In the end, my guess was indeed correct. The old man dug three feet into the ground with his old poles, panting from exhaustion, but still found nothing.

We looked at the time and saw that there were still two hours before nightfall, so we hurried to the location of the third red circle.

Unexpectedly, the fourth girl suddenly winked at me on the way. I deliberately took a step behind and wanted to ask the fourth girl if she had anything to say to me.

The fourth girl didn't say anything, she just wrote two words on my hand: Be careful.

I didn't know what the fourth girl had discovered, but looking at his expression, it was obvious that there was something wrong in this big forest. However, I didn't have time to ask more questions, so I followed the others and started marching in a hurry.

The third red circle is very close to us, and we arrived before it got completely dark.

Just like last time, Uncle Ming arranged for us to work in pairs to conduct a large search.

This time I learned my lesson and instead of being in the group with the four girls, I was in the group with the fat man, Wang Yuanchao.

When the fat man saw me sneaking in, he joked: "What, the young couple had a quarrel and got a divorce?"

"Get out!" I kicked the fat man, and when I saw that everyone had dispersed, I whispered: "When we search later, everyone should pay attention. The fourth girl said there is danger here."

"Is there danger? What danger?" The fat man was taking the time to stuff Dove chocolate into his mouth. When he heard that there was danger, his eyes immediately froze, and he asked me with his eyes wide open: "Please make it clear."

I sighed.

Although the fourth girl wrote caution on my palm, she didn't tell me what I should be careful about.

So I told the fat man that Miss Fourth was always mysterious in her work and I knew where to go.

Seeing that Fatty and I were about to quarrel, Wang Yuanchao interrupted: "Dingdang, I think the fourth girl's warning is correct. There is indeed something wrong with this forest."

"What's wrong?" The fat man stopped eating chocolate and looked up at Wang Yuanchao: "This forest is so quiet and peaceful. How harmonious it is. The fat man wants to turn into a carefree lark."

"No, it's just because there is no movement that it's scary!" Wang Yuanchao said with a serious expression: "Have you noticed that in the places we just searched, there are no traces of human walking nearby. The group of people who came earlier are like

It’s like disappearing into thin air.”

"Have you never seriously thought about how a group of living people disappeared?"

"Didn't you say that they might have dug a hole in the same place to infiltrate?" The fat man was about to retort when he happened to catch a glimpse of a small tree out of the corner of his eye. His expression suddenly changed, and then he shouted to me and Wang Yuanchao: "Hurry up!

Go over and take a look, what’s going on with this tree?”

When Wang Yuanchao and I noticed something about Fatty, we immediately followed him.

Behind the fat man, there are many weeds and small trees, which are not much different from the places we walked before. However, the trunk of the tree pointed by the fat man is bare, as if someone has peeled off a piece of it.

bark.

I saw the strangeness of the bark of these trees at a glance, and quickly said: "The bark of the trees is peeled off by humans."

Wang Yuanchao picked up the tree trunk, nodded and said, "Yes, and the fracture has dried up, at least ten days have passed."

"Ten days?" The fat man plucked his fingers and calculated, "Isn't that the time when the advance team sent by Uncle Ming disappeared?"

"It's very possible that it was left behind by that group of people." I nodded and asked Wang Yuanchao, who was experienced in investigation: "These people wouldn't peel off the bark of the tree for no reason. Is there any mark left by them on this tree?

"

When Wang Yuanchao heard what I mentioned, he immediately lay down in front of the tree trunk and inspected it carefully.

Not to mention, there are really dense strings of English symbols on the tree trunk. These symbols are twisted together and it looks like they were written in a hurry, as if this group of people were being chased by something.

"This seems to be a military code!" Wang Yuanchao said.

Seeing that Wang Yuanchao was so sure, the fat man asked: "Hey, brother Yuanchao, why do you think this is a military code? It's not like someone who is very popular in poetry and writes that so-and-so came here for a visit."

I explained first: "I let you read the information in advance, but you don't want to read it! The first advance team sent by Uncle Ming to this place were all foreign mercenaries with sophisticated skills. With their fighting habits, if they want to enter China,

If you leave a secret code, it must be a military code and it must be in English."

After hearing what I said, the fat man nodded suddenly.

After explaining to the fat man, I turned my attention to Wang Yuanchao: "How about it, can the cipher text on this be cracked?"

Wang Yuanchao shook his head: "It's difficult. After the baptism of World War II, the codes of foreign armies have become more and more complex, and they are decades ahead of our People's Liberation Army. To decipher these codes, more tips are needed.

OK."

Seeing that Wang Yuanchao was already working hard, I said, "Do you want to go find those Americans for help?"

Although we are not familiar with each other and were forced into the team by Uncle Ming, we should not hide anything regarding the clues.

Wang Yuanchao nodded, and after saying that, the three of us hurried back.

When we went back, the three US Marines had not returned yet, but they were sitting on the ground leisurely smoking cigarettes. When they saw us coming back, they raised their eyebrows and said, "Why are you three together?"

Seeing that the other party seemed to be doubting, the fat man immediately let out a sigh: "Can you care?"

The elder brother sneered and said to Uncle Ming: "A Ming, we agreed that we should work in pairs and take care of each other. They are so messy, who can take the responsibility if something goes wrong?"

The fat man cursed: "Damn it, is it dangerous for the fourth girl to act alone? Even if you all die, the fourth girl will not lose a hair."

I pulled the fat man and told him to stop talking, and then said to the old man: "Nian Bo, did you find something? Are you doubting us?"

"I can't say doubt, but I did find something." The old man laughed.

Upon hearing that he finally made a discovery, Uncle Ming immediately became alert: "What discovery?"

"Is it bark?" I asked tentatively.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the old man and the old men behind him were all stunned, and then looked at me in shock: "Little doll, have you seen it too?"

I nodded.

The fat man shouted: "Damn! What did I think I found? Isn't it just tree bark? We have discovered it a long time ago, and we also guessed that the string of English on the bark was left by the group of people sent by Uncle Ming earlier.

military code."

"Oh?" The elder took a puff of cigarette and glanced at us with the corner of his eyes: "Then have you deciphered it?"

"If we can decipher it, why are we talking nonsense to you?" The fat man curled his lips and said impatiently to Uncle Ming: "Uncle Ming, you are the same, but you sent so many foreigners into the mountain. This foreign military code

It’s extremely complicated, and even the brothers who aided Korea couldn’t decipher it, and the three of us were even less able to decipher it, so I wanted to ask the big bald James you brought, by the way, why haven’t James and your nephew come back yet?”

When James and Aaron were mentioned, Uncle Ming immediately realized something. He quickly looked at his watch and exclaimed: "No! It's already passed the agreed time, why haven't they come back yet?"

Wang Yuanchao asked alertly: "In which direction did they search?"

"The east, it's the east." Uncle Ming pointed his hand and said.

"Everyone, go and take a look!" I was just about to lead everyone to get up when a heartbreaking scream suddenly came from the forest to the east.

"ah……"
Chapter completed!