Chapter 18: Jiangxin Island
Although we vaguely felt Ye Daining's inference, we were still shocked when we really said it.
According to the distance estimate, we should be under the river now. In other words, the resort has built an underground tunnel, which runs under the river, and depending on the direction and length of the tunnel, it is likely to lead to somewhere in the middle of the river.
This is too scary, even if the resort has the money to build a tunnel, but the underwater tunnel is so secret, not to mention how much it costs, this is already a strategic fortification, not to be able to do it with money.
As you can imagine, there is a behemoth behind the resort that can influence high-level decision-making.
I cleared my throat and said, "Do you remember, on the first day we got together, Zuo Ying once told a story. ”
"I'm halfway through the story." Li Yang said.
Copper Lock squinted and thought for a moment, and said, "It's the story of the little wood." ”
None of us spoke, looking at the empty and deep tunnel, and an answer gradually emerged. The person who presided over the construction of this underground tunnel must have been a small piece of wood back then.
Xiao Mu's status and financial resources when he was alive were unimaginable, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a rich country. At one point, he was so close to the center of power that he could almost touch it. Not to mention building a mysterious underground tunnel, even if he wants to hollow out Mount Tai and the Yangtze River flows backwards, it is not too difficult.
"It's useless to guess out of thin air, let's go." Ye Daining said.
He led the way in front, and we followed closely behind. As I walked, I sighed that this project was simply too huge. It was unimaginable that such a large tunnel could be built in such an extremely difficult environment, with only manpower digging on their shoulders and hands and a lack of large machinery. To put it mildly, this is filled out with human lives.
Walking in this huge tunnel, it feels like there is no end in sight, and both legs are sore, but I still feel like I am spinning in place.
The wind here is also very strong, blowing from the depths, "whining" strange sounds, like countless unjust souls fluttering quickly in the air. The wind blew on the face, and it was very uncomfortable, like a knife that was particularly hard and cut the skin.
I don't know how long it took, but I raised my hand to look at my watch, and it was only half an hour, like a day of walking. We didn't eat in the morning or noon, and we were mentally sleepy and weak. I don't care, there is still a girl in the team, Qin Dan.
I clapped my hands and said weakly, "Let's take a break." ”
A few of us sat on the side of the road, panting for breath, the copper lock was sweating, wiping the sweat with our hands and saying, "I knew that this was the case, I brought two bottles of water in." He suddenly remembered something and paused: "Old Ye, we won't never be able to get out, right?" ”
"No, it won't." Ye Daining said casually.
"Won't you encounter ghosts hitting the wall?" Copper Lock asked.
Ye Daining smiled: "There is no magic circle here, although there are sporadic soul obsessions, their impact after so many years is negligible, don't worry about these." ”
After a pause and a sigh of relief, we continued on our way.
After walking not far, I heard a "buzzing" engine sound far behind, from far to near, the speed was quite fast, this is a car coming.
We quickly hid on the side of the road, and there was a dark hole in the concrete wall, and we hid inside.
About three or four minutes later, a large truck came from behind. The back of the truck was piled up with some kind of goods, and it was tightly covered with canvas. The speed of the car was very fast, and when such a behemoth passed by us, it was obvious that a strong wind was blowing, and it hurt people's faces. The sound was also very loud, booming, and the sound in the tunnel could not be dispersed, echoing back and forth, forming a very amazing momentum.
It took a long time for the car to come back to my senses and I couldn't walk on either leg.
"Not good!" Li Yang and Ye Daining shouted at the same time.
Li Yang said anxiously: "If this truck is from the tunnel where we came from the repair workshop, then they will definitely find that the lock of the roller shutter door outside has been opened, and maybe they will also find the unconscious old man." ”
Ye Daining nodded: "Let's hurry up, I'm afraid it's been exposed." ”
As soon as they said it, they felt the crisis of the matter. A few of us stepped up our steps along the depth of the tunnel, walking too fast for fear of wasting too much energy, so we could only walk briskly and trot all the way, but this tunnel was so long that we couldn't see the end of how we walked.
I can't really run, so I ask everyone to stop and rest. A gust of wind blew, and I felt cold, and then I realized that my clothes were soaked with sweat.
I looked up at the lights at a high place, and for a moment I was a little deprived of oxygen, and I felt that the rows of dim lamps were crumbling as if they were falling. Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind. I sat up straight, thinking about the thought in my head.
Li Yang saw that my expression was different, so he asked what was wrong.
I grabbed Qin Dan's arm: "Let's get up and track down that painting!" ”
Qin Dan blinked, and also remembered, she looked up, swept the entire tunnel, and said, "This is it." ”
The last painting Li Yang painted was that of Wang Xiaoyu sitting in a car and looking through the window in a tunnel. Now that she finally knows where she is going, she was arrested by the resort and walked through this tunnel, but she doesn't know where she is closed.
We had rested enough, and were about to go any further, when we suddenly heard the roar of the engine and the sound of many chaotic footsteps far behind.
We looked at each other, and knew that the Tao was broken, and those people had come to us.
This time, we didn't dare to be careless, and we quickly ran forward. Running all the way, the lung tube almost exploded, the throat was congested, and he was so tired that he couldn't breathe.
But those chaotic voices hung not far away, getting closer and closer.
At this moment, the light was bright not far ahead, and everyone looked at each other and almost cried. Finally saw the exit.
Accumulating the last strength, we gritted our teeth and ran over, and finally came to the exit. The exit of the tunnel is open on a low river beach, the surrounding river is surging, the sun is very dazzling, and it is a little trance for a while.
We ran out and climbed to a high rock to look left and right, only to realize that we were on a small island. There is no end in sight to the yellow river, and there is a pier not far from the island, where many yachts are docked.
I immediately understood that this is also the property of the resort, and it is Jiangxin Island. It is rumored that there is a palace of the big boss of the resort on this island, and the beautiful women are like clouds and lascivious, which is not far behind the Roman emperors.
At this time, the car and people in the tunnel were shaking, and we quickly found a remote rock to hide. After a short time, I saw a convoy drive out of it, all of them were black jeeps, and there were many people wearing camouflage uniforms and following the foot next to the convoy.
At this time, a black car drove from the direction of Jiangxin and stopped on the artificial road by the beach. There was a person in the car, on such a hot day, he actually wore a windbreaker, the river breeze was cold, and the hem of the clothes was shaking, but it was quite stylish. As soon as he saw this person, a man in camouflage uniform got out of the jeep at the head of the convoy, trotted all the way to the man, and saluted respectfully.
The two stood there talking, and we couldn't hear anything from a distance, only to see that the man in the trench coat was very impatient, waving his hand to let the man in camouflage walk away. The camouflage uniform ran back to the team and shouted through the loudspeaker: "Everyone is now divided into two teams, one team will go back the way you came, and then carefully search the tunnel." A team stayed on the island, searched thoroughly, and did not miss a place, did you hear it? ”
Everyone shouted loudly in the river wind: "I heard it!" ”
"It's over." "They must be looking for us," said Copperlock. It's over, it's over, there's no escape. ”
Ye Daining squinted and pointed to the man in the trench coat and said, "Does anyone know him, who is he?" ”
Li Yang said: "Before I came here, the resort had a dinner with the senior management of the Lantern League. I seemed to see this man, he came and walked fast, and he looked very arrogant. ”
"Who is he?" I asked
Li Yang said: "He is Lin Shuangxi, the big boss of the resort. ”
Lin Shuangxi's assets are conservatively estimated at more than one billion, but he is very low-key, and he has almost never seen him appear in front of any media. For ordinary people like us, such people belong to another world. And we're not on the same plane at all.
"I've got an idea." Ye Daining said.
We all went to see him.
"Let's get dark. In order to prevent others from catching us, we could only follow Lin Shuangxi's car. ”
Lin Shuangxi returned to his car. We hid in high places, not easily exposed, and our eyes were glued to his car. This Jiangxin Island, which is not very large, looks like it has been in operation for a long time. The entire island is covered with roads, planted with large trees, and in the middle of a large green valley, a large area of resort villas has been developed. It's all European style, white as snow, and staggered.
We saw Lin Shuangxi's car drive into the villa area and disappeared.
We don't dare to go down the road, here there are five steps, one post, ten steps and one sentry are all security guards, and going down is looking for death. I had to find a way to climb over the steep mountains. The resort community is very well guarded, there is a sentry at the entrance, and you have to check in when you enter the door, it is simply an independent kingdom.
Contracting such a small island and being able to operate it for a long time and manage it completely independently is unimaginable without a very hard background and backstage.
This also allows us to be sure that although Xiao Mu has been dead for a long time, his influence is still there. I dare not say that it is more than enough to deter a city.
We walked up the hill, stopping from time to time to observe what was going on below.
There are constant search teams on the highway, and as long as we show up, it is difficult to fly.
At that time, Lin Shuangxi's car walked along the highway for more than ten minutes into the resort community, but we climbed in that direction on the mountain, up and down, and walked for more than an hour to reach the top of the community.
On this hillside near the community, there is a row of high fences tied with sharp horns of wire, which cannot be climbed at all. No wonder there is no one to guard here, and we are in a dead end.