Four box trucks parked beside Highway 9336, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) away from the Pakeoch Observatory. A straight road extends from Highway 9336 to the lookout tower. The vegetation on both sides of the road is very lush, and it looks gloomy in the dark.

The truck didn't turn on the lights, and the people on the truck were very familiar with this area. They came here with ease and began to wait for the time to come.

"Bob," Derek shouted, picking up the car's walkie talkie. "You can go to the lookout and have a look at the defense situation there. We have a good idea."

"Head, why am I going? I'm afraid of the dark," said the sunglasses man. Hearing the voice from the intercom, his face looked embarrassed.

"Afraid of the dark, you still wear sunglasses all day?" Derek was puzzled. "Ian, you can go with Bob. I'm a little worried about him alone."

"I took off my sunglasses when I went out," Bob said. "You won't let us turn on the lights. If we don't take off the sunglasses, we can't see anything at all."

"Be careful, don't be careless. They are professional soldiers," Derek warned. "Don't smoke, and don't use anything that can give off light, if you don't want to die."

"I see, boss," Ian and Bob got off their trucks and came to the road leading to the lookout with guns. The woods along the road are quiet, and only a few insects can be vaguely heard. The occasional bird calls are very clear in the dark night.

"Bob, do you see? Derek is biased again." After walking out of a distance, Ian finally could not help but say something in his heart

"When you say that, I think it's something like that." Bob touched his chin and thought about the daily situation. He felt that the fact was exactly what Ian said.

"Matthew is covered in tendinous flesh, but like a fat man, he only does the easiest work every day," Ian said angrily. He turned to look in the direction of the truck, confirmed again that the people in the car over there would not hear his voice, and then continued, "Hey, Bob, do you think the current system here is reasonable? Derek has the final say in everything at the tourist center. Think about the day when Matthew asked for the girl at once."

"I think the other one is more interested in me." The topic turned to women, and Bob suddenly became more interested. "That Mexican girl named Mason is more popular."

"Don't think about it. The meat belongs to Derek and Matthew." Ian walked up to Bob and put his hand on his shoulder. "We only have soup. Who told us that we have no status here?"

"Soup is better than nothing," Bob thought to himself, but he didn't say that.

"Maybe there are other women at the observatory. Derek will always give us one or two of them." Bob comforted Ian as they talked and approached the observatory.

A mile away, even on foot, didn't take much time. When Bob and Ian approached the parking lot outside the lookout, they stopped talking. They came to the parking lot in the dark of night, and saw two piles of flames outside the plank road in the distance.

"They made a fire at the entrance of the trestle," Ian said to Bob in a low voice, staring at the fire ahead. "There's someone near the fire."

The sentry on duty did not find any people lurking in the distance. Some of the sentries sat on the ground against the railing, and some of them walked around the fire from time to time. The light of the fire reflected on them, which was clearly seen by people hiding in the dark.

"Look, the shift change is coming," Ian saw several soldiers coming from the plank road. They came to the fire and chatted with the soldiers on duty for a while. After that, the soldiers on duty were replaced by them and began to return to the lookout platform from the plank road.

"The three trucks parked there are exactly the same as the one that came to the tourist center during the day." Bob pointed to the north side of the parking lot, where three trucks were parked near the fire. "What do you think is in it?"

"How do I know? I need to go and have a look." Ian yawned, licked his lips, and unconsciously put his hand into his pocket to get a lighter and cigarette.

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When he felt the cigarette, Ian remembered Derek's advice, so he had to take out his hand angrily and put it in front of his nose to smell the cigarette left on his fingertips.

"It's still early in the morning, damn it." You can't rely on cigarettes to refresh yourself. After Ian became addicted to cigarettes, he became a little sleepy, and his mood began to get upset. "I have to feed mosquitoes here."

"Where are mosquitoes?" Bob looked around. "I don't feel anything at all."

"Because the mosquitoes are biting me," Ian began to scratch the exposed skin. After a while, he had been bitten by insects for several bags. "He had stayed in the tourist center too long and forgot to put mosquito repellent on his body when going out."

"I've never used it," Bob smiled, showing his white teeth in the dark.

"Then you must not be type A blood," Ian stared at the soldier beside the fire. He was waiting for an opportunity to get close to the truck to check the load.

"How do you know?" Bob asked in surprise. "Our family are all type A blood, but I am type B. I always think I am a rare blood type."

"Hmm?" Ian was stunned by Bob's words. He looked back at Bob and didn't say a word.

"This unfortunate guy is definitely not his own!"

As time passed, Ian could not remember how many yawns he had yawned and how many red and itchy bags he had on his arm, but he finally waited for the long awaited opportunity.

"Bob, you are waiting for me here." At the moment when the soldiers on duty almost turned around at the same time, Ian rushed out to the front. His figure crossed the white road in the parking lot, then rushed a few meters away, and then quickly got into the gap between the trucks.

Before the sentinel soldiers turned back, Ian finally succeeded in coming to the truck. He lay on the ground and secretly observed the fire at the bottom of the truck. After seeing no strange reaction from the soldiers, he quietly got up and flipped into the back of the truck.

Most of the seats in the carriage were filled. Ian felt very happy when he touched the boxes. Although he could not see what was in the boxes, the contents of the boxes would not be worse if he was taken on the road by such a troop.

The carriages of the three trucks were searched by Ian, and his heart began to exult. If there were not soldiers watching more than ten meters away, Ian would like to drive the truck back now.

A woman's voice came from the direction of the plank road. Ian leaned out quietly in the shadow and looked over there. He saw the two women walking towards this side.

Kim and Hill came to the entrance of the plank road. They had just met Jason at the lookout, and they took the blanket and sleeping bag from Sergeant Steve. Jason helped Stephen distribute things. Some people in need of tents did not know how to put them up after they got the tents. Hill, who wanted to take Jason with him, had to watch him go busy again.

"Hey, isn't this a beautiful female college student?" The soldiers on duty outside the plank road were excited by the arrival of the two. In the dead of night, a visit from a beauty would always add a touch of light to the boring sentry work.

"Hello," Hill greeted them generously. "It seems quiet here."

"Of course, we are here, and mosquitoes can't fly in," a soldier said with a smile.

"Are you Nicola?" King asked.

"It's unbelievable that we don't have any communication at ordinary times, but you remember my name," Nikola was flattered.

"Ha ha, of course I remember your name," Jin went to the fire and sat down. "When I was at the base, you taught me some shooting skills in the training room."

"I remember when you said that," Nikola touched the back of his head and laughed.

"This is Ivan," Nikolai said, pointing to the soldiers with Mohican hairstyles beside him, and then waved to the two soldiers beside the other fire, motioning them to sit down

Chanin and Norman came over and said hello to Hill and them respectively. Among the four soldiers here, Norman looked the youngest and very shy. The firelight reflected on his face and made his face red. Norman looked up at Kim secretly, as if he had something to say.

"Why did you two wander here?" Ivan asked the girls sitting by the fire.

"There are a lot of people on the lookout. We want to find a quiet place to take a walk. After walking, we arrive here." Hill looked back at the dark plank road behind him. "Do crocodiles or snakes come out in the marsh under the plank road at night?"

"Of course, these reptiles will also have activities at night." Chaning picked up a bag of chocolate and chewed it. "There is an infrared thermal imager on the truck. Would you like to show it to the plank road?"

"Forget it," Hill shook his head. "Who would be bored to see the creatures under the water at such a night? Compared with the stars in the sky, they are much more beautiful."

"That's right. It seems that you are a woman who knows how to enjoy life." Ivan brushed his Mohican hair style with his hand.

"Don't you need an infrared thermal imager when you are in charge of guarding?" Jin asked suddenly. "When I was at the Everglade Crocodile Farm, I remember soldiers on guard would take this with them."

"This is different from the crocodile farm. Look around, there is only one way to get here. We just need to look at the direction of the parking lot in front of us." Nicola pointed to the way out. "The terrain of the crocodile farm is different. It is open on all sides, surrounded by plants, and it was a rainstorm that day. So we had to use some tools to help."

"I see," Kim nodded.

Ian, who was hiding behind the carriage, was already in a cold sweat. Just now, the words of the soldiers made him very nervous. There was such an artifact in the carriage. Fortunately, they didn't use it, otherwise, even under the cover of darkness, he would have nowhere to hide.