Great Power Technology

That night, Xu Lei and the technical assistance team that arrived in the same group had a good feast under the arrangements of the outpost security personnel.

Considering that they had just come from China, the team specially arranged a local dinner for them, such as charcoal-grilled fish, roasted whole lamb, finger rice, Marsala, and aloe vera juice. Even all the dishes were prepared by domestic chefs according to the recipes. Made by hand, Xu Lei still tasted a clean and hygienic taste unique to the streets of Yindu.

However, her ability to adapt to the environment was not weak. The more she ate, the more relaxed she became. In the end, she was 70 to 80% full.

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This is already a good result. You know, when she saw a lot of paste on the table, she thought she was going back to eat instant noodles brought from China.

After the reception banquet was over, Xu Lei went for a walk on the edge of the fields in accordance with domestic customs. The security personnel in the camp had previously explained the relevant safety rules to them. In the core area of ​​the camp, or the garrison area, safety is absolutely guaranteed. It is guaranteed, but if you leave the garrison area and go to a place outside the camp where local people live, safety cannot be 100% guaranteed.

Therefore, she carefully chose a wheat field in the garrison area closest to the core area and sat down on the field bank.

At this time, it was already past 10 o'clock in the evening. Except for a few lights in the garrison area, the surrounding farmland and countryside were completely dark. Even in the ravine basin of the Hailan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xu Lei had never seen it. Such pure darkness.

She felt like she was back in the countryside where she was 3 years old.

This gave her a sense of intimacy that she had not seen for a long time, but there was also a trace of uneasiness buried under this intimacy.

Just as she was staring at the stars in the sky in a daze and about to fall backwards, footsteps suddenly came from behind her.

Xu Lei sat up in excitement and looked back. The person who came was none other than her senior brother Bo He, accompanied by a young girl named Xie Ranjie who was also a member of the first technical assistance team.

"What are you doing here? I think you are about to lie down. This field ridge is not cleaner than the field ridges in China. Don't lie down accidentally."

Bo He didn't continue. Xu Lei shuddered and quickly stood up and turned on the flashlight of her phone to check. After confirming that there was no dirt where she was sitting, she sat down again.

"I'm just looking at the stars, that's fine. I haven't had much to do in the past few days since I came here. Senior brother, how are you doing there?"

Xu Lei's main direction is field management, and breeding is only an auxiliary. Currently, all kinds of equipment are still being transported and cleared, and it will take some time before she can really start work.

Bohe's main direction is water conservancy and field planning, which is a preparatory step for everyone else. Logically speaking, from the moment he arrives, he is already equipped to start work.

"Hello, I plan to take a walk around the area tomorrow. There is always a gap between the information seen on the map and what is seen with the naked eye. You have to see it with your own eyes to know how to lay out and plan."

"By the way, you will join me tomorrow. Anyway, the installation of your system's equipment depends on the terrain. Let's cooperate in advance to avoid repeated rework later."

"Oh, I see."

Xu Lei replied simply, and Bo He and the two sat down next to her. Xie Ranjie imitated Xu Lei and looked at the sky above. After a while, she said with some sigh:

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen so many stars, and I don’t know whether to say this place is pure or backward.”

Bo He smiled slightly and replied:

"Theoretically speaking, the two are originally bound together. Modern agriculture has long been divorced from purity. Look at the large-scale wheat fields in the Northeast. Which one is not dominated by large machinery? There are only backward ones. Only in this way can the place be kept pure.”

"That's true. To be honest, I can't adapt to this kind of place anyway. It's quiet and dark. If we didn't know there was a camp behind us, it would be as if we were abandoned on some planet without human habitation. "

Xu Lei couldn't see Xie Ranjie's expression clearly in the dark, but she could imagine that the other person's expression now was probably the same as when she was lost outside the village when she was a child - and it had to be lost in the winter, because in the summer there were everywhere around her. There are frogs croaking and birds chirping, it’s very lively, and it doesn’t feel scary at all.

Only absolute silence is scary, because you don't know what is hidden in that silence.

Bo He did not answer Xie Ranjie's words, and the three of them fell silent together, as if to verify what she had just said, quietly listening to the sounds around them.

After a while, they noticed something unusual in the silence.

It was indeed quiet, but in this quietness, there was an indescribable sound.

Bo He frowned and asked tentatively:

"Did you hear that?"

"Did you hear it - was it the wind?"

Xu Lei asked doubtfully.

"It doesn't look like it, but it sounds like a cat meowing. Spring is here, so it seems normal to meow a little, right?"

Xu Lei nodded subconsciously, but in an instant, she felt something was wrong again.

The sound that came faintly from the distance was really too miserable. Even if it was a cat meowing, it couldn't be this miserable, right?

It's not like she hasn't heard the sound of a cat meowing before. The sound is high and low, and even has a certain cadence. But now, the faint sound coming from the air has a somewhat hoarse feeling.

"Would you like to go take a look? It doesn't sound like it's too far."

Xie Ranjie grabbed Bo He's sleeve and asked. The latter hesitated for a moment and replied:

"We can walk forward for a while until we get to the guard box, but we will definitely not be able to go any further. We must not leave the garrison area this late at night."

"I know, I know, I'm just a little curious, but I don't want to die. Leilei, are you going?"

"Then let's go together."

Xu Lei stood up, and the three of them walked along the field ridge in the direction of the sound. They were currently in the core area, and the security was almost as tight as every ten steps, so there was no need to worry about safety. question.

However, as they walked closer and closer, the weird sound began to become more and more shrill. At this time, everyone was sure that it was definitely not a cat meow, because there was still a vague sound in that sound. It was mixed with a few words that were obviously from a certain language.

After reaching the guard box outside the garrison area, the three of them stopped. They turned to the sentry standing guard and asked:

"Comrade, do you hear anything over there?"

The sentry nodded and replied:

"I heard it. It has been reported. Someone went to check it out."

"What is that sound? Where does it come from?"

The sentry raised his finger in one direction and then replied:

"Over there, I don't know what the sound is. Our captain said it might be some resident outside beating his wife. You should go back first. The base will notify you if there is anything unusual."

Xu Lei looked in the direction of his finger, and her heart suddenly tightened.

That direction happened to be the "haunted courtyard" they passed by during the day.

There were two bodies buried in the cellar in that small courtyard.

This made her shiver for no reason.

Logically speaking, if there is a legend about a place being haunted, it proves that there must be something abnormal about the place. Even if it is not really haunted, there are often factors that make people fearful.

And now.

The mother and daughter who died unjustly due to famine, the corpses that were not buried, and the souls that could not rest in peace were simply the classic beginning of a horror movie.

Although Xu Lei herself is a materialist, it is undeniable that she is still a little scared of this situation.

The sentry obviously noticed her expression, so he smiled and comforted:

"Don't be afraid. It's just a rumor that the yard is haunted. I've been in there before when I was cleaning up the perimeter. It's not a big deal - there are even potatoes growing in the ground inside."

"No gods or ghosts can do it. If you really feel uncomfortable, we can blow it up some other day. We will definitely give priority to protecting the working environment of scientists."

Hearing what he said, the three of them couldn't help laughing. However, just when they were about to turn around and leave, two figures suddenly ran out of the darkness in the distance.

It was the sentry who went out to investigate the situation and returned.

Xu Lei keenly noticed that the expressions on the faces of the two people seemed a bit solemn.

"Old Liu, what's going on?"

The sentry on the side asked.

The soldier named Lao Liu glanced at the sentry, then at Xu Lei and the others, and then replied:

"The situation is a bit complicated. Report to the superior first, be smart, load the gun, there is something wrong over there. Comrade, you return to the residential area immediately, there may be danger here."

"What's wrong? Comrade, can you tell me?"

Old Liu hesitated for a moment, and finally said:

"You do have the right to know. There was a murder in front of us. Two farmers died."

Hearing this, the three of them were a little stunned.

It turns out that the sound they heard before was the scream when the murder occurred.

Thinking of this, Xu Lei suddenly felt a little sick - what she just heard was the moans of two lives struggling to death.

However, before her emotions spread, Old Liu continued:

"Someone is up to something. Damn it. After they killed someone, they dragged the body to that small courtyard."

"That haunted courtyard??"

Bohe asked in shock.

"Yes. These Yindu guys probably want to make trouble for us and create panic with us here. Don't be afraid, you go back first. If they dare to attack the camp, we have many ways to deal with them."

As he spoke, Lao Liu assigned a soldier to escort the three of them back, while he stood where he was and notified all sentries to be alert via radio.

While walking on the road, Xu Lei glanced back worriedly. Fragments of imaginary images flashed through her mind, and the fear in her heart became more intense.

Are the murderers really human?

She would rather be a ghost.

Because if it were a human being, the situation here would be a bit too scary.

After forcing two innocent people to death with his own hands, he then used them to create panic. Can this still be considered a modern society?