That night, Lin Shuo and his party of six returned to the mountain instead of crossing the river.
Although Lin Shuo explained how the thing came and went, there are still many unsolved mysteries in the ruins.
For example, why did the one hundred and eighty-two people disappear out of thin air? If they were attacked by that thing, how could there be no trace of blood left behind.
Another example is why the West Village on the other side of the river is so peaceful.
Time can indeed heal pain and eliminate fear, but the East Village was attacked less than a month ago, and this amount of time is obviously not enough.
People in the West Village, why don't they move
With these questions in mind, everyone decided to cross the river and enter the West Village first, and wait until tomorrow, after everyone prepares to go in.
Back on the mountain, it was already dark.
The mercenaries found a source of water on the mountain. It was a small stream, which should be one of the sources of the river in the village.
Just beside this stream, everyone lit a bonfire and gathered around.
"This matter is quite strange." Wei Xingshan broke off a branch, continued into the fire, and said slowly.
"That's right." He Zihong also said, "The matter here, judging from the current situation, is far more than a simple biological attack."
"Teacher, Captain Wei, I don't need to think so complicated." Yang Tuo adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "The purpose of our trip is very clear, which is to find that strange creature and capture it as much as possible. It. Other things have nothing to do with our International Society for Biological Research."
After Yang Tuo said these words, the surroundings were quiet for a moment, then Wei Xingshan nodded: "Dr. Yang is right. We are not the Russian police, and we are not here to solve the case."
"Wei team." Wang Yong said at this time, "When you were surveying at the bottom of the mountain just now, our brothers felt a little strange on the mountain."
"What's wrong?" Wei Xingshan asked.
"I can't tell." Wang Yong hesitated, and then said, "Captain Wei, do you still remember what happened in North Africa two years ago?"
When Wang Yong said these words, Lin Shuo noticed that Wei Xingshan's face froze, and a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
"What happened in North Africa two years ago?" Liu Qing seemed to have seen Wei Xingshan's abnormality, and asked softly.
"There is nothing to hide." Wei Xingshan said: "Two years ago, Wang Yong and I, as well as several other brothers here, were still serving in the special forces. It is inconvenient to disclose which unit we are in. In short, the international In the name of the peacekeeping force, we were carrying out a mission there. That time we were killed, sixteen people entered the forest, and only five came out alive."
"We were ambushed." Wang Yong sighed, "We only found out afterwards that we were already being targeted and followed all the way from afar."
Having said that, Wang Yong paused, and turned his gaze to Wei Xingshan: "Captain Wei, I may be oversensitive. When I was guarding on the mountain tonight, I felt like I was back in North Africa. I always felt that someone was secretly watching us. "
"Have you checked?" Wei Xingshan asked.
"Of course we checked." Wang Yong shook his head, "Nothing was found. So, I said it might be my nervousness."
"It's also possible that the other party is a master." Wei Xingshan frowned, and looked at Lin Shuo, "Mr. Lin, you're smart, have you noticed anything?"
Hearing this, Lin Shuo twitched his nostrils twice quickly, feeling the various smells in his nasal cavity, and then slowly shook his head: "No. However, my method is very effective in detecting wild animals. But if it is a hunter circle The people here, that’s not necessarily the case.”
"Why?" Anne asked.
"These abilities of my Lin family, except for a few methods of suppressing the bottom of the box, other methods are more or less known to the peers, especially the hunters of the six families. They have fought side by side with our Lin family for many years, and they know each other well. Now that we know what our Lin family has. , they naturally know how to defend themselves." Lin Shuo said lightly.
"Six Great Masters?" Liu Qing asked curiously, "What is that?"
Lin Shuo gave her a white look: "Since I have received the money, I want to do a good job, so it's better for you people to die less. That's why I'm giving you some news. The purpose is to tell you not to be careless. But I'm not stupid, if I tell you who the six families are and who the next order is, you won't necessarily look for me."
"Mr. Lin is too modest." Anne said with a slight smile, "Even among the six hunter families, you are second to none."
"The six hunters have their own strengths, and we can't compare them." Lin Shuo shook his head, and looked at Wei Xingshan, "Captain Wei, actually living in the wilderness, sometimes our intuition as animals is better than knowledge and knowledge. Experience is more useful. Although I haven't noticed any abnormalities around me for the time being, I still have to be careful."
"Mr. Lin is right." Wei Xingshan raised his head and looked at the mercenaries around him, "Tonight, the manpower on duty will be doubled."
"yes!"
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That night, Lin Shuo only drank some stream water, neither ate nor slept.
He sat in the corner of the camp for another whole night.
Waking up in the morning, Liu Qing finally understood. Lin Shuo, whether he was eating or sleeping, was very imposing, and he always belonged to the kind of one-off problem solving.
Take food as an example, if a sixty-pound roe deer goes down, he can go without food for several days.
As for sleeping, Liu Qing slept all the way on the road before, and Liu Qing had never seen such a lazy man, but as soon as he entered the mountain, he couldn't close his eyes.
When Liu Qing told Anne about this in the morning, Anne's expression remained the same: "Hunters are like this."
"This seems to be different from the hunter in our impression." Liu Qing said.
Anne said, "Have you heard of such a big animal before?"
Liu Qing shook her head.
"Since there are such animals in nature, we humans will have someone to deal with them." Anne said, "We must rely on inheritance hunters to deal with strange creatures. It's just that these two are unknown now."
…
After confirming that the murderous strange creature came and went from the river, Lin Shuo's sense of smell became difficult to track.
It still belongs to the Heilongjiang River Basin, and the water network is not dense, but it can be regarded as extending in all directions.
This river leads to the big river that everyone passed by before, and that river merges into Heilongjiang.
Although the strange creature is huge in size, the size of the Heilongjiang River Basin is at the geographical level, which is completely different from the biological level. Just looking for it like this is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack.
Therefore, to find this strange creature, we still need the intelligence support of the locals.
But Lin Shuo had nineteen people on this trip, most of them were strong men with military backgrounds, and they were equipped with sophisticated weapons. If they all go down the mountain, it means devils have entered the village. It's too late for the villagers' defense, and if they want to hear some information from them, it's more difficult than going to heaven.
Of course, it is possible to intimidate or extract a confession, but this method is obviously not in line with the behavior of the International Biological Research Association.
In the early morning of this day, after everyone in the temporary camp got up, they began to discuss who would go down the mountain and enter the village.
Anne herself and Liu Qing were the first to be identified. When it comes to inquiring about news, women have a natural advantage. And these two are not just ordinary women.
Yang Tuo, who was praised by He Zihong as "vigorous in every major event", also followed.
Everyone looked at Lin Shuo for the last spot. He is the strongest fighter in this trip, and he is thin and not eye-catching.
Lin Shuo patted the recurve bow behind him and shook his head, meaning that it was too eye-catching.
"Mr. Lin, Master Chase, you stay here." Wei Xingshan said in a deep voice, "I swear on the dignity of a soldier, I will guard it for you."
Wei Xingshan was the first to be excluded from the list of candidates for going down the mountain. He was too big and his face was too fierce.
Lin Shuo glanced at Wei Xingshan with a distrustful expression, and said, "Remember, you owe me your life."
Wei Xingshan stared blankly, then nodded his head heavily.
After saying these words, Lin Shuo said to the starling bird again: "Xiaoba, you and he should keep an eye on Master Zhui. If there is any trouble, please come down the mountain and notify me as soon as possible."
"Okay!" Xiao Ba replied.
After the discussion, the four of them all changed into hikers' attire, colorfully dressed, and started to descend the mountain.
The view at the bottom of the mountain is naturally much worse than that at the top of the mountain. Bypassing the small river on the side of the mountain, the four of them walked along the path for half an hour before seeing the entrance of the West Village in the distance.
"Look! What's that?" Liu Qing's sharp eyes saw the scene at the entrance of the village from a distance, and she couldn't help but exclaimed.
A big snake is entrenched at the entrance of the village!