Xu Jianguo slept for more than an hour before being woken up by Yue Yang. He was holding an aluminum lunch box and said, "Comrade Xu Jianguo, get up and eat!"
"Okay, thank you!" Xu Jianguo agreed, sat up from the bed, rubbed his eyes, and quickly jumped down from the upper bunk.
He took the lunch box from Yueyang, opened the lid, looked at the stewed eggplant inside, and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
The lunch boxes provided in the dining car on the train are very generous and taste good. Most importantly, the price is similar to that of ordinary state-owned restaurants.
After lunch, Xu Jianguo placed his lunch box on the small table and asked, "Yueyang, how much is this lunch?"
Yue Yang was stunned for a moment, then looked up and said, "Eighty cents, four ounces of food coupons."
Xu Jianguo nodded, took out money and tickets from his pocket and handed them to Yue Yang.
Yue Yang was not pretentious and took the money and ticket and put them in his pocket. Not long after the three of them finished their meal, the conductor came to take away the empty lunch boxes. After Xu Jianguo strolled around the carriage for a while, he climbed onto the upper bunk again, closed his eyes and dozed off.
He immersed his consciousness into the portable space and used his inner vision to check the situation at home. He found that Wen Sitian was washing clothes in the yard, while Funiu and Xiaohei were running around beside her. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, revealing a smile.
After his mind left the space, Xu Jianguo felt really bored while lying on the bed, and he couldn't help but start practicing the Taiqing Jue that he had abandoned for a long time.
In this way, in the following time, except for eating and going to the toilet, Xu Jianguo basically spent his time practicing Taiqing Jue.
Three days later at two o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Jianguo got off the train with Yue Yang and Xing Bin and came to a small station called Lengxi. Looking from the platform, they saw a desolate scene.
When they walked out of the station, they saw a jeep parked outside. A soldier was standing next to the car. When he saw Yue Yang and Xing Bin, he walked over. After the three of them saluted each other, the soldier invited them to get in the car and then drove towards the depths of the Gobi Desert.
Xu Jianguo and Yue Yang sat in the back row. After looking at the scenery outside the window for a while, they slowly closed their eyes.
Bringing up the world map in his mind, Xu Jianguo found a slowly moving green coordinate in the middle of the map. After zooming in, he discovered that he was currently on the edge of an area called the Tajik Desert in the northwest of Longxia Country.
The car drove for nearly four hours and finally stopped in front of a black mountain called Daro.
On the map in Xu Jianguo's mind, it can be found that "Daro" means Hill of Death in the local language. With Daro as the center, there is no human habitation within a radius of 70 kilometers. The nearest human settlement is a military base 80 kilometers away in the northeast. It can be said that the natural environment is extremely harsh.
It was completely dark at this time. After the four people got out of the car, the soldier driving the car took out a flashlight, then took out a roll of canvas from the trunk, and with the help of Yue Yang and Xing Bin, covered the entire car.
After fixing the canvas, the soldier held up a flashlight and led Xu Jianguo and his group up the mountain. The wind was cold and the group climbed up the mountain in the dark. The dim flashlight light shone on the black stone, reflecting a metallic luster.
No one spoke on the way. After walking for about twenty minutes, the four of them arrived at the halfway point of Daro Mountain, where there was an open space of three meters square.
Although it was dark at this time, Xu Jianguo's vision was not affected at all. He saw a pure black iron gate embedded in the inky black stone wall, which blended with the entire mountain range. If you stood at the foot of the mountain, it would be difficult to see it with the naked eye.
The leading soldier walked forward, lifted a cover on the side of the iron door, and then pressed the red button inside.
A moment later, three small windows in a triangular shape on the iron gate were opened from the inside. Xu Jianguo's pupils shrank slightly. He saw two black gun muzzles extending from the two lower windows, and a cold voice came from the uppermost window: "Command!"
"Return to the nest!"
"variety?"
"Night Owl!"
"How many?"
"Four!"
"The password is correct, please show your ID!"
The soldier nodded, turned around and said to Xu Jianguo and the others, "Give me your ID!"
The three of them took out their IDs respectively. The soldier put them away and handed them through the window together with his own ID.
After a while, Xu Jianguo found that the two gun muzzles were retracted and the three small windows were closed. Then there was a sound of gears turning from inside the door, giving people a feeling of solidity and heaviness. As the black iron door was slowly opened, a gap wide enough for one person to pass through appeared in front of several people.
The soldier turned off the flashlight and walked in first, followed closely by Xu Jianguo, Yue Yang and Xing Bin.
After the four people walked into the door, the iron door was slowly closed. Xu Jianguo found that this was an enclosed space with an area of about 60 square meters. At this time, in front of them, there were more than a dozen fully armed soldiers holding guns and looking at them grimly.
At this time, the leading soldier came over, raised his hand and saluted, then said, "Hello, Comrade Xu Jianguo, my name is Lu Zhe, welcome to the base. To ensure your safety and the safety of the base, we will now conduct a body search on you. I hope you can cooperate!"
Xu Jianguo felt a little unhappy, but looking at the muzzles of more than a dozen guns less than three meters away from him, he had no choice but to admit defeat.
Nodding in agreement, Lu Zhe waved his hand behind him. Two soldiers came over. One of them took Xu Jianguo's canvas bag, poured the contents onto the table next to him and began to check it, while the other began to touch his body.
After the two of them finished their inspection and found nothing wrong, they turned to Lu Zhe and said, "Report, no suspicious items were found."
"Get in line!"
"yes!"
The two soldiers agreed and were about to leave when Xu Jianguo's voice rang out, "Wait!"
Everyone around was stunned and looked at Xu Jianguo, not understanding what he meant.
Lu Zhe asked, "Comrade Xu Jianguo, do you have anything else to say?"
Xu Jianguo pointed to the pile of clothes on the table beside him. Those were the clothes that Wen Sitian had packed for him before he went out. The clothes, which were originally clean and neatly folded, were now turned into a mess by the soldier. There was also a gray handprint on one of the white vests.
"You want to leave after messing up my clothes like this? Isn't that inappropriate?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Xu Jianguo. It's my duty. I hope you can understand!" Lu Zhe said expressionlessly.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand! Could the soldier just now please wash your hands and fold my clothes and put them in my backpack? I won't bother with you for dirtying my clothes!" Xu Jianguo said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the expression on the face of the soldier who had checked the backpack before became ugly, and his eyes were fixed on Xu Jianguo.
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