"If it were Su Lun, what would he tell me?" At the most critical moment, it was Su Lun's shadow that popped up in his mind.
"Ah? He's sinking..." Feiyue shouted, grabbing the scope of the sniper rifle next to him and holding it in front of his eyes.
Sun Gui had sunk to his ankles, and the blue magma was rippling, slowly swallowing up the two black boots. The situation in front of him was like an unavoidable nightmare.
Everyone saw the situation clearly, and exclamations with different accents rang out one after another.
Everyone is afraid of death, but compared with the current slow-motion death like being devoured by demons, it is better to die cleanly and happily with a shot in the head or a knife in the neck, and suffer less torture. No one ran in to rescue his companions. On the contrary
, most people are quietly retreating.
I slowly opened the buckle at the end of the steel cable, sighed softly, and resolutely fastened it on the slowly tightened steel cable, completing the binding action before the rescue.
"Mr. Feng, come back quickly, it's dangerous inside..." Feiyue shouted. Through the sight, she should easily be able to see what happened under Sun Gui's feet. I always regarded her as a proud little girl, but from this voice
In the sincere call, I sensed the tenderness that only exists between men and women.
I know it's dangerous here, but I don't want to give up my last hope of rescuing Sun Gui.
Time became extremely boring and unbearable. The steel cable was pulled straight, like the strings stretched on the piano board, but it could not stop Sun Gui from sinking. He had gradually sunk to his knees.
The sound of the Jeep's engine gradually became louder, indicating that the winch was turning very hard.
A crying voice sounded: "Uncle Wei, Uncle Wei, the rope is reversing, we...we can't hold him..."
The taut steel cable trembled slightly, making a "buzzing" sound as it split the air. Carefully measuring the position of the steel cable buckle compared with the ground, it was indeed pulled by Sun Gui and moved into the deep pool.
Sun Gui's body acted as a medium between suction and traction, and became extremely hard, just like steel poured into iron. Another point is that during the process of sinking, his body always maintained a straight up and down posture, not because of the steel.
It fell over due to the pull of the rope.
Those things that look like liquids, but don’t have the soft properties of liquids, what are they? Where do they come from?
With the ghostly teleporting Witch Longge in front of me, I can try to stay calm no matter what weird things happen in this cave, including facing this strange pool.
When Sun Gui sank to his waist, Uncle Wei smiled bitterly at me: "Mr. Feng, let's retreat first. If we continue like this, there is no practical meaning other than watching Sun Gui being submerged. There are hidden things everywhere in this cave.
Weird, why not make plans after dawn, okay?"
The engines of other cars also started to sound. Probably all the mercenaries were looking forward to Uncle Wei's order to withdraw the troops and return to the camp. These people came for money. At a critical moment, everyone would save their lives first. After all, no matter how much money they had, they would not be able to change their lives.
You can't save your own life.
I didn't dare to risk getting close to Sun Gui, but I felt keenly that there was a pair of cold eyes staring at me from the depths of the tunnel, staring at us uninvited guests.
Could that be Witch Longge? She is guarding here just to prevent outsiders from passing through the tunnel? It was she who triggered the switch to hide all the stone pillars... I only have questions in my mind. If I can stop her face to face, I can ask her questions.
All problems will be solved.
Another exclamation: "Uncle Wei, the car is moving, the car is moving!"
It is conceivable that when Sun Gui's body sinks endlessly, the winch at the end of the steel cable will be pulled, causing the jeep to be dragged forward.
Within a few seconds, the searchlight beam began to shake rapidly.
"Shift into reverse gear and back up." Someone in the distance reminded the driver, but this way of thinking was obviously stupid logic. The jeep did not have enough weight, so it reluctantly shifted into reverse gear and rushed back. It was just rubbing the tires in vain, and it was absolutely useless.
Might work.
The "buzzing" sound from the steel cable became louder and louder, and Uncle Wei shouted nervously: "Mr. Feng, do you want to cut the steel cable, so as not to... prevent anything else from happening."
Powerful wire cutters are indispensable in the Jeep's toolbox, precisely to cut the wire ropes decisively to avoid mutual involvement when the rescue is unfavorable.
Sun Gui had sunk to his chest, and the submachine gun entered the blue magma. From the beginning to the end, he could not make any cry for help, and now he could not even see his pleading eyes. Soon they would all sink in, turning it into an adventure operation.
The one who died in the weirdest way.
I was caught in a dilemma. Cutting off the cable at this time was tantamount to completely giving up on rescuing Sun Gui. It was an extremely inhumane act. I'm afraid that every time I think about it in the future, I will feel guilty on my conscience.
The jeep was dragged into the hole, all four wheels were braked and motionless.
The driver jumped out of the car and ran away long ago, and I saw Gu Qingcheng's anxious eyes again.
If it were Su Lun, would she rush in to face the danger with me and find out the truth of the strange incident? I couldn't help but think of Su Lun again. When we were in the Egyptian desert, faced with the sudden mutiny of the army, she fought with her all the time.
I'm with you, using two pistols to open a bloody path for me, not caring about my own life or death.
Perhaps it was at that moment that our hearts were connected and could never be separated again.
The sound of rubber tires scraping against the rocks was chilling. The wire cutters were already in Uncle Wei's hands. At the same time, three other cars were approaching the entrance of the cave. Twelve searchlights were turned on at the same time and were directed towards me.
A brighter beam of light.
As long as I nodded, Uncle Wei would cut the cable without hesitation, save the jeep, and completely give up on Sun Gui.
How much is the life of a person like him worth? One hundred thousand US dollars or one hundred and fifty thousand US dollars - "Feng, make your decision! We are only waiting for your gesture..." Gu Qingcheng felt sad.
The gesture of raising your arm and then lowering it is easy to do. It can be completed in half a second, but it may result in a lifetime of irredeemable guilt.
The magma has reached Sun Gui's chin. If it sinks another two centimeters, his mouth and nose will be sealed and he will be unable to breathe.
"Give him up, it's useless." Uncle Wei raised the black pliers in his hand and made two "click, click" sounds. The blades had a dark cold light and were extremely sharp.
The weapons used by this group of people were all American standard weapons, but they had forgotten the most famous slogan circulated in the US Marine Corps - "Never abandon your compatriots."
The Marine Corps' super core cohesion and fierce and courageous combat effectiveness are all based on this sentence. Believe in your companions, treat your companions as brothers, live and die together, and advance and retreat together, so that you can be invincible. The reason why
Countries around the world regard the Marine Corps as the elite of the military and as a model for their troops to learn from, which is absolutely inseparable from this solemn oath.
Without this sentence, everyone would only learn the surface of American culture without truly understanding its fundamental essence.
"Never give up on your brothers until the last moment of helplessness." Scalpel once said this to me. Americans' oaths have different meanings.
As I watched helplessly, Sun Gui finally lost his head. The cyan liquid did not make his hair float. "Mr. Feng, what should we do? We can't sacrifice one person and this car in vain, right?" Wei
The uncle smiled bitterly, but he had no choice but not to dare to step into the cave. The emotion of fear was like a deadly plague. Once it spreads, no one would be immune, and this depressing atmosphere would quickly expand.
Uncle Wei was the leader of this group. He began to retreat, and his men retreated faster. Only he, Gu Qingcheng and Feiyue were left at the entrance of the cave.
"Uncle Wei, I want to find out the truth about this strange pool to prevent other brothers from getting hurt again." I moved my steps and looked at the swaying magma waves from another angle. They swallowed a living person.
After young people, the waves are gradually returning to calm.
I took a step forward, raised the flashlight in my hand, and shined it under the magma.
The magma turned out to be transparent. Through the confused blue liquid, I saw Sun Gui, who was still falling, slowly descending vertically. Under his body, there seemed to be countless rows of buildings and palaces, and at this moment, I was
Standing at a very high place overlooking the world.
"Feng, what's inside?" The only calm person was Gu Qingcheng, who had a calm face. From the beginning to the end, she showed no fear, as if everything was expected, and she performed better than Uncle Wei's Liu Hu.
I took a long breath and gathered my inner strength again, allowing myself to see more clearly. In my field of vision, there were indeed countless ancient roofs, like a magnificent splash-ink painting, all covered with a light cyan color.
"Below, there is a real and weird world. I saw the rooftops and the street pattern overlooking it, an ancient city..." I continued to think hard while narrating. After all, everything in front of me was too illusory, like
It is a three-dimensional painting that suddenly appears.
Uncle Wei was stunned and kept making rapid "wheeoh" breathing sounds.
Gu Qingcheng sighed in a low voice: "Feng, do you want me to come in and study with you?"
She has always been different from Su Lun. She only mentioned this topic of sharing joys and sorrows, advancing and retreating together, and her tone was uncertain. If it were Su Lun, she would stand by my side as soon as possible and bear all the pressure together.
"Miss, you can't go. It's too weird here. Let's retreat to the camp first - where are the damn people? Come back, come back!" Uncle Wei began to lose his temper angrily.
Mercenaries have always had no cohesion, and the only basis for cooperation is money. When disaster strikes, everyone rushes to fly high.
I waved my hand in the direction of the light beam: "No, no one should come over. This situation has exceeded the limit that human power can reverse."
The jeep that was slowly dragged over had an unpleasant smell of burning rubber from its tires. No one knew its fate. It was obvious that the entrance that swallowed Sun Gui could not accommodate the car. Maybe,
When the steel cable is infinitely tightened, Sun Gui will be suspended somewhere underground. After daybreak, we can still find a way to drag him out.
The most puzzling thing right now is that we can't figure out what these cyan liquids are.
"Mr. Feng, what are you doing?" Feiyue screamed because I was tentatively inserting the flashlight into the liquid.
If the liquid has strong "stickiness", I believe that the flashlight will also sink in upright, all the way down, and I can use its light to see clearly what is underneath. This idea sounds a bit crazy, but in
In the face of unknown things, any seemingly incredible attempt may become the starting point for uncovering the mystery.
Feiyue's thinking ability was inferior to Gu Qingcheng's, because the latter understood my thoughts in an instant: "Feng, you are so... so smart!" She sighed leisurely, and in this weird environment, she could still whisper softly again.
Smile.
A girl's smile is the best relaxant for men when they are nervous.
When the flashlight was about to touch the surface of the liquid, my fingers suddenly relaxed, making the flashlight stand upright above the strange wave of light. As I expected, the flashlight was stuck, and the light penetrated smoothly, and the light column happened to pass by.
In front of Sun Gui.
I hope to find out whether there will be any insects or beast-like alien creatures approaching him when he falls into that world. It is a world without standards of reference, and what I do is in line with the Chinese saying
As the old saying goes - "Crossing the river by feeling for the stones."
Gu Qingcheng breathed a long sigh of relief and praised: "Okay, great."
This kind of quick wit is not something that anyone can think of and do quickly. I should be worthy of her praise.
Uncle Wei and Fei Yue also understood and sighed: "It's a pity that the flashlight can last for too short time——"
In fact, there is a powerful lighting tool readily available, which is this jeep that was towed over. If the searchlight on top of it can be removed, the effective illumination distance will be at least fifty meters, and the power supply will be longer.
More than ten hours.
I stared at the stumbling car. Just as I was thinking about it, Gu Qingcheng pointed at the jeep: "Wind, maybe we can use it to see everything clearly."
Once again, our ideas coincided. Although she was a little slower to wake up, she at least had further support and supplements to my ideas.
No one came into the cave to help me. Uncle Wei's livid face was hidden in the shadows that could not be illuminated by the light beam.
I adjusted my mood and tried not to make rash plans. I could wait until the jeep was towed in front of me before making any plans.
Those liquids had good light transmittance, and the flashlight beam chased Sun Gui's body. Within about three minutes, the flashlight completely entered the liquid.
"What's down there?" Gu Qingcheng raised his voice, "Could it be -"
She didn't continue, I guess she was thinking of the three words "Afang Palace". The moment I saw the roofs of those ancient buildings, "Afang Palace" was also the first question mark that popped up in my mind.
The "Second Afang Palace" has always been the goal of Su Lun's tireless exploration. From the contents described in the Li family's ancient book and picture album, it can also be proved that there is a secret related to the Qin Dynasty hidden in this mountain. All clues are related
Come on, no wonder Gu Qingcheng and I pointed the answer to this point immediately.
"I can't see it clearly. Those buildings are so vast..."
I could only see the simple-looking tiles on the roof against the cyan background, and there were huge clay horses and animals on some of the protruding cornices.
"Impossible, impossible..." Uncle Wei suddenly raised his arms and shouted loudly.
"What?" Gu Qingcheng asked immediately.
I raised my arms to stop their conversation, because it was me who witnessed that world, not anyone else, so any doubts and answers would immediately come to my mind. Compared to Uncle Wei's conservative approach
, I have the ability to doubt everything and answer everything.
"Ms. Gu, I'm wondering, what is the vertical distance from where I stand to the location of those buildings? Tens of meters, hundreds of meters or thousands of meters? I feel now, like before arriving in the ancient city of Xi'an,
What I saw when I looked down from the airplane window was at least a few thousand meters high, but I could just see some carvings, clay horses, and tiles on the tops of those buildings, which proved that I was only a few feet above them.
A vertical distance of tens of meters. This cannot be explained at all, unless...unless..." I looked up at the top of the cave, and finally made up my mind to tell the answer, "unless the entrance itself is a periscope, and it doesn't matter the distance.
As long as you adjust the focus knob on the lens, you will get images that are far away and close up."
Uncle Wei immediately exclaimed: "Mr. Feng, this is what I want to say."
After brainstorming and uniting, if there are ten **hus like Uncle Wei as helpers, it will surely stimulate my imagination even more.
This idea of "focal length adjustment" sounds a little bit...