...... Nine, ten, eleven, twelve......
While counting, He Wei became more and more excited in her heart.
But......
What about after twelve?
He Wei suspected that she had counted wrongly, so she counted more carefully again. It turned out to be twelve.
She glanced at the number that the rest of the fighters observed and reported from the rest of the angle. The number twelve is also clearly displayed on it.
Viewed from a variety of different angles, it's twelve. This eliminates the possibility of mistakes and omissions.
However, there are thirteen monsters left, why are there only twelve here?
Where did the last monster go?