Chapter 41: The Speed of Life and Death (Part I)

He Dali walked in the front, and soon came to the canned food storage area, and then he really smiled.

He can grow so big and have so much strength, there is no doubt that he must be a foodie. In the past few days, his physical energy has been seriously consumed, and he has not been adequately replenished, even if he eats, he is swallowing dates, with the main purpose of not starving to death. And these canned foods, including tuna, braised pork, eight-treasure porridge, kohlrabi, vegetable and fruit jam, all kinds of products, delicious, and can be eaten directly. At that moment, dozens of cans were rolled up on his body, and he was gluttonous.

Jiang Mantian had a little discussion with Xu Shuqing, and decided to send dozens of people down to carry them, and distribute some canned rice and noodles first, so as to solve the current problem of eating.

In the last days, the stock of materials in the warehouse cannot be replenished in the future, so use a little less, of course, and make a long-term use plan.

Although it is said that the materials in this warehouse are enough for 100,000 people to use for a year. Now they only have 10,000 or 20,000 people, and there will be no problem in five or eight years, but everything is foreseen and nothing is foreseen, and once something unexpected happens, there is room for maneuver.

Morning crept in waiting.

Jiang Mantian was awakened by the dew dripping down the branches.

He wiped the dew from his face and stood up to move.

In fact, in order to let everyone eat and sleep well, and even more to gather the lost team members, he was busy until late yesterday, and only rested for an hour at most.

So far, the entire team has gathered thirteen thousand people, minus the more than 1,000 people who died in the animal tide, at least nearly 5,000 people are scattered outside.

Dastan, Yao Nan, Lin Xiaoqing, Huo Jinniu, Kong Zhenghou, Xiao Min, Renda Jiang Hetai, and Beigang Cao Huazhang did not come.

The team received the order to move to Qianzhishan, knowing that there were still many difficulties to overcome in the future, so they woke up early, nodded to each other and said hello, and silently started a fire to cook.

The sky and the earth are big, and it is not as big as the stomach.

The time passed to a quarter past seven, and more than 1,000 people successfully arrived one after another. Long Yuandong counted the number of people, and some regiments were fully established, while others suffered serious losses. Time was of the essence, and there was no way to reorganize the team.

Of the nineteen students who came from Huayi University with Long Yuandong, only eleven remained. In normal times, he would be very sad, but at this moment, he only had regret in his heart.

In this way, death and separation are happening all the time. It's not easy to survive. I hope that these brothers, when they go to another world, will not be lonely.

The sun leaps out of the clouds and shines with golden light.

The plants and trees in the Dragon Garden are swaggering, steaming out of the misty mist, showing a thriving image.

There are only ten minutes left before the agreed departure time.

Lin Xiaoqing, Huo Jinniu, Kong Zhenghou and more than a dozen other members of the command have not yet arrived, and their lives and deaths are unknown. If they were lucky enough to be alive, but because they did not arrive in time to join the teacher, they were swallowed up by an unexpected tide, which was really wronged. But it is impossible for the big army to wait here all the time for them, otherwise it will be a small loss.

Jiang Mantian was anxious.

Twenty armed police scouts sent out by Cheng Gongyuan came back one after another to report that the road was difficult to walk and full of obstacles, and one section of the road cracked out of a large crack of seven or eight meters, which was bottomless and stretched for more than 10 kilometers, and it was unknown how to cross it.

The scout suggested that he should set off as soon as possible, otherwise, he would be hindered on the way, and it was very likely that he would not be able to reach Qianzhi Mountain in time.

Jiang Mantian ordered everyone to prepare ropes, flying claws, shovels, life jackets and other tools for climbing and crossing obstacles, and at the same time ordered people to leave reminders in a conspicuous position, so that the latecomers could rush to Qianzhi Mountain as soon as possible to meet.

Cheng Gongyuan said: "We go to Qianzhi Mountain, and the animals also go to Qianzhi Mountain." When the time comes, we will run out of weapons and ammunition, and how can we fight the mutated animals with our bare hands?"

Xu Shuqing took a deep breath and said, "Battalion Commander Cheng reminded me well! I only think about building a base in the future, but I forget about the difficulties in front of me. If you don't say anything about it, there will really be a big problem! In this case, you can lead your subordinates and go with me to the underground weapons depot to get guns and ammunition in case of emergency!"

Everything was ready, Xu Shuqing resolutely closed the entrance of the combat readiness warehouse, and the stone boat returned to its original position. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would have imagined that there was such a big warehouse under the Dragon Garden.

Everyone raised firewood and flames, and the army set off, opening the road in case of obstacles, and building bridges in the water, which was quite smooth.

In the end, a big crack blocked everyone's way.

The width of the crack is about eight meters, the depth is more than three hundred meters, and as for the length, it can only be said that it is not known, because the sides are not visible.

Time is running out.

What to do?

What to do?

Everyone's brains are open, and everyone has different opinions.

However, few worked.

Even He Dali has proposed several ways to leap over cracks.

The first way he proposed was to build a mound of earth and people would stand on a high place and jump over it.

It's simple and violent, but it's dangerous, and if someone can't jump that far, won't they fall to their death?

And it's also very inefficient. More than 10,000 people, when will they be able to jump? Isn't it a joke?

Long Yuandong directly rejected.

The second method proposed by He Dali was for him to select a few people with good physical fitness, use the flying claws to go first, and then set up dozens of rope ladders, and everyone climbed through the gaps along the rope ladders in the air.

It's still a risky approach, but it's not an intricate one, if it's just a little bit of a risk.

Long Yuandong quickly estimated the time it would take for more than 10,000 people to pass through the cracks.

It takes an average of five minutes to build a hundred rope ladders for 100 people each time, and 13,000 people have to go through 130 times, that is, 650 minutes, or almost 11 hours. Before the end of the day, the people have long been swallowed up by the tide.

No way.

He Dali actually thought of a third way: fill the cracks in the ground, and 10,000 people will do it to fill in a road!

Long Yuandong was shocked by He Dali's generous stroke: "Okay! Fat man! The thinking is very lively!" However, he continued to veto this method.

The reason is very simple, if you want to fill in a five-meter-wide road with a ground crack that is more than 300 meters deep and eight meters wide, you need at least 100,000 cubic meters of soil to fill in.

Some people objected and said, "No, three hundred times eight times and then five times is 12,000 cubic meters, and an average of one person can fill one cubic meter of soil."

Long Yuandong patted the man on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Brother, have you ever seen a cuboid mound? Even if you can fill in the cuboid mound, how can you dig a cube of soil, how to dig it, how to transport it?"

Long Yuandong had nothing to do, so he asked Jiang Mantian for help.

Jiang Mantian has been observing the terrain and terrain, and he already has an idea in his heart, and said: "It's still the old way, build a bridge!"

Long Yuandong instinctively said: "Build a bridge? How can you build a bridge so wide......?" Then he struck each other with both hands and said: "Also, no matter how wide the road is, you can connect the trees! It's just that there is not enough time to build such a big bridge!"

"Reasonable scheduling, do your best!"

Jiang Mantian's tone was resolute, but in fact, he had no idea whether he could build such a bridge in a short period of time.

Long Yuandong no longer hesitated, and immediately arranged for everyone to start doing two things.

First of all, he ordered Cheng Gongyuan to send 20 scouts to the left and right sides of the crack, one is to see how long the crack is and whether it can be detoured in a short time, and the other is to find a narrow and solid crack that is not easy to collapse, so that the large army can build a bridge to pass.

Secondly, the organization people cut down the trees separately, and the 10-meter-high trees should be 100. In fact, such trees are easy to find, and after the end of the world, the poplars on both sides of the road have basically skyrocketed to more than ten meters. Although there is a lack of tools, there are still ways for tens of thousands of people to build a hundred trees.

Again, he approached Mu Kilo and asked for a quick design of a bridge made of only trees and ropes, and that it had to be easy to erect and strong enough.

It is related to life and death, and everyone is racing against time, showing a hot atmosphere.

Jiang Mantian's heartbeat quickened for no reason.

Half an hour later.

Trees and ropes are in place, and the bridge is slowly taking shape amid the shouts of hundreds of people.

The ground crack is eight meters wide, and if you directly put a ten-meter-long tree on it, the edge of the ground crack will be stressed too much and it will easily collapse.

Therefore, it is necessary to connect the two trees to a length of more than 18 meters, and then splice them together into a bridge as wide as 40 trees, so that it is spacious and safe on both sides.

The remaining trees are used for reinforcement and railings to avoid crowds and accidents.

The scout came to report that the crack in the ground was very long, and he walked along the left and right sides for thirty minutes, standing on a high place and looking through a telescope, but still could not see the head, so it was impossible to detour. However, I found a good bridge point, the ground crack is only six meters wide, the soil on both sides is solid, and a few meters down, it is the hard soil layer, about a thousand meters away from here.

"Great!"

Long Yuandong said happily: "This can save some time and be safer." With one bridge, we can all cross it in half an hour. "At that moment, I picked fifty good boys, found a suitable place, grabbed the opposite rock or tree with flying claws, and swung to the opposite bank to assist in building a bridge.

Hundreds of people carried the tied bridge to the predetermined erection point.

However, here comes the problem.

Before the bridge had yet to be transported, someone suddenly noticed that the knots that bound the trees were loose.

If the knot is loose, the bridge will fall apart, which must not be sloppy.

The bridge can only be carried to the designated place first, and then re-pierced.

Jiang Mantian asked Huo Jinniu to look at his watch, at a quarter past ten, less than two hours before the arrival of the tide at twelve o'clock.

Time is tight.

Where the crack is, there are at least three kilometers away from Qianzhi Mountain, and then climb up the mountain, and there are several kilometers away, 10,000 people march, procrastinating, even if there is no accident at all, at least an hour must be reserved to come out.

In other words, they only have about forty-five minutes to build bridges, build bridges, and cross bridges!

Fast!

Fast!

Fast!

Speed up!

Jiang Mantian urged loudly, eager to go into battle in person and pull the rope.

However, the more he urged, the more nervous everyone became, and the more the rope could not be tied firmly!

He Dali, Lu Yan, Zhang Ziwu, Caviar, Wei Chuanfeng, Xiao Mengge, Mo Fei and dozens of others were also shouting on the other side.

Okay, no?

Okay, let's build a bridge quickly!

No time!

Long Yuandong sweated his clothes, looked around, and suddenly saw a few steel bars exposed in the ruins of the building not far away, and his heart moved, and he immediately ran forward, broke the steel bars, sharpened them slightly, and slapped them into the joints of the trees with shovels for reinforcement.

The rope itself is elastic, no matter how you tie it, it is impossible to tie it so tightly, but the tide is imminent, how long will it be tied if you tie it like this!

So I can't care so much, it's important to build a bridge first!

If the bridge really breaks up, that's how it should be!

"He Dali! Pull the rope! Build a bridge!" Long Yuandong finally spoke.

Amidst the cheers.

The people here sent forward, the people on that side pulled with ropes, and the two sides made a force, and the tree bridge was quickly placed steadily according to the plan.

The large army was worried and passed in order.

Luckily, there were no accidents during the whole process!

After the crack in the ground, Qianzhi Mountain is already in sight. But Wangshan runs a dead horse, a distance of five or six kilometers, and it is not something that can be reached in one breath.

Time was tight and the distance was long, so in order not to delay on the road, Jiang Mantian ordered Cheng Gongyuan to lead the officers and men of the armed police to be the vanguard, trotting forward, and opening the way in front. Xu Shuqing, Long Yuandong, and Xu Yue led the alliance team, and then followed up. He himself and He Dali, He Tingting, Mo Fei, Xiao Mengge, Wei Chuanfeng and others were postponed.

Jiang Mantian led the last group of people to pass through the crack in the ground smoothly, and He Dali had a new question: "Should this bridge be carried away?" In case there is another crack in the ground in front, should we build another bridge?"