Urban Sims

Yongshui Village.

A large village built next to a river with a population of nearly a thousand households.

Fifty miles north of the village, not far from a main highway.

In front of a dilapidated ancient temple.

There were more than a dozen public officials in uniforms with sword and shield badges hanging on their chests and shoulders.

All members of the National Special Operations Bureau, the Ninth Brigade, and the Eighth Action Group are all here.

The middle-aged man standing at the front has a Chinese-shaped face, a short beard, hard edges, and a dignified and serious expression.

He looked at the ancient temple in front of him and said in a low voice: "July 30, the day of darkness is coming soon. This is our last chance."

"We lost six brothers last year, eight the year before that, and the entire team was wiped out the year before that... The higher ups don't want any more casualties."

"If there is no result this time, the superiors will dispatch a Lingyuan warship to completely destroy this temple!"

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man's eyes flashed with deep hatred, as well as a little helplessness and unwillingness.

"Todoroki? All the clues we have investigated in the past few years are useless."

The heroic woman behind him shook her head. The Eighth Group spent a lot of energy investigating the "Old Temple Murders" case and made huge sacrifices, but the superiors planned to close the case this way.

After the Lingyuan battleship bombarded it, wouldn't the truth be wiped out in ashes?

"The superiors have no choice but to do this. In recent years, more and more people have been killed in this ancient temple, and the phantom formations released are getting larger and larger. If we want to avoid losses, we can only take this strategy."

The short-bearded man standing next to the heroic woman said that he felt that the above considerations were reasonable.

At least with that one shot, it is unlikely that this ancient temple will continue to harm people.

The middle-aged man nodded and said solemnly: "No matter what, we must seize this last opportunity to destroy this temple and find out the mastermind behind it!"

Having said that, lack of manpower is the biggest problem facing the eighth team.

There are only 12 people in the eighth group.

The phantom formation released by the ancient temple has a radius of more than fifty miles.

With their limited manpower, they would not be able to set up a cordon before July 30 to prevent people or businessmen who did not know the truth from passing by.

He couldn't borrow troops from Chu Taihu, the lord of Bilan City, because Chu Taihu lent 3,000 elite troops to the special operations group the year before last. However, the phantom formation suddenly expanded and two thousand of his 3,000 elite troops were swallowed up by the phantom formation. If it is too much, the loss will be heavy, so naturally I don’t want to borrow it again.

But there are 12 of them, and they can get stuck at a few traffic intersections at most.

We also have to solve the mystery of the murder in the ancient temple... This is really a bit stretched.

But on July 10th, several teenagers wearing sky suits landed in front of them.

These teenagers said that they were students from Daxian Academy and came to help investigate the "Ancient Temple Murder" incident.

Looking at these slightly green faces, team leader Tan Ke shook his head: "It's too dangerous here, your life is in danger, you should go back."

Deputy team leader Joey Xue returned to her true nature, and said with a trembling smile: "Little brothers and sisters, I am very grateful for your help, but it is really dangerous here, so it is better to stay away~"

This voice made Chen En's bones go numb. He blushed slightly, straightened his back and said, "We have flown more than 20,000 miles, just to help! This is also a summer practice that we must complete!"

Han Song said in the ear of team leader Tan Ke: "Team leader, why don't you let them help with some chores and pull the cordon? With a few more of them, we can block more mouths."

Han Song felt that these students could play a role to make up for their lack of manpower.

Tank nodded, but said that before the dark day comes, these students must evacuate and stay outside the cordon!

Zhou Ming agreed and obeyed their arrangements.

So in the next ten days or so, Zhou Ming, Chen En and the others were really reduced to being handymen doing odd jobs.

For example, when they ran out of food, meat and vegetables in the camp, Zhou Ming and the others took the money and went to Yongshui Village fifty miles away to buy it.

For example, there were not enough tools for working and they were not available in Yongshui Village. Zhou Ming and the others had to go to Bilan City hundreds of miles away to buy them.

Even the work of boiling water and cooking was contracted by Zhou Ming and the others. Because of Zhou Ming's superb cooking skills and unforgettable delicious food, Zhou Ming became the most popular person in the action group. Every time they saw Zhou Ming, Ming would smile and ask kindly: "Xiao Zhou, what will we have for dinner later?"

Zhou Ming introduced it with a smile, making their mouths water.

Chen En was filled with anger.

Especially today, he carried two bags of white lime weighing hundreds of kilograms and flew hundreds of miles. He threw the lime heavily on the ground and shouted: "I quit, I quit!"

He shook off the sweat on his face: "We are here to help solve the case, not to do these chores!"

His voice was loud enough for everyone in the camp to hear.

Hearing his complaints and dissatisfaction, Tan Ke remained expressionless. Han Song shook his head and smiled bitterly, these children...

Qiao Xue twisted her waist and walked over, with a concerned look on her face: "Xiao En, what's wrong with you? Didn't the team leader ask you to buy four packs of lime? Are there two packs left?"

"I can't carry those two bags, so I threw them on the road! Whoever wants to do it can do it, I won't take care of them anyway."

Chen En shook his head and walked straight towards the forest beside him.

Joy Xue stretched out her hand and said, "Xiao En, sister, can you go?" But Chen En was already gone.

"Chen En, come here!"

Not far away, on the other side, Zhou Ming, who had just finished working in the kitchen, folded his hands and yelled at him with a stern face.

"Boss——"

Chen En paused, then walked over reluctantly.

Zhou Ming dragged him into the nearby woods and gave him some ideological work.

More than half an hour later, when the two returned to the camp, Chen En not only lost his previous irritation, but also sincerely apologized to everyone in the action team and said that he would help buy the remaining two bags of lime later. return.

Tan Ke and others looked at Chen En in surprise, and finally focused on Zhou Ming.

There was a voice in my heart: This young man will definitely not be a thing in the pool in the future.

From this day on, Zhou Ming, a small group of five people, gradually integrated into the adult team of Group 8.

During the break, they began to be willing to answer some questions Zhou Ming asked about the ancient temple.

And provided a lot of official information that Zhou Ming and others didn't know yet.

Even sit together to discuss and express their opinions.

As an outsider, some of the opinions, assumptions, or bold guesses put forward by Zhou Ming often make Tan Ke and others' eyes brighten, but they also shake their heads violently, feeling incredible and ridiculous.

But they had to admit that if they changed their perspectives and used Zhou Ming's way of thinking to solve the mystery of "The Murder in the Ancient Temple", the logic would be really smooth and refreshing.

It's just that... Zhou Ming came to several conclusions that were completely different from those of Tan Ke and others.

If he adopts his method to solve this century-old mystery, it will be equivalent to overturning all the results of their work over the past few years.

The vast amount of work they had done previously proved to be in vain.

This is unacceptable to them.

What's more, the person who wants to overturn their conclusion is a fifteen-year-old boy...

So they are still more willing to believe in their professionalism.

In a blink of an eye, July 25th came.

In the western sky, the only remaining orange-red sun turned into the setting sun.

The glow was brilliant, and the earth was rendered with a layer of golden light.

As time goes by, this layer of golden light will gradually become dim and yellow, and finally... enter darkness.

The atmosphere in the entire camp also became serious and solemn.

The time for the final challenge is coming.

"Boss, Team Leader Tan asked us to leave in three days and not to go near this ancient temple. If we come here privately, he will give us zero points for our summer practice and we won't get a single contribution point."

Chen En asked: "Boss, what should we do?"

"If we stay outside the cordon, we won't be able to solve any mystery."

Lei Zuo also said that if you can't solve the mystery, it's like doing it in vain, and you won't get many contribution points.

"How about we sneak in before the time comes."

Zhang Yu said her method. The eighth group was short of manpower and could not spare anyone to keep an eye on them. There was no problem in sneaking into the illusion formation.

"No need!"

Zhou Ming shook his head, "Just follow the arrangements of Team Leader Tan. Stay outside the cordon and don't go in without permission."

"Don't go in? How to solve the mystery of the ancient temple?" Chen En asked in confusion.

"Don't worry, just wait and see what happens. This ancient temple is going to kill people after all, and it's going to kill a lot of people. If there aren't enough people in the cordon, it will expand the phantom formation. Even Yongshui Village in the south may be in the phantom formation. Within the coverage of the array, we can go to Yongshui Village and wait with peace of mind."

"Yongshui Village is fifty miles away. Can the magic array cover that far?"

Chen En shook his head in disbelief, but seeing the boss' confident look, he couldn't help but nod along.