Ye Qianxuan also understood at this time. "My dad and the others are trapped in the reeds?"
"I think so too. This reed patch is probably the source of the underground river. A large amount of surface water flows from here to the underground river, and there must be a hole. Lao Ye and the others are likely to accidentally enter or Being sucked underground, the situation is particularly critical now, and we must call for support.”
"Who can I ask for help? How can I ask for help?" In the middle of the night, Wang Ke was so anxious that he realized that the scene was real. There was a waterfall and sinkhole in the reeds.
"Use the radio on your body." Professor Wen looked at his luminous watch and said, "It's still ten minutes before midnight, but hurry up, let's put up the radio quickly. Through the emergency time period and emergency channel , pass on the message for help.”
"good."
Wang Ke quickly put down the rope on his shoulders and took off the radio on his back. The two quickly ran to a higher ground and put the radio on the stand. Ye Xianzhi pulled out the antenna, took out the earphones and transmitter. Then turn on the power, turn on the channel switch, and start twisting the knob to search for emergency channels.
"Okay, Uncle Wen, you're ready."
"Send this message quickly." Professor Wen handed over the written message under the light of the flashlight.
For this joint archaeological inspection, Ye Xianxian urgently participated in a one-week training class on sending and receiving newspapers. He could not be said to be very skilled, but he still mastered the basic operations.
"The radio station on duty has received it. This is a clear call back." Ye Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief and took off the earphones.
Professor Wen put down his luggage and said worriedly. "Our only choice now may be to wait. I hope Lao Ye and the others are fine."
"Teacher Wen, don't we go in and search?" Wang Ke stood up and said to Professor Wen.
Professor Wen sighed and said: "If we enter the reeds rashly, not only will we not be able to save them, but we may also be in danger again. Think about it, if they are really trapped, they will not be able to escape in broad daylight." , it’s midnight now!”
"But we can't sit still and wait for death. My father and the others may be at a critical moment of life and death." Ye Qianqian was also very anxious at this time and spoke eloquently.
Wang Ke stopped Ye Xianqiang with his hand, "Teacher Wen is right, but is this good?" Wang Ke pointed to the rope rolled underground and said, "Sooner or later we have to enter this reed bush. In this way, I am in front, Tie the rope around my body, and you two should follow me and hold on to the rope with your hands. If it is really dangerous, you can at least pull me out."
When Professor Wen heard this, he thought it was a good idea. Why is he not in a hurry? Professor Ye Rongguang is an irreplaceable biologist in Tianjin and the entire academic world. If there is an accident, he will not be able to escape the blame.
"Okay! Let's go, let's choose a point." Professor Wen is now more confident.
Walking south along the river bend, Professor Wen stopped at a place with lush reeds. "Let's go in from here. Everyone, take off all the equipment, dry food, and radio. Comrade Xiao Wang, what about you, what are you taking with you?"
Wang Ke thought for a while and began to unpack everything on his body one by one. "I don't bring anything."
"Bring something for self-defense!" Professor Wen reminded that there might be something unexpected in this patch of reeds.
"Okay." Wang Ke put his military dagger and scabbard on his waist, and the whistle hanging around his neck hung down. He wanted to take it off, but thought it might be useful, so he didn't move it. He untied the hemp rope, tied a knot, tied one end around his waist, and handed the other end to Professor Wen and Ye Qianpian. "You should stay at least ten meters away from me, and don't follow me too close. This rope is forty or fifty meters long."
"Okay!" Before Professor Wen could say anything, Ye Xianqian had already tied the other end of the rope to himself, and wrapped the rest around his shoulders. She was only thinking about her father now, and when she saw that Wang Ke was as anxious as she was, she suddenly felt warm.
Wang Ke began to roll up his trouser legs. He knew that he had eaten Huo Shao Wan and would not care too much about the cold water, but could Professor Wen and Ye Xian survive it? Thinking about it again, if Professor Ye and the two comrades fell into the waterfall sinkhole and got soaked, wouldn't it be even colder? Saving people is the most important thing. Time waits for no one. Even if you want to save people, you should try it yourself.
He rolled up his trouser legs and tightened his shoelaces. Then he put on his shoes and walked into the reeds with a flashlight.
"Aren't you taking off your shoes?" Professor Wen asked later.
"Teacher Wen, it's best not to take it off. Your feet will get stuck in the reeds."
"I know, then we won't take it off either."
The three of them got off the reeds, and within two steps, the water reached their calves, which was very cold.
But seeing Wang Ke in front of him, he seemed to be walking on flat ground. The three people gradually distanced themselves, and Professor Wen and Ye followed about ten meters behind, holding on to the rope with both hands.
The water is getting deeper and deeper, reaching up to my knees. The reeds under my feet were very soft, and when I walked, I had to use my hands to pry through the dense reeds. I walked hundreds of meters in one breath, but there was still no end. A path was opened through the reeds by three people, which stretched straight into the depths of the reeds. After walking a few hundred meters, Professor Wen vaguely heard the sound of water, which was getting louder and louder.
"Comrade Xiao Wang, do you hear the sound of water?" Professor Wen asked.
"I heard it, there seems to be a pit ahead."
"Then wait a moment, I'll go over and take a look." Professor Wen could no longer care about the cold water and waded into the water, preparing to go over and take a look. But he thought of Ye Qianqian behind him, turned around and said to her: "Qianqian, if you tighten the rope here, our safety is all tied to you."
"Don't worry, Uncle Wen, I know." At this time, she was also tapping her upper and lower teeth, and her feet were too cold.
Professor Wen walked to Wang Ke and turned on the flashlight. Sure enough, the water in front flowed together into a pit the size of a house. There was a roar, but the water at the other end of the pit was still flowing forward.
"There is indeed a pit below. Should we go around it or go down into the pit?" Wang Ke asked.
"No, the situation in the pit is unknown and the current is fast. Let's go around it." Professor Wen observed for a moment, and the truth was getting closer and closer to him. The uneasiness in my mood became more and more urgent.
"Okay, then be careful from behind."
Wang Ke walked to one side, the flashlight flashed, and there were two white things the size of table tennis balls swirling around his feet. What were they?
Wang Ke looked at it with a flashlight and found two pieces of paper. "Teacher Wen, come here and take a look."
Following Wang Ke's cry, Professor Wen and Ye Qianqian ran over together. "Ah, this is my dad's, it's on my dad's notebook." Ye Xianqian shouted. She was already sure that her dad was in the reeds.
An ominous feeling came over me again. Wang Ke quickly took a few steps across and stepped on the reeds to leave the big pit far away. The sound of water guided them around the pit and continued forward. The roar of the water became louder and louder. After walking a few dozen steps, there was another pit like the one before, but this pit was not big. By shining it with a flashlight, you could see that not far from the pit, the water was flowing towards it again. The sound of water rushing down below was deafening.
Is there a waterfall sinkhole below?
"Teacher Wen, come up!" Wang Ke stopped and shouted back loudly.
At this time, Professor Wen was exhausted and could no longer hold on. Hearing the shout, he perked up. He turned around and patted Ye Qianqian's shoulder to signal her to stop, and he quickly walked forward holding the rope.
Wang Ke lay on Professor Wen's shoulder and shouted into his ear: "Teacher Wen, look, is there a waterfall and sinkhole below?"
Professor Wen turned on the flashlight and looked at the pit carefully. And there was a huge pit ahead. I can vaguely see the edge of the pit, which has no end. The water in the reeds in the distance is also rushing into the pit. What is a sinkhole if it is not a waterfall?
found it! This is the source of the underground river!
Professor Ye Rongguang, did they fall, slide or enter this waterfall sinkhole?
Thinking of this, Professor Wen quickly looked back at Wang Ke and pointed to him with a flashlight that this was the waterfall sinkhole.
But if Professor Ye Rongguang and others fall into this waterfall sinkhole, how can we contact them? gun! Flare gun. Professor Wen immediately pulled out the flare gun from behind his buttocks, pulled the bolt, and fired a shot into the sky above the waterfall sinkhole.
"boom"! The shot immediately lit up the sky above the waterfall sinkhole, and the red flare illuminated the sinkhole aglow. With this bright light, Professor Wen discovered that the waterfall sinkhole was the size of a basketball court, and the water from all sides fell into the sinkhole together, like a huge funnel.
At the same time, Wang Ke suddenly remembered the whistle around his neck. He immediately picked it up, put it to his mouth, and blew it loudly.
The sharp whistle sounded so weak amidst the roaring water. After blowing for a while, Wang Ke put down the whistle, turned his head and listened into the pit. Suddenly, he seemed to hear a very slight whistle mixed with the roar of water. Listening carefully again, there was another whistle, coming from the deep pit. Someone was responding!
"They are indeed down there! Teacher Wen, they are indeed down there, and they are still alive." Wang Ke shouted loudly.
Teacher Wen nodded, and he heard it too. Loading the flare, he pointed it at the sky, "Bang"! Another red signal flare shot into the sky. At the same time, Wang Ke whistled desperately in response to the whistle under the waterfall sinkhole. Up and down the pit, they responded to each other back and forth. The silent language seems to be telling the survivors under the waterfall and sinkhole that we are here to save you.
Professor Wen quickly waved to Wang Ke, and the two of them retreated to Ye Pianpian. The three of them were so happy that they found it, found it! But how to go to the rescue was difficult for the three people. First of all, how can this rope be delivered to the hands of the people below? From the current point of view, the people below do not have flashlights. Secondly, how to fix this rope? With only three people pulling it with their hands, it is almost impossible to pull the people below up.
How to do how to do?
Pile driving, able to chop down trees with a military dagger, but no hammer.
Looking for rocks, even if you find big ones, you won’t be able to move them in.
The three of them stood in the water and thought about every solution. Conditions are limited and nothing can be done.
How to do how to do?
Time passed by second by second, and the people under the waterfall and sinkhole had no idea what the situation was, and they were even more confused about how to save them. If we wait for the rescue team to arrive, it will be tomorrow morning at the earliest. We were standing in the water, and it was already extremely cold. How long could the people under the waterfall sinkhole hold on? All this is unknown.
We must find ways to race against time and get ahead of our lives.
Looking at the reeds around him, Wang Ke suddenly had an idea. He didn't know if it would work. He thought of the shacks built in the willow groves and the frame beds woven from thick willow trunks and wattle that were set up in the trees.
"Come on, let's go back. I have an idea."
"any solution?"
Wang Ke took the rope from Ye Xianqian and pulled her up. Follow the path made in the reeds, one foot higher, one foot lower, and quickly walk towards the shore.
Professor Wen looked back at the waterfall and tiankeng, and immediately followed him.
