Chapter 1901
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In the ward.
Just when the old lady finished speaking, everyone was startled.
Seeing such a weird scene at night, ordinary people would probably start screaming in fright.
So Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "So what did you see? How did you find out?"
"I... I saw, yes, that bastard Hu Ming who wanted to kill me, he watched a person walking towards the ruins."
"Wait a minute." Hearing this, Police Officer Wang immediately became vigilant: "You said, you saw Hu Ming carrying a person and walking towards the ruins? Did that person resist at that time?"
"No... no, right?" The old lady's voice was weak, and she thought about it over and over again, and then she confirmed and said:
"When I saw Hu Ming carrying the man towards the ruins, the man seemed to have lost consciousness."
"I realized something was wrong and I was so scared that I almost fell off the rubble."
Taking a deep breath, the old lady said with lingering fear: "At that time, I was terrified, and I couldn't help but notice the movement, but Hu Ming discovered it."
"And then?" Lu Weiwei quickly wrote down the notes and asked again.
"Then? Then he put the man down and chased after him. I realized that something was wrong, so I ran away, only to fall on the side of the road away from home."
Panting heavily, the old lady seemed to have not recovered from her weakness.
Gu Chen quickly reminded: "Old lady, it's okay for you to speak slowly, as long as you explain things clearly."
"Okay, okay." The old lady hesitated for a few seconds, and said in fear: "Later, when I got up from the ground, I found that I had been overtaken by Hu Ming. A few houses with lights on."
So, he didn't do anything on the side of the road, but directly forced me to open the room, and then entered my home with me.
"Why didn't he do anything to you that night?" Yuan Shasha also asked her curiously.
The old lady pondered for a few seconds, but shook her head: "I don't know. That night, I thought I was going to die. I even saw him take out the rope and try to strangle me."
"I... I was so frightened that I knelt on the ground and begged him for mercy, swearing that I didn't see anything."
"Is it useful for you to say this?" Officer Wang shook his head, and then said: "If you didn't see it, then why did you scream at that time?"
"I'm afraid, I... I'm a conditioned reflex, and I know something terrible may have happened there, so, so a conditioned reflex, I couldn't help but scream."
Panting heavily, the old lady said with lingering fear: "But then, just when I thought he would kill someone to silence him, he suddenly stopped moving."
"Besides, he seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he politely helped me up."
"What what?" Lu Weiwei stopped writing the record when she heard this, and said in a daze:
"He...he didn't kill you, but instead helped you up? What kind of operation is this?"
"That's the truth." The old lady also said with a terrified expression: "But I was also terrified, and I don't know what he is thinking about An De?"
"Later he told me that in fact, he didn't seem to be against me, but he wanted me to rot everything I saw tonight in my stomach."
"You agreed?" Yuan Shasha asked.
"I agree." said the old lady.
"Then what happened later? He definitely won't let you go so easily." Gu Chen is also very clear that things are by no means that simple.
The old lady continued: "Later he told me that if someone came to investigate, I had to insist that when I was drying clothes on the balcony last night, I saw a man and a woman, and they waited for the car at the nearby tin plate."
"Then I saw a man get into a taxi early and the woman turned back and that was it."
"If I say that, he doesn't have to bother me, but if I dare to say it, he says that it's not just me who is unlucky, but also my son and grandson from other places. He seems to be familiar with all of this."
"Later, I gradually saw his face clearly, and then I realized that this is Hu Ming who had disappeared for many years. When I was young, I often saw him in the family area. I know that he knows my family's situation very well."
"So you agreed?" Gu Chen asked.
"I agree." The old lady said helplessly, "What can I do if I don't agree? I must agree."
"Promise me, maybe I really still have a way to live, after all, I am an old bone, I am old, I can't run away even if I want to."
"If he really does something, I can't stand it at all."
Panting heavily, the old lady said again: "Later, it was you, you policemen, as Hu Ming said, really came to the door to find out the situation."
"At that time, I even wanted to directly tell what I saw, but I saw that Hu Ming was staying with you, and he greeted me with a smile."
"I know, he is hiding a knife in his smile, and he is warning me in advance."
"So what you said during the day were all lies?" Lu Weiwei stopped writing and raised her head to ask her.
The old lady looked innocent, and said with a weeping face: "Then what else can I do? If I tell the truth, I may not survive."
"I thought I would just listen to him, so I told you the lie according to what he had discussed with me before."
"I found out later that the reason why he kept me was because he wanted me to give him false testimony."
"Then you never thought that after he used you, he killed you to silence you?" Gu Chen asked.
The old lady shook her head slightly: "At that time, I really didn't think so much."
"I see that after you guys left, Hu Ming also left. I think he will keep his promise, right? He shouldn't bother me again, right?"
"So, I felt more fortunate at the time. Compared with my children working and living in other places, he, Hu Ming, must know where he is?"
"If I tell the truth, he will be impatient, maybe he will go to another place to seek revenge on my child?"
"I'm afraid, I'm an old bone, I can't walk anymore, I can only stay here, but of course it's best if I can live in peace, I've lived here for most of my life, I really don't want to move away .”
Speaking of this, the old lady burst into tears again: "But I never would have thought that this bastard sneaked into my house quietly today while it was dark."
"When I heard some movement outside and reacted, he actually strangled my neck with a rope and was about to strangle me to death."
Speaking of this, the old lady trembled all over, and said tremblingly: "At that time, I felt that it was over, I was definitely going to be over, so I struggled desperately, but it felt useless."
"Later, later, I felt short of breath and wanted to call for help, but I couldn't make a sound. Gradually, gradually my vision seemed to become more and more blurred, but when I opened my eyes again, I... saw you around."
Speaking of this, the old lady burst into tears again, and said with an aggrieved face: "You are my saviors, I thank you, thank you."
The old lady seemed to want to get up from the hospital bed to thank her, but her body didn't seem to allow it, and several attempts were unsuccessful.
When police officer Wang saw this, he quickly pressed her on the bed, and said comfortingly: "Old lady, don't be so alien, it is the duty of our people's police to protect the lives and property of the people, why bother. "
"Yes, he is the policeman who rescued you yesterday. In order to save you, he did something to you..."
Lu Weiwei just wanted to say that she gave you artificial respiration for a long time before saving you from the gate of hell.
But police officer Wang obviously knew what Lu Weiwei was saying, and immediately kicked Lu Weiwei with his leg.
Lu Weiwei immediately suppressed her laughter, and stopped talking.
On the side, Yuan Shasha also worked hard to manage her expressions.
The old lady looked confused, and asked weakly, "Yes...what did you do to me?"
"I gave you first aid and contacted 120 for first aid." Officer Wang quickly replied, fearing that Lu Weiwei would make trouble again.
Upon hearing this, the old lady said gratefully, "Thank you, Comrade Police, you saved my life, and I want to thank you."
"You're welcome." Seeing the old lady holding her left hand firmly, Police Officer Wang also patted the back of the old lady's hand with his right hand, and said comfortingly:
"If you really thank us, give us more of what you still know."
"Yes, you said that you saw Hu Ming walking towards the ruins with a man on his shoulders that night. Can you tell me the exact direction?"
"That is, those old buildings that have not been demolished." The old lady said.
Just as the old lady finished speaking, Gu Chen suddenly realized something, and turned to Police Officer Wang, "Senior Brother Wang, is the demolition work on the ruins of the construction site still in progress?"
"I guess so?" Police Officer Wang reacted a little too late, and then he was startled and shouted.
"No, we have to tell them to stop demolition quickly. We have checked and called the interior of the abandoned building, but we haven't received a response. Maybe Wan Xiaomin may be staying inside."
"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and tell the construction site over there to stop their work." Lu Weiwei became anxious when she heard that.
In an instant, everyone started to pull out their mobile phones, trying to find a way to contact the factory.
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9:20 am.
The ruins area of the family area of the chemical factory in the west of the city.
Gu Chen and the others parked the police car on the side of the road and ran towards the ruins at the fastest speed.
At this moment, several demolition machines were parked aside, and nearby were the damaged ruins that had been demolished.
A patrol policeman and an auxiliary policeman were standing there at this moment, waiting for Gu Chen and the others to arrive.
"Captain Gu." Seeing Gu Chen walking quickly, the patrolman immediately reported to Gu Chen: "According to your request, we rushed to the scene as quickly as possible and stopped the demolition work here."
"However, it seems that half of these buildings have been demolished by them, and many places have become ruins."
"Thank you." Hearing the report from the patrolman, Gu Chen patted him on the shoulder to express his gratitude, and then went to the person in charge who provided the map that day.
The fat person in charge was a little scared at the moment, feeling as if he had gotten into some serious trouble, so he also took the initiative to step forward and ask:
"Comrade police, is there... is there any problem with this? Why did you stop the demolition operation?"
"We suspect that there are two kidnapped persons inside." Gu Chen said.
"No way? How could it be?" Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, the fat man was a little anxious, and he couldn't believe it:
"But we have checked repeatedly before the demolition operation."
"What do you mean by repeated inspection?" Lu Weiwei turned her head and asked.
"Just... just shout loudly? Then I sent people to look around inside, but I didn't find anyone staying inside."
"And no one will stay in this kind of place."
"But what if someone is kidnapped, their freedom is restricted, and they cannot speak out?" Police Officer Wang said.
But this time, the fat leader was stumped, and he didn't know what to say for a long time?
Gu Chen came to the ruins that had been demolished, and said involuntarily: "It seems that we need to go in and search again."
"No." Hearing that Gu Chen was about to go in, the fat leader hurriedly stopped him: "Some of these buildings have been completely demolished, and some have been half demolished."
"These completely demolished buildings are now in ruins. Even if there are people inside, it will be very difficult for you to find people inside."
Glancing at the half-demolished buildings around him, the fat leader immediately said, "As for the building over here, more than half of it has been demolished, and most of the building structure has been damaged."
"But if you go in at this time, if there is a landslide, then we can't afford this responsibility."
"I didn't let you be in charge, you just need to provide us with support and help." Gu Chen is eager to find people now, and he doesn't care too much.
If Wan Xiaomin is really staying in the ruins at this time, if there are still signs of life, once the abandoned building collapses, then Wan Xiaomin may really have no possibility of surviving.
Of course Gu Chen knew it was dangerous, but now he had to do it in order to save people.
When the fat leader heard that Gu Chen wanted to exonerate himself, although he still wanted to persuade him with a few more words, it can be seen that Gu Chen's attitude is firm, so he could only sigh and cooperate:
"Okay, we will do our best to cooperate with you, but we have agreed, if something goes wrong, don't blame us."
"Stop talking nonsense, let your machine withstand the part that is about to collapse over there, and the walls of the house will collapse." Gu Chen pointed to the broken machine and said.
The chubby person in charge nodded silently, called the driver over, and asked the driver to place the boom on the wall that had been demolished more than half of the way, in order to prevent the wall from collapsing during the search.
Afterwards, Gu Chen looked at Police Officer Wang again and said, "Senior Brother Wang, contact the fire rescue and ask them to bring professional search tools to come here."
"No problem, I'll get in touch right away." Officer Wang was very familiar with the fire department, so Dang even took out his phone and started to make contact.
As for Gu Chen, he asked the fat person in charge for a few pairs of construction gloves and a few safety helmets, and then began to search among the ruins.
For the sake of safety, Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha to stand outside and pay close attention to the collapse of the building.
Once there is danger, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha must immediately warn the police, and Gu Chen must immediately evacuate from the ruins after receiving the warning.
After repeatedly observing the building structure, Gu Chen began to use his master-level observation ability to carefully search every corner of the ruins.
According to the specific information provided by the old lady in the ICU ward of the hospital, Gu Chen confirmed that Hu Ming was indeed walking towards this area with someone on his shoulders that night.
Therefore, Gu Chen is very vigilant about this.
Searching for people in the ruins is very difficult. Gu Chen knows that this is a useless effort, but if there is a glimmer of hope, Gu Chen is still willing to try.
It didn't take long for fire rescue vehicles to arrive one after another. Under the introduction of Police Officer Wang, the fire search and rescue team members also started search and rescue operations.
Since the fire rescue team brought professional search and rescue tools, the work progressed smoothly. The fire brigade even brought life detectors and began to investigate the surrounding ruins.
Time passed by every minute and every second, and everyone searched from 9:30 am to 12 noon.
At this moment, everyone's clothes were already soaked in sweat, and many people were so hot that they sat on the ground.
Then everyone did not stop searching.
A fire rescue team leader came to Police Officer Wang who was drinking water and asked, "I said, old Wang, is there anyone here? If not, isn't everyone's work in vain?"
After hearing the words, Police Officer Wang put the water away, and then said out of breath: "It would be best if there is no one, and I hope there will be no one, but if there are people, they must be rescued."
"But now there are some people who don't know, just relying on reasoning..."
What else would the fire brigade want to say? But Officer Wang interrupted him with his hand: "Old Fang, I know you're a bit embarrassed to use so much manpower and material resources to do an uncertain thing."
"It can save people. It's a matter of probability in this kind of place. If you believe that there are people inside, once you can save people, it will be a great achievement."
"But if you don't believe that there are people inside, and you don't save them in the end, will you regret it later?"
"Sorry." The fire brigade leader nodded.
"That's it." Police Officer Wang finished his sentence, put his safety helmet on his head, and continued to walk towards the direction Gu Chen was searching for.
Seeing this, the fire brigade leader also stood up, waved to the firefighters who had a short rest beside him, and mobilized and said, "Everyone, work harder and find the person as soon as possible."
"If we work harder, the people who may be buried below will have a little more hope of survival. Let's work hard."
"Come on, come on." Mobilized by the fire brigade leader, the team members who were exhausted before and sat by the ruins for a short rest immediately threw themselves into the rescue operation again.
At this moment, the dark clouds dissipated, and the sun began to loom.
There was a sweltering temperature in the air, everyone worked hard, resisting the discomfort in their bodies, and continued to follow Gu Chen and the others to investigate.
"Gu Chen." Officer Wang walked up to Gu Chen and asked, "How is it?"
Gu Chen shook his head: "I haven't noticed any movement yet."
"By the way, could we have made a mistake? Maybe Wan Xiaomin is not here?"
Although Police Officer Wang knew that saying this would easily damage morale, he still couldn't help but say something when he saw these fire rescue team members doing search and rescue work under the high temperature.
Gu Chen nodded silently, and said involuntarily: "It would be best if you made a mistake, at worst, just apologize to them. If you really saved someone, it might be a great achievement."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Just as Gu Chen's words fell into reality, Gu Chen suddenly used his master-level observation ability to vaguely hear a faint movement.
But Officer Wang didn't seem to respond. Seeing that Gu Chen suddenly became alert, Officer Wang couldn't help asking him curiously: "What's the matter, Gu Chen?"
"There seems to be some movement, why don't you make noise first?" Gu Chen interrupted Police Officer Wang's speech, and then slowly lay down on the ruins on the ground, listening quietly.
However, the three faint sounds that appeared just now seemed to never come again.
But Gu Chen refused to give up, and then found a piece of gravel, looked left and right, and then walked to the side of an iron guardrail.
Since the old buildings are made of iron guardrails instead of stainless steel, the sound guiding effect is very good. Without thinking too much, Gu Chen directly picked up the gravel in his hand, and began to "bang bang" twice against the iron guardrail.
It was loud and had an echo.
Gu Chen immediately bent down, put his ears on the ruins on the ground, and quietly listened to the movement around him.
Ten seconds later, Gu Chen heard a faint movement again, still three faint sounds of "dong dong dong", as if responding to Gu Chen's knocking just now.
Seeing this situation, Gu Chen was overjoyed, continued to pick up the gravel, and knocked three times on the iron guardrail.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Chen bent down again and listened quietly.
Not long after, Gu Chen heard three responses again.
"Yes." Gu Chen said in surprise.
"Yes...what's the matter?" Police Officer Wang rushed to Gu Chen's side with a confused look on his face.
"Senior Brother Wang, there seems to be a response from under the ruins. I heard three 'dong dong dong' sounds just now, so I knocked on the iron guardrail as a response. Unexpectedly, I heard three more 'dong dong dong' responses."
"Although the sound is very small, I can be sure that the sound must come from below."
"Oh my god, is there really someone down there?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, Police Officer Wang was taken aback for a moment, then quickly stood up and shouted to the nearby firefighters who were searching: "There is something wrong here."
In an instant, the people who were doing the search and rescue operation stopped their work at the same time, and looked at Police Officer Wang blankly.
Seeing that Police Officer Wang said there was a situation again, and waved to everyone, all the search and rescue team members put down their work and rushed towards Police Officer Wang and Gu Chen.
"Old Wang, what's the situation?" Leader Fang came to the front and hurriedly asked.
"Gu Chen said that he heard a knocking sound from below, and when Gu Chen tapped and responded, there was also a response from below." Officer Wang hurriedly explained the situation just now to the fire rescue leader Lao Fang.
Hearing this, Lao Fang immediately imitated Gu Chen's method just now, picked up a small hammer, and hit the iron guardrail three times in a row with "bang bang bang".
Then, all the firefighters lay on the ground and listened quietly at the same time.
The whole scene suddenly became quiet from the noisy environment just now.
Even Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, who were standing outside observing the structure of the ruins, held their breath at this moment, wanting to know the situation on the other side.
Not long after, a firefighter with sharp ears suddenly raised his head and said, "I heard it, it seems to have knocked three times."
"Are you sure?" said old Fang, the fire brigade leader.
"Sure, it's three clicks, and I heard it too." Another firefighter said.
Gu Chen also took advantage of the situation and said: "Judging from the location, the movement may come from below, and... it's in this area."
In order to delineate the area, Gu Chen gestured with his hands.
The fire brigade leader Lao Fang immediately stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, start moving these ruins out for me, and find this life exit for me."
"Yes."
Following the order of the fire brigade leader Lao Fang, everyone immediately joined in the rescue.
Everyone raced against time and began to use assembly line operations to continuously transport the collapsed ruins from inside.
Some large pieces of ruins cannot be moved by one person, so two or three people go up together.
There are many large pieces of ruins, and the leader Lao Fang also used professional tools such as jacks.
It was also half an hour of busy work before Gu Chen stopped his homework.
At this moment, most of the ruined bricks blocked in front of him have been removed, and the prototype of an underground passage gradually emerged.
Gu Chen picked up the small hammer of the fire brigade leader, Lao Fang, and slammed three times on a steel bar at the entrance of the ruins.
"Clang clang clang!"
Three crisp sounds quickly spread throughout the area.
Everyone immediately lay down on the ground and listened quietly, as they had agreed upon.
"Boom...boom...boom!"
Three faint movements came from below again, but compared to the previous few times, the movements this time seemed to be extraordinarily long.
It seems that the vital signs of the people below have reached their limit.
Gu Chen immediately lay down on the hole that hadn't been cleaned, and shouted loudly into it: "Is there anyone inside? Is there anyone? Is there anyone inside?"
The sound echoed along the entrance of the underground passage, causing some small echoes.
Not long after, everyone heard three muffled "dong dong dong" sounds again, but the movement was still faint.
If everyone hadn't kept absolute silence, I'm afraid it would be hard to hear this kind of movement clearly.
"There is someone below." Gu Chen took a deep breath and said to the people around him, "Rope, who has the rope?"
"I have." Hearing this, a young firefighter immediately took a bundle of thick rope from his body.
Without saying a word, Gu Chen immediately tied the thick rope to the stone slab of ruins blocking the entrance.
After the bundling and explanation, everyone immediately began to divide the work.
Gu Chen and Police Officer Wang stood on both sides, while the others held the other end of the rope and began to use the fulcrum of the stone slab to pull up the huge stone slab on the spot.
On the other hand, Gu Chen and Officer Wang lined up on both sides, working together to maintain the absolute balance of the stone slab.
After a while, the stone slab was turned over with a "bang" by everyone, and hit the ground heavily.
At the same time, a lot of sand and dust fell from the buildings above.
"It's not safe here, everyone retreat to the safe area outside, Lao Wang, Gu Chen, you go out too." The team leader Lao Fang urged.
I'm afraid that the top will suddenly landslide and everyone will be buried in it.
But Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei who was observing outside, and said, "Senior Sister Lu, how is the structure outside?"
"It's...fortunately, there's not much positional shift." Lu Weiwei didn't dare to move her eyes away for a moment, for fear that the damaged building in front of her would immediately collapse if she shifted her gaze.
After receiving Lu Weiwei's reply, Gu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Everyone else, please disperse, I will go in with you."
"I'll go too, with multiple people and multiple helpers." Officer Wang also volunteered.
Lao Fang wanted to persuade him again, and it was obvious that both of them were rock-solid, and after thinking about it, they could only agree in front of them, and asked a few firefighters around them for some professional tools for Police Officer Wang and Gu Chen to wear on their bodies.
Only then did the three turn on the flashlights on their safety helmets, and began to walk in towards the broken stairs of the underground passage.
As soon as he entered the underground passage, there was a lot of dust scattered on it. Police officer Wang also gave two "peh peh", and then shouted loudly: "Is there anyone? Where are you? Can you let me know?"
However, no matter how Police Officer Wang yelled, it seemed that there was no movement inside.
Gu Chen reminded: "Senior Brother Wang, the people inside may be silenced, and there is no movement for the time being."
"Well, as long as I can find them, I don't mind wasting a little more saliva." Officer Wang said.
While speaking, all three of them heard a faint movement coming from inside at the same time, it was still "dong dong dong".
It seemed to be aware of someone approaching, so the tapping movement became active again, but the sound was still weak.
Due to his master-level observation skills, Gu Chen quickly locked on the specific position, and walked down immediately.
"Gu Chen, wait for me." Officer Wang staggered behind.
Old Fang, the somewhat backward firefighter leader, immediately followed behind the two, feeling that these two guys were more firefighters than firefighters.
Pulling aside a slanted wooden stake, Gu Chen came to a place similar to an underground passage.
At this moment, it was dark here, and Gu Chen could only see the surrounding environment clearly by using the flashlight on the safety helmet.
"Is anyone there?" Gu Chen called again.
At this moment, more and more gravel and gravel were scattered from above, and the walkie-talkie hanging on Gu Chen's body also faintly transmitted an unclear call:
"Junior Brother Gu, come out quickly. There seems to be a problem with the structure of the building above, and it is shifting. Come out quickly."
"Gu Chen, why don't you evacuate first?" Old Fang, the fire brigade leader, also hurriedly urged after hearing the words.
Gu Chen calmed down for two seconds, and then said: "People are nearby, if we evacuate at this time, then this rescue should be declared over, hold on a little longer, senior brother Wang and team leader Fang, let's go first, I will look for it later .”
"Are you kidding me?" Seeing that Gu Chen asked him to leave first, Police Officer Wang immediately said angrily, "I'm here to save people, let me go and you stay? Are you kidding Gu Chen? If you want to go, go. I have to save people quickly, Lao Fang, you retreat quickly."
"Fart!" Do you feel that Lao Wang and Gu Chen are humiliating themselves? I am the leader of the fire rescue team, and it is already an exception to let these two policemen come down to rescue people.
Now let yourself withdraw first?
If he really ran back, what would the team members think of him?
Although from a professional point of view, now is indeed the best time to evacuate, but after all, the people who need rescue have not been found, so just evacuating the underground passage like this is tantamount to disregarding the lives of these people who need rescue.
This kind of thing, Lao Fang can't do it.
Seeing that everyone was hesitating and wanting to rescue the trapped people, Gu Chen hurriedly said:
"There's no time, everyone hurry up and search separately."
Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Police Officer Wang and Team Leader Fang nodded silently. Afterwards, everyone separated on the spot and searched the rooms in the underground passage one by one.
It was dark here, and all kinds of gravel and dust fell around from time to time, which made everyone's hearts rise to their throats.
The walkie-talkies hung on the three people's chests also kept sending calls from Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha, and other rescue team members, urging everyone to evacuate as soon as possible.
But everyone knew that if they left now, those who might be trapped underneath would die.
"Huh! Huh!" The dark and airtight space made people breathless.
Gu Chen checked one by one, and finally when he pushed open the door of the innermost room, he found that the structure of the door frame had been deformed, and the wooden door was also twisted and stuck in the middle at the moment, making it difficult to push it quickly.
Gu Chen tried a few times to no avail, so he quickly calmed himself down, and observed the specific movements in the house through the crack of the door and using the light.
Soon, Gu Chen found that two people who were tied up with hemp rope were lying on the ground at this moment, and there seemed to be signs of moving.
And the mouths of the two seemed to be wrapped in tape, and there was no movement at all.
"The person has been found." Gu Chen shouted excitedly.
Officer Wang and Lao Fang, who were searching for rescue at the other end, stopped their movements immediately and started running towards Gu Chen.
"Shut up!"
More gravel fell from above, and Officer Wang's tensed legs went limp.
But when he came to Gu Chen's side, he slammed into the door immediately.
Then Comrade Wang's impact was still useless, and the deformed door frame structure was difficult to break open.
"Senior Brother Wang, this is useless." Gu Chen pulled Police Officer Wang away, and then glanced at an ax hanging on Team Leader Fang's backpack. Without saying a word, he directly took the ax from Team Leader Fang's backpack. Pulled out sideways.
"Get out of the way." Gu Chen reminded loudly.
Officer Wang and Team Leader Fang took two steps back.
Afterwards, Gu Chen picked up his ax and began to smash on the door desperately.
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
Every time Gu Chen smashed the wooden door, a large amount of gravel fell from the top and hit Gu Chen's helmet.
And now it is a race against time, the dark and airtight environment, all kinds of falling sand and stones, and the looming signal calls on the walkie-talkie make the whole scene extremely frequent.
Police Officer Wang's legs trembled violently, and he began to move his hands non-stop. He could only feel his head buzzing, and all kinds of gravel hit his head.
My heart said you, Gu Chen, hurry up, hurry up...
"boom!"
Just when Gu Chen picked up the ax and hit the wooden door for the ninth time, the main structure of the wooden door was already in dilapidated condition.
Without saying a word, Gu Chen threw the ax to one side, then took two steps back, and kicked violently at the broken wooden door.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
kick.
two feet.
tripod.
...
When Gu Chen kicked to the fifth kick, more gravel scattered from above, but at this moment, Gu Chen kicked a big hole out of the twisted wooden door.
With his gloved hands, Gu Chen immediately pushed open the remaining debris of the wooden door, and he got in first.
It didn't take long before they came to the two trapped people.
Gu Chen pointed the body-worn camera at the front, and then came to a woman to check her appearance.
Seeing that the woman whose mouth was wrapped with tape was the Wan Xiaomin whom he was looking for so hard, Gu Chen immediately tore off the bandage wrapped around Wan Xiaomin's mouth.
"Wan Xiaomin, look at me, can you still see who I am?" Gu Chen asked.
Due to the glare of the light, Wan Xiaomin could only squint and said weakly, "You are... are you... Police Officer Gu?"
"It seems that you are still awake, don't be afraid, I will rescue you right away." Gu Chen saw that Wan Xiaomin didn't seem to be in the bad condition he imagined, so he immediately started to untie Wan Xiaomin.
Only then did Gu Chen realize that Wan Xiaomin was still holding a piece of gravel in his bloody hand.
Gu Chen must have knocked on the side wall with the gravel in his hand just now, which made Gu Chen hear the faint movement below.
After untying Wan Xiaomin, Gu Chen came to another man.
When he pushed the man away to lie on his back, Gu Chen realized that this man was really Ah Zhe.
Compared with Wan Xiaomin, Ah Zhe's head was covered in blood, and he seemed to have lost consciousness.
Gu Chen didn't have time to think about it, so he tore off the tape and untied him. Afterwards, he took the lead to carry Azhe, who was already in a coma, to the door, and with the help of Police Officer Wang and the fire brigade leader, Lao Fang, they sent them out together.
"Wan Xiaomin." After Azhe was sent away, Gu Chen reminded, "Can you take a walk?"
Upon hearing this, Wan Xiaomin immediately tried to sit up, but soon collapsed again.
Shaking his head, Wan Xiaomin said weakly: "I seem to have lost all feeling in my hands and feet, I can't stand up, I... I'm in so much pain."
Seeing this situation, Gu Chen came to Wan Xiaomin's side again, only to find that under Wan Xiaomin's long hair, there was also a lot of coagulated blood.
Without thinking too much, Gu Chen could only hug Wan Xiaomin and walk towards the skeleton outside the door again.
With the help of police officer Wang and fire brigade leader Lao Fang, Wan Xiaomin was successfully sent out.
On the intercom at this time, Lu Weiwei was almost urging everyone to evacuate as soon as possible with a growling tone, and kept calling the three of them.
Seeing that the person has been rescued, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the walkie-talkie and responded: "The person has been found, let's come out now."
"Shhhhh!"
With a few intermittent electromagnetic sounds, Lu Weiwei's call appeared again on the intercom: "Junior Brother Gu, is everything okay? Come out quickly, a wall has fallen outside just now, and now we have brought in another crane. Use the jib to withstand the landslide on the other side."
"However, it seems that I can't stand it now, you should come out soon..."
Lu Weiwei's calls continued, and at this time the falling objects had changed from the fastest gravel to large bricks.
At the moment when Gu Chen left the room, there was a sudden "bang" in the room just now, and there was a burst of violent noise.
It seemed that the whole room had collapsed.
Seeing this, the experienced fire leader Lao Fang immediately yelled "No", and immediately carried the unconscious Azhe on his back, and quickly evacuated towards the straightforward exit.
Seeing this, Gu Chen immediately put his safety helmet on Wan Xiaomin's head, and quickly followed behind Lao Fang under the cover of Police Officer Wang.
Then when everyone was about to go up the stairs and escape from the underground passage.
There seemed to be a more distorted and violent sound around again.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Following a few muffled sounds, their world instantly turned into darkness.
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In the ward.
Just when the old lady finished speaking, everyone was startled.
Seeing such a weird scene at night, ordinary people would probably start screaming in fright.
So Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "So what did you see? How did you find out?"
"I... I saw, yes, that bastard Hu Ming who wanted to kill me, he watched a person walking towards the ruins."
"Wait a minute." Hearing this, Police Officer Wang immediately became vigilant: "You said, you saw Hu Ming carrying a person and walking towards the ruins? Did that person resist at that time?"
"No... no, right?" The old lady's voice was weak, and she thought about it over and over again, and then she confirmed and said:
"When I saw Hu Ming carrying the man towards the ruins, the man seemed to have lost consciousness."
"I realized something was wrong and I was so scared that I almost fell off the rubble."
Taking a deep breath, the old lady said with lingering fear: "At that time, I was terrified, and I couldn't help but notice the movement, but Hu Ming discovered it."
"And then?" Lu Weiwei quickly wrote down the notes and asked again.
"Then? Then he put the man down and chased after him. I realized that something was wrong, so I ran away, only to fall on the side of the road away from home."
Panting heavily, the old lady seemed to have not recovered from her weakness.
Gu Chen quickly reminded: "Old lady, it's okay for you to speak slowly, as long as you explain things clearly."
"Okay, okay." The old lady hesitated for a few seconds, and said in fear: "Later, when I got up from the ground, I found that I had been overtaken by Hu Ming. A few houses with lights on."
So, he didn't do anything on the side of the road, but directly forced me to open the room, and then entered my home with me.
"Why didn't he do anything to you that night?" Yuan Shasha also asked her curiously.
The old lady pondered for a few seconds, but shook her head: "I don't know. That night, I thought I was going to die. I even saw him take out the rope and try to strangle me."
"I... I was so frightened that I knelt on the ground and begged him for mercy, swearing that I didn't see anything."
"Is it useful for you to say this?" Officer Wang shook his head, and then said: "If you didn't see it, then why did you scream at that time?"
"I'm afraid, I... I'm a conditioned reflex, and I know something terrible may have happened there, so, so a conditioned reflex, I couldn't help but scream."
Panting heavily, the old lady said with lingering fear: "But then, just when I thought he would kill someone to silence him, he suddenly stopped moving."
"Besides, he seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he politely helped me up."
"What what?" Lu Weiwei stopped writing the record when she heard this, and said in a daze:
"He...he didn't kill you, but instead helped you up? What kind of operation is this?"
"That's the truth." The old lady also said with a terrified expression: "But I was also terrified, and I don't know what he is thinking about An De?"
"Later he told me that in fact, he didn't seem to be against me, but he wanted me to rot everything I saw tonight in my stomach."
"You agreed?" Yuan Shasha asked.
"I agree." said the old lady.
"Then what happened later? He definitely won't let you go so easily." Gu Chen is also very clear that things are by no means that simple.
The old lady continued: "Later he told me that if someone came to investigate, I had to insist that when I was drying clothes on the balcony last night, I saw a man and a woman, and they waited for the car at the nearby tin plate."
"Then I saw a man get into a taxi early and the woman turned back and that was it."
"If I say that, he doesn't have to bother me, but if I dare to say it, he says that it's not just me who is unlucky, but also my son and grandson from other places. He seems to be familiar with all of this."
"Later, I gradually saw his face clearly, and then I realized that this is Hu Ming who had disappeared for many years. When I was young, I often saw him in the family area. I know that he knows my family's situation very well."
"So you agreed?" Gu Chen asked.
"I agree." The old lady said helplessly, "What can I do if I don't agree? I must agree."
"Promise me, maybe I really still have a way to live, after all, I am an old bone, I am old, I can't run away even if I want to."
"If he really does something, I can't stand it at all."
Panting heavily, the old lady said again: "Later, it was you, you policemen, as Hu Ming said, really came to the door to find out the situation."
"At that time, I even wanted to directly tell what I saw, but I saw that Hu Ming was staying with you, and he greeted me with a smile."
"I know, he is hiding a knife in his smile, and he is warning me in advance."
"So what you said during the day were all lies?" Lu Weiwei stopped writing and raised her head to ask her.
The old lady looked innocent, and said with a weeping face: "Then what else can I do? If I tell the truth, I may not survive."
"I thought I would just listen to him, so I told you the lie according to what he had discussed with me before."
"I found out later that the reason why he kept me was because he wanted me to give him false testimony."
"Then you never thought that after he used you, he killed you to silence you?" Gu Chen asked.
The old lady shook her head slightly: "At that time, I really didn't think so much."
"I see that after you guys left, Hu Ming also left. I think he will keep his promise, right? He shouldn't bother me again, right?"
"So, I felt more fortunate at the time. Compared with my children working and living in other places, he, Hu Ming, must know where he is?"
"If I tell the truth, he will be impatient, maybe he will go to another place to seek revenge on my child?"
"I'm afraid, I'm an old bone, I can't walk anymore, I can only stay here, but of course it's best if I can live in peace, I've lived here for most of my life, I really don't want to move away .”
Speaking of this, the old lady burst into tears again: "But I never would have thought that this bastard sneaked into my house quietly today while it was dark."
"When I heard some movement outside and reacted, he actually strangled my neck with a rope and was about to strangle me to death."
Speaking of this, the old lady trembled all over, and said tremblingly: "At that time, I felt that it was over, I was definitely going to be over, so I struggled desperately, but it felt useless."
"Later, later, I felt short of breath and wanted to call for help, but I couldn't make a sound. Gradually, gradually my vision seemed to become more and more blurred, but when I opened my eyes again, I... saw you around."
Speaking of this, the old lady burst into tears again, and said with an aggrieved face: "You are my saviors, I thank you, thank you."
The old lady seemed to want to get up from the hospital bed to thank her, but her body didn't seem to allow it, and several attempts were unsuccessful.
When police officer Wang saw this, he quickly pressed her on the bed, and said comfortingly: "Old lady, don't be so alien, it is the duty of our people's police to protect the lives and property of the people, why bother. "
"Yes, he is the policeman who rescued you yesterday. In order to save you, he did something to you..."
Lu Weiwei just wanted to say that she gave you artificial respiration for a long time before saving you from the gate of hell.
But police officer Wang obviously knew what Lu Weiwei was saying, and immediately kicked Lu Weiwei with his leg.
Lu Weiwei immediately suppressed her laughter, and stopped talking.
On the side, Yuan Shasha also worked hard to manage her expressions.
The old lady looked confused, and asked weakly, "Yes...what did you do to me?"
"I gave you first aid and contacted 120 for first aid." Officer Wang quickly replied, fearing that Lu Weiwei would make trouble again.
Upon hearing this, the old lady said gratefully, "Thank you, Comrade Police, you saved my life, and I want to thank you."
"You're welcome." Seeing the old lady holding her left hand firmly, Police Officer Wang also patted the back of the old lady's hand with his right hand, and said comfortingly:
"If you really thank us, give us more of what you still know."
"Yes, you said that you saw Hu Ming walking towards the ruins with a man on his shoulders that night. Can you tell me the exact direction?"
"That is, those old buildings that have not been demolished." The old lady said.
Just as the old lady finished speaking, Gu Chen suddenly realized something, and turned to Police Officer Wang, "Senior Brother Wang, is the demolition work on the ruins of the construction site still in progress?"
"I guess so?" Police Officer Wang reacted a little too late, and then he was startled and shouted.
"No, we have to tell them to stop demolition quickly. We have checked and called the interior of the abandoned building, but we haven't received a response. Maybe Wan Xiaomin may be staying inside."
"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and tell the construction site over there to stop their work." Lu Weiwei became anxious when she heard that.
In an instant, everyone started to pull out their mobile phones, trying to find a way to contact the factory.
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9:20 am.
The ruins area of the family area of the chemical factory in the west of the city.
Gu Chen and the others parked the police car on the side of the road and ran towards the ruins at the fastest speed.
At this moment, several demolition machines were parked aside, and nearby were the damaged ruins that had been demolished.
A patrol policeman and an auxiliary policeman were standing there at this moment, waiting for Gu Chen and the others to arrive.
"Captain Gu." Seeing Gu Chen walking quickly, the patrolman immediately reported to Gu Chen: "According to your request, we rushed to the scene as quickly as possible and stopped the demolition work here."
"However, it seems that half of these buildings have been demolished by them, and many places have become ruins."
"Thank you." Hearing the report from the patrolman, Gu Chen patted him on the shoulder to express his gratitude, and then went to the person in charge who provided the map that day.
The fat person in charge was a little scared at the moment, feeling as if he had gotten into some serious trouble, so he also took the initiative to step forward and ask:
"Comrade police, is there... is there any problem with this? Why did you stop the demolition operation?"
"We suspect that there are two kidnapped persons inside." Gu Chen said.
"No way? How could it be?" Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, the fat man was a little anxious, and he couldn't believe it:
"But we have checked repeatedly before the demolition operation."
"What do you mean by repeated inspection?" Lu Weiwei turned her head and asked.
"Just... just shout loudly? Then I sent people to look around inside, but I didn't find anyone staying inside."
"And no one will stay in this kind of place."
"But what if someone is kidnapped, their freedom is restricted, and they cannot speak out?" Police Officer Wang said.
But this time, the fat leader was stumped, and he didn't know what to say for a long time?
Gu Chen came to the ruins that had been demolished, and said involuntarily: "It seems that we need to go in and search again."
"No." Hearing that Gu Chen was about to go in, the fat leader hurriedly stopped him: "Some of these buildings have been completely demolished, and some have been half demolished."
"These completely demolished buildings are now in ruins. Even if there are people inside, it will be very difficult for you to find people inside."
Glancing at the half-demolished buildings around him, the fat leader immediately said, "As for the building over here, more than half of it has been demolished, and most of the building structure has been damaged."
"But if you go in at this time, if there is a landslide, then we can't afford this responsibility."
"I didn't let you be in charge, you just need to provide us with support and help." Gu Chen is eager to find people now, and he doesn't care too much.
If Wan Xiaomin is really staying in the ruins at this time, if there are still signs of life, once the abandoned building collapses, then Wan Xiaomin may really have no possibility of surviving.
Of course Gu Chen knew it was dangerous, but now he had to do it in order to save people.
When the fat leader heard that Gu Chen wanted to exonerate himself, although he still wanted to persuade him with a few more words, it can be seen that Gu Chen's attitude is firm, so he could only sigh and cooperate:
"Okay, we will do our best to cooperate with you, but we have agreed, if something goes wrong, don't blame us."
"Stop talking nonsense, let your machine withstand the part that is about to collapse over there, and the walls of the house will collapse." Gu Chen pointed to the broken machine and said.
The chubby person in charge nodded silently, called the driver over, and asked the driver to place the boom on the wall that had been demolished more than half of the way, in order to prevent the wall from collapsing during the search.
Afterwards, Gu Chen looked at Police Officer Wang again and said, "Senior Brother Wang, contact the fire rescue and ask them to bring professional search tools to come here."
"No problem, I'll get in touch right away." Officer Wang was very familiar with the fire department, so Dang even took out his phone and started to make contact.
As for Gu Chen, he asked the fat person in charge for a few pairs of construction gloves and a few safety helmets, and then began to search among the ruins.
For the sake of safety, Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha to stand outside and pay close attention to the collapse of the building.
Once there is danger, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha must immediately warn the police, and Gu Chen must immediately evacuate from the ruins after receiving the warning.
After repeatedly observing the building structure, Gu Chen began to use his master-level observation ability to carefully search every corner of the ruins.
According to the specific information provided by the old lady in the ICU ward of the hospital, Gu Chen confirmed that Hu Ming was indeed walking towards this area with someone on his shoulders that night.
Therefore, Gu Chen is very vigilant about this.
Searching for people in the ruins is very difficult. Gu Chen knows that this is a useless effort, but if there is a glimmer of hope, Gu Chen is still willing to try.
It didn't take long for fire rescue vehicles to arrive one after another. Under the introduction of Police Officer Wang, the fire search and rescue team members also started search and rescue operations.
Since the fire rescue team brought professional search and rescue tools, the work progressed smoothly. The fire brigade even brought life detectors and began to investigate the surrounding ruins.
Time passed by every minute and every second, and everyone searched from 9:30 am to 12 noon.
At this moment, everyone's clothes were already soaked in sweat, and many people were so hot that they sat on the ground.
Then everyone did not stop searching.
A fire rescue team leader came to Police Officer Wang who was drinking water and asked, "I said, old Wang, is there anyone here? If not, isn't everyone's work in vain?"
After hearing the words, Police Officer Wang put the water away, and then said out of breath: "It would be best if there is no one, and I hope there will be no one, but if there are people, they must be rescued."
"But now there are some people who don't know, just relying on reasoning..."
What else would the fire brigade want to say? But Officer Wang interrupted him with his hand: "Old Fang, I know you're a bit embarrassed to use so much manpower and material resources to do an uncertain thing."
"It can save people. It's a matter of probability in this kind of place. If you believe that there are people inside, once you can save people, it will be a great achievement."
"But if you don't believe that there are people inside, and you don't save them in the end, will you regret it later?"
"Sorry." The fire brigade leader nodded.
"That's it." Police Officer Wang finished his sentence, put his safety helmet on his head, and continued to walk towards the direction Gu Chen was searching for.
Seeing this, the fire brigade leader also stood up, waved to the firefighters who had a short rest beside him, and mobilized and said, "Everyone, work harder and find the person as soon as possible."
"If we work harder, the people who may be buried below will have a little more hope of survival. Let's work hard."
"Come on, come on." Mobilized by the fire brigade leader, the team members who were exhausted before and sat by the ruins for a short rest immediately threw themselves into the rescue operation again.
At this moment, the dark clouds dissipated, and the sun began to loom.
There was a sweltering temperature in the air, everyone worked hard, resisting the discomfort in their bodies, and continued to follow Gu Chen and the others to investigate.
"Gu Chen." Officer Wang walked up to Gu Chen and asked, "How is it?"
Gu Chen shook his head: "I haven't noticed any movement yet."
"By the way, could we have made a mistake? Maybe Wan Xiaomin is not here?"
Although Police Officer Wang knew that saying this would easily damage morale, he still couldn't help but say something when he saw these fire rescue team members doing search and rescue work under the high temperature.
Gu Chen nodded silently, and said involuntarily: "It would be best if you made a mistake, at worst, just apologize to them. If you really saved someone, it might be a great achievement."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Just as Gu Chen's words fell into reality, Gu Chen suddenly used his master-level observation ability to vaguely hear a faint movement.
But Officer Wang didn't seem to respond. Seeing that Gu Chen suddenly became alert, Officer Wang couldn't help asking him curiously: "What's the matter, Gu Chen?"
"There seems to be some movement, why don't you make noise first?" Gu Chen interrupted Police Officer Wang's speech, and then slowly lay down on the ruins on the ground, listening quietly.
However, the three faint sounds that appeared just now seemed to never come again.
But Gu Chen refused to give up, and then found a piece of gravel, looked left and right, and then walked to the side of an iron guardrail.
Since the old buildings are made of iron guardrails instead of stainless steel, the sound guiding effect is very good. Without thinking too much, Gu Chen directly picked up the gravel in his hand, and began to "bang bang" twice against the iron guardrail.
It was loud and had an echo.
Gu Chen immediately bent down, put his ears on the ruins on the ground, and quietly listened to the movement around him.
Ten seconds later, Gu Chen heard a faint movement again, still three faint sounds of "dong dong dong", as if responding to Gu Chen's knocking just now.
Seeing this situation, Gu Chen was overjoyed, continued to pick up the gravel, and knocked three times on the iron guardrail.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Chen bent down again and listened quietly.
Not long after, Gu Chen heard three responses again.
"Yes." Gu Chen said in surprise.
"Yes...what's the matter?" Police Officer Wang rushed to Gu Chen's side with a confused look on his face.
"Senior Brother Wang, there seems to be a response from under the ruins. I heard three 'dong dong dong' sounds just now, so I knocked on the iron guardrail as a response. Unexpectedly, I heard three more 'dong dong dong' responses."
"Although the sound is very small, I can be sure that the sound must come from below."
"Oh my god, is there really someone down there?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, Police Officer Wang was taken aback for a moment, then quickly stood up and shouted to the nearby firefighters who were searching: "There is something wrong here."
In an instant, the people who were doing the search and rescue operation stopped their work at the same time, and looked at Police Officer Wang blankly.
Seeing that Police Officer Wang said there was a situation again, and waved to everyone, all the search and rescue team members put down their work and rushed towards Police Officer Wang and Gu Chen.
"Old Wang, what's the situation?" Leader Fang came to the front and hurriedly asked.
"Gu Chen said that he heard a knocking sound from below, and when Gu Chen tapped and responded, there was also a response from below." Officer Wang hurriedly explained the situation just now to the fire rescue leader Lao Fang.
Hearing this, Lao Fang immediately imitated Gu Chen's method just now, picked up a small hammer, and hit the iron guardrail three times in a row with "bang bang bang".
Then, all the firefighters lay on the ground and listened quietly at the same time.
The whole scene suddenly became quiet from the noisy environment just now.
Even Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, who were standing outside observing the structure of the ruins, held their breath at this moment, wanting to know the situation on the other side.
Not long after, a firefighter with sharp ears suddenly raised his head and said, "I heard it, it seems to have knocked three times."
"Are you sure?" said old Fang, the fire brigade leader.
"Sure, it's three clicks, and I heard it too." Another firefighter said.
Gu Chen also took advantage of the situation and said: "Judging from the location, the movement may come from below, and... it's in this area."
In order to delineate the area, Gu Chen gestured with his hands.
The fire brigade leader Lao Fang immediately stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, start moving these ruins out for me, and find this life exit for me."
"Yes."
Following the order of the fire brigade leader Lao Fang, everyone immediately joined in the rescue.
Everyone raced against time and began to use assembly line operations to continuously transport the collapsed ruins from inside.
Some large pieces of ruins cannot be moved by one person, so two or three people go up together.
There are many large pieces of ruins, and the leader Lao Fang also used professional tools such as jacks.
It was also half an hour of busy work before Gu Chen stopped his homework.
At this moment, most of the ruined bricks blocked in front of him have been removed, and the prototype of an underground passage gradually emerged.
Gu Chen picked up the small hammer of the fire brigade leader, Lao Fang, and slammed three times on a steel bar at the entrance of the ruins.
"Clang clang clang!"
Three crisp sounds quickly spread throughout the area.
Everyone immediately lay down on the ground and listened quietly, as they had agreed upon.
"Boom...boom...boom!"
Three faint movements came from below again, but compared to the previous few times, the movements this time seemed to be extraordinarily long.
It seems that the vital signs of the people below have reached their limit.
Gu Chen immediately lay down on the hole that hadn't been cleaned, and shouted loudly into it: "Is there anyone inside? Is there anyone? Is there anyone inside?"
The sound echoed along the entrance of the underground passage, causing some small echoes.
Not long after, everyone heard three muffled "dong dong dong" sounds again, but the movement was still faint.
If everyone hadn't kept absolute silence, I'm afraid it would be hard to hear this kind of movement clearly.
"There is someone below." Gu Chen took a deep breath and said to the people around him, "Rope, who has the rope?"
"I have." Hearing this, a young firefighter immediately took a bundle of thick rope from his body.
Without saying a word, Gu Chen immediately tied the thick rope to the stone slab of ruins blocking the entrance.
After the bundling and explanation, everyone immediately began to divide the work.
Gu Chen and Police Officer Wang stood on both sides, while the others held the other end of the rope and began to use the fulcrum of the stone slab to pull up the huge stone slab on the spot.
On the other hand, Gu Chen and Officer Wang lined up on both sides, working together to maintain the absolute balance of the stone slab.
After a while, the stone slab was turned over with a "bang" by everyone, and hit the ground heavily.
At the same time, a lot of sand and dust fell from the buildings above.
"It's not safe here, everyone retreat to the safe area outside, Lao Wang, Gu Chen, you go out too." The team leader Lao Fang urged.
I'm afraid that the top will suddenly landslide and everyone will be buried in it.
But Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei who was observing outside, and said, "Senior Sister Lu, how is the structure outside?"
"It's...fortunately, there's not much positional shift." Lu Weiwei didn't dare to move her eyes away for a moment, for fear that the damaged building in front of her would immediately collapse if she shifted her gaze.
After receiving Lu Weiwei's reply, Gu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Everyone else, please disperse, I will go in with you."
"I'll go too, with multiple people and multiple helpers." Officer Wang also volunteered.
Lao Fang wanted to persuade him again, and it was obvious that both of them were rock-solid, and after thinking about it, they could only agree in front of them, and asked a few firefighters around them for some professional tools for Police Officer Wang and Gu Chen to wear on their bodies.
Only then did the three turn on the flashlights on their safety helmets, and began to walk in towards the broken stairs of the underground passage.
As soon as he entered the underground passage, there was a lot of dust scattered on it. Police officer Wang also gave two "peh peh", and then shouted loudly: "Is there anyone? Where are you? Can you let me know?"
However, no matter how Police Officer Wang yelled, it seemed that there was no movement inside.
Gu Chen reminded: "Senior Brother Wang, the people inside may be silenced, and there is no movement for the time being."
"Well, as long as I can find them, I don't mind wasting a little more saliva." Officer Wang said.
While speaking, all three of them heard a faint movement coming from inside at the same time, it was still "dong dong dong".
It seemed to be aware of someone approaching, so the tapping movement became active again, but the sound was still weak.
Due to his master-level observation skills, Gu Chen quickly locked on the specific position, and walked down immediately.
"Gu Chen, wait for me." Officer Wang staggered behind.
Old Fang, the somewhat backward firefighter leader, immediately followed behind the two, feeling that these two guys were more firefighters than firefighters.
Pulling aside a slanted wooden stake, Gu Chen came to a place similar to an underground passage.
At this moment, it was dark here, and Gu Chen could only see the surrounding environment clearly by using the flashlight on the safety helmet.
"Is anyone there?" Gu Chen called again.
At this moment, more and more gravel and gravel were scattered from above, and the walkie-talkie hanging on Gu Chen's body also faintly transmitted an unclear call:
"Junior Brother Gu, come out quickly. There seems to be a problem with the structure of the building above, and it is shifting. Come out quickly."
"Gu Chen, why don't you evacuate first?" Old Fang, the fire brigade leader, also hurriedly urged after hearing the words.
Gu Chen calmed down for two seconds, and then said: "People are nearby, if we evacuate at this time, then this rescue should be declared over, hold on a little longer, senior brother Wang and team leader Fang, let's go first, I will look for it later .”
"Are you kidding me?" Seeing that Gu Chen asked him to leave first, Police Officer Wang immediately said angrily, "I'm here to save people, let me go and you stay? Are you kidding Gu Chen? If you want to go, go. I have to save people quickly, Lao Fang, you retreat quickly."
"Fart!" Do you feel that Lao Wang and Gu Chen are humiliating themselves? I am the leader of the fire rescue team, and it is already an exception to let these two policemen come down to rescue people.
Now let yourself withdraw first?
If he really ran back, what would the team members think of him?
Although from a professional point of view, now is indeed the best time to evacuate, but after all, the people who need rescue have not been found, so just evacuating the underground passage like this is tantamount to disregarding the lives of these people who need rescue.
This kind of thing, Lao Fang can't do it.
Seeing that everyone was hesitating and wanting to rescue the trapped people, Gu Chen hurriedly said:
"There's no time, everyone hurry up and search separately."
Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Police Officer Wang and Team Leader Fang nodded silently. Afterwards, everyone separated on the spot and searched the rooms in the underground passage one by one.
It was dark here, and all kinds of gravel and dust fell around from time to time, which made everyone's hearts rise to their throats.
The walkie-talkies hung on the three people's chests also kept sending calls from Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha, and other rescue team members, urging everyone to evacuate as soon as possible.
But everyone knew that if they left now, those who might be trapped underneath would die.
"Huh! Huh!" The dark and airtight space made people breathless.
Gu Chen checked one by one, and finally when he pushed open the door of the innermost room, he found that the structure of the door frame had been deformed, and the wooden door was also twisted and stuck in the middle at the moment, making it difficult to push it quickly.
Gu Chen tried a few times to no avail, so he quickly calmed himself down, and observed the specific movements in the house through the crack of the door and using the light.
Soon, Gu Chen found that two people who were tied up with hemp rope were lying on the ground at this moment, and there seemed to be signs of moving.
And the mouths of the two seemed to be wrapped in tape, and there was no movement at all.
"The person has been found." Gu Chen shouted excitedly.
Officer Wang and Lao Fang, who were searching for rescue at the other end, stopped their movements immediately and started running towards Gu Chen.
"Shut up!"
More gravel fell from above, and Officer Wang's tensed legs went limp.
But when he came to Gu Chen's side, he slammed into the door immediately.
Then Comrade Wang's impact was still useless, and the deformed door frame structure was difficult to break open.
"Senior Brother Wang, this is useless." Gu Chen pulled Police Officer Wang away, and then glanced at an ax hanging on Team Leader Fang's backpack. Without saying a word, he directly took the ax from Team Leader Fang's backpack. Pulled out sideways.
"Get out of the way." Gu Chen reminded loudly.
Officer Wang and Team Leader Fang took two steps back.
Afterwards, Gu Chen picked up his ax and began to smash on the door desperately.
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
Every time Gu Chen smashed the wooden door, a large amount of gravel fell from the top and hit Gu Chen's helmet.
And now it is a race against time, the dark and airtight environment, all kinds of falling sand and stones, and the looming signal calls on the walkie-talkie make the whole scene extremely frequent.
Police Officer Wang's legs trembled violently, and he began to move his hands non-stop. He could only feel his head buzzing, and all kinds of gravel hit his head.
My heart said you, Gu Chen, hurry up, hurry up...
"boom!"
Just when Gu Chen picked up the ax and hit the wooden door for the ninth time, the main structure of the wooden door was already in dilapidated condition.
Without saying a word, Gu Chen threw the ax to one side, then took two steps back, and kicked violently at the broken wooden door.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
kick.
two feet.
tripod.
...
When Gu Chen kicked to the fifth kick, more gravel scattered from above, but at this moment, Gu Chen kicked a big hole out of the twisted wooden door.
With his gloved hands, Gu Chen immediately pushed open the remaining debris of the wooden door, and he got in first.
It didn't take long before they came to the two trapped people.
Gu Chen pointed the body-worn camera at the front, and then came to a woman to check her appearance.
Seeing that the woman whose mouth was wrapped with tape was the Wan Xiaomin whom he was looking for so hard, Gu Chen immediately tore off the bandage wrapped around Wan Xiaomin's mouth.
"Wan Xiaomin, look at me, can you still see who I am?" Gu Chen asked.
Due to the glare of the light, Wan Xiaomin could only squint and said weakly, "You are... are you... Police Officer Gu?"
"It seems that you are still awake, don't be afraid, I will rescue you right away." Gu Chen saw that Wan Xiaomin didn't seem to be in the bad condition he imagined, so he immediately started to untie Wan Xiaomin.
Only then did Gu Chen realize that Wan Xiaomin was still holding a piece of gravel in his bloody hand.
Gu Chen must have knocked on the side wall with the gravel in his hand just now, which made Gu Chen hear the faint movement below.
After untying Wan Xiaomin, Gu Chen came to another man.
When he pushed the man away to lie on his back, Gu Chen realized that this man was really Ah Zhe.
Compared with Wan Xiaomin, Ah Zhe's head was covered in blood, and he seemed to have lost consciousness.
Gu Chen didn't have time to think about it, so he tore off the tape and untied him. Afterwards, he took the lead to carry Azhe, who was already in a coma, to the door, and with the help of Police Officer Wang and the fire brigade leader, Lao Fang, they sent them out together.
"Wan Xiaomin." After Azhe was sent away, Gu Chen reminded, "Can you take a walk?"
Upon hearing this, Wan Xiaomin immediately tried to sit up, but soon collapsed again.
Shaking his head, Wan Xiaomin said weakly: "I seem to have lost all feeling in my hands and feet, I can't stand up, I... I'm in so much pain."
Seeing this situation, Gu Chen came to Wan Xiaomin's side again, only to find that under Wan Xiaomin's long hair, there was also a lot of coagulated blood.
Without thinking too much, Gu Chen could only hug Wan Xiaomin and walk towards the skeleton outside the door again.
With the help of police officer Wang and fire brigade leader Lao Fang, Wan Xiaomin was successfully sent out.
On the intercom at this time, Lu Weiwei was almost urging everyone to evacuate as soon as possible with a growling tone, and kept calling the three of them.
Seeing that the person has been rescued, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the walkie-talkie and responded: "The person has been found, let's come out now."
"Shhhhh!"
With a few intermittent electromagnetic sounds, Lu Weiwei's call appeared again on the intercom: "Junior Brother Gu, is everything okay? Come out quickly, a wall has fallen outside just now, and now we have brought in another crane. Use the jib to withstand the landslide on the other side."
"However, it seems that I can't stand it now, you should come out soon..."
Lu Weiwei's calls continued, and at this time the falling objects had changed from the fastest gravel to large bricks.
At the moment when Gu Chen left the room, there was a sudden "bang" in the room just now, and there was a burst of violent noise.
It seemed that the whole room had collapsed.
Seeing this, the experienced fire leader Lao Fang immediately yelled "No", and immediately carried the unconscious Azhe on his back, and quickly evacuated towards the straightforward exit.
Seeing this, Gu Chen immediately put his safety helmet on Wan Xiaomin's head, and quickly followed behind Lao Fang under the cover of Police Officer Wang.
Then when everyone was about to go up the stairs and escape from the underground passage.
There seemed to be a more distorted and violent sound around again.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Following a few muffled sounds, their world instantly turned into darkness.
...
In the ward. Just when the old lady finished speaking, everyone was startled. Seeing such a weird scene at night, ordinary people would probably start screaming in fright. So Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "So what did you see? How did you find out?" "I... I saw, yes, that bastard Hu Ming who wanted to kill me, he watched a person walking towards the ruins." "Wait a minute." Hearing this, Police Officer Wang immediately became vigilant: "You said, you saw Hu Ming carrying a person and walking towards the ruins? Did that person resist at that time?" "No... no, right?" The old lady's voice was weak, and she thought about it over and over again, and then she confirmed and said: "When I saw Hu Ming carrying the man towards the ruins, the man seemed to have lost consciousness." "I realized something was wrong and I was so scared that I almost fell off the rubble." Taking a deep breath, the old lady said with lingering fear: "At that time, I was terrified, and I couldn't help but notice the movement, but Hu Ming discovered it." "And then?" Lu Weiwei quickly wrote down the notes and asked again. "Then? Then he put the man down and chased after him. I realized that something was wrong, so I ran away, only to fall on the side of the road away from home." Panting heavily, the old lady seemed to have not recovered from her weakness. Gu Chen quickly reminded: "Old lady, it's okay for you to speak slowly, as long as you explain things clearly." "Okay, okay." The old lady hesitated for a few seconds, and said in fear: "Later, when I got up from the ground, I found that I had been overtaken by Hu Ming. A few houses with lights on." So, he didn't do anything on the side of the road, but directly forced me to open the room, and then entered my home with me. "Why didn't he do anything to you that night?" Yuan Shasha also asked her curiously. The old lady pondered for a few seconds, but shook her head: "I don't know. That night, I thought I was going to die. I even saw him take out the rope and try to strangle me." "I... I was so frightened that I knelt on the ground and begged him for mercy, swearing that I didn't see anything." "Is it useful for you to say this?" Officer Wang shook his head, and then said: "If you didn't see it, then why did you scream at that time?" "I'm afraid, I... I'm a conditioned reflex, and I know something terrible may have happened there, so, so a conditioned reflex, I couldn't help but scream." Panting heavily, the old lady said with lingering fear: "But then, just when I thought he would kill someone to silence him, he suddenly stopped moving." "Besides, he seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he politely helped me up." "What what?" Lu Weiwei stopped writing the record when she heard this, and said in a daze: "He...he didn't kill you, but instead helped you up? What kind of operation is this?" "That's the truth." The old lady also said with a terrified expression: "But I was also terrified, and I don't know what he is thinking about An De?" "Later he told me that in fact, he didn't seem to be against me, but he wanted me to rot everything I saw tonight in my stomach." "You agreed?" Yuan Shasha asked. "I agree." said the old lady. "Then what happened later? He definitely won't let you go so easily." Gu Chen is also very clear that things are by no means that simple. The old lady continued: "Later he told me that if someone came to investigate, I had to insist that when I was drying clothes on the balcony last night, I saw a man and a woman, and they waited for the car at the nearby tin plate." "Then I saw a man get into a taxi early and the woman turned back and that was it." "If I say that, he doesn't have to bother me, but if I dare to say it, he says that it's not just me who is unlucky, but also my son and grandson from other places. He seems to be familiar with all of this." "Later, I gradually saw his face clearly, and then I realized that this is Hu Ming who had disappeared for many years. When I was young, I often saw him in the family area. I know that he knows my family's situation very well." "So you agreed?" Gu Chen asked. "I agree." The old lady said helplessly, "What can I do if I don't agree? I must agree." "Promise me, maybe I really still have a way to live, after all, I am an old bone, I am old, I can't run away even if I want to." "If he really does something, I can't stand it at all." Panting heavily, the old lady said again: "Later, it was you, you policemen, as Hu Ming said, really came to the door to find out the situation." "At that time, I even wanted to directly tell what I saw, but I saw that Hu Ming was staying with you, and he greeted me with a smile." "I know, he is hiding a knife in his smile, and he is warning me in advance." "So what you said during the day were all lies?" Lu Weiwei stopped writing and raised her head to ask her. The old lady looked innocent, and said with a weeping face: "Then what else can I do? If I tell the truth, I may not survive." "I thought I would just listen to him, so I told you the lie according to what he had discussed with me before." "I found out later that the reason why he kept me was because he wanted me to give him false testimony." "Then you never thought that after he used you, he killed you to silence you?" Gu Chen asked. The old lady shook her head slightly: "At that time, I really didn't think so much." "I see that after you guys left, Hu Ming also left. I think he will keep his promise, right? He shouldn't bother me again, right?" "So, I felt more fortunate at the time. Compared with my children working and living in other places, he, Hu Ming, must know where he is?" "If I tell the truth, he will be impatient, maybe he will go to another place to seek revenge on my child?" "I'm afraid, I'm an old bone, I can't walk anymore, I can only stay here, but of course it's best if I can live in peace, I've lived here for most of my life, I really don't want to move away . Speaking of this, the old lady burst into tears again: "But I never would have thought that this bastard sneaked into my house quietly today while it was dark." "When I heard some movement outside and reacted, he actually strangled my neck with a rope and was about to strangle me to death." Speaking of this, the old lady trembled all over, and said tremblingly: "At that time, I felt that it was over, I was definitely going to be over, so I struggled desperately, but it felt useless." "Later, later, I felt short of breath and wanted to call for help, but I couldn't make a sound. Gradually, gradually my vision seemed to become more and more blurred, but when I opened my eyes again, I... saw you around." Speaking of this, the old lady burst into tears again, and said with an aggrieved face: "You are my saviors, I thank you, thank you." The old lady seemed to want to get up from the hospital bed to thank her, but her body didn't seem to allow it, and several attempts were unsuccessful. When police officer Wang saw this, he quickly pressed her on the bed, and said comfortingly: "Old lady, don't be so alien, it is the duty of our people's police to protect the lives and property of the people, why bother. " "Yes, he is the policeman who rescued you yesterday. In order to save you, he did something to you..." Lu Weiwei just wanted to say that she gave you artificial respiration for a long time before saving you from the gate of hell. But police officer Wang obviously knew what Lu Weiwei was saying, and immediately kicked Lu Weiwei with his leg. Lu Weiwei immediately suppressed her laughter, and stopped talking. On the side, Yuan Shasha also worked hard to manage her expressions. The old lady looked confused, and asked weakly, "Yes...what did you do to me?" "I gave you first aid and contacted 120 for first aid." Officer Wang quickly replied, fearing that Lu Weiwei would make trouble again. Upon hearing this, the old lady said gratefully, "Thank you, Comrade Police, you saved my life, and I want to thank you." "You're welcome." Seeing the old lady holding her left hand firmly, Police Officer Wang also patted the back of the old lady's hand with his right hand, and said comfortingly: "If you really thank us, give us more of what you still know." "Yes, you said that you saw Hu Ming walking towards the ruins with a man on his shoulders that night. Can you tell me the exact direction?" "That is, those old buildings that have not been demolished." The old lady said. Just as the old lady finished speaking, Gu Chen suddenly realized something, and turned to Police Officer Wang, "Senior Brother Wang, is the demolition work on the ruins of the construction site still in progress?" "I guess so?" Police Officer Wang reacted a little too late, and then he was startled and shouted. "No, we have to tell them to stop demolition quickly. We have checked and called the interior of the abandoned building, but we haven't received a response. Maybe Wan Xiaomin may be staying inside." "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and tell the construction site over there to stop their work." Lu Weiwei became anxious when she heard that. In an instant, everyone started to pull out their mobile phones, trying to find a way to contact the factory. ... ... 9:20 am. The ruins area of the family area of the chemical factory in the west of the city. Gu Chen and the others parked the police car on the side of the road and ran towards the ruins at the fastest speed. At this moment, several demolition machines were parked aside, and nearby were the damaged ruins that had been demolished. A patrol policeman and an auxiliary policeman were standing there at this moment, waiting for Gu Chen and the others to arrive. "Captain Gu." Seeing Gu Chen walking quickly, the patrolman immediately reported to Gu Chen: "According to your request, we rushed to the scene as quickly as possible and stopped the demolition work here." "However, it seems that half of these buildings have been demolished by them, and many places have become ruins." "Thank you." Hearing the report from the patrolman, Gu Chen patted him on the shoulder to express his gratitude, and then went to the person in charge who provided the map that day. The fat person in charge was a little scared at the moment, feeling as if he had gotten into some serious trouble, so he also took the initiative to step forward and ask: "Comrade police, is there... is there any problem with this? Why did you stop the demolition operation?" "We suspect that there are two kidnapped persons inside." Gu Chen said. "No way? How could it be?" Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, the fat man was a little anxious, and he couldn't believe it: "But we have checked repeatedly before the demolition operation." "What do you mean by repeated inspection?" Lu Weiwei turned her head and asked. "Just... just shout loudly? Then I sent people to look around inside, but I didn't find anyone staying inside." "And no one will stay in this kind of place." "But what if someone is kidnapped, their freedom is restricted, and they cannot speak out?" Police Officer Wang said. But this time, the fat leader was stumped, and he didn't know what to say for a long time? Gu Chen came to the ruins that had been demolished, and said involuntarily: "It seems that we need to go in and search again." "No." Hearing that Gu Chen was about to go in, the fat leader hurriedly stopped him: "Some of these buildings have been completely demolished, and some have been half demolished." "These completely demolished buildings are now in ruins. Even if there are people inside, it will be very difficult for you to find people inside." Glancing at the half-demolished buildings around him, the fat leader immediately said, "As for the building over here, more than half of it has been demolished, and most of the building structure has been damaged." "But if you go in at this time, if there is a landslide, then we can't afford this responsibility." "I didn't let you be in charge, you just need to provide us with support and help." Gu Chen is eager to find people now, and he doesn't care too much. If Wan Xiaomin is really staying in the ruins at this time, if there are still signs of life, once the abandoned building collapses, then Wan Xiaomin may really have no possibility of surviving. Of course Gu Chen knew it was dangerous, but now he had to do it in order to save people. When the fat leader heard that Gu Chen wanted to exonerate himself, although he still wanted to persuade him with a few more words, it can be seen that Gu Chen's attitude is firm, so he could only sigh and cooperate: "Okay, we will do our best to cooperate with you, but we have agreed, if something goes wrong, don't blame us." "Stop talking nonsense, let your machine withstand the part that is about to collapse over there, and the walls of the house will collapse." Gu Chen pointed to the broken machine and said. The chubby person in charge nodded silently, called the driver over, and asked the driver to place the boom on the wall that had been demolished more than half of the way, in order to prevent the wall from collapsing during the search. Afterwards, Gu Chen looked at Police Officer Wang again and said, "Senior Brother Wang, contact the fire rescue and ask them to bring professional search tools to come here." "No problem, I'll get in touch right away." Officer Wang was very familiar with the fire department, so Dang even took out his phone and started to make contact. As for Gu Chen, he asked the fat person in charge for a few pairs of construction gloves and a few safety helmets, and then began to search among the ruins. For the sake of safety, Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha to stand outside and pay close attention to the collapse of the building. Once there is danger, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha must immediately warn the police, and Gu Chen must immediately evacuate from the ruins after receiving the warning. After repeatedly observing the building structure, Gu Chen began to use his master-level observation ability to carefully search every corner of the ruins. According to the specific information provided by the old lady in the ICU ward of the hospital, Gu Chen confirmed that Hu Ming was indeed walking towards this area with someone on his shoulders that night. Therefore, Gu Chen is very vigilant about this. Searching for people in the ruins is very difficult. Gu Chen knows that this is a useless effort, but if there is a glimmer of hope, Gu Chen is still willing to try. It didn't take long for fire rescue vehicles to arrive one after another. Under the introduction of Police Officer Wang, the fire search and rescue team members also started search and rescue operations. Since the fire rescue team brought professional search and rescue tools, the work progressed smoothly. The fire brigade even brought life detectors and began to investigate the surrounding ruins. Time passed by every minute and every second, and everyone searched from 9:30 am to 12 noon. At this moment, everyone's clothes were already soaked in sweat, and many people were so hot that they sat on the ground. Then everyone did not stop searching. A fire rescue team leader came to Police Officer Wang who was drinking water and asked, "I said, old Wang, is there anyone here? If not, isn't everyone's work in vain?" After hearing the words, Police Officer Wang put the water away, and then said out of breath: "It would be best if there is no one, and I hope there will be no one, but if there are people, they must be rescued." "But now there are some people who don't know, just relying on reasoning..." What else would the fire brigade want to say? But Officer Wang interrupted him with his hand: "Old Fang, I know you're a bit embarrassed to use so much manpower and material resources to do an uncertain thing." "It can save people. It's a matter of probability in this kind of place. If you believe that there are people inside, once you can save people, it will be a great achievement." "But if you don't believe that there are people inside, and you don't save them in the end, will you regret it later?" "Sorry." The fire brigade leader nodded. "That's it." Police Officer Wang finished his sentence, put his safety helmet on his head, and continued to walk towards the direction Gu Chen was searching for. Seeing this, the fire brigade leader also stood up, waved to the firefighters who had a short rest beside him, and mobilized and said, "Everyone, work harder and find the person as soon as possible." "If we work harder, the people who may be buried below will have a little more hope of survival. Let's work hard." "Come on, come on." Mobilized by the fire brigade leader, the team members who were exhausted before and sat by the ruins for a short rest immediately threw themselves into the rescue operation again. At this moment, the dark clouds dissipated, and the sun began to loom. There was a sweltering temperature in the air, everyone worked hard, resisting the discomfort in their bodies, and continued to follow Gu Chen and the others to investigate. "Gu Chen." Officer Wang walked up to Gu Chen and asked, "How is it?" Gu Chen shook his head: "I haven't noticed any movement yet." "By the way, could we have made a mistake? Maybe Wan Xiaomin is not here?" Although Police Officer Wang knew that saying this would easily damage morale, he still couldn't help but say something when he saw these fire rescue team members doing search and rescue work under the high temperature. Gu Chen nodded silently, and said involuntarily: "It would be best if you made a mistake, at worst, just apologize to them. If you really saved someone, it might be a great achievement." "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Just as Gu Chen's words fell into reality, Gu Chen suddenly used his master-level observation ability to vaguely hear a faint movement. But Officer Wang didn't seem to respond. Seeing that Gu Chen suddenly became alert, Officer Wang couldn't help asking him curiously: "What's the matter, Gu Chen?" "There seems to be some movement, why don't you make noise first?" Gu Chen interrupted Police Officer Wang's speech, and then slowly lay down on the ruins on the ground, listening quietly. However, the three faint sounds that appeared just now seemed to never come again. But Gu Chen refused to give up, and then found a piece of gravel, looked left and right, and then walked to the side of an iron guardrail. Since the old buildings are made of iron guardrails instead of stainless steel, the sound guiding effect is very good. Without thinking too much, Gu Chen directly picked up the gravel in his hand, and began to "bang bang" twice against the iron guardrail. It was loud and had an echo. Gu Chen immediately bent down, put his ears on the ruins on the ground, and quietly listened to the movement around him. Ten seconds later, Gu Chen heard a faint movement again, still three faint sounds of "dong dong dong", as if responding to Gu Chen's knocking just now. Seeing this situation, Gu Chen was overjoyed, continued to pick up the gravel, and knocked three times on the iron guardrail. Immediately afterwards, Gu Chen bent down again and listened quietly. Not long after, Gu Chen heard three responses again. "Yes." Gu Chen said in surprise. "Yes...what's the matter?" Police Officer Wang rushed to Gu Chen's side with a confused look on his face. "Senior Brother Wang, there seems to be a response from under the ruins. I heard three 'dong dong dong' sounds just now, so I knocked on the iron guardrail as a response. Unexpectedly, I heard three more 'dong dong dong' responses." "Although the sound is very small, I can be sure that the sound must come from below." "Oh my god, is there really someone down there?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, Police Officer Wang was taken aback for a moment, then quickly stood up and shouted to the nearby firefighters who were searching: "There is something wrong here." In an instant, the people who were doing the search and rescue operation stopped their work at the same time, and looked at Police Officer Wang blankly. Seeing that Police Officer Wang said there was a situation again, and waved to everyone, all the search and rescue team members put down their work and rushed towards Police Officer Wang and Gu Chen. "Old Wang, what's the situation?" Leader Fang came to the front and hurriedly asked. "Gu Chen said that he heard a knocking sound from below, and when Gu Chen tapped and responded, there was also a response from below." Officer Wang hurriedly explained the situation just now to the fire rescue leader Lao Fang. Hearing this, Lao Fang immediately imitated Gu Chen's method just now, picked up a small hammer, and hit the iron guardrail three times in a row with "bang bang bang". Then, all the firefighters lay on the ground and listened quietly at the same time. The whole scene suddenly became quiet from the noisy environment just now. Even Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, who were standing outside observing the structure of the ruins, held their breath at this moment, wanting to know the situation on the other side. Not long after, a firefighter with sharp ears suddenly raised his head and said, "I heard it, it seems to have knocked three times." "Are you sure?" said old Fang, the fire brigade leader. "Sure, it's three clicks, and I heard it too." Another firefighter said. Gu Chen also took advantage of the situation and said: "Judging from the location, the movement may come from below, and... it's in this area." In order to delineate the area, Gu Chen gestured with his hands. The fire brigade leader Lao Fang immediately stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, start moving these ruins out for me, and find this life exit for me." "Yes." Following the order of the fire brigade leader Lao Fang, everyone immediately joined in the rescue. Everyone raced against time and began to use assembly line operations to continuously transport the collapsed ruins from inside. Some large pieces of ruins cannot be moved by one person, so two or three people go up together. There are many large pieces of ruins, and the leader Lao Fang also used professional tools such as jacks. It was also half an hour of busy work before Gu Chen stopped his homework. At this moment, most of the ruined bricks blocked in front of him have been removed, and the prototype of an underground passage gradually emerged. Gu Chen picked up the small hammer of the fire brigade leader, Lao Fang, and slammed three times on a steel bar at the entrance of the ruins. "Clang clang clang!" Three crisp sounds quickly spread throughout the area. Everyone immediately lay down on the ground and listened quietly, as they had agreed upon. "Boom...boom...boom!" Three faint movements came from below again, but compared to the previous few times, the movements this time seemed to be extraordinarily long. It seems that the vital signs of the people below have reached their limit. Gu Chen immediately lay down on the hole that hadn't been cleaned, and shouted loudly into it: "Is there anyone inside? Is there anyone? Is there anyone inside?" The sound echoed along the entrance of the underground passage, causing some small echoes. Not long after, everyone heard three muffled "dong dong dong" sounds again, but the movement was still faint. If everyone hadn't kept absolute silence, I'm afraid it would be hard to hear this kind of movement clearly. "There is someone below." Gu Chen took a deep breath and said to the people around him, "Rope, who has the rope?" "I have." Hearing this, a young firefighter immediately took a bundle of thick rope from his body. Without saying a word, Gu Chen immediately tied the thick rope to the stone slab of ruins blocking the entrance. After the bundling and explanation, everyone immediately began to divide the work. Gu Chen and Police Officer Wang stood on both sides, while the others held the other end of the rope and began to use the fulcrum of the stone slab to pull up the huge stone slab on the spot. On the other hand, Gu Chen and Officer Wang lined up on both sides, working together to maintain the absolute balance of the stone slab. After a while, the stone slab was turned over with a "bang" by everyone, and hit the ground heavily. At the same time, a lot of sand and dust fell from the buildings above. "It's not safe here, everyone retreat to the safe area outside, Lao Wang, Gu Chen, you go out too." The team leader Lao Fang urged. I'm afraid that the top will suddenly landslide and everyone will be buried in it. But Gu Chen asked Lu Weiwei who was observing outside, and said, "Senior Sister Lu, how is the structure outside?" "It's...fortunately, there's not much positional shift." Lu Weiwei didn't dare to move her eyes away for a moment, for fear that the damaged building in front of her would immediately collapse if she shifted her gaze. After receiving Lu Weiwei's reply, Gu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Everyone else, please disperse, I will go in with you." "I'll go too, with multiple people and multiple helpers." Officer Wang also volunteered. Lao Fang wanted to persuade him again, and it was obvious that both of them were rock-solid, and after thinking about it, they could only agree in front of them, and asked a few firefighters around them for some professional tools for Police Officer Wang and Gu Chen to wear on their bodies. Only then did the three turn on the flashlights on their safety helmets, and began to walk in towards the broken stairs of the underground passage. As soon as he entered the underground passage, there was a lot of dust scattered on it. Police officer Wang also gave two "peh peh", and then shouted loudly: "Is there anyone? Where are you? Can you let me know?" However, no matter how Police Officer Wang yelled, it seemed that there was no movement inside. Gu Chen reminded: "Senior Brother Wang, the people inside may be silenced, and there is no movement for the time being." "Well, as long as I can find them, I don't mind wasting a little more saliva." Officer Wang said. While speaking, all three of them heard a faint movement coming from inside at the same time, it was still "dong dong dong". It seemed to be aware of someone approaching, so the tapping movement became active again, but the sound was still weak. Due to his master-level observation skills, Gu Chen quickly locked on the specific position, and walked down immediately. "Gu Chen, wait for me." Officer Wang staggered behind. Old Fang, the somewhat backward firefighter leader, immediately followed behind the two, feeling that these two guys were more firefighters than firefighters. Pulling aside a slanted wooden stake, Gu Chen came to a place similar to an underground passage. At this moment, it was dark here, and Gu Chen could only see the surrounding environment clearly by using the flashlight on the safety helmet. "Is anyone there?" Gu Chen called again. At this moment, more and more gravel and gravel were scattered from above, and the walkie-talkie hanging on Gu Chen's body also faintly transmitted an unclear call: "Junior Brother Gu, come out quickly. There seems to be a problem with the structure of the building above, and it is shifting. Come out quickly." "Gu Chen, why don't you evacuate first?" Old Fang, the fire brigade leader, also hurriedly urged after hearing the words. Gu Chen calmed down for two seconds, and then said: "People are nearby, if we evacuate at this time, then this rescue should be declared over, hold on a little longer, senior brother Wang and team leader Fang, let's go first, I will look for it later . "Are you kidding me?" Seeing that Gu Chen asked him to leave first, Police Officer Wang immediately said angrily, "I'm here to save people, let me go and you stay? Are you kidding Gu Chen? If you want to go, go. I have to save people quickly, Lao Fang, you retreat quickly." "Fart!" Do you feel that Lao Wang and Gu Chen are humiliating themselves? I am the leader of the fire rescue team, and it is already an exception to let these two policemen come down to rescue people. Now let yourself withdraw first? If he really ran back, what would the team members think of him? Although from a professional point of view, now is indeed the best time to evacuate, but after all, the people who need rescue have not been found, so just evacuating the underground passage like this is tantamount to disregarding the lives of these people who need rescue. This kind of thing, Lao Fang can't do it. Seeing that everyone was hesitating and wanting to rescue the trapped people, Gu Chen hurriedly said: "There's no time, everyone hurry up and search separately." Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Police Officer Wang and Team Leader Fang nodded silently. Afterwards, everyone separated on the spot and searched the rooms in the underground passage one by one. It was dark here, and all kinds of gravel and dust fell around from time to time, which made everyone's hearts rise to their throats. The walkie-talkies hung on the three people's chests also kept sending calls from Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha, and other rescue team members, urging everyone to evacuate as soon as possible. But everyone knew that if they left now, those who might be trapped underneath would die. "Huh! Huh!" The dark and airtight space made people breathless. Gu Chen checked one by one, and finally when he pushed open the door of the innermost room, he found that the structure of the door frame had been deformed, and the wooden door was also twisted and stuck in the middle at the moment, making it difficult to push it quickly. Gu Chen tried a few times to no avail, so he quickly calmed himself down, and observed the specific movements in the house through the crack of the door and using the light. Soon, Gu Chen found that two people who were tied up with hemp rope were lying on the ground at this moment, and there seemed to be signs of moving. And the mouths of the two seemed to be wrapped in tape, and there was no movement at all. "The person has been found." Gu Chen shouted excitedly. Officer Wang and Lao Fang, who were searching for rescue at the other end, stopped their movements immediately and started running towards Gu Chen. "Shut up!" More gravel fell from above, and Officer Wang's tensed legs went limp. But when he came to Gu Chen's side, he slammed into the door immediately. Then Comrade Wang's impact was still useless, and the deformed door frame structure was difficult to break open. "Senior Brother Wang, this is useless." Gu Chen pulled Police Officer Wang away, and then glanced at an ax hanging on Team Leader Fang's backpack. Without saying a word, he directly took the ax from Team Leader Fang's backpack. Pulled out sideways. "Get out of the way." Gu Chen reminded loudly. Officer Wang and Team Leader Fang took two steps back. Afterwards, Gu Chen picked up his ax and began to smash on the door desperately. "Bang! Bang! Bang..." Every time Gu Chen smashed the wooden door, a large amount of gravel fell from the top and hit Gu Chen's helmet. And now it is a race against time, the dark and airtight environment, all kinds of falling sand and stones, and the looming signal calls on the walkie-talkie make the whole scene extremely frequent. Police Officer Wang's legs trembled violently, and he began to move his hands non-stop. He could only feel his head buzzing, and all kinds of gravel hit his head. My heart said you, Gu Chen, hurry up, hurry up... "boom!" Just when Gu Chen picked up the ax and hit the wooden door for the ninth time, the main structure of the wooden door was already in dilapidated condition. Without saying a word, Gu Chen threw the ax to one side, then took two steps back, and kicked violently at the broken wooden door. "Bang! Bang! Bang!" kick. two feet. tripod. ... When Gu Chen kicked to the fifth kick, more gravel scattered from above, but at this moment, Gu Chen kicked a big hole out of the twisted wooden door. With his gloved hands, Gu Chen immediately pushed open the remaining debris of the wooden door, and he got in first. It didn't take long before they came to the two trapped people. Gu Chen pointed the body-worn camera at the front, and then came to a woman to check her appearance. Seeing that the woman whose mouth was wrapped with tape was the Wan Xiaomin whom he was looking for so hard, Gu Chen immediately tore off the bandage wrapped around Wan Xiaomin's mouth. "Wan Xiaomin, look at me, can you still see who I am?" Gu Chen asked. Due to the glare of the light, Wan Xiaomin could only squint and said weakly, "You are... are you... Police Officer Gu?" "It seems that you are still awake, don't be afraid, I will rescue you right away." Gu Chen saw that Wan Xiaomin didn't seem to be in the bad condition he imagined, so he immediately started to untie Wan Xiaomin. Only then did Gu Chen realize that Wan Xiaomin was still holding a piece of gravel in his bloody hand. Gu Chen must have knocked on the side wall with the gravel in his hand just now, which made Gu Chen hear the faint movement below. After untying Wan Xiaomin, Gu Chen came to another man. When he pushed the man away to lie on his back, Gu Chen realized that this man was really Ah Zhe. Compared with Wan Xiaomin, Ah Zhe's head was covered in blood, and he seemed to have lost consciousness. Gu Chen didn't have time to think about it, so he tore off the tape and untied him. Afterwards, he took the lead to carry Azhe, who was already in a coma, to the door, and with the help of Police Officer Wang and the fire brigade leader, Lao Fang, they sent them out together. "Wan Xiaomin." After Azhe was sent away, Gu Chen reminded, "Can you take a walk?" Upon hearing this, Wan Xiaomin immediately tried to sit up, but soon collapsed again. Shaking his head, Wan Xiaomin said weakly: "I seem to have lost all feeling in my hands and feet, I can't stand up, I... I'm in so much pain." Seeing this situation, Gu Chen came to Wan Xiaomin's side again, only to find that under Wan Xiaomin's long hair, there was also a lot of coagulated blood. Without thinking too much, Gu Chen could only hug Wan Xiaomin and walk towards the skeleton outside the door again. With the help of police officer Wang and fire brigade leader Lao Fang, Wan Xiaomin was successfully sent out. On the intercom at this time, Lu Weiwei was almost urging everyone to evacuate as soon as possible with a growling tone, and kept calling the three of them. Seeing that the person has been rescued, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the walkie-talkie and responded: "The person has been found, let's come out now." "Shhhhh!" With a few intermittent electromagnetic sounds, Lu Weiwei's call appeared again on the intercom: "Junior Brother Gu, is everything okay? Come out quickly, a wall has fallen outside just now, and now we have brought in another crane. Use the jib to withstand the landslide on the other side." "However, it seems that I can't stand it now, you should come out soon..." Lu Weiwei's calls continued, and at this time the falling objects had changed from the fastest gravel to large bricks. At the moment when Gu Chen left the room, there was a sudden "bang" in the room just now, and there was a burst of violent noise. It seemed that the whole room had collapsed. Seeing this, the experienced fire leader Lao Fang immediately yelled "No", and immediately carried the unconscious Azhe on his back, and quickly evacuated towards the straightforward exit. Seeing this, Gu Chen immediately put his safety helmet on Wan Xiaomin's head, and quickly followed behind Lao Fang under the cover of Police Officer Wang. Then when everyone was about to go up the stairs and escape from the underground passage. There seemed to be a more distorted and violent sound around again. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Following a few muffled sounds, their world instantly turned into darkness. ...
