Seeing everyone's silence, Wan Yunting said with a smile: "Maybe we can meet them when we get to the underground river, so the most important thing for us now is to set off to find them as soon as possible."
"Well, Brother Yunting is right. We don't have time to dwell on our thoughts here now."
Gu Luotang nodded in agreement.
Nie Xiaoyu nodded, turned back to Gu Xiaozhuang and the others and said, "Keep walking, I hope we can find them within two hours."
"good."
Gu Xiaozhuang and Xiao Zhao nodded and continued to head towards the underground river. Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang followed, and the group couldn't help but speed up their pace.
Because they don't have much time now, they must find the tunnel digging workers within two hours.
However, behind Wan Yunting and the others, Sixth Brother Liang Dazhuang and Fifth Brother Meng Hulu were chasing them all the way.
"Fork."
Seeing two roads appearing in front of him, Liu Zi came back with a flashlight and shined it on Meng Hulu's face: "Fifth brother, go over there..."
"take away."
Meng Hulu turned on his flashlight in a bad mood, then bent over and shone the flashlight on the ground carefully. He found that there were footprints on the road to the left, so he got up and walked in that direction.
"Fifth brother, wait for me..."
Liu Zi also hurriedly chased after him, but the two of them didn't know yet that there would be an earthquake around twelve o'clock tonight...
"Listen to the sound of water flowing!"
At this time, Wan Yunting immediately heard the sound of water flowing in front of him, but Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao looked puzzled and listened with their ears pricked: "Is there any?
I didn’t hear it…”
Even Nie Xiaoyu and Gu Xiaozhuang did not hear the sound of water flowing, but Wan Yunting said confidently: "We are almost reaching the underground river. There are still fifty or sixty meters ahead."
"Everyone, hurry up. It's already 7:21 pm."
Xiao Zhao said, speeding up with Gu Xiaozhuang and the other soldiers, and continued walking in the direction of the underground river.
At about half past seven, the sound of water flow became louder and louder, and Nie Xiaoyu and Gu Luotang also heard it.
By the time Xiao Zhao and the others had shone their flashlights, an underground river appeared in front of them. The sound of water flowing among the stones excited everyone: "Here we are, we have arrived at the underground river..."
"The water is so cold..."
Qi Miaomiao ran up and couldn't help but put her hands into the cold dark river water. But Wan Yunting's expression tightened and he went up and grabbed Qi Miaomiao's back collar and lifted her up, "Be careful there are other creatures under the water."
.”
"ah…"
This frightened Qi Miaomiao so much that she stepped back repeatedly and said with a nervous look on her face: "Brother Yun Ting, don't scare me."
"Miaomiao is back, be careful if there are any snakes or something like that."
Gu Luotang pulled Qi Miaomiao and said reproachfully.
Xiao Zhao and Gu Xiaozhuang took their flashlights to shine on this underground river. This is spring water emerging from the ground, plus the underground river formed by the rainwater flowing in from outside. Although the water flow is not rapid, it is not fast.
I don't know how deep it is. After all, there is no light source here and it is pitch black, so I don't know if there are fish or other dangerous creatures in the river.
"This way!"
Nie Xiaoyu looked at the terrain map with his tablet and found the location of the tunnel, which was on the right hand side.
"Chief Nie, there seems to be a road across the river!"
Gu Xiaozhuang used a high-beam flashlight to shine on the opposite side of the underground river and discovered a cave passage. Nie Xiaoyu looked at the terrain map and found that there were two passages leading to the tunnel.
"I don't know if those people will come out of that passage!"
Xiao Zhao said.
Wan Yunting looked at the time and said, "Let's divide our troops into two groups to save time."
"agree."
Gu Xiaozhuang nodded and everyone looked at Nie Xiaoyu. She nodded and turned to look at Wan Yunting and said: "In this way, I will let Xiao Gu and the others team up with you, and you will also divide two people into our team.
Cross the river to that passage!”
"Can."
Wan Yunting nodded in agreement.
Nie Xiaoyu looked at Huang Jingshan and Wei Renxin, "Just the two of you, please cross the river with us."
This made Huang Jingshan and Wei Renxin stunned and said: "Cross the river."
"Otherwise, are senior sister and I allowed to cross the river?"
Qi Miaomiao rolled her eyes at him. Wan Yunting and the others also knew that Nie Xiaoyu asked them to come together because he didn't want Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao to cross the river.
"I have no opinion."
Wei Renxin readily agreed.
"It seems like I don't have the right to choose."
Huang Jingshan said with a speechless face.
"Xiao Gu, you go this way with Dr. Wan and the others."
Nie Xiaoyu pointed to the downstream direction of the underground river and said.
"yes."
Gu Xiaozhuang and the other six soldiers nodded, turned to Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao and said, "Then let's set off."
"good."
Wan Yunting and the others nodded and said to Huang Jingshan and Wei Renxin: "Be careful."
"Do not worry."
The two waved their hands and were ready to go into the water with Nie Xiaoyu and the others and swim across the dark river.
Time was running out, and Wan Yunting did not have time to see them cross the river safely before leaving. After all, Nie Xiaoyu and the others were soldiers, so they did not have to worry about the safety of Huang Jingshan and Wei Renxin.
So Wan Yunting took Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao and followed Gu Xiaozhuang and his six soldiers. At the same time, they also held a tablet computer and followed the cave topographic map above, following the downstream direction of the underground river.
Walk.
This underground river is very deep, but not very wide, only about twenty meters. Nie Xiaoyu and the others are soldiers, so it goes without saying that they are good at water. Huang Jingshan and Wei Renxin can also swim, but they are not very good at swimming.
With Nie Xiaoyu and the others protecting them, they soon reached the other side of the underground river safely.
After quickly sorting out their equipment, they followed the topographic map of the cave structure to find the workers digging the tunnel.
I hope I can meet them within two hours...
About forty minutes later, the sixth son Liang Dazhuang and the fifth brother Meng Hulu appeared on the edge of the underground river. After looking around with flashlights, they found footprints on the ground in the downstream direction of the underground river. "Fifth brother, they went downstream.
.”
"Follow up."
Meng Hulu said, and he led Liuzi to go downstream. They didn't know that Nie Xiaoyu and his team crossed the underground river and took another way, but their target was Wan Yunting, so they didn't care.
"what time is it?"
Qi Miaomiao, who was walking downstream of the underground river, asked. Wan Yunting looked at the time on his watch: "It's eight o'clock, there's still one hour left!"
Gu Luotang, who was wearing a headlamp, looked around and said, "Did they go another way?"
Gu Xiaozhuang, who was leading the charge, said: "Don't worry, if they really take another route, Commander Nie and the others will encounter them. As long as they find them, they will contact us. Now I'm worried about not having enough time."
"yes."
Qi Miaomiao nodded, and now there was only one hour left to find the workers digging the tunnel.
On the other side, Nie Xiaoyu and the others, along with Huang Jingshan and Wei Renxin, searched according to the cave structure and terrain map. They kept searching for about half an hour, that is, at 8:30 in the evening, Nie Xiaoyu and Wan Yunting came to the rescue.
The team members still couldn't find the workers digging the tunnel.
"Half an hour left!"
A soldier kept looking at the time. Gu Xiaozhuang was shining a flashlight in front of him. There was no news from Nie Xiaoyu, which meant that they had not found the workers digging the tunnel.
"No matter what, as long as it's nine o'clock, if we can't find them again, we will retreat back the way we came."
Gu Xiaozhuang turned around and said to Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao.
"Okay, I listen to you."
Wan Yunting nodded. After all, the remaining four hours were their evacuation time. If they were delayed, none of them would be able to escape during the earthquake, and they would all be buried underneath.
Finally at 8:49 minutes, the satellite phone in Gu Xiaozhuang's pocket rang, and it was Nie Xiaoyu who took it out. This made everyone suddenly excited. When the phone was connected, Nie Xiaoyu's voice was heard: "We have found them.
You should quickly retreat back to the original route and meet at the intersection of the Anhe River."
"Okay, let's go back now."
After speaking, the excited Gu Xiaozhuang cut off the call and said happily to Wan Yunting: "Chief Nie and the others have been found. Let's quickly withdraw to the same route and meet them."
"Okay, let's go..."
Time was running out, Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao excitedly followed Gu Xiaozhuang and the others back the same way, preparing to meet at the intersection where they went to the Anhe River...