"Will it be in the tail building?" The monkey said.

"Lifebuoys can only be on the side of a deck ship or on the side of a deck ship and in the cabin, not just in the cabin, you know what I mean?" Although Qiao Xingyu's words are a bit tongue-twisting, the meaning is still easy to understand, that is, the lifeboat will not be just placed in the cabin.

"That means they've been taken away a long time ago?" The monkey was cleared by Qiao Xingyu.

"I think either there wasn't it in the first place, or someone had already taken it away," Qiao Xingyu nodded and said, "I bet we won't be able to find a lifebuoy on the other ships that are left." And now we can't get into the cabin, and even if there are life jackets inside, we can't get them. ”

"," Da Fei cursed.

"Let's also look for the rest of the ships," although Chen Bin felt that Qiao Xingyu's analysis was not wrong, but with the mentality of just in case, he still planned to check all these ships.

As Qiao Xingyu expected, there was no trace of a lifebuoy on the remaining boats.

"Lao Wei, Xiao Sheng," Chen Bin pressed the call button on the walkie-talkie and shouted inside, "Pay attention to the surrounding situation, there may be people nearby." ”

"Good...... Brother Bin, I saw the boat! Chen Sheng suddenly shouted.

"Tell me where the ship is!" Chen Bin was very surprised when he heard the voice coming from the walkie-talkie, he just judged that there were people nearby and only thought that they would be on land instead of at sea. Chen Sheng's discovery shocked everyone's spirits, and they all ran towards the side of the boat near the sea.

"Can you see the northeast? I can only see a small dot on my side, but it's moving. ”

Chen Bin and the others stood on the deck of the cargo ship, which was higher than the sand ship and had a wider field of vision.

In the distance, on the sea outside the estuary, a small black dot could be seen moving slowly. Chen Bin knew that the boat looked small and slow, but in fact it must not be so, it was just an illusion caused by the distance.

"Maybe it's someone from Chongming!" Qiao Xingyu reacted immediately, the ship was at sea, and the direction where it was located was the northeast direction, according to his not very good geographical knowledge, he vaguely remembered that it was the direction where Chongming Island was located.

The cry for help choked in his throat and did not come out, and finally turned into a sigh. Chen Bin knew that at such a distance, and there was a sea breeze outside the estuary, even if he shouted ten times louder, it would be in vain.

"Make a fire?" Chen Bin wanted to attract the attention of the ship, and an idea flashed in his mind, and he immediately thought of this idea. But looking around, there was nothing on the ship that could be lit on fire.

The black dot disappeared into the sky, and everyone's hearts were a little regretful. Chen Bin cleaned up his mood and encouraged everyone, "It's good to see the ship, at least it can further confirm the news that Uncle Seven told us." ”

"You're right," Qiao Xingyu also understood what Chen Bin meant, and knew that this was not the time to be negative.

"There were no lifebuoys and life jackets, so we let the boat stick to the shore and not go too fast."

"Okay," Seeing that Chen Bin had made a decision, everyone followed him back to the sand boat.

"Old Wei, stick to the shore and walk north," because the three islands of Chongming on the map are at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the area of Songhu City on land is on the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary, so Chen Bin decided to go to the north together, and the bank of the river over there will be closer to the three islands of Chongming.

The sand boats are carefully pressed against the shore, where you can see a trestle every few kilometers, and there are some factories and other buildings on the shore from time to time.

There were hardly any boats to be seen beside the trestle outside the estuary, and the river was empty. The cold wind kept pouring into the collar of the person squatting in the bow of the boat, but except for Wei Qiming, who was driving the boat, no one hid in the cockpit to avoid the wind.

Everyone kept looking in the direction around the sand boat, hoping to make some more discoveries. Each person looks in a different direction to make sure nothing slips are missed.

Except for the cold wind and the mighty water, there seems to be no moving thing on the river. The sand boat walked very slowly along the shore, and every time a trestle appeared in front of it, everyone would invariably observe the situation on the shore carefully. Because in the understanding of Chen Bin and others, as long as there is a ship coming from Chongming Sandao, they will inevitably choose a trestle or wharf suitable for berthing the ship.

The situation on the shore was a little disappointing, and after the boat sailed over a few trestles, everyone found nothing nearby.

"Is the opportunity just left and we are gone?" Chen Bin muttered in his heart, and he asked Chen Sheng, "Can the drone be released now?" ”

"I'm afraid not," Chen Sheng didn't need to stretch out his hand to feel the chill of the river breeze on the shore, unlike the previous in the inland river, the wind here is suddenly much stronger, and the difficulty of controlling the drone in the air will increase dramatically.

"Okay," Chen Bin still trusted Chen Sheng's judgment, since he said that he was not sure, it was definitely not suitable to let the drone out.

At this moment, the sand boat has sailed into the mouth of the Yangtze River, and everyone can observe it with the naked eye, if there are boats on the river, it is not difficult to find, but the situation on the shore is either blocked by buildings or hidden behind trees.

"If we don't find anything today, let's install a device that can smoke on the ship when we go back," Qiao Xingyu thought of a way, "When we are looking for someone, we can also let people find us." ”

"That's a good idea," Chen Bin nodded, "It's windy by the river, and the effect of the smoke screen is much better than the sound." ”

"What are these stone walls?" Chen Sheng pointed to the steep walls made of stones and strips of stone along the coast, and asked curiously.

"This is a sea pond," Wang Ping ran a lot in the suburbs, and he knew a lot about this thing, "It belongs to the tidal dam, which is more common in the coastal areas of our country." ”

"Let's come all the way, why do some lots have them and some don't?" Chen Sheng continued to ask.

"I don't know." Wang Ping used to work as a journalist, not a professional in water conservancy, so he couldn't answer the more in-depth question that Chen Sheng asked just now.

"It's not far ahead to the Songhu Yangtze River Tunnel," Qiao Xingyu looked straight ahead of the bow of the ship, staring there.

"The waves on the river are surging, and the wheels are rolling under the river," Wang Ping unconsciously remembered a sentence from the press release he had written for the tunnel.

"This tunnel is very interesting," said Qiao Xingyu, "as part of the South Tunnel and North Bridge, which includes the Songhu Yangtze River Bridge and the Yangtze River Tunnel. It crosses the waters of the South Port of the Yangtze River by means of a tunnel, and crosses the waters of the North Port of the Yangtze River by means of a bridge. ”

Seeing that everyone except Wang Ping didn't understand very well, Qiao Xingyu further explained, "From the Hudong New Area to Chongming Island, you have to pass through Changxing Island in the middle, the passage connecting Hudong New Area to Changxing Island is the Yangtze River Tunnel, and the passage connecting Chongming Island on the other side of Changxing Island is the Yangtze River Bridge. ”

"Hey, that's going to be easy," the monkey patted his thigh and said, "Let Lao Wei go to the tunnel and dock, let's go up and find a car to drive through the tunnel." ”

"It's good that it's so simple," Qiao Xingyu shook his head and smiled, "My personal opinion is that the probability of being passable in the tunnel is almost zero. ”

"Why?" The monkey was a little puzzled, he hadn't been here before, and he didn't know what was going on in the tunnel.

"Uncle Seven said before that Chongming's boat went to the Hua family's old house, and we saw the shadow of the boat on the sea before, I concluded that Chongming Island's external means of transportation are definitely mainly boats, and the Yangtze River Bridge still has hope of dredging, but the river bottom tunnel is not possible."

"The tunnel is tens of meters below the surface of the water, and if it was before the disaster, it would have been easy to rely on the government to dredge it, but now it is different. When a disaster breaks out, the traffic flow in and out of the island must be very chaotic, and the traffic passages such as tunnels and bridges will definitely be congested, and it is better on the bridge, and it is good to push the car down and throw it into the river or river when dredging, but the cleaning work inside the tunnel will be ten times more difficult than the outside. Qiao Xingyu continued, "And if you go by land, it is very dangerous, even if the tunnel is open, who knows what awaits us inside or on the other side of it?" ”

Chen Bin nodded, Qiao Xingyu's analysis of the tunnel in front of him was very thorough, there were only six or seven people who came out this time, and if they traveled a long distance on land, it would be tantamount to looking for death. If it weren't for the fact that they were familiar with the flow of the Chuanyang River, it would be impossible for everyone to come to such a far place from the detention center.

Of course, being able to walk to the beach today marks the first successful step in their search for Chongming refuge. Chen Bin also figured it out on the way over just now, this kind of thing needs to see the opportunity, God has asked Deng Wuqi to bring him the news of Chongming, and the rest is to see his ability and patience.

They still have time and space, as long as every step is stepped on, no matter how you look at it, you can see it greatly.

"Now we're on top of the tunnel," the boat continued to move forward for some distance, Qiao Xingyu rubbed his foot on the deck of the sand boat, and he already saw the conspicuous tunnel entrance on the shore.

"Can you really build a tunnel under this water?" The monkey still felt a little incredible, and he leaned on the side of the boat to look into the river, but unfortunately his view was blocked by the yellow water.

"Of course, when it comes to infrastructure, you may not believe it, but I tell you responsibly that at this point, China can say to all countries in the world, 'I'm not targeting anyone about infrastructure, I mean everyone here is rubbish'." Qiao Xingyu quoted a line from a movie to express his meaning, "There is also the 'magic of nature' over there in the South China Sea." ”

"We don't produce islands, are we just porters of nature?" Chen Bin was amused by Qiao Xingyu's words, he understood both of the stalks Qiao Xingyu said, so he also borrowed an advertising slogan to echo it.