Chapter 185: Silence
The rumbling sound sounded in the ground at this time, and the soil layer above the head was actually very dangerously faintly collapsing, and the team members' sides were already wrapped in the soil layer that rushed down in the chaos, and everyone was in a state of unstable standing, everyone either passively impacted, or actively fell to the ground and sat on the slope of the ground, no matter what, they didn't want to be carried away by these falling soil flows!
Everyone's faces suddenly became very stiff, and they were already very obviously aware that something was wrong around them, maybe it was a landslide, or maybe it was something that shook a certain formation. After all, whether it is a person who is moving or not, or a child who stays in place and does not move for a long time, he is suddenly aware of a dangerous aura rippling around his body!
It seems that if anyone continues to take willful steps, this basin terrain, which is not particularly strong, will collapse due to a small force! Fortunately, everyone just sticks their backs tightly on the slope of the soil slope, and then let their hands and feet tightly clasp into the soft and moist soil under them, and increasing the contact area between the surface of the body and the soil layer can greatly increase their inner security. So they didn't even dare to go out of the atmosphere, but they were fortunate to wear clothes that covered their bodies, including masks to protect them from the cold, viruses, and other risks. At this time, it obviously played a big role, because the tiny air exhaled by everyone could not have a great impact on the body!
Instead, it acts on the mask with a large contact area, so that the force can be dispersed throughout the body. In theoretical mechanics, it is basically possible to ignore the influence of the internal forces of the object itself. It's just that now, everyone's situation is very embarrassing, precisely because of the dilemma that they can't go up and can't go down!
Staying where they are is is not a good solution, so their choice must be to calmly observe the situation around them and follow up. Then when necessary, you can catch up and escape the fate of being covered! The man furthest from the bottom of the basin looked at what was beneath his feet, and looked up at the distance above, which was blocked by the terrain. Still can't see anything. But as the closest guy to life (at least that's what everyone thinks.) )。 He must take responsibility for trying to observe.
Reports of members shouting to each other at various depths indicate that the danger does not come from overhead, but from the operation of the basin's bottom core. It was as if a living creature was breathing very regularly, slowly pulling down the basin to which everyone was attached, and at first I didn't understand what such a feeling of fear was at work. Later, with the increase in the speed of descent, the perception situation was naturally greatly improved, and they also understood that the situation they were facing was a special situation beyond their cognitive judgment!
"You can't be wiped out here!" The captain of this squad felt very remorseful. "Maybe we shouldn't have taken everybody down there to find out what's going on at the bottom of the basin. Although it was true that it was able to strengthen courage at that time. The captain is indeed a timid man, but this personality factor also leads him to attach great importance to the personal safety of his members in some aspects. It is always not easy to give up every living life.
He once led a team to explore an area of ruins on the brink of an explosion, where they were subjected to endless attacks by many anomalous species. Despite the tragedy, the captain managed to bring out all the wounded and the bodies of those who died. This is a guy who is full of feelings for everything, he once said: "After all, we are not cold-blooded creatures, if we can do it, we will do it desperately!" ”
It's just that now he is really very frustrated, the situation here is not relying on the ability of personal thinking and judgment to reasonably control the situation, but will be affected by many factors, the most important of which is the hidden crisis brought about by the changeable terrain is the key factor in this change. "It's a good thing, instead of recovering the body of a witness with key clues, I have put my own team into it!" , the captain's mood is simply terrible!
The voice that had just warned Xiaoxin came from his own mouth, "Hey! Xiaoxin, are you okay? Don't make a big move! Because he hadn't heard the response of the child in the water in the basin for a long time, he had to take a certain risk and shout Xiaoxin, hoping that he could respond as soon as possible, and at the same time warn him not to make any huge moves so as not to cause the consequences of the collapse of the basin! Just like an avalanche, although the situation on the surface is simply far behind, the captain vaguely feels that this form of action is indeed the feeling that the avalanche brings to himself, no! Such a scene is more like a description of a landslide, but the essence of the two is actually not much different! Half-sized beads of sweat ran across the captain's forehead, and in the cold, humid air, the captain's brain was steaming like a half-boiled kettle. Apparently because of the highly concentrated thinking act combined with the tense and numb convulsive action of the body, it is an abnormal manifestation!
"P-p-p-p...", a very regular tapping sound came from the space below! It sounded like something slicing across a smoother material! At this time, in the silence of the wilderness, it is obviously more harsh than any sound! In this regard, the captain's hanging heart finally let go, it was a simple tapping code that everyone in his squad must master! The sound passed smoothly for more than ten seconds before disappearing.
The captain knew that this signal meant to be very safe, after all, if he was not in an extremely safe situation, who would be able to maintain a very stable state of mind and not make so many tapping and scratching sounds in a panic?
"Does that mean you can jump down now?" , there was such a strange and slightly absurd thought in the captain's mind. After all, there is still no way to solve their dilemma. The road above is completely impassable, which will cause more soil to subside. Then only going down is the only way at the moment! That's what the captain thought! Not long ago, a child fell from a height above him, and he was unharmed. 22 Literary Network
Then when he was just about to use his thin steps to carefully walk down for rescue, he had already dropped a lot of height. Then it is clear that jumping from the position you are in is not likely to be hurt to any extent!
"Well, that's all there is to it!" , just thinking for a moment, the captain has already decided to do this! Sure enough, the brain circuits of people who can take on the position of captain are so strange that they will not hesitate to take any degree of risk, but at the same time, they will not cause such a huge and unacceptable loss to their own team while being so random!
As the captain, he certainly had to take the lead in jumping down to show his determination. "Friends, let's jump down one by one!" , the captain said in a slightly happy tone! Everyone's eyes suddenly became stunned, and the question in their minds invariably asked: "Why? How? Also, what is the motivation behind the most detailed reasons to support this move! ”
The captain seemed to turn his back quickly, without explaining too much, and everyone was very knowledgeable and tacitly agreed not to ask too many questions. Because they all know that this is obviously not the time to sit down and have a good discussion.
As they all watched silently, the captain leapt forward and jumped into the direction of the center of the basin's bottom! In the blink of an eye, the captain had clearly lost track of his figure among everyone. "Damn, it's blocked by the layers of terrain again." , they did not observe the consequences of this act very clearly.
So the heart has been playing the drums! They looked at each other and didn't know what to do, but some of them, after a moment of stunned thought, finally remembered what the captain had said before leaving: "Friends, jump off in turn!" ”
Finally, the explorer, who was slightly behind the captain, chose to follow the captain's footsteps and jump down! Adhering to the principle of believing in the captain's personality, the others rushed in one after another, of course, with a certain interval of time, otherwise they would not fall straight on top of other people's heads! Naturally, their destination was to jump into the potholes at the bottom of the basin. All of them are inherently close. Even the team member at the top was only two or three meters higher than the height at which Xiao Xin fell.
"Let's hope it's okay!" The team member silently recited a few words of blessing in his heart, and then lightly hammered his chest twice with the fist of his right hand, which can be regarded as a prayer for the result! He was the last to set off, so he was already in mid-air, and it didn't matter what he did. Everyone jumped down from their respective positions, and he was no exception!
Right now, the small basin seemed to be crowded with seven or eight explorers and a human body that didn't know whether to live or die. He had already been dragged aside by Xiao Xin, who had entered it first, while interfering with the downward movement of others. This child's courage is not ordinary after all, and even a cold body dares to touch it with a big grin, which shows how big his nerves are!
Everyone clings to the edge of the bottom of the basin, trying to minimize the volume of their bodies spreading out and taking up space for their teammates to descend to the bottom. It's the fear that a certain descender will hit everyone, but until the last team member jumps in, the situation is still very normal. As the captain had thought, everyone reached the bottom of the basin safely.
I don't know what the reason is, anyway, it didn't have much impact on the overall loosening of the basin, maybe because the force when you fell was only absorbed by the bottom of the basin and not transferred to the "big horn" part of the basin frame structure. So they're still very safe so far.
They were still holding their breath very nervously, waiting for the last comrade to come! I could almost already see his falling figure in the air above me!
Suddenly, there was an incalculable throbbing sensation in my heart!