"By the way, who among you wants to be the team leader?" The leader seemed to suddenly remember, turned around and said with a smile on his face, "There is an extra bonus."

Being a team leader means standing at the front of the team, which sounds good, but in fact the team leader has to be responsible for many things, and it is the most difficult to escape when encountering danger.

Louis lowered his head and heard a few seconds of silence in the team, and then heard a hoarse and dull voice: "I am willing."

The leader looked cheerfully and said, "Okay, it's you."

The entrance of the new ore heap that the leader said was actually just a small opening that could barely pass through alone. Looking down from above, it was pitch-black.

Pope and Louis assembled special slings and headlamps, brought tools and went down the mine in sequence.

The air below is thin, and there is a feeling of being out of breath. Even if there is still a faint light, it will still be too depressing and suffocating.

Pope and Louis followed silently at the end of the line. No worker female spoke in the line, and even the sound of breathing could be clearly heard.

What they were responsible for this time was to inspect the terrain first, eliminate dangerous terrain, and then hand it over to their superiors to consider where to start mining.

But Louis didn't expect to walk inside for a while, when suddenly a bright light appeared in the hole, the other working females didn't seem to expect it, a little hesitant to move forward.

The team was forced to stop for a while, and finally, several dark shadows approaching appeared on the wall of the cave. While the female workers were too frightened to breathe hard, several blurred figures stepped out of the light.

The team immediately breathed a sigh of relief, probably this is the employee that the leader just said to be sent to protect them, but they know that they are protecting them, but in fact the most likely is the supervisor.

The figures coming out of the light gradually approached, and one could see that they were wearing work uniforms similar to theirs, but upon closer inspection, they could still be seen to be slightly different, and the other female workers present did not care.

The team leader, the workers, took a step forward. After all, the more workers there are, the more secure they feel. He took the initiative to say hello, "When did you come down?"

But what I didn't expect was that the few working females in front of me didn't speak at all, and they didn't mean to answer at all, they just looked at them silently, even this kind of eyes looked a little scary in the half-light.

The team leader was the closest, and found that the female worker who was staring at him didn't even open her mouth, and said in a tone of self-talk: "Are you dumb?"

The few strangers in front of them still didn't speak, and the team leader automatically thought it was the default.

At this time, Pope secretly held Louis's clothes, and said in a very small voice next to his ear: "Why do I feel that they are a little scary?"

The strange female workers didn't open their mouths, but they suddenly moved, turned around and walked inside, and looked back, as if to let them follow.

The team leader hesitated for a moment and asked them, "Did he ask us to follow?"

The female worker behind didn't care too much: "It should be, anyway, we happened to be going in this direction."

If there is a familiar worker female leading the way, safety can undoubtedly be guaranteed.

This time going down the mine was smoother than all the female workers had imagined. It wasn't until their heads touched the air on the ground that they were still a little dizzy, and they realized that they had come out safely.

After reacting, several working females stared at each other with eyes filled with the danger that followed: "We...are we coming out now?"

"...Eh, it's true!"

After they met those seemingly dumb working females below, they followed them all the way, and the road ahead had already been opened up, and they only needed to record the map.

A worker female gave the hand-drawn topographic map to the leader who was waiting at the exit, full of doubts, and the leader took it with a smile.

"You have done a good job. Next, you don't have to do other work, but you can't leave early."

"I will report your salary and bonus records for review first. Don't worry, you will not be missed."

After finishing speaking, the leader casually stuffed the topographic map into his pocket, as if he was busy with other things, he turned and left.

The remaining female workers seemed to be unbelievable. Some of them had done this kind of work in the mine before, and some were the first time.

The first time the worker went to the mine was full of surprise and excitement: "Going to the mine is so easy? I have always heard you say that it is hard work. Do you want to take advantage of it?"

It's hard for him not to be excited that he can earn a high salary and even a bonus so easily.

The veterans who went to the mine many times were also shocked. They were completely different from this before. Not to mention that there were no other female workers leading the way, they were even responsible for collecting samples from every place, which might cause a collapse if they were not careful.

The most uncomfortable thing is that it is a special mental torment to stay underground for such a long time.

But now they have nothing to refute. After all, the experience of going to the mine this time is really easy and simple like never before.

The workers and women went their separate ways while talking. Although the leader said that they could rest and not have to work any more, some of them were based on performance, and they could get more pay if they worked harder.

But there are also working females who are willing to take advantage of this time to take a good rest.

Immediately afterwards, there were only Pope and Louis left.

Pope saw that Louis's expression had not been right since he came out, and thought that Louis should not be so delicate. He didn't do anything in the next mine, so could there be anything wrong with Louis?

Even so, Pope was still concerned: "Are you okay, do you want some water?"

Louis had complex eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, so he pulled Pope away without saying a word.

Pope was dragged by Louis in a daze to a place without working females. This place has not been mined yet, and there are still tall trees growing around it, and abandoned equipment is everywhere.

"What's the matter? What are we doing here?" Pope looked at the desolation around him, puzzled.

Haven't he and Louis been inseparable all the time? Why didn't he know that there was such a place in the mine?

Louis faced Pope's question in silence, carefully checked that there were no insects around, and then dragged Pope to hide behind a tree.

Louis first said what he saw in the agreement: "Generally, after a few glances, it should be a normal contract."

Speaking of this, Louis frowned: "However, some irrelevant terms appeared on it, and I didn't understand it, but I guess it shouldn't have much to do with mining."

Louis finished what he knew, then looked at Pope to see what he had to say.

Unexpectedly, Pope stuttered and said awkwardly: "You... you first let go of my hand..."

It was only then that Louis realized that he had not let go of his hand after pulling Pope over. After letting go expressionlessly, Louis' tone could not discern emotion: "Did you hear what I just said?"

Although Pope was a little distracted, he didn't ignore what Louis said, knowing the priority of the matter, he squatted down: "Tell me specifically?"

Louis seems to be recalling: "The previous agreement should be a normal agreement, and it should be the signing of the contract for the mine. As for the latter, I didn't have time to look at it carefully. I only saw 'weapon', 'special', and 'secret'."

Although it is impossible to guess what it is through these few words, at least it can be seen that these have nothing to do with going to the mine.

Whose mining can be serious enough to use weapons and keep it secret?

After hearing this, Pope's expression became serious, he stopped making jokes, and pondered for a moment: "...Are you sure you read it correctly?"

Louis nodded silently.

"Also, do you feel that the... those strange female workers we met down there are a little abnormal?" Louis said with a confused expression on his face, not sure.

Pope looked up at this moment: "You also feel that something is wrong?"

Louis also squatted down, with a little doubt in his tone: "I can't see carefully from a distance, but I just subconsciously feel that they are a little..."

Pope added the second half of the sentence: "...it's not real."

The two worms looked at each other and fell into a brief silence. Louis murmured, "So it wasn't my illusion."

After Louis saw those strange working females for the first time, he felt this strange feeling in his heart, but he didn't feel this way when looking at other insects, and he didn't show much reaction, but then Following them on, this feeling was even more profound for Louis.

Originally, Louis was standing at the back of the line, the farthest distance from the strange female workers. In addition, the lights below were dim, so he couldn't even see the road clearly, let alone the details.

So Louis thought at first that this was just his own illusion.But at this time, if Pope also has this idea, it should be more than just an illusion.

"Tell the officer." Pope squatted for a long time like counting ants, and then said in a muffled voice.

Louis was reticent and simply dialed Major General Enol's video communication directly.

The video communication was connected within a few seconds. Looking at the background of the officer, it seemed that he was inside the house.

Louis first asked, "Sir, is it convenient for you?"

After seeing the officer humming, Louis recounted what happened to them today, slowly and in detail.

However, in the middle of Louis's speech, he suddenly got stuck, because he saw the black-haired male following the officer suddenly appear on the other end of the video.

Xi Ci happened to be passing by with the water in his hand, leaned over to Enol's shoulder, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Xi Ci saw the two squatting figures from the optical brain video, with a surprised expression on his face, and understood that Enol might be busy with work, he smiled at the camera as a greeting, and then took the water glass Put it in Enol's hand: "Working? I won't bother you, I'll go out and have a look first."

Enol squeezed Xi Ci's hand where he couldn't see it in the video, and returned his apologetic expression.

Xi Ci didn't feel anything, and rubbed Enol's head, then turned around and walked out, closing the door gently.

The expressions of Pope and Louis were stunned at this time. Louis saw the way the officer got along with his male, and was so surprised that he even forgot what he wanted to say.

Finally Enol knocked on the table to wake them up: "Continue talking."

Only then did Louis come to his senses, and then told the rest of what happened to them in the underground mine pile, and attached their conjectures.

Louis saw that the officer on the opposite side was also slightly stunned after hearing the result, then pondered for a moment, and asked, "They can't talk?"

Luis uncertain: "I don't know if they can't talk or they can't talk."

"But I think it's more likely...it should be that they can't speak."

Because the expressions of those strange female workers usually don't change at all from the beginning to the end, even if they are leading the way, they don't seem to want to speak at all, and they don't even move much with their hands. It seems that they are not allowed to speak, not allowed Communicate with them.

"Describe their state carefully." Enol said lightly.

Louis thought carefully: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with them in terms of their appearance or body movements. Even if I were asked to tell the difference between them and normal working females, I could only feel that something was wrong, but I didn't say what it was. .”

Pope on the side also added at this time: "I feel the same way. After feeling strange for the first time, I still doubt whether they are real insects or alive."

After listening to the descriptions of Pope and Louis, it seemed like they said something but didn't say anything. After a while, Enol suddenly remembered: "Before you think about it..."

"A document issued by the military department, our second mission."

After this reminder, Pope and Louis seemed to be clicked on suddenly. Their main purpose was to find out about the uranium source stone on Planet Samuel, but the documents of the military department also mentioned Planet Samuel. It seems that there is a secret weapon, and the dangerous situation is not yet known.

They have never deliberately paid attention to that aspect, thinking that as the mission becomes clear, other minor things will come to light.

"Sir..." The answer was right in front of him, and Louis couldn't believe it.

Enol said a few words lightly: "Bionic insects."

Pope and Lewis Mosey suddenly realized that although the current intelligent technology is advanced enough, there are visible differences between the best bionic insects and normal insects, whether it is the stiffness in appearance or the inconsistency in body movements.

But what they saw today was not only indistinguishable from normal bugs, but even abnormal in behavior. If he and Pope hadn't received special observation training, it would be difficult to see the difference.

But... how could this kind of bionic insect appear in an ordinary mine.

Bionic insects have been strictly prohibited from circulating in the market by the laws of the empire. The ones that can be purchased on the market can only have a single function, and the difference in appearance and behavioral reactions is easy to see at a glance.

The question that Louis and Pope have in common now is that, not to mention the high price of bionic insects, and they are extremely hard to find, isn't it an overkill to use them for mine mining?

"His role may be more than that." Enol picked up the water glass and found that there was warm tea in his mouth. Enol paused for a moment, and then said: "What's more, compared to the uranium source stone, this is nothing."

"As far as you say, going to the mine this time is easier than usual, so what you have done may have been done, and the extra dispatch should be just to cover up." Enol easily said the conclusion that shocked Louis and Pope enough.

In this way, everything seems to make sense.

For some unknown reason, the mine used bionic insects to work, but the mine needed to hide something, so a group of worker females signed an agreement to leave the mine.

In this way, on the surface, they, the working females, are mining in the mine, but in fact it is just to cover up the real working bionics.

As for the reason for the mine, it will naturally not be an aboveboard matter.

Seeing that they seemed to understand, Enol didn't say much, and finally added: "Be careful."

Enol has a feeling, although not very sure: "The mine may... destroy the evidence."

In order to conceal the bionic insects, the mining site has used a group of worker females to cover up.In order to keep secret and prevent leakage, it is very likely that these workers will be disposed of.

After all, in a place like a mine where work is dangerous, it is normal for a few people to die due to accidents every day.

Even if it is the last time I go to the mine, it will not be very troublesome to find an excuse to deal with them all.

Thinking of this, Pope and Louis suddenly felt a shudder running down their backs. If they hadn't chosen to go down the mine at that time, or hadn't noticed anything unusual, it would have been a fatal blow to the mission.

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