What was slightly different from the plan was that Cheng Lin and the others finally walked down the mountain. They did not continue further west when they were stopped by a military vehicle coming from the 314 National Highway at the foot of the mountain.
It was already dark at that time.
The huge halo formed by the bright headlights of the military vehicle trapped the three people tightly inside, reminding Cheng Lin of the exaggerated scenes of chasing fugitives in animations.
A few soldiers in border guard uniforms got out of the car and surrounded the three guys who were acting suspiciously.
He Shu wanted to prove his identity but remembered that his ID was gone. Fortunately, Cheng Lin's ID was still stuffed in his pocket. The next thing went much smoother. The three of them were taken to a nearby barracks, and He Shu borrowed it from him.
I got on the phone and communicated with the local chief, and naturally contacted the first team on the other side of the snow mountain.
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"Ahem."
It was a bit cold in the barracks late at night. Because this place was remote, there was no way to heat it. We just installed an old coal-burning iron stove in the room.
The aluminum-skinned cylinder connected to the upper section conducts the smoke from the stove to the outside of the house. The stove plates are tightly connected layer by layer, and a hook made of steel bars hangs next to it.
It's not winter yet, so the stove is naturally cold. The short-haired girl woke up halfway down the mountain, but until now, her head still hurts and she's coughing.
I don’t know if I have a cold... Although it stands to reason that few practitioners will catch a cold...
"Have a drink of water."
Cheng Lin saw her coughing and handed over a bottle of water with handcuffed hands. After hearing Wu Shushan say thank you, he suddenly perked up his ears and looked outside the room.
There was a sound of footsteps, and then soldiers led several men and women in. The leader was a young woman in her twenties, who was Liang Jing.
"Thanks."
After thanking the soldier, Liang Jing looked at the three people in the room. His eyes paused on Cheng Lin and Wu Shushan, and then looked at He Shu.
"Sister Liang! You are here."
When He Shu saw the person coming, he stood up immediately with a face full of joy. Because the movement was too big and the wound was involved, the smile turned into a painful grin.
"Are you injured? How is your injury?"
Liang Jing said quickly.
"It's okay. It's just a skin injury. Just go back and rest for a while."
He Shu sat down and explained, and then said with a lively expression, "I told you that you would definitely come."
Yes, he did come, but he was obviously late... Cheng Lin thought in his mind.
"This is Sister Liang from our department...this is from the Ninth Division and the Seventh Division..."
With He Shu's introduction, Cheng Lin finally learned the name of this young woman and learned that she was the leader of this small team.
The incident had been briefly discussed on the phone before, so Liang Jing did not ask too much about the identity of the two people. Instead, he first took out a set of tools to help the three people unlock the magic handcuffs.
Start asking about the incident at the top of the mountain.
"This thing... I still don't know it yet. It was the spy who wanted to kill the three of us. Just as he was about to take action, we suddenly fainted. I now suspect that he suffered from some kind of mental ability.
The impact is that when I wake up again, I will find that all those people are dead. As for who did it, I don’t see it at all.”
He Shu said with a solemn expression.
"Who woke up first?" Liang Jing asked.
"It's me, maybe because I have a relatively high level of cultivation, so I woke up first and then woke them both up."
He Shu pointed to himself, "I felt very uneasy at that time, so I took them out of there."
Liang Jing nodded. She held a small book in her hand and wrote down the information with a pen, as if she were recording a confession. After interrogating He Shu, she asked Cheng Lin and Wu Shushan again, and got the same answer.
.
"It seems that the murderer deliberately knocked you unconscious before taking action to hide his identity."
Liang Jing sighed, but suddenly smiled, "But he would never know that there were witnesses who captured some information about him at the time."
eyewitness?
He Shu and Wu Shushan both looked surprised, while Cheng Lin's heart skipped a beat and he quickly adjusted his expression, pretending to be simply surprised, but his heart was filled with waves.
Are there any witnesses?
This was something he had never thought of at all. He had clearly observed his surroundings when he was fighting, and there couldn't be anyone else.
Furthermore, if someone really saw his identity, Liang Jing would not have this attitude at the moment, but should control himself first.
"Yes, there was a mountaineer who happened to take a photo of the scene, but...because of the distance and angle, the details were not visible."
With that said, Liang Jing took out his mobile phone and played the short video to them.
He Shu and Wu Shushan looked shocked when they saw the tall human shadow standing on the top of the mountains. Cheng Lin hid his expression but breathed a sigh of relief. The video only captured the upper half of the combined fighting spirit.
Neither he nor Bennett and others took any photos.
"I was shocked... It turned out to be just this sighting... In this case, it shouldn't be a big problem. After all, I have never exposed my combined fighting spirit..."
Cheng Lin's mood gradually eased, but in the next second, he suddenly remembered a name: Han Lun!
He recalled that in the elf projection, when he was chasing the black president, Han Lun had witnessed the appearance of the combined fighting spirit!
"If you are going to suffer... Han Lun will definitely report this matter when he sees this video..."
His heart trembled, but he soon calmed down, "But...it doesn't seem to be a big problem. Han Lun witnessed the combined fighting spirit, but did not see me. At most, he thought of the 'Black Robe' through that incident. In his
In my memory, that should be the method used by the 'Black Robe'."
Logically speaking, the black robe should have disappeared long ago. Cheng Lin didn't know what kind of speculation this incident would cause the Special Intelligence Department to make, but from a logical point of view, it could not involve him anyway, which made him relax again.
After taking notes, He Shu left directly with Liang Jing and others, while Cheng Lin and Wu Shushan were arranged to be sent to Ku City in a special car.
"The projection disappeared not long ago, and all major departments and bureaus are handling the follow-up work. If you go back now, you can still catch up with the evacuation of the large troops."
Liang Jing sent the two of them into the car and said.
"Thank you." Cheng Lin pretended to be surviving the disaster and pulled Wu Shushan into the car. Just when he was about to close the door, Captain Liang suddenly smiled at the two of them and said, "This time
I'm sorry that the incident has affected you, but with your cultivation, maybe you will become our colleagues in a few months, and we will meet again then."
Cheng Lin and Wu Shushan looked at each other and both understood that she was referring to where they would go after graduation. Before they could reply, the car door slammed shut, and then the vehicle drove northeast along the highway.
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Wu Shushan's Seventh Division was exploring Projection No. 1, and the gathering place was not in Ku City, so they got off the bus relatively early and were greeted by Cheng Lin with a smile.
Although this experience was short-lived, the two of them became much closer. If it was just a "group member" relationship before, now they have become friends.
"You left too fast last time. Next time you come to Chang'an, I ask you to take a good look around."
The short-haired girl jumped out of the car and said to him.
Cheng Lin smiled and responded: "Definitely."
I said goodbye to Wu Shushan, spent some time, and finally returned to Ku City at dawn.
"Okay, let's just stay here. It doesn't seem like it's easy to turn around inside. I'll go by myself."
After asking the driver to stop outside, Cheng Lin walked alone to the Jiusi Camp in Ku City.
At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and a pale sunrise appeared in the eastern sky. Cheng Lin breathed in the fresh air and walked closer and closer with a little uneasiness.
When he just turned the corner of the road and saw the gate of the gathering place, he was surprised to see a small figure squatting alone under a tree, hugging his knees, as if asleep.
Slowly walking over, the dusty black dress and "dragon horn" headband, the huddled figure squatted and leaned against the root of the tree. It looked like a small lump, and it was easy to ignore it. Cao Wei's headrest
On his knees, wrapped with his arms, his brows furrowed in sleep.
Probably sensing that someone was approaching, the little girl suddenly gave a favor, raised her head, opened her bloodshot eyes, and looked forward. In the thin morning light, she saw only a familiar silhouette appearing in front of her.
before.
"you……"
The confused Cao Wei was about to rub her eyes when she suddenly saw the "figure" squatting down, stretching out both hands, grabbing her cheeks, pulling them, and rubbing them again, and then a gentle voice sounded.
: "Why did you fall asleep here? Have you had breakfast?"
"No." Cao Wei responded vaguely.
Cheng Lin let go, grabbed the little girl's arm, chuckled and said, "Let's go eat."