Xixia dead book

Chapter 148 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (33)
"So it is!" Stephen understood a little bit, "But why did my father avoid you?"

White smiled: "That's because he misunderstood the general. Also, he was afraid, timid, and forgot the original oath."

"oath?"

"Yes! Now, Stephen, you have to revisit your vows!" White said and stood up.

"Renew the oath?!" Stephen looked at White in surprise, and four burly men came behind him.

"Stephen, and this beautiful lady, you go with them, they will treat you very well..." White said slowly.

"What are you going to do?" Stephen cried excitedly.Seeing that Stephen was being dishonest, the two big men went up and set him up.

The other two big men held Fanny and brought them to a secret room at the bottom of the cabin.There are only two beds here and nothing else.The strong man tied them to two beds respectively, and then exited the secret room.The lights in the secret room gradually dimmed, and Stephen looked around in horror. He didn't know what terrible things were going to happen next.

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The door of the secret room opened, and White came in, his attire very different from before.Stephen didn't know what kind of clothes White was wearing, in short, it was a strange costume he had never seen before.

White stood in front of Stephen and Fanny, his eyes were slightly closed, and he began to mutter words.Stephen tried to hear what he was saying, but couldn't understand anything.He spoke neither English nor Chinese.

Stephen only felt that White's mouth moved faster and faster, and his speaking speed became faster and faster.He stared at White with a pair of terrified eyes, it seemed that what came out of White's mouth was not words, but terrible spells.Stephen couldn't take it anymore. He tried to free himself from the straps that bound him, but he couldn't move.Until finally, both he and Fanny slowly closed their eyes...

When Stephen woke up, he found that he and Fanny were still locked in this secret room, and the belt on his body had been untied.The boat was shaking violently, and there was a violent turbulence. Both Stephen and Fanny rolled under the bed. Stephen rushed to help Fanny, but he saw that there was an extra tattoo on Fanny's body at some point. pattern.

Stephen understood, and hurriedly checked his body, and was surprised to find that there was also a huge tattoo on his back, the same terrifying pattern, but much bigger than the one on Fanny's body!
Fanny's hand touched Stephen's back tenderly, and Stephen trembled all over.He suddenly turned around and hugged Fanny, seeing a trace of fear in her eyes, he quickly comforted her: "Don't worry, everything will pass."

Everything will pass.Stephen and Fanny spent another day and night in the secret room, during which time no one else came in except the person who came in to deliver the food.

Finally, White walked in. "How is it? Did you sleep well?" White smiled.

"Not good!" Stephen said angrily.

"Don't be angry, when we get to the place, you will soon understand our painstaking efforts!" White smiled and nodded at the two big men.

Stephen didn't know what he was going to do, and instinctively took a step back.

"Don't be nervous, Stephen, we have a little rule here, and you can't break it just yet," White explained.

"Rules?!" Stephen was still surprised, but the two big men had already come up and blindfolded him and Fanny.

Stephen and Fanny were taken ashore and boarded a helicopter.After flying for more than ten minutes, the helicopter landed steadily and stopped on the ground.

When Stephen's feet touched the ground, he had already judged that this was the place where the general met him last time.Stephen and Fanny had their blindfolds removed, and they got used to it for a while before they could see their surroundings clearly.This is a helipad surrounded by mountains. Not far away is a calm lake with a row of houses beside it.On the other side of the lake is a huge training ground, with all kinds of obstacles, training equipment, and everything that is used to train special forces.

Stephen was secretly surprised, what kind of place is this?It's like a secret base.The weather is very hot and can be reached by boat.Stephen quickly judged based on the experience of arriving here twice, but in the end he could only infer that this was a tropical island, and he still couldn't determine the specific location here.

Stephen and Fanny were brought into the secret room where they saw the general last time, and they stared nervously at the shadow.They couldn't be sure if anyone was there, if the General was already sitting in the shadows watching them both...

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There was no sound in the secret room, and Stephen could clearly hear his heartbeat.

After a long time, the general's voice finally came from the shadows, it was still the hoarse old voice: "Stephen, I'm glad to see you again!"

Although he was mentally prepared, Stephen was still shocked.He didn't hear any footsteps, door opening or breathing. Could it be that the general has been hiding in the shadows and watching them?

"No! I'm not happy. Since it's cooperation, why do you treat me like this? It seems that you don't trust me!" Stephen said dissatisfied.

"Stephen, you are worrying too much!" The general laughed, "Almost everyone who comes here is blindfolded. You know, what we are engaged in is the most dangerous business in the world, so we have to be careful everywhere cautious."

"But on the boat, that White has already let me join your organization, and it's still on me..."

"Stephen, you should have said 'our organization'!" the general interrupted Stephen.

"Then we should be our own people! I think we should treat each other with sincerity."

"Treat each other with sincerity, ha ha! This world is full of crimes and intrigues. I have seen people who treat each other with sincerity, but there are not many of them now!"

"Well, I can forgive your rudeness. So, what do you want us to do this time?"

"Since you have joined our organization, you have to participate in our training." The general paused, and then said, "I think White has already told you that I am looking for a successor. Originally, I have a successor , I trained him for many years, but something happened later, so now I want to re-select a successor, and you are one of the candidates."

"Candidate? So, I still have competitors?"

"Of course!"

There were two crisp applause from deep in the shadows, and then, the door behind Stephen opened, and White and another young man walked in.

"You can get to know each other!" said the general.

"My name is Tymoshin!" The young man held out his right hand to Stephen.

Stephen shook hands with Tymoshin politely.At this time, the general spoke again: "The jade screen that was auctioned in Beijing is the credit of Timoshin. He has the same ideals as me and has served our organization for a long time, but I have no respect for Ji Moshen." Mo Shen still has some dissatisfaction. Generally speaking, both of you have your own advantages and disadvantages, so it is not easy to choose a successor between the two of you."

Stephen understood a little bit that the matter had come to this point, and he suddenly felt that it might be a good choice to follow the path drawn by the general for him.He was tired of the fearful days in the past. He wanted to give Fanny a good and stable life, and he didn't want to fight endlessly like before.No matter what the organization is or not, if you use the power of the general to finish this vote, you may be able to end your past life.

Thinking about it, a brand new picture slowly unfolded in front of Stephen... At this time, he had already thrown away his father's advice, and he decided to serve the general wholeheartedly. He wanted to compete with Timoshin for the position of successor up.

The general coughed twice, and then said: "The rest will depend on your performance, and White will tell you the specific arrangement." After the general finished speaking, his voice fell silent, and the shadows fell completely silent.Seeing Timoshen and White looking at the shadow respectfully, Stephen thought it was a little funny, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud.

A few minutes later, Stephen heard a slight noise, and a glimmer of light appeared in the secret room.Immediately afterwards, the light became more and more brighter.Stephen found that the curtain of the secret room was slowly opened.

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The thick curtains were all drawn, and the warm sunlight shone in.Only then did Stephen realize that the so-called secret room turned out to be a large conference room.

The meeting room is next to the lake, and the scenery is beautiful, Stephen was fascinated by the scenery in front of him.Suddenly, there was a burst of violent shooting outside the window, and Stephen instinctively wanted to draw a gun, only then remembered that he was disarmed on the boat.

White suddenly appeared behind Stephen, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Take it easy, Stephen, relax, it's just our team training."

"Training like special forces?" Stephen saw through the wide window on the training ground across the lake, dozens of men in black were training, some were practicing grappling and fighting, and some were practicing confrontational shooting.

"Yes, to some extent more rigorous training than special forces!" White said.

"Why such strict training?" Stephen was puzzled.

"Because we will face a very complicated environment and face dangers far beyond your imagination."

"I have been in the Airborne Forces. From my point of view, your training level is indeed very high. But I still don't understand what kind of danger we will face. Is it more dangerous than the US special forces?"

"Stephen, it is difficult for me to describe to you the danger we are about to face in a few words now, and you will gradually know about it in the future." White paused, turned and sat down, "Stephen, although you serve in the U.S. Airborne Corps I have been in the military, but don’t bring the arrogance of the US military here. You have to know that there are many teams in the world that are better than the US military, such as our opponents.”

"You mean the people I met in Hong Kong?"

"Yes! But they are only part of the danger." White signaled Stephen and others to sit down.

After everyone sat down, White opened a thick file bag, took out a stack of documents, and said to everyone: "Let's study our opponents next!"

Stephen took the file from White.In these documents, he saw photos and basic information of Tang Feng, Han Jiang, Zhao Yong, Luo Zhongping, Liang Yunjie, Liang Yongquan, Liang Yuan, Yelena, Makarov and others.

"Remember these people! You will have to deal with them in the future!" White reminded everyone.

Stephen's memory is very good, he quickly flipped through these materials, and asked in confusion: "This old K's staff is not neat! Since Han Jiang is the leader of old K, why is it only K2? Who is K1?"

White shrugged: "I also discovered this problem. But we only have so much information. If you want to know more, you can only rely on yourself."

"The materials mentioned Liang Yunjie and Makarov's participation in the scientific expedition team. I..." Stephen suddenly thought of his father who kept calling "death oasis" and "devil" before he died... Could it be that his father also had the same relationship with the scientific expedition team back then? Team related?

"What do you want to say, Stephen?" White asked.

"My father kept shouting 'death oasis' and 'devil' before he died. And my father said in his letter that after the defeat of the Nationalist government in Taiwan, he had taken the initiative to lurk in the mainland in order to crack the secret of Yuchaping. In other words, my father probably lived in mainland China in the 20s. Could he be related to the Sino-Soviet joint scientific expedition?” Stephen expressed his doubts.

Stephen's words silenced White and Tymoshin.After a long time, Tymoshen suddenly asked, "Stephen, did your father tell you in detail about his life in mainland China in the 20s?"

"No. My father never told me about the past, except briefly in his dying letters."

"Okay! Let's save this issue for later discussion, and now let's talk about the immediate matter. Stephen, after reading the information of these people, you should understand the danger I just mentioned. Look at our opponents, they are not weak. ! And that's only part of the dangers you face," White said gravely.

"Yes! Judging from the situation in Hong Kong and these materials, our opponent is indeed quite strong, but this reassures me."

"Oh?" White didn't understand.

"This shows that the group of people under me are obviously not their opponents. I don't feel ashamed if I lose! Next, let's look at the team trained by the general. I believe that if this team is led by me, it will definitely defeat our opponent."

"Okay! This is what the general wants!" White said with a high five.

"So, what's our next move?" At this time, even Stephen himself was surprised that he wanted to go to China so urgently to find the legendary ancient city of Xixia.

White opened a map, pointed to a location on the map and said: "Our next goal is here - the mountains in the northwest of Sichuan. It is said that the last Dangxiang tribe lives here. You have to catch up with Tang Feng, Han Before Jiang and the others found this Dangxiang tribe, they should have a jade screen in their hands."

"How many people did you give me?"

"Choose whatever you want! And we already have people in ambush there. If you find old K's people, lure them to the Qiang village here, and wipe them all out in the Qiang village."

"It shouldn't be too late, we should start now." Stephen began to understand at this moment why it was so difficult for his grandfather and father to let go of that treasure all his life, and now he was also deeply trapped in it, unable to extricate himself.

"Wait! Stephen, don't be impatient, you still have to participate in training before you lead the team out."

"Participate in training?" Stephen was puzzled, "Am I not qualified yet?"

"Of course not. The general and I are very optimistic about you. However, you must convince the people below. From tomorrow onwards, you and Fanny will be like ordinary soldiers. Go to train with our team and show your strength in front of them. Everyone will be convinced of your strength!"

Stephen didn't expect it to be so complicated.He pondered for a while and said, "Okay! That's it!"

"Stephen, remember, you must truly become one of us, which is more important than the training itself." White did not forget to warn Stephen at the end.

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From the next day, Stephen and Fanny joined the training as ordinary soldiers.After Stephen retired from the Airborne Forces, he has maintained a high level of performance and never lowered his requirements. Coupled with the skills he learned in the army in the past, he quickly stood out from the crowd.

In contact with these men in black, Stephen gradually learned about their origins.Although these people come from all over the world, most of them have a similar experience: serving in the army, then breaking the law and committing a felony!It was the general who brought them here by various means.These desperate desperadoes are all devoted to the general and swear allegiance to the death, not only to repay the general's life-saving grace, but also to be moved by the bright future promised by the general.

After several weeks of training, White came to the training ground one afternoon, announced Stephen's appointment to everyone, and even awarded Stephen a medal.Stephen felt that he seemed to have returned to the life of the army. Looking at the murderous guys in front of him, he suddenly felt a sense of time and space dislocation.

Stephen didn't know whether to be happy or worried.However, when he thought of the general's wonderful promise, he became excited. Even if he couldn't find the treasure of the Xixia Dynasty, if he could really get this team, he would be able to commit several shocking crimes.Thinking of this, Stephen involuntarily looked around.He was looking for Timoshin, wanting to see Timoshin's expression.Timoshin was his only competitor, but he didn't see Timoshin in the crowd.

"So that's the case. I said why those men in black are so powerful!" Han Jiang was shocked after hearing Stephen's narration.

"They actually still have our information!" Tang Feng was also surprised, "And it was the black lama who first established this mysterious organization! No wonder we saw that pattern on the stone wall!"

(End of this chapter)