Chapter 50: The Entrance
"I just said that!" Master Zhang said, "This is a monster in the river!" It's very likely that those people were manipulated by the river demon! ”
"Isn't it dangerous for the inhabitants who live nearby?" I say.
"Hmm!" Master Zhang nodded lightly and said, "That's why the legend of water evil has been passed down to this day!" ”
"When this matter is settled, I will apply to the upper head to annihilate the ghosts in the Lion Ocean!" Captain Cao said.
Because it was too late, and Captain Cao and the others had been fighting for life and death for a night, I was embarrassed to continue to disturb them. I went back to my tent, but even though it was past three o'clock in the morning, I still couldn't sleep.
There were already a lot of troubles, and now there are more people who are attacking us. It's really hard for me to believe that there are any water ghosts and water ghosts. But so many experts and soldiers can testify, and they don't know what to say. And we are still being monitored, Captain Cao said that he already knows the bottom of his heart, and he doesn't know who is spying on us?
I fell asleep thinking about it. My job is the easiest in the archaeological team because I'm a forensic doctor, and if there are no dead people, and no people who have died in particular mysteries, I don't have to perform an autopsy, so I don't have to work. I've been idle since I escaped from the underground ruins.
Maybe it's none of my business, or people don't want to pass on the pressure to me, so I'm more free in the team and no one cares about me.
I couldn't sleep every night, but when I did, I usually woke up at noon or in the afternoon, and no one bothered me.
I thought there would be an indefinite wait ahead of me, but I didn't expect to hear from me after only two days. When I got up at noon, Captain Cao came over and told me that Professor Li and the others had found a way to enter the underwater space, and in order to prevent outsiders from discovering it, and for another reason, we only set off tonight.
Captain Cao probably told me about his plans for tonight. In order to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy of the underground ruins, we will arrange for a few skilled soldiers to be fully prepared and then enter to inspect the situation first, and when everything is safe, the large army will enter. If something is wrong with the soldiers inside, they will immediately withdraw and we will answer them outside.
The way the underwater space was opened and the place of entry was kept absolutely secret, so I didn't record it. Among them, I only listened to Professor Li explain part of the opening method, and I don't know how to operate it specifically.
In order not to let nearby villagers and people who were monitoring us know where we were moving and the entrance to the underwater space, we did not move the camp to the vicinity of the destination.
In the evening, when we are ready, we take some equipment and set off.
Today's weather was exceptionally cold, and when we arrived at our destination, we noticed that it was snowing lightly. After we put the equipment in place, Captain Cao divided the team into three teams. The first team consisted of three PLA fighters, who were our vanguard, ready to enter underwater space. The second team consisted of Captain Cao and another PLA soldier, Professor Chen, Professor Li, and Master Zhang. They went to open the entrance. The rest formed a team and stood by in place.
I don't know where the switch is, anyway, I can't see Captain Cao and them nearby. After waiting for about twenty minutes, Captain Cao and the others came back, and the entrance was opened. Although I shouldn't write too much about the entrance in my diary, when the entrance to the underwater space opened, I had to admire the wisdom of the ancient people, what a huge and magnificent project.
Then the three PLA fighters who were assigned to the first team were ready to be equipped and entered. The entrance closes.
We were connected to the radios outside, and the three fighters inside were also carrying walkie-talkies. We are in constant communication with them.
One of the soldiers, who entered the underwater space, said: "Report to the captain, we are in, there is only a straight road in front of us, and nothing else!" We'll report it back when there's an anomaly! Complete! ”
"Roger!" Captain Cao said.
Everyone was quiet, and sometimes Professor Chen, Professor Li, and Master Zhang would discuss it in a whisper, but no one dared to speak loudly, for fear of missing the report of the three soldiers inside. Nearby, a soldier spread a large piece of white paper on the ground, as if intending to draw a map according to the narrative of his companion inside.
After more than ten minutes, the radio went off. It was the soldier's voice again, "Report to the captain, there is a stone gate in front of us. The other two members had already begun to inspect the stone gate. ”
After about two or three minutes, a voice came over the radio, saying: "The stone gate cannot be opened after inspection, now I request that it be blown up with explosives!" ”
"No, you can't use explosives underwater!" "We don't know yet about the structure of the underwater space, so it would be very troublesome if it collapses!" ”
"Is there any other way?" Captain Cao asked.
Professor Li and Master Zhang asked the soldiers to depict the scene near the door. They studied it for a while, but they still didn't get results. Master Zhang said that if you go in person, you may find a way to open the door, but now you can't say it clearly through the walkie-talkie.
Master Zhang asked to go in, but Captain Cao didn't allow it. Non-combatants are not allowed to enter until security has been established. In the end, we decided to carry out a local blasting of the door under the guidance of architect Professor Chen.
After the door was burst open, the three soldiers in the underwater space continued on their way.
As the soldiers went deeper, the sound coming from the radio communication equipment became smaller and smaller, and there was a loud sound of electricity. The radio equipment began to lose the signal of the soldiers. After Captain Cao gave the last order, let them move on on their own, and we waited outside.
The order reads: If there is danger, turn back immediately, and we will answer outside.
We entered a long wait. In fact, time has not passed too long, but too slowly. It felt like a minute turned into an hour. I want to know what's going on under the water all the time, and I want the radio communication equipment to ring quickly.
After a few hours, when it was almost dawn, Captain Cao asked the others to return to the camp to rest, leaving only some people to guard the equipment and pick up the companions in the underwater space. But no one wants to go back, we all want to know what is going on under the water in time. But Captain Cao said that too many of us here will easily arouse the suspicion of people nearby, and we can't keep too many people during the day. And the work here needs to be supplied with food, and someone needs to go back and cook.
Captain Cao made a lot of sense, and in the end, only Captain Cao, Professor Chen, who was relatively young among the experts, and two PLA soldiers remained. The rest of the group all returned to the camp to rest and cook. As soon as there is news here, Captain Cao will immediately send someone to contact us.
I went back to camp for a short rest, but I couldn't sleep, and then I waited for news. But that's a day's errand. There was no news from Captain Cao's side until the evening.
We had dinner in the camp, packed up our gear, and took Captain Cao's food and walked to our destination.
When we arrived at our destination, we didn't see anyone! My heart sank to the bottom.