Chapter 65: The Dark Empire
When Fang Dashan arrived, he only saw the county governor's special car, but County Governor Lin was nowhere to be found.
Two women got out of the car, one was the county governor's secretary Fang Weiwei, and the other was the woman who was suspected to be the county governor's lover and whom he had met once a few days ago.
Today's series of abnormal situations made Fang Dashan feel a little nervous. He jumped off the military truck and was about to ask about the situation when he heard Fang Weiwei say.
"Captain Fang, Commander Lin told you to obey Sister Qin's orders throughout the entire process, just as if you were hearing orders from Commander Lin himself."
Fang Dashan was stunned. This was extremely against the rules. Unless there was a commander, the imperial army would not obey anyone's orders, let alone the county governor's lover. Even if the county governor's father came, it would not be allowed.
However, the rules of the empire are meant to be flexed, not constrained.
In Fang Dashan's eyes, County Chief Lin is an absolute strong man. Although his official position is not high in the entire imperial system, he must have a huge backer behind him.
At this time, you must follow County Chief Lin's steps closely so that you can get promoted in the future.
Thinking of this, Fang Dashan decided to obey the order.
"yes!"
Sister Qin was also very unceremonious and pointed at her watch: "You are three minutes late."
"I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with the route and strayed from the designated location. I couldn't find County Magistrate Lin's car right away."
Qin Luoshuang said coldly, "Can you find excuses for military orders? I'll tell County Chief Lin in a moment and have him punish you."
Fang Dashan's heart tightened. This was also a tough guy. He stood at attention and said, "Yes!"
Qin Luoshuang glanced at him and asked casually, "How many of you came here before?"
Fang Dashan was stunned: "No one has come. I came here after receiving the order from County Chief Lin. We didn't know where this place was before."
Qin Luoshuang's heart skipped a beat. She quickly pulled Fang Weiwei over and asked quietly, "Did you know if County Chief Lin has formed a secret personal guard or private armed forces?"
Fang Weiwei's face turned pale with fear, and she shook her hands repeatedly: "No, no, I don't know. How could he tell me such a thing?"
Qin Luoshuang was a little skeptical, but she knew she couldn't ask any more questions.
I thought to myself, "Did that idiot go there alone? That's impossible. They were a gang of armed gangsters, unless his brains were eaten by a dog."
Then he thought of the six top-notch experts he saw outside the house that day and thought, "They must have formed a secret police force or something like that. He must be faking it."
Even though I thought so, there was always a lingering worry in my heart.
After thinking for a long time, he said to Fang Dashan, "Send out 500 men to surround the mountainous area in front of you. Don't let anyone escape. County Magistrate Lin has led his troops into the mountains to suppress the bandits."
Fang Dashan was startled. He looked at the layers of mountain shadows in front of him and weighed the pros and cons. He said, "I'm afraid this won't work. At this depth, it will take at least 3,000 people to surround and kill them."
Qin Luoshuang said, "You still have more than 20 vehicles. Have the soldiers drive in groups and circle the mountain area from east to west and south. Turn on the headlights to the brightest and set up sentries at key points. If they see any unidentified figures, they are to fire their guns."
"Leave the north side open, and ambush another hundred soldiers to form a pocket formation."
Fang Dashan understood as soon as he heard it. The bandits were not from a regular military academy. They would never risk escaping to a place where there were gunshots, car sounds, and bright lights. They would only run to the north and then fall into a pocket formation and be captured alive or killed.
The smart ones would hide inside and not come out, but if they wait until daybreak, they would be unable to escape.
It should have been taught by County Chief Lin.
Fang Dashan thought.
Qin Luoshuang continued, "Take the remaining 100 people with you and follow me into the mountains to assist County Magistrate Lin."
Fang Dashan was not surprised when he entered the mountain, and even took it for granted, but what did it mean that the aunt went into the mountain in person?
Before Fang Dashan could think of how to speak, Fang Weiwei was already frightened and pale: "Sister Qin, what are you doing?"
Qin Luoshuang smiled and said, "Aren't I going to save your hero Lin?"
Fang Weiwei blushed and whispered, "What nonsense are you talking about, Sister Qin?"
Qin Luoshuang smiled and patted Fang Weiwei's shoulder gently: "Go to the car, don't come out."
He raised his voice and said, "Fang Dashan, let's set off quickly."
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After entering the mountains, Qin Luoshuang asked Fang Dashan for a gun.
This made Fang Dashan a little unhappy. A gun is the embodiment of a soldier's soul and is not something that can be toyed with at will.
But the future county governor's wife could not be offended, so Fang Dashan handed over the MAK-63 rifle in his hand.
Qin Luoshuang took the gun, pulled the bolt skillfully, replaced the magazine, and twirled it around for a moment before praising, "Well maintained."
Fang Dashan was stunned for about 5 seconds before realizing that he had missed a great opportunity to flatter someone.
Just as he was thinking about how to make up for it without leaving any trace, he saw Qin Luoshuang raised her hand, and Fang Dashan subconsciously stopped.
"There are lights ahead."
She looked through the scope for a few seconds.
"No, this must be a fake village for disguise."
"It's really inside, let's go!"
The team started running, and the soldiers' steps were neat and rhythmic. Fang Dashan followed behind Qin Luoshuang, watching her skillful figure running in the mountains. Her light steps were almost completely undisturbed by the gravel and gullies.
She held the gun handle with her left hand and the grip with her right hand. The MAK-63 rifle was like a baby in her arms, swinging only with her arms.
Just by looking at the movement of her running with a gun, Fang Dashan knew that she was definitely not a rookie. He thought to himself, "She is definitely not simple. She must have received professional training."
After running for about ten minutes, Qin Luoshuang saw the stone wall between the two mountains.
There was no one on the stone wall, and the high-powered searchlight on the wall shone casually and obliquely at the bottom of the wall.
In the brightest spot on the ground, there were two bodies lying.
“It’s already started.”
Qin Luoshuang's heart tightened, she felt both worried and nervous.
"Maybe we'll see that guy's true face soon."
There was a large iron gate under the stone wall, only half of it was locked, and the other half was ajar. It was obvious that their previous defenses had been lax.
After the sentries confirmed that there was no danger, Qin Luoshuang and Fang Dashan led the team in carefully.
It was pitch black inside the wall, there was no human voice, only faint gunshots coming from far away.
Fang Dashan asked the sentry: "Did you find anything?"
The sentry replied, "Sir, we've searched everywhere. No one is nearby. We only found three bodies."
The sentry pointed to an open space not far away, where three bodies were lying. Fang Dashan went over to check and found that they were all killed by sharp weapons and there was no sign of resistance.
This indicates that it was either a sneak attack or the perpetrator disguised himself as an acquaintance to commit the crime.
They should be the first wave of sentries that came into contact, or patrol personnel on duty. The mysterious attackers attacked them again after killing the guards on the city wall.
Fang Dashan glanced around. It was hidden, chaotic, and well-guarded. The standard buildings had no overall plan. This was indeed a typical drug dealer's den, but the situation was too strange now, so he didn't dare to go in rashly.
Just when I was about to find someone to discuss it with, I saw Qin Luoshuang walking in alone.
"Ms. Qin! Don't go over there. There's danger ahead."
Qin Luoshuang didn't even turn around, her body blending into the darkness like a cat. Only her voice could be heard: "Advance slowly in battle formation. Maintain at least ten sentries on the periphery and search every inch of the ground. There must be many kidnapped people here. Rescue them."
Fang Dashan graduated from the Instructor Academy with a special grade of A, which means he got full marks in all subjects, so he immediately recognized Qin Luoshuang's standard special operations posture, and even saw the red goggles she had put on before she disappeared.
Even the night vision goggles were ready, and it was obvious that this lady was not the type to act rashly or impulsively.
They are just a few bandits and miscellaneous soldiers, they shouldn't pose any threat to her.
Fang Dashan felt relieved and waved his hand.
"Disperse and follow orders!"
In the dark.
Qin Luoshuang moved quickly from one building to another like a swimming fish, observing quietly for a while, and then moving to the next building.
She always paid attention to her position, trying to leave space behind her for Fang Dashan.
She will move only when it is as safe as possible.
Even so, her advancement speed was still very fast.
Not long after, after crossing a water tower, Qin Luoshuang finally found traces of a battle. Seven bodies were scattered near a two-story concrete house. The cause of death was surprisingly consistent: all of them were killed by a single blow from a sharp weapon.
Judging from the manner of death, they were not ambushed, but killed in a fierce firefight. All of them had guns in their hands, and one of them even did not let go of the trigger until his death. There was still a faint smell of gunpowder in the air.
If she rigidly applied what she had learned, there would be only one conclusion: while they were engaged in a firefight with a powerful enemy force, at least seven enemies armed with sharp blades rushed from the side and stabbed them to death.
Of course, this is certainly ridiculous.
Qin Luoshuang felt that the situation at that time should be: a fool rushed up from the front under the hail of bullets and stabbed them to death.
Although this is even more ridiculous.
Qin Luoshuang looked around. From here, it seemed that they had entered the core area of the bandits. The buildings were much denser and no longer uniform square concrete houses.
There were more and more corpses, some lying on the road and some hanging on the wall.
The further you go, the denser the corpses become.
But after reaching a certain limit, things suddenly changed. The corpses instantly scattered, becoming radioactive and lying in all directions.
Moreover, there was a trace of great fear on their faces, as if they had witnessed something horrible that they could not bear to look at directly.
In addition, since some time ago, the fatal wounds on the corpses have all become gunshot wounds.
Suddenly, Qin Luoshuang heard a gunshot, and she immediately crouched down and hid in the darkness.
Looking around, I quickly determined the source of the gunshots, which was a huge rectangular building not far away.
The gunshots were dull and short, and seemed to come from inside the building.
Qin Luoshuang approached cautiously, and only after confirming that there was no danger did she push open the door of the building.
In the green phosphorescent image of the night vision goggles, the first scene that comes into view is an extremely bloody scene.
Countless broken limbs and arms were soaked in the blood-soaked hall. A quick glance showed that there were at least twenty corpses.
As the metal door opened, a head slowly rolled to Qin Luoshuang's feet.
If it were an ordinary girl, her scream would have pierced the sky, or she would have fainted on the ground, but Qin Luoshuang just kicked the head with her foot and took a look at the broken part of its neck.
"It's a shotgun."
"Well, it should be the Mad Bull 1897 pump-action shotgun, heavy duty with enhanced firepower."
A quick glance at the hall revealed bullet holes everywhere, with large sections of the walls blown off. This must have been the work of the 1897 shotgun.
There are still lights in this building, which should have a separate power supply system. The power station outside was destroyed in the fierce exchange of fire.
So the camp was almost pitch black.
Qin Luoshuang took off the night vision goggles and put them into her tactical pocket, where she kept all her special tools.
For example, sound collectors, silencers, flea grenades, electromagnetic shielding devices, micro headsets, cameras, etc.
These are her important supports and treasures for survival.
The last time Lin Wen angered me and took me to the wilderness, it was because I didn’t bring this treasure with me that I ended up in such an unfavorable situation.
Qin Luoshuang walked into the hall, stepping on the blood. Under the dim light, the broken limbs moved slowly with the blood, which was an indescribable horror.
But Qin Luoshuang turned a blind eye. She carefully pushed open a door on the right, but only found an unlucky guy hiding behind the door who was still hit by a shotgun.
Qin Luoshuang continued to search.
In the third room on the right, at least thirty boxes of drugs and hallucinogens were found, more than half of which were the latest type, and one-fifth had a purity of more than 95%.
"This is a very large drug trafficking gang."
Qin Luoshuang thought.
"They are much more powerful than they appear."
"Huh? There's a secret door here?"
Qin Luoshuang pulled it, and the secret door was locked.
But this did not pose a problem for her. Qin Luoshuang took out a universal paper clip from her tactical pocket. It only took her a dozen seconds and with a click, the secret door opened.
Inside was a small space, hiding a dozen metal boxes.
When I opened it, I found it was the latest type of military enhancer, Klebsiella pneumoniae.
"wrong!"
Qin Luoshuang was shocked.
"This is definitely not an ordinary gang. They must have a background."
"Which military leader is it? Or a marshal-level one?"
"No, no, they should be a second-level gang, otherwise they would not come to seek Lin Wen's help."
Qin Luoshuang's heart was beating fast, realizing that they might be in big trouble.
Continuing the search, Qin Luoshuang saw an even more disgusting scene in the sixth room.
In countless glass containers, various organs float in the dark green active enzyme solution. They maintain their biological activity and occasionally tremble slightly, which is the result of the release of residual bioelectricity.
On the five operating tables in the middle, five dissected bodies lay quietly on them. The blood had not yet dried out and was flowing down from the operating tables. Beside them, there were more corpses scattered that had not been cleaned up in time.
The impact of this scene was beyond Qin Luoshuang's tolerance. She immediately closed the door and tried to take deep breaths to suppress the urge to retch.
A few minutes later, Qin Luoshuang barely returned to normal. She tried her best to forget the scene in her mind and continued walking down.
The next room was where the living donors were held. They were all anesthetized, but had not yet had time to enter the cleaning room in the back.
Qin Luoshuang clenched his fists and walked towards the next room.
This room held abducted children, mostly boys and girls aged 7-10. They were all chained to the wall, their eyes dull and numb, and they did not react at all to Qin Luoshuang's arrival.
Qin Luoshuang did not go to rescue them immediately. She knew that she could not save many people alone, so she could only wait for Fang Dashan's team to arrive.
The last room was a smelly garbage pit. In addition to all kinds of household garbage, there were also a large number of corpses. In addition to the corpses of adults, women, and children, there were also many corpses of babies.
The anger had disappeared from Qin Luoshuang's heart.
Only deep sorrow remains.
She had actually long been very aware of the dark side of the empire, and this was the beginning of her rebellion.
Everything before our eyes is not even the darkest.
However, she also knew deeply that this could not be changed.
The darkness that was deep, complex, vast, and intertwined was something far larger than the mountains.
Any individual, when faced with it, has only two choices: stay away from it or be swallowed by it.
(End of this chapter)
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