Journey to the Rose

The vacant city is said to be a city, but it is actually a mountain.

During the winter season, it is a snow mountain and a dormant volcano.

This mountain is the second highest mountain in the north. There is no wilderness around the foot of the mountain, only continuous saddle-shaped ridges, and the volcanic curve slopes down to the plain. It is a natural barrier that needs to be crossed after crossing the north-south dividing line.

Although it is a snow mountain, the melting of glaciers is serious. The higher you go, the closer you get to the crater, the colder it is.

The wind blows a wave from the forest.

Heavy snow falls on the surface of the dark green lake, its majesty is incomparable.

Wen Kai said that every year when the wind and snow are heavy, it is very difficult to lead the team to walk from here. In the past, many wild animals hiding in the mountains came out to look for food.

Now the ground is about to change. Perhaps the sense organs of animals are more sensitive to changes in the magnetic field. This year, no ferocious beasts can be seen in the vast expanse of snow.

Wen Kai also said that during the first two years when Lu Zhenghe joined the Allied Army, he often walked alone without any collective consciousness. In the past few years, he often performed tasks together, and his responsibilities became stronger and stronger. Compared with the withdrawn personality at the beginning, the young master has grown a lot.

The more Ruan Xi listened, the more gratified she became. Looking at Lu Zhenghe, she had the illusion of "hoping for her son to become a dragon", and she was shocked, fearing that the pure love had deteriorated.

Ahhhhh, this is my husband, not my son.

Say it silently a hundred times!

On the other hand, Lu Zhenghe seems to be in a silent state...

Ruan Xi could vaguely understand his worries, but she wasn't afraid of the so-called danger at all.For Ruan Xi, in the face of life and death, he wants to live a better life now.

The first section of the road into the mountain was uneven, the mountain road was rugged, and the car was rickety. Ruan Xi was shaken and dozed off after a while.

With his head down, he swung the Little Yanling Saber at his waist to the front of his body, hugged the blade, wrapped in a warm snow camouflage, leaned against Lu Zhenghe's side, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

Ruan Xi vaguely heard what Wen Kai said on the walkie-talkie, about the helicopter, about picking up people, and so on.

Unable to resist opening her eyes a little, Ruan Xi saw Wen Kai's serious expression in the rearview mirror of the car.

After he fell asleep, the armored vehicle driven by Wen Kai was still bumping along the winding mountain road, and the snow on the road had been shoveled away by the soldiers who opened the way ahead.

In the vast white snow, they came to a fork in the road.

Wen Kai drove to the top of the mountain, but did not choose the way down.

Most of the team came to the top of the mountain and stopped their cars.

Boyang's car in front also stopped. He greeted the soldiers, knocked on the heavy car door, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and stood on the side of the road blowing the wind with no expression on his face.

After he gave the young master's order, the two adjacent armored vehicles moved closer to the side of the road. The road in front of him was exposed, and the entire airport on the top of the mountain was unobstructed, flat and empty.

This is a small military airport set up by the Northern Alliance on the top of Vacant City.

Due to the limited space, the runway for takeoff and landing is too short, and the taxiing distance is also short, so there is no temporary hangar. Only helicopters can take off and land here, and planes cannot be parked here.

After giving way to the road, Bo Yang didn't stay idle, and handed over the small red flag directing the traffic to another soldier.

He walked to the edge of the cliff above the fork, looked down, and looked at the winding and rugged mountain roads.That's the way to the far north.

In the past, during this season, fools would only run towards the mountains in the north, but now the time is different. All kinds of surviving social vehicles are crowded on the road, all rushing in the same direction.

Bo Yang stroked his chin, thinking——

What if there are only a few people left in the whole land?

But this kind of thinking didn't last long, and the tight time didn't allow him to meditate.He just took a quick look at the other roads, then turned back to the car.

When returning to the car, Bo Yang stopped in front of Wen Kai's armored car.

He raised his eyes and looked at Wen Kai who was sitting in the driver's seat with slightly glowing pupils.

Wen Kai narrowed his eyes.

He found that Bo Yang was really a pragmatic workaholic, and he was on par with the young master when he just came to the alliance. No wonder the two cooperated so well.

In Boyang's life, apart from "young master" is "training" and "execution". Wen Kai once wondered whether this person doesn't even eat food, but relies on drinking dew?

This person seems to have no feelings at all.

"Are you there?" Li Shen's question interrupted Wen Kai's train of thought.

Li Shen didn't wake up until he found that the car had stopped.

He straightened his back from the co-pilot seat, with a dazed expression, and twirled the taut strings of the bow and crossbow playfully with his fingers.

"Well. It's already set off over there."

Wen Kai slammed on the brakes, "Boyang sent a squadron to pick up the people according to the young master's wishes. For the rest of the way, one-third of the company is enough for us."

Li Shen's eyes widened: "Half a company? Half a company is less than sixty, can you keep such a few people?"

"Do you think the war of the century? Everyone should fight together?"

"but……"

"Don't let it go. It's enough." Lu Zhenghe suddenly spoke while listening to his subordinates.

He had expressed his opinion, and Li Shen didn't say anything anymore, so he had to sit down quickly and wait for the organization to make arrangements.

Being so angry that his chest heaved for a while, Li Shen raised his hand and said sullenly, "I'll stay."

Wen Kai also raised his hand, but his face was looking out of the window: "I'll stay anyway."

While thinking about it, Lu Zhenghe took a cigarette from his waistband, moistened its filter with the tip of his tongue, then pinched it between his fingers, and put his wrist casually around his waist.

His indescribable pain and confusion are like sea fog.

He didn't wear tactical gloves today, and his hands were casually put aside.The palm and fingers are exposed, the joints are slender, the veins are slightly raised, and the scars are uneven.

Ruan Xi turned her head sideways, looked at the wound on this hand, and suddenly wanted to kiss that soft palm...

Here, you can lead yourself, or you can pick up a gun to protect yourself.

I was really held in the hands of this person.

The brave on the battlefield can protect the things he loves most when he clenches his fist.

Hearing them talk about the airport, Ruan Xi pointed to the sky and said, "Is this the clearance zone?"

"Yes." Wen Kai smiled, "Welcome to the Little V Airport of our Northern Alliance."

Ruan Xi was infected by his smile, and let go of her hanging, "Little V?"

Li Shen joked: "It means that all pilots here must wear V-necks."

"Get lost." Wen Kai scolded him.

After cursing, a tour guide surnamed Wen turned his head to look at Ruan Xi with bright eyes: "vacant, the name of this city means unoccupied. However, occasionally we also call it 'volcano (volcano)'. Because it is a volcano , so there has been no one governing here for many years. It stands to reason that it will not erupt again, but there are still many people who don't believe it and are unwilling to live here."

"I don't remember it ever erupting, right?" Nguyen asked.

Wen Kai was silent for a few seconds, and said, "Not yet, the last eruption...well, I guess it was about [-] years ago."

Ruan Xi asked: "Before you said that there were people who made Gu worms in the mountains?"

"Well," Wen Kai nodded, "but I'm not sure who Wei Hong is looking for. Gu Zirong should have placed this Gu early on, maybe when he was on the control tower."

Ruan Xi broke out in a cold sweat when she heard it.

Almost at the same moment, Lu Zhenghe squeezed his hand tightly, scratching his palm once and for all as if to comfort him.Ruan Xi relaxed a little, but still couldn't help imagining the terrible consequences.

control tower...

It is an important unit that controls the overall situation of the airport.

It can monitor and control the take-off and landing of planes. If the people who fell into the Gu had been killed as early as the beginning, or if there were enough people who were successfully tricked, something should have happened to Lu Zhenghe long ago.

Seeing Ruan Xi's silence, Wen Kai suddenly smiled, probably understanding what he was thinking.

"Oh, don't worry, this kind of thing is only useful for beta and omega," Wen Kai said, "You know, almost all of our alliance army... team members are alpha, otherwise those wizards in the gutter will rule the land. "

Ruan Xi nodded, and said hesitantly, "So...Gu Zirong might be bewitched."

"Yes," Wen Kai nodded resolutely, "To be honest, this kind of Gu that grew up eating volcanic ash and lake water is really dangerous. If you want me to see if he is under control, I can't tell. I can only let me manage it." The soldiers are optimistic about him. Take one step at a time and make plans."

While recalling the red night in Huocheng, Ruan Xi said: "After he led me to meet Wei Hong that day, he fell asleep and fell asleep. Wei Hong didn't kill him."

"Then he must be kept for other purposes." Wen Kai said.

·

The time has come to evening.

In order to avoid large-scale internal wars, chaos, and conflicts, Lu Zhenghe made a very difficult decision for him after considering all aspects.

He personally called the roll, and kept Li Shen, Wen Kai, and Bo Yang by his side, and asked for another twenty soldiers to accompany him all the way. In order not to panic the large army, among the twenty soldiers There is Gu Zirong who is suspected to have been bewitched.

In addition, he kept his belly and led the other fighters to stand by at the airport. Within no more than twelve hours, a helicopter from the Snow Mountain Headquarters of the Alliance would transport them back.

After the order was issued, many soldiers did not quite understand why the young master made such a choice, and Wen Kai politely refused to go back when he wanted to see him.

Wen Kai felt that it would be useless to explain too much.

In the end, this was originally Lu Zhenghe's housework, including those of his subordinates, who only needed to obey orders and protect the young master's safety.It's like walking along the way, although Li Shen can ask many questions, but Wen Kai seldom opened his mouth at the beginning, and he saw everything in his eyes.

Sitting in the armored vehicle for a while, Lu Zhenghe never took his eyes off the runway of the airport.God knows how much he wants to drive Ruan Xi back to his hometown in his eagle.

Dusk has come, and there are no fire clouds in the snowy sky.

It became a gradually sinking curtain, with orange-red corners, as if the end was approaching.

Looking at the sky like this, Ruan Xi suddenly felt that a storm was coming.

Before the Dawn of War·99.