In the valley, the forest that was almost buried by snow has now been cleared, the old wooden houses have been dismantled for firewood, and new board houses have been built on the spot using the best logs.
Near the ice lake stood a two-story cement building with an antenna on the roof. The gunshots were heard in front of the building.
Anna climbed up a pine tree and looked through the treetops with a telescope. She saw a bright red color that was particularly dazzling on the snow.
Just near the icy lake, a naked figure with his hands tied was lying in a pool of blood, his amber eyes staring straight at the lake surface blocked by heavy snow, no longer shining, he was already a corpse.
To the west of the body, two men wearing black thermal hoods stood there holding rifles, smoking cigarettes and chatting.
Anna turned the telescope and looked westward. In front of a row of newly built wooden houses were several off-road vehicles, and behind them was a row of snowmobiles. Further west was the former logging operation area. Cable slides crisscrossed in the air, and huge logs were piled in the snow. It was unknown how many years they had been left vacant, and now they could only be used as fuel.
However, between several piles of logs, there was a pile of boxes covered with canvas, stacked like goods, and it was unknown what they were used for.
Apart from the occasional militants passing by with wolfhounds, there was only one sentry post south of the glacier, and no sign of Luke.
Anna hesitated, holding the telescope across her body with a frown on her face.
If it was her, she could hide and observe slowly. But with Wang An behind her, Anna didn't want her to stay here for too long.
After thinking about it, Anna put away the telescope, jumped down from the tree and walked back, intending to report to the person in charge of Interpol first.
Regardless of whether Luke is here or not, based on the observations just now, it is true that there are militants lurking here.
She returned to the snow cave where she was hiding, and just as she was about to go in, a cold pistol was pointed at her forehead.
"Xiao An, it's me!"
Anna shouted softly, and as the gun was retracted, she went in, pulled down her scarf and smiled at Wang An.
Wang An's face looked a little ugly, maybe because of the cold or nervousness. He handed the pistol to Anna and hugged his knees in silence.
"Wait for me to report, then we'll leave!"
Anna said something softly upon seeing this, took out a satellite phone from her arms, and was about to dial when Wang An looked up at her again.
"Is he here?"
Anna knew who this "he" referred to. After a moment of silence, she shook her head and said, "I didn't see him."
"oh… "
Wang An fell silent again, frowning and wondering what he was thinking. At this moment, Anna's face changed and she subconsciously pointed the phone towards the cave entrance.
"What's wrong?"
"There's a problem! The signal is blocked!"
Before he could finish his words, he heard dogs barking outside the snow cave and the sound of a motorcycle approaching quickly.
…
Outside the Yakutsk airport, Han Da Xia, who had wrapped himself up like a brown bear, opened the car door and saw Gu Lao San sitting in the back seat at a glance. The latter also saw his face clearly at the same time.
"Fuck, why did you call him here?"
The two pointed at each other and spoke in unison, and both received a roll of the eyes from Yuan Xiaoxiao.
“Ahem…”
Sama, who looked pale in the passenger seat, suddenly started coughing, and Yuan Xiaoxiao angrily scolded him, "Close the door if you don't get in the car. Your heating is free!"
Hero Han's face darkened. He threw his luggage into the trunk first, then reluctantly got into the back seat, sitting with Gu Lao San separated by a backpack.
"What's the situation now? How did Wang An know about Luke's news? How did you get together?"
Hero Han took off his hat and asked, then turned around and saw Badger sitting on the dashboard guarding the air-conditioning vent.
"Hey, the boss is here too..."
Wang Ping raised his eyelids and ignored him, looking at Yuan Xiaoxiao with a furry face, waiting for her answer. At this time, a cell phone ring came from the front of the car.
Yuan Xiaoxiao took out the cell phone from her pocket, frowned, then made a gesture to everyone to keep quiet, and then picked up the phone.
"Boss, it's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"
Yuan Xiaoxiao said this with a forced smile, and suddenly a burst of laughter came from the receiver.
Han Daxia frowned and was about to remind her to turn on the hands-free mode, but Gu Lang blocked her mouth with his backpack. Wang Ping on the dashboard also glared at him. Old Han hesitated for a moment and sat back down obediently.
"Haha, boss, you are really well-informed! But the nail you gave me last time was not easy to use. I almost pricked my hand!"
Yuan Xiaoxiao was talking on the phone in a coquettish manner, and the 2.5 men in the car all got goose bumps.
However, as the two talked, Yuan Xiaoxiao's smile quickly faded. I don't know what she heard, so she sneered: "Forget about helping, it's a small scene, I can handle it! But if I accidentally pull out your nail, you won't blame me, right?"
"It's settled then. Bye!"
After hanging up the phone, eight pairs of eyes looked over at the same time. Yuan Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief and snorted coldly, "There's news about her!"
"Where?"
"who?"
“Ouch!”
The two men and the badger asked at the same time. Sama, who was in the co-pilot seat, coughed a few times and rolled his eyes in frustration.
"Just now, Luke, who was hiding deep in the Verkhoyansk Mountains, suddenly ordered his men to go out and hunt down two women who were scouting his base. As a result, they suffered heavy casualties, and the two women were also injured and fled into the mountains..."
"Two women?"
Gu Laosan and Han Daxia looked at each other.
Anna's investigation was the result of a deal between the Secretary-General and Interpol, and Old Han had no idea. Among those present, probably only a certain badger guessed what was going on.
“Crack!”
There was a crisp sound from the dashboard under Wang Ping's feet, and a hole was made by his step.
Pointing at a badger, Yuan Xiaoxiao turned her head and glared at Gu Lang, snorting, "You have to pay for it!"
"Compensate! I'll buy you a new one later! Drive quickly!"
A salted fish suddenly remembered Wang An's mysterious "sister-in-law" and shouted as if he had come to his senses. The business car roared and drove west.
The sunset in winter is particularly early. It starts to get dark before dinner time.
Searchlights were lit at the lumberyard, and the diesel engines that had been silent for a long time started up again. The sound of cables being raised and lowered spread far into the night sky, lifting canvas-covered boxes from several sleds and stacking them on the open ground. From time to time, the roar of wild beasts could be heard from the boxes, which was particularly creepy at night.
Behind the window facing the open space on the second floor of the concrete building by the lake, Luke was holding a cup of coffee. When he saw the last box fall, he turned to Luo Tu who was sitting by the stove in the back and said, "Ship it away tomorrow morning! This place has been exposed!"
"Exposed?"
Luo Tu was stunned and frowned, saying, "Our people are blocking the perimeter. Unless the two women cross the entire mountain range, they can't get out! And we have blocked the communication signal on this side, so how could they be exposed?"
"Hmph, don't rely too much on technology!"
"Bang!"
As soon as Luke finished speaking, gunshots suddenly rang out in front of the building. Not long after, the door was pushed open, and Ivan, with a bloody face, walked in with a smell of alcohol and cold wind.
“Bang!”
An old-fashioned radio transmitter was thrown on the table by the door. The coil that fell out bounced under the gaze of Luke and Luo Tu and then fell to the ground.
Luke curled his lips and said, "Tsk, what a pity... It could have been used!"