Chapter 41: Flooded

  Flooded

  "Now, we have no choice." Gong Meng looked at the several people in charge with a serious expression. "I want to hear your opinions. You see, the south side of the tunnel has completely collapsed and the tunnel can no longer be connected to the structure on the south side. The tunnel cannot withstand the current power of the river water and is starting to move downstream. The lower part of the tunnel's structure is also severely damaged. It won't take long before the connecting iron beam in the direction of Hankou will also fall off."

  "Now, tell me, what are your opinions!!" Gong Meng's gaze swept across each person's face before he sat back in his own seat.

  "First of all, I think we must take some action now, it can't be delayed any longer." The first to speak was Jiao Zhe, and it could be seen that he was extremely dissatisfied with Gong Meng's intentional concealment of the actual situation earlier. He gave Gong Meng a sideways glance before continuing, "Now we must start excavation work. With less than 3 hours left, the tunnel on the south side has also collapsed, if we don't take action now, everything will be too late."

  "What about Lin Yu then?" Gong Meng stared at Jiao Zhen, his eyes cold and stern. "What about the dozen or so survivors inside? Are you going to abandon them?"

  "No... of course not." Jiao Zhe wiped the sweat from his forehead. His face was also filled with hesitation. "We can quickly dig a tunnel for rescue, and determine the main direction of excavation to the north exit, so..."

  "Bullshit!!" Wang Meng slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Do you think I'm an idiot? The crane goes down once, that **base plate will crack open immediately. No one inside can get out, do you want to kill people?"

  "No, they don't want to kill anyone." The conference room door was suddenly pushed open. Liu Kai stood outside, holding a new document in his hand. "Director Gong, these are all the necessary documents for the transfer of management authority. The tunnel collapse on the south side has been reported by journalists. The country is taking this incident very seriously and cannot allow the situation to deteriorate further."

  Liu Kai patted Gong Meng's shoulder and said, "You're also a national security personnel, you should understand that national interests are above everything. Alright, I'll take care of this, you go rest."

  Liu Kai clapped his hands and quickly issued his first order.

  "Start digging immediately, coordinate directional blasting to open the tunnel, focus on breaking through from the north side, and strive to rescue survivors!!"

  Everyone rushed out of the conference room quickly, and only Jiao Zhe looked back at Gong Meng before leaving.

  "Director Gong, I didn't want to kill anyone." Jiao Enping looked at Gong Meng calmly and said slowly: "My son is also in that tunnel."

  After finishing speaking, he left the conference room without looking back, leaving only Gong Meng sitting alone in the conference room, staring blankly at Jiao Zhe's receding figure.

  "Is everyone okay?! Don't move!!" Lin pressed the old man firmly under his own body, and only got up after the shaking had completely stopped, shouting loudly.

  "Everyone got down on the ground, checked their limbs for injuries, looked at their body to see if it was normal, and then got up again."

  Lin Yu first looked at Chen Yun, saw her smiling and waving at him, then looked around. Everyone was relatively far away from the collapse site, so basically no one was injured. Lin Yu let out a sigh of relief.

  "Uncle, uncle, over here!!!" A sharp voice suddenly cried out. "Uncle, come and take a look at my dad, he's injured, he's injured."

  Lin and Ma rushed over immediately.

  "Get out of the way, don't touch him! Oh my god!!" As soon as Lin Yu had passed by, the middle-aged man suddenly spat out a big mouthful of blood. His chest was almost pierced through, and Lin Yu could clearly see the white bones in front of his chest.

  Lin and without any hesitation, he quickly took off his own shirt and tightly tied up that shocking wound.

  "Alright, you can leave a few last words, you know yourself that your time is almost up."

  Lin raised the middle-aged man's upper body with one hand, and with the other hand, he pressed the acupoint on his abdomen, slowly passing a mouthful of Taiji true energy through.

  The middle-aged man's face immediately gained some rosiness, and even his eyes became clearer. But the people around him knew that this might be a flash in the pan.

  "Oh, sorry, I shouldn't have wrongly blamed you. It's all my own doing." The middle-aged man let out a long sigh and then violently coughed again. "I don't have anything else to say. There's just one thing I want to ask of you."

  "What's going on?" Lin You was secretly circulating his true energy, barely opening his mouth to speak before immediately closing it again, afraid that if he let out a single breath, the middle-aged man would instantly meet his demise.

  "Please, just send my daughter and wife away..." The middle-aged man's eyes welled up with big tears, and finally he closed his eyes forever, leaving the world behind.

  "Dad..."

  "Old man!!" Two shrill cries of grief almost rang out at the same time. Everyone pressed; secretly wiping away a tear. This middle-aged man is dead, so who's next, will it be oneself?

  Lin stood up. He didn't have time to grieve. Having seen too many deaths on the battlefield, he no longer had the capacity to feel sorrow. Now, there were more important things waiting for him, with over a dozen lives still on his shoulders.

  "Alright everyone, we don't have time for sorrow now, we need to save ourselves. Let's go, towards the middle of the tunnel."

  "Cough..."

  As if in response to Lin Yu's words, the tunnel behind him suddenly emitted a loud noise. Lin Yu turned his head back and immediately cursed silently in his heart.

  Damn it! Are you kidding me?!

  The top layer of the tunnel, near the southern exit, suddenly twisted and distorted in a bizarre manner. The metal creaked with a loud screeching sound that pierced everyone's eardrums.

  "What's going on?" Jiao Enjun walked over to Lin Yu's side and took a look at the twisted metal.

  "What's inside?"

  "Trouble!!" Lin shook his head and turned around. "Quick, everyone go get the cars and bring them over, fast! Bring all the cars together!! And where's the tunnel administrator? Hmm?"

  About 10 people, you look at me and I look at you, all with puzzled faces. It's like seeing a ghost, it seems that the staff on duty in that tunnel were not blown to death or crushed to death, but were derelict of duty and didn't come today.

  Knowing that guarding the tunnel is actually nothing, lazy things are also happening frequently.

  "Who can go to the other end of the tunnel and take a look? I need someone to go to the north exit and check out the situation there, then report back to me."

  "I'll go." Jiao Enjun immediately took over the conversation, patted the flashlight Lin Yu gave him, and turned to walk towards the other end of the tunnel.

  "Be careful." Lin Yu called out to his back, then turned around and looked at Chen Yun.

  "Alright, don't worry, I'll take you out of here."

  Lin said softly.

  How long has it been since I last heard such gentle words? Chen Yun could no longer bear it, and she flung herself into Lin Yu's arms, bursting into loud sobs.

  It's as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances of the past few years at once.

  "Alright." A rare gentle expression appeared on Lin Yu's face as he gently stroked Chen Yun's long hair, comforting her: "Don't be afraid, it'll be okay soon, very soon."

  It seemed to be opposing Lin, and the tunnel behind him suddenly emitted a loud noise. The twisted top finally couldn't withstand the pressure and came crashing down with a loud bang.

  But behind that twisted metal back, there is indeed trouble, a huge trouble!!!!

  That is actually the vast Yangtze River!!!!!

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