At this time, I saw Platoon Commander Zhao quietly wipe his face with his sleeve, and then raised his head buried between his knees. "Brother Qiang, you're right, we have to find Captain Xiao and them. They are even less able to cope with this situation, and they must be found before they collapse. ”

It seems that through his own experience, he has a deeper understanding of the urgency of this issue.

Although I have no intention of being the leader of this three-person group, the mental state of several people is still relatively normal. In addition, if I want squad leader Liu to hand over the torch, I must have a strong attitude, as long as I show a little strength, I will undoubtedly take over the leadership of this group. I am very sober about this, and Platoon Commander Zhao's performance and statement just now have already indicated that he will hand over the leadership. The state of squad leader Liu, I think Platoon Leader Zhao is not at ease with him than me.

"I suggest that Platoon Commander Zhao light the torch." I'm going to make it clear right away.

Squad Leader Liu asked with some puzzlement: "Why?" ”

"Because you're running too fast." Without waiting for me to answer, Platoon Commander Zhao said disdainfully.

After speaking, he took the torch from squad leader Liu. Platoon Commander Zhao seemed to have repositioned himself in the team.

I patted squad leader Liu and comforted him: "You are injured, let a healthy person lead the way with a torch, it is good for everyone." ”

Squad Leader Liu shook off my hand and said, "Still don't believe me, do you think I will run away for no reason?" Do you want me to hand over this torch as well? ”

As he spoke, he reached for another torch on his back. The torches were so strong that it was hard to get them off with one hand, and if they were easy to do, he would have taken them down and thrown them away when we were fighting the brachiopods in the holes. At that time, it was a state of mind that regarded death as home, and even his life could be thrown, let alone a torch.

I saw that he was struggling, so I had to comfort him and say, "Squad Leader Liu, what are you doing here?" Don't play with children's good tempers. We still have to look for Captain Xiao, and we also have to search for Song Guilong, have you completed the task given to you by Company Commander Li?! ”

It was only with my last sentence that I convinced squad leader Liu, and I knew what he was insisting on.

Walking back, the torch was placed in the middle, and squad leader Liu and I touched the wall with one hand on both sides of the cave wall and walked forward. At this time, I could clearly see the torch, but Platoon Commander Zhao who was holding the torch could no longer see me. We had to take a few steps forward and shout to make sure the man who was touching the walls of the cave was still there. This method of moving forward is naturally not fast, but it is the safest and only way. We didn't even have safety ropes connected to each other.

I remember the last time I felt something strange about the wind when I was running, it was from my left ear. If you go back, it's the right side, and I can't get Team Leader Liu to go to the left, because he only has his right arm to move. I specifically told him to pay attention to everything and notify everyone immediately if there is any abnormality.

It's really amazing, only half an hour after leaving, I heard squad leader Liu exclaim, "Cao." There really is a fork in the road. ”

I stomped the wall and ran across the cave wall. Although I expected that there would be a fork in the road, I still had a fluke in my heart. In fact, I know that if the different winds I feel on the way are all forks in the road, we will hardly have any chance of returning to the entrance.

The fork is a standard zigzag, I call the two of them the middle of the turnout, from here out, the width and width of the three holes are exactly the same, if you turn a few times in the same place, I dare to say, we will not be able to distinguish from which passage we came from.

I didn't look at them, as if I was asking the air, "Where did we come from?" ”

Then I turned my head left and right to look at the two of them. As I expected, there was only deep shock on the faces of the two of them. In particular, squad leader Liu was shocked and painful, and seemed to have remorse for his reckless actions.

After standing there for at least five minutes, Platoon Leader Zhao repeated my sentence like a repeater: "Where did we come from?" Even the tone is the same.

In fact, when I mentioned the possibility of a fork in the road, Platoon Leader Zhao and Team Leader Liu realized the seriousness of the problem. As long as there is a fork in the passage and you are lucky enough to miss it, unless the passage is small, you can try it one by one through the method of elimination before losing the light, and finally find a way out. There are two prerequisites here, one is that the scale of the channel should be small, and the other is that there should be lighting, as long as one of these two prerequisites cannot be met, the possibility of you finally getting out of this channel is as great as the chance of winning the jackpot by buying a two-color ball.

"If only there was one fork in the road, I would know." As I spoke, I walked over and made a mark on the passage we had come. "We ran into this hole." Then I walked into the hole on the left hand side and made another mark. "That's the direction we're coming from."

Squad Leader Liu looked at me in surprise for a while, and suddenly said happily: "Brother Qiang has a compass, we have been saved." ”

I shook my head in pain. Stretch out a hand to reveal the dial on your wrist. There is a compass on the dial, and I turned the dial a few times, and the compass hand followed the dial and did not point in one direction. They immediately let out a sigh of relief.

In fact, when I was sketching the water storage tank on the upper floor, I found this problem, and the compass failed. This is a very strange phenomenon, not that the magnetic poles have changed or that the orientation is inaccurate, but that the magnetic poles have disappeared, or the compass has been demagnetized. At that time, the opposite direction could also be located through the burying point of the rescue chamber, so I didn't care very much, but now it has become a fatal flaw.

Squad Leader Liu asked puzzledly: "Then how do you know that we are from here?" ”

I had to tell him my guess, but unfortunately I was right.

Squad leader Liu immediately asked nervously, "Is there a fork in the road ahead?" ”

I nodded.

"Yes, how many?" Platoon Commander Zhao asked with a trembling voice.

In fact, this question is a bit redundant, and in terms of the scale of this passage, a fork in the road may allow you to search for a burnout torch. Of course, if there is only one fork in the road, go separately, and at least one person can survive. My next words snuffed out his last bit of hope.

"Many, if my hearing is okay."

"Then, do you want to keep going?" Platoon Commander Zhao was completely out of ideas.

"Of course, finding Captain Xiao will give us a much better chance of survival. First of all, the torches are all there for them, and they have more food than ours. It's like we're making markers, and Captain Shaw they're going to do the same, I don't think they're running as far and deep as we are. Head outside to the fork in the road and find them much more likely. ”

I don't have any confidence or experience in this matter, it's just speculation. However, I know that I need to try to be optimistic and hopeful, otherwise Platoon Commander Zhao will be even more depressed and less confident.

I patted Platoon Commander Zhao on the back and said, "Cheer up and go." ”

PS: Second update. Tomorrow is the last day of the Dream Cup preliminary round, so let's continue to watch two more tomorrow and ask for dream tickets!