Chapter 164: Rescue (1)
With a total of more than 20,000 disciples before and after, the progress of mining suddenly accelerated a lot.
It took six days for all the layers of debris inside to be removed, revealing dark holes.
During this period, Zhong Hou met with the two brothers Huawen and Huawu, as well as Fu Qiuyue, Li Hanjie, Confucius Zimo, ** and others. However, the time was pressing, so I didn't talk much, just said hello in a hurry, and continued to devote myself to their respective work.
The trapped are basically Star Catalog Realm disciples, with their cultivation, as long as they are not buried alive on the spot, as long as they are not smashed to death by heavy objects on the spot, even if there is only a little space, they can hold on for a while.
Although the disciples of the Star Catalog Realm are all poor, the probability of owning the Qiankun Bag is infinitely close to zero, so the food and water on their bodies are very limited. But where is the physical fitness, if you don't eat or drink for ten days and half a month, you won't die.
As for breathing, as long as there is no absolutely sealed space after the collapse, the air can still circulate normally, but the smell may not be good.
Of course, this is a matter of good luck.
It is also very normal for those who are unlucky to be buried alive, severely injured by heavy objects, or even die on the spot, or trapped in a completely sealed space.
The purpose of this in-depth rescue is to hope to rescue the injured and trapped disciples inside as soon as possible. Otherwise, the longer the time drags on, the more serious their injuries will be, and the thinner the air in the space where the trapped person is, and they may eventually die without waiting for rescue.
And the sum of the front and back has been more than half a month, even if there is a little room for it, the body will almost die due to lack of water and food.
Because this earthquake may be related to demon beasts, Long Shan was worried that the demon beasts would be hiding underground, so he left all the outer disciples behind, and only arranged for the inner disciples to enter the cave to participate in the rescue.
Moreover, the passage in the cave is narrow, and it is inconvenient when there are many people.
However, these outer disciples are not idle, and they need to pay attention to the changes in the environment at all times. Because aftershocks often occur, the hole may be refilled at any time, and they must dig up the filled hole in time to keep it open.
In the past six days, the number of aftershocks has continued to increase, and now there are as many as a dozen aftershocks a day, which has caused a lot of annoyance to the excavation work. If it hadn't been for that, their excavation would have been done two or three days ago.
Zhong Hougang was promoted to the inner door, and the task of in-depth rescue naturally could not escape. But even if he was just an outer disciple, he would never sit idly by.
More than 100 cave entrances and more than 1,000 inner disciples were divided into more than 100 rescue teams, with an average of about 10 to 12 people per team.
After Longshan made a random arrangement, Zhong Hou and his team members were ready to set off and enter the randomly assigned mine.
But at this time, Long Shan spoke: "I also want to go in and have a look, so let's join your team." ”
The identity of Zhong Hou's young sect master had already spread, so it was not surprising that Long Shan asked to join Zhong Hou's team.
After all, Zhong Hou was a young sect master, and if something happened, Long Shan would not be able to escape responsibility. Now in this situation, he naturally has to protect it personally, anyway, he only has one person, and it is the same for more than a hundred teams to choose whichever team they choose.
When the matter was settled, everyone no longer hesitated, and marched towards the depths of the ore vein.
Passing through the entrance of the cave that was only two people tall and could only be passed by one person, plus the eleven people of Longshan and his party, Yuguan entered the dark mine.
Everyone took out a mellow night pearl from their arms, adding luster to this pitch black.
The Night Pearl is a lighting tool that Yongsan distributed to everyone in advance.
These night pearls are not night pearls in the traditional sense, but are made of special materials, a special star with lighting functions. Under the effect of the formation, it can absorb the sunlight from the outside world and store it in the night pearl, which can be released when needed.
Because of this, when all the stored light sources are released, the Night Pearl will lose its illuminating effect. If you want to continue using it, you have to recharge your solar energy.
The light coverage of a single night pearl is only five meters, and the time can only last for one day.
However, in order to ensure that the vision of each team member is not affected in any way, and all potential dangers can be detected in time, no one has any intention of saving energy.
Eleven night pearls shone at the same time, and this long, narrow passage suddenly became as bright as day.
The mine was tortuous, criss-crossed, and everyone only walked a short distance before several forks appeared.
Long Shan knew the situation here well, and he had already expected the scene in front of him, so he didn't hesitate to lead everyone to one of the forks in the road.
After a short time, the road came to an end.
Although there was a slight landslide, and the ground was covered with a lot of dirt and gravel that had fallen from the roof of the cave, no traces of sect disciples were found, indicating that no disciples were injured or trapped here.
So, Longshan led everyone to another fork in the road to explore the past.
The vein of Xuanyin sand has been mined for 99 years, and the closer to the ground, the earlier it has been mined, and the Xuanyin sand in it has basically been mined earlier, so the possibility of 'miners' is not large.
Longshan is only to avoid mistakes and omissions, so it will explore every fork in the road once.
The depth of the mine is about 100 meters, the depth of the first 80 meters, everyone's exploration speed is fast, especially one by one cultivation is not weak, unfold the body, criss-cross the bottom passage is like their own back garden, can not stop the pace of everyone.
Even if there are some obstacles that have collapsed, as long as Longshan releases his spiritual power and sweeps it, if there are any disciples in it who need to be rescued, it will soon be able to detect clearly.
Long Shan couldn't use his spiritual power to search for a large scale for a long time, because he suspected the existence of a demon beast, in order to avoid attracting the attention of the demon beast that might exist, so he only used his spiritual power when he needed it, and most of the time, like the other ten people, he used his eyes to see.
If there really was a demon beast, in case his spiritual power alarmed that demon beast and caused a strong aftershock, then many inner disciples who went deep underground, including Long Shan himself, might be buried alive underground.
Despite this, there was no mistake in the rescue process, and there were more than a dozen outer disciples in the team.
They all had some minor injuries on their bodies, but they didn't affect their movements, so Yongshan didn't let a dozen people back to the ground, but let them join the rescue.
What's more, although more than a dozen people have night pearls on their bodies, the energy inside has long been exhausted, and they can't do it if they return to the ground in the dark. Otherwise, without waiting for rescue, they themselves will be able to return to the entrance of the cave, and the moment the entrance of the cave is dug up, they will be able to get out on their own.
Soon, only the last twenty meters of depth to be explored remained, and it was also the place where the 'miners' were most concentrated.
"Anyone?"
"We are the rescue team of the sect, and we are here to save you... ”
"Are you still alive?"
"If you don't die, bark twice... ”
As they went deeper, they were no longer limited to their eyes, but kept shouting in the cave, hoping to get some response. It's just that some of them are more gentle, and some of them are more rude.
However, everyone did not care about these details, and saving people now is the most important thing.