That night, Xu Lei and the same technical assistance team arrived, had a delicious reception banquet under the arrangement of the outpost security staff.

Considering that they had just come from China, the team specially arranged a local dinner for them, such as charcoal grilled fish, grilled whole lamb, hand-pickled rice, masala, aloe juice... Even though all the dishes were made by domestic chefs based on the recipe, Xu Lei still tasted a clean and hygienic taste that belongs to Yindu Street.

However, she was not weak in adapting to the environment. She became more and more relaxed in the meal, and in the end she ate 70% to 80% full.

----This is already a good result. You know, when she saw a lot of paste on the table, she thought she was going back to eat instant noodles she brought from China.

After the wedding banquet ended, Xu Lei still went to the field for a walk according to domestic habits. The security personnel in the camp had preached them with relevant safety rules. In the core area of ​​the camp or the garrison area, safety is absolutely guaranteed, but if you leave the garrison area and go to a place where local people live outside the camp, safety cannot be 100%.

So, she carefully chose a wheat field closest to the core area in the stationed area and sat down on the ridge of the field.

It was already past 10 o'clock in the evening. In addition to the stationed area, there were a small amount of lights, and the farmland and villages outside were completely dark. Even in the mountainous basin of the Hailan Agricultural Science Academy, Xu Lei had never seen such pure darkness.

She felt like she was returning to the countryside when she was 3 years old.

This made her feel a long-lost sense of intimacy, but under this sense of intimacy was buried in a hint of uneasiness.

Just as she stared at the stars in the sky in a daze and her body was about to fall back, footsteps suddenly came from behind her.

Xu Lei sat up and looked back. The person who came was her senior brother Bohe, and there was a young girl next to her - also a member of the first technical assistance team, named Xie Ranjie.

"What are you doing here? I think you are about to lie down. The ridges of the fields are not cleaner than those in China. Don't lie down accidentally..."

Bohe did not continue to speak. Xu Lei had a cold war and quickly stood up and lit up the flashlight on his phone to check. After confirming that there was no filth in the place where he sat, he sat down again.

"I'll look at Xingxing, what else can I do... I just came here for a few days and there was nothing to do. Senior brother, how are you doing there?"

Xu Lei’s main direction is field management, and breeding is just an auxiliary. Now all kinds of equipment are still on the way to customs clearance, and it will take some time before she can actually start her work.

Bohe's main direction is water conservancy and field planning, which belongs to everyone else's pre-step. Logically speaking, from the moment he arrived, he had already met the conditions to start his work.

"I'm going to stroll around the neighborhood tomorrow. There is always a difference between the information I see on the map and the naked eye. I have to go and see it with my own eyes before I know how to layout and plan."

"By the way, you'll be with me tomorrow. Anyway, the laying of your system's equipment depends on the terrain. Let's cooperate in advance to avoid repeated rework later."

"Yeah, I got it."

Xu Lei replied simply, and Bohe and the others sat down beside her. Xie Ranjie looked at the sky above like Xu Lei. After a moment, she said with some sigh:

"I haven't seen so many stars in a long time... I don't know if it should be said that it is pure or that it is behind."

Bohe smiled and replied:

"Theoretically, these two are bound together. Modern agriculture has long been nothing to do with purity. Look at the large-scale wheat fields in our Northeast China, which is not a large-scale machinery world. Only backward places can maintain purity."

"That's true... To be honest, I can't adapt to this kind of place anyway. It's quiet and dark. If I didn't know that there was a camp behind us, it would be like I'd been abandoned to a planet without human habitation."

Xu Lei couldn't see Xie Ranjie's expression clearly in the darkness, but she could imagine that the other party's expression was probably the same as when she was a child who got lost outside the village - it had to be lost in the middle of winter, because in summer, there were frogs and birds everywhere, which was very lively and would not make people feel scary at all.

Only absolute silence is terrible, because you don’t know what is hidden in that silence.

Bohe did not answer Xie Ranjie's words, and the three of them fell silent together, as if they wanted to verify what she had just said, and quietly listened to the sounds around them.

After a moment, they discovered the abnormality in the silence.

It is indeed very quiet, but in this silence, there is a vague sound that is indescribable.

Bohe frowned and asked tentatively:

"Did you hear it?"

"I heard it---is it the wind?"

Xu Lei asked in confusion.

"It doesn't look like...it's like a cat's meow. Spring is here, and it seems normal to have a little cat's meow, right?"

Xu Lei nodded subconsciously, but in a flash, she felt something was wrong again.

The sound faintly came from a distance was really a bit miserable. Even if it was a cat's meow, it would not be so shrill, right?

She had heard the sound of cats' meowing, which was loud and lower, and even slightly ups and downs. Now, the vague sounds from the air were a bit hoarse.

"Do you want to go over and take a look? It doesn't sound too far."

Xie Ranjie grabbed Bohe's sleeve and asked, who hesitated for a moment and replied:

"We can walk forward for a while and reach the guard post. If we move forward any further, we will definitely not be able to leave the stationed area at this late night."

"I know I know, I'm just a little curious, it's not that I'm afraid of life... Leilei, are you going?"

"Then let's go together."

Xu Lei stood up and the three of them walked along the ridge of the field in the direction of the sound. Their current location is still in the core area. The security can almost be said to be as tight as ten steps, so there is no need to worry about safety.

However, as they walked higher and higher, the weird voice began to become sharper. At this time, everyone was sure that it was definitely not a cat's cry, because there were still a few words that were obviously in some language in the voice.

After walking to the guard booth outside the station area, the three of them stopped and turned to the sentry standing guard and asked:

"Comrade, have you heard a sound over there?"

The sentry nodded and replied:

"I heard it, I have reported it, and someone has checked it."

"What's the sound? Where did it come from?"

The sentry raised his hand and pointed in one direction, then replied:

"I don't know what the sound is there. Our captain said that it might be that the residents outside were beating their wives... You can go back first, if there is any abnormal situation, the base will notify you."

Xu Lei looked in the direction of his finger, and his heart suddenly became tight.

In that direction, it happened to be the "haunted courtyard" they passed by during the day.

The small courtyard where two corpses were buried in the cellar.

This made her feel a trembling for no reason.

Logically speaking, if there is a haunted legend in a place, it proves that there must be something unusual about this place. Even if it is not really haunted, there are often factors that make people fear.

And now...

The mother and daughter who died unjustly because of famine did not receive a corpse to be buried, and the dead souls that could not rest in peace... This is simply the classic beginning of a horror movie.

Although Xu Lei herself is a materialist, it is undeniable that she is still a little worried about this situation.

The sentry obviously noticed her expression, so he smiled and comforted:

"Don't be afraid, the yard is full of rumors. I've been in the past when I cleaned the periphery before. It's no big deal -- there are potatoes in the field."

"No god or ghost can beat 105. If you really feel disgusted, we can blow it up another day, so we will definitely give priority to ensuring the working environment of scientists."

Hearing him say this, the three of them couldn't help laughing. However, just as they were about to turn around and leave, two people suddenly ran out of the darkness in the distance.

It was the sentry who came out to investigate the situation and came back.

Xu Lei noticed keenly that the expressions on the two men seemed to be a little solemn.

"Old Liu, what's the matter?"

The sentry beside him asked.

The soldier who called Lao Liu looked at the sentry, then looked at Xu Lei and the other two, and then answered:

"The situation is a bit complicated... Report to the upper body first, be smart, the gun is loaded, something went wrong there. Comrade, you will return to the residential area immediately, there may be danger here."

"What's wrong? Comrade, can you say it?"

Old Liu hesitated for a moment, and finally said:

"You do have the right to know... There was a murder case earlier and two farmers died."

Hearing this, the three of them felt a little surprised.

It turned out that the sound they heard before was the screams of the murder.

Thinking of this, Xu Lei suddenly felt a little disgusted--what she had just heard was the moans of two lives struggling to death.

However, before her emotions spread, Lao Liu continued:

"Someone is making a fuss, fucking, after they killed someone, they dragged the body into that yard..."

"That haunted courtyard?"

Bohe asked in shock.

"Yes. These Yindu guys probably want to be in trouble with us and are creating panic with us here. Don't be afraid, you go back first. If they dare to attack the camp, we have some ways to greet them."

While speaking, Lao Liu sent out a soldier to escort the three of them back, while he stood there and notified all posts to be on guard by radio.

Walking on the road, Xu Lei looked back with concern a few glances. Some fragmented imagination flashed through her mind, and the fear in her heart became stronger and stronger.

Is it really a human being who kills people?

She would rather be a ghost.

Because if it is a human being, the situation here is a bit too terrible.

After forcing two innocent people to death with their own hands, they will use them to create panic... Can this place be considered a modern society?

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