After all, Ma Tao is also a lucky man who has been born in two lifetimes. Since this little girl is a human, there is nothing to be afraid of. For an eight or nine-year-old child, it is ridiculous that four adults on his side can't fight against one child.
After saying that the place behind the girl was sealed, the left side was the outer wall of the building without a single window, and the right side was the wall of the platform. It would definitely not be good to jump off the four-meter-high building. Ma Tao looked up again. , and after confirming that there was no danger, I felt more at ease.
At this time, Gao Han and Xiao Jinzi also saw the man standing there alone, staring nervously at them.
"It's her"
Gao Han recognized at a glance that the girl opposite was the girl she had met briefly before.
"Please... don't come here! Come any closer... Get closer... Don't come any closer..."
The girl looked at Ma Tao and the four of them pitifully. Her location was already a dead end and there was no way to retreat.
"Little sister, don't be afraid, we are not bad people..."
Ma Tao hurriedly reached out and wanted to explain to the little girl, but he didn't know if it was because Ma Tao didn't look good enough to reassure the little girl. With his action, the little girl became even more frightened.
"Don't come here...jump down from here if you get close to me!"
The girl was almost crying and kept backing away.
Only then did Ma Tao realize that there was a section on the ground behind the girl that was difficult to pass. It must have collapsed or something. Although it seemed that the end of the platform was still far away from the little girl, in fact, the girl was already standing on it. On the verge of collapse.
"Don't! We are really not bad people, we are good people!"
Ma Tao didn't want to force such a little girl to die, wouldn't she become a bad guy forever? The important thing is that he is really not a bad guy.
"Yes, little sister, we don't mean any harm. You must calm down."
Gao Han also quickly spoke to dissuade him, then stretched out his hand to pull Ma Tao back.
"You said you are good people? Really?"
It seemed that it was because Gao Han's appearance made it easier to gain people's trust. The little girl hesitated for a moment and then tentatively turned her attention to Ma Tao and Xiao Jinzi.
It seems that this little girl is obviously wary of men, and it is difficult for her to talk too much. But with Gao Han here, she should be able to handle it. Ma Tao thought like this, and followed Gao Han's actions and took two steps back. .
"Little sister, don't worry about this, we are really good people."
However, after all, Gao Han had no experience with children. Although he could initially gain the child's trust by relying on her harmless appearance, he still could not completely win the little girl's trust.
"Hmph! This! I can't believe it!"
After hearing Gao Han's words, the girl suddenly changed her face, glanced at the four people again, turned around and jumped out of the collapsed hole behind her without hesitation.
"Don't!"
"Hello!!"
None of the four expected that this little girl would really jump, and she would be so decisive, without hesitation at all. Almost at the same time as the little girl jumped, Ma Tao, Gao Han, Xiao Jinzi and Su Lanyu They all ran over.
Although the movements of the four of them were not slow, they were still some distance away after all. In addition, the little girl jumped directly without any warning, leaving no chance for them to react. When they arrived at the place where the platform collapsed, it was too late. Looking at the darkness below, the four people looked at each other, and no one said a word.
"This...jumped down like this, how high it is..."
In the end, it was Xiao Jinzi who broke the somewhat silent atmosphere and said.
Because it was pitch dark below, I could only feel that it was quite high down there, but I couldn’t see exactly how high it was. Precisely because I couldn’t see clearly, Xiao Jinzi’s fear of heights surprisingly didn’t attack. Maybe it could still be possible in this situation. Within the range of his psychological endurance.
"Strange, why didn't I hear the sound of the little girl falling?"
Gao Han stared at the dark bottom like a black hole, frowned and said in confusion.
"Huh? It's true..."
Xiao Jinzi was also confused and puzzled when he heard Gao Han's words.
It stands to reason that the little girl must weigh fifty or sixty pounds no matter what. Even if she falls from the chair, there will definitely be a sound. There is no way there will be no sound at all. This does not comply with the laws of physics.
While Ma Tao was also thinking, Su Lanyu in the middle suddenly bent down and stretched out his hand. He broke off a gray cement block as big as a palm directly from the broken position of the floor under his feet and threw it directly.
quiet.
There was no sound except for the wind that whistled by from time to time outside the building. The cement block thrown down by Su Lanyu was as if it had disappeared into the sea, without any news.
There's something weird down here!
Seeing this scene, Gao Han immediately stretched out a finger and licked it with her plump red lips, then stretched it downwards.
"There is no wind..."
There was no obvious coolness between his fingers. Gao Han thought for a few seconds and then seemed to think of something. Before Ma Tao could react, the woman also followed the little girl before, tilted her body and fell directly into this In the large dark hole, the figure disappeared in a flash.
Gao Han jumped down, and Su Lanyu didn't hesitate at all. She jumped over and jumped down. The next second, her graceful figure also disappeared into the black hole.
"Brother Tao! This..."
Xiao Jinzi pointed downwards and then at himself and Ma Tao. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Just after he said these three words, before he could say the fourth word, Xiao Jinzi suddenly hurriedly raised his arms. He was pulled down, and before he could react, he was pulled down.
Xiao Jinzi howled in mid-air and danced with all his strength, but he also saw clearly who was dragging him down, it was Ma Tao.
Gao Han and Su Lanyu both jumped, and Ma Tao naturally couldn't ignore them. Since they could jump, it must mean that they were completely sure, otherwise they would not have taken such a big risk.
But after jumping down, Ma Tao also understood that it turned out that the bottom was not like what they saw from the top, but was wrapped in some black cloth like a passage. They were now under this black cloth. Sliding in the channel.
This is another kind of deception. Seen from above, the place where the light can shine is real, but the dark place where the light cannot shine is where the mystery of the black cloth lies.
In about five seconds, Ma Tao and Xiao Jinzi fell into a soft ball with a thud. Their eyes lit up and they actually appeared in a computer room.
It took a few seconds for my eyes to adjust to the light, and the scene in front of me finally slowly became clear.
The place where they fell was a buffer area paved with various mattresses, shredded paper shells and other debris. This was indeed a machine tool. The north wall was full of giant mechanical equipment, such as bearings and gears. Yes, Ma Tao doesn't know what those are for, but there is a device similar to a CNC computer next to these large mechanical equipment, which should be operated by people.
At this time, Gao Han and Su Lanyu were comforting the little girl in blue clothes they had seen before. It seemed that they had gained the little girl's trust, because Ma Tao could see a smile on the little girl's face. , which has never been seen before.
After touching the ground again, Xiao Jinzi stopped howling. He lay there looking up at the ceiling and taking deep breaths.
"If you say that, I'll believe it. My name is Rico."
Seeing Ma Tao and Xiao Jinzi also coming in, the little girl who called herself Li Ke looked at the two of them looking embarrassed, and then reluctantly smiled at them.
"Hello Li Ke, my name is Ma Tao"
Reaching out and patting the little gold that was still lying there, Ma Tao quickly stood up from the pile of buffers.
"My name is Rico"
The girl was still a little wary of Ma Tao and answered timidly.
"Riko, how did you get here?"
Gao Han glared at Ma Tao, then squatted down, looked at Li Ke who only reached his waist, and asked softly.
"Dad and I went out to find mom, but the bridge collapsed and we couldn't get to the island outside. Dad said we could get to the other side by blowing up the building. Do you think this is possible?"
Hearing Gao Han's question, tears suddenly appeared in Li Ke's eyes. As he spoke, the little girl's tears couldn't stop falling like a broken pearl.
Blow up a building?
Gao Han raised his head and glanced at Su Lanyu, and felt lucky in his heart. Fortunately, they found the little girl first. If they missed it, if Li Ke's father blew up the building and they were still in the building, it would be a real disaster. , they were either buried alive or directly blown to death. There was no possibility of survival. If Sister R was asked to pull them out of the ruins one by one, it would probably take years and months.
Ma Tao was just about to reach out and lift Xiao Jinzi up from the ground. He was stunned when he heard this. As soon as his hand was released, Xiao Jinzi fell into the pile of cushioning materials with an ouch. What made Ma Tao stunned was because he heard them The other thing about blowing up the building was because he suddenly remembered something.
"Is your father's name Zima?"
With a trying tone, Ma Tao looked at the little girl and asked.
"You know my dad? Please, help my dad!"
When Li Ke heard Ma Tao say her father's name, she thought Ma Tao knew her father. Her face was so full of tears that she forgot to be afraid of Ma Tao. She looked at Ma Tao pitifully and begged.
"I...I do know your father, but where is your father now?"
Ma Tao just wanted to say that he didn't know him, but when he thought about how hard it was for him to establish a little trust with this little girl, he didn't want to end it personally, so he changed his mind directly, even though he said he had used deception. But Ma Tao didn't want to cause any trouble for their father and daughter. Even if he found it, he would just ask him when he planned to blow up the building. After all, what if he said he didn't know him and made the little girl suspicious? With this little girl The girl is here, even if Zima doesn't listen to her, Youli is sure that he won't blow up the building regardless of it. If the little girl is allowed to wander around in this building, it won't be the case, so this can be regarded as Just a white lie.
"I have no idea"
The girl Rico shook her head and said she didn't know where Zima had gone.
"This is the end of it..."
Xiao Jinzi was tongue-tied for a while, and when he saw Ma Tao looking at him angrily, he stuck out his tongue again and stopped talking.
"Did your father also design these things?"
Gao Han raised her hand and pointed with her green jade finger at the black cloth exit where Ma Tao and the others slid down and the stuffing on the ground, and asked Li Ke with a kind and beautiful smile.
"I don't know. These things were here before. I found them."
Li Ke shook her head again, then reached out and grabbed Gao Han's hand, and then prayed to Gao Han, "Please sister, please help my dad."
"Li Ke, be good, we will help your father, but we need to find your father first."
Gao Han looked at Ma Tao, then faced Li Ke and said gently.
Regarding this point, the little girl Li Ke probably didn’t lie, because these things include mirrors, black cloth, and these buffers in front of her eyes. These cannot be completed by one person overnight. In a world where the father and daughter should be Not long after arriving in this building, they definitely didn’t have the leisure and time to do this. For their father and daughter, finding the child’s mother as soon as possible is the top priority. Doing this is simply unrealistic, and at first glance, The things here are a little dusty, which means no one has used them for a long time.
"Due to the earthquake just now, the elevator seems to have stopped, but if you use the computer over there to turn on the backup power switch, it should still be able to start."
Hearing what Ma Tao said, Li Ke's little face full of tears finally showed a smile, and she even told a piece of news that surprised everyone.
The elevator in this building used to work!
Thinking of this problem, Ma Tao quickly ran to the CNC computer over there, but after glancing at the data on the display screen and looking at the giant mechanical equipment, Ma Tao couldn't understand how to use it at all, let alone how to make it work. This thing works.
But I don’t know how to do it, but there are people who do. Isn’t there a ready-made person around me who can use it?
"Xiao Jinzi! Come here quickly"
Thinking that someone who knew mechanics was around, Ma Tao immediately turned around and called him over.
It seemed that he had expected this situation. Xiao Jinzi immediately showed a leisurely and contented look and even walked slowly over step by step with small square steps, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was a technical intellectual.
"Hurry up!"
Ma Tao glared. Although he knew that Xiao Jinzi was just planning to show off, he didn't have time to care about anything else. The most important thing at that time was to seize the time and get down to business.
After being scolded by Ma Tao, the boy stopped being slow and ran forward in two steps and began to study this giant mechanical equipment.
"This should be a backup power generation equipment...this...is available"
There were many things displayed on the monitor. Xiao Jinzi looked at it carefully, then looked happy, and then pressed a certain button.
Accompanied by a squeaking sound of mechanical operation, the large mechanical equipment first started to rotate slowly, and then rotated faster and faster. Then, many small lights on the machine also lit up. Not only that. , as long as the lights in the whole building were still working, they flickered a few times, and then they all turned on. However, some of them were too old and the filaments could not hold up, so they flickered twice before going out. , but there are still many that can continue to be used, and they are still working hard to maintain their work. Even if they are constantly flickering due to short circuits, they still persist unyieldingly.
Although this building has been abandoned for a long time, it is definitely not as long as a century, but there are still decades, but don't doubt it, because the longest-used light bulb in the world - the longest light bulb in the world, The low-wattage firehouse lightbulb has been on continuously since 1901. It is said that a firefighter still liked to visit Warehouse 6 long after he retired to reminisce about the old days. But one thing has never changed, and that is the ceiling of the firehouse. The hanging light bulb still emits a familiar orange glow. This low-wattage light sign has been working for 109 years but has never been extinguished. Therefore, it has been included in the world record. This light bulb has never been extinguished. Many people are speculating about this. The secret, you know, is that it has burned for nearly 1 million hours. The "100-year-old light bulb" not only set a world record, but also had a "hundred-year-old light bulb" composed of thousands of fans on the Internet at the time. Fan Club”. It is reported that this "100-year-old light bulb" was designed and invented by inventor Adolfi and then manufactured by an electrical company. It uses carbon filament and has a brightness equivalent to 4 watts.
It is said that the reason why this light bulb has not broken down after being used for 109 years is all due to the old-fashioned manufacturing process and the excellent quality that never cuts corners. It is said that someone once offered to buy the light bulb for US$5,000, but it was rejected by the local fire department.
The restoration of power made everyone's faces happy, and they could see each other's mood. After all, it would be much more convenient to have an elevator available. This building looks like there are at least 20 people there from the outside. How many floors? If you really climb up one by one, you will be exhausted. Besides, there is a guy hiding in this building who always wants to blow up the building. Maybe before you can search the whole building, that guy has already After starting the building demolition process, wouldn't it be unjust to be buried alive in a daze?
When Zima mentioned that she was going to blow up the building, everyone subconsciously looked for Li Ke. The four people turned around and looked for her, but the little girl Li Ke disappeared.
"Isn't it possible? You were still with me just now?"
Gao Han also looked puzzled.
Because the backup generator had just been started, she was a little dazed, so she didn't realize how Li Ke left beside her, but it wasn't too late to find out now, after all, how far can a little girl run.
Almost at the same time, all four people looked at the exit on the other side. The next moment, several people rushed over. Unfortunately, it was a step too late. When the door of the waiting elevator where the dead Ma Tao came out had just closed, They could even see a short blue figure flashing away in the elevator. Who else could it be if it wasn't that girl Rico.
"Damn it! It's still too late! I should have thought of it earlier!"
Xiao Jinzi hammered the closed elevator door hard. He wanted to hammer again but was stopped by Ma Tao.
"Forget it, this kid is still worried about us, but she hid it so well that even I didn't think of it."
This is the first time Gao Han suffered a dumb loss on a child.
"If you run away, just run away. We don't really want to catch her."
Ma Tao comforted Gao Han, but the latter did not appreciate it.
"Damn! I was cheated!"
Xiao Jinzi said angrily.
Gao Han glanced sideways at Ma Tao and then said, "The words of that little girl should not be completely false. They are at least half credible."
Regarding what Gao Han said, Ma Tao also thinks it makes sense. Things that are true, false, half true, and half false are the worst things for people to figure out. Therefore, the little girl must have said something useful. As for those useful things, If not, you have to identify it yourself.
“The elevator stopped”
While talking, Su Lanyu, who had been watching the operation of the elevator, suddenly interrupted everyone. The little girl was seen controlling the elevator and it didn't go up for long but stopped on the fifth floor.
Seeing the red number 5, Ma Tao quickly pressed the elevator button several times without thinking. What was surprising was that the elevator actually came down slowly.
"After seeing this, we can go after her."
A smile appeared on the corner of Ma Tao's mouth. The difference was only two floors. He should be able to catch up, but he didn't know why the little girl stopped at the fifth floor. This was what was strange about Ma Tao.
When the elevator slowly stopped on the third floor and the elevator door opened, the four of them laughed. At this moment, Ma Tao also figured out why the elevator stopped on the fifth floor.
It turns out that the buttons here are not all from the first to the top, but are very irregular. There are them from the first floor to the fifth floor, but there are no buttons going up from the fifth floor. Instead, you go directly to the thirteenth floor. Thirteenth There were no more floors going up, then the twentieth floor, and then the top floor, the twenty-first floor. There were many floors missing in the middle, but Ma Tao also saw some other things from the buttons of the elevator.
For example, there must be something different about those missing floors, or in other words, those floors are deliberately hidden from view.
In any case, they have now entered the elevator and have been to the fourth floor. The little girl went down on the fifth floor, so she must go to the fifth floor first.
The elevator ran slowly again, watching the red number 3 rise one after another to the number 4, and then to the number 5, and the elevator door opened again.
"Holy shit!"
The first thing that caught everyone's eyes was a locked steel door. It was precisely because he saw the appearance of this steel door that Xiao Jinzi shouted out a spoken word before he even got out of the elevator.
The fifth floor is partitioned off, and the only entrance is this steel door, but unfortunately, it is indeed locked from the inside.
