Chapter 1010: The Cave [Three Watches, First Shift]
At about five o'clock in the morning, the four climbers were still asleep, and they all slept deeply, because mountaineering is a physically exhausting thing, and there will be no energy the next day without rest.
A slight tremor began to appear, and the snowflakes accumulated on the top of the mountain began to fall slowly, and the four of them were unaware of it in their sleep.
The tremors continued, and after ten minutes, the tremors became very noticeable, and not only snow but ice fell from the top of the mountain.
A man named Gro woke up and immediately began shouting "Earthquake, get up" while shaking the people around him.
Soon, the other three woke up and immediately began to dress, began to prepare various tools, and very skillfully drilled out of the tent and nailed climbing pitons to the nearby mountain wall.
Do everything possible to build an arc above themselves, and in just ten minutes, the four of them are ready to respond.
Ethelyn began to send out distress signals, which were transmitted point-to-point, and several people said they would donate 20,000 euros to the aid station before entering the mountain.
Pay 10,000 euros upfront, and when the four of them return, they will pay another 10,000 euros.
Because of this, the body of his companion was collected and transported away in time, and Gro gave three thousand euros, which was considered a tip.
Take people's money and people to eliminate disasters, the aid station will understand what is going on, there are special people staring at the signal, and the rich people can get more remuneration for helping the people, which is a foreign wealth for the people at the help station.
Unfortunately, the device has not responded, and apparently, the signal has been interfered with.
The four people just stuck to the ice on the stone wall, the distress signal did not respond at all, and several people raised their hands to look at their watches, the guide function was already confused, the hands were swinging back and forth, and the magnetic field was obviously chaotic.
Now all you can do is pray to God.
The shaking became more and more severe, and the four of them clinged to the mountain wall tightly, and suddenly, the mountain wall next to them collapsed directly, and Dahl and Nayo fell into the collapse pit unexpectedly.
"Ahh
"Dahl", "Nayo", Gro and Ethelyn shouted loudly, watching them fall into the dark hole.
At this time, the vibration was even more violent, and the two of them didn't care about anything else, so they immediately turned over their hands, opened the climbing nails beside them, nailed several in succession, and hung the safety ropes on their bodies.
At this time, an avalanche appeared, and a large area of snow began to collapse and fall from the peak, and the figures of the two people were directly covered by the snow.
Forty minutes or so slowly passed, the tremors began to weaken, and the mountain peaks slowly returned to calm.
After more than half an hour, a calm snow began to shake, and soon, Gro's head leaked out, shook his head, and immediately began to pull it up next to him.
It wasn't very long, Etheline's body was exposed, and Gro began to rescue Etheline, and for a long time, Etheline began to breathe, and Gero breathed a sigh of relief.
Then the two of them began to clear the snow around them, and suddenly they heard a voice "Nayo, we are the aid station, do you hear us?"
"Gro, we're the aid station, do you hear us?"
The two were overjoyed, this was the sound from the distress signal, and immediately followed the sound and began to inquire, and soon found the device.
"I'm Gro, we've been hit by an earthquake and an avalanche, we need support, we need support, please reply when you hear it," Groh shouted loudly.
"Roger, the helicopter and the rescue team have departed, please wait patiently for the rescue, if you have a signal stick by your side, release one directly after fifteen minutes" The sound came from the device.
Gro looked at his body, there was a signal stick, and then at Etheline, who gestured to a three, indicating that there were still three, and Gro was relieved.
"Understood, we'll be released in fifteen minutes" Gro immediately replied, said a few more words, and ended the call.
"Thank God, thank you Apocalypse Group," Groh sat down and said.
Ethelyn looked at Gro puzzled and asked, "What does our rescue have to do with the Apocalypse Group."
"Atheline, our distress device uses a carbon crystal battery, if it is an ordinary battery, it will have run out of power a long time ago, you say, don't we need to thank the Apocalypse Group" Gro said bitterly.
Etheline understood what Gro meant, and there was a certain joke in saying this, which was used to relieve the pressure in her heart.
However, fortunately, a few people bought carbon crystal batteries, and the general batteries really can't last until now, and after half a month, the power of the carbon crystal battery has only been used up, which is really strong enough.
The two looked at their watches, and fifteen minutes later, Ethelyn directly broke the end of a signal stick on her body, and as soon as she twisted the lid, a puff of red smoke appeared.
It was very thick and slowly rose towards the sky.
In the distance, the rescue helicopter had already seen the smoke, and the pilot began to control the helicopter to lean over, and after a short time, it came to the top of the two people.
According to the regulations, a short-range communicator was sent down by a rope, and Gro took it directly and began to talk to the rescue team members on the plane.
"Gentlemen, we can only go to our right, and on the left, there is nothing to see, and there is nothing underneath, and a black hole has collapsed, and Dahl and Nayo have fallen into the black hole," Gro said directly with sadness.
This time the mountaineering was really not smooth, and it was impossible not to be sad in my heart when three friends were killed.
"Oh God," a member of the rescue team said with a sad face on his face.
The rescuers deliberated for a moment and began to teleport wire ropes with multiple buckles on them, and Gro didn't go up first, but asked Ethelyn to tie them up first.
Soon, Ethelyn got into the helicopter, and after the excuse of buckling, she slowly sent it down, and then Gro began to buckle herself up little by little.
When he was about to completely buckle more than half of the buckle, Gro swiped his feet and stepped to the side, and with a "bang", all of Gro's body began to collapse.
"Oh God" "Groh" Ethelyn and the rescuers began to shout.
Gro grabbed the rope and was suspended in the air, "pull quickly" The rescue captain shouted, and the wire rope began to pull up, slowly pulling Gro onto the rescue plane.
The plane circled slowly and flew away.
Back at the aid station, the two were taken to the infirmary, and the two were fine, except for some bruises, which were fine after simple treatment.
After a good meal and a bath, the two fell asleep deeply.
At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, the two woke up and slept for more than ten hours.
Both of them were not bad for money, and they immediately began to get busy, signing a contract with a large rescue company and sending professionals to find the bodies of Dahl and Nayo.
The person is dead, and the body must be found, otherwise, the two are not at ease.
Four days later, two helicopters and 24 experienced rescuers arrived at the aid station, and Gro and Ethelyn each boarded a helicopter and set off for the mountain where the accident occurred.
There was nothing to say all the way, and soon arrived, the cave was still very obvious, the two captains of the rescue team carefully observed the terrain, and then discussed, and the plane returned to the rescue station.
The next day, the equipment and personnel took off to the peak again, first of all, the peak was cleaned up, and all the thick ice was cleared.
Then, some distance below the opening, the work point is set up and the equipment is installed.
After the helicopter unloaded the personnel, equipment, and supplies, it flew away, and Gro, Athelyn, and the team began to get busy.
After a busy day, I have completed the installation and preparation of various equipment, and I will rest here tonight, and tomorrow two rescue team members will be sent by ropes to explore the way under the black hole.
There can't be many people for the first time, and I don't know how deep the black hole is below, so I can't plan the next step after it has been discovered.
After breakfast the next morning, the two team members put on their equipment and went down the steel cable, and the equipment began to start, sending people down little by little.
Dozens of minutes later, the device drove the rope to pull the person up, it was very simple, a thousand meters of rope was not enough, and the depth of this hole was more than a thousand meters.
"Gro, you and Etheline will go to the aid station first, I have already informed the company to send another 1,000 meters of steel rope," Captain Giotto discussed with Gro on the side.
"Giotto, let them send three thousand meters over, this is a mountain peak, the altitude is very high, I am afraid that two thousand meters will not be enough," Gro said.
"Okay, I'll notify the company right away"
"After you leave, we'll clear a platform next to it so that we can stack supplies, and there will be too many people to get in the way," Giotto said.
"Okay, I'll leave with Etheline when the helicopter comes over in a moment" Gro knew that Giotto wasn't lying, and that the crowds here were really in the way.
Time passed slowly, the helicopter came, Gro and Etheline left in the helicopter, and Giotto and the others began to clear the rocks on the side.
To expand this small platform, start to drill holes, and plan to carry out directional blasting, they are all veterans and know very well what to do.
A week later, the steel cable was sent four thousand meters, one kilometer more than Gro had requested, and just in case, the helicopter began transporting the steel rope and equipment.
Two days later, Gro and Etheline took another flight to the mountain, and when they arrived, one of the team members had already been sent down by a steel cable, and it had already gone down more than 1,400 meters, and it was still going down.
"Peel, do you feel dizzy?" Giotto asked over the intercom.
The effective talking distance of this low-power walkie-talkie is 1,000 meters, and there is already a signaler that has been tied to the rope for more than 800 meters and sent down, and there is no problem with the call.
"Head, everything is normal, breathing is normal, and the temperature inside is starting to get warmer a bit," Peel replied via the intercom.
"Be careful, report it immediately," Giotto said, waiting for Peel's reply before putting down the walkie-talkie.
There were two stops in the middle to connect the ropes, and it hung down for more than 3,700 meters, and Peel's voice came over the intercom, "Head, I've gone to the end, and I've seen the corpse."