Faced with Master Kuang's "invitation", Jin Pingmei is definitely not willing, but it is no longer his final decision at this time. Master Kuang still has concerns in his heart. If he lets us go again, he will finish his own work and want to leave.
I'm afraid it won't be that easy. Judging from his previous style of doing things, this is not a person who likes to cause trouble.
Jin Pingmei stopped talking. This is what happened after she figured it out. She knew it was impossible, so there was no need to waste words. In order to travel lightly, Master Kuang brought only a limited number of items with him. Jin Pingmei and I brought almost nothing. So Master Kuang
He told us that there was no need to be nervous. We would definitely return when the supplies were half consumed, which wouldn’t take long.
The slope after that is even steeper, and it is completely natural. Even Master Kuang has never been to this place, so he can only try his luck.
Later, the slope became so steep that even Master Kuang could not hold on. He only brought a piece of rope, fifty meters long. If this piece of rope is used up and we have not reached the end, then we can only go back the same way.
I silently calculated the current height from the ground, and conservatively estimated that it was almost 500 meters. Jin Pingmei was the first to walk towards the depths of the steep slope, followed by Master Kuang. As for me, he probably didn't care at all. When Jin Pingmei followed the rope
When we reached the end of the climb, the steep slope finally came to an end. There was a two-meter-high drop, and below the drop was a rugged but relatively flat road.
Jin Pingmei was very sensible and asked Master Kuang for his opinion after walking for a while, and Master Kuang became gentle again. When I was the last one to jump off the drop, I realized that this was a very strange environment, and when I looked ahead, everything
We are all shrouded in darkness, which gives us a strong sense of panic and helplessness. I always feel like there is something hidden in this darkness, and I feel panicked. It seems that if I don’t pay attention, something will rush out and threaten us.
s life.
In comparison, Masters from Jin Ping Mei and Master Kuang were much calmer, as if they were walking in the bird market, and there was no trace of nervousness at all. Forget it from Master Kuang, after all, they have skills and masters are bold. What makes me sigh is that
This fellow Jin Ping Mei, his skills are so bad but he still plays it deep.
This kind of underground space was definitely created during the orogeny. The huge Xihai River underground project actually only occupies a small part of this space. As for other places, we haven’t finished walking yet and don’t know yet. This rugged road is
Just like the endless mountain road between mountains, it will not end until the mountain completely stops.
In my mind, this place, which is more than 500 meters deep underground, should be an absolute restricted area. No one has ever been there. But after walking deep, we discovered something. Master Kuang accidentally discovered it.
. Those were several punctured tires.
These broken tires immediately broke my previous thoughts, but I couldn’t really tell anything from the tires. I thought that these tires were very large and should be the tires of large load-bearing vehicles. The tires were very worn and might have been used before.
After replacing it, throw it away here.
I kind of understand. The people who can get large vehicles here are probably the people from Xihaihe. They have been here for so long, and it is not unusual to find this underground cavity. But I still don’t understand why they are here.
If a vehicle is needed, it must be able to carry more and heavier things.
In the end, even Master Kuang gave up on these broken tires, but as soon as he discovered them, there was a series of them. Then, Jin Pingmei, who was walking at the front, saw something again, and what he saw this time was very huge.
When the light shines too far, it becomes blurry. I can only vaguely see that it is a very tall steel frame tower, but when I look further, I feel that there is a crane extending horizontally from the top of the tower. It is huge.
Engineering cranes can load heavy materials within the range of the rotation of the crane. Although the city I am in is small, it has developed rapidly in recent years. Many high-rise buildings in the new urban area can be seen when they are not completed.
to this thing.
"Go over and have a look."
There are several tires in this place that are already surprising, and the appearance of the huge crane is even more mysterious. We walked very quickly and approached the crane. When we got to the vicinity of the crane, the three of us looked at it almost at the same time.
Here we go, this huge crane is located next to a deep pit.
It may not be appropriate to call it a deep pit. It can be described as an abyss. Although its diameter is smaller than the diameter of the main underground project of Xihaihe River, it looks deeper. Of course, this is just an autonomous sense. How deep is it?
You have to try to know how deep it is. Before, we were on a horizontal line with this abyss. It was too far away to observe it. When we stood in front of it, we realized that this huge crane is not unique. At the edge of the abyss, at least
There are three or four more.
The shape of the abyss is irregular, and these booms appear at regular intervals. This was obviously part of the Xihai River project back then, but it was just a more secretive part. Uncle Lai probably didn't hear my dad mention it. I doubt even he did.
I don’t know about this. If nothing else, I don’t know how long it will take to build these giant cranes. Therefore, there is also a place for engineering personnel to rest and live temporarily. It is not far from the abyss. Things in the army are relatively standardized.
Those buildings were connected in a row, but they have been demolished.
The three of us were observing the abyss in front of us by the crane arm, which can only be described as unfathomable. Master Kuang seemed to be very interested. He forgot about slapping me hard just now and turned around to ask for my flashlight.
.
"What are you doing?" I don't like this person at all. Although his tone is very gentle, I still don't want to cooperate with him.
"Use it, there are only three of us, two flashlights are enough, I have a spare."
To be honest, if I could beat him, I would never give this flashlight to him. But I can only think about it this way. Master Kuang is not Jin Pingmei. If he gets angry, he will kill someone.
Master Kuang gestured with my flashlight, and then threw it out hard. The bright flashlight drew an arc and fell rapidly towards the abyss. The speed was very fast. We almost lay on the edge of the abyss and stared at the flashlight, almost almost
Within seconds, it had turned into a very weak point of light, but the flashlight obviously continued to fall until it disappeared from our sight.
"Holy crap! It's too deep! Even if you throw anything in there, you won't even see the bottom." I couldn't help but marvel, thinking to myself, could such an abyss be dug out by manpower?
Master Kuang was also deep in thought, but in the end he shook his head slightly. It seemed that he wanted to go down and have a look, but there was no condition. The abyss was too deep and he would die if he missed it.
"It's about one hundred and fifty meters in diameter." Master Kuang pondered for a long time and said, "There don't seem to be any human traces inside the abyss, and there are no platforms or lifts in the project above."
"It's too deep for construction." Jin Pingmei continued: "It seems that this was not dug manually, otherwise there must be auxiliary facilities."
"What do you think these are used for?" Kuang Gao pointed to several huge cranes standing around the abyss.
"It's hard to say." Jin Pingmei shook her head.
The two of them were talking, and I had no role to interrupt, but as they were talking, a bright light suddenly flashed in my originally confused mind.
The tower base of these booms is very wide and strong, and the length of the boom is longer than anything I have ever seen. This obviously allows the boom to move farther. The only use of this thing is to lift heavy objects.
It transports materials to higher places or places that are difficult to reach by humans. Based on its location, it is almost a no-brainer to know that it is transporting things into the abyss.
Transport what?
If I had no previous experience, this question might have puzzled me for the rest of my life, but because I have experienced it, the clues can be connected.
Bombs, bombs stored in Santaihezi underground warehouse.
When I first saw the huge bomb left in the warehouse, I had imagined that it was used to blow up something. But I didn't know that much at the time, and I couldn't continue to guess. This piece of land in front of me
Although the abyss is not small, it certainly cannot accommodate a flying bomber.
People working on the Xihai River Project wanted to drop bombs from here. The bombs were so heavy that no one would be able to lift them. Even if they were lifted here, they would have to push them down along the side. So they built these booms.
Although the boom cannot cover the entire abyss, the bombing area is wider after all.
What is under the abyss? That led the people of the Xihai River Project to get so many giant bombs. If those bombs were really used in actual combat, they would definitely flatten the small city where I live. Suppose they were all dropped into an area about 150 meters in diameter.
What consequences will occur within the area?
It is absolutely impossible to blow up those shadows. As long as there are enough people and light weapons, countless shadows can be wiped out.
As I thought about it, I felt a little chilly in my heart. I didn't know what was in the abyss. But when I thought about the general use of these bombs, all that came to my mind were what Jin Pingmei said before, about the Great Wall.
He said that the real purpose of building the Great Wall in the Warring States and even later the Qin Dynasty was to suppress something underground. I always thought this was nonsense and unbelievable wild history. But I don’t know why.
At this moment, I invisibly connected the abyss in front of me with Jin Ping Mei's story.
The Xihai River Project belongs to the government. The human resources they can use are unimaginable, and their sources of information are much wider than just one person. I believe these people must know something.
If we were to be bolder and think more carefully, would things be like this: things under the abyss cannot be suppressed, and precisely because they cannot be suppressed, they might as well be blown up into ashes.