Cao Mingmin sent Cao Chengguang off alone, and Cao Chengguang waved to her and said, "Go back, don't worry about me, I can still recover even in the land."
Cao Mingmin bit her lip, and her eyes turned red. Suddenly she opened her arms and hugged Cao Chengguang, and said with tears: "Guangguang..."
Cao Chengguang felt soft all over as he was held in her arms. This long-lost happiness and indescribable happiness still contained a little bit of embarrassment. He whispered: "Don't be like this, your colleagues and students are watching."
"I do not care!"
Cao Chengguang said to his heart that you don't care, I care. Those who know understand that we are old friends, but those who don't know think you are holding the child. Although I am small, I am also a man with self-respect. Cao Chengguang said: "Put me down first."
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Only then did Cao Mingmin realize what he meant. He put Cao Chengguang down, squatted down and said, "Guangguang, you must wait for me to go out."
Cao Chengguang smiled and said: "Silly girl, I'll go back as soon as I go. It will take up to six hours. I'll bring you some food when I get back. Jianlibao, okay?"
Cao Mingmin's eyes turned red. Cao Chengguang has been missing for too long and has been away from the real world for too long. He no longer knows what the popular drinks are now, but it is rare that he can still remember the drinks he likes to drink. Cao Mingmin nodded and whispered.
Said: "Okay! I also want to eat barbecue season."
"When you go out, can I take you to eat?"
Cao Mingmin nodded vigorously: "Definitely!"
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The rescue process went smoother than expected. According to the current progress, the tunnel should be opened within a week. What is even more gratifying is that they regained contact with the engineering department, and the engineering department found the emergency cable.
When communication was restored, the power supply was also restored. They sent half of their personnel to the other side of the collapse and started digging from the inside out. This would greatly advance the process of clearing and dredging the tunnel.
Qu Yangming had not slept a wink since the incident. An Chongguang asked him to go to the sleeper car to rest, because the rescue work would continue for several days. During the work, the two had established some tacit understanding, and they understood some things even if they didn't say them.
Cao Chengguang came back this time with more confidence than last time. He proudly handed the phone to An Chongguang: "Everything is safe and sound."
An Chongguang took the phone and studied the photo carefully, counted the number of people, and identified every face in the photo. An Chongguang already knew the missing people by heart. The number was indeed thirty-nine, but An Chongguang
When his eyes fell on a tall, white-haired man, he couldn't help but be startled. He pointed and said, "Who is this person?"
Cao Chengguang took a look and said: "Wang Meng, he must be a student. I heard others call him that. You'd better let Qu Yangming come out. He is more familiar with you than you."
"Just these people?"
Cao Chengguang looked at An Chongguang and said, "What do you mean? You said there were thirty-nine people trapped in Hell Valley. If you check, it's exactly thirty-nine. What? You don't want to turn your back and deny it, right?"
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An Chongguang smiled and said: "How is it possible, Mr. Cao, what is the situation inside now?"
Cao Chengguang said: "The overall situation is good, but the situation in Zhongzhou Ruins is not stable. Large areas of animals and plants are dead, just like the apocalypse that has experienced a catastrophe. You'd better hurry up and rescue. I'm worried that there may be an earthquake in the near future.
Let's do this, you give the order and let the engineering department dig into Zhongzhou Ruins, try to open the road here first, and rescue people from Zhongzhou Ruins."
"It's already started."
"What?"
An Chongguang said: "The rescue has begun. Emergency power and communications have been restarted. The engineering department has begun rescue work."
Cao Chengguang said: "You are quite efficient." He stretched his arms and said: "Now let's talk about my affairs."
"What's going on?" An Chongguang said with a smile.
Cao Chengguang looked at An Chongguang and said, "Do I need to repeat myself? The new director of the Bureau of Mysteries and Secrets will definitely not go back on his word." Suddenly an ominous premonition arose in his heart, and he jumped from his chair.
An Chongguang said: "I have already applied for it for you, and the superiors have promised to commute your sentence."
Cao Chengguang said angrily: "I want freedom, not some bullshit commutation!"
"There are some things that I have not said."
Cao Chengguang nodded and suddenly rushed out of the car door. He had already expected that things would not be that easy, but he believed that he would still be of use to them before the rescue operation was over. These people did not dare to attack him easily, but An Chongguang
Cao Chengguang suddenly realized that he had become less important, and he felt in danger.
As long as he rushed out of the car door, as long as his feet touched the ground, let alone An Chongguang, even all the people on the scene could not trap him. Cao Chengguang's short body had already flown out of the car, and he let out a proud cry.
Laughing, the laughter stopped suddenly.
A large net fell from the roof of the car, and Cao Chengguang's body was caught in the net before it hit the ground. His body was trapped in the net like a rice dumpling. Two young men stood on the roof of the car, both wearing black uniforms.
It was tightly wrapped, with only a pair of eyes exposed.
An Chongguang nodded appreciatively to the two of them: "Put him in a metal box and send him back to the sinkhole immediately."
Cao Chengguang had never hated a person so much in his life. He screamed: "An Chongguang, I hate your eighteenth generation of ancestors! You have gone back on your word and have no integrity."
An Chongguang signaled his men to seal Cao Chengguang's mouth with tape, came to him, patted Cao Chengguang's face gently and said: "Nothing you have done can compensate for your sins back then. In fact, even if you are given freedom, you can't."
Maybe if you want to survive in this world, returning to your original place might not be a bad thing for you."
Cao Chengguang's eyes turned blood red. If he could be freed, the first thing he wanted to do was to kill An Chongguang.
Qu Yangming was awakened by the noise. When he came out, Cao Chengguang had been taken away. He said to An Chongguang: "I seemed to hear Cao Chengguang's voice."
An Chongguang nodded and said: "The mission has been completed and we are sending him back."
Qu Yangming frowned: "Give him freedom?"
"Mr. Yue will not agree, and neither will you."
Qu Yangming didn't say anything. From An Chongguang's words, he already understood where Cao Chengguang was going, and actually felt some sympathy in his heart, although he thought he shouldn't have such thoughts.
"I have to leave for a while and personally report to Mr. Yue on the progress here."
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After five hours of arduous trek, everyone successfully arrived at Base No. 3 under the leadership of Zhou Xingrong. Base No. 3 was not comparable in size to the training camp. It was just a lonely hut. To be precise, it was a supply point in Zhongzhou Xu.
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Zhou Xingrong opened the door of the hut and found a lot of emergency supplies inside. Compressed biscuits, cans, drinking water, some weapons and tents. The supplies here were enough to last them half a month.
Everyone worked together to set up five tents in the open space around the hut, and also transferred some emergency supplies. This was to avoid earthquakes. In fact, more tents can be set up, but for safety reasons, they still live together. Zhang Daxianren
What I said before coming here that everyone would sleep together in the same bunkhouse has really become a reality, except that there is no mixing of men and women.
After they set up camp, dawn finally arrived, and the sky in Zhongzhouxu was also gray.
Cao Mingmin stood alone under a dead tree and looked out into the surrounding wilderness. Eight hours had passed since Cao Chengguang left, and she still hadn't seen him come back. She realized that something might have happened, and her heart was full of uneasiness.
It's very similar to Cao Chengguang's mood when he left without saying goodbye.
Bai Xiaomi came to her side and whispered: "Are you waiting for him?"
Cao Mingmin smiled, hugged his arms and said, "I should be back."
Bai Xiaomi said: "He has always been in the Tiankeng in the past, didn't you know?"
Cao Mingmin shook his head and suddenly understood what Bai Xiaomi meant by these words. This quirky girl was tactfully hinting to herself in this way that Cao Chengguang might have been sent back again.
Cao Mingmin bit her lip nervously. She knew An Chongguang. An Chongguang was kind on the surface, but he would never give in on issues of principle. It was impossible for him to give Cao Chengguang freedom. Cao Chengguang actually understood this, and perhaps
He had already had a response plan, but he changed his original plan after discovering that he was trapped.
Cao Mingmin felt a pang of guilt in her heart. If it weren't for herself, Cao Chengguang would definitely not work so hard. Maybe he had already taken the opportunity to escape, and it was himself who had harmed him.
Zhang Chi and others are busy setting up a temporary fence around the camp. The fence is very simple, that is, dry tree trunks are planted into the ground, and then connected to each other with ropes and wires, forming a temporary circle around the camp.
The protective net is mainly to prevent the intrusion of wild animals. After all, Zhang Chi encountered more than ten hyenas in the training camp. It is better to prepare for a rainy day than to improvise.
Wang Meng worked very hard. Zhen Xiubo took the initiative to bring him a bottle of water. Wang Meng smiled at her and said, "Milk!"
Zhen Xiubo blushed and corrected: "My name is not that. My name is Zhen Xiubo. Remember, Zhen Xiubo!"
Wang Meng nodded seriously: "Bo!"
Zhen Xiubo sighed and it didn't sound very good. Why did his parents give him this name in the first place?
Wang Meng drank a bottle of water and threw the bottle on the ground. Zhen Xiubo picked it up and said to him: "Don't just throw garbage away."
Wang Meng looked at him blankly.
Zhen Xiubo wanted to demonstrate it to him, but there were no trash cans around. Bai Xiaomi came over and said to her: "Take your time, he is very smart. I think he will be like a normal person in less than a year."
"People are normal!" Immortal Zhang came over from the side, asked Zhen Xiubo for a bottle of water, and drank half of the bottle in one breath.
