Facing the heavy stone door embedded in the black metal wall, Shang Jianyao took a silent breath, leaned forward, and pressed his hands on it.
In the three grooves above the stone gate, dazzling rays of light lit up one after another, as if there were few stars in the sky.
Within these three "stars", illusory texts rolled and emerged, and were quickly fixed. They were:
"The Reasoning Clown", "The Hypocritical Man", "Lack of Two-Handed Movement".
When Shang Jian Yaoluo focused his attention, the white light representing the "reasoning clown" suddenly became brighter and brighter.
Almost at the same time, the gray-white stone door trembled slightly, and in the sound of zaza, it retreated heavily and kept retreating.
In just a few seconds, the gray and white stone door that had troubled Shang Jianyao for many days was completely opened.
He immediately retracted his hands, inserted them into his trouser pockets, and stood silently on the spot, staring behind the stone gate.
There was a silver-white metal staircase standing silently, extending upwards with no end in sight.
On both sides of the stairs are boundless darkness, so deep that it seems to engulf the whole world.
"Sure enough... Shang Jianyao whispered, pulled out his hands, strode forward, passed the gate without hesitation, and stepped onto the stairs.
One step, two steps, three steps... Although he couldn't see the end of the ladder, he still walked calmly and forcefully, without hesitation or haste.
During this process, only the sound of his footsteps echoed around, other than that, there was no movement.
This is superimposed with the deep darkness on both sides, bringing an indescribable fear.
I don't know how long I walked up layer by layer, and Shang Jianyao finally saw another color in the dark.
It was the same gray and white stone door as before. It was still embedded in the black metal wall where the upper, lower, left, and right boundaries could not be seen, and there were also three grooves above.
If it weren't for the situation under his feet changing, if it weren't for the absence of "stars" around him, Shang Jianyao would have thought he had returned to the original hall.
He thought for two seconds, quickened his pace, and ran and jumped to the new stone gate.
Then, he turned his body slightly, put one hand in his pocket, and pressed the door with the other.
As he expected, in the three grooves on the gray-white stone gate, white light rose up one after another, condensing into illusory stars.
In "Xingchen", countless texts rolled over, and it didn't take long for them to be fixed. The same is:
"The Reasoning Clown", "The Hypocritical Man", "Lack of Two-Handed Movement".
Among them, the white light representing the "reasoning clown" is much brighter than the other two groups.
It's a pity that this time, the gray and white stone door just trembled slightly and didn't open back.
Shang Jianyao gradually turned from a light push with one hand to a force with both palms, and his back also bent down, as if he wanted to put his entire weight on Shimen.
The heavy stone door swayed unchanged, and the gap did not expand.
Shang Jianyao withdrew his hand, straightened his body, glanced at the bright "reasoning clown" and the slightly bleak "hypocritical person" and "lack of movement of both hands", and nodded thoughtfully.
When the three groups of white light dimmed one after another and disappeared, Shang Jianyao's figure also blurred.
He really fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Shang Jianyao suddenly felt his body shaking.
He instinctively opened his eyes and saw Jiang Baimian's black and straight eyebrows, as well as those bright eyes.
"What happened?" Jiang Baimian sighed in relief after seeing Shang Jian Yao finally woke up.
Shang Jianyao thought about it seriously and replied:
"Sleep too well."
Jiang Baimian's eyebrows moved slightly, and it seemed that she used a lot of strength to restrain herself, while Long Yuehong in the left seat in the back row made a "poof" sound.
Bai Chen, who was in charge of driving, stepped on the accelerator and his foot became heavy, and the jeep swished faster, almost leaving the "road" with no debris.
"Huh..." After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian exhaled slowly, "It seems to have left the abnormal range. Bai Chen, find a relatively hidden place to park your car nearby."
She turned her attention to Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong in the back row:
"We will camp here in the next few days. After lunch, you will sleep with Bai Chen, Long Yuehong, and Shang Jianyao and I will be responsible for guarding and patrolling.
"Before the team sent by the company sent the signal, we trained in this area to survive in the wild."
"Yes, team leader." Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong had no objection.
…
A day later, in the old tune group camp.
Long Yuehong, who had just had lunch, took out a fruit the size of a longan and covered with a hard shell of blue and gray from her pocket.
He then bit open the shell with his teeth, revealing the tender white and full flesh inside.
Long Yuehong first sucked the juice overflowing from his mouth, and then sucked out the pulp and chewed it in his mouth.
"It's so delicious..." He exclaimed sincerely after swallowing the pulp.
In the past day's training, his biggest gain was to know this kind of food called "fresh fruit".
This comes from a widespread drought-tolerant scleroderma that grows for a short period of time and lasts for a long time without any toxins. The only problem is that the yield is very small, and only a few bushes can grow in a bush, which cannot be used as a staple food, and no one will deliberately collect them.
According to Bai Chen, this is the best childhood memory of many wilderness wanderers.
Shang Jianyao also had fresh fruit in his hand, and he was stuffing the last ball of tender white pulp into his mouth.
The pulp of this wild fruit is not as soft and dense as he thought at first, but a bit like an apple with a crisp taste.
Its taste is slightly sour, but it does not hide the sweetness, which makes people more spiritual.
After chewing and swallowing the few thin seeds hidden in the pulp, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands and stood up.
Jiang Baimian was about to announce the start of the afternoon training when he suddenly saw three fireworks exploded in the north sky, one yellow, one green, and one blue.
"The company's signal flare..." She frowned slightly and said to herself in a low voice, "Is it coming too soon?"
"Someone faked it?" Bai Chen thought of a possibility.
Jiang Baimian carefully distinguished and shook his head:
"This is a special signal flare made by the company, which cannot be faked by outsiders, and the color sequence is correct.
"Perhaps, a team from the Security Department happened to be training nearby and came directly? Or, the company has already noticed the abnormality north of Yuelu Station, on the night we first heard the roar?"
After Shang Jianyao heard this, he suddenly smiled and said:
"Why don't you send Long Yuehong over to check first?"
"Why me?" Long Yuehong asked in surprise.
"I can only command to move you." Shang Jianyao was very calm.
Long Yuehong squinted at him, deliberately showing disdain.
At this time, Jiang Baimian smiled and said:
"What Shang Jianyao said also makes sense."
Long Yuehong's face suddenly turned pale.
Jiang Baimian continued:
"Let's return to the Black Rat Town area first, and then send someone to wear an exoskeleton device to do a reconnaissance."
Hearing the exoskeleton device, Long Yuehong regained her composure.
He raised his hand and patted his forehead, whispering in a low voice:
"How did I forget this..."
Jiang Baimian turned his head to the side, although he didn't hear clearly, he still roughly guessed what Long Yuehong would say.
She smiled and retorted.
"Do you think you're up to the task of scouting
"How many security employees do you know
"When you get there, even if you want to scout, it's definitely me."
After speaking, Jiang Baimian opened his legs and walked towards the jeep, leaving only a fluttering sentence:
"You pack up."
…
Towards evening, the "Old Tunes Group" returned to the hilly area where Black Rat Town was located.
After Jiang Baimian's reconnaissance wearing an exoskeleton device, they completely determined that it was the "Panga creature" who released the contact flare.
After putting away the exoskeleton device, Bai Chen drove and brought Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong to the bottom of the hill.
There are more than a dozen "Pangu Creature" employees in gray and black clothes, holding standard "Berzy Warrior" assault rifles, blocking the road at different locations.
Bai Chen stopped the jeep according to the opposite gesture. Jiang Baimian opened the door first and walked over.
On the way, she took out a rectangular nameplate with gold letters on a red background and put it on her chest.
On the nameplate, the words "Pangu creatures" glittered against the setting sun.
Two fully armed employees with the same nameplate greeted them. One held a handheld electronic device with a screen, and the other asked:
"Electronic card number."
"02310162155." Jiang Baimian skillfully spat out a string of numbers.
An employee of the Security Department with a handheld device entered this string of numbers and called up information related to Jiang Baimian.
He quickly compared the photos and features, raised his hand and bowed:
"Good evening, Captain Jiang."
After Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen verified the employee's electronic card number, the two employees of the security department on the opposite side moved out of the way at the same time.
"Which team are you from? How did you come so quickly?" Jiang Baimian asked casually.
The security staff who asked for the electronic card number just now replied:
"After the news of the abnormality north of Yuelu Station came back, we set off, and only saw the emergency flare you fired on the way."
The employee with the handheld electronic device added:
"We're from Team 23."
Jiang Baimian was not surprised by their answers at all, and said with a lot of relief:
"How many groups did you come to?"
"The entire brigade is here, and there are armored vehicles." The security staff on the opposite side did not hide it.
"Not bad." A slight smile appeared on Jiang Baimian's face.
In Pangea, the "Security Department" is responsible for external operations, and the basic unit is the combat team.
Each combat team consists of twenty to thirty people, with a team leader (D7 level) and a deputy team leader (D4 to D6 levels are possible).
In order to facilitate command, the combat team is divided into finer divisions - they often set up three or four classes, each class has a squad leader (D4 or D5 level).
Likewise, three combat groups form an operational group. With additional personnel, an action brigade has about 100 people, and the rank of captain is generally D8.
Further up is the action group, with between 400 and 500 people, this is the largest team of the Ministry of Security, and the corresponding supervisor is D9.
If a large-scale war breaks out, the action groups will be grouped into groups to temporarily form multiple action clusters, which are commanded and controlled by different action cluster directors (M1-level management)—the big boss’s exclusive guard, and the management directly under the action cluster , Critical Project Defence Clusters are standing exceptions and are smaller in number than true Action Clusters.
In other words, the Action Brigade can be regarded as the mainstay of the Ministry of Security's establishment.
"Where's your captain?" Jiang Baimian asked instead.
"In Black Rat Town." The employee on the opposite side with the electronic device answered honestly.
Jiang Baimian nodded:
"Take us there, there is important information."