Eight hundred and twentieth eighth chapter distress signal
Although there is no distinction between day and night in the cave, and the crew members are very strong, the search for two consecutive days and two nights has exhausted everyone's physical strength, and they are all unable to bear it.
There were two bonfires burning outside the cave, and the exhausted crew members all fell into a deep sleep. Xue Chen leaned on a stone at the entrance of the cave, closing his eyes slightly, while Andrew and Carter Quinn were whispering to the side.
They talked hurriedly again.
Just now, Carter Quinn made a decision. The Eka Group has also learned about the situation of crew members lost in the cave, and has sent a professional expedition search and rescue team to take over as quickly as possible.
It would take about three days to get there. He believed that he could not let the crew go down anymore to avoid more accidents, so he should wait for the arrival of the search and rescue team.
Andrew immediately rejected it. The search and rescue team arrived in three days, but can Hans survive another three days underground? Now that two days have passed, Hans may not be able to hold on for that long in such a harsh environment.
, even if the search and rescue team finds a person, it may already be a body!
"Andrew, I understand very well what you said. I am also very heartbroken about Hans, but we must also consider the overall situation. You see, everyone is already so tired. Excessive fatigue will make people feel trance-like. If they
Someone in China has an accident, what should we do? Things will only get worse!" Carter Quinn gasped, with lingering frustration and suppressed irritability on his face.
"But..." Andrew turned his head and glanced at the crew members who had reached their physical and mental limits, and sighed heavily. He rationally told him that Carter Quinn's decision was correct, but it was difficult for him to accept it logically.
, waiting for the rescue team would be equivalent to giving up on Hans.
Xue Chen, who had been sitting silently, opened his eyes and said: "We can't stop the rescue. Even if Hans can persist for three days, will the rescue team be able to find Hans in a short time after they arrive?
If you do this, Hans will definitely die! And I think Hans must still be waiting for everyone's rescue."
Andrew looked bitter: "You are right."
"I have a Chinese friend, and he once taught me a saying from your country." Carter Quinn glanced over, his eyes cold, and said in flat Chinese, "It doesn't hurt to stand and talk."
"No one wants to see anything happen to Hans, but the current situation does not allow the crew to continue the search and rescue, otherwise it will only lead to bigger mistakes..."
Xue Chen raised his eyebrows: "So, you yourself know that it was a wrong decision to let the inexperienced crew members go into the crypt without professional equipment?"
After being choked, Carter Quinn's face suddenly darkened, he took a few breaths, and snorted: "I don't want to have a verbal dispute with you at this time, and I don't need you as an outsider to tell me what to do here.
In that sentence, you can stand and talk without pain in your back, but now I have to consider everyone, you..."
Xue Chen stood up, stretched, squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the cave entrance, and said to Andrew: "Prepare some food and water for me, I'll go down and take a look."
"Huh?" Carter Quinn's eyes widened, and he almost bit his tongue in surprise.
Andrew was also stunned for a moment, and then said hurriedly: "Oh, no, my friend, this matter has nothing to do with you. It is an internal matter of our group. How can I let you take the risk..."
"Hans is a good guy, very brave and sincere. We can't let him wait for death down there, can we?" Xue Chen said lightly.
He did not make this decision on the spur of the moment, but after careful consideration. Among all the crew members, Hans had a good relationship with him. Every time they met on the ship, Hans would stop and grin and call Mr. Xue.
In the restaurant, he even took the lead in raising his hands. Even though Carter Quinn threatened him, he didn't give up. Although he didn't say anything, he was still very grateful to the crew members who raised their hands at that time. It was a sign of their trust in him.
Precisely because of this, it was difficult for him to accept that Hans was abandoned in the crypt to fend for himself, and Carter Quinn's words were not unreasonable, so he made this decision.
Moreover, he has absolute confidence in himself. Even if he cannot find Hans, nothing unexpected will happen to him.
When Carter Quinn saw that Xue Chen himself proposed to enter the crypt to search and rescue Hans, his body was shocked, his face was in disbelief, his mouth was wide open, his eyes were flickering, and he couldn't believe it for a long time.
Normal people would be afraid to hide away when encountering such a thing. If it were not an order but a voluntary form, 90% of the crew would not stand up and actively participate in the search and rescue. Maybe only a few crew members who have a very good relationship with Hans would reluctantly do so.
arrive.
Soon, everyone knew that Xue Chen planned to go down to look for Hans. The crew members were very surprised, because going down to the crypt is very dangerous, and more importantly, this matter is an internal matter of the Eka Group.
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After Amanda learned about this, she walked over with bright eyes, looked at Xue Chen for a few times, whispered something in her ear, and then walked away.
After hearing this, Xue Chen coughed several times unnaturally.
"What did she say?" Andrew asked curiously.
"Uh, it's nothing." Xue Chen rubbed his nose and glanced at Amanda's back. The gentle whisper seemed to still be lingering in his ears.
"My hero, I am waiting for your successful return."
The most important thing is that she quietly touched his ear with her soft lips.
Andrew asked Xue Chen what he needed. Xue Chen found a large travel backpack and told him to fill it with food and water.
"Stuff it?" Andrew was stunned for a moment, but he still did it. Biscuits, chocolates, cans, mineral water, etc. were stuffed into the backpack, as well as several flashlight batteries. It weighed nearly 20 kilograms, enough for one person to weigh
I have been eating it easily for half a month.
But this weight is too scary, right? You will quickly feel tired if you carry it on flat ground. What’s more, in a cave that is more complex and difficult to navigate than a mountainous terrain, you will be out of breath within ten minutes of carrying this backpack.
, every crew member thought so.
Xue Chen didn't explain anything. He picked up his bulging backpack, carried a bundle of ropes in his left hand, and held a flashlight in his right hand before getting into the hole leading to the depths of the cave. He quickly disappeared into the darkness and disappeared among people.
In sight.
Amanda just clasped her hands, put them on her chest, and prayed silently.
"Brother, you must come back safely." Andrew whispered.
Watching Xue Chen disappear into the crypt, Carter Quinn lowered his head slightly, his heart seemed to be pinched by a big hand, and there was an indescribable feeling.
After entering the crypt for more than ten meters, Xue Chen put the backpack filled with food and water into the storage space. He felt relaxed and extremely convenient.
He finally understood the description of the cave by the crew. The ground was extremely slippery, and it was easy to fall if you were not careful. It felt very bad, dark and closed, which made people feel very depressed and gave rise to a feeling of panic. The air was
The taste is also very bad. It is salty and has a moldy and rotten smell. Smelling it too much can make you dizzy.
Xue Chen was not careless. He also carried a bundle of ropes, one end of which was already left outside. He lowered the rope as he moved forward as a guide to return.
In less than five minutes, Xue Chen encountered a fork in the road. There were not two forks in the road, but four, leading to four directions respectively.
But Oni had already said that he and Hans were taking the rightmost branch, so Xue Chen also chose the right side.
With a more sensitive body, better eyesight, and abundant physical strength, Xue Chen travels at an extremely fast speed. The crew members would be stunned if they saw it, which is three to four times their traveling speed!
After traveling for half an hour, Xue Chen couldn't even remember how many detours he had taken and how many forks he had taken. He even took a wrong turn once, and after bypassing an intersection, he discovered that he had left something behind.
The rope means that he went around in a circle and walked back to the same place. He had no choice but to go back.
The cave under the mountain was formed for some unknown reason, and its structure was complex. It felt like an ant hole to Xue Chen. He often dug ant holes when he was a child. The complex nest left a deep impression on him. Now, he felt like he was in a super world.
In the large ant nest, they are constantly moving back and forth.
An hour after entering the cave, Xue Chen stood still, not because he was not strong enough, nor because he was lost, but because he ran out of rope. He looked down at the other end of the rope in his hand and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He secretly made a mistake.
!
The length of a bundle of ropes is one thousand meters, and every time the crew basically uses up the ropes, they will have to go back because they cannot keep up with the physical strength, so no one has ever mentioned that there is not enough rope.
As a result, he ignored the problem.
In other words, he may be in a position that no crew member has ever reached before.
Now he has two choices, one is to turn back and get two more bundles of rope, or to put the rope down and continue moving forward.
For a moment, he had a hard time making a choice. It would be safer to bring more ropes when he went back, and it would also prevent him from getting lost in the cave, but in this way, at least two hours would be wasted.
But if he dropped the rope and continued moving forward, even he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't get lost.
"what to do……"
Xue Chen lowered his head and quickly weighed the gains and losses.
But at this moment, a vague and strange sound came into his ears.
Dangdang...
The voice was vague and vague, as if it was still a long way away from him, but he definitely heard it correctly.
"Is it Hans?"
Xue Chen thought about it and immediately used his clairvoyance ability to look around, but it was useless. He was blocked by thick stone walls.
Dangdang...
Xue Chen stood there and paused quietly for a while, silently remembering each sound. After a few minutes, he found out the pattern of the sounds. The frequency of the sounds was three long and three short, which is an internationally accepted distress signal.
!And who else could be in this crypt besides Hans?
Since the cry for help can be heard, Hans should not be too far away from here. Just when he was thinking about this, suddenly, the clanging sound disappeared... (To be continued)