Chapter 211: Inside the Tunnel
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While the staff lifted the safety rope for Jiang Huo, Jiang Huo also raised his head and turned on the searchlight on the helmet.
I saw Jiang Huo shaking his head and looking around.
The shaft is constructed like a hollowed out shaft before a large pier is filled with cement concrete.
It is ten meters in diameter and is supported by a closed barrel to block the inflow of quicksand around it.
However, even so, Jiang Huo was a little worried.
Because, these airtight buckets don't look very strong.
Every few meters, an electric lamp hangs on the barrel, and the silver-white light is not dazzling, and the lighting capacity is limited.
In front of the river fire, there is a transverse tunnel, the direction is facing the west.
This is the entrance to the Oriental Tomb determined by the old professors by comparing the drawings.
In the tunnel, there was a lot of noise, and Jiang Huo couldn't really hear it.
There is no need to think about it, these voices must have come from those staff.
On both sides of the tunnel, there are huge mixed cables, and many shelves have been built.
Every few meters, a light bulb hangs, each emitting a dim glow.
To build such a large project in the middle of the desert, in addition to a lot of manpower, it also requires a lot of money.
These glowing bulbs don't burn electricity from diesel generators, but red soft girl coins.
At the foot of the river fire is a simple passage poured with cement concrete, and the transverse tunnel is naturally paved with cement.
This is an extremely large underground project, which has consumed such a huge amount of manpower and material resources, and it also represents the determination of the above.
After observing for four weeks, Jiang Huo realized that what the man who had lifted the cable for himself was true.
"You're really hard." Jiang Huo said with sincere admiration. The young man heard Jiang Huo's words and immediately laughed. After tearing off the last four ropes hanging behind Jiang Huo, he said, "We will appear where we are needed, isn't it just digging a passage in the desert?" Even if we hollow out all the sand here, we'll do our best! β
As he spoke, the young man turned on the walkie-talkie on his shoulder and shouted upward, "The cable has been untied and can be retrieved." β
When the ground staff heard his words, they immediately replied and pulled all four cables up.
"I'll go in and see, goodbye." Jiang Huo pointed to the entrance of the tunnel and greeted the young man.
The young man took off his gloves, wiped his cheeks, and said, "The electricity is limited, the light is only this brightness, watch your step, be careful not to trip over the cable." β
As the young man said, inside the tunnel, it was very dark. If it weren't for the searchlight on the helmet, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see the road ahead at all. The hard ground was the result of the hard work of the staff, the ventilation equipment was working, and the low sound was a little irritating. Jiang Huo quickened her pace, she didn't want to waste time on the road, Xuanhan behind her should have already gone down the well, and it was estimated that it would not be long before she could catch up.
In fact, according to the expectations of the old professors, it is better to have a distance of no more than a hundred meters between the shaft and the tomb gate. This saves time and gives you plenty of space for the equipment you need. But alas, because they were afraid of directly destroying the structure of the tomb, they moved outward a distance the size of a fingernail in the original determined position.
In this way, the problem arises.
It was the distance of a fingernail on this map that allowed the construction crew to dig nearly 100 meters more.
When Jiang Huo found Professor Liu, the old professor wearing a hard hat was arguing with the engineers of the construction team.
"Professor Liu, are you in the wrong place? We've dug three hundred meters! We haven't seen the gate yet, and if we still can't find the tomb you need, we'll have to dig it again in a different location! β
"Impossible! All of us studied for three days to determine this position, if a person is wrong, it is forgivable, this goal, but all of us agree! Dig some further and you should be at the entrance to the tomb! β
"Professor Liu, you also have to consider the actual situation! Every meter we dig forward now takes several times as long as before! These dirt and rocks have to be sent out, and if you are unlucky enough to encounter a group of rocks, you will have to chisel hard! The point is, the longer the distance, the more likely it is to collapse! β
Professor Liu was silent, he knew all these truths, but he always felt that this determined target was absolutely right.
Just when Professor Liu was embarrassed, Jiang Huo, who had heard the conversation between the two, came over and said to the engineer: "According to our previous calculations, there is still a maximum distance of fifty meters before we can see the entrance to the tomb, so let's continue to dig forward, otherwise, it will be more troublesome to dig the shaft again." β
Professor Liu heard the voice coming from behind him, and immediately turned his head, and the dazzling searchlight made Jiang Huo close his eyes. Seeing this, Professor Liu quickly reached out and lowered the light on the helmet by a few levels.
"Fifty meters? This number is already the limit distance, and if we still don't find the entrance to the tomb after this number, we will have to change directions and dig again! β
The engineer who spoke was about forty years old, and he thought for a while before nodding his head and agreeing with Jiang Huo's words.
Before entering the desert, everyone received orders from their superiors to cooperate with the archaeological team to open the ancient tomb and explore the secrets hidden inside. Therefore, even though the engineers in these teams knew that the direction drawn by the old professor was somewhat unreliable, they still did not say a word and dug directly.
Professor Liu's dispute was not his intention, he just hoped that these old professors could give themselves a specific and accurate number, instead of blindly digging wildly. It's a pity that none of these old professors can understand what he means, so every time they are replaced, the engineer needs to spend some words and re-ask for confirmation.
"Xiao Jiang, a distance of fifty meters? Who told you? After seeing the engineer redraw the sketch and directing the personnel to continue excavating, Professor Liu came to Jiang Huo's side and looked at Jiang Huo with a serious expression.
The reason why they can't determine this number is because there was no way to determine the scale when stitching the map before, so they will estimate and calculate an approximate direction.
"Professor Liu, if you don't give them a number, these people will probably strongly demand that the shaft be re-excavated, and we will waste more than just money." Jiang Huo lowered his voice and said, "In the desert, there are dangers everywhere, although these two weeks have been calm, but no one knows what will happen in the next moment. β