Chapter 223: Blood Falls 1 (Part II)
"We're on our way and we don't need to be so careful! Rest assured! Dick said very easily, admitting that Wang Xingguo was very experienced and responsible, but he was also too sensitive at this time.
"There is something wrong with the sound of the ice......," Wang Xingguo added.
At this time, everyone did not realize that after entering the second ice lake, after the car drove by, the ice in some places had cracked, and although there were no cracks in some places, there were many cracks in the ice like spider webs.
"Soon we passed...... Do not worry! Oh, bad luck! Before Dick finished his brisk words, he suddenly saw Unimog, who had hit the head, tilted his head, and Dick braked suddenly, but the wheels were locked and still slid forward, and with a "bang", he hit the rear of Unimog's right car, and Unimog had half of the cab sunk into the ice cave at this time, and the back half was warped.
"Ice cracks! The ice is cracking! The driver of a car following behind saw this terrifying scene, and quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted the alarm.
"Spread out! The convoy is spread out as much as possible! Robert Lee leaned out of a car behind him, and at the speed of the headlights, he saw the stilted Unimog and the flagship, and hurriedly directed the convoy to disperse on the walkie-talkie.
Dick had just hit his head on the steering wheel, and a big bag bulged out of his head, and then he heard a terrifying sound coming from under his car, a "crunch" of ice breaking.
Dick didn't care so much at this time, and quickly hung up the reverse gear and wanted to exit, but the accelerator was too deep, and the wheels of the flagship slipped on the ice.
"Hurry up! Hurry up and ......" Dick heard the engine roaring, but the flagship did not move, and he saw that the ice on the front of the Unimog had shattered, and the car was now barely stuck in the ice cave, and the occupants abandoned the car and jumped out and ran onto the ice.
The cobweb-like ice crack spread outward around Unimog, and Dick panicked and stomped on the accelerator again, and the flagship reacted a little and retreated out of the ice area.
When the flagship stopped again, Dick looked up, the Unimog only had its taillights on pointing to the sky, the body was slowly sliding towards the ice, and after a while it sank underwater, the red headlights penetrated the ice, faintly, Dick's eyes stared at the gradually disappearing taillights, and felt a chill down his spine.
"Crunch...... Quack......" There was another cracking sound on the ice, Dick was nervously startled, quickly pushed open the door and jumped out of the car and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"The ice here is too thin, I'm afraid it won't support such a heavy car." Robert Lee called.
Wang Xingguo jumped out of the car and picked up the snow on the ice, he saw the spider web-like cracks on the ice, and when he shone it with a strong light flashlight, he could barely see the water flowing slowly under the ice. Wang Xingguo ran to the place where Unimog sank, and he saw that the crumbling and warped ice was only about 40 centimeters thick — enough for an ordinary car, but too dangerous for the heavy vehicles in the convoy.
In such a cold climate, it has been frozen for so long, even if it is slow living water, at this time it should not only freeze this thickness, according to the experience of previous years, the thickness of the lake in this area at this time is at least 60 centimeters.
But Wang Xingguo didn't have time to think about why this was happening, and he had to quickly get the convoy to withdraw to the tundra, otherwise the longer it remained on the ice, the more dangerous it became.
"We are only a few dozen kilometers away from our destination!" Dick withdrew to the tundra, and everyone was safe now, but now no one dared to drive the car on the ice, and Dick could only curse.
"Dick, we're running out of time." Mr. Min looked at his watch with some helplessness, and if the calculation was correct, the red dragon disturbance would have ended after 8 hours.
Dick turned his gaze to the four-wheel drive on the roof, where it was the only one that could pass through the ice.
It has to be said that Dick's consideration is still relatively thoughtful, the small four-wheel drive driven by the motorcycle engine can pass through the narrow sections, which he was originally going to use in the mountains when exploring the Red Dragon Disturbance, and now only they can pass this shortcut.
The small four-wheel drive car could only carry two people and a small amount of supplies, Dick instructed everyone to unload the four-wheel drive, Mr. Min and the others followed Dick to the destination, and the rest had to wait in place.
Dick arranged for Xia Ruobing to have a car with him, Wang Xingguo and Sherpa to have a car, Chen Badai with Mr. Min, Robert Lee loaded some supplies on their car, and Wang Xingguo was also responsible for controlling the drone, so the Sherpa had to drive.
Three four-wheel drive vehicles started, Wang Xingguo used the remote control to control the drone, the drone buzzed in front, transmitting the ice data back, Dick has been watching Wang Xingguo, waiting for his order to set off.
Wang Xingguo made sure that there was no problem with the ice passing through the four-wheel drive, and gave Dick a thumbs up.
"Let's go! Let's go! Dick snapped his goggles in his eyes, stepped on the accelerator, and slammed into the ice again. Chen Badai also followed, and Wang Xingguo sat down and brought the goggles with him. Robert Lee said, "All the best! ”
"I think it's possible, check the temperature of the lake! Under normal circumstances, the ice can't be so thin! Wang Xingguo suddenly remembered that he should be reminded.
Robert Lee made an OK gesture at him, Wang Xingguo patted Sherpa on the shoulder, Sherpa twisted the accelerator, and increased his horsepower to chase the light pillar of the four-wheel drive car on the lake.
"Wang Xingguo, what do you think is going on?" Sherpa caught up with the first two cars and loosened the throttle slightly.
Wang Xingguo was in the back seat intently checking the data transmitted by the drone on the LCD screen on the remote control, and heard the Sherpa ask him, and replied: "I think the lake is not normal, its temperature is too high." ”
"The temperature of the lake is abnormal?" Sherpa was a little confused.
"I've looked at the temperature and other data over the years, and this year is the coldest, and the ice can't be so thin!" The sound of the four-wheel drive engine and the whirring wind made Wang Xingguo raise his voice, "Do you remember the waterway we passed?" The water temperature there is 18°! Volcanoes are active, geothermal heat heats the water, and ice is limited! ”
"You mean the volcano is going to erupt?" Sherpa asked aloud.
"I don't know, but this year's volcano is really active! Infrared data shows that temperatures are rising in many places. ”
"Is this what Dick said about the Red Dragon Disturbance?" Sherpa remembered it, but why were they so interested in the volcano's movements?
"Maybe the red dragon in their mouth is a volcano, I remember that in many Norse mythology, the red dragon represents fire and death." Wang Xingguo said.
"Tchaikov, I think you should be faster, the bloodfall is growing fast...... The natives were still bombing everywhere frantically...... "While Dick was crossing the ice lake, Korolev, who had been keeping an eye on the Blood Falls, took the initiative to contact Tchaikov.
"We're hurrying up!" Tchaikov replied on the walkie-talkie, but the rustling of electricity on the walkie-talkie at this time drowned out Korolev's voice, and Tchaikov heard the second half of the intercom intermittently.
"Tchaikov, blood is pouring out, no, it's gushing, it's pouring out. Hey, Tchaikov! Korolev heard only bursts of electricity, and no more Tchaikov.