Soon they entered the mountains. Chu Tian checked the position Ye Ling had given him, which showed a patch of green with no building coordinates.
After driving for about two hundred kilometers, Jing Kaiyu stopped the car.
"We're out of road!" he said.
"Put on your gear, let's go!" Ye Ling said, already taking off her clothes.
"Uh..." Chu Tian wanted to say, why don't we get out of the car first, and you change?
Gao Kai patted him, "We're on a mission. There are only life-and-death comrades, no men or women!"
After speaking, the few big men also started changing clothes, leaving only Chu Tian awkwardly dawdling.
In just over a minute, Ye Ling was fully geared up. She glanced at Chu Tian, "Are you a woman?"
Then she opened the car door and got out.
Damn it...
Chu Tian cursed inwardly.
It took him over ten minutes to finally strap on the messy equipment.
With his backpack slung over his shoulders, he got out of the car. Gao Kai and the others had been waiting for him for a long time.
It had already gotten dark when Chu Tian and the others got off the plane.
Now, entering the mountain forest, it was already past eleven o'clock at night.
The entire deep mountain forest was quiet, and an eerie feeling made Chu Tian's scalp tingle.
After entering the mountain, Chu Tian followed Ye Ling for more than two hours.
"Where are we going?" Chu Tian finally couldn't help but ask.
He figured that if he didn't ask, the three of them, Gao Kai and the others, with their stubborn minds from their time in the army, would only follow orders.
If they were led astray and sold off, they would probably still salute Ye Ling.
His question immediately earned him appreciative glances from the three.
It turned out they also wanted to know but had never dared to ask.
Ye Ling heard Chu Tian speak and slowed her pace.
"Have you heard of the Night Racoon incident?" Ye Ling asked.
Night Racoon? For some reason, when Chu Tian heard these three words, he felt a strange atmosphere rise around him.
A chill ran down the back of his head, and his whole body shivered.
"Captain, we're not actually going to the ancient village of Night Racoon, are we?" Gao Kai stopped, a hint of fear on his face.
Although Chu Tian hadn't known Gao Kai for long, he had never seen this man, who had spent half his life in the army, with such an expression.
"You know?" Ye Ling was equally surprised.
Gao Kai nodded. "As soon as we arrived here, I guessed it, but I wasn't sure."
Hearing him say that, Chu Tian became very curious and walked up to him, asking:
"What is this ancient village you're talking about? Why is it called Night Racoon? The name is too eerie."
Gao Kai glanced at Ye Ling and saw that she didn't stop him from speaking.
So he slowly began to explain, "Ten years ago, on a mission, we passed by there. The captain told us at the time never to get close.
The local guide we had then also told us that the place was very strange...
As for why it's called Night Racoon, it's said to be related to an operation codename. No one actually knows the name of that ancient village."
At this moment, Ye Ling stopped and looked around. "Let's set up camp here for now."
Upon hearing this, Gao Kai and the other two quickly took out tents from their backpacks.
Then, Jin Kaiyu sprinkled yellow powder around the surroundings of the campsite.
Chu Tian smelled it. It should be sulfur powder and other medicinal ingredients, likely used to ward off snakes, insects, rats, and ants.
During this time, he had become an observer.
In less than ten minutes, the three of them had completed the tents and alarm traps.
As long as someone approached, an alarm would be triggered.
Chu Tian pulled out his saber and said he was going to find some branches to build a campfire.
He was stopped by Gao Kai. It was already the end of October, and the weather in Shaanxi was gradually turning cool.
Moreover, in this deep mountain, it was even a bit chilly.
Gao Kai stopped him and said, "Xiao Tian, have you watched too much TV? Starting a fire in this mountain forest can easily set it ablaze.
We are on a secret mission. If you start this fire, it can be seen for a hundred miles at night."
He had originally wanted to help, but after being stopped by Gao Kai, he went to Ye Ling's side.
Gao Kai and the other two also walked over. Zhao Lei took out a bag of something from his bag.
He dug a small pit in the middle of the campsite, threw the bag into it, and then took out a bottle of water and poured it on.
The thing instantly expanded and began to emit heat with a sizzling sound.
Then Chu Tian felt intense heat coming from it.
"Is this quicklime?" Chu Tian asked.
Because he noticed that everyone seemed to have different items in their backpacks.
Zhao Lei said, "Highly concentrated quicklime. A bottle of mineral water can keep it hot for four hours."
Chu Tian nodded. So there was such a thing, no wonder they didn't need to start a fire.
At this time, everyone gathered around. And indeed, this small bag produced quite a lot of heat.
Soon, Chu Tian felt warm.
At this moment, Ye Ling also sat down. She looked at everyone, "You five rest! I'll stand guard."
"Captain, we're not tired yet. Tell us about the village we're going to," Zhao Lei said, squatting there and chewing on a biscuit, speaking indistinctly.
Jin Kaiyu also chimed in, "Yes, Captain, so we can have some psychological preparation."
After hearing this, Ye Ling glanced at Gao Kai.
Gao Kai quickly said, "All I know is what I've said before..."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Tian suddenly stood up.
Everyone was startled and looked at him strangely.
Chu Tian stared into Ye Ling's eyes and asked word by word, "You just said, the five of us?"
His words caused Gao Kai and the others to look at Ye Ling strangely as well.
Ye Ling smiled, said nothing, and turned her gaze aside.
To the shock of Chu Tian and the others, a faint figure slowly appeared beside her.
"I said before that our team needed six people. She's here to help." Ye Ling said.
"Hi! Hello, you can call me Duo'er. I'm a ghost."
This semi-transparent shadow was actually a little girl of seventeen or eighteen.
Hearing her words, Chu Tian felt his hair stand on end.
A ghost?
Looking at her semi-transparent body, she was indeed like the ghosts in legends.
"Xu Duoduo, you're older than all five of us combined, why are you still so childish? Stop scaring them."
Ye Ling said, looking at her and smiling.
If she hadn't said that, Chu Tian would have found it even more terrifying.
The combined age of the five of them, didn't that mean she was over a hundred years old... a young girl?
If not a ghost, then what?
Seeing the frightened expressions on Chu Tian and the other four, Ye Ling said, "Don't be afraid. She is indeed a ghost, but not a real ghost. She is like Chu Tian, a soul practitioner.
However, her physical body perished a long time ago. Because her soul is strong, she has survived in this way."
After Ye Ling finished speaking, they suddenly understood, but this way of existence was truly very strange.
However, Chu Tian was more curious because this was the first soul practitioner he had ever seen.
Didn't they say that as soon as a soul practitioner appeared, they would be eliminated?
How did she survive?