Chapter 23 Chapter 21

Chapter 21 It snowed heavily that night. Although the Golden Snakes sent detection dogs to chase them, the footprints and smells they left behind were all covered by snow.The long howling of the dog gradually faded away. The forest was covered with a white blanket, and there was silence all around. They spent the night in the cave that night.This is different from the warm cave deep in Heart Mountain, where everyone hides shoulder to shoulder.There is no food and no fire. Only owls were hooting on the trees in the darkness. Goo... Goo... Goo... Under the faint light of the flashlight, the guerrilla leader was rummaging in the Minister of Science's bag, and said, "I don't understand. The spaceship has not flown recently. Is there something wrong? What is this?" It seems to be a design drawing of a machine, and there seems to be a formula on it, what kind of machine is this..."

"There is nothing wrong with the spaceship. Uncle, what you are looking at now is the blueprint of a new weapon. Before his death, the minister devoted all his energy to the development of this weapon." "New weapon?" "Yeah, that's a powerful unbelievably powerful bomb, pretty scary stuff. It can wreak havoc on an entire large town." In the darkness, the men crowded into the narrow cave looked at each other. "However, that weapon has not been made yet. It is still in the research and development stage, and its manufacture has just begun. Although it is a pity, I think the minister was punished and killed because he made such a cruel weapon. "

He said, "But even without the bombs, Blanik is going to attack Ruusan. On this solstice..." The guerrilla leader's heart was pounding.Winter Solstice! The most important and grand festival of the year in Lusan! "Because there shouldn't be thick fog that interferes with the lascannon in winter..." he said. "Why do you even know about this kind of thing?" Renick asked. "These things are all written in the minister's eyes." The team leader shook his head and said, "That is to say, you know what people think?" "Well, and when people are angry or scared, the mind becomes easier to read. Ministers always live in fear."

The leader holds his head in his hands. We have been lying in wait for the assassination of the Minister of Science.If you are lucky, you may be able to learn something about the malfunction of the spaceship. That's why you stole this important document and attacked the minister's house on the same day.Other revolutionary groups other than our guerrillas also blew up the vault in the minister's study and stole the documents inside. But if the child's intelligence is accurate, all revolutionary plans will be too late.If Ruusan is defeated, Salia will perish, and the Golden Snakes will capture Salia.In this way, our central secret base in Ruusan will also be discovered...

There are only five days left before the attack.Even in summer, it takes a week to cross the mountain to Ruusan, let alone this season, it's over, there is no time. "Be sure to let Ruusan know as soon as possible..." Reinick said that Blackbeard's leader replied in pain: "No way! The mountain roads in winter are tough. And there are only five days left until the winter solstice." "Then what shall we do?" "It is possible to install explosives on the ship..." Hearing this, the guy interjected, "Uncle! Absolutely not. That would cause a huge explosion. The engine of the spaceship is powered by atoms. If you make it explode, the energy of the engine will be consumed in an instant. That would kill and injure hundreds of thousands of people, it's too dangerous."

The guerrillas didn't understand what the guy was talking about at first. Desperately, slowly, he began to explain. He explained patiently and carefully about the structure of atomic energy, the terrible power of atomic explosions, and the serious diseases caused by radiation. After listening, everyone was silent for a long time, and everyone fell into deep depression. At this time, the leader of Blackbeard said in a strong tone: "There is no other way but to attack the headquarters of the Golden Snake team. Although there are insufficient weapons and personnel, there is really no other way."

The other silent men also nodded in agreement. In fact, they originally planned to gather other revolutionary groups in the country next spring to instigate revolutionary actions together.Before that, we had to do our best to get some weapons, and then combined with the resistance forces on Nanman Island, it caused civil strife. That was a good opportunity to completely disintegrate the Blahnik military government. The boy's worries and anguish became more and more serious.Guerrillas who are not yet ready for war, if they launch an attack now, they are likely to fail.At least the expected number of casualties will be exceeded.

What should I do? The spaceship must be destroyed! But what to do... The minister is dead.He didn't tell anyone the secrets about the atomic engine and laser cannon.Those important documents are currently in the hands of this group of revolutionary party members.If the spaceship is destroyed now, the problem will be solved.But how to do it? We spent a long time discussing non-stop.The snow stopped outside and the weather became colder.Because everyone was so tired, they fell asleep leaning against each other in their clothes and pants, holding their weapons in their arms. But the boy couldn't sleep.While listening to the snoring of those men, he thought about Heart Mountain.

Is Mama Bear okay... Brother Xiong should have grown up too... If you wrestle with me now, Brother Xiong should be able to win easily... If only I had listened to Grandpa Xiong... He wanted to go to the toilet so badly, he quietly ran outside to paint on the snow with his urine.Suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder from behind, and there was a low voice. "Are you writing your name on the snow?" He shook his head in embarrassment and stopped hastily. The leader stood there laughing.He was also next to him, taking a big piss. At this time, the cry of a fox came from the clear air.

"Ah! How pitiful." He murmured. "What is pathetic?" "A pheasant. A fox killed a pheasant just now." "How do you know?" "That's what the fox said just now. It said: wait a minute, it has already caught something to eat, and it will go back immediately." "I see." The leader grabbed a handful of snow and washed his hands. "It may be poor for you, but it's a good supper for the fox." The leader put his stout hand on his shoulder, "Today... I'm really sorry. Please forgive me." "Ok."

The team leader didn't know what attitude to use to treat this child. When that child was flying in the sky, he had thought the child was a god.But just now I saw him drawing in the snow with urine, he was just a child, no different from ordinary boys.He is just a child who can fly, and he can read people's hearts and understand the words of animals.What an incredible kid! "You...why can you fly?" That would have been difficult to explain.Although to him, this was much simpler than the structure of an atomic bomb or an atomic engine, he couldn't find the proper words to explain it. "I think it's because I can see the wind that I can fly." These simple words pierced deeply into Blackbeard's heart.It seemed that he understood somewhat, and at the same time he also began to understand that he was not far from death. "I... can't see the wind." He muttered to himself in a sad voice. The boy thought for a while and said, "I don't think it's shameful not to see things that shouldn't be seen. But if you think that things you shouldn't see don't exist, that's a sad thing." His tone hardened. "He who sees things he should not see has a special power. What is this power? I cannot explain. But I will not say that it does not exist because there are no words to describe it. I can see the wind .Uncle, maybe you can't see it now, that's all right. But you don't mean there's no such thing as wind, do you?" The leader shook his head. The boy took his hands, looked at him, and said in a gentle tone, "Uncle, there is nothing to be afraid of. Look at my face and you will understand." Blackbeard, who has experienced countless wars and killed countless people, is suddenly surrounded by fear... When the fear was gradually gone, his heart felt a peace that he had never felt in many years. On the boy's face he saw clearly the face of his dead brother. "Thanks..." he muttered. "Uncle, go to sleep!" He took the leader's hand and walked into the cave. The snow continued to fall all night, and the footprints of the revolutionary party members who had fled to the cave had disappeared completely, replaced by the traces of various animals clearly depicted on the fresh snow. At daybreak, two men walked out of the cave with the cannon on their shoulders.Now it's time to go back to town and get in touch with other revolutionary groups.If all of them acted together, they would probably be discovered by the Golden Snakes.So the two of them, two in a small group, came out one after another. "Hey, those two, are you okay?" A big man asked the leader. "No problem. Those two people are partners. Those guys know this forest well. They shouldn't be discovered by the Golden Snakes." The strong and bearded team leader looked up at the sky and said, "Well... the snow has stopped. Be careful, don't leave footprints. It would be great if there was more snow..." The boy next to him murmured softly, "There will be more." "Huh?" The bearded team leader questioned. "Uncle, it will fall again. No problem. After noon, the clouds will come from the mountains in the northwest and bring a lot of snow." "Huh? How do you know that?" He pointed to the tree with his hand, "Look, the white tits are eating the fruit of the tree desperately, while talking about the heavy snow that is about to fall. Now above us, there is a cold, dry, indescribable blue-gray , The wind with snow is flowing." The team leader shook his head and said, "Anyway, I don't know how to understand it. Can I really do it?" He nodded. "Okay, I understand. Before the evening, you, and you, go out together. Don't take the same road. Be careful in ambush." ​​He pointed to the two men and said. "Yes!" The two men answered in unison. "Tomorrow morning, I'll take this kid into town. After that, every thirty minutes, two people will set off in small groups. Got it?" Everyone nodded. "How many hours will it snow?" "All day." Hearing his answer, the team leader said with confidence. "Everyone is cold, right? You should be hungry too... But this snow is supporting our revolutionaries! Come on everyone!" The smiles returned to the men's faces.But he was very sad, because he knew that Xue didn't support anyone, and he was not anyone's enemy.Snow is the child of the sea, the child of the wind, the child of the mountain, and the relative of the glaciers and icebergs.Snow wouldn't care about this kind of inconspicuous human war. He listened again to the white-faced chickadees, "Here, here, this branch! There are so many. So many! Snow is coming, snow is coming. Hurry up! Hurry up!" The chickadee, speaking in a high voice, was having a feast on the branches of the red viburnum. He also picked three red viburnum fruits to eat, which were sweet and sour, and tasted pretty good. "Is that stuff non-poisonous?" a man asked. "It's not poisonous, on the contrary it's delicious. Would you like to try one too?" The man shook his head. "We have to eat meat. If we don't eat meat, we won't have strength." "Yes, yes! Do you want to catch a rabbit or something." The man gestured to aim the gun at the rabbit. "Do you dare? Give me a try!" The leader yelled angrily with a terrifying face. "Then the Golden Snakes will come quickly." "I know, but I'm starving. If there's meat...roast..." The boy suddenly got goosebumps.What happened in the cave a long time ago now comes to the fore one by one. As he predicted, it began to snow, quietly and quietly.The sound of the forest seemed to be wrapped in cotton.so quiet.All traces of the animals' activities in the morning had disappeared.The traces of the men heading towards the town were also covered by this heavy snow. His heart seemed to be pierced by a needle.A voice on the other side of the cave seemed to be calling to him.No! Rather than calling him, it is better to say that there is something that wants to enter his heart. Most of the time, the revolutionary party members were exhausted and fell asleep.Looking at the haggard faces of these men, he began to feel that he was an adult, while these men looked like children. He came out of the quiet cave.His hair became as white as his grandfather's.The petite grandpa walked quietly than Snow.Even when passing by sleeping rabbits, the rabbits were completely unaware. In the forests of this country live the rare bobcat.This kind of bobcat can run fast in the snow, is not afraid of the cold at all, and has thicker feet than ordinary bobcats.It also has light gray and white fur, amber eyes, and maned ears.Even animals larger than a doe, bobcats can easily kill them with their sharp claws and teeth.People in the mountains say that bobcats are scarier than bears. This beautiful and terrible animal met him unexpectedly.There is a colorful thing on the front foot of the lynx.It didn't move, and he stopped breathing. "Blood! It's blood!" There was blood on the snow. "what……" He sighed. "Pheasant... so pathetic." Amber eyes gleamed with fire. "What's so pitiful?" The lynx stood up slowly, the tip of its tail looked as sharp as a thorn.But he is not afraid. "Poor pheasant." "You're right. For this pheasant has a wife and many children." "Too much..." "Really? His wife and children don't need him anymore, but my wife and children still need me. Because they want me to bring them something good to eat." Bobcat yawned big, licked his right foot, and washed his face. "Is it the same with your friends? Why don't you say he caught so many pheasants?" The lynx scratched at the snow.The silky muscles of the shoulders bulged. "Look, look under the snow!" The guy leaned over and squatted down to watch.Under the leaves of the dead trees, many new shoots grew. "If things go on like this, the children of these plants will become beautiful and tall flowers this spring. However, these children will also be eaten by pheasants. And my children and I will eat pheasants. What's wrong with that ?" The lynx kept watching his face.With a bang, drop the dead pheasant to the ground. "Take this back and give it to the men!" "why?" "The crow told me my wife caught three rabbits and that's enough for our family." "But, Mr. Lynx, why would you..." "Because, you can only see the wind at high places. There are all kinds of winds in low places, even near the ground. Look more! Those winds can teach you something too. Go away !" After the Bobcat finished speaking, he jumped to the side and disappeared among the pine trees with a whoosh. The boy who returned to the cave seemed to be in danger, but he still silently handed the dead pheasant to the leader. "Uncle, there is meat." "This kid is really good." "What's the matter, this? Was this just caught?" "It was given to me by the Lynx." The men all laughed. "Lynx?" "I can really joke, ha... ha..." The boy got some blood on his hands and dug them into the snow. The leader looked at the falling snow and thought for a while. "A small fire should be fine. Just don't use wet logs and live branches." The men jumped up and went out to find firewood for roasting pheasants. "Mr. Pheasant, I'm sorry." The boy muttered to himself. Of course he understood that the little soul of the pheasant had flown far away, but the meat of the pheasant felt like his own. "Thank you, Mr. Pheasant," he repeated.