Although there were some unavoidable twists and turns and sacrifices, the mission of the Eighth Guard was successfully completed. The next step was to return to the guard safely. Even if this exploration operation was a complete success, under the command of General Yang, the corps commander Chief He led his soldiers to carry out the evacuation work in an orderly manner. Every soldier had a look of joy on his face, and the camp was filled with an atmosphere of joy.
The tents where the soldiers lived were folded, tied and placed on the carriage. The rest of the luggage was placed securely on the box boards and firmly fixed with ropes. To go back smoothly, these tasks were essential. As for the seriously injured soldiers like Yan Zheng, several carriages were specially set aside for them to rest.
There was no need to be busy changing dressings and caring for the wounded every day, so the young doctor rarely had some leisure time. She took apart the medicine bag she carried and carefully dried it, and then took off the blood-stained clothes of Yan Zheng and other seriously injured people, one by one. Wearing these dirty clothes for a long time is not conducive to wound healing.
Under the care of the little doctor, most of the seriously injured people survived. Only a few of them were too seriously injured and could not survive due to lack of medical treatment and medicine. The seriously injured people were deeply grateful to her. In their eyes, this little doctor was like a fairy sent to the world by God to relieve their pain and allow them to survive.
Yan Zheng, who also received the careful care of the little doctor, had basically recovered his mobility at this time. However, in order to hide the existence of Hongsha Bodhi, he still lay with the seriously injured people. In fact, all the large and small wounds on his body had healed. The scab and the skin underneath have almost recovered. Fortunately, the only person around him every day is the doctor, who has not noticed the fact that he has recovered. Moreover, many people know about his previous injury, but it is not attracting attention. Suspect.
The evacuation work has come to an end, and the entire team will set off tomorrow. The soldiers finally have free time to sit down and rest. After many fierce battles, the armor they wear is connected with hemp rope and cowhide. There are many damages, and as the armor pieces on it fall off or break into pieces, the protective effect of the armor will gradually decrease.
The wooden box storing the spare armor plates was carried out. A soldier stepped forward, opened the box, grabbed a handful of armor plates, and distributed them to everyone present. The soldiers took the armor plates and then took off their armor. Fill the vacant positions with spare armor plates. The leisure time now is only temporary. They will definitely face many battles on the way back. In order to increase the probability of survival, they must replenish the incomplete armor plates as much as possible.
The previous investigation into the failure of the fifty-seventh exploration operation did not produce a reasonable result. Although the supervisory censor sensed some indescribable aura from the armor left by the soldiers, and promptly sent the armor fragments to the imperial capital. Further inspection was carried out, but after inspection by the weapon refiner, apart from being contaminated with an indescribable aura, there were no other problems with the armor on the soldiers, and the indescribable aura could not be detected, which ultimately led to the investigation ending in vain.
However, in order for future exploration operations to proceed smoothly and to avoid similar problems from happening again, the smelting workshop that had been responsible for casting the armor of the frontier soldiers was replaced by the local forging department of the Northeast Province, which was specifically responsible for the 58th exploration operation. Manufacturing of required weapons and armor.
By the time the soldiers finished resting, it was dark and the earth had fallen asleep. Only the bonfire used for cooking was still burning. Except for the sound of the occasional movement of the sentry, the entire camp was silent.
The little doctor has fallen asleep leaning against Yan Zheng. She has fallen asleep like this for the past two days. Yan Zheng worked hard to adjust his posture and used his shoulders as a cushion for the little doctor, so that she could sleep more comfortably. Look Looking at the young doctor's peaceful sleeping face, Yan Zheng felt very relieved. This exploration operation was finally coming to an end. He had also protected the people he wanted to protect and lived up to the little doctor's trust in him.
Just when Yan Zheng was about to fall asleep, he suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart. This feeling was not caused by the red gauze bodhi, but as if his heart was pinched by some invisible hand. Yan Zheng understood that it was his heart. His body was filled with instinctive fear, and he struggled to get up, trying to see where this feeling came from.
Inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of an unusual figure. The figure was wearing a blood-red Hanfu with large sleeves, and her shoulders were dotted with ink star patterns. The blood-red gauze covered her face, leaving only a pair of soft and boneless breasts. Her slender hands were exposed from her sleeves, and her jade fingers were dotted with a few drops of kodan as delicate as blood. She stepped on the void and walked over the camp, bathed in the cold moonlight, like a fairy who had been demoted to the mortal world.
This astonishing beauty made Yan Zheng forget to breathe for a moment, and even the stars in the sky were eclipsed in front of her. Yan Zheng couldn't believe it. He thought he had seen it wrong, but the fairy exuded power from the inside out. The pressure forced him to believe that a sentry seemed to have caught a glimpse of the fairy. He opened his mouth in surprise, but was unable to make any sound from his throat.
Yan Zheng didn't know what the sentry saw. He only knew that after seeing the fairy, the sentry froze in place. His eyes were full of fear of the unknown, and blood flowed from his eyes. It flowed out, and then he completely lost his self-awareness and fell to his knees.
The sentry's reaction made Yan Zheng change his face. He was sure that this was the source of the strong danger that made him feel. The appearance of this fairy was so abnormal. Not to mention how dangerous it was in the secluded realm. The person who appeared without attracting the attention of the monks in the camp has far surpassed Qingxu in strength. What exactly is she? Some monster disguised as a human? Or some evil cultivator whose name is unknown?
The fairy ignored the sentinel who saw her figure. Her eyes only glanced at Yan Zheng, but Yan Zheng's meager behavior did not attract her attention. In her eyes, these people were just food. The fairy She lifted the blood-red gauze covering her face, opened her lips lightly, and hummed a song.
"He's a slender man with five squirrels, and he's like Zouyu! He's a shaggy man, and he's got five squirrels at once, and he's like Zouyu!"
The fairy had a beautiful voice, but the songs she sang were very weird. Yan Zheng couldn't understand the syllables she made. He just felt that these sounds were like maggots demanding carrion, vying to get into his ears and make his brain Swelling, even if the fairy finished singing a song, the sounds did not dissipate, but continued to echo in the air.
The sentry was obviously affected by the singing. A stream of blood flowed out of his ears. It was obvious that the eardrums had been broken. The soldiers who had fallen asleep also stood up one after another and walked towards the center of the camp like zombies. Even the monks were not immune. , they numbly followed the unconscious crowd and gathered at the feet of the fairy.
The little doctor also stood up in confusion and joined the walking crowd. Yan Zheng stretched out his hand to hold her, but she subconsciously pushed her away. Under the influence of the singing, everyone in the entire camp was deeply moved. Trapped in hallucinations, no external stimulation can wake them up.
Looking at the bustling crowd below, the fairy's beautiful face showed uncontrollable enthusiasm. She clapped her hands gently, and the invisible power spread outward. Whether they were monks or ordinary soldiers, their souls were all forced to manifest. Among them The contained spiritual energy of heaven and earth was also extracted, and converged towards the palm of the fairy's hand, forming a ball of bright red blood-like light. There were a few strands of blue silk thread hidden in the flowing light, adding to the blood-like light. A bit weird.
The fairy frowned slightly, as if she was a little disgusted with these blue silk threads. She stretched out her jade finger towards the light, and a few strands of blue silk thread were pulled by her fingers and flowed out from the blood-like light, condensing into a ball on her fingertips. She picked up a faint blue crystal, flicked it with her finger, and the crystal suddenly shot through the air and disappeared.
Looking at the rich blood-like light in her hand, the fairy could no longer suppress her rising appetite. Her originally exquisite facial features became blurred, and her face as white as snow bloomed like a flower, revealing several deep skin underneath. The bottomless hole, a terrifying suction force came from the hole, and the blood-like light was quickly swallowed.
The fairy who had finished her meal let out a charming smile, and the blooming flowers closed again, and her beautiful facial features reappeared on her face. She stretched out her hand to put on the blood-red gauze, and then clapped her hands again. The bustling crowd seemed to have heard some order and returned to the tent one after another. The little doctor also returned to Yan Zheng's side and lay down against him, as if nothing had happened just now.
By the time Yan Zheng overcame the influence of the sound, the strange red-clothed fairy had long disappeared. Yan Zheng was so horrified that he could not speak for a moment. If he had not been controlled by the song, he would definitely have joined those people. , the spiritual energy in the body was absorbed by the fairy in red. Fortunately, this fairy did not harm them, but only absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy. However, Yan Zheng still felt scared. With the strength of this fairy, as long as she Thinking about it, everyone present, even him, would have no chance of escaping.
After everyone woke up the next day, they all felt inexplicably tired, as if everyone had experienced a fierce battle last night. Several monks were so weak that they could not even stand up, and were forced to sit in the carriage to rest. Many people had blood stains on their ears, as if their eardrums had been damaged to varying degrees.
Yan Zheng paid special attention to the sentry who witnessed the red fairy, but he didn't show anything special, let alone reported something to his superiors. It seems that Yan Zheng is the only one who knows about last night. What happened, no, that's not accurate, there was another person in the camp who also witnessed last night's vision.
On the carriage on the way back, there was a man who was tied tightly with ropes. His eyes were severely bloodshot, and he had a ferocious smile on his face. His body was also dirty. He kept repeating words with unknown meanings in his mouth. Even though his throat was hoarse, he didn't stop. However, these words were naturally regarded as crazy by the soldiers guarding him, and no one cared.
Yan Zheng, who was in the carriage in front, heard clearly that Wu Chang Ji kept repeating a passage, which was exactly the song sung by the fairy in red last night.
