Chapter Twenty-Seven: Downward Progress
"Okay!" Yang Kexing said: "Then how to divide the labor? Do you go together or do you split up like last time? "
"I think about it, it would be nice if the soldiers were divided into two ways, but it would not be safe. If someone really stole our explosives, then this man should be a master. Or maybe they're more than one person. We may suffer if we disperse our forces. If we go together, he can give us a circle in here, and if we want to run into him, it will be difficult. Feng Laonong said.
"It's a problem," Yang said.
I thought about it and decided that things weren't that complicated. Then he said what he thought in his heart: "If someone follows us, it is also for the purpose of making a fortune." Now the situation is uncertain, and there is no way out. Then he should show up and work with us. But if he does this secretly, he must not be able to do it. There were four of us, with knives and guns. If there are many others, or he is a master, then he does not have to use the means of stealing. Just show up and work with us, or take our gear by force. If you think about it, he didn't steal other equipment, but stole explosives. This proves that he was in a hurry, and he stole one piece by hand, or maybe he just wanted to steal food and drink, but he didn't expect to steal the explosives. Or maybe it was following us, knowing that the little brother had explosives in his bag, and he came specifically to steal explosives. But no matter what you say, he definitely doesn't have the strength to do it, or he doesn't mean to hurt us at all. "
When I finished, I lit a cigarette.
"Brother Luo Jie's analysis makes sense," Yang Kexing said.
Feng Laonong lowered his head and pondered for a moment. said: "Then follow Luo Jufei's idea." According to the old rules last time, Luo Jufei and I walked the cemetery road together. You two stand by the wall and wait. As soon as the wall was opened, they followed the road to find us. Remember, shoot right away if something happens! If you see the flashlight on our side, stop immediately. Shout, then crouched down against the wall, keeping one on the other. We'll do the same when we see your flashlight. When I hear the voice of one's own person, I converge. Do you understand everything? "
We all nodded our heads to show that we understood. So they got up and checked their respective equipment and firearms. Then they turned on their flashlights and walked towards the outside of the tomb according to their respective divisions.
They walked over to the wall, and they didn't mention it here. Feng Laonong and I walked one after the other to the tomb. Feng Laonong held a gun in his right hand and a flashlight in his left hand, and looked forward with wide eyes. I stared back with my flashlight twisted my face, my body pressed against the wall, and walked slowly. Although I didn't see the so-called person who stole the explosives, I was very nervous.
In this secluded catacomb, everything is quiet and terrifying. All I could hear was the sound of our breathing and footsteps. And this tomb is so gloomy and cold, which adds to my psychological burden. Cold sweat on my head soaked my hair. It was sticky to my forehead, blocking my view. I reached out and brushed my hair to the side, then carefully stared back.
Due to the high degree of tension. It feels like this graveyard has become so long, and time has passed very slowly. I don't know how long we walked, but we finally saw a glimmer of light ahead. I hurriedly crouched down, but my eyes didn't look ahead. Feng Lao Nong shouted who. The voices of Wu Feifei and Yang Kexing came from there.
When you hear the voice, you know it's your own people. Immediately got up and ran a few steps, and then I saw them standing in the graveyard, and the flashlight was shining towards us.
After converging in one place, it was concluded that no one was found. Nor were any animals found that could pull the backpack. And this tomb is closed, not to mention the bigger animal, even a mouse, we will also find it. Of course, there was no trace of the backpack containing the explosives.
Feng Laonong was so angry that he scolded his mother. Lian Hu is a ghost. We had no choice but to go back to the tomb to discuss what to do next.
After returning to the burial chamber, the flashlight was extinguished. Everyone sat down near the oil lamp. Feng Laonong said: "There are two roads, one is to smash the wall empty-handed, and the other is to go down from this explosive place. Yesterday? Everybody has one opinion"
Wu Feifei did not speak. I didn't say anything. Yang Kexing said: "Smash the wall, I'm afraid the four of us won't be able to smash it in a day." We don't have much food or water, and if we don't break it in a short time, we're going to die. It's just smashed open, and if there is no road, there is no way. "
"There is only one way down from this hole, and I don't know how deep or shallow it is. I don't know if there will be a mechanism, or if it will be a dead end. "
"Then it seems a little more reliable to go down from here," Feng Lao Nong continued.
"Yes, but we don't know if our rope is long enough. And then there's nothing to light it up to. We don't know what's going on, so it's definitely not appropriate to go on like this," Yang said.
"It's easy, let's give it a try. Old sheets in the backpack. The oil lamp in the stone man's hand can be used. Feng Laonong said.
"Then let's take a look at it now, and roughly measure the length of the bottom and the condition of the bottom," Yang said.
"Okay!" Feng Lao Nong stood up. Open the backpack and find the old sheets. I tugged hard and pulled half of it open. Then he clumped the sheets and put them directly into the oil bowl. And I don't know what kind of fuel is made in that bowl, not water quality. It's something like paste. After Feng Laonong glued a whole bowl of ointment to the sheets, he scattered the sheets, and then applied the ointment evenly.
Once it's done, hang the ointment-covered sheet on the gravel of the hole. Then he took out a match and lit a corner of the sheet.
I don't know what material this ointment is made of. At the moment when Feng Lao Nong clicked. With a whew, the entire sheet was ablaze, and the flames rose more than a meter high. Feng Laonong scolded his mother. Quickly turn around and take out two steel pipes from the backpack, screw them, and poke them into the flames.
With a snort, the burning sheets were pushed into the hole by Old Farmer Feng. Yang and I hurriedly ran to the edge of the cave. At this time, Feng Lao Nong's head had already stretched out. And the remaining space is only enough for Yang Kexing to watch alone.
I couldn't see anything from the sidelines, but I could see the flickering fire through the gaps in the holes. According to the time of the object's fall, if the sheet is not hanging in the air, it is already at the bottom of the tomb. And you can see this fire, which proves that the bottom of this tomb is not deep.
The two of them looked at each other for a moment, then stuck their heads back. When I reached back, I noticed that the expressions of the two people seemed to be shining with joy.
"It's about a dozen meters deep, the air down is good, and it burns well," Feng Laonong said.
"There must be a road down there, and it's still a big road, because the flames of the sheets flickered so badly." Yang Kexing added.
Hearing this, I was a little confused. It's a nice shade. But how do you see how much the flames flicker and deduce that there is a road below? I asked Yang Kexing.
Yang Kexing replied: "This sheet and oil burn need oxygen, this fire is so big, it will consume a lot of oxygen locally, so that the surrounding air will fill this part of the oxygen vacancy, so that once it is filled, it will produce wind." But our fire is not big, and the wind is only enough to make the flames flicker. But that's enough to tell that there's a way down there. At the same time, the old farmer said it well. The air quality below is okay. We have no problem going down at all. "
"So what are we going to do now?" I asked.
Feng Lao Nong glanced at me and said, "Pigs are also smarter than you, we must go down now!" "