In the middle of the night, the market in the eastern district of Shahai City is still quite lively.
The seafood restaurants on the street are always crowded with customers.
The sounds of ordering food and talking mixed together, making it difficult to hear what the people facing each other were saying.
"Here are your stir-fried conchs and salt and pepper squid."
The proprietress was obviously used to this kind of environment, and her voice could penetrate into the ears of the customers as soon as she opened her mouth.
The two intelligence officers were interrupted while they were snooping on the soldiers at the opposite table.
They looked calm and moved the empty beer bottles that were randomly placed on the table so that the proprietress could serve the food.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. Take your time!"
The proprietress put down the dishes and left in a hurry. Judging from her appearance, she would be busy before closing time.
The interference disappeared, and the two intelligence officers were able to eavesdrop on the conversation at the opposite table normally again.
Maybe it was because the environment was noisy, or maybe they were already drunk.
At this time, the two soldiers spoke in a slightly higher voice.
This volume was still subtle in the busy store, but it was enough for the intelligence officer to hear clearly.
"Speaking of which, if we are assigned to guard the gate, what if something goes wrong in that laboratory?"
The first sentence after hearing the conversation between the two people again was a bombshell, which scared the two intelligence officers so much that their hands that were picking up food shook.
According to them, there was actually a laboratory in that shelter.
The thoughts surging in their minds did not affect the conversation between the two soldiers.
"What do you care about him? Maybe there are other precautions in there?"
"Instead of worrying about this, it's better to think about how to escape quickly and inconspicuously if something really happens."
After listening to his companion's words, the other soldier nodded and agreed with his opinion.
The topic then turned to "strategic shift" and "responsibility avoidance."
Then they went further and further off the track, and useful intelligence dropped sharply.
After three rounds of drinks, the two soldiers began to speak incoherently.
The two intelligence officers decided that they had nothing more valuable to say.
After quickly finishing the somewhat cold dishes on the table, the two left together.
What they didn't know was that a vague black shadow was standing on a lush tree in the distance.
The black shadow stared silently at the soldiers in the store, his blood-red pupils filled with deathly silence, which was chilling.
…
Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye it was almost 12 o'clock.
The flow of people at the market began to decrease, and the seafood restaurant was no longer as crowded as it was an hour or two ago.
Although Shahai City's night market economy is quite prosperous, the city's public security is also quite good.
However, the increasingly tense external environment pressure is still quietly affecting people's lives.
The increase in the number of patrol soldiers in the second half of the night made them instinctively reluctant to go out and play in the second half of the night.
Therefore, once it’s past 12 o’clock, Shahai City will quickly become quiet as if the power off button has been pressed.
Soldiers who go out after changing shifts and taking a break will also return to the base to report before 12 o'clock.
At the entrance of the seafood restaurant, two soldiers who were still drunk paid the bill and left.
Afterwards, he staggered towards the city wall.
"Well, I just came out to eat, and my rest time is gone. When will this end?"
The military base is far away from residential areas and is basically on the edge of the city.
The further they walked, the more remote the surroundings became.
Even if you speak in a low voice, it still sounds quite loud on the quiet street.
“Trample, trample, trample…”
The two of them walked like this, and their footsteps echoed.
Suddenly, one of the soldiers stopped.
When his companions saw that he was not leaving, they began to ask him.
"What's going on?"
“Tap tap tap…”
The moment his companion stopped, his face changed drastically, he sobered up instantly, and looked around vigilantly.
The companion didn't react to what happened for a moment.
“Tap tap tap…”
It wasn't until the footsteps got closer that he realized something.
They all stopped. Whose footsteps were they?
Goosebumps instantly appeared, hairs stood on end, and the spiritual energy in the two soldiers' bodies began to run wildly.
“Tap tap.”
The footsteps stopped abruptly.
Before the two soldiers could find any trace of the person who came, a figure that was still passing by suddenly flashed by.
“Shh! Shh!”
“Ahhhh!”
Just one encounter, and blood splattered from both of their necks.
They desperately covered the gaping hole in their throats, and bright red liquid kept flowing out and onto the ground.
The pain temporarily paralyzed their perception of the outside world.
Therefore, they didn't notice.
A figure casually wearing a black and gray hooded cloak stood on a street lamp not far from them.
It's like a crow perched high up watching its prey struggle.
Chi An stared at the soldiers howling in pain, his empty eyes showing no obvious emotion.
But in that stagnant water, there was a hint of joy that was not very obvious and that he himself might not have noticed.
After a moment, he moved.
The figure seemed to simply flash on the street light.
But in the blink of an eye, he had already completed the attack and returned to the street lamp.
Not far away, the bodies of two soldiers were scattered on the street.
Their eyes, wide open with fear, stared in the direction of the street light, meeting those blood-red, dead eyes.
Chi An only stared for less than a second before looking away. The hint of interest in his eyes disappeared again, leaving only a vast and boundless void.
The next moment, he disappeared.
…
On the other side, in the center of Shahai City, two intelligence officers had reported all the intelligence they had gathered throughout the day.
Like them, there are many small teams of two people collecting intelligence.
Throughout the day, we collected a lot of various information.
Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu could only work together to organize the written information.
"Hmm? Qianyu, come and take a look at this."
Yan Fei picked up a report submitted tonight and called Lu Qianyu over to take a look.
"Is this the shelter you were talking about?"
After Lu Qianyu recorded the progress of the work at hand, she immediately walked forward, took the report and read it carefully.
He read very quickly and finished reading it for the first time in just three seconds.
Then he looked again, and only looked up and answered after confirming that it was correct.
"Yes, that's it."
After listening to this, Yan Fei seemed to be thinking about something.
"A laboratory? This looks more like bait. Try to detect it with surveillance or listening equipment first."
"I have a feeling that if we approach that place easily, we will most likely fall into the demon tribe's trap."
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