Just as "One Cut Plum" was playing on an endless loop in my mind, a big hand suddenly tapped me on the shoulder from behind.
I was stunned, turned around quickly, and found that the person tapping me on the shoulder was a foreigner with brown hair.
I shook off the guy's hand on my shoulder, frowned and asked angrily, "Who are you? Are we familiar with each other?"
The brown-haired foreigner smiled helplessly and looked at his hand that was thrown away. After a while, the guy introduced himself in a slightly gentlemanly tone and extremely fluent and authentic Chinese, and said: "Hu Tian, I'm very happy. We are the first team to find you. My name is Mike, and I am the captain of these people. Everyone calls me Knight! You can also call me that. The girl who just saved you is my deputy..."
As he spoke, the knight pointed at the mixed-race girl, and then said: "Her name is Shinaiichi, and we all call her Naga."
I glanced at the mixed-race girl and asked in surprise: "Naga? What does that mean?"
The knight smiled and said: "Naga is the hottest kind of chili pepper in Mexico. It is very beautiful, but it is surprisingly spicy. One gram is enough to make people unable to relax for three days and three nights. Didn't you just see that? ?”
I smiled helplessly, and then said: "It's damn hot!"
I said and glanced at Naga who was standing not far away. This girl was also looking at me at this time, with the corners of her mouth raised, revealing a slightly cruel smile, which scared me and quickly looked away. I was afraid that if I said something wrong, I would attract special attention from this "eldest lady".
After my eyes moved around, they fell back on the muscular, fair-skinned foreigner in front of me.
I frowned and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "You just said that your name is... knight?"
The knight nodded like a gentleman and said, "That's right!"
I looked at the knight and said, "What is your relationship with an international mercenary team called the Holy War Knights? If I remember correctly, that international mercenary team that only steals local national treasures around the world, their leader is called knight!"
The knight was obviously stunned after hearing my words. After a while, he smiled and said slowly: "Hahaha, to be honest, I didn't expect that there are still people in China who know the name of our Holy War Knights. No. Hu Tian, I’m starting to like you a little bit.”
I looked at the knight and said word by word: "But I don't like you very much, young master. What you just said was 'you', which means..."
Before I could finish my words, the knight interrupted me and said, "Yes! I am the knight you mentioned. These people you see now..."
The knight said, spreading his hands, pointing to the dozen or so well-equipped and eager team members behind him, and then continued with a smile: "They are the holy war knights you mentioned who collect and explore treasures all over the world. ."
I smiled disdainfully: "Collecting and exploring? What you said is really nice!"
The knight also smiled: "Brother Hu, it's a bit too barbaric to say that stealing and plundering are a bit too barbaric. We are all civilized people, it's just that we know better how to make money with our own brains and courage. But to be honest... …”
When he said this, the knight suddenly paused. I looked at him and asked in surprise: "Can't you say what you want to say more freely?"
The knight smiled and said: "To be honest, I really didn't expect that a person worth 20 million US dollars on the black market would be so weak as the next head of the Eight Gates. Such a Shura Bianhua flower can kill you." So embarrassed."
Xiong Ming was immediately furious after hearing the knight's words, and shouted from the side: "You girl, don't look down on people! Do you think I am a vegetarian? If I hadn't come in in a hurry and didn't bring any equipment, I would still have been killed by this broken tree. Made it look like this?"
Compared with the knight's contempt and Xiong Ming's irritability, at this time, I am more concerned about the "black market" they have been emphasizing.
"Why would a few of us be named on the black market? And the price was as high as 20 million US dollars. You must know that the US military only spent 12 million US dollars to publicly offer a reward for pulling the lamp. Who is the person behind this? This guy has played such a big game of chess, what on earth does he want to do?”
Countless questions filled my mind in an instant, making me almost breathless.
The knight seemed to see what I was thinking. He stood aside and coughed gently, and then said in authentic Beijing dialect: "Hu Tian, I know what you are thinking. To be honest, I really want to help you. But we don’t know who offered such a high price.”
I tilted my head and looked at the knight, and asked in surprise: "You don't know who the bidder is?"
The knight nodded and said: "Yes! In the black market, there are always intermediaries who come out to coordinate buyers and sellers. This is done to keep each other's secrets, and secondly, for the high introduction fee. However, I What I can tell you is..."
The knight deliberately prolonged his tone, and I couldn't wait to ask: "But what?"
The knight smiled and said: "However, as far as I know, the people who are offering you 20 million US dollars are also you Chinese."
I frowned and said, "They are also Chinese!"
After saying this, I looked at the knight and asked, "Why are you willing to tell me this?"
The knight smiled and said: "Hu Tian, you are such a smart man! You can grasp the key to the problem very well." As the knight spoke, he patted my shoulder, reached out and took out a pack of 555 and handed it to me. Without being polite, I took it and lit it, then took a long sip.
"Cough cough cough... the smoke in the United States is really strong!" After taking a puff of cigarette, I couldn't help but cough.
The knight looked at me, smiled, and said: "The reason why I tell you these things is because there is no grudge or enmity between us. What our brothers only want is the 20 million. And that man's request is just to live. Just take you and that thing to the place designated by him..."
"Wait!" I interrupted the knight, "You just said...that thing? What are you referring to? Are you going to bring us and what to that person?"
The knight looked at me, and after a while, he asked in a slightly surprised tone: "Haven't you found that thing yet?"
I asked in surprise: "What should we find? Are you referring to... the four-square seal? Do you also want the token of our stolen door?"
And just before I finished speaking, a white man standing at the farthest end suddenly shouted: "Be careful up there!"
This guy shouted so loudly that the entire altar was buzzing. I subconsciously glanced up and saw the big black coffin that was originally at the heart of the demon tree. And leaked out.
Here, it suddenly tilted, and then smashed straight down.
And Naga happened to be standing under the big black coffin. The big black coffin was so heavy that it reached not far from Naga's head in the blink of an eye. At this time, it was too late for Naga to hide.
In desperation, I rushed forward, stretched out my hands and pushed forward violently, but the push didn't matter, my hands happened to be pressed on Naga's chest, and suddenly there was a soft and elastic feeling. The touch reached the palms of his hands.
I was startled and quickly wanted to explain that I didn’t mean it, but before I could speak, Nagana’s scream that sounded like he was about to eat someone also reached my ears, “Hu Tian… you... ...Bitch man..."
Before Naga's shout could end, there was a "boom", and the huge black coffin hit the ground heavily, kicking up countless dust and making the choking person almost unable to open his eyes.
At this moment, a person's scream suddenly came from not far away.
The cry was heart-rending and sent chills down the backs of those who heard it.
Almost all of us immediately looked in the direction where the scream came from. Even Naga, who threatened to kill me, stopped moving at this time and turned his head to look warily in the direction of the sound.
Someone immediately recognized who made the sound. A handsome blond boy shouted: "Hound, what's wrong with you?"
After saying that, he was about to rush over and take it, but was grabbed by another mixed-race Asian next to him. The guy didn't speak, but tightly held the handsome blond guy's arm and shook his head at him with a serious face.
The handsome blond boy tried to break free from the hand of the mixed-race Asian, but failed several times. He shouted helplessly: "But...but the hunting dog...he..."
The handsome blond boy obviously had a good relationship with this guy named Hound, and tears were already flowing down his face before he finished speaking.
I deeply understand the helpless and helpless feeling of being unable to save my good friend when he is in trouble. I sighed and was about to take a few steps forward to comfort the handsome blond guy, but suddenly someone grabbed me by the collar.
I looked back in surprise and saw that it was a knight.
Seeing me looking at him, the knight lowered his voice and said to me: "There is no need for sympathy on the battlefield. It is the honor of mercenaries to die on the battlefield, and it is also the best funeral for them. As for that kid, if he wants to die on the battlefield The only way to continue living is to get out of the haze on your own, and it can’t be done with just a few words.”
After listening to the knight's words, I opened my mouth. In the end I could only sigh helplessly and swallowed back a bunch of words that came to my lips.
Quiet, surprisingly quiet.
The dust caused by the fall of the black coffin has not dissipated, and countless fine granular dust is like a faint mist, blocking everyone's sight.
After the scream, there was this unusual silence, just like the sea before a storm is always unusually calm.
I kept taking deep breaths, and my hands were shaking slightly due to nervousness. To be honest, I didn't like this feeling very much.
If I remember correctly, the last time I felt like this was during a regiment actual combat exercise a year after I joined the army. It was my first time participating in an actual combat exercise. As a new recruit, I was ambushed by the enemy one after another. , if the old squad leader hadn't saved me at that time and blocked the gun for me, I probably wouldn't have been able to join the special operations brigade, let alone a reunion with Xiong Ming in the army.
I took a long breath, and then tried to adjust my breathing so that my hands would stop shaking.
But who would have thought that at this moment, at this moment, a strange sound of copper bells suddenly came from a place not far in front of us.
“Boom…boom boom…boom…boom…boom…”
"One short, one long, two short...one short, one long, two short...one short, one long, two short..."
The bell sounded dull and long, repeating the same rhythm constantly, seeming to be conveying some unknown message to everyone.
But just when everyone was attracted by the sound of the bell, it stopped suddenly.
Immediately afterwards, a burst of weird laughter came from the direction of the bell.
