Chapter 20: Soul Domain

"Comrades, this mission is to cooperate with the local military to rescue five teammates of our second team. Chen Ju just introduced the situation of that snowy area, everyone must keep in mind, do not rush in, and hope that everyone can complete this task safely and smoothly. After Chen Jiahe introduced the situation in that snowy area, Huang Lishan, the current director of the Geological Bureau, gave final instructions.

"The six of us promise to complete the task!" Du Chengcai took the lead in standing up and standing up with his head held high and issued a military order. Immediately, Lao Huang, Tian Xiang and three colleagues also stood up and shouted: "Guarantee to complete the task!"

Huang Lishan looked at everyone with a smile and nodded, "The five old comrades and one new colleague are all the elites of our Geological Bureau, I believe that you can unite sincerely and return safely!"

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Tian Xiang and his entourage of six people slowly walked to the ticket gate with the crowd holding visas and air tickets, and turned around a glass wall, facing the waiting hall wall. Tian Xiang suddenly had a strange feeling, as if someone was looking at him. Turning suddenly, a shadow was leaning against the thick glass wall and looking at him from afar. Xue Yuxin, it's Xue Yuxin, even if she wears a gauze mask, she can't hide her handsome face. Outside the glass wall, Xue Yuxin burst into tears.

Tian Xiang threw down his bag, walked back quickly, and pressed his palms on Xue Yuxin's hands through the glass, his eyes were hazy with tears. Xue Yuxin wept bitterly outside the wall, and Tian Xiang wept silently inside the wall. "Wait for me to come back! Wait for me to come back!" Tian Xiang shouted at the glass. Xue Yuxin shook her head outside the wall and cried bitterly.

Lao Huang walked over, "It's time to board the plane." As he spoke, he took Tian Xiang and walked along the passage. Xue Yuxin followed closely outside the glass wall, and the two of them walked slowly hand to hand.

When Tian Xiang turned the corner, he looked back at Xue Yuxin outside the glass wall step by step. Suddenly, Xue Yuxin fell straight back, and at this moment, a middle-aged woman standing not far away instantly rushed over and hugged her.

Tian Xiang shook off Lao Huang's hand, ran to the glass wall, stared at Xue Yuxin who fainted outside the wall and cried, for some reason, he had a feeling of heartbreak, that feeling had before, feeling it again, it hurt his heart.

With tears in her eyes, the middle-aged woman waved her hand at him through the glass wall and motioned for him to board the plane. Tian Xiang looked at her, then at Xue Yuxin in her arms, nodded heavily with tears, and shouted at the glass: "Wait for me to come back!" The middle-aged woman nodded, as if she really heard it. Tian Xiang turned around and left slowly with tears in his eyes.

Ten minutes later, with a violent roar, the plane went straight into the sky along the runway. Looking out the window, reluctance, worry and a hint of comfort were intertwined and overflowed in his chest, making him a little breathless.

At this time, Xue Yuxin slowly opened her eyes, her eyes were full of tears, and she muttered, "He's gone!"

The middle-aged woman hugged her tightly and comforted her with tears, "Child, don't be like this, let's take care of our illness and wait for him to come back." ”

Xue Yuxin shook her head, "Mom, can I still wait for him?"

"Yes, surely!" replied the middle-aged woman, wiping away tears.

Xue Yuxin lay in her mother's arms, crying loudly.

When Tian Xiang and his entourage stepped off the plane, two military helicopters were already waiting at the airport. After the accompanying interpreter stepped forward to say a few words to the three officers, the two hurriedly stepped forward to salute Tian Xiang and the others, and led them to board the plane again and roar away.

As soon as he boarded the plane, a black-faced officer stared at him and screamed in his throat, which sounded like he was cursing, causing several of his peers to look at each other. Fortunately, there is an accompanying interpreter, otherwise the two sides will fight. With the help of an interpreter, I realized that the officer was briefing on the rescue situation in the snowy area.

The foothills of northern Tibet stretch here, silver snow flies all year round, the snow covers tens of thousands of miles, stretches endlessly, and is often called the snow ridge of northern Tibet. Although it is meandering with the mountains of the motherland, it is a foreign land, and it has the name of its belonging-Soul Domain.

When he first heard this name, Tian Xiang's heart was shocked, how did the foreigner give such a name to the mountain, which made people panic. With the introduction of the translator, Tian Xiang understood the reason. This snow field is divided into the front domain and the rear domain, and the front and rear domains have one thing in common - the snow, which does not disappear over the years and is up to 100 feet thick. The difference is also quite simple, the front domain is perennial mountain wind howling, like a ghost crying wolf, which makes people shudder, while the back domain is perennial haze, like a layer of black veil wrapped on the white head, if the soul gathers in the distance, it will not disperse for a long time. Staying in the Soul Domain can be regarded as an interpretation of its long-standing realm.

Over the years, the country has been exploring this domain without interruption, with a focus on the former domain, of course. In the local area, the Houyu is known as the Dead Land, and it is said that the people who entered the Houyu never came out again, and even decades ago, the military sent two regiments of troops to enter, and finally there was no news, which cast a layer of mystery on the Houyu.

Some time ago, the second team entered the front area, accompanied by soldiers from a company of the country, and in the early days of entering the area, the communication facilities and positioning equipment were still operating normally, and even some clear pictures were transmitted. Since the main purpose of this approach is to explore the geological conditions of the area, the exploration team was stationed at a depth of 7 to 800 kilometers. Theoretically, this is a safe zone, and some people have even gone nearly 2,000 kilometers to return safely. A few days later, however, the first improvised exploration drill was built in a gentle area, and the drill bit broke through the ice and quickly advanced 300 meters. Just as the command headquarters was waiting for cheers, the lens on the display suddenly shook violently, and it seemed that the entire ground slid into the distance, and the picture disappeared in an instant, leaving only stars and white dots flickering on the screen. What is even more strange is that all communication facilities have lost contact, and even the positioning equipment has no signal.

Avalanche, this is the conclusion that the command came to at the first time. Immediately, the troops were dispatched, and even three or several helicopters rushed in time. Unfortunately, due to the howling mountain wind, it was difficult to get close, and even a plane crashed into the snow, and the two pilots were also buried there. The snow rescue vehicle also had little effect, and after forcibly advancing for two or three hundred kilometers, it was blocked in front of a snowy peak. The rescue troops marched to the accident site on foot according to the coordinates, but the strange thing is that the coordinates seemed to have been changed, and they always wandered around a radius of several hundred miles with difficulty, and after six or seven days, they did not find the location of the accident point at all. The country's authorities were even ready to give up on the rescue, and today, Tian Xiang and others arrived at a very bad time. In this situation, in connection with the expression of the officer when he first boarded the plane, Tian Xiang suspected that the interpreter had deceived everyone, and the officer must have scolded someone.

The helicopter landed in an open field at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, and military tents were scattered one after another, like grave bags.

As soon as Tian Xiang and the others got off the plane, they were led into a large tent, and the main control instruments that were not too advanced were placed around the tent, with a sand table in the middle, densely planted with small colored flags.

Tian Xiang looked at a few fat-headed and big-eared officers around the sand table, and muttered: "The movement is not small, the effect is not small, a group of pretending foodies." Lao Huang bumped him with his elbow and motioned for him not to make a sound. Tian Xiang glanced at him, pursed his lips, and didn't speak again.

With the help of an interpreter, several fat-headed and big-eared officers briefed them on the rescue situation, marking several key locations on the sand table. Then I watched the footage that came back from the front line before the accident.

Du Chengcai organized Lao Huang, Tian Xiang and two other old geologists to get together, analyzed all the data, walked to the sand table, and drew a winding curve around the sand dunes with a sand table stick. Du Chengcai cleared his throat, "Based on the comprehensive analysis of the prior information, their route near the mountain is probably like this. The data transmitted back by the locator shows that the location should be at this coordinate. Du Chengcai lit a sand dune with a sand table stick.

An old geologist who accompanied him nodded, "The analysis is good, the location they are referring to is roughly the same, the key is how to find this place in the vast snowy area." ”

Lao Huang continued: "This is the difficulty of the rescue, they have been tossing for so many days, and they have found nothing, and I am afraid that the harvest will not be too big if they go in at a loss." ”

Du Chengcai looked at the accompanying colleagues, and then threw a look at several officers, "The coordinate disorder they are talking about should not be groundless," he suddenly paused, "Tian Xiang, draw a picture!" Tian Xiang heard this, quickly spread out the paper, and began to copy the route into the mountain according to the sand dunes.

Du Chengcai then spoke, "No matter how dangerous it is, our teammates are trapped inside, and it is our duty to go into the mountain!" Several people nodded one after another.

Du Chengcai stared at Tian Xiang and finished drawing the road map, and said, "Xiang, give the map to Lao Huang, you stay!"

"Captain, I'm going into the mountain!" Tian Xiang's resolute eyes met Du Chengcai's gaze, "My brother is inside." ”

Du Chengcai stared at him for a long time, and sighed slightly, "This time is not the same as before, be careful." ”

Tian Xiang nodded heavily, he knew that the old captain was unwilling to let him take risks, and he was grateful. But he has made up his mind, after all, Ma Ruilin is in the mountains, life and death are unknown, how can he retire for the sake of his brother who has been with him for many years?