Chapter 164 Excavation
Bai Tang and his two cars followed Captain Zhao Lei's convoy out of the base gate.
They headed towards the location given by the base.
On the way, Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu said, "I wonder if that enclosed basement was washed away by the flood."
Gu Yanxu said, "I'm not sure either, let's take it one step at a time."
Those special metals had already been stored by the state in a sealed basement beforeApocalypse even arrived.
Those special metals need to be preserved in a vacuum, otherwise they are easily damaged.
Some of these special metals are extremely rare and limited in quantity; sometimes, even money can't buy them.
Besides China, other countries also attach great importance to these metals.
Therefore, most countries build warehouses to store those metals.
For the first two or three years at Apocalypse, the base didn't even think about retrieving the batch of secretly stored metal.
Only now that things have calmed down a bit are they preparing to send people to retrieve it.
We must always be mindful of potential dangers and consider the future.
The base plans to build some amphibious escape pods ahead of schedule.
Because no one can predict what will happen tomorrow.
It would be best if these life pods weren't needed, but if they weren't available when needed, that would be a big problem.
With Captain Zhao Lei and the others leading the way, Bai Tang and the others just needed to follow.
They had been driving for about two hours and still hadn't arrived.
At this point, Captain Zhao Lei said in Walkie-talkie, "Let's find a place to rest up ahead before continuing."
They soon found a place to rest, and everyone got off the bus or rested in the bus.
After eating a little something, Bai Tang went over to Captain Zhao Lei and asked:
" Captain Zhao, how much further do we have to go?"
Captain Zhao Lei replied to her: "If the road conditions ahead are good, it should take about two more hours."
If the road conditions are bad, it will probably take about three hours.
Because most of the roads outside the base are now in a terrible state of disrepair.
Therefore, they couldn't walk very fast and could only find better sections of the road to travel.
When they passed through the city, it was already deserted.
Most of the people in the city have moved into the base, which is mostly located in the suburbs or mountains.
This resulted in the city being completely deserted and desolate.
Everywhere you look, there are collapsed buildings and abandoned vehicles.
There are some scavengers in the base who go to the city to pick up useful things.
They only started picking things up after the extreme heat had subsided a little.
However, too many people were scavenging inside, and it's been a long time now.
Gradually, they couldn't find anything useful in the city anymore.
Bai Tang understood their hardships because she had also scavenged for scraps in her past life.
He was almost strangled to death over a piece of wire, but luckily he was saved by the Authorities.
Even then, Bai Tang didn't let go of the piece of wire in his hand.
Because it can be exchanged for a whole-grain steamed bun.
Their mission this time was also similar to scavenging, only with a specific direction and goal.
Bai Tang and Captain Zhao Lei said, "Then let's go back and eat something to replenish our energy."
Captain Zhao Lei said, "We should eat something; it's been such a long journey."
Their teammates were also resting and eating to replenish their energy.
Bai Tang went back to her team next to her, andGu Yanxu handed her a canned food.
The best food that can be preserved in the base right now is canned food.
So most people eat canned food when they go out; some are canned food from previous years, and some are canned food made fresh at the farm.
Bai Tang and his team, along with Captain Zhao Lei, all had shovels and some digging tools in their vehicles.
Because the storage room was underground, although it was protected by multiple password doors, it had long since lost power.
And it is also very likely to be buried by soil or other things.
So they prepared some digging tools, ready to dig at any time.
They rested for about half an hour, Captain Zhao Lei said:
"Everyone, gather together and get ready to go."
Soon their convoy continued moving in the designated direction.
The rest of the journey was relatively easy, so their trip was quick.
Within two hours they reached the top of the underground warehouse.
Captain Zhao Lei and his group parked their car nearby, and Bai Tang also got out and walked over.
Captain Zhao Lei pointed to a small mound of earth in front of him and said, "According to the map the base gave us, that underground warehouse is right here."
It seems that the underground entrance was indeed buried by other things.
"Brothers, we're getting to work. Grab your tools."
Then everyone else took their tools out of the car.
Bai Tang and his companions each carried a shovel and a bag.
Captain Zhao Lei's team did the same thing, leaving two or three people behind to guard the car.
Bai Tang asked in his mind, " Mu Mu, probe the specific entrance to the underground warehouse."
Otherwise, relying on their naked eyes, it would take them who knows how long.
Mu Mu responded, and then quickly gave her reply:
"About one meter below that small mound to the right front."
Mu Mu and Canned Food both stay in Bai Tang'sspace; the two little ones can't be without Bai Tang.
Then Bai Tang said in his mind, " Mu Mu is so lucky to have you."
At this moment, Captain Zhao Lei was leading his men ahead, trying to figure out where the specific entrance was.
Bai Tang pulled Gu Yanxu aside and whispered, "The specific entrance is to our right front, about a meter below that small mound."
Although we know, how can we tell Captain Zhao? We can't just say we guessed.
Gu Yanxu said, "Since they don't know anyway and will have to guess, we might as well just say we're guessing."
They need to try several places before they can pinpoint the exact location.
Then Captain Zhao Lei said to them, " Captain Bai, let's split up and look for the entrance on both sides."
It should be buried underground. Let's try to find it.
If we can find it, great; if not, we'll take our time.
Bai Tang replied, "Okay."
Then Captain Zhao Lei led a few people to the small mound in the middle to prepare for digging.
Bai Tang led Lin Fan and Gu Yanxu to the small mound Mu Mu had mentioned, ready to begin digging.
Lin Feng and the others didn't ask why; they just followed their boss and sister-in-law.
Bai Tang gave the order: "Let's dig here first."
Then Lin Feng and the others took shovels and started digging.
Bai Tang also joined in, and both sides were busy at work.
There were more people on Captain Zhao Lei's side, so they quickly dug down to a meter below.
But they found nothing; below a meter was still soil, and there was no entrance they wanted.
Then they thought they'd try the left side again.
At this time, Bai Tang and his team also dug a pit one meter deep.
Lin Fan exclaimed in surprise, "It looks like we've dug something up! It's hard to the touch. Could it be the entrance?"
Lin Feng and his friends got even more excited when they heard this.
Starting from Lin Fan, they began digging downwards, spreading outwards.
They quickly dug up the entrance door.
Then Bai Tang shouted towards Captain Zhao Lei and the others:
" Captain Zhao, it seems like we've found the key."