In the dark tunnel, the diffuse flashlight light did not help the two of them see. Meng Jinxing probed forward with the wooden stick in his hand and found that the depth of the mud increased every time he advanced less than half a meter.

, given his height, the mud would be up to his waist. If the missing child is very young, the chance of survival is indeed slim.

But if you want to see someone alive, you want to see their corpse!

He was unwilling to give up the search and rescue operation without doing anything.

"Xiao Jiangbei, go and get the police rope from outside, and then bring someone over." Meng Jinxing said.

Xiao Jiangbei immediately handed the flashlight into his hand and went out in the dark.

Meng Jinxing looked around with his flashlight, then leaned over to pick up a handful of mud to drain out the water, and looked carefully at the gravel.

Under the illumination of hydroelectric light, some of the gravel glows with the unique light of crystals.

The words of the worker from the Mamin construction team kept swirling in his mind. What was the reason for the water inrush in this tunnel that had been built for many years?

The quarries in this area have stopped due to the development of the scenic area, and the construction of the scenic area has not yet started. Could it be that it has rained recently and the water is super saturated?

While he was lost in thought, Xiao Jiangbei ran back panting, bent down and stretched his legs to call him: "Director Meng, those bastards won't let me get the rope, and Feng Suo is still arguing with them at the entrance of the cave!"

Meng Jinxing became angry as soon as he heard this!

He casually put the gravel into his trouser pocket, then turned around and walked out. As he walked, he asked, "Why are Feng Lin arguing with them?"

"Those bastards said that they have completed the search and rescue work. Now they only need to close the road to prevent public vehicles from coming. The police station has limited police force. They are currently persuading the people who do not know the truth to leave the area. They have no time to help. Tell Feng Lin not to give blind orders!

They also said that the leaders are on the way, and the county leaders will give specific instructions on how to do the next work..."

"Fucking fart!" Meng Jinxing couldn't bear to listen and accelerated his speed in the mud.

Jiang Qingchun and others were having a heated argument with Feng Lin. When they saw Meng Jinxing half-covered in mud, his eyes shrank involuntarily.

Meng Jinxing walked directly to the simple police line, pulled up the tree pole and shook it. The whole hemp rope rose up in an arc and fell into his hand. He took the rope and walked towards the cave while shouting to Feng Lin:

"Let Zhao Tao drive and go to the police station to pull people out for me. If anyone dares to stop you, you will handcuff me directly. I will be responsible for anything that happens!"

Jiang Qingchun and others were stunned.

Zhan Fuhui was not from Sangyu. He had only heard about Meng Jinxing's tolerant and restrained behavior. He also saw him descending to Fengshan Town to visit Fang Tianyue a few days ago. He felt that Meng Jinxing was not a bloody person.

Seeing him roaring, they thought it was just a show for the people from Fengshan Town. They immediately winked at the other three deputy mayors from Long Ping and Sheshan, and the four of them surrounded Meng Jinxing together.

"Meng Jinxing, watch your words!" Zhan Fuhui said, "Everyone who can be saved has been rescued. It is a waste of time for you to go in, and it may also endanger your personal life! It is for your own good that I won't let you go."

"That's right. Don't put your own life in harm's way and make us suffer the same misfortune as you!" Deputy Mayor A said sadly, "When the time comes, you will sacrifice your life to achieve a lifetime of fame, but we will be stigmatized for the rest of our lives because of you."

Deputy Mayor B immediately followed: "If you want to be a hero, you should come to the scene early, or wait for the leader to come and then practice..."

Before he could finish speaking, he felt a burning pain on his face. The hemp rope in Meng Jinxing's hand was so strong that it swept a long bloody gash on his face.

Meng Jinxing glared angrily and yelled: "You are an inhumane thing. You are in vain to serve as a parent!"

These people usually dominate the people, but at heart they are bullies and shy of the strong. Meng Jinxing pulled out the hemp rope and let them directly realize that the director of the Preparatory Office is not a tolerant person, and he is really angry when he gets angry.

It means just do it!

He immediately stood aside, daring to be angry but not daring to speak, and watched Meng Jinxing's back disappear into the darkness of the tunnel.

Meng Jinxing felt wind at his feet and wanted to throw himself into the mud immediately. He didn't know if the missing child would be found after this delay, let alone whether the child would be lucky enough to wait until he rescued him!

Xiao Jiangbei followed closely behind Meng Jinxing, his eyes full of admiration.

The middle-aged villager who had escaped halfway the previous time also followed in with two villagers guarding the police line, preparing to help pull the hemp rope to provide backup for Meng Jinxing.

With a knotted hemp rope tied around his waist, Meng Jinxing put the flashlight in his mouth, held the wooden stick, and explored the depth, getting closer to the car little by little.

As Xiao Jiangbei said, there was no one in the car.

He looked around and saw that the other end of the tunnel had been sealed due to water intrusion, and because the terrain was all the way down, the sealed hole was at the lowest level, and the mud that poured into the tunnel from the inrush of water rushed to the lower level. If the child was washed away,

In the downward direction, there is no hope of survival.

Even if Meng Jinxing thought about it, it would be impossible to fish out the child's body.

That's total destruction!

Standing in waist-deep mud, he felt an even stronger heartache than when he rescued Granny Luo and his wife in Xiaofeng Mountain!

Natural disasters and disasters can always push people to desperate situations!

Xiao Jiangbei called over from a distance, "Director Meng, be careful and come back if you can't!"

"Do you know how tall the baby is?" he shouted to Xiao Jiangbei.

"I only know that he is a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old!" A villager replied to him.

Meng Jinxing took a breath and said, "I'll keep walking forward."

He now hopes that the child will grow taller and not be rolled all the way down.

His heart was burning, but in order to avoid missing as much as possible, he could only search back and forth along the entire tunnel. From time to time, his flashlight could illuminate cars, motorcycles, and even tractors that had not been towed out.

The mud has reached two inches above Meng Jinxing's waist!

The mud and water floating on the surface reached up to my chest!

Meng Jinxing's chest was filled with chills, and the pressure in the water, together with the anger, anxiety, disappointment, and helplessness in his chest... were all so overwhelming that he couldn't breathe!

He turned to a tractor that had overturned near the tunnel wall. He leaned against the upright body and looked at the roofless mud in the depths of the tunnel. His whole body was drowned in sorrow.

If he goes any further, the mud and water will reach his neck, and even he himself cannot be sure of his safety!

"Help……"

A weak cry for help suddenly penetrated his ears.

He was shocked!

Auditory hallucinations?

He pricked up his ears.

"Help……"

It's a human voice!

Someone is calling for help!

The sound came from the back of the tractor!

Meng Jinxing was so excited that he almost cried!

"I hear your voice!" He shouted loudly and moved to the back of the tractor. "Don't talk and keep your strength!"

He saw it!

In the gap between the tractor's erected dump truck and the tunnel wall, the flashlight illuminated a young face, sitting on its shoulders covered in mud...

Meng Jinxing's limbs trembled!

There's a person in the mud underneath that kid!

He desperately leaned over, took the child into his arms, and tried to drag the person below him up at the same time, but his body was as heavy as lead and lifeless.

"Uncle...Uncle...I haven't spoken...for a long time..." The child struggled to pronounce the words.

Meng Jinxing's tears fell uncontrollably on the child's face.

"Don't be afraid, uncle will take you out!"

Meng Jinxing sniffed, hugged the child tightly, and began to move outward.

Xiao Jiangbei and others gradually saw Meng Jinxing coming out of the darkness, especially when they saw the child in his arms, Xiao Jiangbei immediately ran into the mud to pick him up.

…

Feng Lin and Zhao Tao met Jiang Decai's and Zhang Guangsheng's cars halfway along the road, and they turned around and rushed back to the Maling Tunnel together.

Jiang Decai got out of the car with a sad face and stood at the entrance of the cave with his hands on his hips. He listened to Jiang Qingchun, Zhan Fuhui and others reporting on the accident, the heroic rescue feats of Fengshan Town cadres at home, and Meng Jinxing and Feng Lin who arrived afterwards and directed the search and rescue work indiscriminately.

The bad style of beating and scolding cadres.

After listening to the report, he highly praised most of the team members of Fengshan Town for their calmness and courage in the face of this unexpected accident! He also severely condemned Meng Jinxing's personal heroism and bandit work style!

He said that when he returns to the county party committee, he will ask for the convening of an interim standing committee. He will seriously criticize Fang Tianyue for leaving his job during the accident. He will also hold Meng Jinxing accountable for his leadership responsibility as the main leader of the preparatory office!

Zhang Guangsheng, who arrived later, stood beside Jiang Decai, looking deeply into the depths of the tunnel, and listened to Jiang Decai's correct instructions expressionlessly.

Feng Lin couldn't bear what he heard and suddenly interrupted: "What is personal heroism? What is bandit style? I think it's the Fengshan bunch of beasts who are just looking at people's lives!"

Jiang Decai suddenly turned around and glared at Feng Lin with a cold gaze, "Are you Feng Lin? The last time Qijiaba beat the villagers, you were not held accountable. You don't even know what organizational discipline is!"

Feng Lin glanced at him disdainfully, "You still can't represent the entire organization!"

"You!" Jiang Decai was so angry that he turned to look at Zhang Guangsheng, "Guangsheng, are these still our people's police?"

Zhang Guangsheng did not answer his question, but said calmly: "Let the people I brought go in and see the situation."

Jiang Decai felt a mouthful of phlegm clog his chest, and his face suddenly became as congested as a pig's head.

Zhang Guangsheng began to assign tasks to the police officers behind him. Suddenly Feng Lin shouted "Come out" and ran towards the entrance of the cave. Zhao Tao, who was standing far away, also tried his best to catch up.

Zhang Guangsheng stared at the entrance of the cave. He saw a tall clay figurine, holding a small clay figurine in his arms, walking vigorously step by step, leaving a long string of mud footprints behind him.

Jiang Qingchun's cheeks twitched, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Zhan Fuhui's lips trembling.

Meng Jinxing handed the child to the police who gathered around him, "It's best to form another team to go in and take a look. There are still dead people inside, and we can't rule out that there are some survivors."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guangsheng took out a handkerchief from his pocket and gave it to Meng Jinxing, and he immediately directed people to conduct a second round of search and rescue.

Because the manpower and tools at the scene were limited, the police officers, under the guidance of Xiao Jiangbei, used local materials and followed Meng Jinxing's example to conduct a simple search and rescue.
Chapter completed!