svetikya Chapter 268
Chapter 268
Geng Jianhui nodded in agreement. They had been here for more than an hour since they entered the underground base. Although they came in from the hidden escape passage set up in the sunken area and did not trigger the alarm of the experimental base, several security guards outside were still looking around.
If the security guards did not return to the construction site above, it would inevitably arouse suspicion, and sooner or later the news that someone broke into the tunnel might be fed back to the underground base.
Therefore, if Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui stayed here for one more minute, the danger would increase by one more minute.
The two continued to walk towards the entrance. As they walked, Zhang Xing noticed that Geng Jianhui kept holding his stomach and looked a little uncomfortable.
Zhang Xing hurriedly stopped and asked with concern: "Team leader, what's wrong with you? Are you injured?"
Geng Jianhui smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My stomach hurts a little, it's an old problem. I'm not used to the diet these years, and my stomach has always had some problems. I've been staying up late for the past few days, and I haven't eaten much since yesterday."
Zhang Xing hurriedly took out a pack of compressed biscuits from his backpack and handed it to Geng Jianhui, saying: "There is another pack of compressed biscuits, you eat it first."
Geng Jianhui waved his hand and said: "Let's go out first. In this situation, how can I eat? Don't worry about me, I'll be fine after a little adaptation."
Seeing that Geng Jianhui's attitude was somewhat firm, Zhang Xing did not continue to insist, so the two continued to move forward. Five minutes later, they arrived at the stone gate of the escape passage.
Zhang Xing stood on the left side of the stone gate of the passage, searching with a focused expression. He squinted his eyes slightly and carefully observed the surrounding stone walls.
After a while, he found a slightly sunken stone. He pressed it gently, and with a "click", the sunken stone popped out from the stone wall. Looking closely, a password box made of stone appeared on the stone.
The reason why Zhang Xing was able to find the mechanism here so quickly was not because he had the ability to predict the future. In fact, when he cracked the password of the stone box outside to enter the entrance passage, this mechanism had popped out at the stone door of the passage.
This mechanism is the key to opening the stone door from the inside to the tunnel. When the stone door is opened, the mechanism settings inside and outside will form a linkage reaction. When the outside mechanism is opened, the inside mechanism will automatically pop out; and when the stone door is closed, the mechanism settings inside will automatically bounce back into the stone wall, and the stone password box on the cliff outside will also automatically bounce back.
The reason why Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui chose to return by the original route was based on the discovery of this mechanism setting inside when they came in.
Geng Jianhui looked at the stone password box that had just popped out on the stone wall, his eyes full of surprise. He couldn't help asking Zhang Xing:
"Since the mechanisms inside and outside have a linkage reaction, then the password of the stone password box inside and the password of the stone password box on the cliff outside should be the same, right?"
Zhang Xing nodded slightly and said affirmatively: "According to the mechanism setting, the password should indeed be the same, otherwise there will be no linkage reaction."
After that, Zhang Xing skillfully entered the password according to the mechanism password that he had cracked outside before.
After a few seconds, the stone password box was silent, but Geng Jianhui and Zhang Xing were not impatient, they chose to wait patiently.
After all, when they came in, the stone password box outside was slowly opened after about a minute.
Time passed by minute by minute, and after about a minute, the stone password box inside not only did not open, but the white light on the password input page gradually disappeared, which surprised Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui.
Geng Jianhui frowned and gestured to Zhang Xing to try again with a little doubt.
Zhang Xing nodded, his expression solemn, and entered the password again, and he was able to confirm that the password he entered was exactly the same as the one he entered before.
But a minute later, the result was still disappointing, and there was still no sign of the stone box being opened, which made the two people fall into deep confusion.
Geng Jianhui asked anxiously again: "Is the password correct?" Zhang Xing responded firmly: "No." Geng Jianhui's face was full of doubts and anxiety. He frowned and kept muttering to himself: "That's strange, are we wrong? The passwords inside and outside are different, but if they are different, how can a linkage reaction occur? And, if they are different, where is the clue to cracking the password inside?
Zhang Xing frowned tightly, his heart sank suddenly, as if he had caught some disturbing possibility, and his face collapsed instantly.
"No, the password of the mechanism may have been temporarily modified."
Zhang Xing's sudden words made Geng Jianhui's face twitch violently, and he was shocked.At the same time, a huge doubt flashed on his face.
"The password was temporarily modified? Doesn't that mean someone discovered that we cracked the entrance password on the cliff of the tunnel?"
Zhang Xing frowned and nodded.
Geng Jianhui continued to say with doubts:
"That's not right. When we came in, we had confirmed that the mechanism here was opened and no alarm was triggered. Moreover, our actions in the base were not discovered by anyone. Who would know that the two of us came in from the tunnel entrance?"
Zhang Xing fell into deep thought and said after a moment:
"The mechanism settings inside and outside are indeed linked, and the passwords cannot be inconsistent, but the same password cannot open the stone door leading to the outside, which can only mean that the password is wrong. If the password is wrong, it can only be modified."
"I may have overlooked a situation. Generally, a superb mechanism password designer will set up a remote device. When someone opens the escape passage with the password, although the internal alarm will not be triggered, there may be a reaction on his remote control terminal. He may have discovered through the remote control terminal that someone opened the escape passage with the password, and then temporarily modified the password."
When Geng Jianhui heard Zhang Xing's explanation, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and a trace of panic appeared on his face. Countless possible bad situations flashed through his mind in an instant, and his heartbeat accelerated involuntarily.
"According to what you said, although our whereabouts were not discovered by the people in the passage, they may have been discovered by the remote control terminal. Since he temporarily changed the password, it proves that he has doubts. According to common sense, his next step should be to contact the underground base to confirm whether the escape passage was opened by an insider... Once it is confirmed that it is not, then it can be determined that it was an outsider who opened the escape passage."
At this moment, Zhang Xing was extremely regretful. He regretted that he did not think of this possibility when he came in before. If he had predicted this possibility, he would not choose to escape from this passage again, but now he had to face reality, because the password was changed, which meant that he could not leave from this stone door.
Zhang Xing nodded to Geng Jianhui with a serious face and said:
"If I'm not mistaken, the person in remote control should be contacting the base to confirm at this moment. Once confirmed, the underground base will soon sound the alarm and start a search for us while blocking all entrances and exits."
"I have roughly figured out the environment of the underground base. In addition to this escape passage leading to the sunken area of the tunnel, there is only one exit leading to the ground of the back mountain in the southeast. We must find a way to exit from the southeast passage as soon as possible, otherwise once the exit to the ground of the back mountain is blocked, we will be trapped alive in the underground base."
Geng Jianhui nodded to Zhang Xing with a serious face, and the two quickly turned back from the entrance of the escape passage and rushed to the experimental hall of the underground base.
Their steps were hurried and firm, and each step was carried with a resolute courage. Only when they arrived at the experimental hall could they find an opportunity to exit from the southeast exit leading to the ground of the back mountain.
However, on the way back, before the two arrived at the experimental hall, they suddenly heard a burst of dense alarms.
Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui looked at each other and thought that it was not good. The underground base reacted faster than they expected. Once the alarm sounded, it meant that the search had officially begun.
At this time, the two of them seemed to be two trapped beasts in a desperate situation, surrounded by enemies.
However, although they knew that they were trapped in the encirclement, Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui had nowhere to retreat. Even if they stayed here and found a place to hide, they would be hunted out sooner or later. The only way now was to break through the enemy's blockade and bite the bullet to break out from the southeast exit.
Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui stayed where they were for a while and loaded the bullets. Geng Jianhui solemnly instructed Zhang Xing:
"Follow me later and try to walk close to the wall."
Zhang Xing nodded attentively. He understood why Geng Jianhui asked him to walk close to the wall. On the one hand, the solid and thick wall can be used as a reliable shield to effectively resist those sudden and unpredictable potential crises; on the other hand, the unique echo characteristics of the wall can be used to collect the subtle sound clues in the surrounding environment to the maximum extent.
In this way, the two of them had a tacit understanding and no more words. Zhang Xing followed Geng Jianhui's instructions and followed closely behind him, carefully moving forward close to the wall.
Not long after, a series of hurried and hurried footsteps were faintly heard at the corner of the front passage. Geng Jianhui reacted very quickly and stopped immediately, and quicklyHe quickly stretched out his arm to block Zhang Xing's way forward.
Instantly, the two looked at each other, and the tension and vigilance that could not be concealed were clearly visible from the depths of each other's eyes.
Then, the two of them squatted down slowly at the same time and hid in a dark corner. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui's hearts were in their throats.
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