For example, where is the police station, where is the police station, where is the Eastern Army patrol, which route is patrolling, etc. Tian An and his four subordinates all keep these situations in their minds. At this moment, even the manhole covers of several underground pipelines have been investigated.
Before coming, Fan Keqin repeatedly told Tian An and others that their minds must be sharp and detailed, and they should try their best to understand everything no matter what. Therefore, the situation of underground pipelines is naturally within the scope of Tian An and others' investigation mission.
However, Tian An and others never found an underground pipeline that could lead directly to the Japanese Consulate. This is all because the entire Northeast is China's industrial base at this moment.
The underground pipeline system here is actually much more developed than in the south. Although it is definitely not as good as the Western powers, the type that can walk upright underground. But even if you are a stronger person, you will still have no problem crawling, turning over, etc. underneath.
After failing to find an underground pipeline leading to the Japanese Consulate for three days, Tian An decided to come and take a look today in person, and let his four brothers have a good rest. It was enough for him to be a lookout.
However, crawling in a pipe, even if it is relatively spacious, consumes more energy than usual. Therefore, Tian An only crawled in a general direction for less than half an hour today. Even though it was winter, he felt like he was already naked. Sweating profusely.
He stopped, clenched his hands into fists, and raised his wrists off the ground to keep his fingers warm. Because the pipe he entered today was a sewage channel. The taste is so sour and refreshing. Even in winter, a thin layer of ice is frozen under the pipe, but after all, it is buried underground and there is always water flowing, so it cannot be frozen too completely. You don't know whether it's urine, leftover swill or something, but your clothes on the ground are always wet without you realizing it.
Fortunately, Tian An was prepared and bought a pair of work clothes. Just get wet when it gets wet. If I don't wear the same clothes when I go back, people will definitely be suspicious of me. After almost resting, Tian An started moving again, maintaining a constant speed and crawling forward with the sticky ice-water mixture underneath.
Calculating the time and distance in my mind. It was almost done, but when I looked at the hole above the manhole cover I just passed, I could still see the stars in the sky. Is there no wellhead for sewage discharge in the Japanese Consulate?
No, absolutely not. After all, this is also a small Japanese consulate. How can it not even have a place to drain sewage? I am persisting, it is still early.
Thinking of this, Tian An cheered up and climbed forward again. This time, it was about thirty minutes later. Tian An was crawling faintly when he saw several finger-thick light beams shooting down from above not far ahead. Um? bright? Although there was moonlight when he passed the manhole covers before, it was definitely not this bright.
Tian An, who discovered this, did not worry, but adjusted his breathing to minimize the sound of breathing and crawling.
When he was about to reach the small light pillars, he suddenly heard a burst of footsteps. The footsteps were a bit urgent, and he quickly reached the small light pillars. Then the light beam flickered on and off. The next moment, there was a "crash" sound and water poured down. Tian An hurriedly pushed himself up with all his strength. This causes most of the water to flow from the suspended lower part of the body.
Then the footsteps sounded again, but it was obviously lighter and the frequency was slower. Within ten seconds, it gradually weakened and disappeared.
Tian An ignored the dirt and cautiously climbed over again. When he reached it, he turned slightly sideways, then turned his head, aiming at the hole of a small light beam and looking upward. lamp! Electric light!
First of all, Tian An could tell from what he saw that this was definitely not outdoors. Because there are lights and a ceiling. But apart from that, nothing else could be seen.
So, in order to get a wider perspective, Tian An raised his body again and brought his head closer to the holes. The smell and the like had already been subconsciously ignored by him at this place.
After bringing his eyes closer to the small hole, Tian An saw a few things except the lamp and the ceiling. It's like a wall, a very short wall made of cement. Tian An looked at it seriously, um, I got it. The top of my head is a cesspool. The low wall is actually made of cement and is about a square pool wall about forty centimeters high. Apart from that, there really isn't much else to see. After all, his angle of view was too narrow and he couldn't fly his eyes out.
Since Tian An couldn't hold on to this position for much longer, he climbed up for a while and reached the upper reaches of the pool. After resting for a few minutes, he turned his head, took out the flashlight from his pocket, looked at it again, and listened for a while. After confirming that there was no movement, he turned on the flashlight and looked up.
Just looking at this place, it was indeed a round manhole cover. I didn't dare to look at it more, so I turned off the flashlight and put it into my trouser pocket again. Then he supported the manhole cover with his hands and slowly exerted force.
Um? It moved just a little bit, and then it couldn't be pushed anymore. Tian An increased his strength and pushed upward again, but he still hadn't pushed it away. Letting go of his hand, he couldn't help but think about it. I thought in my mind, "There may be something stuck on it. For example, when you plastered the cement pool, you only left a few holes, and the rest of the place was also plastered?"
Just as he was thinking of this, he heard footsteps again above his head. Tian An quickly moved a little to move the manhole cover above him. I heard a person say, "You can't just swallow the cigarettes that Taijun rewarded you just now."
Another voice then sounded, saying, "Don't send me the ink, I'll miss you. Wash it and leave. It's already midnight."
"I know." The voice from before said, "You are acting very arrogant every day. (Northeastern dialect means confused or careless.) I don't think you can remember it for me."
When Tian An heard the second sentence of the conversation between the two people, it was already very clear. When it came to the third sentence, the sound of water flowing also sounded at the same time.
Whispering, after a while, water began to flow from the sewer well on the top.
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