As soon as Xu Xinming left, Platoon Commander Zhao was probably still playing back the music of sending his comrades and stepping on the camel bell in his mind, so I said to him: "Let's arrange for the personnel to search here." ”

Platoon Commander Zhao's face suddenly appeared with an expression of wanting to cry without tears. At present, the only people who can go out with me to carry out this mission are him and squad leader Liu. Whether it is the tense relationship between squad leader Liu and Xiao Guolin now, or the importance of waiting for Xu Xinming here for him, it is determined that this operation can only be carried out by me and squad leader Liu. Even I suspect that squad leader Liu had ulterior motives in saying those words that stimulated Xiao Guolin.

Platoon Commander Zhao said with a sad face: "Do you still need to make arrangements?" Unless you are willing to go alone, you can only go with squad leader Liu. Squad Leader Liu, what do you mean? ”

"I obey Platoon Commander Zhao's arrangement." Squad Leader Liu said righteously. I deeply admire squad leader Liu, who is currently possessed by Company Commander Li and has a black face and thick skin. Even Platoon Commander Zhao showed a disdainful expression, waved his hand and said, "You two should prepare, leave markers along the road, and warn if something happens." ”

Squad Leader Liu said: Yes.

So I went to the broken boat, broke off another plank, and made two torches. At present, water is no longer a problem, and compressed food can also last for a while, and the most important thing is lighting and heating. When squad leader Liu and I went out to search, we must take away the most important and currently the only lighting tool, the strong light flashlight. Platoon Commander Zhao, who stayed by the broken ship, could only wait in the dark. The current uncertainty of the environment does not allow us to light the fire for heating, so I made two torches, also just in case, and will never light them easily.

Before leaving, I said hello to Xiao Guolin, and he was choked by squad leader Liu, and his mood never eased. He waved his hand indifferently at me: "Be careful, stay safe." "The direction of the search was decided after discussion with Platoon Commander Zhao. That is, the two-meter-wide cave wall embankment above our heads. The biggest advantage of this search route is that we won't get lost, we go down the crack, we grope along the left-hand side, search all the way, and we won't get lost when we go back to the crack. This is the best solution under the premise of the current shortage of lighting. The other direction of the search is too uncertain, and searching along the water's edge used to be an option. However, after discussion, it was finally believed that this embankment that was thought to be built was more valuable for searching. I carried a heavy walkie-talkie and a gun on my back, and because I was no longer worried about the lack of water, we only brought a pot of water, which was on Squad Leader Liu. Each of them had a simple torch more than a meter long, which I felt was more like a stick for self-defense, because I didn't think my lighter would necessarily ignite it. Due to the lack of ignition materials, the torch was only cut out of shape, and when it was really necessary to light it, I managed to cut off a piece of clothing and wrap it into a torch to light it, and at present, I still need clothes to keep warm. I walked in front, and I didn't dare to turn the flashlight too bright, mainly to save power. The two-meter-wide embankment is not very smooth, but it is very smooth, and there are obvious signs of artificial carving. At this point, there were traces of processing on the cave wall, and I judged that there should be a part protruding from the embankment, which was artificially cut off. The embankment should be horizontal, keeping it at a height of about two meters from the water below. The side of the embankment into the water is cut perpendicular to the water, and I can't think about how this huge project was built at that historical time, how much manpower and material resources were invested, and how long it took to take.

Squad Leader Liu didn't have this emotion from me, and kept looking for traces on the ground. I knew what he was looking for, and I was looking, but no. There is no trace of Song Guilong. In this regard, squad leader Liu was more frustrated than me. I'm also interested in exploring this monument, his purpose is simple and clear, he came down to Song Guilong, and there is no need for him to be hypocritical in front of me. After walking on this embankment for more than an hour, squad leader Liu stopped me and asked to stop the search. I didn't agree, and told him very clearly, "Finding Song Guilong is just as important to me as searching this space." Unless you have more important information that shows that the search for Song Guilong is more important, otherwise, we must proceed as planned. "Team Leader Liu didn't expect me to insist so much, but he always refused to reveal the information I wanted to know, in our two-person search team, in any aspect, I am absolutely dominant, as long as I insist, he can only follow me to continue the search. I'm waiting for him to compromise, and now is an opportunity to force him to spit out his secrets. He must be in a hurry to withdraw from this futile search, forcing him to tell the secret will not work, the more I take the initiative the more cautious he becomes, I can only let him go down this wrong path, until he loses patience, let him take the initiative to compromise with me. Of course, I will put the search for Song Guilong in the first place, but the secret in this is too tormenting for me, and at the same time, I feel that it is dangerous to find Song Guilong without knowing this secret. Maybe my methods are a little mean, but in that case, I feel like I'm going to do something even more despicable.

Team Leader Liu was more patient than I thought, and after getting my clear refusal, he didn't insist or compromise, just silently followed, and seemed to have focused on searching the geological environment here. His performance was unusual, but his performance made me unable to do anything, and the further I went, the more I felt that my plan was going to fail.

On the left is the towering cave wall, on the right is the swaying waves, the further we go in, the lower the temperature, there is not much humidity in the air, maybe the low temperature makes the water evaporate little. However, the low temperature, the boring embankment, and the endless road made me gradually lose the courage to continue. I walked in front and couldn't see squad leader Liu's face, I thought his face must be ugly and dark. I had to speed up my pace to resist the bone-chilling cold a little. Later, in the empty space, there were only the sound of hurried footsteps and the sound of gentle water waves. Two figures like a rapid march marched on the embankment in a rage. At the end of the embankment is a stone wall. It's as if the embankment was built here and stopped abruptly for some special reason. The stone wall is so high that I can't see the top, I turned the strong flashlight to the brightest, leaned out and shone in front, the stone wall stretches out, there is no end, just like the lake under my feet. I looked at my watch, and it had been six hours since I set off. The side effects of the rapid march to increase calories became apparent, and squad leader Liu and I were physically and mentally exhausted to the limit under the double blow of hunger and disappointment. I unloaded the walkie-talkie, put it firmly against the cave wall, sat on the embankment with Team Leader Liu, took out compressed food and devoured it.

None of us realize that danger is looming at us.

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