ebookland Chapter 1066 Arriving in Time
Chapter 1066 Arriving in Time
Li Mo'er approached the group and asked, "Who is the leader here?"
At this moment, a man in his fifties with a square face and a dignified air stepped out from the crowd and said, "Hello, I am the Party Secretary of Qujing City. May I ask who you are?"
Li Mo'er took out her work ID from her pocket, handed it to the municipal party secretary, and asked, "What's the situation right now?"
The municipal party secretary took Li Mo'er's work permit, opened it, and his pupils suddenly contracted. He then walked around and respectfully handed the work permit back to Li Mo'er, saying, "Deputy Director Li, the flooding occurred at around nine o'clock yesterday morning."
"The water inrush occurred in the middle of the mine. At the time, there were more than 400 miners underground. Most of them were successfully brought to the surface, while the trapped miners were in the deepest part of the mine, totaling 86 people."
He paused for a moment and then said, "Fortunately, the terrain where they were located was more than 20 meters higher than the area where the water had seeped in."
"We've found every submersible pump we could, but the amount of water seeping through is slightly greater than the amount of water the pumps are pumping, and the water level is slowly rising."
He sighed and said, "If we can't find a solution before the water level rises above their current location, these 86 people will be in danger. Moreover, the water level has already blocked the mine shaft, and as time goes on, the oxygen inside will likely decrease, and they probably won't be able to hold on for much longer!"
Meanwhile, more than 600 meters underground, more than 80 people were trapped in two mine pits. The atmosphere was extremely oppressive, and the headlamps above their heads emitted a faint yellow light.
A young man of about eighteen or nineteen said in a tearful voice, "Uncle Zhang, is there no hope for us? Waaah, I'm getting married soon, I don't want to die."
Uncle Zhang was only thirty-eight or thirty-nine years old. He glanced at the water level, which had reached his chest, patted the young man on the shoulder, and sighed, "Alas, I'm afraid we're doomed this time."
An elderly miner in his forties said, "Don't talk. The oxygen is getting lower and lower. The higher-ups are definitely trying to save us. Don't give up hope. Try to breathe in small breaths."
Another miner said, "That's right, the water level is rising much more slowly. There must be pumps installed up there to remove the water. Let's not give up, maybe a miracle will happen!"
Above the mine shaft, Li Mo'er held up a map of the mine's interior and asked, "Is the location of the trapped miners five miles away if we keep heading west from here?"
The mine manager nodded vigorously and said, "I'm sure, it's located directly west of us, about five miles away, six hundred meters underground."
Li Mo'er said, "You two come with me, the rest of you prepare to go down the well for the rescue."
The rescue team leader asked, "When do we begin the rescue?"
Li Mo'er said, "When you hear gunshots, go down into the well immediately."
The three of them immediately headed west. After passing a small hill, Li Mo'er moved her mind, and the three of them appeared in the wooden house in the space.
The municipal party secretary and the coal mine manager experienced a moment of darkness followed by a sudden brightening of their vision, but the scene before them had changed.
The coal mine manager gaped in disbelief. He was very familiar with the entire mine site and had been here more than once. He remembered that it was at least eight or nine hundred meters away from the mine entrance he had just seen.
What happened? Suddenly everything went black, and they found themselves eight or nine hundred meters away.
Before he could figure out what was happening, everything went black again, and when he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of them had changed once more.
After the two scene changes, the municipal party secretary roughly realized that this was something that science could not explain.
The person responsible for this situation must be the deputy director of the National Security Bureau. As the municipal party secretary, his interactions are certainly different from those of ordinary people; he has also overheard people above him discussing things that science cannot explain.
The National Security Bureau is staffed with extraordinary individuals who are unlike ordinary people. The country faces many special situations that ordinary people, or even the military, cannot resolve, thus requiring their intervention.
Given their current situation, they have no hope of saving themselves, which is why they only notified the government and sought help two hours ago.
To their surprise, the country only sent a very beautiful and young woman.