The situation at the scene was extremely chaotic. The prisoners were irritable, frustrated, regretful, angry...all kinds of negative emotions burst out. They were about to die, but the two guys in front of them were still arguing about the life and death of a woman.
In just a short time, the water had already reached the top of the feet, and Atal couldn't help but not believe it. He was not stupid. If the two ends of the tunnel were not closed, then the river water would definitely flow to the lower terrain of New Jersey.
This means that Owen did not lie to him just now. This place is a Jedi, and the river is pouring back. Just like the prisoners said, they will die soon.
"What should we do? You are CTU. You must have practiced in this area..."
In desperation, Mike Chen hugged Owen's shoulders. He didn't want to die. Owen was his only hope now.
"At this rate, the river will be filled with water in less than three hours. We must stop the water level from rising now, but we lack the tools..."
Owen said frustratedly that CTU had indeed done similar drills, but he didn't have any tools at hand now, so even if he knew the countermeasures, there was nothing he could do.
"What do you need?"
"Explosives, the only way is to use explosives to blow up the water inlet, but we don't have explosives..."
"Then what should we do? Are we just waiting to die?"
"No, there must be other ways..."
"Perhaps, someone can rescue us before the river fills up here..."
The crowd panicked after hearing Owen's words.
Owen actually has another idea.
The tunnels are all circular, but the inside is a square structure. There will be a fixed air duct at the top of the tunnel, but he doesn't know where to get to it.
Just when everyone was frustrated, a voice suddenly came out, "Bomb? I have it!"
The atmosphere suddenly fell into silence for a moment, and everyone looked at the person who spoke, Atal.
"I have a lot of C4 in the trunk. It should be enough for you..."
When Atal said this, he looked at Owen and let go of Beth. Beth immediately ran back to Owen.
Owen comforted Beth and turned to look at Atal, who also looked at Owen, "We'll talk about everything after we go out."
"Okay, let's talk about everything after we go out~~"
There was a temporary truce between the two sides, and the matter was temporarily resolved. Atal immediately entered the role. He opened his trunk and let Owen see. There were indeed many c4s in the big bag inside.
"Oh, darling, man, are you going to blow up the White House?"
One of the prisoners couldn't help but whistle. Atal shrugged noncommittally. Owen rummaged inside and found C4, detonators and wireless detonators.
Fortunately, it is the C4 which is said to be the safest. The explosion just now did not detonate it.
Owen put the bombs and detonators into his pockets on both sides. Now there is another problem. The top of the tunnel is too high, how can he get up.
Owen looked around and found nothing to draw on.
Mike Chen quickly gave his own solution to use a ladder!
Obviously he was very familiar with this method. Mike Chen first arranged for the prisoners to push a car to the wall, and then found a few of the strongest prisoners to use as the base of the human ladder, and then moved up one by one.
"Wait a minute, when we blow up the water inlet, how can we ensure that it collapses without blowing up the water inlet even more?"
There were no conditions just now, and no one thought about this matter. Now that it is about to be implemented, some people are worrying about gains and losses again.
"There is no guarantee, I can only take a gamble. If you have a better way, you can propose it..."
Silence, the ladder continues...
Owen climbed up the ladder and quickly reached the highest position. With a slight jump, he reached a section of the broken concrete layer. Above the concrete layer was the ventilation channel, but it was already filled with mud.
Owen climbed along the arched steel beam to the top of the arch, then curled up and held the steel beam in place with his legs, while he began to take out the C4 and detonator from his pocket to start the combination.
Below, a group of people had hid in the distance, looking up at Owen's operations above.
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Owen inserted the C4 deeply into the mud, then followed the steel beam back to the other end and jumped off the concrete layer.
After a while, the water in the tunnel reached his knees. Owen nodded, and Atal took out a detonator.
three
two
one
Boom~~~~
The shock wave of the explosion oscillated back and forth in the closed tunnel. First, a large amount of river water poured in through the gap created by the explosion, but then the gap was blocked by silt.
It was successful, but Owen and the others didn't bother to celebrate.
Owen predicted that the explosion would have a chain reaction, but he did not expect it to be so powerful in a closed space. The shock wave generated by the explosion pushed the river water, like a small tsunami. The two-meter-high wave carried the cars in the tunnel towards
They pushed it.
Irving didn't take two steps before he was knocked to the ground. He was standing farthest outside and was the first to be attacked.
Seeing a car pushing toward him from behind, Owen spotted the gap between the two cars and plunged in.
The incoming car was blocked, and Owen finally escaped from being smashed into meat patties. However, he drank two mouthfuls of water and choked until he coughed.
He grabbed a car to hold his body in place, and waited for the wave to pass before putting his head out of the water. Then he climbed onto the roof of the car.
Other people emerged from the water one after another, including Beth, Mike Chen, Atal and the prisoners. It was not until the storm calmed down that the number of people was counted and two people were missing.
By the time everyone found them, it was already too late. One of the two was the guy who had previously claimed that he could not swim. A wave just now drowned him alive.
The other guy was more unlucky. He was probably hit by a wave and hit a car, and his neck was broken. When Irving and the others found him, his body was still stuck between two cars.
Seeing Beth, Owen swam toward her, and Beth shivered from the cold. Owen thanked Mike Chen again. Mike Chen was a very responsible person. He did not give up on Beth even in the critical situation just now, and always tried his best to take care of her.
After the huge wave passed, Owen asked the remaining people to climb to the roof of the car as soon as possible. It is easy to get hypothermia after being immersed in the water for a long time. He had experienced that kind of excruciating pain when he was a seal.
"You guys wait for me here for a while, I'll go over and take a look..."
Owen asked everyone not to run around, and he swam back to the explosion site to check. After a while, Owen stood at the collapse, and he could clearly see water flowing on the surface of the mud in front of him.
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Owen cursed secretly, he came here just to verify this.
The explosion just now seemed to have only delayed the inflow of river water to the maximum extent, but did not completely stop it. In other words, the explosion just now just bought them a few more hours of life.
After Owen confirmed his doubts, he wanted to go back. It was not safe here. Even now, there are still mud and rocks collapsing and falling from above his head.
He had to tell everyone about the current situation. Although it was cruel, self-rescue was a matter of collective effort.
But who would have thought that just after taking two steps, it suddenly darkened above his head, and a large piece of mud fell down, completely submerging Owen.
"Owen~~~"
Beth, who had been paying attention to Owen from a distance, screamed miserably when she saw this scene.
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