The dark clouds in the sky turned into a storm. The heavy rain broke the silence of Gu Rong Village and washed away the dust.
A weak radio signal came from the fallen banyan tree. It was converted into audio in the command central, and it surprised everyone.
Uncle Dan, Gu Jun, Zhang Huohuo, and Lin Mo were no longer in the comms channel, but from the other members, especially Lou Xiaoning, the details of the surgery were clear.
"Did Gu Jun really manage to complete a parasite removal surgery? And then another leg amputation surgery? "
Even though they were not there, Xue Ba had reported the situation of the tunnel to the command central again and again. The command central tried to communicate with him.
Based on Xue Ba's written description, the technicians used a 3D computer to simulate the environment of the tunnel. They also simulated the location of the team and the simple surgery table and displayed it on the big screen.
Therefore, everyone could feel the difficulty of the surgery. The members of the Medical Department were speechless. This was beyond their expectations.
"Ol 'Qin, you've really picked out a good seedling," the chief commander, Yao Sinian, said to his old friend.
"Gu Jun has a great learning ability." Professor Qin was glad that he had picked out Gu Jun. "We planned to send him to the Special Mobile Force anyway."
"It's only right." Yao Sinian nodded. A complicated thought crossed his mind. If only this seedling did not have such a complicated background … Then again, it was unknown whether it would be an asset to Phecda or not. Hopefully, it would be. There were many ordinary people, but there were very few extraordinary people. Extraordinary people like Gu Jun were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
Right then, Deputy Commander Yang added, "Elder Qin and Leader Qiu from our clinical team have praised Gu Jun before. Now that I look at it, they are the real deal."
On one hand, Leader Meng from the Investigation Department was impressed by Gu Jun's ability, but on the other hand, he had his professional suspicion. He suggested, "I have a question. Could this be Gu Jun's killing strategy? If both legs were amputated, Lin Mo's chance of survival would be high, but now, in a few days, Lin Mo might die from the parasite outbreak, and there is a risk of infection … "
"Leader Meng." Professor Qin frowned. It was not that he trusted Gu Jun blindly, but he was not happy that a frontline doctor was being doubted.
Professor Qin said sternly, "I don't think we will be able to learn more than Captain Xue and the others based on the audio. Since Captain Xue has chosen to trust Gu Jun, then there must be something that has moved Captain Xue to believe in him. "
"Hmm …" Division Head Meng muttered to himself. He was the one who had brought Xue Ba out, so he knew Xue Ba's judgment and his inexplicable intuition.
However, Head Meng also had his own inspiration. He couldn't let go of the doubts in his heart and sighed. "Elder Qin, you also know that Gu Jun is a strange person. What I'm most afraid of is not that he has ulterior motives or plans, but that he doesn't even know what he is really doing."
This made Professor Qin, Deputy commander Yang, Yang, and Yao Sinian quiet.
If that was the case, it would be a scary situation.
But for now, they could only wait for the headquarters to send reinforcements, for the Abnormal Energy Investigation Group to come up with new results, and for the Demon Hunters to update …
The command central had run a simulation. Based on the resources of the team, if the tunnel did not recover in two days, the team would have to go down the tunnel.
Xue Ba would not use C4 to blow up the wall. Other than the risk of being ambushed by the subterrain giant worm, the main reason was the thickness of the wall.
They had no idea whether the space behind the wall was hidden inside the stone layer or whether the so-called ground was the bottom of the abyss.
…
There appeared to be no day or night inside the space behind the wall. The light outside was always gray.
This made Gu Jun suspect that if this was another planet, then this planet was tidally locked, forever facing the same celestial body.
After the surgery, he had nothing to do. He rested, chatted, and entertained Uncle Dan with the others. He did not allow himself to fall into low spirits. However, when he ate the compressed biscuits, he could not help but think of the long menu at the Medical Department's cafeteria and missed Cai Zixuan's soup.
Even though there was no good meal, the team worked in shifts, so everyone had enough rest.
The second day passed in a hurry. Lin Mo showed signs of infection, and that worried the team for a long time. But after the medicine, the fever subsided, and he was in good spirits. Therefore, Gu Jun and Uncle Dan could relax.
On the morning of the third day, the team still had not stepped out of the tunnel.
Xue Ba continued to report to the command central. He used the binoculars again and again to observe the situation outside. The space behind the wall was still silent. The dead tree at the center was still in ruins. The light from the tunnel did not appear again, and the subterrain giant worm was still lurking under the wasteland.
The team's resources were running low, especially water. The previous surgery had used up two days' worth of water, and now it was only enough to last them for three more days.
There were also medicine and blood bags. The blood bags contained type O blood that was suitable for them, but they could not sustain any more heavy injuries.
Xue Ba discussed with the three vice captains, Yang Henan, Lou Xiaoning, and Uncle Dan, and they all decided to go deeper into the tunnel.
"If that rock is a trap, then there should be other traps in other places."
Then, Xue Ba put on a serious expression on his square face and announced his decision to the whole team. "No matter what is at the end of the tunnel, we don't know how far we have to go. It might be an hour, it might be a day, or it might be a week. If we conserve our water, it should last us a week. Therefore, we have to move now. "
They had to go down to take a look, but the question was, should they split up?
No matter what, they had to bring Gu Jun with them because he was the only one who could read the foreign language, and he appeared to be the only one who could trigger the trap.
"Gu Jun, what do you think?" Xue Ba asked.
Splitting up or moving as a group was a gamble. But after dealing with abnormal energy for so many years, Xue Ba knew that sometimes, there was a kind of foresight. This was especially true for Gu Jun, a person with high spirituality, and he was the key to this incident. His inspiration was very important, and it would decide which side the gamble was on.
Everyone turned to look at him. Gu Jun had already made up his mind. He said seriously, "I think it's better for all of us to move together. What if Team A reaches the end and triggers a trap that causes the tunnel entrance to collapse? Since anything can happen, why don't we focus our firepower together? "
Of course, he did not say that he felt that splitting up in a horror movie would lead to a horrible death, so it was better to move together.
"Hmm, you have a point." Xue Ba nodded. Without asking for the others' opinion, he clapped his hands. "Let's move together."
Lou Xiaoning and Uncle Dan had no objections because they understood the importance of inspiration.
Immediately, the team packed their things and started to move. Over the past two days, the sixteen of them had already taken off their protective gear. They did not put it back on, but they carried it with them. They only removed the communicators from their headphones and put them on. They were all traveling light. If they needed to fight, it would be helpful.
Xue Ba and Lou Xiaoning led the way. Gu Jun and Zhang Huohuo used a stretcher to carry Lin Mo. Uncle Dan followed beside them, and Yang Henan and Zhou Yi brought up the rear.
Step by step, the Demon Hunters walked towards the dark depths of the giant stone tunnel.
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