Chapter 207: Entering the Sinkhole
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Ning Xiaofan's heart jumped slightly, and when he wanted to see clearly, the minibus had already turned a corner, his vision changed, and the door of the reception center was blocked by a row of board rooms. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Is that her? Is she all right? Since you're here, why don't you come out and meet with everyone?
Ning Xiaofan exhaled softly, and a trace of amazement rose in his heart for no reason......
The base area is huge, and there are many bright posts and secret posts along the way, but no one stops them, and it should be the pass placed in front of the car window that plays a role.
After about a few minutes, the minibus pulled into a tunnel.
After driving in the tunnel for about a kilometer, before reaching the end of the tunnel, the minibus stopped, and the driver turned his head and said, "It's here." ”
Ning Xiaofan and the others were also ignorant at this time, so they didn't ask much, picked up their respective backpacks and got off the middle bus.
On the side of the tunnel, there is a circular iron gate, and four armed men stand at the door, and it is estimated that after the iron gate is the passage to the mine.
One of the armed men, who seemed to be the leader of the team, said with a cold face: "Everyone show their documents."
The document for going to the mine was a card, and after Ning Xiaofan and the others showed their documents, the team leader took out a black rectangular instrument in his hand and began to scan the certificate.
The instrument shows a green light, and there is no problem with the certificate. The team leader turned around and came to the display instrument embedded next to the iron door, took out a card and swiped it on the display, and the iron door quietly opened.
As the iron door opens, a circular passage comes into view. At this time, the team leader made a gesture and signaled that Ning Xiaofan and his party could go in.
The passage is more than four meters wide and about three meters high, and the dome is inlaid with a bright white energy-saving lamp, which is brilliant and dazzling.
Ning Xiaofan and his entourage didn't know how long this passage was, and they walked all the way, but they didn't see anyone along the way, giving people a sense of tranquility, but the sound of their footsteps came clearly into their ears.
Not only that, but this passage has the advantage of forking in the road, so that every time you pass through the fork, you can see the indicator light marked on the wall. You can continue according to the green arrow, and the red cross is prohibited, so it is easy to distinguish.
After turning a few forks in the road, I followed the fork in the road for a short distance, and the end was already in front of me.
There was a rectangular white portal at the end, Ning Xiaofan and his party walked closer, and saw a row of digital display keys above the portal, there was already a monitor, and there were buttons next to the door, and look, it was a bit like an elevator door.
Ning Xiaofan was hesitating whether to press the button next to the door, but at this time, the door in front of him opened automatically.
The door opened suddenly, and Ning Xiaofan, the fat man and the others couldn't help but look at each other, but this place was already at the end, and since the door was opened, they rushed in.
After the group all entered, after a few seconds, the door closed automatically, and then everyone felt a slight sinking, as if they were descending.
It seems that it is really an elevator, the space of this elevator is relatively spacious, it can accommodate more than 20 people, Ning Xiaofan and his party are standing in it, and it is not crowded at all.
The descent of the elevator is very smooth, I don't feel the shaking, but I can feel the depth of the descent is very long, in a strange and slightly mysterious confined space, Ning Xiaofan and the fat man and others are inevitably worried, and they don't speak one by one, they are very quiet.
The elevator continued to descend for nearly 10 minutes, Ning Xiaofan and the others felt that the elevator shook slightly, the elevator stopped, and then, the white elevator door slowly opened.
When Ning Xiaofan and his party stepped out of the elevator, they were suddenly shocked by the scene in front of them.
What catches your eye is a huge space, and when you look at it, you may see that there are thousands of square meters.
The lights in the space are bright, forklifts, engineering vehicles, and battery trucks cross over, and a staff wearing safety helmets come and go, with busy traffic and loud voices, as if coming to a busy and huge construction site.
Looking up, about two or three hundred meters from the top of the ground, is a translucent glass steel dome, through the dome, there is still a distance of about two or three hundred meters, faintly can see a round light, the circular light should be formed by the top of the sinkhole, where you are, it seems that this is the bottom of the sinkhole.
Ning Xiaofan and the others had just come out of the extremely quiet environment, and suddenly switched into a lively and noisy and spectacular scene, obviously not used to it, they were dumbfounded one by one, and they couldn't slow down for a long time.
"Welcome to Base 3......" As the words sounded, Ning Xiaofan and the others noticed that there was an extra person next to the elevator door
The person who spoke was a young man, wearing a helmet, a white coat, and a card on his chest, with the logo of Xinao Group on the card.
"I don't know which one is Mr. Ning Xiaofan?" The young man asked again.
"I am." Ning Xiaofan replied.
"Hello, my surname is Yang, the director of the New Australia Office of Base 3, and I am responsible for receiving your team." The young man who claimed to be Director Yang politely introduced himself, and took the initiative to shake Ning Xiaofan's hand.
After Ning Xiaofan shook hands with him, he asked, "Is this the mining area?" ”
"It's the scope of the mining area, and there is still some distance to really go deep into the mining area." Director Yang replied with a smile, and said, "Everyone, please come with me......"
As he spoke, Director Yang made a gesture of please, turned around and led the way.
Ning Xiaofan and his entourage followed behind Director Yang, and walked less than two hundred meters along the huge construction site, when they saw a vehicle with a window, which looked a bit like a bus, and there were more than 30 empty seats on the car, and there was already a driver at the front of the car.
Director Yang arrived in front of the car and motioned for Ning Xiaofan and the others to get in the car and take their seats, and at this time, Ning Xiaofan and the others also noticed that the wheels of this car did not have rubber tires, and then took a closer look, there were two tracks under the wheels, which were clearly a light rail car.
There is even a track at the bottom of the sinkhole, and you can imagine how huge the space under the sinkhole is.
After Ning Xiaofan, Director Yang and others got on the train, the driver started the rail car without waiting for a signal, and drove along the track towards the depths of the sinkhole.
The construction of Base 3 should have been going on for a long time, and as the railcars went deeper, the wide space gradually began to shrink, becoming narrower, and the light dimmed. However, every 20 meters or so, you can see lights set up on the side of the road, which does not affect the view.
It's just that even if there are lights, you can only see the potholes and uneven walls outside the car window, and there is no eye-catching landscape.
The rail car rumbled forward, not fast, and remained around 304. In the meantime, I also encountered several forks in the track, and I don't know where those forks lead?
From gathering early in the morning to setting off, along the way, Ning Xiaofan, as the leader of the 03 team, didn't know where the destination was? The route of their own prospecting is not clear, so they can only walk all the way in such an ignorant way.
Of course, Ning Xiaofan also knew in his heart that when he arrived at the ground, the person in charge of the base would give instructions, so he didn't ask Director Yang
Half an hour later, a brightly lit scene appeared in front of me again, and I estimated what site I had reached.
Sure enough, when Ning Xiaofan and the others saw a row of prefabricated buildings through the window, the rail car slowly stopped.
Calculating the distance, this site should be about a kilometer away from Base 3.
Ning Xiaofan couldn't help but secretly speak, kilometers, for the land mileage outside the sinkhole, it is nothing? But under this sinkhole, this is already a great miracle. What's more, this is still a place that has been explored under the sinkhole and is under construction, and what is the real area of the sinkhole? It's already unimaginable.
At this time, Director Yang, who was sitting in the front seat of the car, got up and greeted: "Captain Ning, you have arrived at our Xinao outpost, please get off the car and ......."
After Ning Xiaofan and his entourage got off the train, they found that there was a potholed cave wall in front of the track, and it was obvious that the track had reached its end.
There is a platform more than 30 meters long next to the track, on which you can see several armed men patrolling back and forth, and you can also see a sign on the platform with the words "Outpost L" on it.
Behind the platform, there is a row of board buildings, at a glance, there are a total of eight board houses, and the windows of each board house building have lights through, and you can see the figure of the staff in twos and threes.
Director Yang led Ning Xiaofan and his entourage straight towards one of the board buildings.
Entering this board room, the lights inside are bright, and the layout in the board room should be a conference room.
Two iron boxes sit on the rectangular conference table, and two armed men stand around them, giving the impression that they are guarding them.
After Director Yang entered the conference room, he first beckoned the two armed men to leave, and then turned to Ning Xiaofan and said, "Captain Ning, I received a notice yesterday that according to the instructions above, your prospecting route has been determined, and these two boxes contain your prospecting equipment and equipment."
As he spoke, Director Yang opened one of the iron boxes.
When the iron box was opened, you could see at a glance that there were tablets inside, as well as a two-inch, rectangular black box
Director Yang pointed to the tablet and said: "There is a landmark route map in the tablet, which is the main line map we set up based on the previously detected routes, and you only need to click on the map to determine the route of travel." Each of these tablets is equipped with one of them. Of course, the main line marked on the map is only for your reference, to prevent you from getting lost, and what you actually want to explore is a route that has not been detected outside the main line......"
Director Yang said, and pointed to the black box placed in the iron box, and continued: "This is a locator, everyone must wear it, the role of the locator is to determine the coordinates of each of you, there is a large receiver in the No. 3 base, within a radius of 100 kilometers, you can find your location through the locator you are wearing." Our staff will be waiting in front of the display in the command center to keep an eye on where you are......"