On the ground, the monks could not maintain their composure and looked sad. Several members of the ancient cultivating families had died, and there were still a group of people whose lives were uncertain.
Over at the general headquarters, Ji Kaixiu knew what was happening on the front line through the sound in the headset and the surveillance footage taken by the reconnaissance plane. At this moment, everyone in the headquarters also fell into silence.
Suddenly, Zong Xun, who was in a daze, thought of something, a look of hope appeared in his eyes, and he quickly said in an excited voice: "When the tunnel collapsed, Yang Di and the others were still inside. Maybe although the ancient tomb collapsed, but in the end,
The tomb inside has been hollowed out, maybe they are still alive!"
Hearing this, Dibo and the big man also rekindled their hopes.
"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and throw away the earth and rocks to save people!" Ao Xi couldn't sit still at first and roared into the headset, then asked the crew to put him down quickly.
"But this ancient tomb is buried more than 20 meters underground. It is very difficult to remove the buried earth and rocks!" A pilot who was flying a reconnaissance plane to take aerial photos of the scene reminded with some worry.
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"Don't talk nonsense. Even if you bury it a hundred meters, you have to dig it out for me. You bastards don't even think about it!" Ao Xi was furious.
"Hurry up and dig!" Di Bo also gritted his teeth. Now they couldn't listen to any excuses at all. As long as the people inside had a glimmer of hope, they couldn't give up.
"Quickly deploy as many people as possible to the site, start excavation operations, and buy time!" In the headset, Commander-in-Chief Ji Kaixiu issued an order on the spot, supporting the ideas of Di Bo and the others.
Not to mention the young man's delicate background, just because of his current importance to the Security Bureau, he cannot just sit idly by and ignore him. Moreover, he is here to help after all. If something goes wrong, the Security Bureau must be responsible.
"But we don't have excavation machines!" In the military camp of the headquarters, the officer who was about to lead people to carry out the order asked hesitantly.
"If we don't have excavation equipment, let the soldiers dig with bare hands. Do you still have time to wait for the excavator to come over?" Brigadier Sun yelled angrily from the side.
"yes!"
The man tensed up and left quickly to gather help.
"On-site air combat team members, except the pilot, all try to get down and take action first!" Ji Kaixiu ordered.
There are more than a dozen armed helicopters ahead. In addition to a large number of crew members, there are also many agents. In total, there are nearly a hundred people. The first batch of excavation and rescue can be organized.
After hearing Ji Kaixiu's positive response, Di Bo, Big Man and the others finally felt better, and then took the lead in descending from the tilt-rotor aircraft and began organizing excavation operations on site.
"Let's take action, maybe a miracle will happen!" Beside the big pit, Qing Chengzi looked at the people around him with complicated eyes.
They are monks, and they are strong among the monks. If they help, they are almost like human-shaped excavators. They can move rocks weighing several tons. If they help, they will buy a lot of time.
"good!"
The others nodded. There were still many members of the ancient cultivating family buried underground. Even if the powerful members of the family were not killed, they could not just sit idly by at this moment.
At dawn, a large number of soldiers were flown in from the camp and used the surrounding trees to make their own digging tools.
Originally, this kind of emergency rescue was almost a drop in the bucket. After the collapse of the ancient tomb, which was more than 20 meters deep, even with a large excavator, it would take a long time to dig down to the bottom.
Because usually a large number of stones are used in the construction of ancient tombs. It took the ancients more than ten years or even decades and the hard work of countless craftsmen. Once it collapses, there will be an unknown amount of earth and rocks piled in the pit. Relying on manpower will have limited effect.
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But fortunately, in addition to soldiers, there are also a group of powerful monks at the scene. These strong men have good skills. They can remove even large-scale earth and rocks.
Even if it cannot be removed, they can still be broken into pieces together. In terms of efficiency, it is even better than modern machinery.
But this still could not alleviate the anxiety of Di Bo, Ao Xi, and Zong Xun. As the excavation work progressed, they became increasingly frustrated.
The ancient tomb collapsed very badly, naturally because at the beginning, two high-explosive missiles penetrated into it, and the shock wave of the explosion broke many foundation stones.
The intense excavation and rescue operation lasted until after 6 p.m., a full dozen hours of hard work.
In the meantime, Ji Kaixiu and the others had already learned from Liu Xuan that at the critical moment when the ancient corpse retreated, it still escaped and jumped into the underground river.
But the good news is that at the last moment, Yang Di has already played four Tiangang corpse-suppressing ancient coins, causing the ancient corpse to suffer heavy losses and almost destroying its recent transformation.
And if it falls into an underground river, the monster will not be able to come out again for months, even years, or decades, and may be washed into deep underground waters.
However, Ji Kaixiu and others still felt solemn. If ordinary people fell into that kind of desperate situation, they could regard it as dead, but the monster was a monster that could not be measured by common sense. Even high-tech weapons could not destroy it, even if it was underground
That kind of harsh environment will probably not be able to trap it to death forever.
There is always the possibility of the monster coming back, which makes people uneasy, but it doesn't change anything.
At around six o'clock, with the help of precise positioning instruments, a large number of people finally dug to the bottom. It was determined that this location more than 20 meters deep was the inner chamber of the tomb. Many strong men had previously fought with the ancients here.
The corpses fought fiercely.
But what is desperate is that the inner chamber also collapsed, and as soon as it was excavated, two dead bodies were thrown out.
In addition, there are a large number of broken limbs scattered in the surrounding earth and rocks, most of which belong to the zombies that were killed.
"Keep digging, you'll see people alive or dead!" Seeing the mess on the ground around him, Di Bo's eyes were filled with tears, and he gritted his teeth and uttered.
Even if the inner room collapsed, she was unwilling to give up.
The surrounding soldiers and monks naturally knew that the matter could not be done so hastily. Even though there was a lot of earth and rocks in the inner chamber of several hundred square meters, they still had to clear it out in one go.
As the cleanup progressed, several more unrecognizable and bloody corpses were thrown out. They were the strong men of the ancient cultivating family who had not been able to escape.
No survivors, no miracles!
The survivors of the ancient cultivating family felt a little sad when they saw the corpses of their companions. Even cultivators who were fearless about life and death were not like grass and trees.
The pressure of earth and rock more than 20 meters high within one square meter is at least 60,000 to 70,000 kilograms.
The huge pressure at the entrance will make even a strong person in the Yangshen realm be crushed to death in an instant. After all, they are all flesh and blood, unless they are the kind of terrifying beings with towering fortunes, or aliens with too abnormal physiques.