Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 24 Weird Smile

Lao Yan nodded, then shook his head again: "It's not considered an escape, he just left, and then came all the way to Lop Nur."

The three of us glanced at each other, and then asked Lao Yan, so we came to arrest Yu Chengze instead of saving him?
Lao Yan sighed and said no, at first they just wanted to follow Yu Chengze, but as time went by, the stalking turned into a rescue.

"What do you mean?" Chen Lianchang asked.

Lao Yan said that they had been guarding Yu Chengze for the past five years, and they always felt that the other party was hiding something. When the other party finally came to Lop Nur, they finally realized that the opportunity had come...

Originally, they could have brought Yu Chengze back halfway, but because of the secret of the other party, they followed all the way to Lop Nur.But after entering Lop Nur, Yu Chengze suddenly disappeared, and the people who followed him immediately reported the incident. From the narrative of his subordinates, Lao Yan realized that something was wrong, so he sent two teams to look for it.

It's just that the two teams disappeared one after another, so he could only fight in person.

"Disappeared?" I frowned: "How did it disappear? Did it leave any traces?"

Lao Yan shook his head and said no. They disappeared very strangely. They all lost contact after entering the depths of Lop Nur. He was also paying attention to whether his two teams left any traces along the way, but unfortunately they found nothing. .

I thought for a moment, then slowly said: "How is it possible?"

Although missing in the desert, many times there are indeed no traces to be found, but looking at Lao Yan, he knows that the two teams he sent must not be ordinary people. It makes no sense to leave nothing behind when they are in distress, unless...they The entire army was wiped out at the moment of distress, just like that weird recording, no one could react in such a short time.

Lao Yan didn't answer, and his face was not very good-looking. I swallowed and asked him, did those people encounter any monsters?

"It's hard to tell. Since we entered Lop Nur, no matter whether it is a red-tailed scorpion or a sandworm, it is impossible to guard against it." Old Yan snuffed out the smoke: "And I am very concerned about one thing the poisonous snake said."

The poisonous snake was stunned, he never spoke much, and he didn't remember anything he said that made Lao Yan care.

Lao Yan asked him if he still remembered that he said that the red-tailed scorpions would hardly go out in full force?

The poisonous snake nodded, and then said in surprise: "So someone is really manipulating it?"

"I suspect it's Yu Chengze." Lao Yan exhaled.

The three of us didn't believe it, didn't Yu Chengze disappear?

Lao Yan smiled strangely, and asked us if we knew why he would go to battle in person?According to his age, unless he encounters particularly difficult or valuable things in the department, he will hardly make a move.

I shook my head and said, isn't it because of the disappearance of the two teams in front?

"This is just one of the reasons." Lao Yan nodded, and then took out something from his bag: "Look at it, this is the other reason and the main reason for me to go to battle in person."

I took what he handed over and found that it was an old black-and-white photo. There were about fifteen people on it, and not all of them were Chinese.I immediately realized that this is the group photo of the Sino-Japanese joint expedition five years ago?

Lao Yan nodded, but I was thinking that the background of this photo is really weird. The background is a magnificent palace, but because of the exposure problem, it is not very clear, but I always feel that it does not look like something in reality.

"They took this photo in the ancient kingdom of long night." Lao Yan said lightly.

But I was shocked. Listening to Lao Yan talking about the ancient country of Changye, I always felt that this place was mysterious and mysterious. I didn't expect to see it directly now, although it was no different from not seeing it.

Lao Yan explained that this should be some great historical discovery made by the expedition team, and it was photographed as a commemoration, but the background is too blurry, and even if a professional person is used to process it, nothing can be seen.

I nodded, and then said, isn't this just a normal photo?

"Look at this person." Lao Yan pointed to a person in the middle of the photo and said.

When I glanced over, I found that this person was really weird!He looks very kind and looks elegant. He is standing in the middle of the expedition team wearing a white denim shirt, obviously leading the team. At first glance, he is not against the crowd, but if you look carefully, you will find that he is smiling. It's very weird.

Although he was smiling, the expression on his face was very stiff, only the corners of his mouth were pulled to the sides, like a marionette being pulled into a smile abruptly.

I stroked my arm and returned the photo to Lao Yan. This smile made my skin crawl after looking at it for a long time.

Company Commander Chen and the poisonous snake also looked uncomfortable, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Lao Yan exhaled and said, "This is Yu Chengze."

We were all shocked, but immediately took it for granted that among the dozen or so people, he was the only one who resembled the professor the most.

"This, this can't explain anything, right?" Company Commander Chen paused: "It's just a smile, maybe he just doesn't like to laugh."

Lao Yan shook his head and said that he had been following Yu Chengze for several years. After the other party disappeared this time, he specially found Yu Chengze's former relatives and friends to investigate. Everyone said that Yu Chengze was not quite right.

"What's wrong?" I frowned.

Lao Yan glanced at me, and said slowly: "His preferences have almost changed. Even if a person goes crazy, some preferences are hard to change. Moreover, after three months of investigation by the department, it was found that he might be pretending Crazy……"

We were a little confused by Lao Yan's series of words. Seeing us like this, Lao Yan knew what we were wondering about. He sighed and said, "I don't know why he pretended to be crazy? It's just that all of this is inseparable from the ancient kingdom of Eternal Night. And no one knows what his purpose is. If something goes wrong, I don’t know how many people will be affected. So this time, we must find Yu Chengze and bring him back. No matter what method we use, we must pry out the secret from his mouth .”

"Then why did you come to us?" Company Commander Chen said dissatisfiedly: "The people in your department should be better at this kind of thing?"

"I've already lost two teams of troops. I really can't find any people for a while. Your army is the closest to Lop Nur, so I can only find people from you." Lao Yan smiled helplessly. Obviously, if there was no other way, he Also unwilling to use our group of completely inexperienced soldiers.

"So you are suspicious of Yu Chengze, aren't you?"

I thought about it, Lao Yan never worried about Yu Chengze's life and death along the way, and he suspected that the other party controlled the red-tailed scorpion...

Lao Yan nodded: "He is indeed too suspicious."

But I don't think so, saying that Yu Chengze may not be able to control the red-tailed scorpion even if it is like this?
"He came out of the Eternal Night Kingdom." Lao Yan smiled strangely: "There are more than a dozen people, why can he come out? And when several waves of search and rescue teams were sent to search for them but they didn't find it, he simply Like it just popped out of nowhere."

I was horrified by what he said, and tentatively asked him if he felt that Yu Chengze was not a human being?

"This is the weird thing. If he wasn't human, our department should have discovered it long ago, so...only by finding him can we solve the final mystery." Lao Yan said quietly.

After hearing what he said, the three of us were silent. Although Lao Yan was still vague in some key points, everyone could recognize the danger of the ancient kingdom of long night.

Company Commander Chen stood up suddenly, and with a dark face, he beckoned Viper and me to pack our things.

"Company Commander Chen, what do you mean?" Lao Yan's face also darkened.

Chen Lianchang sneered and said that just looking at it would be a job to die, and he would not do it.

Lao Yan glanced at him: "You are a soldier!"

"Yes, I'm a soldier. If it's on the battlefield, you can let me tie explosives to blow up tanks. What the hell is that? Three have died, three! Old Yan, I know who you are , You are used to this business. When you found me, I asked about the degree of danger. How did you guarantee it? When I wrote the suicide note, I thought you were just adding an insurance policy. Now I I know you've known for a long time that we soldiers can't get out at all." Lieutenant Chen became angry, and he held up Lao Yan's collar, blushing and thick neck.

Lao Yan was silent, and then said lightly: "Then do you think, can I promise to go out by myself?"

"I don't care if you can go out or not, and you can eat as long as you do. It's your responsibility if you can't go out. But what are we, you see for yourself how old is that milk baby, Hawkeye and Shorty How long did it take you to make a name for yourself, and die so inexplicably?" Company Commander Chen still roared.

The poisonous snake and I were silent after hearing this. It is normal for Company Commander Chen to get angry. I have been with him for three years, and I know how much he attaches importance to the soldiers under his opponent. Whenever there is a dangerous transportation task, he will definitely go into battle in person, just because he is afraid that something will happen. Son.After all, the soldiers he leads are not very old, and the soldiers like Viper Hawkeye are already considered old.

In the words of Company Commander Chen, these soldiers are like children without their military uniforms, and he can't see the children going to die.

Lao Yan brushed Chen Lianchang's hand away, and finally said slowly: "In the ancient kingdom of Changye, there are things that the country wants!"

(End of this chapter)