1. She was born within the "Great Wall" and has lived in this central city surrounded by steel walls for a long time, where elite generations gather.
For the Great Wall people, the past, present and future will all be days of having no worries about food and clothing.
Social workers work step by step, but students like her only need to study, take exams, get satisfactory scores, and then transfer to social workers, work step by step, and at the same time enjoy all the benefits of Datong society.
Free bread and milk. Superior living environment like a greenhouse. A concept of money that only exists in history books. There are also entertaining adventure stories about beyond the Great Wall.
Who would want to abandon such a comfortable life? Carefree and safe in life.
Because they are residents of the Great Wall - she and Lan Xi are the same. The symbol of a Great Wall person is the wealth she has squandered throughout her life.
The six-month schedule was unveiled day by day, and it was spring vacation again. Before the holiday came, she discussed with several classmates about the travel destination, which of course was limited to the Great Wall.
During the break, a few of them gathered together again and continued yesterday's travel topic amidst the noise.
"To be honest, we have gone to all the fun places. We went to the beach for vacation last year, and we went to the castle the year before that."
The person who spoke was their leader "Xiao Ming".
This popular name is not actually his real name, but because his appearance, words, deeds, and outlook are all very similar to the protagonist Xiao Ming in the textbook.
So the students nicknamed him the name of the protagonist in the textbook.
Xiao Ming is responsible for planning each trip schedule and is also a good and conscientious captain. When he grows up, he should be able to become an excellent leader in a certain field on the Great Wall like the textbook.
"Hehehe, I didn't expect that our captain's idea wouldn't be enough this time." Su Lei teased.
His grades are not better than others, but his specialty is sports. Although it will be difficult for him to find a civilian job in the future, developing in competitive sports may be a better choice.
"Hey, you mean you have an idea? Tell me, don't riddle me here! We have been discussing it for several days."
The one who sounded a bit arrogant was Aina, but of course this was not her real name.
According to her, she wants to develop into a star idol in the future. So I gave myself a stage name and dyed my hair maroon.
"Actually... Hey, Lan Xi, are you listening?" Su Lei asked Lan Xi before he started speaking.
"Yes, yes, yes." Lan Xi responded.
Because these people are too active, her sense of presence seems relatively weak. But she had been listening carefully and had not expressed any thoughts.
"Really...why are you always like this?" Su Lei returned to the topic: "In fact, my uncle came back from the border area of the Great Wall the day before yesterday! He said that if he has free time recently, he can take me to the border area to experience military life. I thought, I can ask my uncle to take us to the border of the Great Wall for a few days."
"Sounds good," the captain agreed.
"We have never seen what the boundary of the Great Wall looks like. This is really a great opportunity."
"It's very exciting. When I debut in the future, I can tell the media that I was also a star who experienced military life, unlike those hothouse flowers who have never even tried cooking." Aina said.
"Isn't it dangerous?"
"What danger! Lan Xi, why are you always so timid? It's not like you're going to some scary place. Is it still as scary as last year's castle adventure? By the way, you're so scared, why don't we do it then? Horrible game for you..."
"That's enough for you..." Xiao Ming said, "How could you bully your girlfriend like this?"
"Just because you are so serious, you don't have a girlfriend."
The school bell stopped them from chatting any further. But finally, the travel plan was finalized.
That morning, Sulei's uncle Levin, a tall, dark-skinned, muscular middle-aged man, prepared a car to pick them up. Today, he is still wearing his military uniform and telling his children what to pay attention to.
As the car passed through the tunnel, the road ahead suddenly became clear. Only then did everyone in the guest room realize that they had reached the north of the Great Wall.
Through the window, you can look up to the high blue wall that connects with the sky.
"This is why the place we live in is called the Great Wall." Levin introduced while controlling the steering wheel.
"The Great Wall separates us from the outside world. Because we are descendants of the elite, we are qualified to live in such a utopian place. Just be content."
As an officer who often stands on the Great Wall to protect the central city, he is proud of this and instills this pride in his children.
"I will become an officer like my uncle in the future." Su Lei promised, and then glanced at Lan Xi confidently.
"So what's it like outside the Great Wall?" Lan Xi asked curiously.
Levin stared at the front end of the highway for a while and replied: "The conditions are not as good as here. After all, they are inferior to us in every aspect."
"Why do you think so much!" Su Lei complained.
"You'd better think carefully about how to deal with the "exercise" we specially prepared for you, a coward! "
"Hahaha, Lan Xi is very good at mechanics, but it doesn't improve his courage."
Half an hour later, the car arrived at the border. The five people got out of the car and found that it was very quiet and there was no sound of anyone.
But what echoed in my ears was the heavy sound of heavy objects hitting metal, as if some metal object was being built on a construction site.
The four young people saw what the city wall looked like for the first time.
A hundred meters away, a dark blue steel barrier rose from the ground, so high that it blocked out the sky and the sun, and it seemed to stretch forever. How majestic this is.
Levin described it as "the guardian of human elite civilization."
Xiao Ming was so surprised that he was speechless. This was something that he had never seen in books, and it was also a scene that he could not imagine in his mind before seeing it.
Aina thought to herself, she doesn’t have to wait for her debut, she can now show off this experience to those otaku fans who stay at home all day and don’t go out to see the world. In this way, they will worship me, an experienced female star, even more wholeheartedly. .
So she picked up her phone, took a photo, and sent it to her circle of friends. Before she could return to her mobile phone desktop, someone had already liked it.
Lan Xi found that an inexplicable thought seemed to have arisen in her heart. She was touched by this majestic Great Steel Wall.
She didn't dare to admit this idea, let alone say it in front of everyone. She does not worship the Great Wall.
She knew that this was a very dangerous and rebellious thought, so dangerous that the police could charge her with "insulting the Great Wall".
From an early age, the elders around them have taught their children this way: "Thanks to the Great Wall, you, like seedlings, have been protected and isolated from the garbage outside. It is the Great Wall that allows you to live a life without worries." 1
Su Lei ran over quickly and touched the steel wall curiously.
"Don't touch!" Levin's roar spread throughout the freshman base.
He grabbed Su Lei back: "Who told you to touch the city wall! You are so unruly! Let me experience what military punishment is! Do a hundred push-ups for me!"
After Su Lei finished, he lay on the ground tiredly, panting and swearing: "I won't dare to do it again."
The base is as empty as a school playground, and the sentry posts on the city wall are too close to the sky, making it impossible to see whether anyone is actually standing guard inside.
The voices of five people talking are the only sources of biological sound in this area.
Lan Xi asked Levin in a low voice why there was no one in the freshman base. Levin explained that the freshmen at the base also went back for vacation.
This area is relatively safe and does not need to be guarded by soldiers. Because of this, it was convenient for him to bring these students to visit.
"I'd better take the patrol's place and go take a look nearby. At seven o'clock tonight, we will gather in front of Barracks No. 7. You must stand at attention and wait for me!" After saying that, Levin left them with big steps.
"There is a small river nearby, and there are small fish in the river that have been artificially bred and released. Wait for me to get the harpoon, and we will catch fish for barbecue together!"
Xiao Ming and Su Lei followed the arranged schedule.
The noon barbecue was Sule's idea, because he learned from the stories told by Uncle Levin that there was such a small river near the barracks.
"Let's talk first, I won't catch fish. The cold water in the river is not good for the skin, and I don't want the media to find out that I went to the river to catch fish like a peasant woman. But I can still help you inspect the environment. !" After Aina finished speaking, she walked away.
Su Lei went to the cooking camp and took out barbecue racks and other utensils.
He thought to himself that there was really no one here, so he could have a good time.
After a while, Su Lei returned to the riverside to meet the other two people. Lan Xi asked Aina why she hadn't come back yet.
Xiao Ming was about to answer when he was startled by a scream in the distance. It's Aina's cry!
"What happened?" Lan Xi's heart tightened.
What kind of uneasy feeling is this?
The three of them ran in the direction of the screams and found Aina slumped on the ground under a big tree, staring straight at the treetops.
"Tree... hanging on the tree..." Aina looked pale and could hardly speak.
This is a tragic situation that originally only existed in horror adventure novels.
A soldier didn't even have his head, only his stumps were left, and there was a knife stuck in his back. He was hung on a tree like this, and blood kept dripping from the body.
Su Lei was serious and calm, "What the hell happened to us?" He thought Lan Xi would be more frightened than Aina.
He looked back at her and saw that she was frozen there.
Just when the atmosphere was tense, the branches were swayed by the wind.
A pig's trotter fell out of the hanging soldier's empty trousers.
Lan Xi stayed for two seconds and finally knew what was going on. "You! Play with me!"
"It's time to wear it." Aina stood up and silently patted the dust on her skirt.
"Hey, if there were more pork in the cooking barracks, I wouldn't stuff pig's trotters into the uniform! Also, if there was more blood, maybe it would be more realistic..."
After a false alarm, the four people left the "crime site".
"That's enough!" Lan Xi shouted angrily: "If you want to tease me, you have to know how to measure it! What if other soldiers discover this prank?"
"There's no one else here, they're all on holiday." Su Lei replied nonchalantly.
"Everyone just wants to exercise your courage. Okay, we are all hungry, let's go back and grill the fish!"
When Xiao Ming said this, he did not express the question "Why do all the soldiers have a holiday?" in his heart.
Su Lei apologized to Lan Xi, "Honey, forgive me! I'll get you a big fish later!"
"snort!"
Return to the river. Xiao Ming continued to play with the barbecue grill, installed the net, lit the charcoal and prepared the primer. Aina whistled and brought various seasonings and wooden forks.
Su Lei followed his promise and personally jumped into the river to spear fish. He has loved spearing fish in the river since he was a child, so today he was able to show off his skills in front of his lover.
Lan Xi, who was teased by a prank, lost her temper just like that.
After a while, the bucket already contained some loot. "First take these pieces and let Xiao Ming process them and then bake them," Su Lei ordered.
Lan Xi picked up the bucket and walked away. Su Lei kept his promise and wanted to catch a big fish for her. At this moment, he spotted the target prey and stabbed it with his fork without hesitation.
Unfortunately, the prey slipped away in the direction of the current. And because the force was too strong, the fork pierced into the mud at the bottom of the river. But based on the feel of his hand, Su Lei realized that he seemed to have stabbed something soft.
"It seems that I have caught a treasure buried at the bottom of the river!" Su Lei happily used a fork to lift the "prey" out of the mud to the surface of the water.
It was an arm that had been bitten into half, with pieces of camouflage clothing still remaining.
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2. "Do you want to tell Uncle Levin about this?"
At seven o'clock in the evening, four people followed Levin's instructions and stood at attention in front of Barracks No. 7, waiting for Levin's arrival.
At this moment, Lan Xi was asking Su Lei in a low voice about finding half of the soldier's arm in the river.
"Of course...of course." Su Lei forced himself to calm down.
He thought about it, it was just half an arm. If he were an anatomy student, he would definitely not be afraid of it.
"It's also possible that the soldier was executed and thrown into the river because he committed some serious crime."
Aina guessed, brushing the bangs on her forehead with her hands.
She couldn't bear to stand in a military posture for even a minute and had already begun to move without permission.
But twenty minutes have passed, why hasn't Uncle Levin shown up yet? The sound of construction has continued since morning and is getting closer and closer. Although the sound was not intentional, it also made them feel uneasy.
It's already half an hour past seven. Uncle Levin never showed up. Soldiers are rarely late, even to a group of students.
They were a little panicked. At this time, Xiao Ming, as the captain, judged: "Let's go find Uncle Levin. Let's look for him separately."
"No. You're wrong." Su Lei said, "According to the nature of horror movies, if you split up, something big will happen."
"That's right..." Aina agreed, "I, a mentally retarded woman, can't save myself if something unexpected happens."
"Let's go to the sentry post first. If we stand high, it will be easier to find people. And there are lights and night vision goggles on the sentry post."
Su Lei led them to the guard tower according to the previous route and climbed the stairs to the top.
As they climbed the stairs, they grasped the iron rod tightly and felt the vibration of the knock coming from a distance. The heavy banging sound never stopped for a moment.
There was just enough room for four people on the top floor of the sentry post.
Su Lei found the spare night vision goggles in the drawer. The model was different from that of amateurs. It was military type and was called night vision goggles.
But there were only three, so I only gave one to myself, Xiao Ming and Aina.
After Xiao Ming and Su Lei took it, they immediately used it to find Levin's figure in the base, but after searching for a long time, they still found no results.
Lan Xi felt very uneasy. It was completely dark, and I couldn't see anything without night vision goggles. I couldn't do anything except pray that they would find Uncle Levin.
Wait, could it be that they also conspired to plot against him this time?
As for Aina, she didn’t know what strange thought drove her to pick up the night vision goggles and look at the scenery outside the Great Wall.
In the green vision of her night vision lenses, she looked out onto the plains in the distance. There are several creatures crawling across the vast land.
Aina wanted to see what kind of animal it was and how different it was from the real thing to the picture in the book, so she adjusted the focus.
This group of "creatures" are excitedly biting their prey. The prey wears camouflage uniforms.
One of the "creatures" seemed to sense that someone was spying on it eating, so it stopped with its mouth full of dripping flesh and blood, turned its head, and met Aina's eyes.
It's a zombie. She let go of her hand and the night vision goggles fell outside the Great Wall.
"You are so weak. It turns out you are afraid of heights. When your hand shook, all the tools were gone." Su Lei laughed at her.
"You are more timid than Lan Xi at the critical moment!"
Aina didn't refute or say anything, she squeezed past the sentry exit, hurried down the stairs and left.
"What should I do if I can't find Uncle Levin?" Xiao Ming put down the night vision goggles. "Where did Aina go?"
"She ran down in a panic. Maybe she found Uncle Levin." Lan Xi said, and then asked suspiciously, "Could it be designed by you again this time?"
Xiao Ming and Su Lei swore to the sky that it was absolutely not the case.
If so, he will die without a burial tonight.
The three people decided to go down to find their companions first.
At this moment, Aina was sprinting away from the Great Wall base like a 100-meter sprint, and she didn't care that she lost an earring while running.
She groped for the car that had picked them up in the morning, found the spare key hidden under the car, opened the door, and sat in the driver's seat.
The completely enclosed space immediately gave her a sense of security again, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Levin had told them this morning where the spare key was hidden.
"I don't care about you. When anyone sees something like this, they will immediately think of running away. No one can blame me.
They have very good physical strength, and if they are chased by something like that, they will definitely be able to escape. I'm not physically strong enough and I definitely won't be able to escape, so I have to leave first. "
Aina comforted herself in this way, holding the steering wheel with her hands until she became sweaty.
A third hand reached out from the back seat and gripped the steering wheel.
