It was dusk, and when the last ray of sunlight disappeared into the horizon, the Siming Mountain shelter ushered in a tense night again.
The guards who had rested were on duty again. According to the rotation, they were required to be on duty for nearly four hours in the first half of the night.
Because they had just eaten, the guards were in better spirits and more interested in talking.
Perhaps due to the shortage of manpower, the two guards who were released during the day were once again lined up together, but this time their task was not to guard the suspended sentry, but to guard the gate area.
From the position of issuing the door opening command to the position of operating the door opening.
Since they had a shift early in the morning, the two of them soon started chatting in random directions, with topics ranging from all over the world.
However, while chatting, the two of them still thought of the door opening incident during the day.
After all, these two things are worth noting during the duty. Most of the time, the inspection work is repeated, which is very boring.
"Hey, brother, I heard during dinner tonight that Captain Huang who went out in the morning came back and brought back several wounded people..."
"Yeah, I heard about it too. I brought back four women and two men, and oh, by the way! There's also a mutated dog!"
When talking about mutant dogs, the guard soldier showed excitement on his face and pointed to a corner not far away.
"I heard that the dog was a pet dog. Not only did it not go crazy after the mutation, it also escorted the owner's family to the Four Seasons settlement safely."
"Yeah, it's such a good dog. If I could have this dog and take it with me when I'm on duty, tsk tsk, I would definitely feel safe!"
As he spoke, the guard cast a fond look in the direction of the mountain cannon.
"Pull him down. Just like you, thank God if you don't get chased and bitten by a mutated dog. Don't think about those who are there or not. We don't have that fate..."
"That's right...it would be great to be alive..." the soldier sighed.
Inadvertently, the two of them caught a glimpse of a dark shadow walking not far away.
"Hey...that person looks a bit familiar..."
"Yes, the light is too dark to see clearly..."
"Damn it! It's Qiu Qianjun Qiu Dui! Why is he here..."
"Holy crap! You're even coming towards us!" Amid the panic of the two soldiers, Qiu Qianjun strode over, impartially, and his target was the two of them.
"Captain Qiu!"
After saluting Qiu Qianjun, the two soldiers felt uneasy.
You must know that this is the current leader of the Siming Mountain Refuge. How did he get here? And it seemed that he had made a special trip to find them both.
"Are you two manning the hanging guard post in the early morning?" Qiu Qianjun didn't ask anything else and went straight to the point.
"Yes, Captain Qiu... um, did we make any mistakes in our work?"
One of the more courageous soldiers spoke tentatively.
"No, you don't have to be nervous." A smile appeared on Qiu Qianjun's face. Although his eyes were still sharp, it still made the two soldiers in front of him relax a lot.
As long as it's not an oversight at work...
"Then Captain Qiu is here..." Another soldier asked.
"I'm just here to ask two questions." The smile on Qiu Qianjun's face became even warmer, making people feel a sense of trust.
"What I want to ask is, how many times did the gate open when you two were on duty in the early morning?"
"Twice, once by Captain Huang and once by Captain Xu." The guard soldier replied without hesitation.
"Commander Xu? Xu Xiaoxiao, right?"
Qiu Qianjun frowned, with a serious expression on his face.
"It's Commander Xu Xiaoxiao..."
Seeing Qiu Qianjun's changed expression, the guarding soldier's tone became cautious, thinking to himself.
"It seems that something happened after all...and it's not a trivial matter..."
Just when the soldier thought Qiu Qianjun would continue to ask seriously, he saw the man opposite suddenly raised his eyebrows and sighed helplessly.
"Okay, it's nothing serious. It's just that Xiao Xiao didn't report to me. Although she has excellent abilities, she has not received professional military training after all, and she is not good enough in some aspects..."
Hearing what Qiu Qianjun said, the two guard soldiers looked at each other, suddenly feeling as if this was the case.
Maybe they thought Xu Xiaoxiao was a good girl, so the two soldiers didn't mean to add fuel to the fire. Instead, they offered a few words of advice, with the intention of excusing the girl.
"Captain Qiu, you can't blame Captain Xu. I remember that of the two men who went out during the day, one seemed to have joined the army a month ago, but I don't know who it was. Captain Xu must have thought that he had already joined the army." I have already reported it, so I didn’t come to report to you.”
In the Siming Mountain shelter, soldiers must report to their superiors if they want to go out. This is a rule and military discipline.
As the rotating commander at the time, Xu Xiaoxiao was indeed responsible for not reporting the departure of the relevant personnel, but the main responsibility still lay with the person who left.
After all, it's easy to hide this kind of thing.
"Okay, I understand, you can continue to be on duty."
After hearing the soldier's words, Qiu Qianjun didn't say anything more, just nodded with a smile, then lifted his legs and left.
However, what the two soldiers did not see was that the moment Qiu Qianjun turned around, the warmth in the man's eyes disappeared, and there was a hint of panic.
Underground shelter No. 4, the recovery room where Xu Xiafeng is located.
Xu Xiaoxiao was beside the bed, holding a knife and cutting the wood in his hand bit by bit.
The wood is elm, which is already quite hard. After being infected by the secondary virus, it has become even better.
But in the girl's hands, the piece of wood was like a piece of soft plasticine, constantly changing shape under the cutting of the knife.
Xu Xiafeng's chest rose and fell on the bed, as if he had just done a strenuous exercise. Apart from his heavy breathing, the only sound in the room was the sound of a knife cutting wood.
After a while, voices came from the ward, and it was Bai Donggu who was lying opposite.
But the former Military Commission for Discipline Inspection only called Xu Xiaoxiao's name, and then his throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton and he couldn't say a word.
The only thing that changed was the heavier cutting movements in Xu Xiaoxiao's hands.
Rapid footsteps were heard in the corridor outside the ward, and soon, a familiar figure appeared at the door of the ward.
It's Qiu Qianjun.
Seeing Xu Xiaoxiao in the room, the man breathed a sigh of relief and waved to the medical staff with relief.
The other wounded in the ward were quickly helped out, and even those who were unable to leave their beds were pushed out of the corridor with their beds.
Only Qiu, Bai, and Xu were left in the room, as well as the girl who had been cutting wood...
