The weather had been clear all night, but suddenly changed at dawn. Heavy snow fell with the first light of dawn in the sky, covering up all traces of the battle.
A helicopter came in the snow from the direction of Batagai, with the blue and white emblem of the police on its fuselage particularly eye-catching.
The wind and snow were blown away by the rotor, and at the same time brought more wind and snow. Anna on the ice lake leaned over to protect the unconscious Wang An in her arms. Not long after, footsteps were heard approaching quickly, and a team of armed special police with guns quickly surrounded the scene.
Anna looked up, only to find that it was not the Interpol action team that came, but the local police, and she immediately became confused.
This place was out of the signal shielding range of the logging camp, so she reported to Interpol as soon as she was done. Logically, even if the local police were dispatched, they should have said hello to her to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
But despite her doubts, Anna did not doubt the identity of the visitor. Perhaps Interpol was concerned about the medical treatment of the injured and contacted the nearest police force for support.
The SWAT officers shouted at Anna, the only one who was still able to move, to kneel down with her head in her hands. At the same time, someone came forward to check on Luke and Wang An who had fallen to the ground. Someone else on the helicopter came running with a stretcher. Anna loudly explained her identity, but did not do anything unnecessary, allowing the SWAT officers to handcuff her.
Someone carried Luke, whose body was covered with a layer of red ice, and Wang An, whose face was as pale as paper, to the helicopter. Anna shouted from behind to remind them that there might be more injured people at the logging camp, but no one paid any attention.
Shortly after the helicopter left, two police armored vehicles appeared from the northeast with a roar.
At the same time, a red snowmobile from the west roared down the hillside accompanied by screams, and arrived at the logging site almost at the same time as the armored vehicle.
By this time, the sky was already bright, and the goose-feather-like snow covered the entire logging site. The smoke had dissipated, and apart from the collapsed wooden house and the charred concrete building, it was impossible to tell what had happened here.
A Russian announcement came from the armored vehicle's external loudspeaker, and a team of special police jumped out of the vehicle and quickly pointed their guns at the obviously overloaded snowmobile.
Gu Laosan looked anxious. He jumped down and was about to run to look for a badger, but was then pulled back by Old Hantou. He and Yuan Xiaoxiao raised their hands and loudly explained their identities.
The status of Interpol is much more official than that of the security team. Soon, a red-nosed sheriff stepped out of the armored vehicle and walked towards the three people in doubt.
No one knows why the police were the first to receive the news from Interpol. However, the sudden appearance of an Interpol officer at the scene was obviously beyond the expectations of the sheriff. After checking the old Hantou's ID, he rolled his eyes and wondered what he was thinking.
Gu Laosan didn't care about that. Seeing Lao Han arguing with the other party, he ran inside while shouting the name of a badger.
Two special police officers wanted to stop this guy, but the red-nosed sheriff waved his hand and let him go. At the same time, the team began to disperse and survey the scene.
"Officer Han, it's cold outside. Why don't you come with me to the car and warm up? With my men investigating, nothing will be missed."
The sheriff named Nofu made a gesture of invitation, and his words were polite, but looking at the actions of the three special police officers who remained in place, it was clear that the other party was not just polite.
Han Daxia and Yuan Xiaoxiao looked at each other, both feeling helpless. The headquarters did not tell him the details of the case, and Old Han wanted to use the tiger skin as a banner, but he was afraid of saying something wrong and arousing suspicion, so he patiently walked forward.
At this moment, an armored vehicle on the opposite side suddenly shook.
Several people paused, looking at the armored vehicle in bewilderment. The SWAT team members around who noticed something unusual also turned around. Under everyone's vigilant gaze, the empty armored vehicle began to shake again, and the amplitude became larger and larger.
There was a creaking sound that made one's teeth drop, and the left side of the armored vehicle suddenly rose up, and something seemed to come out from under the snow. After a two-second pause, the armored vehicle suddenly flipped to the side.
"Bang!"
The newly fallen snow was splashed in large pieces, and the armored vehicle turned sideways on the snow, sliding backwards. Everyone couldn't help but take a step back, slapping the flying snowflakes and looking intently.
On the left track of the original parking position, there was a small animal with a black body and white hair standing with its hands on its hips and roaring, as if it was swearing.
"Hey, who the hell parked the car here? Are you blind? Come out, I promise I won't beat you to death!"
Wang Ping probably didn't understand the situation yet, and it was hard to say whether he was in a bad mood at the moment. He just felt that he was sleeping soundly, and suddenly something heavy pressed on him, and he couldn't move. After finally making some space under the hard snow, he found that it seemed to be a car.
If emotions had a shape, the current scene would be a scene of eyeballs jumping around. Among the people present, only Gu Lao San was not surprised.
"Boss! Are you okay?"
The figure who was standing on the ground like a dog quickly rushed over and picked up Wang Ping, whose cursing became quieter and quieter after he saw the figures of the crowd clearly. He wiped the snow off his body and asked in a low voice, "Are you cold?" and "Are you hungry?"
"Hey~ your car..."
Old Han pulled the corners of his mouth, which were cracked by the cold wind, and looked at Chief Inspector Nofu. The latter took a deep look at the badger in Gu Lang's arms, then shook his head and said it was okay, and asked everyone to go to another car.
Wang Ping was sober now, and he didn't feel any discomfort, but he was worried about the two women and Luke. At this time, someone had found the bodies from the scattered ruins and was carrying them out one after another.
After cleaning for a long time, more than a dozen badly mutilated bodies were left on the snow.
Yuan Xiaoxiao recognized that one of the bodies riddled with shrapnel was Luo Tu, who had often appeared beside Luke in the intelligence reports. From the conversations with the surrounding SWAT officers, she learned that there was another headless body in a Hummer on the ice lake to the east.
In addition, many dead animals were found at the scene. In the opened iron cages on the west side, there were also many animals that had starved to death.
Wang Ping remained silent, feeling no joy at all about busting up this poaching den.
Han Daxia asked Sheriff Nuofu about Wang An's news. He learned that the two women had been sent to Batagai by another team, so he hurried back to tell them. But for some reason, Sheriff Nuofu did not tell Lao Han Luke's news.
None of them knew exactly where Batagai was. When Gu Lang heard that Wang An was injured, he could no longer stay and insisted on leaving first. However, Yuan Xiaoxiao said that she would not go with them, but would return the original route and return the borrowed snowmobile to the owner.
Watching her get gasoline from the logging site to fill up the snowmobile's tank and head off up the hill, Wang Ping always felt that this little girl seemed to have discovered something but didn't want to tell them.
When it was almost noon and the two men arrived at a small town called Batage in an armored vehicle with a badger, Wang Ping finally knew why Yuan Xiaoxiao left.
"What do you mean? I'm Interpol, you have no right to detain me!"
In the cell of the Batagai Police Station, Old Han shouted angrily. But Chief Inspector Nofu, who came back with him, did not appear again, and the others ignored him.
Behind Hero Han, Gu Laosan was sitting on a hot fire basket, staring at a badger.
"Tsk..."
Wang Ping shook his paws. To be honest, this fire basket was quite hot.