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Isn't it just that you are worried that subsequent investigations will expose the secrets?
The two knew that the statue was hiding a huge secret but they could not just stand by and watch, so they were naturally unwilling to do so. However, even though they resisted leaving, under the president's sharp gaze, they had no choice but to get up and walk out of the door.
The door slowly closed.
The door was closed, and the only people left were family members, and everyone spoke without reservation.
An aide immediately said, "Mr. President, please order a blockade of the scene and the sky. No aircraft is allowed to fly over the area."
As soon as he finished speaking, another staff member raised an objection: "No, if No. 17 has his own plans, our rash actions may cause resentment or even armed conflict."
The president, who had just received a call from his secretary and was about to give an order, hesitated when he heard this.
Yes, maybe the statue was placed by the strong man. If I block the scene and disrupt his plan, will it... I could just contact him and ask.
Thinking of this, the president felt a little uncomfortable. The other three countries had stable ways to contact the extraordinary, but he was the only one who couldn't find anyone when he encountered problems, and he stared anxiously.
The group discussed for a long time and finally decided to let the team that arrived at the top of the mountain stay there to prevent the statue from encountering any accidents.
As for whether to block the airspace and surrounding areas, they plan to send someone to entrance No. 17 to try to contact and seek advice from No. 17.
The secretary took the order and left. The president ordered his subordinates to turn off the live broadcast of the stone sculpture. The visiting delegation was able to return to the conference room to continue watching the assessment of the remaining four people.
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The supplies needed for long-term stationing were quickly delivered to the top of the mountain.
After the helicopter dropped the wooden box, it flew away with the roar of its propeller. The soldiers used tools stuck to the side of the box to knock it open, took out all the supplies inside, and began to set up camp in secret.
Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.
In the tent, the soldiers sat around the fire and chatted, adding firewood from time to time.
"What a damn weather!" The soldier in charge of guarding the statue lifted the door curtain and walked in, saying to one of the people sitting in a circle, "It's your turn."
The soldier whose turn it was, picked up his gun, buttoned his collar, and stepped into the wind and snow outside the tent.
The replaced soldiers quickly sat on the empty benches, stretched out their hands and turned them over the fire to warm them: "How long are we going to stay here?
When will the replacement team arrive?"
The captain poured him a cup of freshly boiled water and handed it to him: "I'm sorry, the superiors haven't notified you yet."
"No specific time for the rotation was not notified?"
"I haven't been notified whether there will be rotation."
"Damn it." The soldier cursed and changed the subject to relieve his dissatisfaction. "The man we picked up a few days ago should have gone to Moscow. I don't know if the remaining four have passed the customs."
"I'm afraid it's difficult." A soldier replied.
The soldier sitting opposite him said, "You saw the chase that day. If the examiner hadn't saved him, he would have probably seen his own breasts by now."
The captain joined in: "What a pity, we missed a good opportunity to grab the wolf bones."
"No way, who knew the monster wouldn't attack anyone who got close to the wolf bones."
They continued chatting for a while, and the topic turned to stone carvings.
"What do you think that thing is used for?" He raised his hand and pointed outside through the tarpaulin.
"It's quite weird." The soldier who had just been replaced shuddered all over. "When I looked into its eyes, I always felt that there was someone inside, staring at me with cold eyes."
Over the three days, all the soldiers were rotated several times. They had nothing to do while on guard and could not help but look at the stone sculptures. Naturally, they had experienced the same feelings as this soldier.
"Yes, I feel the same way. It seems that it is not a statue made of stone, but a person with life."
"Where on earth did it come from?"
The captain patted his head and said, "Do you still need to guess? It must be the work of No. 17."
"Not necessarily. Maybe it's some other extraordinary being."
“I find it unlikely.
There are only three supernatural organizations that have appeared now, Shanmen from China, Hogwarts from Ying Country, and our No. 17.
They have never secretly visited the other two companies’ territories.”
"Idiot, would you know if you went there?"
"Uh……"
The captain waved his hand to interrupt the debate between the two: "I have some guesses."
When the soldiers heard this, they all pricked up their ears.
After a moment of silence and organizing his thoughts, the captain slowly spoke: "Could it be... a god?"
god?
The soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment, and after a moment someone said, "Captain, the God we know should be the extraordinary person who has appeared now.
They use their extraordinary powers to help ordinary people, and ordinary people cannot understand those extraordinary powers, so they use God to explain them.
As for the God you mentioned, the kind that is omnipotent, I feel…"
He only said half of the last sentence, but everyone knew what the unspoken half was and agreed with it in their hearts.
The captain didn't care and continued, "A humanoid statue mysteriously appeared in the wilderness, possessing supernatural powers. It looks exactly like the gods in myths and legends.
If you kneel down and worship, maybe there will be an unexpected surprise?"
One soldier laughed and said, "Even if the truth is as the captain said, if we don't kneel down sincerely, it probably won't work, right?"
The atmosphere became relaxed, with nothing to do, and everyone started to use their imagination to talk nonsense along the topic.
“If it works, what will God give us?”
"That depends on what you want."
"Let me think... um... a blonde girl with big boobs wearing suspenders and black stockings!"
"Hahaha...I want it too!"
The teammate sneered: "You should have some aspirations."
"Oh? Like?"
"You need at least two!"
The soldiers burst into laughter again.
However, before the laughter died down, a soldier who had just left the room lifted the door curtain and said in a panic, "Come here quickly, there's movement from the statue!"
"what happened?!"
The captain asked as he and his team grabbed their guns and rushed out of the tent.
The wind and snow had just stopped, leaving only snowflakes as big as rice grains falling.
The soldiers quickly ran up to the stone sculpture, walked around it, and found nothing strange.
The captain asked in confusion: "What's the movement?"
The guard swallowed his saliva and said, "Just now, its eyes moved!"
"Did your eyes move?"
"Yes! Move to the right, as if looking at something!"
"To the right..." The captain was puzzled, so he decided to imitate its posture. He walked behind the stone sculpture and stood still, his eyes slowly moving to the right.
When he moved to the limit and the tent came into his peripheral vision, he suddenly froze all over, as if a bomb had exploded in his heart.
"You're...just kidding, right?"
The soldiers didn't know why he looked terrified, so they asked curiously, "Why..."
Just as he opened his mouth, a strong wind suddenly blew from the top of the mountain, and the wind brought snow crystals into his mouth, choking the soldier and causing him to cough continuously.
With such strong wind, the miniature stone sculpture which is more than 20 centimeters high should have been blown away long ago, but it stood safely on the snow, as if the wind was summoned by it.
The soldiers had no time to observe the strangeness of the stone sculpture, as their attention was all attracted by the dark clouds that came from nowhere in the sky.
The world suddenly darkened and the wind grew stronger, howling as if it wanted to sweep everyone off the ground and drop them down the mountain.
"Captain!" The soldiers couldn't open their eyes and could only shout loudly for the captain to ask for instructions.
However, the captain is in trouble now.
He saw that the stone sculpture actually turned, from its back to him to facing him, with light shining through, and its crystal-clear eyes staring at him.
There was questioning, indifference, and a hint of anger in his eyes.
The dark clouds above began to spin faster and faster, forming two huge whirlpools side by side.
Looking up, the center of the vortex was deep and dark, like the eyes of the sky, ruthlessly looking down at the earth and the ignorant mortals who dared to disrespect it.
Did we piss him off?
The captain had some enlightenment, but he did not touch the stone sculpture, and even getting close to it was... Could it be the casual chat just now?
He remembered the jokes from his teammates.
But...is that little thing an offense?
The captain had no way of knowing the answer to the question, there was no time.
There were flashes of lightning in the vortex, as if it was brewing a furious attack, and he had no doubt that the target was him.
What to do if you make a mistake?
Make up for the loss and apologize.
The captain couldn't think of any damage to the stone sculpture, so the only option was the latter.
"Quick! Come here and kneel down!" The wind was still howling, and he was not sure whether his teammates could hear his shouts, so he tried his best.
Theoretically, such a loud wind could easily drown out the captain's voice. The strange thing was that the team members could actually hear it clearly, as if it was right next to their ears.
The soldiers were in chaos, not knowing how to respond. At this time, the captain's order came, and they immediately stumbled in the strong wind to the front of the stone sculpture, which was behind the captain.
"Follow me!" the captain shouted again, then knelt on his knees in the snow and kowtowed, "Please forgive our ignorance!"
The soldiers followed suit.
"Please forgive our ignorance!"