Chapter 57: Wide-area scanning
By 10:20 a.m., reinforcements from the airport arrived in Enshi Gorge one after another. Along with the troops of the military region, there are also various types of large-scale instruments, base station weapon systems, and biological and chemical defense devices. The bulky equipment was unloaded from the transport helicopter and mounted at the bottom of the canyon and on the cliffs on either side.
To some, this may seem like a bit of a fuss, but in the current situation it is a last resort. The information revealed by the sniper of the Gate of Truth before his death alarmed Dai Bingcheng, and although he had been fully prepared for the arrival of those people, Adam had now appeared - he had no time to think about it and rearrange the deployment.
You know, that thing seems to be getting stronger, and if it takes a few days to reintegrate the information, and the experts in the distance to argue and give their opinions, the current manpower may not be enough.
At present, in the battle against Adam, ordinary people are almost all cannon fodder characters - even more tricky than cannon fodder. Because they may also be manipulated by that mysterious force, and fight back against their comrades.
And there are so many executive officers in total, and there is no way to get a steady stream of replenishment like ordinary soldiers.
So he chose an effective and stupid method - to defend the perimeter with a strong conventional armed force, and let the capable go deep underground. After all, this is China, the home field. Even if the King of the Earth is resurrected and the Four Knights of the Apocalypse all become super A-level kings, they will not be able to compete with the elite regular army of nearly 3,000 people.
And at this moment, Li Zhen was standing at the bottom of the canyon, and the entrance that the sniper said, frowning slightly.
He took the time to catch up on four hours of sleep, and felt that he had a lot of energy. But standing here now, I feel a little panicked in my heart. A few meters in front is a pine tree. Rooted in huge trapezoidal rocks. Half of the roots go deep into the crevices of the stone, while the other part of the roots hang down, forming a natural curtain behind the boulders.
The roots were the thickness of an arm's arm, tangled and tangled, and the skin was dry and cracked, as if it had not been touched in years. It's so hidden that most people wouldn't think that behind this old tree is the entrance to the cave. The problem is that there is no trace of discrepancy here.
Adam was two meters tall and had hideous bone spurs on his limbs. If such a big guy walked in from here, why is this cave entrance or this inaccessible appearance?
Of course, he wasn't the only one who took this into account. In fact, the site had been explored three hours earlier. It was concluded that there was indeed a passage behind the boulder. The passage sloped down and branched out into many branches, and seemed to be connected to the underground river.
So more than a dozen eight-clawed spideroid robots were put in to map the environment inside the cave before they acted. The mapping concludes that: This line is not a main road.
The entrance to the main road appears to be three kilometres away β this is approximate data based on the results of the detection. From there, Adam must have sneaked underground, and then walked all the way to the burial chamber at the bottom of the cliff. It can be inferred from this that the people of the Gate of Truth may have known about the existence of that entrance and then went underground and discovered it.
An elite force was then dispatched to set up a cordon near the entrance and enter the main road under the guidance of several executives. However, after advancing for hundreds of meters, it was found that the main road was blocked. The rockfall didn't take long to form, just a few days agoβwhen the Secret Service arrived.
The four members of Li Zhen's group sat on the barren grass against a rock. Basking in the warm winter sun, waiting for the follow-up results. Caring for the group squinted at the expert group in the distance, and said firmly: "Those people must be inside." If you don't know that an ambush has been laid, it depends on whether we dare to go in. β
Li Zhen didn't speak, but he also agreed with the idea of caring about the wish. This entrance is too far from the area previously demarcated by the Group of Experts. They were now in a position a full three kilometers away from the previous camp, and if the people at the Gate of Truth did have more detailed information, they could indeed sneak in without even noticing.
It's just that...... He frowned: "How do you feel that they always know a little more than us?" This is China, there is no reason why they can even find the tomb of the legendary Chiyou, right? β
Ying resolutely flicked the cigarette ash in his hand. Smiled helplessly: "Didn't you say that they have prophets." Prophets and prophets are also different...... Unfortunately, our one is a little weaker. β
Doesn't that mean that what the prophet saw was vague? How could he see such a thing as a tomb entrance? It's also too specific. Li Zhen shook his head.
"Come on, we're not prophets." Hu Yanling pointed to the distance, "Tell each group to go to a meeting, which of you goes?" β
The three men shook their heads together: "Don't go...... After moving around all morning, the equipment was almost exhausted. β
"I shot all night!" Hu Yanling glared at them, got up and walked over to the expert group.
And the three behind her laughed meaningfully.
Five minutes later, Hu Yanling returned. She waved her hand as she walked: "Get up, open the eyepiece, it may be about to set off in half an hour, and pay attention to receiving the battlefield briefing in a while." β
The eyepiece refers to the large sunglasses on their tactical helmet that cover half of their face - a lot of information is displayed directly on the screen to the left of the eyepiece. However, due to the legend that long-term use of this eyepiece will make people squint, most people are still not happy to stare at it all the time.
Li Zhen had no choice but to put down the eyepiece, his eyes were slightly dark, and a hint popped out of his vision. He blinked three times, and a row of messages was read.
Then he was slightly stunned, lifted the eyepiece, turned his head and asked Ying Ran: "Do those people in the military region also have chemical protection suits like ours?" β
At this time, Ying Ran's face was not very good-looking, and he shook his head: "Our body adds up to tens of thousands of yuan, how can ordinary troops afford it." I'll probably have to take some medicine and hide in a tent. It's more or less a bit of a shielding function, too. β
Li Zhen stopped talking.
What I just saw was a warning message: a wide-area scan will take place in ten minutes.
The electronic watch they now wear on their left wrist can detect the bio-waves of the capable, but the people at the Gate of Truth seem to have some way of shielding them effectively. So a base station monitoring point was set up near the previous camp, and the large-scale detection equipment and tools were powerful and could not be resisted by a single shielding device.
But at this moment, the people at the Gate of Truth seem to be hidden in the underground passage, separated by a thick mountain, so the base station equipment is powerless.
So the command decided to take a more powerful approach - wide-area scanning. This method can penetrate thick mountains and carry out large-scale, high-intensity exploration by means of ionizing radiation. But in the same way, it will cause a lot of damage to the human body - it may not be noticeable for a short time, but the hidden dangers will slowly manifest themselves after a period of time.
The combat uniforms of the executive officers themselves have three defense functions, but those ordinary soldiers ......
Li Zhen didn't know what to say.
Ying Duran seemed to know what he was thinking, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "There is no way, the situation is forced, you will slowly get used to it." But you can think about it, it's still us who will go in later. Maybe he won't come out. β
He had already realized this, but he still felt a little awkward in his heart. The soldiers of the military districts were only responsible for guarding the perimeter, and they did not know what kind of enemy they were going to face, but they had to bear such an encounter unclearly before they could engage the enemy.
This order was given by Director Dai......
He felt that his previous impression of him seemed to be a little skewed.
Caring for the willing silently pulled out the protective face in the helmet, put down the eyepiece again, and said angrily, "Get ready." β
Ten minutes later, Li Zhen saw a red warning charm on the eyepiece again. The symbol flashed three times before finally closing into a line of warning text.
Then the whole world in my ears suddenly fell silent.
Although it is winter, the geographical location of Shennongjia is southerly after all, and the temperature is close to minus ten degrees during the day. As a result, the dense primeval forests in the valley are always filled with birds chirping and even insects chirping β just like the early summer in the north.
But when the warning text freezes, all those voices disappear. It's as if the world around us has become a silent color photograph.
The silence lasted less than two seconds, before the forest began to boil. It was as if the birds, beasts, and insects were frightened at the same moment, and a large number of birds rose into the air in terror, almost forming a dark cloud over the dense forest area. It's just that they are now dizzy, as if they have been frightened, and their flight paths are chaotic, and even some birds have crashed into one place, and many smaller birds have fallen like raindrops.
And the sound of wild beasts running around the forest began to sound, and a skunk with a circle of white hair on its head panicked and went straight to Hu Yanling, and was kicked away by her. Even the cliffs in the distance, where the mutants wandered, there was a faint howlβit seemed that they had acquired the instincts of beasts after the mutation.
Even Li Zhen felt a little dry mouth, but he felt that it seemed to be his own psychological effect.
The wide-area scan lasted ten seconds. After 10 seconds, the warning text on the eyepiece turns green and indicates that the three precautions can be lifted.
But the birds and beasts were still in shock, and they tossed and turned for a while before they calmed down again. I don't know what will happen to them in their bodies.
The four of them sat there in silence for a while, not interested in chatting any longer, so they kept an eye on the movements of those in the distant expert group's station. Later, I saw that Dai Bingcheng walked out of the wide tent, and his face seemed to be quite unsightly. (To be continued.) )