After Gu Jun received the new lead, Phecda immediately joined forces with the Russian Security Bureau to investigate the Inuits.
However, the Inuits were a race made up of many tribes. They were spread across the Arctic Circle, and different tribes had their own customs and legends. At the time, the ship of immigrants came from a small tribe in Chukotka. No one knew much about their religion. They only knew that they worshipped an ancient god, but that was just a primitive belief. No one thought much of it, and due to the isolation of the tribe, there was no record of it.
Some of the Inuit from this tribe were forced to migrate to Wrangel Island, some died, and some were lost in the sea.
Therefore, Phecda could not come up with any information regarding their cult of worship.
Gu Jun's team did not find anything else at Uhakovskoye. Other than the picture that told them about the past, they were just a bunch of normal Inuits. However, Gu Jun believed that the ceremony did happen, and Vasily Petrov's death was one of the results of the ceremony.
Only by reaching the cliff where the ceremony was held would they be able to get close to the truth.
After confirming their target, the Arctic Wolf Unit prepared for the operation.
Different from the southern plains where the base was located, the cliff was located at the eastern end of the central mountain range. The terrain was quite complicated, and the weather was not suitable for helicopters. Similar crashes had happened before. They had to drive through the 40 kilometers of plains and climb the cliff at the foot of the mountain. The mountain was 635 meters above sea level. It was not high, but it was not easy because the path up the mountain was blocked by ice and snow.
The conditions were harsh, but the plague was still spreading at Eastern State. Separating the patients would be a huge challenge, so they had to hurry.
On the second morning after Gu Jun's group arrived at the island, the weather was fine, so the joint unit set off according to plan.
"This place was led to by the polar bear." Gu Jun told the group at the start of the plan. "I have a feeling this trip won't be smooth."
They still had no idea what the polar bear was. They had not been able to track it yesterday, and the satellite had not captured its appearance.
However, everyone had seen it, and now they could only explain it as a group hallucination …
However, that cliff might be a trap, so they had to be prepared.
Strong winds howled with the snow. On the snowy plains under the polar night, a convoy of snow-covered armored vehicles was moving forward. This was the combined force of thirty people from the Ross Nation, thirty from the Arctic Wolf Team, and five from Gu Jun. At this time, they had already traveled for 16 kilometers, and all they could see was ice and snow in the darkness.
If it was summer, this place would be a tundra. There were many plants that could not be found anywhere else in the world, but now it was all covered in ice and snow.
Originally, in order to avoid mental stress and the Ganzfeld effect, the team members shouldn't have looked out the window. The driver should have just followed the radar to move forward.
However, Gu Jun and Wu Shiyu relied on their ESP. Sometimes, mental pressure was the source of their ESP.
Therefore, Gu Jun kept looking out of the window in the car. Sometimes, he put on the night vision goggles, and sometimes, he looked with his naked eyes to feel if it was in this direction. His spirit fluctuated more and more with the rising and falling pieces of ice and snow …
Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, he saw a giant mountain range appear before him.
The highest mountain on this deserted island was located in the middle of the island, and it was only 1096 meters above sea level. The mountain range reached into the sky, and it looked taller than Mount Everest.
"Do you see the giant mountain before us?" Gu Jun immediately asked through the communicator. "It suddenly appeared."
"No, the giant mountain?" "Everything is normal." Xue Ba, Yu Xiaoyong, and the rest could only reply with confusion. Even Wu Shiyu did not see it.
Any illusion that Gu Jun had now was not as simple as it seemed. Yu Xiaoyong immediately reported this to the command central.
"The satellite image has not changed." The command central soon gave a reply. The base on the island, Phecda's headquarters, and Eastern State were all connected to each other.
Illusion? Gu Jun frowned as he looked at the giant mountain range that had not disappeared. Even though it was blurry, it was still there, giving off a sense of grandeur and strangeness.
"This island is producing many illusions." That was all he could confirm, but he suspected that this place might have overlapped with the dream world.
When the convoy traveled about 30 kilometers, the snowstorm intensified. The sound of the wind rumbled, and the communication became unstable. However, this was not the worst weather on the island. In February and March, the snowstorm could reach speeds of more than 140 kilometers per hour, and it could overturn cars and people.
At least, the convoy managed to finish this part of the journey and reach the snowfield at the foot of the cliff.
The convoy stopped there. More than half of the alliance team got off the armored vehicles with various weapons and equipment. They braved the wind and snow to climb the mountain.
"This way. Follow us." The Russians were personally led by Mstislav. The Russians did not know the purpose of this expedition. The reason Mstislav personally led this expedition was because he had a different mission, and that was to find out Phecda's real goal.
The Russians walked in front and at the back. Gu Jun, Xue Ba, Yu Xiaoyong, and the rest walked in the middle.
Due to the ice and snow, they had to climb with difficulty. Blocked by the mountain, Gu Jun could no longer see the giant mountain. However, when they were halfway up the mountain, he saw it. This time, Yu Xiaoyong and the rest saw it as well. Mstislav and the Russians saw it as well.
In the dark sky beside the mountain, there were all kinds of northern birds circling in the sky. There were eagles, gulls, swallows … They flew around in dense flocks, but they did not make a sound.
However, the birds on the island had already left for the winter.
"Command central, we see a large number of birds," Yu Xiaoyong reported. Mstislav also reported in Russian.
"The satellite did not detect any birds at your location. Nothing."
This time, Xue Ba, Lou Xiaoning, Zhang Xiaoqi, and the rest felt their hearts sink. Was this another group illusion? It was happening right before their eyes.
"The number of birds has increased. They seem to be … looking at us," Yu Xiaoyong said.
However, what they received was a surprised and worried reply from the people in the command central. "The satellite did not detect any birds. There are no people or animals on the mountain."
Gu Jun could not tell what those bird shadows were, and the anxiety in his heart grew stronger.
The situation at Eastern State did not allow them to turn back. Every member of the team had been selected through the mental training, so this illusion was not enough to knock them down. At that moment, everyone steeled their hearts and determination and continued to ascend. However, the wind and snow hit their faces, and their skin prickled.
The climb of several hundred meters was fast, but the closer they got to the top, the more strange sounds they heard.
It was not the cry of birds; it sounded more like the frenzied cries of humans.
Gu Jun and Wu Shiyu shared a look. They could tell that it was the cry of the Inuits during their ritual.
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