In the silent depths of the sea, all the sounds were silent in the endless darkness, without a little warmth or light.

Xie Liu exhaled a mouthful of white mist, and couldn't help but shudder, "It's so cold here!" He kept rubbing his clothes, trying to raise his body temperature through this action, but he quickly gave up.

Thousands of meters of seabed, is a place where the sun can't shine, there is no temperature at all, plus the power maintenance system in the tunnel was blown off in the tunnel, the temperature here is gradually decreasing, Xie Liu couldn't feel it before, but it has been a few hours, and the temperature here has almost dropped to freezing.

"If I can't get to the next node, I'm afraid I'm going to freeze to death here. Xie Liu moved his fingers, which had become stiff from the cold, and then pulled out the pistol in his arms and fired a shot into the sky*.

* Rushing all the way to the top, Xie Liu still saw endless tracks.

"Don't you see the head yet?" Xie Liu said dejectedly, the cold was invading his body, and what was worse was that the wound on his chest had begun to condense into frost, hindering the wound from healing itself.

"It's not good to go on like this. According to Xie Liu's estimates, in an hour and a half at most, he will die because he can't withstand the cold for a long time, and he may lose his mobility sooner.

"If you don't see the next node within an hour, it's basically dead. Xie Liu lowered his head and covered his chest, pondering for a while to come to this conclusion, but he did not despair.

"When Fantasy City was building this tunnel, I didn't think about the problem of accidents, there must have been something I overlooked. "Xie Liu's only watch is broken, and he lacks the ability to check information, so even if there is an emergency rescue facility in this tunnel, Xie Liu doesn't know where it is?

"Damn, they don't put this important thing in a prominent place either. Xie Liu scolded and continued to shine around with the small flashlight in his hand, but he didn't see anything that could be used to save himself.

"It seems that there really is none. Xie Liu gave up the treatment, he came all the way to look for this thing, but he didn't see it, Xie Liu didn't know that when designing this tunnel in the city, a large number of self-rescue equipment was indeed set up, but due to the aging of this tunnel and the fact that most people no longer use it, this tunnel has been in a semi-abandoned state, so the self-rescue equipment has not been updated after it expired and was withdrawn.

Of course, Xie Liu didn't know such a thing.

Xie Liu, who gave up looking for equipment, once again put the goal above his head, and he didn't want to give up until the last moment. "Okay, I'll ...... again Ahh

As he spoke, he stepped on the air, and the whole person fell, but fortunately, Xie Liu reacted quickly, grabbed a rail in a hurry, and the whole person hung on the rail with one arm.

"Bang dang, bang dang ......" bursts of sound slid down with the only light, Xie Liu didn't grasp his flashlight in a hurry, and in Xie Liu's vision, he kept sliding down, sliding into the invisible abyss.

"Ah, it's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight. ”

......

Vladimir looked at his watch and said expressionlessly: "It's been four hours since the incident, and I just received information that in the tunnel where the incident occurred, the average temperature has dropped to zero, and if Xie Liu can't leave there within half an hour, we don't have to save him." ”

"How can this be?" Ye Ling didn't believe Vladimir's words, "What about the life support system?

"This tunnel was built in ancient times, and the life support system was imperfect and on the verge of abandonment, so the life support system was basically shut down, and the energy prepared by the system was insufficient. ”

"We can call in energy from other tunnels, right?" Gong Hou quickly discovered the problem, "Suspend the life support system of other tunnels, maintain the life support system of this tunnel, this energy is still enough." ”

"It's too risky, and the city's top brass won't agree. Vladimir shook his head and stopped the life support system of the tunnels in those busy sections, a risk that no one dared to take.

"Aren't you just a high-level in the city?" Ye Ling pointed to Vladimir's nose and said anxiously, Vladimir shook his head silently, until Lin Yang pulled Ye Ling away and persuaded him.

"Needless to say, he doesn't have this authority, even if he is the chairman, he is not omnipotent, after all, the chairman of the Huaxia branch is not him. Lin Yang understood Vladimir's distress, "But I don't think it's a problem, in addition to supplying the energy of the tunnel, have we forgotten that there is another place of energy that we have not considered." ”

Lin Yang pointed to the three-dimensional virtual image in front of Xu Xiong, and everyone's eyes were focused on the place Lin Yang was pointing to.

It was an underground forest, a huge underground cavern with a radius of more than 100 kilometers, and the technology of the city was perfectly embodied in this hollow.

There is a perfect man-made ecosystem that has been supplying the Huaxia branch with fresh air every day, keeping the huge underground city running.

"The energy to sustain the Quias Forest is orders of magnitude higher than the energy to sustain the tunnel, and we should be able to call some out of it. After Lin Yang finished speaking, he looked at Vladimir, and then everyone looked at Vladimir, waiting for him to make a statement.

Although this method is feasible, Vladimir does not have the authority to call this energy, Vladimir hesitated for a moment and said: "There is a spare energy pool in the Quias Forest, although it is nothing compared to the energy of the entire forest, but it is enough to support the operation of a tunnel, you can hack into the system of this energy bank, and my authority can help you cover up for a while." ”

After getting Vladimir's approval, Lin Yang and the others laughed, and they began to urge Xu Xiong after shouting hello. "Move, move, work, work. ”

Xiao Jingyi has been the head of the Huaxia branch for more than ten years, and as the head of the largest branch, he is also one of the chairmen of the 12th National Congress of the city.

As in the past, he habitually brewed a cup of good Mao Feng after dealing with some work, which was his favorite tea, and just sat on the sofa with the teacup, his eyes were attracted by a report.

"There was an explosion in the middle of tunnel 707 from Artesrum to Quias Forest. Xiao Jingyi recalled this tunnel in his mind, such accidents happen almost every day, he can't remember what this exploding tunnel is, just because he just relaxed his mood, he suddenly came to a little interested in this report.

"At about 4 o'clock this afternoon, an explosion occurred one hundred and thirty kilometers above the direction of the Atlantum Rum in the direction of the Queas Forest, the explosion caused a three-kilometer-long tunnel break, and four life groups were detected at the scene of the explosion, but they are currently missing. ”

"Are there four dead?" Xiao Jingyi thought for a moment, then nodded, "It's okay if there are only four people, otherwise you will be annoyed by those guys gossiping in your ear." ”

Four dead people are not a problem for him, as long as it is not four hundred or four thousand.

He thought about it for a while, and felt that since there was an accident, it was still necessary for him to come forward and say a few words of comfort, otherwise the people's mood would be unstable again, and then he would put forward some ideas, say something nonsense about increasing the safety construction of the tunnel and ensuring the safety of the citizens, maybe he could use this as an excuse to get some merit points from the hands of the group of old immortal guys in the asset verification center.

Thinking of this, he picked up the pen and wrote.

"Today we are unfortunate to hear...... Huh......"

A person in the report catches his eye.

"Chairman Vladimir showed great concern for the accident, and even did not hesitate to go to the accident site to check it in person, but was blocked by the relevant personnel. After reading this report, Xiao Jingyi frowned, he knew that Vladimir lived here all the year round, and he also knew that this guy liked to meddle. The most important thing is that every time he appears, there is no small matter, which is also recognized by the council.

Xiao Jingyi felt a big head for a while, it seemed that this tunnel explosion was not so simple, he put down his pen and said into the darkness, "This report, you help me to check, who are the people who had the accident?"

The man in the dark had just received the order to go out, and then a virtual image of a woman appeared on his desktop, "Lord Chairman, someone just invaded the control system of our Quias Forest, and they controlled our backup energy source through the authority of Chairman Vladimir. ”

"What are you guys doing, can this be invaded?" Xiao Jingyi was still worried about Vladimir's affairs, but this matter came again, "Do you want to ask me? Catch those people and give them all to me...... Wait a minute...... What do you say, Vladimir's authority?"

"You bastard, what kind of tricks are you playing?" Xiao Jingyi couldn't wait to grab that guy from Vladimir right now and bite him twice.

"Okay, don't say anything, just treat yourself as if you didn't see anything, and go on with your own business. Xiao Jingyi quickly decided: Regardless of him, this is the best way to deal with Vladimir from the council, do whatever you like.

"But the chairman ......"

"Didn't you hear my words?" Xiao Jingyi shouted angrily, the woman in front of her was startled, and hurriedly lowered her head, "Yes, I know, and then her virtual image disappeared." ”

Xiao Jingyi sat back on the chair weakly, and after a long time, he said to himself: "Yes, nothing happened today, nothing happened. ”

......

Xie Liu tied himself to the rails for the last time, and after doing all this, he felt as if he had exhausted the last of his strength, his hands were numb, his legs were also unconscious in the low temperature, and the only thing he could still function at the moment was his brain, and that very unsobbed mouth.

"I didn't expect it, I, Xie Liu, was about to awaken the seventh-level ability, and I was about to become a new star in the city, become a high-level executive, marry Bai Fumei, and reach the peak of my life, but I didn't expect to die here. ”

"Ah, I really want to eat a lollipop. Xie Liu felt that his thoughts were gradually becoming unclear, it had been four or five hours, Xie Liu had been climbing the track in this place, it was dark, the air was thin, and the temperature was constantly dropping, and in the end, Xie Liu was crawling with one breath, but at this time, Xie Liu's breath was also used up.

"Actually, I don't really want to eat lollipops, I just want to eat them. ”

"Ah, I really want to have a girlfriend, well, I don't really want to fall in love, I just want to be angry with Gong Hou's group of single dogs. ”

"Ah, I really want to peep at Ye Ling taking a bath, although I don't want to admit it, but her figure is still good......" Xie Liu's tone became lighter and lighter, and he was almost inaudible.

However, at this time, Ye Ling's voice sounded in his head, "You bastard, it's better to die, and the world is clean!"

"Huh?" Xie Liu, who had already closed his eyes, suddenly opened them again, "Hallucination?"

"Yes, it's all an illusion, you better die peacefully and quickly, and we won't delay your good deeds. Ye Ling's angry voice came, Xie Liu confirmed that it was not an illusion, and immediately cheered up and looked up.

"Don't make a fuss. Vladimir's voice interrupted Ye Ling, "Fortunately, you are still alive, now you listen to Dead Eye, we have infused the tunnel you are in with energy, at least it can maintain the air and temperature for a while, but the energy to maintain the entire tunnel is not enough, I can only maintain it on a per-node basis." ”

"You have to hear the next words clearly, and it is about whether you can survive or not. ”

Although Xie Liu was very sleepy, he still nodded.

"At present, your location is still twelve kilometers away from the Quearas Forest, and the energy you can use in your hands can only last about forty minutes, in order to save energy, I will use the section charging method, I have now divided this distance into four sections, there is a node every three kilometers, and I will infuse energy and air respectively. What you're going to do now is I'm going to go through one node in half an hour, and before I get to the valve at another node, I'm going to heat up the next section and fill it with air, so that my energy is estimated to last for more than two hours. ”

"Half an hour and three kilometers?" Xie Liu smiled bitterly, if it was just at the beginning, he would be able to do it, but according to his state at the moment, everything is difficult to say.

"This is your last chance, this tunnel is a street that is about to be abandoned, the rescue speed is very slow, by the time they come, you will be dead long ago, and if you want to live, you have to rely on yourself. ”

"I understand. Xie Liu felt that the temperature around him was rising, and the air was gradually becoming less thinner, and there was not much time left for him, but there was still hope.

"Okay, anyway, I'll fight again. ”