Chapter 24 There is no way out
Just as I reached the door of the stone chamber, a shrill rat chirp suddenly sounded behind me, and the tone was very sharp.
I jerked my head back and caught a glimpse of a yellow shadow that scurried up from the wall to the left of the road, flying against the stone wall, and rushing towards the fork in the road behind me, with incredible speed. How could I let it run away and chase after it.
But although I reacted quickly, after all, I was still preempted by it, and even the three-edged thorn thrown out of it was thrown into the air, causing it to rush into the darkness.
I stopped at the fork in the road, beckoned back the triangular thorn, and was wondering whether to let go of my senses, when I pulled out the thing, when suddenly there was a crisp click above my head, and a large puff of earth and stone slammed down on my head and face.
Fortunately, I had already taken precautions, and by the time the earth and rocks were a foot away from me, I had already escaped.
However, the next scene shocked me to death!
Before I could gain a foothold, a falling rock the size of a water tank slammed into the place where I had been standing, and the boulder was so heavy and so powerful that half of it sank into the ground.
If this is hit on the head, even if it is a holy realm, it will only be smashed into meat sauce!
But I didn't expect that the more shocking thing was still to come.
Immediately after, the crack above the fork in the road suddenly swelled, like a huge spider web, spreading wildly in all directions.
With a large amount of falling rocks and pouring sand, in less than two breaths, the entrance to the fortress, along with the fork in the road I had just been in, had completely collapsed, and was buried by the boulder as if it had never existed.
The whole cavern trembled with a violent tremor, and a scream came from inside the cavern.
But the tremors quickly dissipated, and although there was still dust all around, the collapse was finally stopped.
I could avoid the flying rocks, but a thin layer of cold sweat oozed from my forehead.
If it hadn't been for the appearance of that yellow shadow just now, which led me out of the fork in the road first, even if I heard the sound of the intersection and ran out, I wouldn't have had time to escape from the inside, and I would have to be buried alive if I wasn't stoned to death!
Thinking of this, I turned my head sharply and locked my eyes on Xie Zhijian.
Could it be that this Xie Zhijian saw that he couldn't get rid of me, so he moved to kill?
Xie Zhijian was holding Dongfanghong while trying to stop the panicked team members.
And the poplar tree had come to me at some point, choking and coughing, and asked eagerly, "How are you?" ”
"I'm fine, did Xie Zhijian make a move just now?" I gritted my teeth and forced myself to calm down.
Yang Shu shook his head affirmatively: "No." ”
I frowned, uncertain.
I'm sure someone was playing tricks on the landslide.
First, I have just checked the cracking of the roof of the cave, and if there is no external force, such cracking cannot cause a large-scale collapse.
Secondly, Xie Zhijian just asked me to go over to check, and such an accident happened, if this is a coincidence, it is too coincidental!
Looking at the chaotic crowd, I shook my head at the poplar tree: "Let's go over." ”
I ran over with the poplar tree, stopped a few members of the team who were holding their heads and rats, and finally calmed down the chaotic scene, and the lights lit up the whole scene again, fortunately, everyone was far away from the landslide, although they were choking and discouraged, but no one was hurt.
Before I could speak, Xie Zhijian became angry: "Yang Lin, what's the matter, didn't I let you go over and see it!" ”
I stared at his face, not seeing that he was unnatural in the slightest, so I had to say in a deep voice, "It collapsed too suddenly, and I didn't have time to warn you." ”
Now there is no evidence that he is making trouble, and with his methods, it is difficult to do anything under the noses of me and Poplar, so no matter how much I doubt it, I will not make up my mind.
Chu Xue'er once used her life to teach me a good lesson, when encountering problems, you must first clarify the cause and effect, and then make a decision.
Xie Zhijian was even more annoyed when he saw that I looked right, stretched out a finger and poked my chest down.
"So what now! Yes? You tell me, what to do now! ”
At this time, the entrance to the cave has completely collapsed, and judging from the extent of the collapse, it is impossible to return the same way. In other words, we were all trapped in the hole, and if it weren't for the bright lights, we would have been in the darkness by now.
I ignored his bad attitude, but looked around at everyone and said loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, this fortress was a bunker built by the little devils in order to start a war with the Soviet army. As long as everyone listens to my command, I will definitely take everyone out intact. ”
Everyone actually knows something about the Japanese fortress, but they are panicked and confused, and when they hear me say this, they are all calmed down a lot, plus I subdued Huang Daxing in front of them last night, and what I said naturally has some weight.
Xie Zhijian saw that I controlled the scene with a word, so he snorted coldly and did not continue to blame.
I sneered secretly, Lao Tzu is also a person who has commanded more than 100 desperate Saburo, compared to them, you are a bird.
"Alright, rest for five minutes, tidy up your things and let's go."
After saying that, I also found a rock and sat down, I am not an iron man, and I have to take a breath.
In fact, I have to calm myself down and think clearly, if it wasn't Xie Zhijian who intentionally harmed me, what caused the landslide?
What was the sigh in the fork in the road just now, what is the sacredness, and what is the relationship with the flying yellow shadow?
Could it be that my enemies have chased it here?
But before I could figure it out, Dongfang Hong came up, sat next to me, and patted my back with a smile: "You can't be blamed for this, Xiao Xie was also anxious and irritable just now, I apologized to you on his behalf." ”
"You're welcome." I replied with a dry smile.
I see that everyone is suspicious at this time, including this old man, he is not a good person, although the collapse just now seems to have nothing to do with his eight poles, but before the matter is clarified, he is also the object of suspicion.
I'm not the kind of person who is very deep in the city, and I can't be happy or angry, and naturally I don't have a good attitude towards him.
As if he didn't see my coldness, he changed his words: "I did some research before I came, and it is said that this fortress was the last place where the Japanese were entrenched, right?" ”
I turned my head sideways and looked at him, not knowing what he meant by bringing it up at this time.
He smiled and stroked his beard, which was already scarce: "The Japanese were wiped out by the Soviets in the end, right?" I don't know where the battlefield is, if it's convenient, can you take us to see it? ”
My heart jumped: "Old man, in my opinion, let's think about how to get out first." ”
The last fortress where the Japanese were entrenched was indeed here, when the Japanese emperor had read out the edict of surrender, but the Japanese army here refused to believe it, and resisted stubbornly, relying on the fortress to block layer by layer, so that the Soviet Red Army who climbed the mountain paid heavy casualties.
In order to reduce casualties, the Soviet army sent people to persuade them to surrender, but the little devil cut off all the ears and fingers of the messenger, which made the Soviet generals angry, and closed the hole in a fit of anger, poured gasoline into it from the ventilation shaft, and then burned all the little devils inside into charcoal!
More than a thousand devils were burned alive, the tragedy can be imagined, such a scene, Sensei said that it was filming, as long as it was a person with a normal brain, I am afraid that he would go around from afar. If Dongfanghong had done research beforehand, he would naturally know all this, why did he still want to go and see it?
"Ahem, I've done research all my life, but unfortunately it's all on paper, and I always want to witness history with my own eyes. It's a pity, the years are not forgiving, and when you think about it, you will get old. ”
As he spoke, he sighed and looked into the depths of the black hole: "I finally have such an opportunity this time, I really don't want to miss it again, maybe this is also the last chance of my life." ”
I looked at his face full of vicissitudes, it was the face of an ordinary old man, I really couldn't connect him with those ghost tricks, which made me feel a little guilty in my heart, the older generation, how can it be so complicated, they actually never ask for anything, all they want is to leave more things for future generations, and what they ask for is just to leave a name for people and a voice for geese.
"I'll do my best, on the premise of keeping everyone safe."
I'll admit that this is a perfunctory statement.
In any case, it is impossible for me to take them there, after all, it is the core and vital point of the Madaling Fortress, and it is not in the same direction as the exit, I say this, I just can't bear to refuse an old man directly.
And Dongfanghong obviously heard that I was not sincere, shook his head slightly, sighed lightly and got up and walked away.
Although I couldn't bear it, I had no choice but to get up and clap my hands to attract everyone's attention.
"Okay, let's clean up, count the food and water, leave two lights for lighting, and turn off the rest, we may still have a way to go, don't waste any supplies on hand."
Soon the team was ready, and I opened the way, behind the poplar hall, and headed deeper into the cave again.
After a few minutes, the front became open, and soon a rectangular hall appeared before me, fifty or sixty paces long, about six lanes wide, and almost all sides were piled with rotten wooden boxes, cables, winches, and some rusted iron scaffolding, except for a few light rails in the middle.
This is the material distribution place of the fortress, directly above is a shaft up to more than ten meters deep, the materials are lifted down from above, and then transported from here to everywhere, but at this time the shaft above has already been blown up, even if it does not collapse, it is impossible to climb out with these people, and the real way out is at the end of the hall.
The hall is seven or eight meters high and divided into three floors at the end, which is connected by the light rail extended by the dispatch station at the rear of the hall, leading to the upper, middle and lower levels of the bunker, and of course, there is also a way for people to enter and exit on the side of the light rail.
But when I saw the situation at the end of the hall, I couldn't help but feel a little bitter.
The entrance to the topmost turret and watchtower had collapsed at some point, cutting off the closest passage to the ground.
I didn't give up, and told everyone to wait in place, and I carefully bypassed the obstacle and climbed up to the platform on the third floor, wanting to see if the collapse was serious and whether we could get through it with our strength.
It's okay not to look at it, but when I take a closer look, I can't help but chuckle in my heart.
On the piled up of rocks, there are many vines and roots, which at first glance look like tree roots, but on closer inspection, these roots are covered with circles of textures with fine burrs, like the link-like limbs of earthworms, the surface color is turmeric, and there is a thin, blood-like thread connecting the thicker roots.
Fishy locust? Oh no, how can there be such a thing here!