Stepping into the underground city, Ye Han discovered that West Sixth Four was completely different from the underground city he imagined.
In his impression, an underground city should have a high dome, with many tall or low buildings standing under the dome, and streets crisscrossing the buildings... To put it simply, it is to move a city from the ground to the ground.
There is no difference anymore.
If you find a vantage point on the edge of the city, you can have a commanding view of the entire city.
The alien cities below Jupiter's zero point are of this model. Those underground spaces may be large or small, and each space is a city.
But what about West 64th?
Ye Han originally thought that this underground city must be built in a huge cave hall. The cave hall is full of tall buildings. Many buildings are connected from the ground to the dome, and even penetrate into the dome. Both the ground and the dome can be used to fix the building.
, the building itself is the support of the cave hall.
But in fact, that is not the case at all. There is no separation between the city area and the passage. If it were not for the wall, the passage inside would still not be spacious. The only feeling up, down, left and right is that it is narrow.
The difference is that after crossing the city gate, there are intersections at regular intervals on both sides of the passage. Between the intersections, there are stone stairs leading to the upper level. The intersections and stone stairs are inlaid with road signs, with guidance painted on them.
Directional arrows indicate where the forked roads and stone stairs lead.
In other words, if West 64th was originally a cave hall, then the engineers who built this place just filled the entire cave hall with buildings to maximize the use of the limited space.
It's right to think about it. Building an underground city is not an easy task. In order to send more people into a relatively safe underground city, Beidu must make the most of the limited space. It's not surprising that West Sixth Four has been built like this.
Not building the tunnel into a half-meter-wide tunnel is already very humane.
There are advantages and disadvantages to the narrow passage. Without Ye Han's instructions, Xiao Yuan had already made several gestures, and the team immediately changed into a formation. The soldiers walked into the dungeon in pairs, separated by a certain distance, and entered the dungeon in sequence.
When they reached the first fork in the road, the two soldiers at the front ducked behind the corner, then quickly pointed their guns at the fork in the road. After confirming that there was no problem, they sent out a safety signal.
After sending the signal, the soldier did not leave, but continued to point his gun at the fork in the road.
The soldiers behind continued to move forward. In this way, at every intersection, two soldiers stopped. Until everyone passed the intersection, the soldiers waiting here would put away their guns and follow the team. In this way, the entire team was stunned.
Under the protection of soldiers, the possibility of encountering a surprise attack is minimized.
There were dim lights along the way, but no matter the main passage or the side roads on the left and right, not a single person could be seen, which made Ye Han's heart sink completely.
He had to order the team to stop, through Ouyang Ping's transfer, to clear the Ningwuguan's communication, and through the battleship, reported the news of giant insects in the dungeon to Beiyuezhou, requesting Beiyuezhou to give instructions on the next step.
How to act.
Gu Cheng grabbed Ye Han's arm: "Captain Ye, why don't you leave? It's been four hours, we can wait, but the wounded can't wait!"
Ye Han signaled Gu Cheng to calm down: "Captain Gu, I understand your mood, and I also know that the wounded cannot be delayed, but there are bugs here, and we cannot put others in danger just to save the wounded!"
Gu Cheng almost went crazy: "What do you mean? I can't save you?"
"It's not that we don't want to save him, but we must first ensure the safety of others!"
Gu Cheng was speechless. Sacrificing a group of people to save one person? It has happened in movies, on TV, and in previous wars, but can he say that?
He can choose risks for the rescuers, but he cannot make choices for others. Although the people present are either soldiers or fellow members of the scientific expedition team, how many people are willing to ignore their own safety for the wounded?
Everyone is selfish, even if they are soldiers, how many of them are willing to sacrifice themselves for others?
Gu Cheng admitted that there is indeed no shortage of courageous acts of justice in reality. It can be seen that the reason why courageous acts of righteousness are praised by people is not because of its rarity?
Seeing that Gu Cheng stopped talking, Ye Han comforted him: "Don't worry, this is a task arranged by Beidu. I must report the situation in the dungeon as soon as possible, but that doesn't mean I won't save people."
Gu Cheng nodded heavily: "I understand!"
He does understand and can understand it, but he just can't let it go.
A few minutes later, Ye Han received a communication from Beiyuezhou, and Wu Han brought instructions from Beidu: Be sure to find out the situation in the underground city.
Ye Han immediately ordered the team to continue moving forward. After passing more than a dozen intersections in a row, Luo Qi's group who was walking at the front suddenly issued a warning, and everyone stopped immediately.
Ye Han asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Luo Qi replied in the same low voice: "Human bones were found on the left fork in the road. The bones were chewed to pieces. It must have been caused by giant insects."
"Can you tell the time of death?"
"No!" Luo Qi said, "But the death time will definitely not be short."
There was also a military doctor in Luo Qi's team. This agreement did not come from Luo Qi's guess, but from the military doctor's judgment.
Ye Han's heart tightened. Could it be that the dungeon was really broken by bugs? If the West 46th City was broken, what about the other dungeons with the prefix "西"? What about the dungeons in other areas?
If all the underground cities across the country were breached by swarms of insects, it’s hard to say how many resources the aliens would get, but they would definitely be able to capture a large number of humans, ranging from tens of millions to hundreds of millions!
If aliens transform all the captives into insect-men...well, of course, that's impossible. The aliens will only transform young adults into insect-men.
The insect plague already killed a large number of old and weak people, but now young and middle-aged people account for more than half of the total population. In other words, aliens can transform half of the captives into insect-men.
If aliens possess 50 million bugs, it would not be said that they could sweep the whole world. It would be enough for all countries to have headaches for a while. The aliens may even obtain human technological knowledge from the bugs, understand and even master various human weapons.
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What would it be like if one day humans and aliens dropped nuclear bombs on each other?
Not to mention that aliens cannot find nuclear materials, aliens have an advantage over humans when it comes to digging holes and mining.
The more Ye Han thought about it, the more unsure he became. He suddenly realized that Beidu might have the same worries, so he ordered him to find out the situation in the underground city. The information he provided to Beidu might very well be used by Beidu to judge the situation across the country.
in accordance with!
Thinking of this, Ye Han suddenly felt extremely stressed.
"Report!" A low roar interrupted Ye Han's thoughts, "The radar has detected an unknown signal, and the target is approaching, very fast!"
