One sentence Xue Dong said made me nervous.

In the past few days, I have focused all my energy on being wary of Wang Qing and his companion, as well as on locating the acupoint, completely ignoring the competition rules of Fengmen Village.

I was only concerned with how to get more tokens and avoid others fighting over them, but I overlooked the fact that the man had also said that our mountain range would cross the border and enter other countries' territory.

Yunnan borders several countries. When we went up the mountain, we were drugged and led up there. We had no idea where we were, so we didn't know which border we were crossing.

Thump!

At that moment, another gunshot rang out in the distance.

Xue Dong listened intently, then broke off a blade of grass to measure the wind direction: "Judging from the wind direction, the gunshot was fired no more than a kilometer away from us!"

Jiang Man thought for a moment: "Should we hide?"

"Don't hide, sneak over and take a look!"

I thought for a moment, then stood up from the rock: "We can't be sure if we've crossed the border yet, and there are other teams advancing behind us. This gunshot is like pointing them in the right direction. If we don't move, someone will always be willing to take the risk."

Three gunshots interrupted our progress. We crossed the stream in the valley and made our way towards the direction from which the gunshots came.

After walking about 500 meters, I saw the light of a flashlight coming from the woods in the distance, so I quickly lowered my body and hid in the bushes.

Just as Xue Dong had predicted, the person who fired the shot was indeed a border guard, but he wasn't wearing the People's Liberation Army uniform; instead, he was wearing a light green training uniform, and it was unclear which country's army he belonged to.

"Woof woof!"

As the soldiers moved, several military dogs barked wildly.

I counted, and there were about fifteen soldiers in the group. In the middle of the group, there were two handcuffed men being escorted by four soldiers.

Seeing this, the monkey gently patted me and said, "Young Master Duan, it seems that our team ahead has been discovered by the border guards. We should retreat first, otherwise, if we are discovered, it will be troublesome to get shot!"

Just as I was about to give the order to retreat, Xue Dong suddenly spoke up: "We don't need to leave, this is Chinese territory!"

I was taken aback: "You mean, those people crossed the border?"

"No, we just happen to be located on the border!"

Xue Dong explained in a low voice, "If you look closely at their route, there aren't any tall trees around, which means that the trees in that area have all been cut down. The purpose is to make it easier for the patrolling sentries to spot the stowaways. Although there are no border guards here, they don't dare to come over easily, otherwise it would cause a military conflict if they were caught."

I don't know much about these things, but seeing how knowledgeable Xue Dong is about them, I decided to wait patiently for a while.

Sure enough, the border guards only walked a little over a hundred meters in our direction before the officer in charge raised his hand to stop the other soldiers, shone his flashlight around the woods, and turned to leave.

I watched the departing border guards, but I didn't feel relieved.

We are currently searching for the token based on the terrain, and to continue our journey, we will inevitably have to cross the border.

What I'm worried about now isn't that we'll be caught crossing the border, but that if we are caught, it will not only be very troublesome to deal with, but it will also delay the next game.

As Xue Dong watched the patrol team from the other side disappear into the distance, he said to me, “Mr. Duan, border patrol teams usually patrol at off-peak times. Once the patrol team on the other side leaves, our border guard team should be arriving soon. Regardless of whether we cross the border or not, we need to leave here as soon as possible.”

After a brief moment of thought, I quickly made a decision: "Take a detour!"

"Should we wait a little longer?"

Jiang Man warned, "The team ahead has just been arrested, and the border guards are on high alert right now. Crossing the border illegally at this time carries a huge risk of being caught."

“They might catch a group of people, but at most they'll assume they're smugglers or illegal immigrants. In the coming days, all the teams arriving here will cross the border. If that alerts the border guards, and they send reinforcements this way, it will be much harder for us to get across.”

I shared my thoughts, then asked Xue Dong, "What do you think?"

Xue Dong nodded to Jiang Man: "Miss, I agree with Mr. Duan's suggestion. Crossing the border is an extremely risky thing. Based on the previous trace analysis, the group ahead definitely has more than two people, which means there are still some who have slipped through the net! While they are attracting the attention of the border guards, we can take advantage of the chaos and have a high success rate."

Seeing Jiang Man nod, I started to break off branches from the tree next to me and stick them in the gaps of my clothes as camouflage: "Within five minutes, everyone should be properly disguised and ready to cross the border."

Before arriving at the border, I always thought that the border between the two countries should be marked by guards every three steps and sentries every five steps. But when I got there, I found that in this uninhabited area, there were no special signs on the border between the two countries except for the boundary markers.

After crossing the border and walking for about a kilometer, we came across a barren hillside in the distance. The trees there had all been cut down, and under the moonlight, it looked like a hillside covered with bumps.

In the center of this open space, there is a large courtyard, with searchlights from the guard post sweeping back and forth around it; this must be a garrison of the national border defense forces.

Seeing me standing in the woods staring intently at the distant military camp, Jiang Man gently nudged me: "Why aren't you walking anymore?"

I replied, “This mountain is the location of the third dragon vein. Look at this mountain range, the peaks rise and fall, like a flying dragon emerging from the water. This kind of terrain is called the dragon spine, and the auspicious burial sites on it are meant to ride the dragon in the sky and achieve great success.”

"Brother, in my opinion, we should just go around here!"

Lin Que blinked: "This mountain is full of soldiers. The people from Fengmen Village are just holding a competition. There's no need to risk getting caught by leaving the token on this mountain!"

"No!"

"not necessarily!"

Jiang Man and I spoke at the same time. She glanced at me and said, "Judging from the fact that Fengmen Village can set up such strange competition rules, the person who set the questions likes to take unconventional approaches. I don't know why, but I feel that if the people of Fengmen Village are determined to place the token in this area, this mountain is very likely the place!"

Seeing that Jiang Man's thoughts coincided with mine, I didn't explain anything: "If we want to find the token before others, we must search one by one. Once we miss the dragon vein that truly contains the token, all our subsequent efforts will be in vain! Everyone, get moving, take advantage of the night to bypass the military camp, and go up the mountain first thing tomorrow morning!"