Lost Xiaonanzhou Group

Chapter 42

Lei Ming and Han Yuan galloped all the way.

By the time I returned to the grotto, the nineteenth and seventeenth day of the ninth day of the West, the Zi hour had just passed.

They sorted and piled up the pear and sword trees, awakened Coherence, whispered a bit, then found a place sheltered from the wind, and meditated to rest.

Three hours later, when the two of them woke up again, in a small space, Lian Lian led nine low-level warriors to work in full swing.

In the area calculated by Lao Chen in advance yesterday, they used the three pocket-shaped pits excavated earlier as the base point of the upper pilot hole, and then began to dig down. After each hole was dug three feet deep, The underground space is dug underground until the underground space with the pilot tunnel as the base point is connected, basically forming an underground space with a radius of about ten feet.

According to the coherent statement: increasing the base point of digging down the leading hole is currently the fastest way to dig shelters in the cave hurricane belt.The only trouble is: due to the deep ground, after the underground excavation and the formation of the underground space, many conditions such as soil quality and surrounding rock instability must be considered.A safe way should be to build a support or lining structure to ensure the integrity and safety of the underground space.However, due to many restrictions in the construction of temporary shelters in the cave, it is obviously impossible to do the lining. We can only use local materials and build some simple supports to facilitate the safety of construction. As for the underground space excavation The load-bearing structure depends entirely on the builder's experience and judgment on the soil quality and surrounding rock of the crypt.

Lei Ming and Han Yuan were neither ignorant nor interested in such simple underground construction.

Baskets of reddish-brown clods as fine as gypsum were brought out from deep underground and piled up on the surface. Soldiers three feet deep below were almost so hot that they took off their coats and were working barebacked.

The two stood by and watched, feeling very ashamed, and hurriedly said: "Coherence, what do we need?"

After Lian Lian untied a basket of soil from the shaft rope hook, he raised his head and said, "You guys came just in time. There are wooden barrels on the marching raft. If it is convenient for you, fill up the temporary storage tank over there. In addition, I heard that the mutant beast The shouting sound is far away, but we still have to cheer up and be careful."

An important sign of finding water sources in the cave is the discovery of a mutant purple snow vine marked by the local dog department as an edible plant above the third level of warriors.The underground rhizomes of the Variation Purple Snow Vine cover a very wide range, it is said that the largest one can cover a radius of ten miles, but what is exposed on the ground are dozens of wrist-thick thorny vines that prostrate on the surface and are several feet long.

Before the arrival of the hurricane season, the mutated purple snow vine bloomed bright six-petal colored flowers, and then produced the reddish-brown fruits worth five military achievements in the "Catre Item Exchange Military Achievement Guide".However, Mutant Purple Snow Vine is a carnivorous woody plant. Its thorny vines with a certain anesthetic effect are very difficult to mess with. Warriors below the third level will be stunned by it, and then they will be weighed by the vines like a cocoon. Bondage, become the nutrient for its next flowering and fruiting.

The water source is usually within a radius of one foot that can be covered by the thorny vines on the ground of the purple snow vine. Because of its extremely special shape, the largest water outlet is usually only a few feet in radius. The spring is oval in shape and the water is dark. Auburn, looking down like an eye, the local dog department calls it "devil's eye".

Han Yuan and Lei Ming had no interest in the mutated purple snow vine that was attacking with their teeth and claws, and they didn't get entangled. They quickly fetched water and ran back and forth several times until three hours later, that is, after noon. , just filled the water in the continuously designated storage pool, and also harvested six mutant purple snow vine fruits.

Even in an extremely cold place like the Catacombs, after the water shot out from the devil's eyes is poured into the storage pool, it will only form thin ice less than half an inch thick, and there seem to be extremely strange patterns on the surface, which will disperse when the wind touches it. .

Carrying a bucket full of water, Han Yuan adopted the Shennong Clan's secret method taught by Wan Chongguang to purify the water for half an hour, and then went down from the entrance of the guide cave to the ground with a wooden bucket and several kilograms of dry food.

The underground space is only halfway away from the goal of digging to a radius of ten feet, but it is already available for people to rest temporarily.

Looking at Lao Chen's face full of red and white, and his unshaven beard, Han Yuan smiled and said, "Let's take a break and drink some water."

After Lao Chen and the other two soldiers had eaten their fill, Han Yuan was about to leave with the barrel in his hand. After thinking about it, he turned around and asked:

"Old Chen, how long will it take for you to finish the project?"

Old Chen said: "It's lucky that the underground here happens to be connected to some natural caves in Baijiyan, which saves a lot of effort. It is estimated that according to this progress, there will be no accidents. The construction should be completed before tomorrow's deadline."

"A natural cave in Baijiyan?"

Han Yuan came out of the cave with doubts. He couldn't help but think of the natural caves that looked like the bones of white giant beasts that he saw in the Baiqiu Hills and hunting grounds. Han Yuan said in his heart:
"Damn, this cave is really mysterious!"

At the time of You, the three underground horizontal excavation spaces with the pilot tunnel as the base point were connected. After eating for a short time, everyone began to use the bottom of the leading tunnel at the forefront of the character-shaped character as the base point.

Lao Chen calculated the distance with a shovel, excavated the slope of the entrance trail, and separated two people to pile up a semi-elliptical seal on the surface.

Seeing the two low-level warriors wearing heavy clothes on the surface and moving slowly, Han Yuan looked anxious and came over to help.After they covered the entrances of the other two pilot tunnels with light materials prepared in advance, such as pear tree branches and wooden boards, and prepared various ventilation holes in advance, they began to cover the soil.

At the same time, the progress of excavating the slope of the entrance trail also began to accelerate.

At three o'clock in the unitary hour, the inside and outside of the entrance trail slope were opened up, and the prototype of the underground space of the temporary shelter was finally achieved. Even Lei Ming couldn't help cheering with everyone.

Wait for Lei Ming, Han Yuan, and Lianlian to enter from the entrance trail slope under the guidance of Lao Chen.

Although the underground space is still crude, and many of the space passages dug horizontally are narrow and still retain the support, but the area of ​​a snow-white natural cave that looks like animal bones in the east is not small, with a space of five feet.

Smiling coherently, he said to Lei Ming and Han Yuan, "Even the three of us don't sleep camping in the open air."

The workload of this day is very large, even Lei Ming and Han Yuan felt tired after running back and forth five or six times to fetch water. According to Lao Chen, tomorrow’s work in the shelter will be meticulous and tedious work, so they ordered in a coherent manner:

"After three hours of rest, raise your spirits and fight again tomorrow when you are ugly."

It was night, and the sky was finally dark. Many soldiers were working hard, and in the small space underground, there were sounds of snoring one after another.

Han Yuan sat upright, performed the "Changing Sutra of the Primordial Hole", and soon fell into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly, he was vigilant all over, his hair suddenly turned cold, he raised his eyes to look at the entrance of the trail temporarily concealed by the branches of thistle and sword tree, and saw a pair of faint green eyes in the darkness that met his eyes .

Han Yuan immediately stood up.

At this time, Lei Ming and Coherence also woke up at the same time.

Han Yuan made a "silence" gesture with his hand, and the three of them quietly left the underground space of the shelter, and when they reached the surface, it was pitch black, and hail the size of rice grains fell on the ground rustling.

Han Yuan said in a low voice: "It was the dogs (fans) that came over just now, there are five of them in total, and they headed towards the dark forest to the north."

Lei Ming said bitterly: "Yu, it seems that it is really difficult to deal with, I don't know what they are going to do at all."

Han Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, unlike ordinary mutant beasts that are full of malice towards people, I can't feel the slightest change in their emotions. The moment I looked at it just now, its eyes were indeed full of hostility. But it retreated quietly again, I really don't understand."

Coherently said: "In short, the three of us must be careful and speed up the progress."

When the ugly time came, Lian Guan immediately woke up everyone and ordered to speed up the progress.It's a pity that it just happened to enter the dark time of the crypt at this time, the surface became more and more invisible, and hailstones the size of a pinky finger began to fall, so we could only rely on induction to catch up with the progress of the project.

Fortunately, in the underground space, Lao Chen lit two military candles. With the dim light of the candles, under his leadership, several soldiers moved quickly.

At Chenshi, the excavation work of the entire underground project was completed, and the next step was the meticulous work of plastering the walls and leveling the space, which must not be sloppy.

At the same time, the work on the surface has also reached a critical stage. Before the strong wind blows, the surface of the shelter must be made of white rock and mud to form a smooth and wind-resistant facade. Finally, water is poured on the surface to form a Han The ice layers with strange patterns observed in advance are the key means for the strong stripping ability of the wind-resistant [-]-level shattered beacon tower.

The eyebrows and rolled hat brims of the two young soldiers were covered with tiny icicles condensed by the heat of their breath. Even though they were wearing antifreeze leather gloves, they built pieces of snow-white dolomite and mud on the outer surface of the shelter. The movements are also getting stiffer.

At the end of the day, when the wind has advanced to the sixth level, the last piece of white rock is finally built, and the entire semi-elliptical shelter facade is integrated, and it has just been poured with spring water from the devil's eye. A layer of ice film as thin as cicada's wings condenses, and the wind spreads out as soon as it touches the surface, turning into fine vortices that cannot be seen by the naked eye and sinking into the void cracks.

In less than three minutes, the entrance trail to the shelter was completed, and the double doors made of pear and sword tree as the main material were also installed.

After Han Yuan, Lei Ming and the two soldiers entered the cave and closed the entrance, the sound of the wind stopped, and the inside and outside of the cave were immediately separated like two layers of heaven and earth.

The space with a radius of ten feet underground has been completed, and Lao Chen is doing the process of plastering the last wall.

At this moment, the entire underground shelter looked extremely orderly, and the ground and every corner was cleaned.The largest space in the east is a white animal-bone-shaped natural cave as a rest room, and the slightly smaller space in the west is a storage room. There is a large water tank made of wooden boards and terracotta muddy inside and outside. It was already filled with clean water, and there were two tool boxes piled up next to it, which contained tools and food that did not need to be brought back this time.

Walking to the corner of a passage, the support has not been removed, and there is a dark room for two people to squat.

Seeing that Han Yuan frowned and his face was puzzled, Old Chen smiled and said: "Lord Han Yuan, there is no other way. I really don't have time to rush work, so I thought about building a dark room for squatting toilets. In fact, building this place in the crypt , it is also quite important for low-level warriors like us."

Lei Ming laughed and said, "Han Yuan, not everyone is as safe as you in the burrow and the field."

Old Chen was embarrassed, and then he changed the topic, bowed and said: "By the way, my lords, the project is completed, and the construction record needs to be engraved. How about I write it like this?"

When he was talking, Lao Chen led Lei Ming, Lian Lian, and Han Yuan, who had doubtful faces, to the corner of the wall directly opposite the entrance, and there was a book engraved with a knife on it:

"On August 20st, 21th year of Emperor Jiayou's reign, the troops stationed in the Ninth Division of Shannan Road built a sanctuary cave on the ninth and seventeenth day of the ninth day of the ninth day.

Constructors: Chen Sanzhong, Wan Bing, Jin Neng...

Supervisors: Lei Ming, Lian Guan, Han Yuan. "

When Lei Ming saw the end, he immediately shook his head and said, "Wow! How did I become a vicious foreman? No, absolutely not!"

Lian Guan and Han Yuan both smiled and said, "Lord Lei Ming, it's you, and you must not refuse, otherwise our military achievements will not be recorded in the record."

Lei Ming rubbed his hands together and said, "How can this be a trick, if people see it, it won't kill anyone."

Old Chen didn't make a sound, just handed over a pen, bowed and said, "Master Lei Ming, please write an inscription on the wall."

The rest, including Han Yuan and Lian Guan, laughed loudly and said, "Please also ask Mr. Lei Ming to write an inscription on the wall."

Lei Ming stomped his feet and drank "Damn", gritted his teeth and carved a pen on the wall:
"Later, if you can't survive, you can't forgive me."

(End of this chapter)