Gu Nianzhi was shaken to her core after listening to the driver's brief recount.
In the nick of time, Lina had pushed Vladimir away, but she had fallen into the huge pit herself …
She walked over and stuck her head out to look at the huge circular pit.
The bottom of the pit was blue, and the surface of the water reflected the sunlight. She couldn't see the bottom, and there seemed to be mist lingering around it.
Gu Nianzhi only looked at it for a while before looking away. She asked with lingering fear, "How deep is this place?" She then asked, "Does Major Lina know how to swim?"
It was said that there was plenty of water at the bottom of the pit. If she had fallen into the water and knew how to swim, there should have been a chance of survival, right?
Gu Nianzhi was thinking about how to comfort Vladimir when she saw a few people climb up from the bottom of the pit.
They were all drenched, and they were still dripping water when they got up.
The last person to come up was Lieutenant Colonel Peter.
Gu Nianzhi remembered this person who always had drooping eyelids, as if he never got enough sleep.
This person gave her a very sinister feeling. Gu Nianzhi's gaze usually didn't stop on this person. She would avoid him whenever she could and wouldn't look at him at all.
However, seeing that he was willing to risk his life to save Lina this time, Gu Nianzhi's impression of him improved a lot.
When Vladimir saw Peter and the others come up, he quickly walked over to them and asked excitedly and anxiously, "You're all up? Where's Lina?! "
Peter took the towel from his subordinate and wiped his head. He said calmly and regretfully, "… I'm sorry, Lieutenant General Vladimir. This is all we found."
As he spoke, Peter opened the black plastic bags in their hands.
Gu Nianzhi followed his gaze.
It turned out that the plastic bags contained torn clothes, Lina's KGB uniform.
When Vladimir saw it, it was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head.
He glared at Peter and opened his mouth. He wanted to speak, but his throat couldn't make a sound. It was like a nightmare while he was sleeping.
He wished that it was just a nightmare. When he woke up, the nightmare wouldn't exist anymore.
However, the middle-aged driver came over and interrupted Vladimir's last thought.
"… Huh? You only found clothes? They're all coats … Poor Major Lina. She must have rolled all the way down the pit, then fainted and fell into the water … "
The middle-aged driver didn't finish his words, but everyone present knew what he meant.
If someone fainted fell into the water, they would definitely die.
Peter patted Vladimir on the shoulder. "Boss, my condolences. We searched a lot of places down there. We searched all the places that we could walk through, and we crawled over the places that we couldn't walk through. We only saw traces of someone rolling into the water … The bottom of this huge pit leads to an underground river. If Major Lina had really fainted when she fell into the water, it would've been a disaster. "
Pyotr spoke fluent Russian with a slight accent, like someone from Eastern Europe who spoke Russian.
Gu Nianzhi didn't understand Russian and wasn't wearing a Bluetooth headset that could translate at the same time. She had no choice but to ask the driver for help again.
The middle-aged driver relayed it to her in English.
Gu Nianzhi gasped when she heard this. "… They mean that Major Linna has … sacrificed herself?!"
The middle-aged driver nodded. "That should be the case." He put his hands in his sleeves and sighed.
Pyotr's eyelids drooped and he stood in front of Vladimir with his head lowered. After a while, he took out another black plastic bag and said, "This was also found down there."
Vladimir opened the black plastic bag with trembling hands and found a phone with a broken screen, a men's watch, and a wallet inside. These were all things that Lina had always carried with her.
"Boss, my condolences." The other KGB agents who had followed Pyotr down to look for Lina also comforted Vladimir. "Lieutenant Colonel Pyotr took us down to look at many places. He even wanted to break open the cracks in the rocks to take a look, but other than these things, we didn't find Major Lina."
Vladimir closed his eyes and held back the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't care! I want to keep looking! I want to see her if she's alive, and I want to see her corpse if she's dead! "
Pyotr nodded. "Okay, let's keep looking." He tied the long rope that he had just untied around his waist and was about to go down again.
The middle-aged driver grabbed him and turned to Vladimir. "Boss, I know you're very sad about Major Lina, but Pyotr is also your subordinate. You can't be so harsh on Pyotr for Lina's sake, can you?"
Vladimir glared at the middle-aged driver and rushed over to untie the long rope from Pyotr's waist. He tied it around his waist and said, "You guys don't have to go. I'll go myself!"
This time, his movements were too fast. Pyotr and the middle-aged driver didn't manage to hold him back. They watched helplessly as he jumped down.
Pyotr was worried, so he found another long rope and went down with a few people.
The long rope was tied around his waist and swung around in the deep valley of the huge pit. It went all the way down to the bottom.
Gu Nianzhi wanted to poke her head out to take a look, but Huo Shaoheng pulled her back. "Don't stand on the edge of the cliff."
Wasn't this like a cliff?
Gu Nianzhi was even more worried.
Huo Shaoheng put his arm around her shoulder and stood next to the middle-aged driver. After a moment of silence, he said, "Our experiment here is over. We have to go first. Let us know if you guys find Lina."
Gu Nianzhi made a call gesture to the middle-aged driver and said, "Uncle Ivan can also send me a WeChat message or QQ. I'll keep them on me."
The middle-aged driver nodded. "You guys go first. The boss isn't done with his madness. I don't think he'll let it go so easily."
Gu Nianzhi looked at the middle-aged driver disapprovingly and whispered, "… Don't say that. Vladimir is so pitiful this time …"
The middle-aged driver laughed bitterly. "I know, but we have to accept reality, don't we? Fortunately, they haven't started yet. They just have a good impression of each other, so they should forget about each other soon. "
Gu Nianzhi shook her head and said solemnly, "No, I won't forget Lina. I won't forget Vladimir, and I won't forget Uncle Ivan. "
Gu Nianzhi walked over and gently hugged the middle-aged driver.
The middle-aged driver patted her on the back and kissed her face like an elder treating a junior. "I won't be seeing you off. Have a safe trip."
Gu Nianzhi nodded heavily. "You take care too."
She followed Huo Shaoheng back to the Huaxia Empire base and watched as everyone packed their things. Not long after, they paid the bill from the resort villa and drove out of the Tunguska region of Siberia in a rented car.
They sped all the way to the nearest and largest airport, Irkutsk International Airport.
A special plane from the Huaxia Empire was already waiting for them there.
Huo Shaoheng had to coordinate with someone to get out of seclusion, so Gu Nianzhi followed Song Jinning and the other scientists onto the plane.
The captain and all the flight attendants stood at the cabin door to welcome them and even gave Song Jinning a bouquet of flowers.
"Welcome back, Ms. Song."
Song Jinning was very surprised. She had come to Siberia by train and had never experienced such a high standard of treatment.
Gu Nianzhi guessed that Huo Shaoheng had arranged it. She smiled and held Song Jinning's arm. "We've benefited from Ms. Song."
The captain was also very respectful to Gu Nianzhi. He stepped aside and invited Gu Nianzhi and Song Jinning to board the plane first.
After everyone was settled, Huo Shaoheng quickly returned to the plane. He went to the cockpit to discuss the route with the captain and the deputy. After contacting the domestic airport, he ordered them to take off immediately.
The flight from Irkutsk Airport to the Huaxia Empire's Imperial Capital International Airport wasn't long. It only took three hours.
Because they were on a private plane, they had the green light the entire way. Other planes gave way to their private plane, so it only took them an hour and a half to get to the Imperial Capital International Airport.
When the plane landed at Terminal T3 of the Imperial Capital International Airport, Gu Nianzhi couldn't believe her eyes.
This was too fast!
However, Huo Shaoheng and the Special Operations Forces moved very quickly.
As soon as the private plane landed at Terminal T3, several buses drove directly to the tarmac.
Gu Nianzhi was even more surprised. She looked at Song Jinning. "Ms. Song, is that your car?"
Song Jinning glanced at it and smiled. "How could we afford such a car? Those are all military vehicles. "
"Oh, that's Major General Huo's car." Gu Nianzhi looked into the cabin and didn't see Huo Shaoheng. She asked the person next to her and found out that Huo Shaoheng had already gone down.
Gu Nianzhi moved closer to the window and finally saw Huo Shaoheng's tall and straight figure.
He stood in front of a bus and spoke to the bus driver. He then waved his hand, and boxes half the height of a person were carried down from the plane and directly onto the bus.
Gu Nianzhi understood. "So they're transporting the equipment for you, Ms. Song?"
Song Jinning also looked at it and nodded with a smile. "These are the boxes we're talking about. These equipment are priceless now. The data inside is unique, and there's no other."
Therefore, they needed a military vehicle to escort them to ensure absolute safety.
The Russian scientists' equipment had been destroyed in the explosion just now, so she didn't know if they had any backups.
Gu Nianzhi's thoughts ran wild. When she saw Huo Shaoheng walking towards their private plane with his long legs, she quickly retracted her head from the window and smiled at Song Jinning.
Five clapped her hands and said emotionally, "We're finally home!"
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This was the second update of the day. The monthly ticket was 600 plus updates: Chapter 1282, "Never Forget".
It was the third update at 8 pm.
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