The squad soldiers present looked at each other. Forty-eight hours ago was the day before yesterday, so who was it that greeted the three of them before that?

Chen Chuan instructed the orderly behind him, "Wake everyone up, and then re-inspect this place."

The orderly gave a salute, then slung his rifle and jogged towards the barracks.

Yuan Qiu Yuan and Qin Qing Que arrived at the scene as soon as possible. Yuan Qiu Yuan looked at the three corpses, exclaimed in surprise, and asked, "Captain, is this an Anomaly phenomenon?"

"It's hard to say right now."

Chen Chuan was not in a hurry to make a judgment, because he had not felt any fading signs of Second Self appearing just now. Either there was another reason, or the Anomaly situation was not serious.

After the personnel were awakened, the rest stop was checked from beginning to end again, confirming that there was no one else besides the three corpses.

However, after learning about the situation, everyone thought carefully and realized that no one had any direct physical contact with these three people before.

Chen Chuan thought for a while and said to Yuan Qiu Yuan , "Executive Officer Yuan, you will guard here tonight."

Yuan Qiu Yuan did not hesitate and said, "Captain, rest assured."

Chen Chuan took two more steps forward, faced everyone, and instructed, "We are here to investigate unknown situations, and we will encounter more such situations in the future. You must be mentally prepared.

But the two Executive Officers and I will try our best to handle every matter well. Everyone present, those who are on duty should stay on duty, and those who should rest should go back to rest, but remember to stay vigilant."

"Yes!" All the team members gave a solemn salute and went back to their respective posts.

That night passed, and the guards did not encounter any abnormalities again. When dawn broke the next day, the team did not plan to stay here any longer and set off as a whole.

After the convoy left the rest stop and drove for about ten minutes, Chen Chuan instructed the driver in front, "Turn back."

The driver did not ask any questions and immediately turned around.

The other Off-road vehicles also received his instructions through the Boundary Token. Although they did not know the situation, they knew how to obey orders and also drove back.

When they returned to the rest stop, they suddenly saw that the door that they had deliberately closed before leaving was opened again, and a voice came from the loudspeaker inside, requesting confirmation of their identities.

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

Yuan Qiu Yuan turned his head and said, "Captain?"

Chen Chuan said into the Boundary Token, "Follow the procedure." He then said to Qin Qing Que , "Executive Officer Qin, go with them."

"Yes, Captain!" Qin Qing Que immediately got out of the car and walked forward with two team members.

The whole process was uneventful. After exchanging signals according to the established procedure, the rest stop's gate opened after a while. Then the three rest stop soldiers who had been confirmed dead walked out from inside, carefully verifying their documents, behaving exactly the same as yesterday.

But yesterday, they clearly saw that they were already dead. Seeing this strange situation, everyone felt a chill.

Chen Chuan got out of the car. He glanced at Second Self , and there were still no signs of fading. He walked up to the three soldiers, who saluted him upon seeing his uniform. Their expressions and demeanor were no different from normal people.

At this moment, he reached out and tapped the center of their foreheads. The three of them froze for a moment, and then fell straight down.

After a while, white things crawled out of the ears of these three people, wriggling outwards.

Yuan Qiu Yuan , who followed, stepped on one of them, and the thing under his foot curled up its body. He looked at it a few times and said in surprise, "Activation brain tissue!"

Chen Chuan nodded.

Yuan Qiu Yuan looked strangely at the three people on the ground, "But they are ordinary people."

Generally speaking, Martial Artist with Mutated Tissue need to worry too much about the problem of Activation, but ordinary people rarely experience this. Otherwise, the main force of Base would not be these ordinary soldiers.

Chen Chuan slowly said, "They are ordinary people, but these Activation brain tissues may not be their brains."

Yuan Qiu Yuan was stunned, but he reacted quickly and immediately thought of something. He looked into the distance and then whispered, "Captain, is it from the Fortress Base over there?"

There are no Martial Artist here, but there are several Martial Artist in the Two Eighty-Five Fortress they are going to.

Chen Chuan said, "That should be right."

After the brain tissue of Martial Artist is Activated, some will use the original body, but if there is a problem with the original body, they may also look for another body, swallow the head of the new body, and regain their memories to become another person.

This is why Base is so vigilant about Activation, because sometimes it is really difficult to tell whether the person in front of you has a problem.

He thought about the Data he had read before. According to the original configuration, there was one Third Limit Martial Artist guarding the Two Eighty-Five Base, and three Second Limit Martial Artist . These three Activation brain tissues are likely to belong to those three Second Limit Martial Artist .

"Captain, a signal has been transmitted from the Two Eighty-Five Fortress." A communications soldier brought over a Telegram.

Chen Chuan took it and looked at it. It was still those incomprehensible garbled characters. He handed it to Qin Qing Que , who carefully identified it and said, "Captain, there is no content."

Yuan Qiu Yuan said, "Could it be that this thing sent the Telegram?"

Chen Chuan said, "We'll know what's going on when we see it. There's no need to delay here. Simply clean up, report the situation to Base, and set off to get there as soon as possible."

After the order was issued, team members immediately came up to find body bags for the three soldiers' corpses and put them in the freezer. Then the convoy set off again.

Fortress Number Two Eighty-Five is a pioneering Base. Usually, such places are located on key terrains, and their function is to provide cover for the rear.

The rear can then calmly organize the designated territory. This method has advantages and disadvantages. In the early stage, many difficulties can be overcome because airships can be used for transportation and combat, but after stabilization, without the support of airships, it will be relatively difficult.

If there is a problem in such an important place, some things in the future cannot be done smoothly, so it must be clarified.

The convoy advanced at full speed this time, arriving at Base Two Eighty-Five at less than five o'clock in the afternoon. However, there was no one defending outside. After carefully walking in, they found it was empty.

But there was not a single person inside, not only the original people of Base, but even the squad that was sent later was not seen.

The vehicles were neatly arranged in the open space and garage inside the Base. All the weapons in the armory were neatly placed there. The things in the room were cleaned up neatly, and there were no signs of fighting or being attacked.

This Base was built according to standard specifications and was sufficient to station a force of one hundred people, so when they walked in, the surroundings seemed very empty, and the sound of footsteps was clearly Anomaly, making most team members feel a little creeped out.

Chen Chuan said, "Send a message to Base, saying that we have reached Fortress Number Two Eighty-Five, and report the intelligence here to them. Also, let them pay attention to whether any Telegrams are transmitted from here tonight."

Upon hearing the order, the communications soldier immediately went to send a message.

Chen Chuan also instructed, "There is still more than an hour before it is completely dark. Each group should take half an hour to inspect and clean up each area. Remember, each group member must maintain communication at all times, whether entering or exiting."

"Yes!"

The team members followed his instructions and immediately split into groups of three, heading in different directions.

Chen Chuan said to Yuan Qiu Yuan and Qin Qing Que , "You two should respectively check the protective materials and some of the fortifications outside the fortress. Pay attention to the Activity Index, and remember to feel it yourself. Don't completely trust the numbers on the Boundary Token."

Yuan and Qin were startled and said they understood.

Chen Chuan told the two to pay attention to the team members, and he went to the Base's officer's office alone.

He should be able to find some action logs here, which are required to be recorded in Base. Maybe he can find some useful clues from them.

The office was also consistent with other places, with everything neatly arranged. He easily found the logs. He flipped through them and found that they were up to December 10th, which was the day before the inexplicable message was sent.

The previous records were all normal, patrols, duties, organization, reports, etc., and there were no Anomaly discoveries, it seems that the Anomaly was sudden, and everyone did not react.

However, when flipping through a Base guard's private memorandum, he found that several pages had been torn off. After looking for a while, he found the shredded paper in a nearby wastebasket.

He managed to piece it together and restore it. He saw that it was full of randomly smeared lines, large patches of color, and some indistinguishable words. Looking at this, it seemed that he could see a person who had fallen into madness muttering and writing these down.

He looked at the paper a few times, thoughtfully. At this moment, Qin Qing Que "s voice rang in the Boundary Token:

"Captain, I have checked, all the walls have no cracks or loopholes. I broke open a section and saw that the protective materials and protective materials in the interlayer are intact. The water in the water tank and the food are stored properly. According to the standard quantity, it is enough for a team of one hundred people to use for a month."

Yuan Qiu Yuan also reported at this time: "Captain, I went around outside and found no traces of climbing or attacks, and no Convergence Zone creatures approached.

The grass and trees outside have been cleaned very cleanly. Although they have grown back a little bit in the past two days, they are at least two or three miles away from Base. The trenches and barbed wire dug according to the tactical manual have not been damaged either."

Chen Chuan said, "I know, if there is no problem, come back."

He walked out of the office, looking at the fortress below. If there are no problems outside, then it is an internal situation. It is daytime now, so there is nothing to be afraid of, but in less than an hour it will be night, and then it may be different.

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