The wind howled, and the snow fell. The strong wind caused the team to lose their footing. The fanatical cheers came closer and closer.
The cheers were louder than the wind, and they came crashing down like an avalanche.
However, the satellite did not capture anyone at the summit.
"Command central, we can hear voices coming down from the summit. Captain Gu suspects it's the Inuits performing a ritual."
"Roger that, Arctic Wolf. There's no change in the satellite … You're the only ones we can see."
"Command central, prepare for an assault, prepare for an assault."
When they were about thirty meters from the top of the mountain, the leaders of Phecda's joint team discussed among themselves and decided to charge up the mountain. Furthermore, the Russians would not give up just like that. After all, no one was willing to give up at this point.
"Roger that …" The voice that came from the communicator suddenly became muffled, and the signal weakened.
The team communicated with the Russians again. Considering the situation at the cave, Gu Jun told Mstislav seriously, "Perhaps what we're seeing and hearing is a big illusion. Someone or something is casting a spell around here."
"Spell?" Mstislav had heard some of it before, but he did not get the full information. The bear's face was filled with confusion. "Are you serious?"
"Yes!" Gu Jun frowned. "Do not underestimate illusions and do not trust them easily. If you make a mistake, I can't guarantee your lives. "
"Oh …" Mstislav studied him for a while. It was hard to tell what he was thinking. After he returned, he gave his orders to his subordinates in Russian.
Xue Ba had been watching from the side, so he had some observation skills. He told his friends, "I don't think that big guy will believe us."
Yu Xiaoyong and Zhang Xiaoqi would not blame Mstislav for this. Before yesterday, even if the higher-ups had given them the order, they would not have believed it.
The Phecda members could only focus on their own tasks. They listened to Gu Jun and did not split up. Instead, all 23 of them formed the assault team. They gripped the machine guns in their hands tightly. However, there were still the Russians who volunteered to lead the charge. They seemed to be afraid that the Phecda members would take all the benefits for themselves.
"φπέρουд! Mstislav shouted as he charged forward, his AK-12 automatic rifle aimed straight ahead of him.
The Ross assault squad of more than ten people was the first to reach the top of the mountain. Then, Yu Xiaoyong, Gu Jun, and the rest also rushed up the slope.
Everyone was stunned by the scene before them. On the vast snowy mountain peak, there were piles of wild beast corpses. Whole reindeer, musk ox, and arctic wolves were pierced through by icicles, especially the arctic wolves …
Twenty-two arctic wolves were in front of the group. There were eleven on each side, forming a path in the middle.
Their skins had been peeled off, and their blood had been frozen. Only their heads were still intact, and their eyes were wide open, filled with fear and pleading.
Those eyes looked like they belonged to a human being …
At the end of the road of corpses, dozens of Inuit, adults and children, stood there. They were all wearing animal skin clothes that did not match the cold. They were sewn from the wolf pelts. The snow white fur of the arctic wolves was dyed in strange shapes by the fresh blood.
Suddenly, Gu Jun understood why the birds were circling in the sky. They were lusting after these carcasses. They were attracted by the smell of fresh blood.
"недвигатеся!"
"Don't move, everyone, don't move!"
Mstislav and Yu Xiaoyong yelled at the same time. All the assault squad members aimed their guns at the Inuit.
Perhaps they were hallucinating, or perhaps the satellite was the one that was wrong because the faces of the Inuit were so real that they did not look like they were hallucinating.
The Inuit did not react in the slightest even though they were being pointed at. Even though they had stopped their crazed chanting, it was as if they did not see the Inuit, or rather … they were all looking at the same person.
The burly man, the well-built woman, the teenager, the girl, the child … they were all looking at Gu Jun.
Suddenly, the dozens of figures opened their mouths and said slowly, "You're here."
Just like what Ol 'Uncle Dog had said in the nightmare, just like what the villagers in the illusion at Nan Tang Village had said together.
You're here. It was as if they had been waiting for a long time.
"Hmm." Something like an illusion flashed before Gu Jun's eyes. His head throbbed with pain. The figures of the Inuit and the villagers at Nan Tang Village slowly overlapped … He tried to focus, but the vision before him pierced his heart …
Twenty-two arctic wolves, twenty-three members of the Phecda assault squad …
Other than him, there were twenty-two of them.
The bodies of the arctic wolves were twisting, and their eyes were turning toward him. They looked like Xue Ba's eyes, Uncle Dan's eyes, and Wu Shiyu's eyes …
No, they were just illusions. Gu Jun groaned as he resisted the mental assault. In a low voice, he said, "That's right, I'm here."
"Be careful …" Wu Shiyu also sensed something was wrong.
"Everyone, don't move. Leave this to Ah Jun," Xue Ba said. Lou Xiaoning reminded Yu Xiaoyong, Zhang Xiaoqi, and the others, "Our mission is to protect him."
But on the other side, Mstislav called out to his men in Russian, "Follow me, follow me …"
Xue Ba heard him and hurriedly used his unfamiliar Russian to warn him, "Danger, it's a mental attack!" Yu Xiaoyong added, "Look at those birds, is this normal?"
Gu Jun felt something was off. His tone was different from Mstislav's.
"These d * mn Inuit, they don't even have a bow and arrow. What is there to be afraid of …" Mstislav mumbled as he waved his hand and led his men forward. Initially, they were saying things like "don't move", but the further they moved, the quieter they became.
"No …" Gu Jun gasped. "They're in an illusion!"
The people around him were taken aback. Yu Xiaoyong immediately shouted again, wanting to get a few of his team members to stop the Rossi soldiers.
But he was stopped by Gu Jun. "Don't go up there!" If they got too close, they might be under the spell themselves, and the AK-12s had their safeties off …
At that moment, the group saw Mstislav and his men walk past the Inuit. They walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped off.
"Ah!" Uncle Dan could not help but gasp. About six hundred meters below the cliff was the sea that had turned into a thick layer of ice.
In that instant, the group could hear the heavy thud of Mstislav and his men landing on the ice.
The mangled flesh, the splattered brains, and Mstislav's rugged and passionate face … everything was frozen.
The command central's panicked voice came through the communicator. "Arctic Wolf? Arctic Wolf? What happened to Captain Mstislav and his men? They fell off the cliff and died. "
The Inuit were still looking at Gu Jun expressionlessly.
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