Kavin and Kong Yishan were stunned with fright. They turned around and shouted at Hao Zhongwen: "Quick, quick, Brother Hao, save them, they have fallen."
Compared with them, Hao Zhongwen was much calmer: "It doesn't matter, have you fastened your insurance buckles? Pull them up quickly,"
"The rope... the rope fell into the hole," Kavin said in frustration, feeling terribly frightened. They had no experience and did not tie the rope in a safe place. They just pulled it down slowly by themselves.
Hao Zhongwen was so angry that he really wanted to slap these people in the face. They clearly didn't understand anything, but they still wanted to show off. No wonder Professor Wang didn't give them a more difficult task.
Chen Zhe looked back at Yang Lin: "Is there any rope left?"
There were only two ropes around, but both of them fell into the hole by Kavin and the others. Kong Yishan held his hand at the entrance of the hole and stuck his head in, shining his flashlight below: "Hey, Li Lingwei, it's okay,"
There was no movement at all down there.
Kong Yishan said tremblingly: "Didn't they bring flashlights? Why can't they see it?"
He took out his flashlight and shined it, but it was too dark down there. Although the flashlight was quite bright, the light beam was immediately swallowed up by the endless darkness when it fell behind, and only a few shadows could be seen vaguely.
"What should I do?" Ma Xiao was so frightened that she almost cried.
The hole has not been dug yet, and the situation below is unknown. They may have been in some danger. If the rope was retrieved, the two people below would have suffered an accident.
Chen Zhe shouted: "I'm going to look for a rope."
He quickly climbed onto the excavator. Fortunately, there was a thick rope less than ten meters long, and he threw it directly to the ground: "It seems not long enough,"
"It's almost the same. This kind of rope is used for lifting machinery. It can be divided into four strands. This is definitely enough. Quick, help me untie the rope." Hao Zhongwen threw one end of the rope to Kavin.
Kavin fiddled with the rope twice, but his hands were shaking badly and he said with a sad face: "No... no, I can't get it off."
"Let me do it," Yang Lin was calmer than these boys. She untied the rope and slowly split it into two strands, then into four strands. Chen Zhe and she split the rope into four strands in just a few minutes. A thinner rope.
"Can you tie knots?" Chen Zhe asked Yang Lin. He could only tie shoelaces. This kind of strong knot needs to be strong, similar to the sailor's knot.
Yang Lin nodded and took the rope, tied it skillfully a few times, and pulled hard: "Is this okay?"
Chen Zhe exerted a little force and extended his thumb: "It must be no problem,"
Hao Zhongwen tied the rope firmly to the excavator, and then tied two knots on himself: "Chen Zhe, Yang Lin, you two are on top..." He casually pointed to Lu Ze, a student from CUHK: " Go notify Professor Wang and find someone,"
"Oh... ok," Lu Ze turned around and ran back. After running a few steps, he turned back with a troubled look on his face: "I don't know the road... I'm a little scared."
"Damn, find someone to go with you... damn, they are a bunch of losers," Hao Zhongwen yelled angrily: "I'm going down first, you guys stay up there, don't wander around, be sure to pay attention to safety, and listen to me if you have anything to say Chen Zhe and Yang Lin’s,”
"Oh...ok..." At this time, Kavin couldn't care less about his petty grudge with Chen Zhe and nodded vigorously.
Just as Hao Zhongwen was about to go down, Chen Zhe suddenly stopped him: "Wait a minute, Brother Hao, take this with you."
What he handed to Hao Zhongwen was a steel crowbar, with a curved and flat front and a slightly thinner grip. Apart from being a little heavy, it could barely be used for self-defense.
Hao Zhongwen suddenly realized: "Yes, I don't know what's going on down there. I really need to bring something with me."
He fastened the crowbar to his waist, then lowered the rope and slowly went down...
The waiting days were extremely long. At the beginning, you could still see the flashlight that Hao Zhongwen was carrying, but when you got down to a certain distance, you couldn't see anything clearly, and you could only see a faint light.
"Is the rope long enough?" Chen Zhe asked Yang Lin.
Yang Lin nodded: "It should be about ten meters below, which must be enough."
Suddenly the sounds of fighting and Hao Zhongwen came from below, and then there was no movement.
The dark night in the desert was as quiet as if everything was dead. It was usually fine, but at this time it was full of weirdness and fear. Calvin and Kong Yishan looked at each other in confusion: "Is Brother Hao dead too?"
Chen Zhe glanced at them disdainfully: "At this time, if you say another word, believe it or not, I will throw you two down too,"
"..." These people stopped talking.
Chen Zhe couldn't feel the situation below, nor could he hear Hao Zhongwen's movements below. He suddenly raised his head and glanced at Yang Lin: "Why hasn't Professor Wang brought anyone here? Can the remaining half of the rope be used? I think Go down and have a look,"
"You'd better not go down..." Before Yang Lin could finish her words, Chen Zhe had already thrown the rope to her: "Tie a knot for me too, the sooner the better,"
At this time, this person's serious expression gave people an unexpected sense of security. Yang Lin tied the rope and said hello to Chen Zhe: "That's it."
Chen Zhizhi thought of Hao Zhongwen's behavior just now and wrapped the rope around himself twice: "Time is life, don't wait for Professor Wang and others to send people now, I will go down first and take care of the people above."
"Okay, be careful," Yang Lin warned, and Chen Zhe made a gesture and slowly descended into the cave.
Less than twenty seconds after he went down, a group of people came behind him.
Kavin jumped up: "Professor Wang and the others must be here,"
"Really, Professor Wang, come and save people," Kong Yishan was already frightened to death. At this time, Wang Jianan and the others came, giving him a powerful stimulant and hurried over.
When he got closer, he didn't see any familiar faces on the opposite side. Kong Yishan said blankly: "You guys..."
Before he finished speaking, he was kicked by the person coming from the opposite side: "Shut up,"
Kong Yishan looked in shock. The person opposite used a flashlight to shine brightly on his face, making him unable to see clearly. But the voice was definitely not someone he knew: "Who is it?"
It was a bit blurry under the cold moonlight, but they were definitely not members of the archaeological team. Several people covered most of their heads with white cloth, only revealing a pair of faint eyes. Several of them were holding long black objects with outlines. It looks vaguely like a gun.
One of them put a gun to Kong Yishan's head: "Go back, if you dare to shout, I will kill you."
Kong Yishan immediately sat on the ground, and now he saw clearly.
Lu Ze and Ma Xiao, who had just been sent by Hao Zhongwen to report the news, both came back dejectedly, and were also pointed at guns by two people respectively...
"You are..."
The leader laughed twice: "We are here for cultural relics. It's okay if you cooperate. If you don't cooperate... the things in our hands are all real things."
Antiquities dealer.
They were so bold and robbed them with guns. Lu Ze and Ma Xiao bumped into them on the way. Could it be that Professor Wang hadn't sent someone to rescue them for so long?
Kong Yishan and Calvin were both stupid, and they figured it out immediately.
There were seven or eight people, all of them quite strong. Even without guns, they could punch holes in the mountains and crawl all over the ground.
These people slowly approached Yang Lin and the others: "Hey, they are all quite young, and there is also a girl. How can a pretty girl do this? Aren't she afraid of death?"
A man as thin as a monkey looked at Yang Lin with a lewd look: "It's a pity that I still have work to do today... Oh, it's not easy to meet such a beautiful girl."
"What are you going to do?" At this time, Yang Lin was still very calm and looked at them coldly.
The thin monkey approached the cave entrance and praised: "That expert named Wang is really capable. He has built such a cave entrance into the city in just a few days. Boss, what should we do?"
Listening to the accent, these people's Mandarin is not standard, and their eye sockets and nose bridges are not normal Han people, nor do they even look like ethnic minorities... Yang Lin suspects that these people are all from overseas.
The bandit leader looked at the entrance of the cave: "It turns out that someone has gone in. Yes, yes, we have to go in, but it's not safe if there is only one person left here. How about... you guys, all go down from here," he pointed out. Pointing at the small hole.
Go down.
Kong Yishan's feet suddenly became weak: "Can I... stay up there?"
"Nonsense," Thin Monkey slapped him across the face: "Do you want me to throw you down?"
Helplessly, Kong Yishan, Kawen, Ma Xiao, Lu Ze, Yang Lin, and Chen Duo climbed down the rope one after another.
The rope was so rough that the thin-skinned and tender palms of several people were torn when it slid down, but no one dared to say a word, for fear that these fierce cultural relic dealers would really shoot, and what they were holding was not the former Hao Zhongwen The hammers I picked up over the past few days were all real guns.
The bandit leader pointed at the thin monkey: "Go down, then you,"
Of the seven gangsters, six slid down one after another, while one stayed outside to keep watch.
These people really didn't take these young people seriously, because they knew from the eyes of these people that none of them dared to resist.
Chen Zhe came down from the cave and saw that no one was paying attention to him. He suddenly fired the rope and his body fell quickly like a stone falling from the sky.
When he was almost at the bottom of the cave, he gently pulled the rope and slowly landed. When he saw the scene in front of him, he was shocked.
Wang Zhuo had already passed out, and Li Lingwei was cowering next to him. Who knew whose blood was spilled on the floor.
Hao Zhongwen held a dagger in one hand and looked forward eagerly.
In front of him were two huge grass-green lizards, glaring at Hao Zhongwen with green eyes, revealing sharp teeth with blood stains on them. One of them was slightly smaller and had a crowbar stuck on its back. It must be Hao Zhongwen's masterpiece.
The two sides were in a stalemate. The two giant lizards were frightened by Chen Zhe and immediately jumped towards Chen Zhe.
"Be careful, Chen Zhe," Hao Zhongwen yelled and rushed over.