Chapter 17: The Secret Passage
We quickly drilled into the tunnel, and those human-headed monster birds also quickly pounced, and heard Liu Qiang's strange cry behind him, and the equipment behind him had been captured by the human-headed monster birds. Liu Qiang turned around with a shot, and the monster bird fell to the ground, just blocking the hole. The human-headed monster birds above fluttered and constantly attacked the ice, and from time to time tiny ice crystals fell.
We didn't dare to delay, and quickly fled towards the depths of the secret passage, turning a corner, and a downward hole appeared. Leng Feng said beside him: "This is here, this is an old passage, I don't know when it was dug up, and I don't know who dug it out, but it's very long, we have opened up a few blocked places, which can definitely allow us to avoid the danger this time." ”
I nodded and said, "Yes, you guys have worked hard, it's more than fifty meters away from the hole we came into, and it's really not easy for you to mine such a hard layer of ice." ”
Leng Feng shook his head and said: "This is also our strange place, the ice here is very soft, we are all dug out by the sappers, and it is not as hard as we imagined at all." ”
Uh, sapper shovels? How is this possible, this is under the ice, shouldn't it be harder here, how can it be dug with a sapper shovel? Even if this place becomes temperate, the melting of the ice should start from above, how can it be loosened from below in the first place?
I was thinking about it when I heard that we had gunshots. I was stunned, how could there be gunshots? I heard Wang Zongjun say: "It's broken, it's Liu Qiang." I hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Wang Zongjun said: "It's a backpack. Liu Qiang's backpack was snatched by a monster bird. He killed the human-headed monster bird, and the human-headed monster bird fell to the entrance of the cave, and Liu Qiang probably went to get his backpack. ”
I hurriedly said, "Go and pick it up." Liu Qiang is really, at this time, it is still important to escape, a backpack is nothing. Wang Zongjun and Zhang Qian had just climbed up when they heard a commotion outside. Immediately afterwards, Wang Zongjun and Zhang Qian jumped down. Wang Zongjun shook his head and said, "Boss, Liu Qiang can't come back." The passage collapsed. ”
Outside, Liu Qiang's screams gradually became low, and everyone outside knew that Liu Qiang would not come back. Seeing that Liu Qiang was gone, Wang Zhiqiang also sighed and said, "Liu Qiang is gone, the next one will be me." "Outside, I remembered the words of Granny Blue Flower. I didn't think it would come true in the end. Originally, I thought that two days had passed, and maybe it would be fine, but I didn't expect it, but it was only postponed for two days, and Liu Qiang still sacrificed.
I solemnly looked at everyone and said, "It doesn't matter if you lose everything when you equip this thing, as long as you live, everything can start from scratch." In the future, everyone will have the possibility of losing their backpack. As long as you are on the run for your life. No one is allowed to go back without permission. Do you know all about it? ”
Wang Zongjun said softly: "But our bullets and explosives are all in the backpack, if not, what if we encounter a demonic beast?" We don't want anyone to sacrifice either, but there are things that have to be done. Just like Liu Qiang this time, if there are no bullets and explosives, what do we rely on to protect ourselves? By what fight? ”
I shook my head and said, "Only if you are alive will you have the possibility of fighting." These things may be picked up on the road later. So many people came in. I believe that there are not a few who have died, and we can pick up their equipment. But when a person dies, it all ends. So, I need you all to live, not to be martyrs. ”
Everyone nodded in agreement, but I could see that everyone was absent-minded, alas. I sighed softly, the gears of fate had begun to turn, and now no one could change the ending. Liu Qiang's sacrifice is the first step, and more people will die below. There are only fourteen of us, and Ye Manqing predicts that we will sacrifice seven or eight. Alas, the danger, is just the beginning.
I shook my head and said, "Let's go, Liu Qiang can't survive." There's nothing really we're going to clean up. Just keep him in mind. We still have to go down the road below, and now that the situation is so complicated, we must be careful in everything. Now, there is no one in this Antarctica that we can trust, everything is on our own. ”
Everyone was also embarrassed, not only for Liu Qiang, but also for Qin Tai and others. After two years together, they are all heart-to-heart, but they have become enemies here. Not only lies and deception, but also swordsmanship. The five-year intersection of acquaintances has come to naught, which makes people feel helpless.
This secret passage is very deep, and it actually stretches all the way down. I frowned and said, "Ye Simin, if you check the direction, why do I think this passage seems to be a little wrong." ”
Ye Simin fiddled with the compass carefully for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, your feelings are all right." We are now heading towards the heart of Antarctica, and if I'm not mistaken, this passage could lead to that secret base in the heart of Antarctica. ”
I was shocked in my heart, it seems that not only I think so, but Ye Simin also thinks so. If you get to a secret base in the heart of Antarctica, who built it? Is it the Maya or the people from the American research station? But I prefer the latter, although all countries say that they dare not enter the center to investigate, the center is only on the surface, who knows if there is a feeling that secret exploration is carried out in private. This secret passage may have been secretly dug by the people of the American research station, wanting to sneak into the center of Antarctica, or just want to get close to the center of Antarctica. They shouldn't have the courage to enter the secret base in the heart of Antarctica, but the mind to just get close and cautiously steal a little useful information can indeed be tried. It's just that if it's them, why seal it here? If it weren't for the fact that we wanted to dig a tunnel here to escape, perhaps no one would know that there was a secret passage here if we knew that the sun was destroyed.
I said softly: "Everyone be careful, this is a secret passage that may have been dug up by people from the American research station, although I am not sure if he is connected to the secret base of the Mayans, but it is always good to be careful." If he hadn't dug through, we'd be trapped inside. But if they have dug it through, we may be facing the greatest danger since this expedition. Since the Mayans released a large number of magical beasts to stop the scientific expeditions of various countries, they definitely did not want to be disturbed. But for the sake of the future of the earth, we still have to go, and the contradictions in this will intensify, and it will be full of uncertain dangers. ”
Lu Liang looked at me and said, "Boss, if we stop at the periphery of their secret base, slowly re-mine a passage, and don't directly enter their secret base, will this alleviate the conflict?" Or rather, we just sneak in, not directly into their core. ”
Gao Ping said with a smile: "Lu Liang, you are stupid, we are here for their base core this time." Whether it's technology or data, we take everything that is beneficial to us in solving the solar crisis. This operation, as everyone knows, can be summed up in that sentence -- if it does not succeed, it will become benevolent!! The sonorous voice was full of heroism and ambition, and this sentence aroused everyone's fighting spirit and unanimously demanded to go to the end.
Although I was always uneasy, it was not good to discourage the enthusiasm of the people. had no choice but to keep silent and silently follow everyone forward. I don't know how far I walked, but everyone felt tired enough. And the air inside was slightly cloudy, and the breathing was a little stuffy, and everyone stopped.
Ye Simin said: "Professor Shui, do you feel a little depressed? ”
I nodded and said, "A little." Do you have any good suggestions? ”
Ye Simin pointed to the top of his head and said, "Is it good to open a skylight?" ”
I nodded and said, "Okay, it's good, but do you think it's going to come out?" You can guess how thick it is from above. I guess it's no less than 100 meters above the ground. ”
Ye Simin nodded and said, "Yes, but in this Antarctic continent, the ice thickness reaches more than 2,000 meters, and it is really nothing here that is only more than 100 meters." More importantly, have you noticed that we are still going downward, and if there is a continuous lack of oxygen below, we may not be able to turn back. After opening an air cavitation here, you can walk at least a few kilometers without worrying about not having enough oxygen. ”
I nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it." By the way, how far have we come in? ”
Ye Simin shook his head and said, "I don't know either." ”
Zhang Qiang's little girl said: "We have been in for nearly nine hours, and we have not rested on this way, and because there is no ice crevice, we walked relatively fast, I roughly estimated, we walked no less than sixty kilometers." ”
I nodded and said, "We've only gone sixty kilometers, and we're walking really slowly." In this way, it will take at least a week to get to the secret base in the heart of Antarctica. Alas, I'm afraid we're going to spend the New Year in the Mayan base again. Alas, I haven't had a comfortable year at home in the past few years. ”
We dug up the snow and ice and filled it directly into the passage when we came, which was also the fastest way to do it. We didn't dare to use fire or bombs for fear of collapsing the place. Although we have not experienced avalanches, we will not leave this one behind in every training, and we all know how powerful avalanches are, so we are careful to dig the ice now.
After digging for a while, Lu Liang said, "Boss, aren't you hungry?" ”
I smiled and said, "Of course I'm hungry, we haven't eaten for fifteen hours, but do you dare to cook here?" If you're not afraid of being suffocated, you can do it. (To be continued......)
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