When the "Cruise" was flying at a low altitude, the team members looked down, and there was nothing unusual in the snow. When I got to the front, I realized that it was completely different.

The whole Kunlun Station is like a huge snow hill that rises impressively, and a ditch about five or six meters wide passes through the middle, and it is so deep that it is impossible to see the bottom at a glance.

Moreover, the ditch stretches out of sight on both sides.

Everyone was stunned by this bottomless "ditch" and didn't know what to do with it for a while.

However, Yu Lie was very calm, and only after everyone quieted down did he start to assign tasks.

Why wait until everyone has quieted down?

Anyone who panics is prone to mistakes, let alone complete a life-saving mission in a hostile environment. Yu Lie attaches great importance to this, and every small mistake can lead to fatal consequences.

"The rescue team is divided into three groups, the first group is search and rescue, the second group is on the ground at Kunlun Station, and the third group follows me." Yu Lie said briefly and forcefully, "Don't act without permission, pay attention to safety!" ”

"Yes!"

Yu Lie is worthy of being a person who has experienced big scenes, and his rich experience reveals extraordinary qualities.

"Professor Zhou, how do you arrange your people?" Yu Lie turned his head and asked.

Ever since he saw this deep crack that divided Kunlun Station in two, Zhou Ran realized the seriousness of the problem.

It seems that only earthquakes can cause this kind of damage, but in Antarctica, it is impossible for an earthquake to occur.

However, this phenomenon is not ruled out, there are too many unknowns, and aliens may exist......

He is more concerned about the "artificial passage", if the last avalanche only buried it, then this "earthquake" will completely destroy it?

In Zhou Ran's heart, he had already regarded this abnormal tremor as an earthquake.

"According to the grouping requirements of Captain Yu, our survey team was also divided into three groups to follow the rescue team."

"Professor Zhou, this ...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate. Yu Lie objected, "The main task of our rescue team is rescue, and if the surveyors follow, it will affect our rescue speed, and even ......."

Zhou Ran didn't speak, waiting for him to continue.

"It can even be stressful and dangerous for rescue teams – people with no rescue experience can have an accident at any time."

Zhou Ran fully understood Yu Lie's concerns, and what he said was indeed true, the key to rescue is speed, if the optimal time for rescue is exceeded, no matter how much manpower is invested, it will not help.

However, he had to do so in order to ensure the safety of the crew.

Zhou Ran told Yu Lie about his concerns, and Yu Lie agreed to his request after deep thought.

However, the requirement is that the personnel of the survey team must follow the instructions of the rescue team. In other words, the survey can only begin after the rescue team confirms that it is safe.

Zhou Ran couldn't agree more.

After the first two groups received the task order, they set off quickly, but before the third group went down, Yu Lie and Zhou Ran had a disagreement again.

Zhou Ran wanted to follow the third group down to the deep slit, but this time Yu Lie resolutely objected.

"I'm going to keep you safe, you have to stay on it!" When there were only two people left, Yu Lie's tone had no room for maneuver.

"There may be the real reason for this 'earthquake' hidden underneath, and I have to go down." Zhou Ran also said strongly.

When he heard Zhou Ran say the word "earthquake", Yu Lieden was stunned and didn't react for a while.

"Professor Zhou, what did you just say? Earthquake? ”

"Yes," Zhou Ran replied, "I define it as an 'earthquake.'" ”

"As far as I know, though, it shouldn't happen in Antarctica...... Earthquake. Yu Lie seemed to have a lot of trouble saying the word.

"Captain Yu, it doesn't matter what you say, but I have to go down, please understand."

"I don't understand." Yu Lie said, "Anything can happen below, and I can't guarantee your safety." ”

"Is my safety so important? Could it be ......" Seeing a team member coming over, Zhou Ran stopped talking.

"Captain Yu, Professor Zhou, the zipline is ready to go down......"

"Let's go!" Yu Lie glanced at Zhou Ran, "The rescue team went down first, and the survey team followed, leaving two rescuers to watch Professor Zhou and not allowing him to go down." ”

"Captain Yu, you can't do this!" Zhou Ran protested.

"I'm sorry, Professor Zhou."

Zhou Ran watched the rescue team members step on the zipline one by one, and stared angrily.

"Professor Zhou, what are we going to do......" said a member of the survey team, then pointing to the zipline.

"You go down first, pay attention to safety, and obey the captain's arrangement."

"Then you ......"

Zhou Ran waved his hand and motioned for them to hurry down.

……

As the captain, Yu Lie took the lead, which is his consistent style. Only when you confirm that it is safe for you to do so, will you let the team members move.

Before they went down, drones had been dispatched to investigate, and judging from the images fed back, there seemed to be no danger except for fog.

Yu Lie and the two team members opened the way in front, and the team members above were about fifty meters apart from them, and they slowly descended.

Fifty meters, eighty meters, one hundred meters......

By the time they reached a depth of 200 meters, the walls were snowless and much darker. Yu Lie glanced up, and the "ditch" above his head had turned into a slit.

He turned on the light and shone it down, but it was still gray.

It's strange that they are equipped with a military strong light flashlight this time, which has extremely penetrating power and a range of about 300 meters, so why can't they shine to the end?

Is it really bottomless?

Thinking of this, Yu Lie's heart became more and more bottomless, he stopped the zipline, thinking about whether to continue to slide.

However, at this moment, there was a commotion among the team members above, and Yu Lie was taken aback and hurriedly asked what happened through the intercom.

"Report to the captain, Professor Zhou ...... him"

Hearing this voice, Yu Lie immediately broke out in a cold sweat, because this was one of the people who stayed to see Zhou Ran.

He hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Professor Zhou?" ”

"He, he, he came down, right next to me."

Yu Lie breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was good that nothing happened, otherwise, there would be chaos at the beginning of the rescue mission, and he would not be able to explain to the dean.

In fact, he also has a hard time, and the reason why Zhou Ran is not allowed to take risks is that before leaving, Shen Tonghui specially explained that he must ensure Zhou Ran's safety. In case of special circumstances, special measures can be adopted.

Letting the two of them watch Zhou Ran was a special measure taken by Yu Lie, but he didn't expect it to fail.

Since things are already like this, Yu Lie has no choice but to compromise, and he can't let people take Zhou Ran with him anymore.

"Professor Zhou, can you hear me?"

"Yes, Captain Yu, please speak." Zhou Ran replied, seemingly in a triumphant tone.

"Since you insist on coming down, I won't stop you, please follow my instructions!"

"Roger, Captain Yu." Zhou Ran said with a smile.

Yu Lie didn't say anything anymore, maybe it was Zhou Ran's arrival that gave him confidence and a sense of security, so he cheered up and decided to continue to decline.

The place they chose to slide down was exactly the middle of Kunlun Station, and this ditch extended to the east and west respectively on the ground, but they didn't expect to reach a few hundred meters underground, and it still extended in two directions.

In the process of sliding, Yu Lie shone to both sides many times, but there was still no end in sight.

In a strange place that is detached from the ground, anyone will unconsciously feel a sense of fear, let alone in the abyss hundreds of meters underground.

Yu Lie deliberately observed that the stone wall of the pit was some kind of unnamed rock, dark gray, and it looked very hard, as if it was different from the rocks he usually saw.

"You should bring a few geologists along." He thought.

However, he didn't notice that after sliding more than two hundred meters, the texture of the stone wall had already changed, and it was not as hard as it seemed before......

I don't know how long it took, there was a feeling of "down-to-earth" under Yu Lie's feet, and before his feet could react, his brain had already realized that it had landed.

Yu Lie looked at the device on his wrist and showed that it was three hundred and twenty-six meters underground.

Finally, after two hours of careful descent, they reached the bottom of the pit.

Yu Lie asked people to turn on the two "self-response lights", and the bottom of the pit was illuminated somewhat, but it was still shrouded in a layer of fog.

Everyone was shocked by the sight before them, empty, huge, and could only be described in these two words.

Yu Lie preliminarily deduced that the space at the bottom was the same as the ground, and it was also east-west, but it was hundreds of times larger, which should be the root cause of this crack.

Wrong!

From the moment Yu Lie landed, he faintly felt that something was wrong, and only then did he react.

It's so clean here!

If this is the source of the crack, emanating from here like an epicenter, there should be a lot of rubble piling up here. Even, they can't get here!

Moreover, along the way, nothing unusual happened, which was too smooth.

When a person accomplishes something seemingly impossible, his first reaction is not to be happy, but to be suspicious, which may be a normal human reaction.

So, Yu Lie asked people to put a "self-response lamp" in each of the other two directions, and the whole space was brighter and larger.

It's like a giant decanter, except that the opening is not round, it's rectangular.

"Professor Zhou, I think this place is a little strange." Yu Lie whispered to Zhou Ran beside him, but he didn't get a reply from the other party.

"Professor Zhou?"

Still no one answered.

Yu Lie hurriedly turned around, looked around and didn't find Zhou Ran's shadow.

"No, he was clearly by my side just now!" Yu Lie muttered to himself.

"Has anyone seen Professor Zhou?" Yu Lie asked.

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and they all shook their heads.

"Professor Zhou!" Yu Lie shouted loudly.

Still no one answered, not even an echo.

Yu Lie hurriedly called into the walkie-talkie several times, but there was no response.

Everyone panicked and shouted, but no one responded after shouting for a long time.

Yu Lie's head exploded, he didn't understand what was going on, he was trembling so much along the way that nothing happened, and he had a situation just after he arrived here.