Chapter 258: Two hundred and fifty-eight trapped in the sinkhole
"Interesting, your art of war says 'fiction is real, reality is fiction', today I want to see how you avoid reality and fiction."
A lieutenant colonel officer in a room in the barracks, who was less than forty years old, put down the walkie-talkie, said to himself with a teasing smile on his face.
He was very satisfied with the arrangement, first asked the Las Vegas police to drive the leaves into the Charleston Mountains, and then, taking advantage of the darkness to lay an ambush around the mountains, leaving only the only passage to the west. At the same time, he ordered all blocking points to force only the two escaped people into a sinkhole at the western foot of the mountain range, not to hurt their lives, and then to catch turtles in an urn. Now seeing that Cong Ye and the others are about to fall into the trap they have set, how can the lieutenant colonel not be complacent.
Cong Ye chose this way, in addition to going west was the original plan, the key was to feel that other directions would not work at all. Instead of breaking into the blocking points and blockade lines that have been arranged long ago, and being shot and captured by a tranquilizer gun, it is better to go down and see according to the other party's wishes, and maybe there is still a glimmer of life.
The current scene reminded Cong Ye of the scene of Cao Cao's defeat of Huarong Road in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", if he did the opposite, and instead took the avenue where the Shu soldiers did not light fireworks to bluff, maybe he would not have met Guan Yu.
Indeed, the other party did not arrange heavy troops to surround it on the way to the west, Cong Ye and Xiang Qing traveled very fast, and when Cong Ye suddenly retracted his legs, Xiang Qing instinctively asked:
"What's wrong?"
Hearing Cong Ye answer the question, he said:
"No wonder they're forcing us to go west."
When Xiang Qing stood on the ground from Cong Ye's arms, turned his head to look, and found that what was blocking the way was a bottomless cliff.
"Sinkhole?!"
Congye lingered on the edge of the sinkhole for a moment, and suddenly heard Xiang Qing remind:
"Except for the sinkhole in front of me, there are a lot of footsteps coming from other directions."
Seeing that Cong Ye was still looking at the sinkhole in front of him, Xiang Qing didn't bother him anymore, but turned around, faced behind Cong Ye, and stood on guard with two guns in his hand.
"Let's go."
Without waiting for Xiang Qing to turn around, he was already hugged into his arms by Cong Ye.
"Hold me tight."
Let's say it, Cong Ye jumped and fell straight to the bottom of the pit.
In order to reduce the speed of the descent, the foliage sometimes grabs the vines on the cliff face, and sometimes taps the protruding rocks with their toes. Because the vegetation at the bottom of the pit was very dense, it took about ten minutes for the clumps of leaves to descend to the damp ground at the bottom of the pit with Xiang Qing.
It was only then that Xiang Qing asked Cong Ye:
"Why did you choose to jump in?"
"Except for the sinkhole in front of you, all other places should be sealed by the other party. As a rule of thumb, sinkholes are generally caused by meteorite impacts, or by the erosion of the topsoil over countless years by huge karst caves and dark rivers underground. ”
Xiang Qing also understood Cong Ye's intentions, reached out to take Cong Ye's hand, looked into his eyes and said:
"If it's the former, this is the end of our lives."
Congye nodded, dragged Xiang Qing, brushed aside the dense vegetation under his feet, and walked towards the center of the sinkhole.
"The latter is more likely."
"Why?"
"If it was a meteorite, the walls shouldn't be so steep."
Sure enough, when they walked for a short time, they heard the sound of rushing water, but the two of them searched for a long time and didn't see the river, only saw a black and swarthy hole. If you listen closely, the sound of running water is clearly coming from the cave. The entrance to the cave is not large, and only one person can enter. Cong Ye stood at the entrance of the cave and hesitated for a long time, first picked up a stone and threw it in, and could hear the sonorous sound of the stone hitting the cliff wall.
At this time, several helicopters were already hovering over the sinkhole, and there were constant shouts, which were nothing more than a complaint to the two of them:
"You're desperate, and now there's only one way out."
Seeing Cong Ye frowning, Xiang Qing was just about to speak, when he heard Cong Ye say:
"I'm in front, you're following me."
After speaking, he pulled a finger-thick vine from the side, wrapped it around the waists of the two of them, and took the lead in getting in.
The news immediately reached the ears of the lieutenant colonel officer.
"Haha, it's really overwhelming, that dark river hasn't even been able to find an exit for our special forces many times, let alone an outsider who doesn't know the details. Okay, I'll just wait and see how long you can stay inside. ”
He immediately ordered his soldiers, one helicopter at a time, to monitor the two people who had entered the dark river, and the rest flew back to the camp to standby. In addition, the soldiers in charge of the encirclement were closely arranged around the sinkhole, and the two men were arrested as soon as they appeared.
The qiē outside is meaningless to the bush leaves.
Cong Ye knew very well at this time that he was now in a desperate situation, and if he couldn't find the exit of the dark river, the only thing left was to kill himself. Otherwise, they can only be captured and captured by them for scientific research specimens.
At this point, Xiang Qing is down-to-earth. It's best to be able to escape, and if you can't escape, it's just to die with Cong Ye, in this dark dark river cave, you can just open your heart, do your best, and completely satisfy Cong Ye once. A woman who was born to be a bush leaf, and died to be a ghost who accompanied the bush leaves.
"Cong Ye, I want to rest for a while."
The cave was too dark, and if it weren't for the important vines connected to it, Xiang Qing really didn't know when he would get lost with the bush leaves.
"Okay."
Cong Ye pulled Xiang Qing to his side, groped his way and sat on the wet ground, and then helped Xiang Qing to sit on his legs.
"Are you scared?"
"Don't be afraid. If I can be with you, it doesn't matter if I am with you. ”
Knowing that Xiang Qing was showing his heart to himself, Cong Ye said:
"Don't be discouraged. Doesn't it say that there is no endless road? We'll be able to get out of here safely. ”
Xiang Qing didn't know where Cong Ye's confidence came from. However, since Cong Ye said this, whether it was to comfort himself or whether there was really a way to bring the dead back to life, Xiang Qing didn't think about it.
"I believe it."
"Cong Ye, can you tell me the story of you and Sister Allure?"
The two have not eaten a drop of water for nearly 24 hours, let alone eaten. What Congye needs most now is to rest, so that he can recover his body and prepare for the next step of looking for an exit. So he said:
"Ning Ning, now is not the time to tell a story, can we tell it after we leave here?"
"No, I'm going to listen now."
Feeling that Xiang Qing's snort had come to his mouth, Cong Ye pushed her away a little harder.
"Ning Ning, be obedient, I will definitely take you out of here."
Xiang Qing also knew that if she wanted to leave alive, Cong Ye had to have enough body to do it, so she no longer insisted, but put forward a request that Cong Ye didn't expect:
"Cong Ye, if you can go back alive, I don't want anything, just let me give you a baby, okay?"
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