Xixia dead book

Chapter 137 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (22)
But Shchedrin had no way to stop Stechkin, because Stechkin took out the order from the headquarters.

"But this White is very important to our current mission." Schedrin made the last fight.

"No! He is no longer important, at least to you—Comrade Schedrin. As far as I know, the headquarters has decided to terminate your operation."

"What? Then... what will happen to me then?"

"I don't know about this. I heard that the headquarters will soon send someone to end your operation with you." Stechkin still had a smile on his face.

Seeing Stechkin and his assistants take White away, Shchedrin was completely desperate.For the next time, he could only wait, waiting for fate to punish him.

……

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"Such a terrible thing happened at the base!" Tang Feng murmured after listening to Makarov's narration.

"Then what happened later?" Han Jiang asked Makarov.

"Later? Later, someone from the headquarters spoke for Schedrin. He finally didn't go to court-martial, but was demoted. After a few years, he was ordered to retire early because he made a small mistake again."

"No, I'm not asking you Schedrin. I'm concerned about Stechkin. This terrible Stechkin actually got involved. What happened to them? What about the American White?" Han Jiang asked.

"That's right! I didn't expect there to be Stechkin in it." Makarov sighed.

"Isn't this right? The matter of the advance base is right with Stechkin and the others. The more I hear about this, the more I feel that there is something in it." Han Jiang said.

"Yes! The problem is getting more and more complicated." Tang Feng also sighed.

"According to Schedrin, Stechkin was later punished for this incident."

"How could he be punished? Could it be that Stechkin had something to do with the riots at the forward base?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

"Because the American ran away!"

"Run away?! It seems that Schedrin was right to suspect that there must be something wrong with White," Han Jiang said.

"Stechkin and his assistant escorted White back to Moscow. They were going to fly directly back to Moscow, but the plane broke down and landed in Irkutsk, so they had to take the train back to Moscow. ...there was an accident on the train. When the conductor opened the door of their compartment one morning, he found that Steckkin's assistant had his neck broken, Steckkin was wounded, and White Gone." Makarov said the final outcome of the whole incident.

"It seems that there is something tricky in it. If there is really a problem with White, Stechkin probably let White go on purpose." Han Jiang deduced.

"Now it seems that this possibility is very high." Makarov said.

"Is this the end of the whole incident?" Tang Feng asked Makarov in disappointment.

"Yeah! The whole incident has come to a standstill here, all clues have been broken. The bodies of the cadets were cremated, Shchedrin and Stechkin were punished, the victims were paid, and all the files about this matter They are all listed as top secrets of the KGB, and will be sealed forever. If I hadn’t met Shchedrin by chance, no one would know what happened to the base later.”

"Although the previous incidents are over, the information provided by the old horse has provided us with important clues to solve the puzzle today. The origin of this mysterious pattern, Wild Wolf Valley, the final fate of the base students, and Sijie The appearance of Qijin is very important for us to solve the mystery." Tang Feng said.

"Yes! I think so too. The repeated appearance of this pattern reminds me of the relationship between the forward base and the whole incident." Makarov agreed.

"The team trained by Buldenko is very suspicious. The enemy we are facing now should have some connection with this team. For example, the mysterious triangle mark we encountered in the woods, the old horse once said it was Bultenko asked the students to draw like that." Tang Feng thought of what happened before him.

"Yes, it is because of these new discoveries, especially the stone wall I am facing now, that I have to rethink all of this. According to Buldenko, this pattern is a totem of an ancient tribe. I am in the Valley of the Wild Wolf. I’ve seen it before. Decades later, it’s fate to see it here again!” Makarov let out a long sigh.

"No! I don't believe this is a dead end. It is absolutely impossible to paint such a huge mural in front of a dead end. There must be hidden secrets that we don't know about." Han Jiang suddenly jumped up.

"What did you think of?" Tang Feng asked.

"Search carefully for the stone wall and its surroundings, every inch of rock, even the roof of the cave. I don't believe this is where you and I will die!" Han Jiang said bitterly.

Dead? !The word Han Jiang used made Tang Feng and Makarov feel tense. Is this really where they died?

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The three of them began to carefully examine the cliff in front of them again, not letting go of an inch of the rock wall.Tang Feng tapped the stone wall and the surrounding rock walls with the butt of his gun, but found nothing.

Tang Feng stepped back in disappointment, stood still about ten meters away from the stone wall, and carefully looked at the huge stone wall again with the light of the flashlight.After a long time, Tang Feng murmured to himself: "I've read everything below, the problem must be above."

"What do you mean?" Han Jiang asked Tang Feng back.

"Didn't you just say not to let the top of the cave go, but we can't climb up to it at all."

"Yeah, we have checked all the places we can go." Makarov said.

The three of them looked up at the roof of the cave together.The roof of the cave is uneven and does not look like it has been artificially polished.

"The roof of the cave hasn't been polished manually, so there can't be a problem, right?" Han Jiang guessed.

Tang Feng also couldn't see the clue: "It stands to reason so, but where is the problem?"

"Maybe we still need to find the answer in this painting." Makarov said suddenly.

Tang Feng and Han Jiang were shocked when they heard this, and they turned their eyes back to the ancient totem on the stone wall.

"Lao Ma, what did you think of?" Tang Feng asked.

"It's nothing special, my idea is very simple. I deduce that if there is any mechanism here, it must be related to this painting, otherwise why would you draw this huge petroglyph on this rock wall?" Makarov said own point of view.

"Well, the old horse is right!" Han Jiang affirmed.

"But we have been staring at this painting for a long time, can't we see anything?" Tang Feng stared at the pattern on the stone wall in front of him suspiciously.

"Don't worry, there must be something we overlooked." Makarov tried his best to keep everyone calm.

The three of them began to carefully examine the huge petroglyph bit by bit.This time, the three of them did not check separately, but gathered the three flashlights together to check the red or ocher red lines on the stone wall.

The lines continue to extend upwards, and the beam of light from the flashlight follows the lines and shines on the eagle's wings, which is the highest place in the whole painting.Then, the beam of the flashlight began to move forward and downward along the eagle's wings.When it hit the eagle's head, the light beams from Makarov and Han Jiang's flashlight continued to move down the line, but the beam of light from Tang Feng's flashlight stopped at the eagle's head...

"Tang Feng, what did you find?" Han Jiang asked.

"Look at the eagle's eyes!" The three flashlights focused on one point again.

"The eagle's eyes seem to protrude a bit." Makarov said doubtfully.

"I don't know if it's natural or man-made." Tang Feng still couldn't see the clue.

"There must be something wrong with the eyes." Han Jiang shook the flashlight in his hand, "There's nothing to say, you'll only find out when you go up and look."

"How to go up? The stone wall is so high."

Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng, then at Makarov and said, "Well, I'll take it back as a human ladder. Tang Feng, step on my shoulders to get up."

"That's the only way I can do it, I'll do it!"

"Damn! You stepped on me, and you are still reluctant?!" Han Jiang was angry.

"It's also very dangerous for me to be up there. If any hidden weapon is shot from the eagle's eye, I will be the first to be unlucky!" Tang Feng retorted.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"

After finishing speaking, Han Jiang squatted down, and with the support of Makarov, Tang Feng stepped on Han Jiang's shoulders and tremblingly rose to the position of the eagle on the stone wall.This petroglyph is indeed too big. Even if he stepped on Han Jiang's shoulder, Tang Feng's head only reached the eagle's neck.He stretched out his right hand tremblingly, and slowly, when his hand finally touched the eagle's eyes, a bone-piercing chill instantly swept through his whole body.Tang Feng shook slightly, retracted his right hand, and almost fell off Han Jiang's shoulder, but fortunately Makarov caught him in time. "What's wrong with you?" Makarov asked with concern.

"I don't know! As soon as I touched the eagle's eyes, I felt a cold current invade my body from my fingertips."

"Come on! Return the Siberian cold snap! Hurry up, I can't hold on any longer!" Han Jiang complained from below.

Tang Feng had no choice but to stretch out his right hand again, touching the eagle's eyes again.He groped a little bit, and sure enough, the eagle's eyes protruded from the surrounding area, which felt cold and wet to the touch, while the surrounding stone walls were dry and not so cold.Tang Feng was suspicious, and pressed the eagle's eyes hard with his hand, but there was no response.His heart sank, it seemed that he was wrong, there was no mechanism here.So what is this protrusion?
Tang Feng groped for the eagle's eyes with his hands. The light above was too dim, so he could only judge the appearance of the eagle's eyes by feeling.Suddenly, he felt that there seemed to be some gaps in and around the protruding parts of the eagle's eyes.Tang Feng felt that there was hope, and pressed hard again, but there was still no response, so he turned to pick the protruding part with his hands.Unexpectedly, with a sudden exertion, his body lost his balance and fell backwards.

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The moment his body lost his balance, Tang Feng grabbed the eagle's eyes.He didn't know what it was, but felt that the surroundings were dim and dark.

Fortunately, Makarov reacted in time again and used his body to support Tang Feng, so Tang Feng did not fall straight on the rock.

"You stomped me half to death, and just fell down?" Han Jiang asked, rubbing his sore shoulder.

"You are not stable at all, so you are ashamed to say it!" Tang Feng stood up, still clutching the "Eagle's Eyes" tightly in his hands.

At this moment, there was a loud noise from the depths of the cave.

"Damn, what did you move! Is there an earthquake?" Han Jiang called out.

Tang Feng looked around in horror, but the surroundings soon fell into deathly silence.It took a long time for Tang Feng to notice the strange feeling in his hand, the thing was still icy cold.He slowly spread out his right hand, and was surprised to find that he was holding a green stone in his right hand.

"What is this? Jade?" Makarov asked.

"Looking from below, didn't you see it was jade?" Han Jiang was puzzled.

Tang Feng observed it carefully and said, "This is a piece of turquoise."

"turquoise?"

"Well, there is a turquoise inlaid in the eagle's eyes. But this turquoise is a bit strange, why is it so cold in your hand?"

"Forget about the broken stone, and see what's in the wolf's eyes," Han Jiang said.

The three of them aimed the flashlight at the wolf's eyes again.The ocher-red lines clearly outlined the wolf's eyes, but the wolf's eyes were empty, with nothing in them.Tang Feng groped for the position of the wolf's eyes suspiciously: "The position of the wolf's eyes seems to be slightly sunken. Could it be that there is also a piece of turquoise here?"

"Tang Feng, what is this stone used for? Is it just for decoration?" Makarov asked.

"Now it seems that it's not just a decoration. The loud noise just now must have been caused by the turquoise in my hand." Tang Feng glanced at the turquoise in his hand again.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's see what mechanism is in the position of the eagle's eyes." Han Jiang urged Tang Feng.

"Who will go this time?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang back.

"You're useless, I'll do it this time!"

"I can't stand you!"

"Let's come together!" At this moment, Makarov's firm voice came.

Han Jiang looked at Makarov: "Okay! Old Ma, I will thank you for your hard work."

"Why are you being polite to me!" Makarov waved his hands indifferently.

Until the last moment, Han Jiang was still worried about whether Makarov's shoulders could support him, but when he was lifted up, he knew that his worries were unnecessary.Makarov's shoulders were as solid as a rock, and Han Jiang stepped on them like he was walking on the ground.

Han Jiang reached out to touch Xiongying's eyes, and the spot was sunken. He felt that his fingertips were a little wet, so he pressed down with all his strength.The eagle's eyes sank again, and then, the strange loud noise came back again, and it rang several times in a row, and Han Jiang hurriedly jumped down.

The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what mechanism they had touched.

"Did you press it down?" Tang Feng asked.

"Anyway, it was pressed, so there should be a reaction now."

As soon as Han Jiang finished speaking, everyone heard the sound of running water.The three of them aimed the flashlight at the eagle's eyes at the same time, and saw a trickle flowing from the eagle's eyes.

"Oh my god! What did you press, water came out!" Tang Feng exclaimed.

"How do I know!" Han Jiang roared.

At this time, the amount of water flowing out of that hole became larger and larger, and the trickle gradually turned into a gushing flood!
"It's over, it's over, we're going to be drowned in this hole now! You've ruined my life!" Tang Feng yelled in despair while stepping back.

"You think I'm willing to die here?!"

"Anyway, I will turn into a ghost when I go to the underworld, and I won't let you go, it's all because of you!"

"I'm afraid you won't even be able to get out of this hole, and go to the underworld?"

The two backed away and cursed at each other at the top of their voices!

Makarov couldn't listen anymore: "Enough! Do you two still want to live?"

"Yes!" The two replied in unison.

"If you want to survive, listen to me. Quickly find a place on the stone wall that can be fixed. There seems to be water behind the stone wall. We must prevent the water from rushing over and washing us away!"

"Is there an underground river behind the stone wall?" Tang Feng thought of the magnificent underground river in the Stone Waterfall Cave of Qise Jinhai.

"How is this possible? The Stone Waterfall Cave is underground, but we are now in the mountains!" Han Jiang shouted at Tang Feng.

"I don't know what's behind the stone wall, do as I tell you!" Makarov said in an orderly tone.

The three retreated while looking for a place on the rock wall that could be fixed.Makarov tied the rope around himself and handed it to Han Jiang and Tang Feng.The three of them had just tied the rope and tied it into a line of grasshoppers, when the eagle's eyes suddenly stopped coming out of the water!Looking at the stagnant water on the ground, it had already covered the calves of the three of them.

"Why did the water stop?" Tang Feng stared into the eagle's eyes suspiciously.

As soon as Tang Feng's words fell, there was a louder noise from behind the stone wall.After a few loud noises, Tang Feng suddenly discovered in surprise that the stone wall in front of them slowly opened.As the stone wall turned up little by little, Tang Feng was stunned, he saw the world behind the stone wall.It was a chaotic and dark world. The flood spewed out from the dark world, sweeping away all the dust in the cave with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops.

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Tang Feng wanted to yell "Flood, run quickly", but before he finished yelling, a wave hit him head and face.Tang Feng suddenly felt that the surroundings were pitch black, and the deafening noise made his ears deaf.

In this narrow space, the explosive power of the flood is amazing.In the darkness, Tang Feng was rushed more than ten meters away by the flood.Just when he thought he was going to be swept away by the flood, he found himself held tightly by another powerful force... I don't know how long it took, the water slowed down, Tang Feng popped his head, and finally smelled a trace of water. fresh air.At this moment, he heard Han Jiang's voice: "Tang Feng, quickly grab the stone wall next to him."

Tang Feng groped for the protruding stone wall beside him, and finally found one.He firmly grasped the protruding stone wall, and his feet finally stepped on the ground.He poked his head out, took a big breath of fresh air, and slowly regained consciousness.He smelled something different in the fresh air, and he knew it was the air behind the stone wall.

(End of this chapter)