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"Ming Xia, wake up."

Ming Xia was in a daze, and before he opened his eyes, he felt something fluffy rubbing against his chin.He realized that this was Qingqiu calling him in the encrypted way between them.

Almost at the same time as he opened his eyes, a long howl was faintly heard from far away.

Ming Xia shuddered and woke up instantly, "This is... a wolf?"

"It's Snow Wolf."

Ming Xia felt that he had heard this name somewhere.

At this time, the people around also woke up and began to prepare for battle very quickly.But in just a few breaths, the howling of Snow Wolf became more and more clear.

On the silent snowy night, the long, continuous howling of snow wolves gave Ming Xia the illusion that he had stepped into a scene from a horror movie.

Nan Jiang arranged Lin Su and Ming Xia to the second floor.

Lin Su is the team doctor and needs special protection.Ming Xia could barely be considered a long-range attacker, but he had no professional training and his ability in close combat was poor. It would be more appropriate to place him on the second floor.

Besides the two of them, there were two other remote team members who were arranged on the second floor.

The area of ​​the second floor is nearly half smaller than that of the downstairs. There are several cracks on the rock wall facing outwards. The supply station cleverly set up lookouts by using the positions of these cracks.When Ming Xia first arrived yesterday, she stood downstairs and didn't find such a thing as a lookout on the second floor. When she entered the interior, she discovered that there were so many imperceptible gaps in the rock.

Ming Xia noticed that the wall facing outwards had also undergone special treatment, especially the lookout openings on the several sides that were set up according to the positions of the cracks in the stones. The buckles were designed very tightly. is specially designed.

As soon as the window was opened, the cold wind blew in.

Qingqiu also looked out, "I'll come back after I have a look. Don't worry."

Ming Xia touched its back, "Be careful, don't fly too low, and... don't get too close to Zhu Huai."

Qingqiu leaned over and rubbed against his cheek, bounced out of the viewing window, spread his wings and flew up, his small body quickly melted into the night.

The fine snowflakes fell silently, and the ground of the small courtyard and the mountains and fields in the distance had been covered with a layer of white.On this plain background, the dry trees are silent like silhouettes.

With the window open, the howling of the snow wolf was even more clear.But Ming Xia didn't notice any beasts outside.He took a special look at where Zhu Huai was before, and he didn't seem to see anything except the branches and snow, and he didn't know where Zhu Huai had gone.

There were footsteps behind her, Ming Xia turned her head, and saw Nanjiang through the glimmer of light from the window.

Nan Jiang leaned over to take a closer look, and pointed in the direction of the valley, "Look over there."

Ming Xia didn't see anything at first, but after a while, he realized that there seemed to be something shining slightly in the shadow of the valley, little by little, with a yellowish fluorescent feeling.

"That's the snow wolf?" Ming Xia's hair stood on end, "Why did they come to trouble us? Are they accomplices with Beauty Song?"

"Perhaps." Nanjiang stood behind him, and when he spoke, the weak airflow in his breath brushed over his cheeks, slightly itchy and warm, so strange that people didn't want to run away.

"Snow wolves usually choose to live in small families, and only form large groups to hunt collectively in winter when food is scarce." Nan Jiang pointed outside, "It's just started to snow, logically speaking, it's not yet time for them to form a group Hunting season. So, it's unlikely that there's a natural cause for them to appear in groups."

If it is not formed naturally, then someone has deliberately contributed to this phenomenon.

Nan Jiang said softly, "If it's Beauty Pine... he probably wants to use these snow wolves to trap us here."

When Ming Xia thought of being surrounded by a pack of wolves, he felt a little apprehensive, "Is the fight going to start?"

Nan Jiang sighed melancholy, "I want to fight. But this is a second-class protected animal in the country. Not counting the ones kept in our big array, there are less than [-] in the world. How do you think I will fight?"

Ming Xia, "..."

He thought that he didn't have to think about protecting animals in the Xishan Great Formation.It turns out that Dazhengli is not a place outside the law.

Nan Jiang patted him on the back lightly, "Look again."

There was the sound of flapping wings outside the window, and Qingqiu called out softly, "Ming Xia, Ming Xia, where are you?"

This is flying around outside, can't you find the crack in the stone when you came out?

Ming Xia tentatively stretched out his hand to beckon, "Qingqiu? Did you see that?"

A moment later, there was a warm touch on the fingertips.

Qingqiu rubbed his soft fur on his fingertips, and let out a long sigh of relief, "It's scary, I don't know where there are so many snow wolves."

Ming Xia withdrew his hand, Qingqiu grabbed his fingers as if playing tricks and was brought in together by him.However, as soon as it saw Nanjiang, its small expression immediately became serious, "Captain, the situation outside is not right."

Nan Jiang nodded, motioning for it to continue.The team members next to it also came over. Everyone heard what it said before, and their expressions were a little dignified.

"From outside the supply station to the bottom of the hillside, where Tang Xu fell with his instrument on his back during the day, they are all snow wolves." Qingqiu stopped and took a deep breath, "And the woods outside the valley There are also snow wolves joining in continuously... at least there are more than 1000."

Nan Jiang took a light breath.

The ecological balance of the entire Xishan formation is monitored by the "sixth group", and the biological population will be counted regularly.He clearly remembered that including the south and north peaks of Leather Mian Mountain, the number of snow wolves was only over 2000... Could it be that they all gathered here? !

No, not so.

Nan Jiang thought for a while, and felt that it was unlikely that the wolves in Nanfeng would drag their families to the North Peak. After all, animals like snow wolves have a strong sense of territory and are very cautious.If the wolves from the South Peak were really going to come over, the wolves from the North Peak would immediately fight with them instead of forming a group to attack the No. [-] Supply Station.

Nan Jiang felt a little headache, "There are already so many snow wolves in Beifeng?"

The wolves howled one after another, gradually approaching the supply station.Looking out from the window on Mingxia's side, the wilderness in the distance is dotted with stars, all of which are the shimmering light reflected from the snow wolf's eyes, yellowish and greenish, and cold.

At this point, the front door will definitely not be able to get out.

"If you really want to fight, you need shells, right?" Ming Xia asked Nan Jiang in a low voice, "How about a submachine gun?"

Nan Jiang sneered, "If you fight, you will really be tricked by others. More than 1000 snow wolves... If there is a real fight, will we still be able to escape? It will drag us to death."

Ming Xia is silent.

Although he had never had close contact with wolves, his parents had traveled far and wide and encountered everything. He had heard such stories a lot.So when Ming Xia was very young, she wouldn't naively think that creatures like wolves were the wolf grandma who made her stupid to death in fairy tales.

Thinking of his parents, Ming Xia suddenly remembered where he had heard of Snow Wolf.

He once heard his parents chatting, saying that there was a conflict between a villager and a snow wolf in Newfoundland.Later, the local government launched a large-scale wolf extermination operation, and the snow wolf was hunted and killed in large numbers and was on the verge of extinction.

Such a vengeful animal is really not suitable for fighting. No matter the victory or defeat, it will invite a new round of revenge.

Nan Jiang was right, someone wanted to trap them here.Once they fight the wolves, they really can't get away.

Ming Xia touched Qingqiu's trembling little body, then stuffed it into the inner pocket of the cotton coat, using his own body temperature to keep the little guy warm.

Starlings are not particularly cold-resistant birds. The one possessed by Qingqiu probably didn't grow up in the wild. Ming Xia doesn't think it is very good at resisting the severe cold.He remembered that Lin Su said just now that the outdoor temperature had dropped to ten degrees below zero.

Qingqiu nestled in his arms for a while, the trembling became less severe, and he poked his head to report a new situation to Nanjiang, "I met Zhu Huai when I came back, and he said he was looking for a wolf."

Nan Jiang was speechless for a while.

What is this?Strong buying and strong selling?

"Ignore him," Nan Jiang patted his teammates on the shoulders, and told them, "Observe carefully, but try not to do anything. I'll go and look at the internal map of the supply station first."

Ming Xia asked him sharply, "Are you going to retreat?"

Nan Jiang said: "Whether you withdraw or not, you must find a way out first."

After Nan Jiang went downstairs, Ming Xia hugged Qingqiu and huddled by the window and whispered, "What is the escape route? Is it a supply station and a back door? Or a tunnel?"

Qingqiu said he didn't know, it was the first time for him to enter the Xishan formation, let alone the several supply stations inside.It is said that when the supply station was first established, the characteristics of the surrounding natural conditions were considered in terms of terrain and material reserves. From this perspective, the No. [-] supply station will not be just a warehouse.

"Is it still cold?" Ming Xia reached into his clothes and touched Qingqiu's little claws.Little Claw was still trembling slightly, but it was much better than when he first came in.

"It's not too cold." Qingqiu rubbed his palm affectionately, "By the way, Zhu Huai also asked me to send you a message."

"Give it to me?" Ming Xia was terrified, "Is it right? I don't have any friendship with him either."

Qingqiu was also a little unhappy, "That's right, his tone seemed to be very familiar to you, and he told you not to be afraid. Although the snow wolf is scary, it is not impossible to deal with it."

Ming Xia, "..."

Could it be that Zhu Huai thought that they had met once before, so he deliberately picked him for friendship?But he is really not a member of the Demon Town, should we find a chance to tell him this?

"Don't be angry," Ming Xia touched it again, "Let's ignore him."

Qingqiu nodded vigorously, with a small expression of annoyance.

"Here we come." The comrade beside him reminded his companion softly.

Ming Xia hugged Qingqiu and went to the window, and saw that the little yellow-green light spots that had been scattered in the wilderness before had gathered together, tightly surrounding the supply station.

With the twilight of the snowy sky, Ming Xia finally saw this precious species that was said to be endangered.

Just looking at their size, they looked like enlarged huskies. The adult snow wolves at the front of the encirclement were all about two meters in length, and weighed at least seventy to eighty kilograms by visual inspection.The outline of the head and ears is very clear, the streamlined body has smooth lines, and the limbs appear slender and powerful.

They are covered with fluffy and thick white fur, and they patrol around the periphery of the supply station agilely, and let out a roar to pass the news of the detection to the companions behind.

But Ming Xia didn't see which one was the wolf king.It may be hiding, or it may just feel that such a task of encirclement is really unnecessary for it to come out to suppress the place.

To capture the thief first, capture the king, Ming Xia thinks that such a rule applies to any ethnic group.

Putting aside the question of how to find the wolf king, the question Ming Xia has to consider now is: after the death of the wolf king, will the wolves disperse?Or will they immediately elect a new leader and continue to fight with them?