Nightcrawler: 20 Years of Peaceful Demons

Chapter 434

When we first started, we didn't notice those two.

In fact, due to Captain Peng's neglect, Ma Yi'ao and I have been on the fringes of the scientific expedition team since the very beginning. We didn't communicate much with the members, and we followed orders more often.

After the decision is made, we will do what we are told to do, without too many discounts, and we will resolutely implement it.

While eating, we were also teasing the little monk, so we don't know how the two of them quarreled.

As the two leaders of the scientific expedition team, Captain Peng and Teacher Zhang are quite careful about their influence. Although anyone with a discerning eye can see that the two have conflicts or differences of opinion along the way, they have not made it public. And even the quarrel at this moment subconsciously stays far away.

But even so, the quarrel between the two leaders of the scientific expedition team still vaguely fell into my ears after all.

I vaguely heard that Mr. Zhang was accusing Captain Peng of being a "tyrant" and disregarding the lives of the team members, while Captain Peng accused Mr. Zhang of being too indecisive, lacking courage, hesitating, and not knowing why he came here.

And he has repeatedly stated that he is the person in charge of the entire scientific expedition team, and he has the right to decide the overall direction when there are differences of opinion internally and he loses contact with the outside world.

Yes, on the second day after entering the mountain, we had already lost communication with the outside world.

Captain Peng requires all scientific expedition team members to obey his commands and orders.

Including the consultant Mr. Zhang.

Teacher Zhang said a word to Captain Peng, because I was more focused, even if I was separated by more than 20 meters, I could roughly hear the whole meaning of this sentence: "Without me, you are sure you can be safe Have you walked through the eightfold cold realm of hell?"

Captain Peng's face turned cold all of a sudden, and after a while, he said, "I have that little monk here."

Teacher Zhang said: "With him, it won't work."

Having said that, the two stopped arguing, looked at each other for a long time, and broke up unhappy.

Then Xie Ning intervened and began to communicate with the two of them. Because it was in a low voice, it was difficult for me to hear any more information. But after a while, the news came. I will not continue to move forward today, but prepare here. Set up camp and live in this forest.

I'm not interested in the fairy fight above, but the repeatedly mentioned term "hell eight layers of cold world" still aroused my curiosity.

But everyone was silent about it, and I couldn't get much information.

For this operation, the Tianji Department has made a lot of preparations, so all the supplies are in place. After confirming that we will camp here tonight, everyone took action and started to pitch tents.

The tent is a group of two, and the little monk brought his belongings and no luggage, so we invited him to share a tent with us.

This child is not big, so there is nothing wrong with stuffing it.

And I have the fire of the candle, and I am not afraid of the cold, so the sleeping bag can also be used by him.

The little monk didn't expect us to be so enthusiastic, and was a little moved. He forgot about Ma Yi'ao's previous behavior of testing him and urging him to take out the relic of the ancient Buddha that burned the lamp, and then became more and more enthusiastic with us.

In fact, aside from the annoying question of the little monk, this young man is actually quite interesting.

Because he stayed in the temple all year round, he didn't see many people, so he seemed more childlike and innocent, far less sophisticated than an adult.

We also had a good chat with him. In the current atmosphere of the scientific expedition team, it is not lonely to have such a child by his side.

At night, Captain Peng came to communicate with us about the time of duty, because we had spent the night in the wild, and everything had been established, so there was no need to say too much.

Together with Ma Yi'ao, I will be on duty from twelve o'clock to two o'clock at night.

Of course, Captain Peng didn't fully trust us, so apart from us, there was also a fighter from the Tiger Squad.

The fighters in the Tiger Squad don't call each other by name, but code names, from No. [-] to No. [-], and then Captain Huang.

The one on duty with us is number five.

As for the little monk, because he was a guest, he received good courtesy and did not need to be on duty at night.

We are now in the mountains of the northwest border area, the sky was getting dark early, and after a lot of tossing, it was almost 08:30, and I was quite tired from the journey this day, so I still insisted on practicing meditation. rest.

At a quarter before twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Tang Dao and Xia Long flew over to call us, and Ma Yi'ao and I got up, let the little monk who wanted to get up in a daze go on to sleep, and then we walked out of the tent.

Late at night in mid-May, the dew was heavy and the weather was slightly cold. Two bonfires were lit in the middle of the forest. At this moment, there were no open flames, but there was enough warmth.

After we handed over the defense, Tang Dao and Xia Longfei were not very polite, and turned to rest.

There is still a lot of road ahead tomorrow, and without enough sleep time, even a practitioner may not be able to bear it.

No. [-] of Tiger Squad came over and had a brief chat with us, and then he went to the northwest corner to guard, while Ma Yi'ao and I stopped on the big rock not far away to guard the surroundings.

The reason for this is not to guard against other things, but that there are often ferocious beasts and wolves in this mountain, if they break in without knowing it, it will be a joke.

Of course, for the scientific expedition team, these are trivial things, not to mention that we have so many practitioners here, even the Tiger Squad, they are carrying weapons, and when they pass by, no matter how powerful the beasts are, they will all get down. Maybe even give us extra meals.

So the task of being on guard at night is not considered onerous, but it is really annoying to get up and toss for two hours after sleeping for a while.

From this point, we can also feel Captain Peng's attitude - such as Tang Dao and Xia Longfei, after taking over shifts, they sleep until dawn, how comfortable this arrangement is.

It's a pity that we can't expect such care.

Fortunately, Ma Yi'ao and I are both easy-going people. Since we decided to put up with the censure, we let go of our minds. On nights like this, we chatted in low voices about some experiences in practice, and some messy emotions, or Chatting casually with a little gossip, the time is not too sad.

Two hours passed like this, nothing happened, then Inspector Xie Ning got up and handed over to us.

This short-haired woman is not only friendly to us, but also to everyone, so we are just doing business, and after the handover, we continue to go back to the tent to sleep.

I never thought that we just lay down here, and before we closed our eyes, we heard two gunshots of "bang, bang" from the northeast.

I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t fallen asleep yet, or the gunshots were too abrupt in this silent night, so I reacted immediately, and hurriedly climbed out of the tent, and Ma Yi’ao followed suit, heading towards the other side. Xie Ning shouted in the distance, "What's going on?"

Xie Ning shook his head, saying he didn't know.

And a soldier next to him said, "It sounds like a shotgun, not a standard weapon."

Ma Yi'ao said, "Go and see."

After finishing speaking, he didn't care about Xie Ning any more, but quickly touched towards the northeast direction, and I didn't hesitate, and followed closely behind Ma Yi'ao.

The terrain of this mountain forest is uneven, high and low, and there are many trees growing in disorder. It is extremely difficult to walk during the day, not to mention that it is even more difficult to walk at night when there is almost no light.

Fortunately, my eyes can get used to the darkness, and I can distinguish a suitable path, so I finally didn't fall down.

Ma Yi'ao was still running fast at first, but in the end, he followed behind me.

After running like this for about ten minutes, I saw a black figure lying on a thorn in the forest in front of me. I was about to go up, but I felt something wrong, and I fell to the ground subconsciously. Then, there was a gunshot from a distance. Come on, with a "bang", it hit a tree behind me.

Ma Yi'ao and I couldn't figure out what was going on in front of us, so we didn't dare to stand up, so we hurriedly looked for a shelter nearby, waited for a while, and suddenly there was a sharp and ear-piercing cry of an eagle above our heads.

I looked up subconsciously, but saw a black shadow fly by and fall down the mountain.

I was patient and waited for a few minutes. After feeling that there was no movement in front of me, I jumped up from the ground and ran towards the direction where the gunshots sounded.

At the same time, I have already held the golden cudgel in my hand, as long as it doesn't feel right, I will infuse it with demonic power and stick it down.

However, when I rushed to the place where the gunshot sounded, I didn't find anyone.

I looked around, but found nothing. Then I smelled something, bent down, and touched a cigarette butt with residual heat.

The cigarette butt should have been thrown away not long ago, but it was still hot.

I looked around, but found nothing, and Ma Yi'ao also touched it. He walked up to the shadow of the bush and turned on the portable flashlight equipped by the scientific expedition team.

I looked over, but found that the black shadow was actually a spotted leopard.

The body was about 1.8 meters long, and it looked like a cat, but its body was muscular, full of strong muscles, and its claws were sharp. The fur on its body was golden yellow with black spots mixed in, making it very beautiful.

I walked over quickly, touched the leopard, and found that it was no longer breathing.

And in the vital part of its chest, there are two gun holes, and blood is still gushing out.

I glanced at Ma Yi'ao, and said he was a Nightcrawler?

Ma Yi'ao shook his head, saying that he thought too much and was just a wild leopard.

I was a little puzzled, and said that when Mr. Zhang mentioned the beast in the mountains, he never mentioned that there were leopards.

At this time, there was movement not far away, and Ma Yi'ao and I immediately stood up to guard, and soon, I found that it was Captain Peng, Tang Dao, Captain Huang and others who came.

(End of this chapter)