"like."
Perhaps because of the inertia of answering the previous questions, Tianyang blurted out the answer without hesitation or deep thought.
Time stopped at this moment.
The two looked at each other, their gazes quickly met, then retreated like frightened fish, then cautiously reached out, and finally fell on each other's face.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
"I... "
"that... "
They both spoke at the same time, and when they realized the other had something to say, they paused, causing the room to fall into silence again.
Just as they looked at each other, there was a knock on the door, breaking the silence in the room.
Xun quickly sat up straight, coughed and said, "Come in."
The door opened and Kun Lan walked in: "Doctor, I'm here for a follow-up visit. I have to go back to work. Hey, Baimao, you're here too?"
"Have you finished reading it? Or should I go out and wait?"
Tian Yang sat up in a panic and said, "It shouldn't be necessary, right, doctor?"
Xun didn't dare to look at him, holding up the electronic board, and said, "Yes, you are fine now, I will sign your medical record card."
"Then I'll go out first."
Tianyang fled from the consultation room in a panic. When he ran out of the door, he felt his heart beating faster and his thoughts became a mess.
What on earth was I doing just now
He shook his head and returned to his room.
Kunlan looked at the gate curiously: "Why did Baimao run so fast? What happened to him?"
Xun's eyes were in a panic, not knowing where to put them: "I don't know, don't you have a follow-up visit? Hurry and sit down."
Kun Lan said 'hmm', sat down on the reclining chair, and then asked curiously: "Doctor, your face is very red. Are you sick? You should drink more hot water."
... ...
Finally, the day came to leave the base vehicle.
During a rest stop, Tianyang and Kunlan left the base vehicle and returned to the Night Walker exploration team ahead.
Looking at the base vehicle gradually moving away, Tianyang scratched his hair and looked away.
At this time, an iron-walled military vehicle passed by them.
At the window of the military vehicle, a soldier lowered his head. He seemed to sense something and looked out the window. He saw Tianyang, and the figure of the young man was reflected on the surface of the full-coverage helmet on his head.
The soldier, whose face could not be seen clearly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile.
Tianyang frowned slightly and looked out the window, but unfortunately, the military vehicle had gone far away and he only saw another base vehicle.
But just now.
He had a strange feeling, as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake. The slippery and cold malice made him feel nauseous.
Since Tianyang and Kunlan returned to the team, and Storm also dispatched two teams to join the exploration, the pressure on the Night Walkers was greatly reduced.
Therefore, Liang Sen and Cang Du's teams finally waited for the holiday. After handing over to Tian Yang's two teams, Liang Sen handed over the captain's job to Li Da and left with the Tian Jian team.
After returning, Tianyang temporarily forgot about Xun's last question and devoted himself to the exploration work again.
After encountering the migration of black people and resting for four days, the expeditionary force set out again. Now they are heading north along the Longhai Highway. According to the route map, they will soon reach the next section.
Xin'an City.
Up to now, the route taken by the expeditionary force basically matches the 'Nanli Base Route Map'. Perhaps the end point of this expedition is the Nanli Base.
As expected, Fortress has not given up on the 'grave'. After so many years, it is still actively looking for clues related to it.
I don't know where they got this route map from. I don't know if the Nanli base still exists? If Su Lie successfully reached the base, even if he didn't destroy the base, he should have destroyed the coordinates of the tomb or related information, right
Sitting in the Falcon chariot, Tianyang's thoughts were scattered, and he didn't know where they had drifted to.
Suddenly, Lida's voice rang out in the car's public communication channel: "Attention, we have detected a huge road fault ahead. All vehicles should slow down and don't fall off."
Upon hearing the news, Tian Yang quickly put away his thoughts, concentrated his mind, picked up the communicator and said, "Captain, let's go take a look."
Lida did not object: "Okay, but please be careful. If you find anything, don't solve it yourself, come back and report first."
"clear."
Tianyang put down the communicator and switched to the team channel: "Let's go explore the way."
The two Falcon vehicles of the Galaxy Team began to increase their speed, gradually separated from the exploration team, broke through the black fog, and drove forward along the road.
At the same time, the on-board energy detector was turned on, and by emitting various energy waves and using the feedback of these energy waves, a holographic model of the vicinity was constructed.
Soon, a ground model was constructed. From the model, it can be seen that there is indeed a ground fault not far ahead of the road.
The road was broken, forming a bottomless rift valley. Due to the limited exploration distance of wave energy, it is impossible to estimate the span of this rift valley.
A moment later, the two chariots arrived near the fault and stopped.
Tianyang opened the car door, jumped onto the ground, raised the flashlight and looked around, only to see cracks all over the ground.
The traces spread forward from sparse to dense, from thick to thin.
Tianyang gestured to everyone to be careful and asked the soldiers to stay, and only allowed the Sublimator team members and the Queen controlled by the Flame Soldiers to grope forward.
Soon, Tianyang saw the edge of the fault. The ground here was torn apart for some unknown reason.
Several people were scanning back and forth with lights on, but they couldn't see the other side of the rift. They only felt a sense of emptiness.
Tianyang took out a fluorescent stick, lit it up, and threw it down the fault.
I saw this ball of cold blue light moving all the way down, bumping occasionally, but there was no sign of stopping.
Until it disappeared from everyone's sight, there was no sound of it falling to the ground, as if there was an abyss under the fault that led to the center of the earth.
Tianyang took out the communicator: "Launch a flare."
A few seconds later, a ball of light extended obliquely from behind them, from the direction of the Falcon chariot.
The ball of light flew over Tianyang's head and flew above the rift valley. Suddenly, the light became brighter and released a huge radiance.
The sudden bright light made everyone feel uncomfortable. Even Tian Yang took two seconds to regain his vision.
He looked in the strong light above his head and found that the other end of the crack was vaguely hidden in the black fog in the distance.
"It's a long way away. It must be at least one kilometer away..."
Yan Bing's voice rang out in the Queen's machine next to him.
Tianyang looked to the left and right again, but could not see the end of the fault. From this, it can be inferred that the rift valley is wide and long.
Both the length and depth are terrifying.
"Let's go back first."
Tianyang made a gesture and the team returned.
The main Night Walker exploration team stopped about one kilometer away from the large fault. Lida had already reported the discovery to the main expedition team in advance and had notified the expedition commander Feimei.
Now, the expeditionary force is temporarily resting in the rear, waiting for the Night Walkers to come up with a definite route, or for the expeditionary force to work out a specific plan before taking action.
After Tianyang returned to the main team, he told Lida what he had discovered. Lida immediately called the captains of each team to discuss the matter.
At this time, they had already obtained the specific information of the rift valley.
"This rift valley is 1,300 meters wide at its widest point, more than 5 kilometers long, and its depth is unmeasurable."
Lida pointed to the rift model in front of her that was constructed after obtaining specific data. It can be seen that the shape of this rift in this model is irregular.
However, its overall appearance is like a bloody mouth gaping on the ground.
On the left side of the rift, not far away, there were mountains of different heights. They formed a natural barrier that blocked the way. It was obviously impossible to bypass the left side of the rift.
Even so, judging from the information from the Rift Valley, this is the shortest way back to the expedition route.
If the left side of the rift cannot be bypassed, then we can only explore to the right side. The length of the right side is about four kilometers, which will be quite difficult and laborious to explore.
After briefly explaining the situation, Lida concluded: "Although it is a waste of time, we no longer have any other options in this situation."
"So now, I need someone to do the initial exploration, and I need to get more feedback and more information."
"Who among you wants to complete this task?"
Tianyang raised his hand without much thought and said, "Let me go. I've rested long enough."
Kun Lan also shouted: "Me too, if I don't move around, I'll get rusty."
Lida pressed her broad forehead and smiled, "Okay, I'll leave it to you. You just need to get ready and we can set off."
There wasn't much preparation involved, in fact, there wasn't much need to prepare.
After the meeting, the Galaxy and Blue Sky teams broke away from the main team and started exploring.
They did not go straight to the fault. Several tanks maintained a safe distance to avoid getting too close to the fault. Once a landslide or other natural disaster occurred, they would fall into the unmeasurable abyss.
With the precise positioning of the instruments, they did not move away from the fault, but continued to move forward along the left edge of the fault.
After leaving the highway, the road became bumpy and rugged. Fortunately, the Falcon's shockproof system is quite excellent. Apart from causing some discomfort, the people sitting in the car were not greatly affected.
Away from the road, there may have been vegetation here, perhaps a forest, so along the way you can occasionally see dead tree stumps still on the ground.
The earth was dry and cracked, with lines like a tortoise shell scattered on the ground, as if the only vitality left in this world had been lost through these cracks.
Due to the needs of exploration, the speed of the vehicle was less than half of the normal speed. During a violent shake, Tianyang, who was sitting in the car, suddenly sensed something and looked sharply towards the direction of the rift on the right.
In that dark and empty space, a dim light suddenly flickered.