Chapter 756 Investigation

"It's very cold, windy, and dark. It's definitely not possible to make explosive packs in such an environment." Su Yi put the quilt he bought in front of everyone and said, "There are steel nails and wood, as well as our previous clothes. You can use these things to make a simple tent, and then get in. It will be much better."

Everyone was amazed.

"I thought the quilt was bought for sleeping." Luo Yu said, "I wonder why you bought two quilts, who can sleep with them..."

"Mr. Geng, you are really the most thoughtful person I have ever seen." Hua Kezhi gave him a thumbs up.

"Every decision I make is related to the lives of the six of us. How can I not think twice?" Su Yi smiled and said lightly, "Since you are with me, I have to be responsible for you. You can sacrifice for killing the enemy, but you must not die because of my improper preparation."

Everyone was moved.

"Okay, get ready!" Su Yi waved his hand, then tilted his neck to Yixiantian, and the two quickly disappeared into the night.

Chen Chutai sighed as he watched Su Yi leave: "Kezhi, Fengming, Master Geng is really a trustworthy person..."

"Yes." Both of them were a little emotional.

Listening to their conversation, Luo Yu felt a little proud and grinned.

On the other side, Su Yi and Yixiantian quietly went around to the surface of Linghe River. Almost every wall was equipped with several searchlights, illuminating the entire surroundings as if it were daytime.

The illumination distance of the searchlights was about 200 meters, just covering the entire Linghe River.

The searchlights here were not rotating back and forth, but fixed lighting. Su Yi and Yixiantian stood on the opposite side of the river, looking at the clear river surface in front of them, and they were a little worried.

"If we go this way, as long as there are Zhepeng people on the wall looking over, they will definitely see us." Yixiantian said.

"Let's go around." Su Yi looked at the lower reaches of Linghe River, "Let's cross the river first."

At that moment, the two of them went around to the place where the searchlights could not reach downstream and crossed the river. Then he turned back carefully and walked to the boundary of the searchlight's range.

Going forward from here, there is a rocky beach of about 40 to 50 meters. The river bank and the riverbed are almost parallel and there is no shelter.

But after passing this distance, the river bank in front will gradually rise, and the highest place is even more than one meter higher.

As long as they reach the higher part of the river bank, they can hide in the blind spot of the shadow of the river bank, and then they will be safe.

And from this angle, the two can clearly see that the sewer pipe is there!

This at least shows that the conditions for Su Yi to get into the headquarters from the sewer pipe exist!

Both of them are a little excited.

But the problem now is how to cross this 40 to 50-meter flat riverbed?

Su Yi pondered slightly and said, "Let's go back and get the quilt."

Although Yixiantian didn't know what Su Yi wanted to do, he didn't ask much.

After returning, they were setting up a simple tent. Su Yi told them that one quilt would be requisitioned, and it was okay for four people. The remaining quilt only needed to be placed in the direction of the wind outlet, and the rest of the place could be covered with clothes or something.

Su Yi and Yixiantian worked together to remove the quilt cover, revealing the cotton net inside.

Then the two returned to their original positions.

The cotton net was originally white. Su Yi tried to stand farther away to look at it. This thing was spread on the ground and blended with the surrounding snowy scenery. It was difficult to tell the difference even under the light from more than a hundred meters away.

"This is a good idea!" Yixiantian's eyes lit up. He had guessed what Su Yi was going to do.

"We have to move slowly." Su Yi said, "One in front and one behind. The one in front should walk slower and pay attention to the situation on the wall. If you see someone's head showing and walking around, you must stop. It's better to be slow than to be exposed."

"The one behind should smooth out the footprints we left and restore them without leaving any traces. Otherwise, leaving two rows of footprints will be very obvious. The Japanese will notice it as long as they pay attention and know that someone is coming."

"You are in front, I'm behind!" Yixiantian said immediately.

At that moment, the two of them got into the quilt and moved forward carefully along the riverbed.

Su Yi walked very slowly, so that not only would the noise be small, but even if someone stood on the wall and looked over, it would be difficult to detect that there was a piece of "white snow" moving here.

In this way, the two carefully moved forty or fifty meters away, and finally reached the section of the river bank that was higher, which was considered safe.

They all breathed a sigh of relief, and then, under the cover of the river bank, they hid in the shadows and moved forward quickly. Finally, the two finally climbed to the sewer entrance.

A foul smell came to the nose, making people want to vomit.

This is very normal. Whether it is the former prison or the current headquarters, there are hundreds of people eating, drinking, defecating and urinating every day, and all the wastewater has to be discharged from here. How can it not smell?

But Su Yi soon realized that this was a big problem, and said: "If you go in later, you must bring a set of clean clothes and change them when you come out of the well. Otherwise, this stench will be like a beacon wherever you go, and people will know something is wrong as soon as they smell it."

Yixiantian nodded, grabbed the iron fence that was specially welded on the sewer entrance, and tried to pry it open.

But the iron fence, which was as thick as a thumb, did not move at all.

Yixiantian adjusted his posture and was about to use his strength, but was stopped by Su Yi.

"Don't make any noise, use this!" He took out the steel chisel and hemp rope he brought with him.

Su Yi would have expected the situation of the iron fence, so how could he not be prepared?

At that moment, the two of them combined the hemp rope into several strands, wrapped around two of them, and then inserted the steel drill into the rope loop at one end and started twisting.

Soon, with a slight "bang" sound, the iron bar broke directly at the welding place.

"Yes, this method is good, it saves a lot of effort." Yixiantian was amazed.

"You should read more in the future, and you will know that this is just common sense." Su Yi teased him casually, "Continue!"

The two of them followed the same method and soon twisted the next one off, so that people could get in.

Just as Yixiantian was about to get in, Su Yi stopped him: "You stay here and I'll go in. I have to adjust our plan at any time according to the actual situation, so I have to see the situation inside in person."

"It must be very dirty inside, otherwise," Yixiantian said, "I'll clean it up first, and then you go in."

Su Yi shook his head: "I'm not the eldest master, and you're not my servant, why should I push all the dirty work to you? Okay, stop arguing, be alert!"

After that, Su Yi got in directly.

Yixiantian wanted to stop him again, but he didn't argue in the end.

Now he was just going in to investigate the situation. No matter what the situation was, Su Yi had to return to make the final plan. Yixiantian wanted to go in to investigate himself because he didn't want Su Yi to do these dirty jobs. He was a subordinate, and he should do this.

But Su Yi, as the leader of everyone, didn't care about this at all.

Although it was just a small matter, it also showed Su Yi's character, which made Yixiantian feel very warm.

Not long after Su Yi went in, he couldn't stop retching and choked with tears.

It was too smelly!

This extreme physiological reaction was simply out of his control.

He hurriedly took out two strands of cotton wool from his clothes to plug his nose, and then pulled a piece of cloth from the inner collar of his clothes to cover his mouth and nose, and then he went in again.

The pipe had an oblique upward slope, and it was very sticky and slippery inside, and the touch and taste were very disgusting.

But Su Yi quickly overcame these external environmental factors and crawled in unmoved.

After about four or five meters, it was pitch black inside.

Su Yi took out the flashlight that he had prepared long ago, tied it to his shoulder, and continued to move forward.

In several places, the pipes were mostly blocked by some disgusting things, and people could not get through at all.

Su Yi had to take out the short shovel he brought with him to dig, dig these sticky and disgusting things like silt that emitted a strong stench behind him, spread them flat on the bottom of the pipe, and then continue to move forward.

In this way, Su Yi moved forward in the pipe with great difficulty.

During this process, Su Yi actually found two skeletons in this sewer pipe!

One of them had only white bones left, and the other was highly rotten. If he moved a little, the rotten flesh on his body would "slide" down piece by piece.

This rotten corpse was so smelly that it had no friends.

But because it was nested in the pipe and occupied most of the pipe, Su Yi had to lay it flat and then crawl over it.

Only he knew how sour it was.

The two skeletons were naked and curled up.

Su Yi only needed to think about it briefly to imagine the situation these two skeletons faced before they died.

They did not escape here by themselves, but were stripped naked and driven down.

In the icy and snowy weather, they were thrown into the manhole. The two people were shivering with cold. They wanted to escape, but there was an iron fence outside to block them. They wanted to climb up the well, but they failed for some reason.

In the end, they could only curl up in the dark and smelly manhole and die miserably.

Su Yi did not care what grievances these two people had, what stories they had.

There were too many poor people these days, and he could not pity them all.

But based on the situation of these two people, Su Yi judged that the manhole cover of the maintenance well was most likely locked from the outside as he expected.

Otherwise, these two skeletons should not be trapped here.

This was undoubtedly a very bad situation, but Su Yi was not affected. He still needed to investigate the specific situation in person before making a decision.

He continued to climb forward with difficulty, clearing obstacles from time to time, walking and stopping, and it took more than an hour before he finally reached the end.

When he got here, there were some disgusting things such as kitchen waste and excrement deposited here, which made Su Yi almost vomit directly.

"Oreo Oreo Oreo..." Su Yi silently recited the name of chocolate sandwich biscuits in his mind, forcibly brainwashing himself, and barely allowed himself to ignore the existence of these sticky and smelly things, and his body waded through the "mud" 30 to 40 centimeters deep.

There was light shining through the two holes in the manhole cover above, and Su Yi turned off the flashlight directly.

He looked up and saw that the circular well wall was arranged with some small sewage pipes in different heights, and sewage was still flowing down.

The diameter of the maintenance well was obviously smaller than the pipe below, about 70 centimeters.

But it was enough for one person to climb up.

The well was only four meters high, which was nothing to Su Yi. He quickly pulled his legs out of the "mud" and began to climb up.

Soon, he reached the top.

He put his mouth and nose under the hole of the well cover and greedily breathed in the cool air outside.

He had never felt that ordinary breathing was so sweet.

But he soon stopped, changing his angle through the hole and carefully observing the environment outside.

He saw high walls, iron nets, smoking chimneys, a lighted window with a figure swaying inside.

Based on the distance and characteristics of the objects he observed, he quickly perfected the surrounding terrain in his mind.

Then he held his breath and listened carefully for about five or six minutes, making sure that there was no one around, and then he carefully used his left shoulder and hands to support the manhole cover and lifted it up slightly.

He only lifted it about seven or eight centimeters, and the manhole cover could not be lifted up as expected.

The white snow whizzed down from the gap in a circle. Su Yi stopped for a while and began to observe around.

He found that a square iron frame was welded around the manhole cover. The manhole cover itself was movable without any restraints, but the iron frame was like a "cage" that locked the manhole cover inside.

The iron frame had a hinge welded on one end and a bolt welded on the other end. The bolt was buckled, and there was a lock the size of an adult's fist hanging on it, which looked rusty.

Su Yi's mind was working fast, and soon, he gradually came up with an idea. He carefully closed the manhole cover again, shrunk back, and began to return the same way.

When he climbed out again, Yixiantian was almost frozen outside.

On the other hand, Su Yi was sweating a little from the heat.

"Ugh..."

As soon as Su Yi climbed out, Yixiantian vomited directly.

"Mr. Geng, you stink so much... Is there a cesspool in there?" Yixiantian said with a face full of pain, covering his mouth and nose.

"Almost." Su Yi was also a little helpless, "Okay, I didn't vomit when I got in, why are you vomiting?"

"Ugh..." Yixiantian vomited again, vomiting a lot.

Su Yi couldn't help shaking his head.

The kid is still young.

Just like when they came, they returned the same way as planned.

After reuniting, Hua Kezhi and the other four had already prepared the explosive packs and the gunpowder for firing.

Su Yi had tried his best to deal with the filth on his body on the way back, but it still stinked to death, causing everyone to cover their noses and vomit.

"Is it very smelly?" Su Yi couldn't help but frowned.

Everyone thought that Su Yi was unhappy and felt a little embarrassed.

"Mr. Geng, I'm sorry, we shouldn't..." Hua Kezhi said awkwardly, but was interrupted by Su Yi waving his hand after only saying half a sentence.

"That's not what I meant." Su Yi frowned and said, "If the smell is really that strong, even if we get in, we will be exposed because of the smell... I'm afraid this smell can't be removed by just changing clothes, we still have to think of a good way..."

Everyone looked at each other, and then they realized that Su Yi was still worried about the problem of action, and was not unhappy at all.

For a moment, everyone was a little ashamed.