It felt like I had been walking in the abyss for a long time. Lu Xin had already fallen asleep in the car full of Dr. An perfume, and was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door outside. He opened the car curtain and saw the ugly little face of Infiltrator wearing a red pointed hat, smiling at him. Only then did he realize that the carriage had left the abyss and arrived at a dark wilderness..
"Are you there?"
Lu Xin was somewhat surprised. He turned around and patted Dr. An up from his sleep, then turned around and got out of the car.
He stretched slightly and felt the bones in his body crackling.
Then I couldn't help but shiver, feeling that the wind in the deep mountains was a bit cold, so I went back to rummage through my luggage and found a thick coat.
At this time, everyone else had already stepped off the carriage and used some measuring tools to determine their location. Then he sent the two Mental Monsters pulling the carriage away temporarily. All the luggage and boxes, including the box that Lu Xin had just taken out a coat and closed again, were placed on the wooden shelf carried by the tall Azhen, making him look even bigger.
"Confirm that the first stage destination is correct."
"Confirm that the number of personnel in the investigation team is accurate and in good condition."
"We can start rushing to the second stage destination."
"..."
Dr. An counted the heads lazily, and then took out a voice recorder he carried with him.
Record the log carefully and then close it.
It's hard to imagine that she was so serious when recording, but in actual operation, she just glanced at everyone present.
"Let's go, not far from here, there should be an observation station established by Research Institute before."
Dr. An put the recording log into a small box, then glanced at everyone present and said, "After we get there, we will rest for a night and discuss the specific itinerary, and then set off early tomorrow morning to enter the forbidden line."
At this point, she paused slightly, and suddenly smiled again, "However, accidents may already happen here."
"The staff at the observatory disappeared quietly."
"I hope you all will remain vigilant and careful enough."
"Although we all died here and no one cares about us, I still hope that everyone can go back alive."
"..."
"..."
Hearing her words that sounded like comfort and gloating, everyone's hearts trembled.
Especially Lu Xin, whose lips moved, thinking, "Although you are not the ones, there are people who care about me..."
He didn't say this because he thought about it.
These people were sent out by Research Institute to carry out an investigation with such a high risk factor. It was already very miserable...
Stop showing off your superiority in front of them.
Everyone tied up their shoelaces and tightened their cuffs.
We began to rush towards the observation station mentioned by Dr. An in this barren mountains and ridges.
The road in the deep mountains is extremely difficult, or in other words, there is no road at all, just a low mountain that looks a little bare.
Large rocks cover the undulating hills, giving it a unique sense of desolation and dullness.
Lu Xin doesn't have to worry about climbing mountains.
First of all, I have been diligently exercising recently, and I am no longer in sub-optimal health, which made me out of breath after running a hundred meters.
I can now run two hundred meters without running out of breath.
Secondly, my sister lay obediently on his back. She was so light that I could hardly feel any weight while carrying her.
And with her on your back, you can borrow her abilities at any time and climb rocks and ridges, a piece of cake.
Others, on the other hand, could clearly see the difference in physical strength.
The girl named "Sisi" also performed very well.
Wearing a big down jacket seems to be inconvenient for movement.
But she shrank her head and walked on the mountain road with an expressionless face. She didn't move quickly, but she always kept on a level with everyone. And inside the down jacket, there were jingling sounds from time to time, as if it was carrying countless metal objects.
Azhen, who was carrying a large wooden shelf with everyone's luggage on it, walked more easily.
When you get further away from him, you can't even hear his breathing, which makes people have to wonder under his pale skin.
That heart won't beat at all.
When Dr. An was on the carriage, she endured the heartache and changed out of her beloved black stockings and put on a pair of black slimming jeans and white hiking shoes. She didn't look that tired, and she looked like she was a regular fitness type.
As for the three researchers, they were obviously a little worse.
One of them, after walking in the wilderness for less than ten minutes, was panting and walking slower and slower.
He even started to wipe away his tears quietly.
Lu Xin Seeing that his body was crumbling, he was worried that he would fall accidentally, so he got closer to him and walked with him.
As I got closer, I heard him mutter from time to time, "I'm so sorry..."
"Why did I do that then..."
"If I hadn't done such a thing in the beginning, how much better it would be now..."
"..."
Lu Xin's curiosity was aroused by his words, so he got a little closer and said enthusiastically:
"Do you want to smoke?"
"..."
The thin man who was already sweating from the heat subconsciously wanted to answer, but waved his hand feebly:
"Can't pump."
"..."
"Oh."
Lu Xin took back the cigarette and held it in his mouth, but didn't light it either.
Because he was in such a hurry, he couldn't even twitch.
He just organized his words slowly and asked curiously, "Master Wang, why did you come here?"
He still remembered Dr. An saying that these people seemed to have come here out of necessity.
"Don't call me Master."
That Master Wang glanced at Lu Xin and said, "Call me doctor."
"Oh."
Lu Xin agreed cooperatively and said, "Why did you come here?"
Dr. Wang sighed deeply and said, "It's all my fault that I found a very beautiful wife..."
"?"
Lu Xin is a bit unable to connect. "What does this have to do with my wife?"
Dr. Wang glanced at Lu Xin with a sullen face and said, "My wife slept with someone. On impulse, I took a parasitic product from Research Institute and cursed her. So I was arrested for violating discipline and was finally assigned to this investigation team."
"This..."
Lu Xin was surprised and looked at him sympathetically.
There is a sad story about this man.
"That's it..."
At this time, a fat Master Zhang next to him came closer and said angrily, "Why are you so excited?"
"How about you come over and chop me twice?"
"..."
"?"
Lu Xin was immediately curious and turned to him again and asked, "Master Zhang, who are you?"
"I am also a doctor."
Dr. Zhang turned around and glared at Lu Xin, then sighed, "I slept with his wife..."
"..."
"?"
Lu Xin was immediately stunned.
This is a story of moral decay...
"Impulsive, why are you so impulsive?"
At this time, Master Li, who was walking in front, turned around, looked at the two of them, and said angrily, "Originally, it was just a fight, and it could be solved with two chops at most. But because you couldn't hold it back, you actually went to steal parasitic products to cause trouble. As a result, the situation escalated and became the most serious accident for Research Institute. This is good, we have all come here, and I don't know if we can go back..."
Lu Xin felt a slight movement in his heart when he heard this, and asked hurriedly, "Dr. Li, then you are..."
"I'm not a doctor, just an engineer who is not looked down upon by others."
Master Li said angrily, "Besides, I am his wife."
"It was he who used parasitic products to transfer me into this body."
"..."
"Huh??"
Lu Xin was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.
This has become a fantasy story again...
After thinking about it seriously, I subconsciously stayed away from them.
I always felt that although the three of them looked like ordinary people, there was an astonishing murderous aura between them.
At the same time, I am deeply puzzled by Research Institute's operation of sending these three people here.
Fortunately, this part of the journey was not far. After only walking in the wilderness for about half an hour, Dr. An raised his head in front.
He looked at it and whispered, "We're here."
Hearing the words, everyone looked up at the same time. They were slightly startled and saw a series of scattered lights in front of them.
In this gloomy mountain where night has begun to fall, there is an unusually warm tone.
"Is there anyone at the observation point?"
"It has been deserted for many years. Besides, no one would have so many lights. Just go and take a look and you will know."
"..."
After some discussion, everyone subconsciously speeded up their journey to avoid rushing under the cover of night.
Within ten minutes, they arrived at the place where the lights gathered, and everyone could not help but be slightly startled.
They saw the observation point mentioned by Dr. An. They saw a row of concrete houses without yards, which looked very abrupt in this wilderness. However, the house was not empty. Instead, many people gathered inside and around the house.
Tents were pitched nearby, fires were lit, and cattle and sheep were enclosed by simple barbed wire.
It looks like a small town.
"This is..."
Lu Xin couldn't help but glance at Dr. An.
I saw her frowning slightly and whispered, "It should be High Mountain Nomadic Tribe."
As he spoke, he explained in a low voice, "In the past, there were too many people with dementia in this area and the terrain was complicated. It was safer to set up High Wall City than to gather people to nomadically and search for waste. Therefore, a large number of survivors were organized into search teams to play hide-and-seek games with the people with dementia. Although most of the people with dementia here disappeared mysteriously in the past few years, they have become a habit until now."
"Maybe they saw that there is an observation station here and the terrain is good, so they temporarily regarded it as a camp."
"..."
"Then let's..."
Some people originally thought they could take a good rest, but they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when they saw this.
"There is no way. According to their habits, as long as they occupy it, it is their place."
Dr. An smiled and said, "We can only go there and stay overnight."
"However, we must be careful..."
As she spoke, she gently untied her ponytail, her hair suddenly became like a waterfall, and she smiled happily:
"They usually don't have any rules. They will rob women whenever they see them."
"Not to mention a beautiful woman like me..."
"..."
"..."
Why doesn't it seem like she's not worried, but also looking forward to it?
Lu Xin looked at the smile on Dr. An's face and couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
Then he glanced at everyone present and found that the little girl named Sisi also had a younger sister, who was too young.
Others, even Ms. Li, now look like men.
It sounds like Dr. An is the only one who needs to pay attention to safety, so why does she care so much?
"Let's go!"
Dr. An solemnly instructed everyone, took out a small mirror, put on some lipstick, and said with a smile.
Looking at her driving posture, she would even want to change into stockings if the environment didn't allow it.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what she was thinking.
But anyway, she is the head of the investigation team, so whatever she says is what she says...
So under her leadership, everyone moved a little heavily again and walked towards the fire.
"Shuashuashua..."
Hearing the footsteps of Lu Xin and others walking out of the darkness, countless people suddenly raised their guns next to the fire.
There were footsteps behind him, but there were several whistles in the darkness, ready to fire.
Judging from the faces of the people around the fire, they didn't seem to have any surprised expressions.
He should have noticed the people walking all the way from a distance.
Lu Xin speculates that the mountain wandering tribe has lived in such a dangerous place for many years and should have developed their own habits and some effective methods. They seem to be lax, but secret sentries have been posted around them, and they are vigilantly watching their surroundings.
Along the way, they had observed their group thoroughly before letting them in.
Even thinking about it more deeply, Dr. An refused to change her stockings because she didn't want to be seen by them?
"Sorry, sorry, don't panic, don't panic..."
Facing the black circle of gun muzzles, Dr. An hurriedly comforted the little girl named Sisi.
Lu Xin noticed that the moment she was pointed at by the gun, she lowered her head slightly and looked at the other person with slightly upturned eyes.
It wasn't until Dr. An's palm gently pressed the back of her neck that her tense state slowly disappeared.
Dr. An patted her, looked forward, and said with a smile, "We don't mean any harm, we are just passing by."
"What do you do?"
Dr. An's face was illuminated by the firelight, like a beacon, illuminating the gloomy environment a lot.
It could be vaguely seen that many people in the camp, especially young men, had their eyes slightly straightened and their Adam's apple rolled.
Next to the fire, a middle-aged man with a resolute face and no specific age stood up slowly. His eyes did not have the kind of surprise and fascination. Instead, he glanced at Dr. An up and down, then glanced at the others, and spoke slowly.
The accent is a bit stiff and the Mandarin is not very standard.
"We are a decontamination team, and we stopped by to see how the current situation is here."
Dr. An replied with a smile, pointed to the inside of the camp and said, "Can I go in?"
"The search team?"
The man who seemed to be the leader of the tribe looked them up and down, obviously suspicious.
However, he didn't say anything, he just casually pointed towards the tribe and said:
"This is not our territory. Anyone blessed by the gods can come in."
"However, I hope you won't disturb our tribe. There are two tents over there that can be lent to you to rest."
"..."
"So good?"
Lu Xin and others were slightly surprised.
I thought there would be some conflict, but unexpectedly, the other party was actually very kind.
"Okay, thank you. We have some cans that we would like to use to repay your kindness. I hope you can accept it."
Dr. An also agreed with a smile and expressed his gratitude.
She asked Axiong to take out a few cans and handed them to the other party, then took Lu Xin and others to the other party's tent.
It wasn't until the other party seemed to be out of hearing that he expressed a slight regret. "It's a pity, I'm helping kind people."
"What's so sad about this?"
Lu Xin couldn't help but be a little surprised, and couldn't figure out her brain circuit.
The group of people came to the two corner tents and once again thanked the tribe members who originally lived in the tents, but now, under the leader's order, they were given to Lu Xin to sleep next to the fire. Then he put down his luggage and carefully looked at the surrounding environment while quietly making arrangements for his accommodation for the night.
But Lu Xin has a problem with this.
When he arrived, he and Dr. An were squeezed into the same carriage, but now they can't squeeze into a tent, right?
Besides, it seems that the three doctors cannot be arranged in the same tent, as it is easy for something to happen.
After a final discussion, we finally came up with a solution. Everyone took turns keeping vigil, and the other half rested according to men and women.
After the arrangements were made, everyone sat down and looked at each other in silence for a while.
The surrounding tribes were also silent, with only a few sparse people hiding on sentry posts in the darkness.
Most of the other people were missing.
On the contrary, in the west of the camp, you can faintly see brighter lights, and occasionally there will be some loud music.
"Brother, there are interesting things there..."
My sister was attracted by the sound of music over there, or she didn't like the silent atmosphere, so she pulled Lu Xin's clothes.
"This..."
Lu Xin is actually a little curious about the excitement over there.
However, we had made an agreement before coming here, and now that my employer is here, I can't make the decision myself.
On the other hand, Dr. An glanced at everyone with graceful eyes, and seemed to find that everyone was in a bad mood, so he smiled and said, "It's not good to sit in such a dull mood. After all, these may be our last few days in this world. It is very important to keep a happy mood."
"Let's go."
"I think it seems to be very lively over there. Let's go over and have a look. Just think of it as collecting information for the investigation mission..."
"..."
Everyone stood up silently, and their mood was not very high either.
The members of the Wandering Tribe's camp didn't seem to mind them moving around. Judging from their appearance, they were more concerned about the location where the cattle and sheep were corralled. Others seemed to be casual. Seeing Lu Xin and the others passing by, they didn't say anything.
The closer I got to the group of lights on the other side of the mountain, the louder the music became.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they turned around the foot of the mountain, they saw a gorgeous and lively scene.
I saw a few green canvas tents in an open space, and various colored lights were placed between the tents and the stands.
Groups of people sat together and looked at a stage set up in front of the largest tent.
There was a loudspeaker playing music nearby. On the stage, there is a colorful little horn, spinning back and forth on a wheelbarrow, and there is a bunch of red balls in his hand. The laughter mixed with the music.
Just this atmosphere made everyone who saw this scene suddenly feel a wave of heat rushing towards their faces.
Even the cold atmosphere in the mountains was dissipated a lot.
"Circus?"
Lu Xin was slightly surprised. He turned around and saw that others were also surprised.
In this wandering tribe, a circus actually came to perform?
They all felt very weird for a moment.
Circuses, song and dance troupes, etc. that wander among various High Wall Citys and make money from their performances are not uncommon in this land of Crimson Moons. There are even a few that have made their own reputations and are very popular with people all over the alliance.
But...
This is a desolate place close to the forbidden line.
The land is vast and sparsely populated, and even the wandering tribes living here are unpredictable.
Why would a circus want to come here?
Lu Xin really felt a little weird. "Can they make money?"
"Oh, brother, I like..."
While Lu Xin was thinking about these things, my sister became obviously excited.
She was currently riding on Lu Xin's neck, looking past the crowd in front and towards the stage inside, and clapped her hands happily.
This made Lu Xin realize that my sister is just a ten-year-old girl after all...
Staying at home watching TV every day, or following yourself around to clean up pollution incidents, I have rarely been so relaxed...
Since she is happy, let her enjoy it.
As long as she can't help but run up and prepare for the performance herself...
To Lu Xin's surprise, the performance of this circus, which didn't seem to make much money, turned out to be far more exciting than imagined.
Except for the clown riding a unicycle, which is nothing to watch, the other shows are quickly eye-opening.
For example, the magician who beheaded people showed a magical glue to everyone.
Then he moved a strange-shaped guillotine to the stage, asked his assistant to lie on it, and cuffed his hands and neck.
Wearing a neat and neat tuxedo, he held a long guillotine in his hand for the audience to test. After confirming that it was a real knife, he came to the guillotine with a smile and confidence, struck an elegant pose, and raised the guillotine high.
"Cha..."
Blood splattered and heads rolled to the ground.
When the crowd saw this, there was a sudden panic. The magician smiled and said there was no need to be afraid. Then he picked up the head rolling on the ground with one hand, took out the tube of glue with the other hand, and applied a little on the cross section of the neck and a little on the cross section of the head.
Hold it with both hands and press upward.
The salute sounded, colorful flowers sprayed all over the sky, the shackles were released, and the assistant stood up.
Shaking his head, he said there was no problem at all.
The magician and the assistant who had his head put back on his head waved together, and there was a sound of admiration and applause around him.
"True God is so strange..."
Lu Xin also clapped, and the sister on his neck clapped even more vigorously.
This kind of magic show where you can't see where the mechanism is is so beautiful that I even wanted to ask him where he bought the glue.
It's the end of the month, so I'll add another update and ask for votes from the readers...