The setting sun hangs feebly on the horizon, like a dying old man lingering for breath. His half-open and half-closed eyes seem to be obsessed with the world, and they also seem to be telling the passing of life.
At this time, a full six hours had passed since Ye Qiu was buried under the yellow sand.
Although everyone was exhausted, no one stopped and continued to look for Ye Qiu.
Gradually.
it's dark.
Suddenly, an exclamation sounded: "Chief of Staff, something has been discovered."
Hearing this voice, Tang Fei rushed over and asked urgently: "Is it Ye Qiu?"
"It's not Dr. Ye."
Hearing this, Tang Fei's face darkened.
"It's Professor Cao," the soldier said.
Tang Fei looked down and saw Professor Cao lying dead in the yellow sand. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen. It seemed that he had been tortured before his death.
A military doctor came forward and performed an autopsy on Professor Cao on the spot, and the results were soon available.
"Chief of Staff, Professor Cao was beaten before he died. There are scars on his face, back, hands, and abdomen, but they are not fatal."
The military doctor said: "I found a large amount of yellow sand in Professor Cao's nose and mouth, which blocked his respiratory tract."
"So, my autopsy conclusion is that Professor Cao died of suffocation."
"I understand." Tang Fei said in a deep voice: "Professor Cao's body will be left to you for the time being. You must place it properly."
"Yes." The military doctor immediately led people and carried away Professor Cao's body.
Afterwards, everyone continued to look for Ye Qiu.
It didn't take long.
Another exclamation sounded: "Chief of Staff, another body has been found."
Tang Fei walked over quickly and took a look, and found that he was a strange man, wearing a long white clothes. He looked a bit like a scientific researcher, and he was also dead.
"It should be the staff at the base. Keep looking for Ye Qiu."
As the excavation continued, more and more bodies were discovered.
The third body, the fourth body, the fifth body, the sixth body...
A total of seventy-six bodies were exhumed.
They were all from the base, but Ye Qiu was not found.
"Chief of Staff Tang, everyone is hungry and tired. Let everyone rest for a while. The cooking team has already prepared meals." Yang Qi walked to Tang Fei and whispered.
"No one is allowed to eat until Ye Qiu is found." Tang Fei shouted: "Ye Qiu must be found."
"But……"
Yang Qi still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Long Ye, "When we were in the base, Ye Qiu saved us several times. He is our benefactor."
"Now that his life or death is uncertain, how can we eat?"
"Tell the cooking team to stop cooking and come here immediately to look for Ye Qiu together."
…
Streetlights were set up all around, illuminating the pit like daylight.
The soldiers had been searching for Ye Qiu for nearly ten hours. They had not eaten a morsel of food, not a sip of water, not one of them stopped, and not one of them said they were tired.
This went on until twelve o'clock in the morning.
"Ahhhhh..."
Suddenly, Tang Fei's roar spread across the sky, his voice full of despair.
"Ye Qiu, where are you?"
"I order you to appear in front of me immediately."
"Otherwise, when I find you, I'll kill you with one shot!"
The soldiers looked up and saw Tang Fei kneeling on the yellow sand, beating the ground hard with his fists.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers couldn't bear it anymore and burst into tears.
Suddenly, there was a flood of crying.
Long Ye wiped away his tears, walked up to Tang Fei, and comforted him: "Old Tang, don't worry, Ye Qiuji is a man of heaven, he will be fine."
Tang Fei looked up at Long Ye, his eyes were red, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Do you think Ye Qiu will still be alive?"
"Ye Qiu will live, he will definitely live, he..." Long Ye said, tears suddenly fell.
There was a pause for half a minute.
Long Ye wiped away the tears on his face, turned around and shouted to the soldiers present: "Brothers, tell me loudly, what is the slogan of our special operations company?"
"Do not abandon, do not give up!"
The soldiers answered in unison, with a voice like thunder.
"That's right, the slogan of our special operations company is never abandon, never give up. I know you are all tired and exhausted now, but we cannot stop."
"Ye Qiu is our comrade-in-arms, our brother, and our savior, so we must find him."
"Never give up until you find him!"
As soon as Long Ye finished speaking, the soldiers shouted loudly:
"never give up!"
"never give up!"
"never give up!"
The sound moves the sky and the mountains and rivers are magnificent.
The soldiers wiped away their tears, put away their sadness, and continued digging into the yellow sand.
One o'clock.
An off-road vehicle stopped at the edge of the pit.
The car door opened, and Qinglong and Qilin walked out.
When they saw the huge pit that was hundreds of meters long in front of them, both of them had shocked looks on their faces.
"Oh my God, what happened here?" Qilin exclaimed.
"It seems that something big has happened in the northwest." Qinglong looked expressionless, looking towards the deep pit and frowning slightly, "What are they digging? They have used so many people and machines."
"Never mind them, we are here to help Ye Qiu. Don't worry about what others do." Qilin said.
Qinglong asked: "Has Ye Qiu's phone been connected?"
"No." Qilin said, "I can't get through no matter how hard I fight, and I don't know what he is doing?"
"I saw Tang Fei, let's go and ask Tang Fei."
Pluto Palace and Longmen often cooperate, so Qinglong and the others and Tang Fei are very familiar with each other.
The two of them came directly to Tang Fei.
Tang Fei was very surprised when he saw Qinglong and Qilin, and asked, "Why are you here?"
Qinglong saw that Tang Fei's eyes were bloodshot and his hands were covered with yellow sand and blood. He felt strange in his heart. Why was the chief of staff of the Hades Palace so embarrassed?
Qilin smiled and said, "Nine thousand years old asked us to come."
"Nine thousand years old said that Ye Qiu came to the northwest to perform a very important mission, and asked Qinglong and I to help him."
Qilin's eyes searched the crowd and asked: "Where is Ye Qiuren, why didn't you see him?"
"Ye Qiu..." Tang Fei showed sadness on his face, pointed to the yellow sand at his feet, and said, "Ye Qiu is down there."
"What did you say!" Qilin's face changed suddenly, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and he stared at Tang Fei.
As for Qinglong, his originally expressionless face became even colder now.
"Ye Qiu was buried under the yellow sand, and his life and death are uncertain."
Tang Fei said with red eyes: "He was already safe, but when he saw that there were two soldiers missing, he turned back... He was buried under the yellow sand to rescue the two soldiers."
"We have been searching for more than ten hours, and we haven't found Ye Qiu yet. We are just afraid that he..."
boom!
Qilin suddenly kicked Tang Fei away more than ten meters, and then shouted angrily: "As the chief of staff of the Hades Palace, you can't even protect your own brother, you loser."
