Through the bright light, what appeared in front of everyone was a large and spacious room, but it was not quite appropriate to say that it was a room, this room was the size of three football fields, and the walls, floors and ceilings were all made of metal, and the black metal pillars of ten stories high and three or four meters thick were erected here in a regular manner. Cars were parked in a haphazard manner in the room, both military trucks and jeeps, and many people were running around here, loading boxes of goods onto the trucks and into the aisle at the other end, where people were constantly pushing the goods out.

The arrival of the RV caused a small commotion, and everyone stopped what they were doing, glanced at the RV vigilantly, and continued to do the work at hand.

The "electric dog" slowed down, carefully navigating the crowd and the cargo everywhere, and then pulled the RV near the other end of the aisle, where a middle-aged man dressed as a soldier was giving orders and directing people to work. Seeing the RV coming, the middle-aged man exchanged a few words with several deputies beside him, and his deputies took the order and scattered away, leaving the middle-aged man waiting there alone.

Li Fei and his entourage got out of the car, and the middle-aged man took the initiative to come up, gave a military salute, stretched out his right hand and said, "'The person in charge of the thirteenth stronghold, 'Scorpion', welcome!" ”

Embarrassing, the atmosphere is indescribably embarrassing, especially Li Fei, he tried to think that something was wrong, but he couldn't find the reason in himself, and the source of the embarrassment was the person in charge of the "Thirteenth Stronghold" codenamed "Scorpion" - this Mr. "Scorpion" looked very enthusiastic and friendly, but the first person he said hello and stretched out his hand to was not Li Fei, the captain of "Nightwing", but Catherine, that is, "Scorpion" regarded Catherine as the captain of "Nightwing".

The other party stretched out a friendly hand, Catherine didn't know whether to shake it or not, hesitated for a long time, "Scorpion" was a little unhappy, withdrew her hand, and said sourly: "Hey, I forgot, you are the big red people above!" Who cares about us little soldiers. ”

It's all his own people, Li Fei didn't want to stiffen the relationship due to an innocuous misunderstanding, so he took the initiative to step forward and stretch out his hand, trying to alleviate the bad atmosphere, "Mr. 'Scorpion', right?" Hello, I'm the captain of Nightwing, Raven. ”

"You're the captain?" "Scorpion" looked at Li Fei in disbelief.

Li Fei smiled and said, "Yes, I'm the captain, although it doesn't seem very reliable." ”

"Scorpion" looked around at everyone, understood from everyone's eyes that it was he who had made a mistake, laughed self-deprecatingly, shook Li Fei's hand, and gave a military salute: "Sorry! You look too young! I thought ......"

"It's just a small thing." Li Fei didn't care, just in terms of the first impression, the calm and cold Catherine was indeed more in line with the image of the captain, and the "scorpion" looked at Catherine's eyes, which reminded Li Fei of a person, the person in charge sent by the military in the "Mirror City Incident", he looked at Catherine with the same eyes as the "scorpion", Li Fei had never joined the army, and he didn't understand what these iron-blooded soldiers saw in Catherine.

"Excuse me, seeing that you are in a hurry, you want to evacuate here?" Zhuge Hu noticed that only the goods were moved out, but nothing was moved inside.

"Scorpion" nodded, and led Li Fei and his party into the passage behind him, the boxy passage is also made of black metal, there are occasionally a few small radars on the wall, and there are many forks in the passage, but there are "scorpions" leading the way, Li Fei and they don't have to worry about getting lost, "We are indeed evacuating, this 'No. 13 stronghold' is going to be abandoned." ”

Li Fei was puzzled: "Abandoned? Why? As far as I know, this place has only been established for a short time, right? Looking at the equipment here, the investment should be not small, why should it be abandoned? ”

"Not only here, but all the bases in the Americas will be evacuated within two weeks." "Scorpion" made a shocking message.

Sima Luming immediately understood, "The family has decided to give up the Americas?" ”

"Scorpion" nodded and said, "Yes, the news that the family used the new system to come in the afternoon. Come on! I'll take you to Command, and there's what you want. ”

Turning around in the passages that extend in all directions, Li Fei seems to have returned to the "nest" of the "Dream Weaver". He tried to calculate the approximate size of this "No. 13 stronghold" in his heart, but he still gave up this idea when he became dizzy, however, Li Fei felt that the scale of this "No. 13 stronghold" would not be lost to the "old nest". Moreover, a large part of the busy people outside are ordinary people, and there are so many people arranged in just one stronghold and one monitoring station, and the family is really willing to spend money!

After turning a lot of detours, it was not until even Zhuge Hu and Sima Luming were about to forget how to go on the road that they finally came to the command post in the mouth of the "scorpion".

A metal door stood in front of them, and the "scorpion" pressed twice on the keypad on the right side of the door, then stopped and made a meditative gesture, "Oops! Excuse me! Forgot password! I can only wait for my deputy to open the door, but I don't know where they are busy, if you are not in a hurry, just wait! ”

Not in a hurry? Li Fei, how could they not be in a hurry, Verina and "AI" are both in unknown danger, what they lack most now is time, and this "scorpion", what kind of trick is he playing, he is the person in charge of the stronghold! If he could forget the password of the headquarters gate, Li Fei would be very suspicious of Verina's vision of choosing people.

"Isn't there any other way to open the door?" Li Fei asked by the way, he wanted to see what this "scorpion" wanted to do.

"Scorpion" took a step back and let go of the operation panel, in addition to a set of small keyboards, there is also a palm-sized blank metal plate, "There is another way, you can enter without a password, the things you need are very simple, the iris and fingerprint of the captain of the 'Night Wings' team, this is directly entered by the terminal of the family in the afternoon, as long as it is the captain of the 'Night Wings', it will definitely be able to open." ”

Li Fei smiled knowingly, in addition to entering the cipher and sentry area, there is also a pass here, it seems that the protection of this "No. 13" stronghold can be said to be quite in place, "Oh? My fingerprints and iris? What if I don't pass the verification? ”

"It's simple." "Scorpion" pointed to the floor on the left and right sides of the door, "There will be two laser cannons that will take you directly to where you need to go." ”

As a secret stronghold, it is normal to be heavily protected, Li Fei didn't care, and walked to the operation panel, "'Scorpion', from just now, I have a question I want to ask you." ”

"Ask!" "Scorpion" replied dryly.

Li Fei put his hand on the metal plate, which looked cold, with a slight heat, "How did you mistake the captain?" 'Blood Wolf' is a girl! Isn't it rumored in the family that the captain of 'Nightwing' is the son-in-law of the 'Duke'? How does a girl be a son-in-law? ”

"I'm a soldier, I don't have time to learn about these gossip news, besides, can't a woman marry a woman?" "Scorpion" replied very casually, and his mind was on Li Fei's hands.

On the top of the metal plate, the wall opened a hole, and something that was a bit like a flashlight stretched out, shooting out a white light that shone Li Fei's hand and Li Fei's eyes, ordinary people's eyes would be very uncomfortable when they were directly exposed to the light, but this white light shone in Li Fei's eyes, but Li Fei was not uncomfortable, "Okay! You are reasonable, but I hope that there is no second time for this kind of little trick, everyone is their own people, and if they have something to say, they can be put on the table to say. ”

"Identity verification passed, 'Nightwings' squad, captain 'Raven', allowed to enter." A pleasant electronic sound sounded, and the metal door that blocked Li Fei and them was raised, and behind the door was the headquarters of the "Thirteenth Stronghold", because everyone was busy moving things and evacuating outside, so it was empty, only a few electronic instruments were still running.

"I apologize for what I did." "Scorpion" said cheerfully, "Welcome to the brain and heart of Stronghold Thirteen. ”

"I accept your apology, and by the way, you really don't lie." Li Fei teased the "scorpion", which can be regarded as a small revenge, "Since you know the purpose of our coming, everyone is in a hurry, let's get straight to the point!" ”

When it came to the main topic, "Scorpion" suddenly took out the steady style of a soldier, "Okay! I know you're here to deal with the attack on Nidhogg, and coincidentally, a little bit of information we found on the internet the other day, I think, you'll need it. ”

Walking up to an instrument, "Scorpion" tapped on the keyboard, and the huge screen of the instrument lit up, and a video was played.

In the familiar Nevada desert, two men, a woman and a child are moving forward with difficulty, it seems that they are covered with injuries, and they are walking with difficulty for a while, the child of the four people can only not hold on, and falls, one of the strong men quickly carried him, but suddenly there was sand and dust all around, helicopters and armored vehicles, surrounded from all sides, and the people who took the video began to flee, but several soldiers stopped him, and one of the officers knocked down the equipment used for the video and stepped on it, The picture became a black and white snowflake.

"It's 'Nidhogg'!" Li Fei recognized the person in the video at a glance, "Who are those soldiers?" ”

"Don't worry, I still have something to show you." Scorpion taps on the keyboard again, and a second video plays on the screen.

The second video is a bit peculiar, it seems to have been shot with night vision thermal imaging, in the distance is a base checkpoint, a convoy is lining up to be inspected and ready to enter, the thermal imaging shows the outline of everyone in the car, one of the vans has a small child in it, and on the child's head there is a small arrow marked "AI".

"Scorpion" explained: "This was captured by one of our surveillance posts shortly after the Nidhogg accident, and I wanted to report it to the family. Unfortunately, the Americas were isolated and we couldn't get in touch with the outside world, so I tried to post the video on the Internet, but every time I posted it, it was immediately deleted. It wasn't until the afternoon that the family finally got in touch, but the boss said that they had already sent you, so let's just pass the video over to you. ”

"These people who captured the attacks on 'Nidhogg' and 'AI' look like they're in the army like you." There was a hint of vigilance in Li Fei's eyes, and the others were also secretly prepared.

"Don't get me wrong!" "Scorpion" smiled wryly and waved his hand, "Yes, I admit it, they are the same as me, they are people in the army, but our factions are different, someone in the family can infiltrate the army, and the 'Empire' side can, right?" ”

"That's right, we're too nervous." Li Fei lowered his guard, this is the family's secret stronghold, how can it be so easy for the "empire" to infiltrate, "We know the people who caught the 'AI', so where did they take the 'AI'." ”

"Here!" "Scorpion" pressed the switch of a nearby instrument, which was a monitor, and the screen was fixed on a sentry card, and a sign on it read: A.51.

At night, the streets of New York City are still bustling, and some places are even more lively than during the day, and people who have worked hard all day finally have time to indulge in their emotions and desires, but in the eyes of ordinary people, the dark night day after day hides another kind of carnival.

The suburbs of New York City, which should have had a secluded retreat from the desire of the city, were ruined by the glare of flashing lights, a large number of police surrounded a forest, the cordon circled the huge woods, and all the vehicles and pedestrians were evicted from a few kilometers away, but many people still stopped and craned their necks to find out, but unfortunately, as normal people, they could not see what was happening in the woods several kilometers away.

The captain who led the team inspected the area in charge of his team, everything was normal, he looked at the woods again, it was dark, quiet, and he couldn't see anything unusual, the captain wanted to cross the cordon that he pulled up with his own hands, but he thought of the repeated warnings from above, or held back, bored, looking at the cab of the police car, smoking a cigarette leisurely, and his deputy brought him a cup of hot coffee at this time, complaining: "What the hell is the task arranged by the above, those politicians are also sick in the brain, and they came here to investigate at night." ”

The captain looked at the woods again and smiled, this was a joint operation, almost mobilized the best teams in New York, in order to close off the woods, the top said that there were important people to investigate, the action could not be missed, and also set the rules, saying that the people involved in the operation must be kept strictly confidential, and they were not allowed to enter the woods, and the external claim was that the FBI handled the case.

Handling? The captain smiled mockingly at the woods, he didn't believe the above! Important people to investigate? Please, which important person was quietly inspected, without any sound at all? Moreover, he contacted all the colleagues involved in the operation, and no one saw anyone enter the woods, and there were too many suspicious orders from above. However, the captain is too lazy to care, there have been enough strange things and terrorist attacks in the United States recently, and they are not bad.

"I guess it's an idle brain!" The captain knew that he wouldn't believe this, and his deputy wouldn't believe it, but he should find a reason to suppress his curiosity!