"Deputy Captain Tang, it's been two days. If we can't find them, the possibility of survival will be..."
The head nurse of the military hospital had a worried look on her face, and she couldn't finish what she was about to say.
Shortly after arriving to rescue, three nurses and two doctors in the hospital were unfortunately encountered by an aftershock while rescuing the injured.
Five medical staff and three patients all fell into the cracks caused by the aftershock.
They sent three soldiers down to search, but the crack was unfathomable! The temperature rose as they went deeper, and they had to turn back halfway because the rope was not long enough.
“We could still hear sounds coming from below this morning, which means there is a survivable platform inside.
As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we cannot give up!"
Tang Zhan frowned as he spoke and ordered Xiao Gao, "Get the rope! Make it twice as long!"
Xiao Gao understood his thoughts and stood there, not moving at all! He looked at him worriedly:
"Deputy Captain, the last time we extended it, the soldiers who were already exhausted from the heat couldn't handle it! If we extend it twice as long, I'm afraid..."
"Follow my orders!" Tang Zhan's tone left no room for refusal!
Military orders are as heavy as mountains. Xiao Gao stomped his feet helplessly on the spot, and finally had to obey the order and turn around and leave!
"Deputy Captain Tang, you don't want to go down there yourself, do you?" The head nurse looked at his expression and advised him speculatively.
"There's no feedback from inside right now, and the people inside are either dead or alive! You must know when to stop, and don't force yourself!"
"Don't worry, I know the seriousness of the matter!"
He remembered what he had promised his young wife and knew that she was waiting for him to come home with a bulging belly.
But he also knew his physical limits, so he had to give it a try! There were eight lives inside!
Soon, the rope was brought and Tang Zhan quickly tied it around himself.
He picked up the flashlight, put it on his waist, and made a gesture to lower it.
"Deputy Captain..." Xiao Gao knew he couldn't stop him, but he still reminded him with red eyes.
"When you fell, the crack wasn't this wide. With the support of the crack wall, you might have survived if you slid down! But now the crack is this wide. If you fall again, you'll... You must hold on to the rope!"
"Don't worry, wait for my instructions." Tang Zhan nodded to him and gave the order, "Release the rope!"
The rope was lowered about 30 meters. Due to the leakage of geothermal energy caused by the earthquake, the temperature inside began to rise, and sweat gradually appeared on Tang Zhan's body.
Forty meters is probably the limit for ordinary people. When the last soldier came down, he had reached thirty-five meters and could no longer hold on.
Tang Zhan hesitated for a moment, but still gave the order to decentralize.
At forty-five meters, the temperature felt like sixty or seventy degrees Celsius, and he felt as if he were being roasted on a stove. Every breath he took was like swallowing chili peppers, burning painfully.
But at this moment, he seemed to hear a faint cry for help.
Following the sound, he shook the rope to the right and gave instructions to those above him, signaling them to move the rope to the right.
The rope rubbed against the crack wall for about ten meters. Finally, he heard faint breathing sounds coming from below.
He immediately gave the order to continue descending until the rope dropped to about fifty meters, and a protruding platform came into his sight.
The temperature here doesn't feel as high as it was just now, but it still feels over 40 degrees.
He held onto the crack wall and slowly slid down to the platform.
Suddenly, he felt a wet sensation on his arm! He swept his flashlight over it and saw that the cracks nearby were damp, clearly more hydrated.
It is speculated that there must be underground water seeping out from the broken wall.
He exhaled, feeling very relieved! Because of the humidity, the temperature here dropped a lot.
Soon, it landed on the platform.
Unfortunately, there are only five people here, one injured person and four medical staff.
Four of them were already dying, and it looked like they wouldn't last much longer! Sadly, one of the medical staff had already passed away.
He untied the rope on his body, tied it to the weakest wounded soldier, and gave instructions to close the rope.
"Tang Zhan? Is that you?" At this time, a weak voice came.
"Nurse Liu?" Tang Zhan swept his flashlight over and saw her clearly.
"Hold on for now, we'll rescue you soon!" Seeing that she was in good condition, he continued, "There should be eight of us, where are the other three?"
Nurse Liu looked down at the platform, her eyes filled with fear and grief: "When we fell here, the crack suddenly widened, and they, they fell straight in!"
Tang Zhan shone his flashlight downwards, and it was bottomless...
He sighed, knowing full well that there was no chance of rescue or survival...
Soon, the first person was rescued.
Seeing someone being rescued, the people above seemed to see hope and their spirits lifted! They quickly reeled in and unreeled the ropes.
With everyone's cooperation, the remaining three medical staff were rescued in a short time.
The last thing that was pulled up was the body of the deceased...
Seeing the medical staff who had already died, the rescue workers fell silent.
For a moment, it seemed as if everyone had forgotten that there was a living person down there!
"Now is not the time to be sad, the deputy captain is still downstairs!" Xiao Gao's attention was all on his own deputy captain, and he shouted loudly in dissatisfaction.
At this moment, everyone reacted and quickly dropped the rope.
But what no one noticed was that the previous lateral movement and the sharp objects on the crack wall had already worn off many of the twisted rope strands.
After just a few rounds of transportation and pulling, the rope's bearing capacity has become increasingly smaller!
Tang Zhan below was completely unaware of this! After receiving the rope handed down, he expertly tied it around his body.
The body is pulled by the rope and slowly goes up.
Forty meters,
Thirty meters,
Twenty meters,
Ten meters,
Five meters,
......
Breathing in the comfortable air above, he was just about to calm his tense nerves when he felt the rope suddenly tremble!
Then, a feeling of loss of strength came!
He couldn't help but widen his eyes, watching the light above gradually getting farther and farther away from him...
“Deputy Captain!!” Xiao Gao’s cry from above was so loud that it seemed to penetrate the void!
The head nurse stared blankly at the broken rope, only a few meters left, and stumbled back two steps! She couldn't believe what she was seeing!
"He, he fell down? Hurry, save him! You guys, save him! He's still so young, he just saved so many people! How could he die!"
The medical staff who had been rescued and regained consciousness all stared with wide eyes and red eyes at the dark crack that seemed to be able to eat people!
They just didn't want to believe that the benefactor who had just rescued them was swallowed up by the darkness!
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