Chapter 792: U-shaped waterhole
Xu Zheng and their various problems on the way forward, such as the width and narrowness of the mountain peaks, some cliffs, and poisonous snakes and beasts... But with the help of modern tools, it did not stop the group from moving forward.
Walking to the open field, the squadron found the territory of a black bear on a sunny slope. The honest and fierce black blind man had just rushed out of its nest when he heard the movement, and when he saw a group of two-legged beasts dressed in black, he didn't even want a nest, and ran into the dense forest again.
Xu Zheng felt a pity, as soon as the black blind man ran away, his bear paw was gone. Squadron Mi shook his head with a wry smile,
"This black blind man should have been injured by poachers, knowing that we humans are not easy to mess with, I will go to its den to see if there is a secret passage." The Yan squadron also reminded: "From here, you can be regarded as entering the real primeval forest, you should pay more attention, especially those poisonous insects and leeches, something is wrong and you should report it immediately..."
"I... I've got some itching on my back, have I been tricked? Before the Yan squadron finished speaking, a young special police officer in the team shouted out, saying that he still wanted to reach out and touch his back.
"Don't move, I'll see." Yan Squadron hurriedly walked over and lifted the clothes behind him, only to see more than a dozen leeches trying to drill into his body.
This scene directly made several SWAT officers nearby turn their faces to the side. In response to this situation, the Yan squadron took out the lighter unhurriedly and shot out a flame to get close to the leech, and soon the thing was roasted by the fire, rolled up in a ball and fell down.
After dealing with these leeches, the Yan squadron cleaned him a little with water, and told him some precautions again, and the others didn't say much, they had warned them before they came, and they hadn't been tricked.
Originally, when selecting 9 SWAT officers, experienced people were selected first. But looking at it now, this young man definitely has no jungle experience, and he is shoehorned in to mix qualifications and merits.
Xu Zheng had been standing in front of the team and looking at the scenery in front of him, pretending not to see the situation behind, and after a minute, the Mi squadron came out of the bear den with his nose covered.
He took a long breath before relieving himself, and shook his head,
"This bear blind man's den really stinks, there is no secret passage in it, it seems that we have to continue to move forward." It was only after climbing a few blade mountains that the group finally stopped, because the blade on the top of the mountain in front of them was too big to go around, and the mountain was flanked by cliffs.
Maybe Yuan Qinggang was hiding on the other side of this mountain, so after everyone discussed, they decided to climb the top of this blade mountain.
There are many ways to climb the mountain, but Shennongjia officials do not allow the police to use destructive methods to climb the mountain, such as driving steel nails into the stone wall, or using mechanical means such as steel claws.
The blade mountain peak looks like it is full of stones, but after hundreds of millions of years of wind and rain, no one dares to guarantee that it will not be destroyed in the process of climbing.
Originally, there were 36 blades here, but you broke one piece by climbing the mountain and grabbed someone, and it became 35, and the scenic spot could let you go, and the people of the whole country probably didn't agree.
In short, they demanded that the police refrain from destroying the landscape. Xu Zheng and the others came to the blade peak, and when they touched the stone wall, they only felt that it was as smooth as a mirror, without any gaps, and if the stone wall was not damaged, it was indeed difficult for a person to climb up.
The rice squadron sighed with emotion,
"Team Leader Xu, I think we went wrong, Yuan Qinggang definitely didn't enter the mountain from here, he should have another way." Xu Zheng knew this when he came here, but they didn't find out, so they could only use a stupid method, he waved his hand behind him,
"Let's do it, let's hurry." When he got out of the way, the group of special police officers behind him unloaded the burden on his back and took out thumb-thick carbon fiber rods to form a detachable U-shaped ladder, which was specially borrowed from the fire brigade to climb the stone wall in front of him of more than 200 meters.
The SWAT officers were very quick with their hands and feet, and after a while they were assembling, they reached the top of the blade hill, and then the top SWAT put down the soft ladder on the other side of the blade.
Wait until everyone else has passed, and finally leave two people to disassemble. Climbing over this blade mountain, Xu Zheng breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to the rice squadron with a smile: "In the end, this thing is still powerful, if you climb it alone, let's not talk about whether it will damage the stone wall." The danger is great. "The M squadron has seen the construction of tunnels in the mountains, as well as the construction of signal towers and cable cars, and this kind of detachable ladder can only be said to be pediatric,
"Technology is still developing fast. No matter how difficult the road is, it will not be difficult for the current human beings. It really doesn't work, you can also use a helicopter to carry people to land. Without waiting for Xu Zheng to say any more, one of the two special police officers who were exploring the path in front rushed back with a happy face and said loudly: "Team Leader Xu, there is a stream ahead, and we found a plastic candy bag by the stream river. ”
"What? Quick, take me to see it. Xu Zheng hurriedly urged when he heard this. When he arrived, the SWAT officer who stayed where he was picking up the candy bag from the stream, which was not as big as a palm, and it looked like it should be a rainbow candy bag.
There are some floating branches in the middle of this stream, which just block the floating debris flowing down from above, and the bag is right in the middle of this floating debris.
Xu Zheng observed the stream for a while, and found that the source of the stream came from a cave about 300 meters ahead, and the entrance of the cave was blocked by tree branches.
"Brother Mi, take a look around and see if there are any other clues?" A SWAT officer took out a radar detector to test the depth of the hole, but it turned out that it was not known whether the magnetic field was affecting the operation or the hole was too shallow, and the signal displayed on the screen was always changing.
Xu Zheng looked at the entrance of the cave, there was no problem in drilling into an adult, and the top of the hole was very smooth, which was obviously a trace of friction from many people.
There were also branches blocking the entrance of the cave, although they were the branches of a tree tilted down, but the tree was not large.
Much like human behavior. But I can't tell if anyone has been here recently. This is the depths of the 36 blade peaks, and it is also the hiding place where Xu Zheng and the others suspect Yuan Qinggang, so for this cave entrance, they must send someone to check it.
Soon, the movement of the rice squadron and their return interrupted Xu Zheng's thinking,
"There are no other clues downstream, but I can conclude that Yuan Qinggang did not drill out of this hole." It's not from this hole, it's that there are other ways.
Xu Zheng looked at the time, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and he quickly made a decision,
"Two SWAT officers stayed on guard, and the others followed me into the cave. If we didn't come back before 5 p.m., the two people left behind would shoot a flare into the sky at 5 p.m., set off warning fog, and let the helicopters drop camping equipment on us. After arranging the established plan, Xu Zheng took out a hard hat and put it on his head, turned on the high-powered flashlight on it, and took the lead in wading into the water hole.
At the beginning of the narrow, crawling dozens of steps against the water, it suddenly became clear that this was a one-person high cave.
Unfortunately, there is no sign of human activity here, only animal droppings and shriveled carcasses. There are no bats on the roof of the cave, so it doesn't seem to be their nest.
Further inside, the road narrows a lot, but it is passable. After walking for more than ten minutes, I finally arrived at a large cave.
Xu Zheng took a flashlight and looked around, the area was more than sixty square meters, and he was surprised that there seemed to be signs of human activity here.
For there were a few stones piled up in the fire, and it seemed that there were still remnants of ashes. A few lights shined, and the cave was as bright as day.
There is even a waterhole here, and the strange thing is that there is no water flowing into it, but the waterhole is still flowing outward.
"Team Leader Xu, look, there is a bed made of weeds and dry branches, it looks like it has been around for many years, and it has not rotted." Xu Zheng waved his hand and didn't go over, he had seen clearly when he looked around just now, there was no other way here except for the way they came.
But there are signs of human activity. If Yuan Qinggang had hidden here and lived here for 15 years, he would have left more traces, but it is clear that he did not live here for long.
What disappointed Xu Zheng even more was that there was no treasure here. Could it be that they are in the wrong place? Xu Zheng stretched out his hand and touched the pool water, it was very cold, this was definitely not groundwater, because the location of the entrance of the cave was about two thousand meters above sea level, and he had only walked for more than ten minutes when he entered the cave just now.
Not enough to get to the bottom of the mountain. But if it's a mountain spring, where is the source? Xu Zheng took out a stone from the fire pit and threw it into the pool, but he only heard a sound, and he didn't see where the stone had sunk under the splash.
The other special police, Mi and Yan, searched for no other intersections or secret doors around, and also gathered on the edge of the waterhole and waited for Xu Zheng to issue a new order.
Xu Zheng took off his backpack and threw down his helmet,
"Two old men, I suspect that there is another cave under this pool, I want to go down and have a look."
"No, it's too dangerous, let's go down, right?" Not to mention Mi and Yan this time, even the special police officers present also objected, and there were all kinds of reasons.
Xu Zheng waved his hand and rejected their various suggestions, he didn't want to grab credit, but he thought that his ability was stronger than these special police.
"Well, there's another SWAT, and we're both diving at the same time. By the way, tie the rope to us, and if there is a special situation, I will pull the rope to remind you. Mi and Yan knew that Xu Zheng had made up his mind, and they couldn't refute it, so they nodded and began to prepare.
A deputy captain led by the special police came out, about 35 years old, and volunteered.
"Team Leader Xu, I'm with you, and my part-time job is a diving instructor."
"That's right, Brigade Wang, you came with a pistol, don't forget to bring it when you go into the water." Xu Zheng instructed.
Recreational diving can dive up to 40 meters, but if you don't bring oxygen, you can only dive for about five minutes, so Xu Zheng and this deputy team are set to go down for five minutes.
As soon as the five minutes are up, regardless of the outcome, the meter squadron will immediately tighten the rope. Soon Xu Zheng and the others were ready, and in order to prevent accidents, they each brought two empty mineral water bottles and tied them to their bodies, which was one of their means to save their lives.
Before entering the water, they each picked up a large rock. Xu Zheng took a deep breath and jumped down the pool first, only to feel that the spring water was biting, and after slowing down for a while, he began to dive head-down.
With a waterproof flashlight attached to his wrist and crystal clear spring water, he can see what's going on in the water.
What he didn't expect was that there were fish in the clear pool, but this fish was snow-white, so white that he could see the internal organs clearly, and it was not big, and the palm was long.
But now he was too busy diving, and he didn't bother to pay attention, and looked around, and saw that the waterhole was in the shape of a gourd's mouth, and the area below was larger.
As he went down, Xu Zheng felt the pressure in his chest also increase, and he exhaled a trace of air slightly, releasing carbon dioxide in his body and relieving the pressure of the surrounding spring water on his body.
With the help of the large rock on his chest, he quickly descended to twenty meters, but he had not yet seen the bottom of the pool.
Team Wang looked at Xu Zheng at this time and asked him with his eyes if he would continue. Xu Zheng nodded, pointed below, and continued to dive, and soon the two came to 30 meters underwater.
The water here is even colder, and it seems dark, at this time the time has almost reached five minutes, Xu Zheng is a little unwilling, he still has the strength to spare, but the mouth of the Wang team is already bubbling.
Team Wang knew that he couldn't hold it anymore, so he hurriedly untied the empty bottle tied to his waist, unscrewed the lid and took a deep breath of the air in his mouth before he eased up.
But Xu Zheng knew that this breath of air wouldn't last long. For safety, he decided to return to it.
He let go of the stone and tugged on the rope tied to him with both hands, and the SWAT officer standing on the edge of the waterhole sensed the abnormality of the rope.
He hurriedly pulled it up. With the help of the special police officers above, Xu Zheng and the others rushed to the surface of the waterhole like rockets, and as soon as they showed their heads, they took a deep breath at the same time.
Xu Zheng looked at the Wang team, only to see that his eyes were red and bloodshot all over his eyeballs, and it was obvious that his pressure under the water had reached a critical point.
"Team Leader Xu really deserves his reputation, and he is ashamed." Team Wang eased up for a while and complimented Xu Zheng.
I don't know how stressful it is to dive into the pool. Especially in the dark depths, it seems to be a fierce beast that devours everything.
Xu Zheng knew that his reputation was spreading more widely in the special police system, so he just smiled at the praise of the Wang team, took the towel handed by the other special police officers and wiped his hair.
At this time the meter squadron came over,
"Team Leader Xu, what's going on down there, is there a passage?" Xu Zheng shook his head,
"It's hard to say, we dived for about 30 meters, and we didn't find that the further down the inside, the more space there is, but the waterhole must have a bottom. At the height we are at now, the waterhole will certainly not be a direct underground river. "At a height of about two thousand meters, the water of the underground river cannot rise so high no matter how strong the pressure is, there is only one possibility, the other end of the waterhole must be in a nearby mountain.
And the water level there has to be slightly higher than here to form the current situation. Yan Squadron scratched his head, as soon as he heard that the bottom had not been reached at 30 meters underwater, he gave up going into the water himself,
"Why don't we send someone back to get diving equipment?" Xu Zheng waved his hand,
"No, while my clothes are still wet, I'll make the next trip in a while, and the others don't have to follow, by the way, if I haven't come out in eight minutes, you can pull the rope again." The diving instructor of the Wang brigade is not good, and the others have not volunteered.
Now Mi and Yan also know that Xu Zheng's ability is greater than them, and they don't stop them. After waiting for a while, Xu Zheng almost eased up, tied a rope and picked up a big stone, and jumped off the pool.
Familiar with the road, he soon came to a position more than 30 meters below the waterhole, and he continued to dive until he was about to lose his breath, and roughly estimated that he had reached a position of 50 meters, and he finally made a new discovery.
He sensed a horizontal current of water hitting his body in the water, and the light shone through, and it turned out to be a passageway.
This made Xu Zheng feel very excited, and hurriedly threw down the big stone in his hand, and took advantage of the power of his body to float, and he got into the passage.
But at this time, the rope on his body was not enough. Without hesitation, he immediately untied the rope and continued to swim along the passage.
The further he went, the narrower it became, but the lateral passage was not long, and in less than 5 meters, he entered another waterhole.
At this time, Xu Zheng felt that there was still a mouthful of oxygen in his chest, but the tightness in his chest was getting worse and worse, and he hurriedly sucked the air in the two empty bottles around his waist dry.
Then he slammed upstream. Floating up is definitely much easier than diving, and in less than three minutes, Xu Zheng saw a bright light above his head, and when he was still five meters above the water, he took out a pistol pinned to his waist.
With a bang, it sprang out of the water like a fish.