In the far north forest, Du Wanqing's face was full of confusion, but Su Ping's face was a little cautious.
"There are only three possibilities. First, the barbarians are short of food. This is a helpless move - but this is impossible. They have occupied the entire Western Continent. There is plenty of food there, but it is just more troublesome to transport it."
"Second, the number of barbarians has increased, so they need to eat more food, but what are they doing? They dare not transport it from the west for fear of being discovered by us - but this is also unlikely. They are transporting food for fear of being discovered.
We have discovered that we are no longer afraid of transporting troops? We have discovered the same thing, and we have not discovered that they have recently increased their troops to the east."
"Third, the frontline war..."
Su Ping slowly analyzed that at the end of the sentence, he hesitated to speak, and a trace of worry appeared between his eyebrows.
…
"What happened to the fighting on the front line?" Du Wanqing asked nervously.
"If they make a breakthrough in the frontline war, they really don't need to continue grazing. Instead, they should massacre once and liberate the troops behind. The grazing camps are more or less soldiers, right? Think about it, once they break through
The Daling River enters the fertile interior of the empire, do we still need to worry about food? I’m afraid we don’t even need to transport it to the west.”
Su Ping said with great worry.
"Impossible...The empire's Dalinghe defense line collapsed? Impossible, we are still fighting a counterattack."
Du Wanqing replied in surprise.
"I don't think it's possible...but anyway, this is very strange. Killing cubs inexplicably?"
"Forget it, this is something for the staff officers to consider. We are only responsible for reporting abnormalities - I don't want to think about it. When we get back this time, we will report the situation to the staff officers to save them a headache."
…
Du Wanqing nodded immediately after hearing this, but his expression was a little hesitant: "But it's too late, company commander? We should report it as soon as we find something abnormal."
"Oh, the abnormality of the barbarians killing young animals may really represent the major breakthrough in agricultural production in the Western Continent that you mentioned. They want to release this small amount of combat power, or maybe it is because the front line is tight - less than 100,000 people can survive.
Human beings are definitely the most rubbish soldiers, otherwise they would not be sent to the rear to work as herdsmen, and they would be afraid of birds."
"Besides, our reconnaissance mission has been completed long ago. Now we are carrying out a special search mission. Unless there is extremely important military information, the scouts must not make unnecessary mistakes when performing their missions. Have you forgotten the iron rule? It would be nice to talk about it when we can go back."
Su Ping said disapprovingly.
…
He muttered and put down the sniper rifle: "But speaking of which, I also want to go back early... How long have we been in this ghost forest? We just look for traces every day, but we find nothing -
Is what my sister said true? I can’t survive this damn life. I just want a warm bed and a good night’s sleep.”
He kept mumbling, and then his ears suddenly twitched slightly. In an instant, he had pushed down Du Wanqing, who was about to speak again, and the two of them hid in the snow pit with bated breath.
A strange bird call came from far away from their side.
A hint of joy appeared on Su Ping's face, and he also lightly imitated the calls of some common birds in the far north forest, but the rhythm seemed a little different.
Not long after, a sneaky figure that was almost integrated with the jungle suddenly appeared from their side. It was none other than Zhou Yibin.
Su Ping's face showed a hint of joy. He called out a few more times. After attracting Zhou Yibin's attention, he lifted the camouflage cloth and walked up happily with Du Wanqing.
The three people's faces were full of joy, and they all silently bumped their chests and saluted each other in the quiet forest.
…
"Company commander, I found a cave on an ice wall deep in the north. We can go there and camp for a good night tonight."
Zhou Yibin whispered happily.
"A cave on the ice wall? You're lucky, kid." Su Ping suddenly smiled.
"That's it. Don't look at who taught us it. It was you, the company commander!"
Zhou Yibin's face was also full of pride: "I passed by that area and found something wrong. Why did this ice wall feel a bit thin in one place? I broke it open and saw that it was a hole in the grass, and it was very dry inside.
!I didn’t even look carefully, so I hurriedly sealed the ice wall and reported back to you.”
He said carelessly.
…
"You bastard, it's right to seal it up, but you're starting to go in, why don't you go do some reconnaissance? Have you forgotten what I taught you again? Don't worry about the beginning and not the end."
Su Ping punched Zhou Yibin angrily.
"No, I still saw it. What you taught me, company commander, we, Old Zhou, will never forget in this life - the ice wall at the entrance of the cave was obviously formed naturally over time. There is only a hole and a hall inside.
It was very big. I took a few glances and found nothing wrong, so I came back to report it."
Zhou Yibin smiled.
"Then what are you talking about? Let's go! We finally have a good solution tonight." Su Ping nodded with satisfaction and quickly disappeared into the far north forest with the two figures.
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"It's weird...something's wrong..."
Su Ping murmured.
"Company commander, what's wrong with you?"
Du Wanqing, who climbed up behind him, suddenly felt pain in his face.
"Old Zhou, these footprints are very obvious and match the shape of your feet. They must be yours, but what about these marks?" Su Ping pointed to some slight marks on the ground and said solemnly.
"It looks like...footprints? Footprints that are a long time old? I'm sorry, company commander, I really didn't pay attention - not everyone likes to observe like you, and can find strange things in everything."
"Let's take a look...these footprints seem to be very old. Maybe they were left by some of our warriors who went hunting in the Far North forest before the barbarian invasion?"
Zhou Yibin immediately scratched his head and said shyly.
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"No, didn't you notice? These footprints do look like our human footprints, but they also seem to be covered by some... big footprints!"
Su Ping squatted down and carefully illuminated the ground with the tactical magic light tube, his face becoming more and more solemn.
"You mean... barbarians have come here before?"
Zhou Yibin suddenly became nervous.
"Yes, and humans came first and then left, and the barbarians also left later." Su Ping said blankly: "You see, the footprints of the barbarians obviously cover the footprints of humans.
"That is……"
Du Wanqing also squatted down with a suspicious face, he wondered.
…
"What a pity! Maybe this is the place my sister wants me to find!" Su Ping said solemnly, word by word.
Zhou and Du were immediately horrified and moved.
"You mean..."
they asked in unison.
"Yes!" Su Ping nodded. He stood up very solemnly and glanced around the cave.
"Have you forgotten? My brother-in-law led the Far North scientific expedition team and disappeared after the barbarian invasion. So, what do the sudden appearance of so many human footprints here indicate?"
"This is already infinitely close to the depths of the extreme north. It is impossible for our hunting warriors to penetrate so far! At that time, there were no space magic energy detectors, so weren't they afraid of space cracks? And the empire...the only one with
Only the Far North Science Expedition Group has penetrated this place with its space magic energy detector! Judging from the number of people judging from the footprints, this place is suitable!"
"So, the Far North scientific expedition team definitely stopped here!"
He judged categorically.
…
"And then, the footprints of the barbarians appeared here again, so the answer is already obvious - after they left, the barbarians also discovered their traces like us and started to pursue them!"
"Then let's..." Zhou and Du were moved at the same time again. They looked at Su Ping and asked urgently.
"Rest here for one night, and tomorrow, follow their traces! This place is already very close to the depths of the extreme north, and there are very few barbarian grazing camps. Then, the traces they left will only be covered by the heavy snow.
cover!"
"Although it is impossible to find the footprints exposed in the sky and the earth, they are not our special scouts, and they are accompanied by a bunch of old and weak people. There will always be some traces of camping. And they cannot be captured without hesitation. They are likely to encounter
To the battle. If you look carefully for the traces of the battle, you will always find them. We will keep chasing them and we will always find out the truth about that year!"
Su Ping said categorically.
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"Could it be that His Highness Ning is really not dead?" Zhou Yibin's eyes were filled with strange expressions.
"No...probably...has been sacrificed..."
A trace of pain appeared on Su Ping's face, and he sighed lowly.
"Why? Didn't you say that the barbarians were just chasing them? Maybe they didn't catch them? Maybe they hid after getting rid of the pursuit and have been hiding until now? Doesn't His Highness just want us to find out if they are still alive?
Did you send us here because of the traces of him?"
Du Wanqing asked in confusion.
"I have always thought so at the beginning. The area my sister defined for me really includes this area. I have been hoping that they will not be discovered. In that case, it is possible to find a place to hide in this area and keep hiding.
Until now. But now it seems..."
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"They brought a lot of scholars with them, but they couldn't outrun the wolf cavalry. At that time, the enemy was passing through the Far North forest in large numbers and setting up a cordon. There were barbarians everywhere - think about it, there were pursuers behind them, and they were surrounded by
There are enemies everywhere, who can escape?"
"We continue to chase just for peace of mind. After we return, we will make my sister completely give up..."
"Perhaps, my brother-in-law died in this place, but his heroic soul has always been cherished, which is why my sister has feelings..."
Su Ping sighed again and murmured.
"Then where should we pursue?" Zhou Yibin asked.
Su Ping thought for a while.
"East!"
"They could only run to the east. At that time, no one knew that the barbarians had strangely developed a navy. They would definitely want to return by sea from the east."