Chapter 4 Back to the Anti-Japanese War Era

  Li Ying looked at Yang Guang with a resolute expression, as if she would rather die than go back. Li Ying naturally understood Yang Guang's intentions, and her eyes were filled with sadness, anger, and determination - to share life and death together.

  Yang Jie let out a sigh in his heart, the reason he chose this way to send Li Ying back was that he was afraid she wouldn't listen. In his heart, Li Ying should be protected by all means. There was also another private thought, facing such an unpredictable situation, Yang Jie feared that like the Observation Camp, they would be completely annihilated, so he wanted to leave some seeds for the Special Duty Squad, these things couldn't be said out loud, so he took the opportunity of escorting the data to send a part of the Special Duty Squad's elite back.

  Li Ying's non-cooperation was also something Yang Jiong couldn't do anything about. What could he do with Li Ying anyway?

  Li Ying saw Yang Guang stunned there and shouted loudly: "Lv Zhengqiang!"

  Squad leader Lyu Zhengqiang stepped forward: "Here."

  "Carry out Captain's orders!" Li Ying said slyly, and in this way she was free.

  Lü Zhèngqiáng didn't have the guts to disobey, and with a sense of helplessness, he said "Yes!" He reluctantly ordered the soldiers to gather their things. The special forces team members heard this and gathered around, wanting to defy orders like Li Ying, but they didn't have the courage, nor did they want to go back, so they just stood around Yang Jiǎo's side, neither moving nor leaving.

  "Li Baoguo, Nan Weiren and Gao Junping stay behind, the others follow Team One back!" Yang Wei scanned the crowd with a glance. "Team Two and Three continue to advance." Having said that, without waiting for anyone's response, he strode towards the Experimental Hill in big steps.

  Members of the special warfare group may be different from ordinary special duty squad warriors. They have a slightly deeper understanding of Yang Wei, knowing that although he is gentle, once in combat mode, his orders are not to be disobeyed. Otherwise, they will bear the consequences themselves. Of course, no one has ever tried to defy him.

  Yang Jie finally climbed onto the small mountain that was being used as an experiment - the top of which had already taken on the appearance of a volcanic crater. Trees with trunks as thick as a man's arms were uprooted and thrown several meters away from the crater, all sorts of vegetation were buried under the newly exploded reddish-brown mud and green rocks, even the ones that were still alive had lost their luster, lying listlessly on unfamiliar ground, like dying people with dull eyes staring at the crowd that had just arrived.

  A crater over 300 meters deep occupied the entire mountain top, with dark blue rocks at the bottom resembling a heroic man's chest, and the sun's shadow slantingly covering most of the crater.

  "Captain, this crater was definitely not formed by an explosion." Gao Junping said, standing beside Yang Wei.

  "Look!" Li Ying pointed at the bottom of the pit and shouted loudly, "What is that?"

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, at the bottom of the pit there was a hole with a diameter of about two zhang, because it was in the shade of the sun, and its color was not much different from that of the surrounding area.

  "Go take a look! The third team is on high alert." Yang Wei commanded.

  Several warriors rushed to the front of Yang Wei, Li Ying closely followed Yang Wei, and searched downwards with difficulty. Yang Wei found that the air around him became more viscous, which was not an increase in density, but rather seemed to be a force applied to the air, using the air as a medium to control something.

  Everyone struggled to "swim" to the edge of the cave, and the dark cave entrance opened its mouth like a monster. It seemed that cold air was emanating from the cave. Yang picked up a fist-sized stone and threw it towards the cave entrance. A miracle happened, the stone did not fall into the cave, but instead was suspended in mid-air at the entrance of the cave, as if held by some mysterious force.

  This block of stone that violates the laws of classical physics seems to be looking at the foolish crowd with a sense of pride, as if there is a devilish laughter coming from underground, which is a kind of sharp whistle, yet it sounds like a certain kind of terrifying evil laugh.

  Everyone suddenly found themselves stuck, except for the difficult heartbeat, everything else was powerless, even moving an eyelid.

  Time seemed to have solidified instantly.

  The sharp whistling sound was like the wind blowing past a bottle, knowing it was loud but sounding so distant.

  Yang Jie's heart sank, finally understanding that his opponent was the owner of super energy, and killing these so-called human elites was like crushing an ant. He wasn't afraid to die, when Liu Nanshan asked him to take on the role of commander of the Special Task Force, he had already made preparations to sacrifice himself at any time, but to die in such a meaningless way, he really couldn't bear it, what could he do? Even lifting his eyelids was impossible.

  Yang Jie stared intently at the entrance of the cave, exerting his utmost effort to move his Taiqing Gong, hoping to make a breakthrough before things took a turn for the worse.

  Yang Jie's Taiqing Gong has been cultivated to the third layer, and it is said that every three layers there is a qualitative change. The result of this qualitative change is unclear, as no one has ever exceeded the third layer before.

  Soon, Yang Jiong found out that he was purely doing useless work.

  The entrance of the cave suddenly emitted a huge roar, as if some fierce beast was frantically howling inside, and also like a massive wave crashing against the shore.

  Yang Jie first discovered that with the sound of the rumble, he could actually move. He stretched out his hand and indeed could move. Li Ying also took a step forward, tightly grasping Yang Jie's hand. Yang Jie felt the tremors transmitted from Li Ying's hand and knew she was also frightened.

  About Li Ying's secret crush on Yang Ke, it has long been an open secret in the special task force. Although no one has seen them being intimate, everyone can tell from the way Li Ying looks at Yang Ke every time. Not many people know that Liu Qingqing exists, so some people are quite indignant for Li Ying.

  Yang Jie gently patted Li Ying's hand and said: "Withdraw immediately, retreat to the border and gather." As he spoke, he supported Li Ying and retreated up the mountain.

  The second team also withdrew in sequence after the third team withdrew.

  Outside the boundary, the team unfolded in an irregular formation. Yang Jie stood in front of everyone, "As warriors, you are excellent; as special task force warriors, you are the elite among the elites. Your mission is now complete. Return to base immediately, let's go!"

  Yang Jie stopped Li Shi Qing and asked him to transfer the data to a U disk, then took out a small DV and said in a low voice: "Tomorrow, you wait until noon, if I don't come back, you find someone to look for this thing inside," he pointed to the DV. Seeing Li Shi Qing wanted to refute, he added, "This involves a major secret of our country, it must be understood. I am the captain, and the responsibility is mine, of course. You also saw that what's inside is not something human power can resist. Don't argue, you've just been married for three months, you can't take this risk. Obey orders!" Yang Jie's serious face and an irresistible aura made Li Shi Qing dare not speak.

  Later, Yang Jiong and others got into trouble. Li Shi-qing cried bitterly, regretting it endlessly. "The captain went in my place, I...I..." As soon as he thought of the aura on Yang Jiong's body, Li Shi-qing unconsciously produced an irresistible idea in his heart.

  Yang Jie saw the large group of people disappear into the distance, and quietly emerged from behind a boulder, saying softly: "Finally fooled her." He turned around and walked up the mountain. Just after walking for over ten meters, he saw Li Ying standing beside a large rock with a smiling expression, looking at him.

  Yang Jie knew that this time she couldn't be persuaded no matter what, so he walked to her side and said softly: "Sister Ying Zi, you know it's impossible, why are you still being so stubborn?"

  "I don't care, I just want to die with you. In life, you belong to her; in death, you must be mine!" Li Ying clung to Yang Jiong's chest, tightly embracing his neck.

  "But you can't die. You still have your parents and the special forces team. Later on, you'll also have a husband and children." Yang Jie said gently.

  "Husband, child." Li Ying's voice was dreamy as she repeated it, burying her head deep into Yang Xun's embrace.

  "Alright. Let's go back." Yang Jing said softly, gently patting Li Ying's back. For a moment, Li Ying seemed to have returned to his days in Africa.

  "Someone!" Yang Qiang took Li Ying's hand and quickly hid behind the rock, pulling out his own 92-style 5.8mm pistol.

  "It's us." Li Baoguo, Nan Weiren and Gao Junping walked towards each other with mutual complaints. Li Baoguo smiled and said, "Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you." With an innocent face.

  "Captain is really impressive, he can even find us like this!" Nan Wei-ren joked. In fact, Li Bao-guo was just bitten by an ant and slapped it lightly. It was so light that even Gao Jun-ping, who was close by, didn't notice.

  Yang Jie knew the principle of "the more you describe, the darker it becomes", and didn't make any explanations. "How did you guys come back? Where's the team?"

  "Report to Captain Li," Li Baoguo said loudly, "we are ordered to protect Captain Li and have come to report for duty. Please instruct!"

  Yang Jue had indeed given orders for them to protect Li Ying, and now it was not good to say anything else. "Since everyone is willing to accompany me back, let's set off!"

  It's pointless to say more, so it's better not to say anything.

  When Yang Jie and others climbed the experimental hill again, everyone stopped at the same time. "Captain, we can't go on like this! It's useless." Li Baoguo said first.

  "We'd better keep a low profile and observe for a night before making any move." Yang Wei said, looking around cautiously.

  "Captain, here." Nan Wei Ren took out the binoculars from his backpack and handed them to Yang Jiong. Yang Jiong looked at the three of them with bulging backpacks and smiled: "Looks like you've come prepared."

  Three people secretly smiled. The three followed Li Ying's back, saw Li Ying quietly interrogating Li Shi Qing, and also eavesdropped on the entire content. Then, in the name of the captain, they collected and packed all possible items.

  Yang pointed to the north slope and said: "There is a cave there, we can go take a look."

  Several people quickly arrived at the cave that Yang Cong saw, which was a huge natural cave with winding paths extending inside, unknown in depth. The entrance of the cave faced the small hill to be observed, and there was a large stone on the platform in front of the cave for cover.

  Li Baoguo searched around, Nan Renze gathered things to build a resting place for several people, and Gao Junping put on night vision goggles to explore inside. The tacit understanding between the three made Yang Jie very happy, because these three were all top-notch in their respective fields, but not arrogant. This greatly increased their ability to survive on the battlefield.

  Nan Wuren quickly set up a tent in the cave, this multi-functional military tent was designed by Yang Jie himself, not only is it quick to set up, but also has multiple uses and has some ability to defend against beast attacks.

  Li Baoguo returned with some grass in his hand and saw that the tent had been set up. He hurriedly placed the grass on a stone and crushed it, then smeared the grass mud randomly around the tent and on the ground to prevent mosquitoes, ants, and snakes. He also took out a large bottle from his backpack and sprayed it all around.

  Yang Jie knew that Li Baoguo had set up a defensive and offensive barrier at least 50 meters in front of the cave, combining defense and offense. Generally, raids or beast attacks couldn't even get close to the entrance of the cave. This was strictly stipulated in "The Standard".

  "Don't be afraid of trouble, trouble is not a reason to lose your life; don't be careless, at any time you may be subject to attack from any side, carelessness makes you lose the opportunity to survive." The "Standard" has a series of methods divided into different levels to protect against different situations in the garrison.

  As expected, Gao Junping also set up at least ten kinds of defensive measures at the entrance of the cave when he came back, mainly to prevent wild beasts.

  After everyone finished their work, they gathered in the tent. Li Ying had already prepared dinner. The direct current lamp used for lighting was a bit dim, but it didn't affect everyone's mood.

  The small tent was not depressing due to the dangerous situation, but instead was filled with laughter and chatter because of Li Baoguo's presence.

  Gao Junping walked in, "Captain, it's cloudy." Yang Jie looked at Gao Junping's face and found it a bit strange, glanced at his watch, just past nine o'clock, "Go out and take a look."

  Everyone came out to the entrance of the cave and understood the reason for the strange color of the sky: The sky was too low, as if heaven and earth were mixed together, but it wasn't very dark, and you could see ten meters away.

  The sky seemed to be cloudless, but it was as if the entire sky and earth were shrouded in clouds. Yang Jie raised his infrared telescope and found that large patches of clouds were surging up from the southeast, the sky had already been densely covered with layered clouds, and flashes of lightning flickered faintly.

  Li YIng fiddled with the DV and found that it actually had infrared recording capabilities. She picked it up and took a look, exclaiming: "It's still a large zoom lens!"

  As expected, a small liquid crystal screen clearly displayed an object similar to a photographic negative. "Look at the sky," said Yang Jie, pointing upwards.

  On the LCD screen, a large amount of clouds appeared immediately, layered and stacked, stretching across the sky and almost standing upright, converging towards the middle. Red serpentine lightning flashed in the clouds, sometimes visible and sometimes hidden.

  There was no thunder because the air had solidified.

  The sky descended to the ground, and the air suddenly became oppressive and stifling.

  Suddenly, the mountain pass of Experimental Hill lit up, and the air was like a colorful ribbon rolling upwards. Then, a brilliant light burst into the sky. Everyone suddenly felt a shake on their heads, and a dull, deafening thunderclap came from above.

  Yang Jiong felt a sudden lightness in his chest, as if the massive boulder that had been pressing on it had been lifted. The wind howled over; thunder boomed like a string of firecrackers rolling everywhere; lightning flashed and changed shape, wildly releasing energy.

  The clouds around were pushed by a mysterious force, slowly moving towards the center.

  The glow of the small mountain mouth is getting brighter and has become an invisible white light, the surroundings are illuminated like daytime, the grass and trees are being blown by the wind at will, constantly changing their posture.

  Sometimes tall trees are struck by lightning, catching fire and then being extinguished by the rain. Raindrops hit the mountain rocks, making a loud cracking sound, with large drops that are frightening.

  The halo finally broke away from the mountain pass, quickly gathered and turned into a small white line, rapidly flying south. The surroundings suddenly darkened.

  Continuous lightning flashes made people's eyes uncomfortable. The heavy and violent thunder shook people's hearts with fear. But the crowd still crowded at the entrance, looking anxiously outside.

  The thick clouds in the sky finally gathered, and the lightning seemed to have thinned out, except for the continuous vertical lightning flashes around, there was no more thunder. The rain poured down like a heavenly river bursting its banks.

  Yang Jie suddenly found that the white line flew back from the south like a meteor, with lightning flashing and chasing after it. A bolt of lightning cut across the entire sky like a sharp sword, its tip shining brightly as it struck the white line accurately. The white line glowed for an instant before emerging from the massive lightning bolt. In an instant, it vanished into the northwest sky.

  But soon, the white line seemed to be cut off again, hovering and moving around above the mountain pass.

  The air became heavy and stuffy in the cave, it was a bit suffocating due to the heavy rain.

  The atmosphere was a bit strange, and a sense of unease simultaneously attacked everyone. Yang Jiong took a look at several people and found that they were all staring at him without exception. "Go back to the cave, Li Baoguo, we'll move this big stone over to block the entrance."

  Several people came over, this is a huge stone weighing four or five thousand catties, for some reason it was alone at the entrance of the cave. Yang Jie couldn't help but conceal himself, using Taiqing's power to its extreme, and with several people, they rolled the big stone to the entrance of the cave.

  A few people breathed a sigh of relief as he slipped in through the gap.

  People are very strange, knowing that this big stone is useless in the face of such supernatural phenomena, but psychologically feel much safer.

  "Tornado!" Nan Weiren shouted loudly at the entrance of the cave.

  Everyone rushed past, it should be said that a giant tornado, the wind rolled up the rain curtain, sandwiched between the convulsing and twisting lightning, from the sky to the ground, a large number of stones and trees jumped up and down in the air, gathering towards the center.

  Soon, above Xiaoyangkou, a dazzling golden ball of snakes formed. The entire storm was centered around it, spiraling outward.

  Ball lightning.

  As soon as the ball lightning formed, Yang Jie felt something was wrong and snatched the DV from Li Ying's hand, throwing it out of the cave. Then he shouted "Get down!" and immediately pounced on Li Ying, pinning her under his body.

  As expected, the spherical lightning chased after the white line and shot towards this side of the mountain cave. A shocking and earth-shaking sound rang out, and the white line instantly pierced through the large stone at the entrance of the cave, transforming into a ball of white light that enveloped Yang Jie and the others. The spherical lightning followed closely behind, releasing an enormous amount of energy in an instant. Thunderclaps accompanied the cracking and splitting of the mountain rocks as this mountain peak exploded with the cave as its boundary, sending shockwaves carrying stones and trees flying in all directions.

  At the moment when the explosion sounded, Yang Jue and others only felt a tearing pain all over their bodies, and they fainted.

  Yang Jie only felt that his body was flying in the sky, flying and flying, suddenly his body shook, fell on a vast desert, as if there was scorching sunlight baking, sweating all over, throat parched and unbearable, "Water, water--" unconsciously shouting. There was sweet rain falling from the sky, Yang Jie indulged in sucking it up.

  "Xiao Wei, wake up." It seemed like Mom's voice was calling from beside her ear.

  Yang Jing struggled to open his eyes, only to find Li Ying staring at him anxiously. "Little Jing, you're awake?" Li Ying exclaimed excitedly, "Quick, Captain is awake!"

  Yang Jie struggled to prop himself up, and Li Ying hurriedly supported him as he sat up. This was a vast mountain slope, where the warm sunlight caressed the earth, and the vibrant flowers and grasses on the ground were gently singing in the wind.

  "Captain, here." Nan Wei Ren handed Yang Jiong a water bottle. Yang Jiong took a sip and a refreshing aroma flowed down his throat. "What kind of soup is this? It's so delicious to drink."

  "This is Li Dui's specially made 'meat melon soup' for you, the meat is the wild rabbit meat that Li Baoguo just caught, and the melon is from the canned goods on my body."

  Yang Jing drank a pot of soup and felt energized. He sat up straight, using his inner vision to examine his body, and found that except for some muscle soreness, he was fine. "How about them? Are you all okay? Where are we?"

  "We're all fine. Nan and Li went ahead to scout the road, we don't know where this is either." Li Ying replied, "But it's clearly not the original place."

  "Captain," said Gao Junping, holding something in his hand as he walked over, "this was finally gotten from you with great difficulty, take a look."

  Yang Jie took it over and saw that it was a small sword less than two feet long, with a hazy glow all over its body. He couldn't see the sword clearly, but felt as if he was holding a ball of light in his hand.

  "Is it coming into my hands?" Yang Xiao asked, "Could this be the flying sword of legend?"

  "Li Baoguo also said that, I think you've watched too many fantasy shows. What flying swords!" Li Ying laughed and said.

  "No matter what, as long as you're all alive, that's the greatest victory." Yang Jie said, looking for a place to put down the small sword.

  "Captain, be careful, it's very sharp." Gao Junping hastily reminded him.

  "Really? I'll give it a try!" Yang Xiu stood up, holding a small sword in his hand, searching for a target.