C164 (1/2)
The place Xiao Ding came to was a long and narrow valley. It was unknown how long this valley was. In any case, a single glance revealed that it was blocked by a mountain range that stretched for a thousand meters. From the valley entrance to where Xiao Ding stood, it looked like it was a hundred meters long.
The mountains on both sides of the valley were not high, about five hundred meters high. The mountain range stretched far into the distance, and its surface was covered with lush green trees.
Originally, after the Optical Scientist's smell left the city, it became thicker, because there was no other person's smell mixed up, making it easier to distinguish. However, as soon as they arrived and continued walking forward, they disappeared without a trace, not even a trace of life remained.
There was only one explanation, and that was that unless they were picked up by the transport in the air after arriving here, they would enter the secret underground base.
Judging from the terrain, it was not suitable for stopping helicopters or anything. Besides, if they had planned to pick it up by helicopter in the beginning, why would they come here, in the outskirts of the city, to pick it up?
There were few trees growing in the narrow valley. As far as the eye could see, it was only half a man's height of thatch. It was winter, and the grass withered before falling to the ground. Only those who were unwilling to kneel or lie on the ground stubbornly stood straight, and from time to time, there was even one or two white straws that swayed along with the wind.
Xiao Ding looked at the ground carefully and realized that the ground was soft. Long ago, he supposed, it might have been a stream or something, with a lot of mud, because later on the source water changed routes or dried up or something, and it turned into a valley.
Xiao Ding moved his feet and stepped hard on the ground. He felt that there shouldn't be any entrance to the base on the ground. Of course, there was also the possibility that the R countrymen had piled up a large amount of silt at the exit as a disguise. But this way, it would be very inconvenient to enter and exit.
Xiao Ding raised his head to look at the two sides of the mountain wall. Not far in front of him, there was a green and lush leaf that looked like a mountain reptile, but he recognized that it wasn't a mountain reptile. The lush green leaf was dozens of square meters in size. Although it was one with the surrounding trees, it still felt a bit different when observed from a close distance.
Xiao Ding's heart skipped a beat. Could this be the secret entrance to the R Nation's base? They had planted such plants here so that their green leaves would blend in with the surrounding trees. In this way, if one were to observe from afar, they wouldn't be able to see anything. Naturally, they would think that this was natural growth.
Thinking about it, Xiao Ding lifted his leg and walked towards the Green Leaf Wall.
Xiao Ding walked in front of the green leaf wall and pulled on one of the palm-sized leaves. Pulling up the leaves, he saw the intertwined, criss-crossing, dense roots behind the leaves. Many tendrils grew from these roots and clung tightly to the mountain wall.
Suddenly, Xiao Ding noticed that the mountain wall that he grabbed with his whiskers was a little different from normal mountain walls, it was especially smooth.
Xiao Ding was overjoyed, this could prove that there were some traces of manmade things, and naturally it proved that there were some secrets behind it.
Xiao Ding determined that the secret base entrance of Country R must be here.
Xiao Ding knew that there were five of his comrades observing him from behind. He turned around, extended his right hand and made an OK hand gesture.
At this moment, a gap suddenly opened up in the Green Leaf Wall and several people rushed out. The few of them suddenly rushed to Xiao Ding's side and quickly twisted his hands, pulling him into the crack.
In the face of such a sudden change, Xiao Ding was just surprised for a moment, but he quickly calmed down. At that moment, he actually felt some joy in his heart. He did not resist and allowed the others to pull him into the gap.
Xie Weiwu's group of five, who had been watching this entire time, were dumbfounded when they saw this situation. They had always been guessing that the people in the base would use a large force to snipe Xiao Ding. Whenever Xiao Ding felt that he was in danger, he would turn around and flee. They never thought that the base would send people to drag Xiao Ding into the base. Therefore, there was no such pre-planned crisis arrangement.
After being stunned for a moment, Liu Feixu immediately called Xie Weiwu: ”Captain Xie, what do we do?”
This was because everyone was paying attention to the development of the situation, so they didn't need to explain.
Xie Weiwu took a few deep breaths and said softly, ”Feixiu, don't act recklessly.”
In the past few days, Liu Feixu had been worried about Xiao Ding and everyone had seen it. Xie Weiwu understood very clearly that after Xiao Ding met with danger, Liu Feixu's heart was anxious and tormented. Thus, Xie Weiwu's first sentence was to stop Liu Feixu's movements.
Then, Xie Weiwu gave the order: ”Retreat, gather, discuss about the countermeasures. Again, members are not allowed to act in private. Xiao Ding has already been captured and taken to the base. If we act recklessly, it will only increase our losses. Furthermore, with Xiao Ding's strength, he should have been able to escape from those people's grasp at that time. The reason why Xiao Ding does not want to struggle free is because he wants to enter the base and wait for the right opportunity to make his move. ”
In order to prevent Liu Feixu from acting rashly, Xie Weiwu had even mentioned his guess to ease Liu Feixu's heart.