229. Under the cracks
The two walked a few more steps, and Gao Jin sighed lightly and said, "Can you get Chloe out of here?" ”
Han Mei didn't answer immediately, but was silent for a moment before saying, "People here can't leave, they were born here, grew up here, and will die here in the future. But I can promise you to take care of her so that she is not in any danger. ”
Gao Jin didn't say anything more, just followed Han Mei and got up slowly. But somehow in my heart, I feel very depressed, and I can't forget Chloe's eyes that are full of unhindered and distracted.
After a short time, Han Mei took Gao Jin back to his residence, and said that there were still things to deal with, so that Gao Jin could rest well and get ready to go.
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In the early morning of the next day, the dawn in the east was rising, and two helicopters carrying a group of eight people set off from Han's house. Fly all the way to the northwest.
Han Chengbao personally led the team, and his second son Han Mu took a helicopter in front of him, and there were two big butlers at random, Han Fu and Han Lu.
In fact, the Han family has four big housekeepers, named after Fu, Lu, Shou, and Xi. These four are quadruplets, and their body shape and appearance are completely ordinary, and outsiders can't tell which of them is who.
As for Gao Jin, he and Han Mei took the second helicopter with two other bodyguards, and on the way, Gao Jin wore soundproof headphones and kept watching the scenery outside the plane with great interest.
Seeing planes flying over the big city, tall buildings and traffic on the road below, it was very interesting from the air. Gradually, the yellow and green countryside appeared in the sight, and soon entered the desert hills, and the ground was full of sand and rocks. There are no more trees, replaced by overgrown artemisia grass.
As early as when he got on the helicopter, Gao Jin couldn't help but wonder when he saw that Han Mei and the others were all empty-handed. Seeing that there was no substance in the cabin of the plane, he asked Han Mei why she was like this.
"Hee-hee, you'll know then." Han Mei replied mysteriously.
Along the way, due to the noise of the propellers, several people in the cabin did not talk. Han Mei, like Gao Jin, just watched the scenery along the way, and did not answer Gao Jin's questions.
However, when the plane entered the desert area and came to the sky over a canyon somewhere. Gao Jin knows the answer. I saw that in an open area in the canyon, five large-scale camps had been built. And from the air, it looks like a five-color flower, white, green, black, red and yellow, and it is actually one color for one camp.
The five camps were not connected, but rather separated, each separated by a long distance. Looking at the camp, each of them was full of armed men.
After a little recognition, Gao Jin knew. These five camps should have been built here by the five major families, so there is such a lineup. No wonder Han Mei didn't need to bring equipment at all this time, because the materials had already arrived here.
Two helicopters landed in the second camp to the east, which contained ten large green tents and roughly numbered more than 300 armed men. These men were young and strong, very well-organized and all armed with various weapons, and they all looked like professional mercenaries.
Coming out of the helicopter, there were already six people in dark green military uniforms waiting. The six, a blonde man of about fifty years old, stood in front of the other five, as if he were the leader of the place. Han Chengbao walked over with everyone, and said to the blonde man with a smile, "Hi, captain snooker, I've kept you waiting." ”
"Hello Mr. Han, we are ready to be at your disposal at any time." Snooker replied.
The two shook hands, and then walked with everyone to the No. 1 tent next to them.
It was set up as a command room with many instruments and equipment. There are also many monitors connected to the monitoring head, and looking at the situation inside, most of them are in the area where they are located, and some of them seem to be in some dim cave.
"Have you gathered the rest of the family?" Han Chengbao asked as soon as he entered the command room.
"Mr. Han was the second to arrive, and Mr. Raphael of the Ross family arrived half an hour earlier. He's called and invited you to come over and meet with them. Snooker replied.
"Xiaomei, you two go and sort out the equipment, Ah Fu and Ah Lu, you come with me." Han Chengbao gave a few words, and then asked people to take Han Mei and Gao into the No. 3 tent to pack up their equipment.
As soon as he walked into the No. 3 tent, Gao Jin was shocked. There are two large rectangular tables, each three meters wide and six meters long, all neatly arranged with various equipment.
On the table on the left are various communication devices, positioning instruments, lighting equipment, rope hooks, and so on. There are fifteen or sixteen kinds of flashlights alone, not to mention button-sized satellite locators, thumb-sized video recorders, and palm-sized remote-controlled aerial vehicles.
On the table on the right are all kinds of food, compressed biscuits, chocolates, kettles, emergency rescue kits, adrenaline, various antidote serums, gas masks, etc., which is simply dizzying.
"Han Mei, according to the needs of the action, you choose the instruments and equipment, and I choose the food and medicine. Do you know how long it will take? Gao Jin brought a black backpack from the side. This is a backpack for mountaineering, with a large loading capacity and resistance to wear and tear.
"It's expected to be three days. According to the Pathfinder who went in earlier, he had been exploring for two days before discovering the entrance to the temple. But he couldn't get in alone, so he returned. Han Mei said.
"Three days...... Well, we'll prepare five days' worth of food, which should be enough for the trip. "Gao Jin carefully selects the materials like going to the supermarket.
"Well, it should be enough, anyway, you have so little to eat, it's okay." Han Mei said with a smile.
Gao Jin ignored her.
While the two of them were packing up their materials, they heard the sound of helicopters passing over from time to time, presumably the rest of the families had arrived at their respective camps one after another.
An hour later, Han Chengbao returned. He explained a few words, and seeing that Han Mei was ready, he took the group out of the camp in two off-road vehicles.
At about the same time, two SUVs were also driven out of each of the remaining four camps. Ten off-road vehicles formed a convoy and headed deep into the northern gorge.
In the middle of the barren desert hills in front of me, there was actually a camp. In the distance, you can see a number of mercenaries patrolling back and forth, their costumes come in five styles, and they look like they should be a patrol of five families.
After entering the camp, Gao Jin immediately found that the entire camp was actually built on a crack more than 20 meters long and two meters wide, running north-south, covering the entire crack.
Next to the crack, there is a large elevator that leads to the bottom of the crack, the kind of big guy that can lift trucks. There are also a lot of pipes and cables that extend from the cracks to the bottom, and it looks like there should be some equipment underneath.
All the buggies drove into the camp, and all the occupants got off. Han Chenghu greeted each other with the leaders of the other four families, and then led his people to the elevator.
Only five people from each family entered the lift, for a total of twenty-five people. None of the group spoke, and the team leaders were all powerful figures of various families, all of them were cunning and cunning, and they were all pretending to be deep. Although the descendants of the five families were full of curiosity and apprehension in their eyes, they were able to calm down. As for Gao Jin's bodyguards, they are all pretending to be cool and cold, with a very calm posture.
The crack is very deep, and the elevator falls I don't know how many meters, but fortunately, it is not pitch black, and this place has long been equipped with a lot of photographic equipment. It's much darker than above, but you can still see everything around you.
When the elevator stopped on the ground, he subconsciously looked at the watch, only to see that the horizontal height was minus 763 meters.
This depth is like a small groove compared to the 10,000-meter sinkhole I have been to before. However, Gao Jin was still immediately attracted by the surrounding environment.
The ground crack is triangular in shape, and the area below is much wider than the top. There is also a simple camp here, and there is a large number of lighting equipment around it, which illuminates the whole area as bright as day. However, although there is a camp here, there is no patrol in sight, not even a single person.
The group did not stop, and under the leadership of the team leader, they entered the camp separately. There are also five tents, and each team enters their own one.
Han Chengbao took the Han family to his own tent, and he briefly instructed Han Mei to be cautious, and at the same time ordered Gao Jin to protect Han Mei's safety at all costs.
He pointed to the instruments inside the tent and said to Han Mei and Gao Jin, "After entering the temple passage, most of the instruments will fail. But as soon as you leave the temple, we'll be able to locate you through the instruments. When the time comes, you just have to wait where you are, and help will come right away. ”
"Understood." Han Mei nodded in agreement. Gao Jin also nodded.
Both men carry a thumb-sized video device that can shoot for forty-eight hours of video. It also has a satellite positioning function, which is quite magical. And its battery capacity is even more outrageous, it can be used continuously for a week.
The two devices were disguised as an accessory on a backpack, encased in a piece of black plastic that would not have been discovered unless they had been taken apart.
It is said that the rules set by the five families are that they are not allowed to bring video equipment and are not allowed to bring firearms. However, rules are dead, but people are alive, and who can guarantee that other families will honestly abide by the agreement? I can be 100% sure that I will do something in secret.
"Okay, Xiaomei, let's go." Han Chengbao nodded, let the two bodyguards stay, and he walked out of the tent with Han Mei and Gao Jin.
The other four tents also came out one after another, all of them were the leaders of the various families and the two people they sent to participate in the operation.