Chapter 129: Now That We Are Here

The volcanic ash floating around us is several times more than that outside, and it's all in large chunks.

Some survivors who had not taken adequate protective measures retreated immediately after seeing the situation in the volcano crater.

But the mission vehicle only brought them here. If they wanted to go back, they would have to wait fifteen days, and they would have to walk back.

There is no telling what dangers we might encounter on the road.

They stood at the crater, looking at the survivors, who were clinging to the unprotected iron ladders with their hands, and whose figures were buried in volcanic ash halfway down.

"I won't accept this mission. I want to go back to the shelter..."

"Me too. I want to go back to the shelter."

"I want to go back too. Is the bottom of the pit a place for people to stay? Aren't you pushing people into the fire pit?"

The survivors who shouted that they would not go down, after taking a look at the bottom of the volcano crater, retreated to the side, saying that they did not want to get close no matter what.

Several soldiers guarding the edge of the pit listened to what they said and just glanced at them indifferently. They would not force these survivors to go down.

One person stepped forward and checked the identity cards of several people, then directly erased their task quotas on the system.

This is to avoid the system giving them the contribution points reward when they return to hand in the task fifteen days later.

"The mission vehicle will not take you back. We will not send a vehicle until fifteen days later. You can either walk back or wait until fifteen days later and take a vehicle back together."

The soldiers warned several people that there were several active volcanoes nearby that were still erupting, and asked them not to approach those places while waiting.

But there were also several survivors who were originally hesitant. After thinking for a while, they decided to go down to the bottom of the pit one after another. After all, they had come here already.

If I don't get some contribution points back, then these fifteen days will have been wasted.

Xiang Yu held on to the iron stairs tightly with both hands, and carefully stepped down after aiming his feet. There was no protection on the iron stairs.

If you are not careful, one misstep may lead to eternal regret.

This iron staircase is made of an iron rod as thick as a steel bar, which is bent and nailed into the wall. It is a row of iron stairs that lead directly to the bottom of the pit.

There were also survivors coming down from above. Xiang Yu didn't dare to look up, otherwise the dust from above would fall on her face.

The person walking below her moved very slowly. She seemed to be a little afraid of heights. She kept her eyes closed and groped her way down with her feet.

It was more than half an hour later that my feet finally touched the ground.

At this time, the bottom of the volcanic crater had been cleaned in advance, and the scene in front was all black and gray. Near the edge of the wall, there were more than a dozen large tents.

The monitoring experts in protective clothing were moving around in the tents in front.

Seeing Xiang Yu and others coming down, a man in work clothes waved at them. Xiang Yu looked around and walked towards him.

He led them to a tent.

"You will sleep here tonight. This tent is where you will rest. Don't go the wrong way."

He specifically emphasized to several people not to go to the wrong place. It was okay to go to other tents, but they should not go to the tents of the experts.

If they damage the instruments inside, the experts will get angry and all their contribution points will be reset to zero.

The tent has three layers. The outermost layer is a dust cover. You lift the first layer and walk in. The second layer of the tent is one meter away.

The three-layer shield is the innermost resting place, where only a small amount of volcanic ash floats in the air. All you need to do at night is wear a thin mask to sleep.

It’s not that they really don’t care about the lives of the survivors, it’s just that the resources are really limited, but they are also trying their best to provide a safe environment for the survivors to rest.

There was nothing else in the tent. There were twelve sleeping bags on the ground. Xiang Yu picked one, folded it, and put the backpack on top.

There were also several folded sleeping bags, and backpacks were placed on top of the sleeping bags, which had obviously been picked through.

Xiang Yu held his sleeping bag and placed it in the corner. At this moment, several people from outside came in.

The staff member outside the tent waited for a while and then shouted.

"Come out after you've put your luggage away. I'll take you to work..."

A few people picked up a sleeping bag and put it in a corner.

Xiang Yu was the first to go out with a pickaxe and a hammer, and several others came out one minute later.

Glancing at the tent behind them, they saw the number seven written on it. They were living in the seventh tent.

"Once you're all packed up, come with me with your tools."

She led Xiang Yu and a few others and walked along the gray stone wall to the right. They stopped after passing several cave entrances, which were all marked.

They stopped in front of the fourteenth cave entrance. They couldn't see anything clearly in the dark cave entrance. "Follow me, watch your step..."

Xiang Yu looked to the left. They should have come here to survey in advance. He saw many caves on the stone wall not only on the right but also on the left.

There are at least thirty caves on these stone walls.

A few people followed her inside for a while, and after more than ten minutes they saw the support pillars.