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Chapter 273 The Disappearing Existence

Bullet holes the size of a finger landed on the wall, and fine cracks were scattered around. If you get closer, you can still vaguely smell a trace of residual gunpowder.

"There is only this bullet hole on this wall, and no other bullet holes can be found nearby, which means that the shooter only fired one shot. The height is about two meters, and no blood was found on the ground. There is no doubt that , this was a warning shot."

Boris stroked the bullet hole with his fingers, compared his height with his own body, and continued,
"I have reason to believe that there may have been other armed personnel in the scientific research station except the scientific research team members, and there are quite a few of them!"

There must be weapons stored inside the scientific research station according to the regulations, and there was no gun battle here, which means that one party chose to compromise in a short time.

The winning party obviously couldn't be the scientific expedition team, otherwise someone should have opened the door for them just now.

Zhu Jue leaned forward, holding a fixed counter in the part of the area that was raised due to the angle of the palm of his hand, but his eyes were looking at the employee ID photos on the wall.

A row of 5 people, a total of 3 rows.

That is to say, there should be 15 permanent personnel in this scientific research site.

"His injury is very serious. It should be caused by a dagger, and the location is in the abdomen. Fortunately, he knows some ways to save himself, otherwise he would have died. I'm not sure if he injured his internal organs, and he has to rely on professional medical equipment to check. He is now He fell into a coma due to excessive blood loss and mental laxity. There are medical equipment in the scientific research station, but it still takes a while to wake him up."

The injured person was placed horizontally on a sofa next to him. Although the sofa was actually in a tilted state, it was obviously more convenient for Emma to treat his wound than in the previous state.

"Can the data in the database be recovered? This is very important. All the recent research results of the scientific expedition team are in it!"

Rachel and Mengsk are leaning against the ground in a somewhat horse-like posture, looking at the data in the computer while stabilizing their bodies. According to the latter, the computer has been tampered with, and some of the data has disappeared. up.

"The excavation equipment in the warehouse, the spirit protector and some explosives are gone!"

Thompson turned out of the corridor next to him with an ugly face, and after attracting everyone's attention, he continued,

"Now we only found one person, and there are no other corpses in the scientific research station. According to the analysis of the current situation, someone should have arrived here earlier than us. The time should have been last night. come over."

To a large extent, these words were just out of frustration. Everyone present knew that even if they traveled all night, they would arrive at the scientific research station at most five hours ahead of time, and they still couldn't stop what happened here. The wounded left little blood.

"Last night's blizzard destroyed all traces of the outside world. There are only two ways for us to find those people. The first is to wake up the comatose gentleman, and the second is to restore the data in the computer, which will take time. We What is missing most now is time!"

Boris stopped studying the bullet holes, turned around and said.

Although very reluctant, the rescue team can only wait at this moment. This is the deep interior of Greenland, surrounded by a large number of glaciers and dangerous areas. If they go out to search rashly, in case they encounter the people who raided the scientific research station head-on, Not only can't save people, but you can also put yourself in it.

This waited until 7 o'clock in the evening.

After nearly 4 hours of waiting, the computer data has not been repaired. After all, Mengsk is just a repairman. There is no problem with asking him to repair computers or other electronic equipment, but it is really difficult for him to repair this kind of information files. .

The good news is that the injured man was successfully revived under the care of Emma, ​​and Thompson and others also accidentally found some useful information when they searched the entire scientific research station.

A note found in a drawer in the bedroom should be a diary of a researcher. The focus is not on the contents of the diary, but on several photos sealed in blackened film plastic bags between the pages.

"That's what we found, pay attention to your spirit, don't forget to wear a spirit protection device, that is... an ultra-ancient existence!"

The pale-faced researcher leaned on the sofa, just glanced at the photo pinched by Thompson, then looked away as quickly as possible, and then reminded.

Zhu Jue couldn't wait, pulled the photo into his hand, and checked the content on it.

The photo should be taken under a certain glacier. At first glance, it looks like a somewhat dirty ice wall, but when everyone concentrates, they find that there is something strange-looking in the ice wall.

Not one or two of those things, but nearly ten!
"What kind of creature is this? Can such a creature exist on earth?"

Mengsk's voice trembled a little when he spoke. He stared at the creatures in the ice wall, and after watching them for about 6 seconds, he stepped back to avoid continuing to look directly at their existence.

The status of the other few people is similar. Although wearing the spirit protection device, the hue value will not increase too quickly, but they still obey the human instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. They only choose to avoid after a few glances. People pinch the photo and examine it carefully.

The overall shape of the existence inside the ice wall is similar to a huge spindle-shaped vat, about three meters high.

There are starfish-shaped appendages on the top and bottom of the "big barrel". The five-pointed star appendage on the top has five round things. Zhu Jue guesses that they are their eyes, and the five-pointed star appendage on the bottom is like a shellfish. The axoids of the class are estimated to be used for walking and other forms of locomotion.

In addition to these, they possess five pairs of leathery wings and five sets of tentacles sprouting from the main body.

It is another kind of spiritual pollution source monster that has never been seen before, but it is somewhat similar to the great race in the illusion that I saw in the hotel in Tacoma City before.

Stuffing the photo back into the plastic bag, Zhu Jue thought with a complicated mood.

"Those people came to the scientific research station during the blizzard last night. We regarded them as a support team and opened the door for them. Unexpectedly, after they entered the door, they took out their weapons and forced us to take them to the ancient ruins."

"The blizzard last night was probably not a normal blizzard, was it?"

Zhu Jue didn't ask about the situation inside the ice wall. Now he is more concerned about where the initiator of the blizzard is. After thinking about it, he asked again,

"You lost contact with the Archaeological Association a long time ago, and the attack happened only last night. What happened before that?"

"Yes, compared to those attackers, the scientific research station is actually facing more serious problems. On the day we discovered the ancient ruins, something stared at our communication antenna outside. It was completely destroyed in the blizzard. These are not important, the most important thing now is to stop those people, they want to snatch something from the ancient ruins, we must stop them!"

The researcher described the situation intermittently, and in the end, it was inevitable that the topic would lead to the rescue of other members of the expedition team.

"Yes, save the person first. This is the most important thing. Tell us the address, and we'll rush there right away!"

It really doesn't make much sense to dwell on what happened in the past now. When everyone is rescued, we can naturally discuss it slowly.

Get an exact address from him.

The group set off again.

Compared with the relatively relaxed atmosphere on the road when they came, everyone's faces on this trip were dignified.

"Rachel, Emma, ​​if a battle breaks out at that time, don't get out of the car. If there is any danger, remember to retreat immediately, pick up the members of the scientific expedition team, and return to the Archaeological Association!"

Thompson's voice came from the communicator.

According to the original plan, the two women were to stay at the scientific research station, but Emma joined the team on the grounds that she was a doctor and could provide on-site first aid, while Rachel said that if the scene was safe, she would be the first Time goes on to confirm the condition of the ancient ruins and make sure this great find has not been destroyed.

Due to the rush of time, the speed of the three snowmobiles has been increased to the extreme, and the location of the glacier where the ancient ruins are located is not far from the scientific research station. After about 10 minutes, Zhu Jue vaguely saw the cracks in the glacier ahead. The light that emanates.

"parking!"

At this time, it is naturally impossible to drive the car directly to the side, which is tantamount to actively revealing the position.

Four men got out of the car about 200 meters away from the ancient ruins.

"I'll go over to see the situation first, and follow up slowly."

Zhu Jue really didn't want to waste time, so he ran away at an unimaginable speed in the eyes of the others, holding the three-day moon sword.

The location of the ancient ruins is easy to distinguish, because it is located in the deep part of the glacier. In order to facilitate the research, the scientific research station specially made a simple lifting device in it, and there are several snowmobiles and other vehicles parked around it. Mechanical equipment, Zhu Jue deliberately avoided them, and chose to go around from a farther position on the right.

However, when Zhu Jue was only a dozen meters away from the ruins, the bloody smell wafting in the air made him subconsciously frowned, and he had a certain ominous premonition about the situation of the researchers at the scientific research station.

Facts have proved that Zhu Jue's premonition is not wrong.

When he stood on the edge of the ice pit, he immediately saw corpses lying all over the ground seven or eight meters below his feet.

Without the slightest hesitation, he drew out the crescent moon sword and stepped out, and the whole person landed suddenly.

The strong smell of blood hit Zhu Jue's sense of smell almost non-stop, and the blood of the big beach coagulated on the surface. Relying on the light of the assumed searchlights on all sides, Zhu Jue walked around.

He saw panic and panic appearing on every face.

"Silence is really slow step by step, slow step by step."

The tip of the knife touched the ground, and Zhu Jue always felt that something was wrong.

It wasn't because of the dead, he was sure of this, the deaths of these strangers had long been unable to arouse waves in his heart.

It was something else that surprised him, even disturbed him a little.

Until he turned to where the ice wall was on the photo he had seen before.

The pupils contracted suddenly.

Those existences that should have been frozen.

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