The helicopter slowly descended, and two people walked out of the classroom of the village primary and secondary school, waving their hands upwards.
I noticed that there were two helicopters parked on the side of the playground, dressed in camouflage nets.
Yang Shoulin said, "Hey, it's Captain Zhao and Officer Chen."
I said, "Who is Captain Zhao? Who is Secretary Chen?"
Yang Shoulin said: "The taller one is Captain Zhao."
The plane stopped, and Captain Zhao came over. When I saw that the person driving the plane was me, a trace of surprise appeared on his face and he said, "This is?"
Yang Shoulin said quickly: "Report to the captain, he is Zhan Xiaoqiang."
Captain Zhao was less than forty, with a resolute but steady expression on his face, revealing the skill of a scholar, and smiled and said: "Yang Shoulin has finally found you. I'm glad you can come. We are all eager to see through."
I turned off the airplane engine, jumped off, and shook hands with Captain Zhao, feeling that his handshake was very strong.
Yang Shoulin introduced Athena and Wu Zeyong, and whispered that Wu Zeyong would go with me.
Captain Zhao smiled and said, "Go back to the room and talk."
As soon as I entered the classroom, twenty or so strong young men in camouflage uniforms stood up and raised their hands neatly in salute. This formation shocked me. Athena raised her hand in return.
Captain Zhao waved his hand: "The meeting is aborted. Go to the next classroom."
The soldiers brushed and stood at attention, and more than two dozen people ran out of the classroom like a single person.
Captain Zhao shook my hand and said again: "Thank you very much for coming."
I said: "Captain Zhao, don't be polite. Once the ozone layer is destroyed, no one can live alone and stay out of the matter."
Wu Zeyong said: "Just let's talk about it, what do we want to do?"
Captain Zhao talked about the plan, which was roughly the same as Yang Shoulin said: It's best that I can get close to Minghan, and then convince him, and then cooperate inside and outside to catch Zhuo Zhenlong in one fell swoop.
Then Captain Zhao and Officer Chen worked with us one by one to finalize the details of the action.
I said, "I persuaded Ming Han, how can I contact you?"
Captain Zhao took out a satellite phone: "Use this contact. But in order to prevent being intercepted, it can only be switched on from 6 to 12 in the evening."
I answered the phone and said, "Can Star Civilization still listen to satellite calls?"
Captain Zhao said: "Yes."
I said, "Why are you not afraid to listen after six o'clock to twelve o'clock?"
Captain Zhao thought for a while and said, "This, please forgive me for not being able to say it. This is related to the safety of our comrades."
I thought to myself that during this period of time, they may have penetrated into Star Civilization and took control of the monitoring equipment. He shook his head and said, "If you can't say it, don't say it. When will we leave?"
Captain Zhao looked at me and Wu Zeyong hesitantly, and said, "If you are not tired, you'd better set off now. The latest information, the ion microwave generator, is already running."
I was taken aback: "Okay, I will set off right away." Said to Athena, "You don't know Ming Han, I will go with Wu Zeyong, you can stay here."
Athena knew she couldn't help, so she nodded in agreement.
Captain Zhao said, "No, the target of the plane is too big. You'd better walk and pretend to be ordinary survivors."
Wu Zeyong and I nodded, and Captain Zhao asked Officer Chen to gather his men and sent them to the entrance of the village together.
Officer Chen pointed to a mountain road and said, "Go along this path. If you walk fast enough, you can reach Gaotang Village at about 6 or 7 in the evening."
I looked at my watch, it was exactly eleven o'clock, and I thought it would take seven or eight hours to walk the mountain road.
Captain Zhao pointed to me and Wu Zeyong's Chuan Yang Nu, and said, "It's best to stay here too."
Wu Zeyong exclaimed, "Why should I fight Zhuo Zhenlong with two fists?"
Captain Zhao drew out his sun-shooting crossbow and handed it to Wu Zeyong with six or seven quiveres, and said, "Use the sun-shooting crossbow, and try not to make people suspicious of you." Then he turned his head and said to Gu Gu, "Yours. Hand the crossbow and crossbow arrows to Zhan Xiaoqiang."
I patted my waist: "No, I have a crossbow for shooting the sun."
Captain Zhao nodded and solemnly said: "Star Civilization is tightly guarded, we don't have much intelligence, and everything depends on you to adapt to changes."
I said: "Okay."
There were tears in Captain Zhao's eyes, and with his feet together, he shouted: "Everyone has it, salute!"
After a while, Captain Zhao, Officer Chen, Athena, and the soldiers behind them, neatly saluted me and Wu Zeyong.
Captain Zhao said solemnly: "You two are heroes of all mankind!"
We bid farewell to Captain Zhao, Athena, Yang Shoulin and others. Wu Zeyong and I strode along the mountain road until two o'clock in the afternoon. When we saw a stream on the side of the road with clear water, the two took a rest and ate dry food.
Wu Zeyong sat on the green grass by the stream, thumping his leg and said: "I really didn't expect that one day I, a thief, would also take on the task of saving the world, haha! That's funny!"
I took out two boxes of individual rations from my backpack, and tore open the heating pack that was submerged by the creek water, and said with a smile: "This is what makes heroes kill more dogs, and most of them are scholars."
Wu Zeyong said: "What do you mean? Xiao Bo is so knowledgeable and upright, you dare to say that he is not bloody?"
I glanced at Wu Zeyong: "Don't pick the words, okay? I mean, people who read a lot have more things to consider. It's too rational, and most people choose to stay safe."
Wu Zeyong laughed, and after a while, suddenly asked, "Are you afraid of death?"
I was taken aback, nodded and said, "Why not talk? Of course I am afraid of death."
Wu Zeyong said: "I think you have always been very calm, and thought you were not afraid of death. If you are afraid of death, why do you still come?"
I sighed: "Left and right are dead, how long can I live without going?"
Wu Zeyong said: "Living one more day counts as one day. If you don't succeed this time, waiting for the two of us will soon die!"
I said: "Just because you are talking nonsense, you have to be afraid of death. It is too late to let Lao Tzu go back now."
Wu Zeyong laughed loudly: "Zhan Xiaoqiang, I just like your madness!"
Wu Zeyong laughed for a while, then suddenly stared at the blue sky and white clouds beyond the mountains, and said quietly, "If I can be a hero once, Wu Zeyong will die without regret."
My heart moved, a tragic and heroic sentiment surged up, and said lightly: "Let’s eat, it’s hot."
After eating, Wu Zeyong and I continued on our way. The mountains are rugged and difficult to walk. The roads have been unmanned for a long time. Many places have been overgrown with weeds. We can only judge whether it was a road before based on the sparseness of the grass.
While distinguishing the road, the two walked forward. After walking for more than an hour, turning a mountain, Wu Zeyong suddenly turned half of his face and pointed to the sky: "This... this..." speechless.
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