Chapter 518: Trade-offs

When An Chongguang returned to the temporary headquarters again, Qu Yangming had just returned from the rescue site, and the progress was not slow, but the situation in the direction of Zhongzhou Market was becoming more and more unstable, in the previous three hours, fifteen large and small earthquakes had been monitored, with an average of five times, gradually increasing over time, respectively, two, five, and seven Although the magnitude of the earthquake is not large, who can guarantee that Zhongzhou Market is not brewing an unprecedented outbreak.

Qu Yangming's voice became a little hoarse: "It may be too late." "He had to think about the worst step.

An Chongguang didn't speak, silently lit a cigarette, although Qu Yangming had a serious disagreement with him before, but he didn't mean to gloat, no one can be immune when disaster comes.

"What did Mr. Yue say?"

An Chongguang took a puff of his cigarette and said, "You must be prepared for the worst." ”

Qu Yangming nodded: "Maybe you should stay with Cao Chengguang for more time." In his opinion, it was too early to attack Cao Chengguang, after all, Cao Chengguang was the only person who could enter the Zhongzhou Market at present. Before all the personnel could be rescued, An Chongguang re-imprisoned Cao Chengguang, which was not a wise move.

Of course, An Chongguang knew what Qu Yangming meant, but he didn't agree, even if Cao Chengguang was left behind, what was the use? Cao Chengguang couldn't rescue those trapped teachers and students from the Zhongzhou ruins. He thought of two words - providence, maybe everything is destined by God, and not human beings can change it.

Qu Yangming silently looked at the seismic wave report on the table, before taking over the training base, he specially retrieved the base's files from the Secret Bureau, and repeatedly argued the safety of the base before deciding to set it up as a teaching base, Qu Yangming thought that he was cautious enough, but after all, something went wrong. Although it was an unexpected natural disaster, Qu Yangming thought that this incident was not inevitable.

An Chongguang hid something from him on the issue of Zhongzhou Market, and it can also be said that some people, including An Chongguang, did not pay attention to the situation of Zhongzhou Market, and they did not even give themselves any reminders and suggestions. Qu Yangming didn't want to blame anyone, if things got to the worst, what would be more unbearable for him than the punishment that might come was responsibility and guilt.

An Chongguang extinguished the cigarette and said in a low voice: "The matter of Zhongzhou Market must not be leaked out." ”

Qu Yangming looked at An Chongguang in astonishment, and understood what he meant, the secret of Zhongzhou Market must be hidden, then it means that if the trapped teachers, students and workers have to find another reason if the worst result occurs, Qu Yangming nodded.

"I'll take my own responsibility!"

An Chongguang heard his dissatisfaction from this, but what could he do? He was also under tremendous pressure, and the sixty-five people in the engineering department were also alive, and if these people could not escape before the situation deteriorated, their fate would be death.

An Chongguang handed Qu Yangming a letter, Qu Yangming opened it and looked at it, his lips pursed, and then his hands trembled, he couldn't hide the anger and disappointment in his heart, and shouted: "Twenty-four hours, you know that it will take at least five days, it's not giving up! It's murder!"

An Chongguang's expression was also entangled: "There are more than 100 people inside, what about outside? What if there is an explosion in Zhongzhou Market?"

"How did it explode?"

"When the aura is not enough to maintain the internal structure of the Zhongzhou market, the Zhongzhou market will collapse, which means that the internal space is suddenly compressed in a short period of time, and the relative concentration of the aura will suddenly skyrocket, and reaching an extremely high concentration value in a short period of time may cause an explosion. ”

Qu Yangming looked at An Chongguang coldly: "You already knew that the Zhongzhou Market would collapse, right? You also expected the explosion to happen? That's why the engineering department was dispatched." ”

"The aura leakage of Zhongzhou Market has been around for a long time, and we have been trying to deal with it in order to save the spirit ruins, and we have done countless simulations on the computer......"

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"This is top secret, and we didn't expect the situation in Zhongzhou Market to take a turn for the worse. ”

"There are more than 100 living lives inside!" Qu Yangming said bitterly.

An Chongguang said: "I have tried my best to fight, but we can't afford to gamble!

In just a few hours, from spring to summer, from summer to colorful autumn, the temperature plummeted in an instant, the cold wind howled, and winter still came.

White snow floated in the air, Wang Meng stretched out his hand curiously, a few snowflakes fell on his palm, the snowflakes melted, turned into crystal water droplets, he had never seen snow, happy like a child.

Zhang Daxian looked at Wang Meng, and suddenly felt that Zhongzhou Market still cared very much about this kid, and was helping him popularize his knowledge about the weather.

The temperature has dropped to minus 20 degrees, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, the ground is already covered with a thick layer, the obstacles caused by the wind and snow are secondary, the key is that the snow has made the landscape more and more complicated, the ground is full of ravines, snow covers the ravines, if you are not careful, you may fall into it.

Everyone pulled the rope and staggered in the wind and snow, Wang Meng's clothes were thin, he felt colder and colder, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Zhang Chi, Zhang Daxian laughed, although this kid couldn't speak, he was stunned, but his brain was not stupid, he held Wang Meng's hand and sent a stream of heat energy into his body, Wang Meng suddenly felt warm.

The warmth of the body usually makes people feel safe psychologically, and in this world, not only women need security, but men also need it.

Bai Xiaomi looked at the two holding hands behind him, and couldn't help but want to laugh, Wang Meng only trusted her at the beginning, and was still a little afraid of Zhang Chi, but as time went by, he gradually trusted Zhang Chi, and even depended, from passive to active.

Cao Mingmin stopped in front of him and motioned for everyone to rest in place for ten minutes.

Compared with the past three seasons, the winter is obviously a bit long, the snow is like goose feathers, and the sudden drop in temperature makes them feel like ice, although everyone has protective clothing, but protective clothing does not play too much role in keeping out the cold.

Cao Mingmin was worried, even if the Zhongzhou ruins did not collapse like this, some of them would die due to the low temperature.

Zhou Xingrong came to Cao Mingmin's side and said in a low voice: "Some students are already physically exhausted, and we are still about half the distance from the Abyss of Silence. The five-hour journey could now take twice as long because of the snow, and he feared that someone would fall down on the way.

Cao Mingmin said: "I have never felt that the winter is so long. ”

Professor Liang and Professor Meng also came to their side, and Professor Meng said: "The sudden drop in temperature may be a way for Zhongzhou Market to protect itself, according to the laws of physics, low temperature reduces the movement of molecules, which should slow down the speed of spiritual energy leakage." ”

Zhou Xingrong sighed and said: "There is not much spiritual energy left in Zhongzhou Ruins...... Before he finished speaking, the ground shook violently, and many people lost their balance and fell on the snow because of this sudden shock, but fortunately, the snow was thick enough and did not hurt them.

Cao Mingmin hurriedly gathered everyone together and used ropes to connect each other.

Zhang Chi and Wang Meng tied one end of the rope to the trunk of the tree, and more violent vibrations had come, as if they were standing on a violently bumpy deck, their bodies swaying with the ground, and everyone used the rope to connect with each other and hold each other's hands.

A panicked scream rang out, and a trench suddenly cracked in the ground, and a black, twisted scar appeared on the white snow.

The four girls fell, and they clung to the ropes, and they dragged them up with all their might, and just when they returned to the ground, the crack was squeezed and closed in the center, and if they were dragged up a moment later, they would inevitably be buried alive.

They hoped that the shaking would pass as soon as possible, but one earthquake after another, each time more intense.

Some of the girls were already crying in despair, there were more and more black cracks in the snow, and pale yellow steam came out of the cracks, and the steam had a pungent smell of sulfur, and the sky in the direction of the Abyss of Silence had been dyed red, and fiery magma was spewing out from the ground, and it was shockingly beautiful against the white snow.

Cao Mingmin began to feel hopeless, they should not be able to go to the abyss of annihilation, Cao Chengguang will never return, she believes that Cao Chengguang should not take the initiative to abandon herself, it should be controlled, the rescue is not over yet, why do they want to do this? Have they already given up the rescue and let them fend for themselves here?

An Chongguang and Qu Yangming looked at each other, and the seismic waves they received became more and more frequent, and there was only an hour left before the last agreed time.

"We have to act!"

Qu Yangming closed his eyes in pain, An Chongguang's so-called action was to blast in the periphery before the Zhongzhou Market collapsed and exploded on its own, further causing a large amount of spiritual energy to leak, so as to reduce the pressure inside the Zhongzhou Market and avoid the explosion. Doing so still could not avoid the destruction of Zhongzhou Ruins, but it was man-made destruction, which could avoid the unpredictable huge losses caused by the explosion.

Directional blasting has long been prepared as a last resort and can be started at any time.

"Don't you have a chance?" Qu Yangming didn't ask An Chongguang, he was asking himself.

An Chongguang shook his head and picked up the intercom: "Start acting, the activation code is 68......"

Bai Xiaomi crawled to Zhang Chi's side and grabbed Zhang Chi's hand, Zhang Chi thought that she also needed warmth like Wang Meng, and hurriedly sent a warm current over. Bai Mi whispered: "There is still a chance! I can try teleportation, but I have never done this......"

Zhang Chi realized that Bai Xiaomi was not asking for his consent, but seeking his encouragement and support, and he clenched Bai Xiaomi's hand: "Then do it! No matter what, it's better than dying here!"

Bai Mi said: "I can open the portal, but I can't control the location of the teleportation. ”

"It's okay, I'll be with you until the end!" Zhang Chi clenched her hand and yelled.