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Tomb Hunter : City of Death
Episode 12 earthquake

Episode 12 earthquake

Luo Ning suddenly thought of something and lay on the stone wall and shouted to me: "Comrade Xiao Hu, glorious bomb!"

The rest of the people thought at the same time, yes, we still have a grenade left, which has not been used. It is currently installed in the big man's armed belt. The standard wooden handle grenades made in China are waterproof, and some are in Qinghai Lake. The soldiers stationed at the garrison often used grenades to fry fish in the lake. Although everyone fell into the water just now, the grenades should not be affected by moisture. Thanks to Luo Ning for the reminder.

The big man took out a grenade and said, "Old Hu, catch it." He threw it towards me from above.

I quickly held the bayonet horizontally in my mouth, caught the grenade with my right hand, pushed off the safety cover with my thumb, opened my mouth and threw away the bayonet, bit the tab, and the fuse of the grenade was ignited, making me choke. White smoke comes out.

I looked down at the big mouth of the Overlord Salamander and threw the grenade in. The Overlord Salamander didn't know what the grenade was. When I saw the black roar, it flew over. According to its usual hunting habits, it rolled it with its long tongue. After swallowing it, there was a muffled sound, and the grenade exploded in its mouth. Although the skin on the body of the Overlord Salamander was hard, the flesh in its mouth was very soft. This time, its head was blown to pieces from the inside out and fell. After reaching the bottom of the stone wall, the huge body twisted a few times, turned over and died on the rocks by the river.

I let out a long breath, and my whole body was soaked in cold sweat. I didn't feel scared just now, but now my hands and feet were weak, and I felt dizzy when I looked down.

Suddenly, the mountain wall shook violently, the water in the underground river surged, the air was filled with the smell of sulfur, and waves of heat rushed up from below.

The volcano under the river bed began to move. Something happened suddenly. Everyone was caught off guard and almost fell down. I hurriedly climbed up a relatively gentle slope, sat down and took a few breaths. I was still shocked, but I saw that the shaking underground was getting more and more violent, and the mountain wall made of volcanic rocks might collapse at any time.

Luo Ning said that there will not necessarily be a volcanic eruption. Depending on the situation, it should just be cyclical activity of the volcano. The time of this activity cycle is uncertain. It may occur once in a few days, or it may only occur once in hundreds or thousands of years. There are many types of volcanoes. The common inverted trumpet chimney-shaped volcanoes are formed after large-scale eruptions. There are also some volcanoes that, although not extinct, have never erupted for tens of thousands of years and have been buried deep underground. , there will be vibration occasionally.

But no matter how many years it is active, we are unlucky enough to catch it just in time. I wanted to look for an exit along the underground river, but the water below was boiling. If I went down, I would become a dumpling boiled in a pot. It seemed that I couldn't go down anymore. When I was at a loss, Gawa pulled my clothes. , pointing upward for us to see.

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A few hundred meters above my head, a slender white light appeared. My eyes were dazzled and my eyes stung. What was that? Could it be another extinct creature?

Luo Ning was filled with surprises: "It's the sky! It's the sky!"

The shaking of the underground volcano caused an earthquake, and a big crack opened in the ground above me. I haven't seen the sky outside for so long that I almost forgot what the sky looks like. Is it blue or white?

I said to the rest of the people: "Comrades, there is no end to the road. If you persist to the end, you will win. For the sake of New China, move forward!"

The four people who were already exhausted suddenly saw the hope of escaping. Infinite strength emerged from the flat ground. They pulled their legs apart, rounded their arms, and climbed up the slope desperately.

The vibrations below are getting more and more intense, the heat wave is overwhelming, and the strong smell of sulfur makes people's foreheads hurt. We are worried that the crack will be closed again by the earthquake. Everyone wants to get out as soon as possible. He sprinted for 100 meters on a steep slope of 45 degrees.

The higher you go up, the more crumbly the volcanic rocks are. Some of them are like sand, making it difficult to stand on. I climbed up three feet and then fell back two feet. The skin on my hands was worn away. I ignored the pain and gritted my teeth. Pedaling and planing at a height of five to six hundred meters was as difficult as a long march across the snow-capped mountains. After all the energy was exhausted, we finally returned to the ground. We climbed up with blue sky and white clouds and rolling mountains on both sides. The place is a section of the Kunlun River Valley, which is also the area with the lowest altitude in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is only a few kilometers away from the "Unfrozen Spring" military station in Toudaoban.

Luoning was not strong enough, and Gawa had an injury on her foot. The two of them fell behind at the last moment. I didn't care about rest, so I hurriedly strung the two people's armed belts and load-bearing belts together with the big man, and hung them down for Luo Ning. Ning and the others hold on.

The earthquake became more and more violent. The one-meter-wide crack could collapse at any time. Luo Ning and Gawa could only hold on tightly to the straps. Affected by the underground vibrations, they would slide down even half an inch after taking one step. Can't climb up.

The big man and I tried our best to pull up, but no matter how strong the two people were, it was impossible to pull them up at the same time. At this time, Gawa let go of the belt and supported Luoning from below. With us pulling from above, she was pulled up from the crack in one go.

When I wanted to throw the belt down again to save Gawa, a violent vibration came, and the earth came together again, and Gawa was squeezed alive in the middle.

With a low temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero, our coats and hats had long since disappeared. The three of us had forgotten the cold and were only wearing thin clothes. Weeping and digging in vain at the sand and gravel on the ground with our hands and bayonets...

Three days later, I was lying on the bed in the hospital of the military region. The chief of staff of the military region held my hand and expressed cordial condolences: "Comrade Xiao Hu, you have acted very bravely this time. On behalf of the Military Commission, I would like to express my condolences to you and hope you will recover soon." How about making new achievements on the road of revolution? "How do you feel now?"

I replied: "Thank you for your concern, chief. I still...still...still..." I wanted to say it was okay, but when I thought of those comrades who left me forever, Xiao Lin, Gawa, the instructor, and the second squad leader, The word "good" was held in my chest and I still couldn't say it out.