This sentence was as I expected. I saw him shake involuntarily, and it seemed that he realized that it was much better to solve this problem now than to run into it later. Of course, my promise not to involve him in the hunt is also important.

Team Leader Liu nodded with relief, and said solemnly: "Brother Qiang, I support you." I've figured it out now, killing this water monster is the premise of the search operation below. ”

I patted him and smiled knowingly. Then he turned his head to Xiao Guolin. successfully persuaded squad leader Liu, which made me grow in self-confidence and have confidence in persuading Xiao Guolin to change his mind. I'm still going to take a heavy hit at his weak points to break down his defense.

"Team Xiao, I don't think you agree to hunt and kill that aquatic creature, the starting point is to protect this unknown species." The expression on Xiao Guolin's face was very calm, I didn't wait for him to answer, but my face changed, and I pointed to the fire and continued: "But this thousand-year-old ship, you have tacitly agreed to burn it, that aquatic creature is not as valuable to us as it is." If we want to find Song Guilong, we must have a light source, and we should also give up some outdated values for Song Guilong, right?

You can set this wooden boat on fire for everyone's life, or for you, so why can't you kill that water monster for Song Guilong's sake?

Take Song Guilong back. Isn't that an even more important responsibility to you? Are you going to give up on Song Guilong and let him freeze to death here, starve to death, and die alone in despair?! ”

These words of mine are very heavy, and they are by no means the tone of an archaeological team member talking to his captain, and I think these words can knock him down, or at least break his fighting spirit. But then I realized that I was overestimating the effect of this statement.

After a while, Xiao Guolin turned his eyes from the fire to my face. There was no look of shock or anger that I imagined, it was calm and a little thoughtful.

"Xiao Zhang, you surprised me a lot, you have changed a lot. I know that you were transferred this time very suddenly, and I know you well, otherwise, I might have other thoughts about your actions today. You have joined this project for a short time, and Lao Song and I have been working together since the establishment of this project, and I know and have been exposed to more things than you. There are some things that don't take the initiative to tell you, not to prevent you, but to protect you. Speaking of this, Xiao Guolin lost his eyes and glanced at squad leader Liu and the health soldiers.

"Like you said, I can even give up this wooden boat, how can I care about that aquatic creature. This ship is the only thing we have found here, and it is the only clue to our understanding of this civilization. But I really don't care about it at all now, do I still care about the life or death of an aquatic creature? Now my only concern is whether we can get out of here.

Take Song Guilong back. Yes, this is the reason why we returned to the location of the project and got into trouble. Initially I made him a mission, but now it doesn't matter, and I don't think we'll ever find him. I even thought he would be the devil who dragged us into the abyss. We've followed his footsteps step by step, and you may already have a sense that he has a lot of purpose. Have you never wondered where he is taking us?

Xiao Zhang, weren't you surprised by this near-miraculous cave? What kind of power could build an underground cavern of this size? Does this ancient city in the western desert really need a water storage facility of this scale? ”

I replied rather unconfidently: "Maybe it's a natural cave, and they're just taking advantage of the situation." ”

"If you can't even convince yourself, that's self-deception. Leave a group of people here to wait for Song Guilong, I agree, go out to find Song Guilong, or risk hunting that giant aquatic creature for this purpose, I am against it. Xiao Guolin's words were very resolute.

I didn't expect Xiao Guolin to be so persistent, and his words really shocked me. I was puzzled by this underground water conservancy, but as I said, I always thought it had more natural ingredients. If it is processed and excavated on the basis of natural caves, ancient and backward construction methods can also achieve this great cause of almost miracles.

What shocked me even more, or what made me angry, was that Xiao Guolin and the others still had something to hide from me. In other words, Xiao Guolin may know the purpose of Song Guilong's coming down. Some of his words also foreshadowed that he knew what dangers he would encounter if he continued to search for Song Guilong, at least he knew that there was great danger. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here to say something to give up. So when he first discussed, he agreed to look for Song Guilong, because he knew that in the absence of a light source, this plan would not work, and he was retreating. It wasn't until I came up with a solution to the lighting that he categorically vetoed it.

The negotiations were deadlocked, and with Xiao Guolin's status in the archaeological team and the search team, if he insisted on his opinion, he could definitely influence Platoon Commander Zhao's decision. I didn't know how to convince him, maybe I should think about the message he had just said, and the scene fell silent.

"I agree to look for Song Guilong." Very suddenly, very unexpectedly, Cao Mingzhe broke the silence: "I'm going to find Song Guilong." ”

Cao Mingzhe looked at me when he said this, as if he regarded me as the leader here, and seemed to have forgotten that my hand was trampled on by me.

"Lao Cao, don't mess around." Xiao Guolin shouted anxiously: "We have to try to go back alive, look at your hands, and if you don't treat it in time, it will be completely wasted." ”

Xiao Guolin hurriedly changed the topic, it seemed that he cared about Cao Mingzhe's attitude.

Cao Mingzhe didn't appreciate it, but stood up excitedly and shouted loudly: "We can't live without Captain Song, we will be safe with him." He was holding iron. I want to be with Zhang Jianqiang, if you don't save Song Guilong, you are not a good person. ”

Saying that, Cao Mingzhe bypassed Xiao Guolin and walked to me and sat down. During this process, squad leader Liu and the health soldiers were just watching from the sidelines, without any expression. Xiao Guolin's faces and I turned pale all of a sudden.

I felt a buzz in my head, and then it short-circuited. It takes a long time for the brain to think normally. All kinds of pictures kept flashing in my mind, and I forced myself to remove the chaotic pictures in my mind and smooth out all kinds of information related to Song Guilong from the beginning.

The first is Song Guilong's bag. The moment he accidentally found Song Guilong in the rescue cabin, he hugged the backpack like life. Then, during the five minutes when the other cabins were closed to the phone, when Squad Leader Liu was ordered to check his backpack, he tried his best to protect it, even if Squad Leader Liu used force to achieve his goal.

What's in this bag? What the is he holding iron?

PS: Second update. As soon as I entered the door, it came out. Just now in the book review area, I saw someone promoting Forget Words and Ear Root, what a good book fan. Everyone is doing propaganda, can we still sit still? I implore all book lovers to take action and give more publicity to the destruction of the book, so that the readership of this book can grow. We seem to only have five votes for the Dream Cup, although we started late, but we can't admit defeat, let's catch up!