Chapter 450 Obtaining Iron Ore
When the ship docked, Xie Yi immediately led the team off the boat, while Xia Xiaoman led people to provide cover. If they found any crocodiles in the water trying to come ashore, they would shoot the crocodiles in the eyes to prevent them from coming ashore.
After Xie Yi and his companions successfully got off the boat, Xia Xiaoman told Li Yu'e and Ye Xiaojie to guard the rear, then he jumped off the boat, took out Molotov cocktails and blocked all the roads on the shore.
It was not a pleasant feeling to be surrounded by a circle of fire in such a hot environment. Xie Yi and others surrounded the circle with Molotov cocktails in their hands, while Qin Shuyan and Wang Shijin held metal detectors and detected the ground.
After measuring for a few minutes, the detector issued a pleasant prompt tone. Xia Xiaoman and others smiled when they heard the prompt tone.
Wang Shijin handed the detector to Qin Shuyan, took out the shovel on his back and started digging down.
The ground here had just been bombed by a shell, and the soil layer was very shallow. Wang Shijin swung his arms and dug frantically for five or six minutes before he dug out a piece of stone that was almost black.
Qin Shuyan used a metal detector to test it and was basically sure that the black stone was iron ore.
Seeing Qin Shuyan nod, Wang Shijin did not dare to delay and quickly knocked off a portion of the iron ore with a hammer. After the ore was knocked off, Wang Shijin shouted to Xia Xiaoman, "We got the ore!"
"Get the ore, everyone evacuate!" Xia Xiaoman said as he took out a shovel and shoveled up the dirt and threw it into the fire ahead. After putting out the fire ahead, they could return to the ship through this gap.
Seeing that the fire circle had extinguished a gap, fierce gunshots were heard outside. Xia Xiaoman immediately ordered people to stop the action, then ran to Wang Shijin, climbed on his back and drove out.
The crocodiles in the water saw the flames getting smaller and tried to get ashore. Li Yu'e and her team saw the crocodiles approaching and immediately opened fire to repel them.
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman jumped off Wang Shijin's back and said, "There are crocodiles everywhere outside. We can't get out for now."
Wang Shijin panted, "It's too hot here. If we stay any longer, we might get heat stroke. We need to find a way to leave as soon as possible."
"Be patient, Sun Qing and the others will be able to repel the crocodiles soon. Trust them." Xia Xiaoman stared at the flames in front of him.
After waiting for about five or six minutes, the gunshots gradually became smaller, and Xia Xiaoman and his team immediately dug mud to cover the fire. When the flames in front of them were extinguished, all the crocodiles outside had been forced back, but they were still staring at this side with eager eyes, and they might rush over to bite Xia Xiaoman and his team at any time.
Xia Xiaoman and the others did not dare to delay and ran towards the ship with all their strength. Just as they ran out of the encirclement of flames, the crocodiles that had been forced to a distance ignored the hail of bullets and rushed straight towards Xia Xiaoman and the others.
At this moment, Xia Xiaoman experienced firsthand what speed and passion meant. If they were a step slower, they would be faced with a death roll.
Xia Xiaoman led the way, while Xie Yi was the last. When Xia Xiaoman ran to the boat and looked back, she saw a giant crocodile with its bloody mouth wide open aiming at Xie Yi. At this moment, a burst of bullets hit the crocodile's eyes, and the crocodile subconsciously turned its head, so Xie Yi escaped.
After everyone boarded the boat, Xia Xiaoman immediately ordered the boat to leave. After leaving Crocodile Mountain for several hundred meters, Xia Xiaoman and his men finally relaxed.
Xie Yi used the detector to test the iron ore again and confirmed that there was no problem with the iron ore. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally, the mission is completed."
Qin Shuyan smiled and said, "Only when we sail back to the underground city can we complete the mission. Now we can only consider it halfway completed."
Xia Xiaoman put the iron ore into the space and said, "Let's find a place to rest for a day. Tomorrow, we will head to the underground city at full speed. We will try not to stop if we can."
The supplies they brought could last for half a month, and if there were no accidents on the way, they should be able to return within ten days. But it was too dangerous outside, and who knew what they would encounter on the way back, so they should try to return as early as possible.
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The journey back was relatively smooth. The dangerous places were still dangerous, but the non-dangerous places had some different things. Some places had more aquatic animals, some places had more plants that I had never seen before, and in one place there was an overturned lifeboat.
"This lifeboat looks like it can still be used. Should we salvage it and take it back?" Li Yu'e asked.
Xia Xiaoman nodded and said, "Okay, let's get it out and leave as soon as possible." The lifeboat was overturned, and there must be unknown creatures under the water. It is not advisable to stay here for a long time.
After the lifeboat was pulled up, Xia Xiaoman and others were about to leave when a red smoke exploded in the sky not far away.
Xia Xiaoman raised her head and looked towards where the smoke appeared. "Flare?"
Xie Yi said: "Someone is asking for help, it might be someone from the officialdom." In this kind of environment, only the officialdom can afford to use flares.
Xia Xiaoman stared at the flare for two seconds and said, "Let's go! We should go back."
"Aren't you going to rescue them?" Xie Yi asked.
Xia Xiaoman shook her head. "We don't have much supplies. We only have less than one-third of our ammunition left, and only enough food and gasoline for eight days. If there's no danger over there, it's fine. But if there is, not only will we not be able to save anyone, we might also be trapped over there."
If there is no danger, they can normally save themselves. Sending out flares only means that there is danger over there and they cannot save themselves.
Xie Yi frowned. In his opinion, as a soldier, when he saw the rescue flare, he should rush to the flare launch location to rescue as soon as possible. But this time it was Xia Xiaoman who led the team, so he could only obey Xia Xiaoman's orders.
The ship was moving slowly, but Xie Yi was worried, so he stood on the bow and looked in the direction of the flare launch with a telescope.
After searching for a few minutes, they found a ship half the size of theirs in the distance. The area around the other side of the ship was densely packed with green diamond-shaped flat-headed snakes.
No one knew how those people angered these flat-headed snakes. The snakes surrounded them and some snakes even climbed up the rope ladder.
The people on the boat stood by the guardrail and fired wildly at the bottom of the boat, trying to kill the snakes. However, this only made the flat-headed snakes more excited. The snakes did not fear life and death and tried their best to climb onto the boat.
Seeing Xie Yi's worried look, Xia Xiaoman said, "This place is not far from the underground city. If you are fast, you can get back to the underground city in two days, or if you are slow, you can get there in three days. If you are really worried about the safety of those people, when you get to the underground city, you can report this matter and ask Yu Jie to send someone to rescue them."
She would not go to rescue them. You could say she was selfish or cold-hearted. They were short of ammunition, and going to rescue them would be asking for trouble.
Xie Yi sighed when he heard this. This was the only way for now. He couldn't joke with the lives of the 50 people on the boat.
Seeing that they were about to return to the underground city, everyone was eager to go home, and the speed of sailing increased a little. At this time, the wind and clouds changed drastically, heavy rain fell crackling, and the water level rose rapidly.
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