Chapter 294 64 Night Exploration of the Collapsed Lake

Chapter 294 64. Night Exploration of the Collapsed Lake

Deep in the swamp rainforest, the Taoist temple ruins camp became more and more noisy. There were reports in each tent, and a large amount of information was collected by walkie-talkies and mobile phone groups.

After just two minutes, the camp leader summarized the information, made an incident report and sent it to the group.

The interim conclusion reached so far is.

There are as many as 170 team members who cannot be awakened, nearly two-thirds of the entire camp, suspected to have entered a deep sleep, the reason is unknown, but there is no life-threatening situation for the time being.

According to the test of the medical emergency team, the vital signs of all sleeping people are relatively good, but the heart rate increases, the brain waves are highly active, and it is suspected that they are having nightmares.

The strange situation occurred around two o'clock.

Someone woke up at 1:55 and went to the toilet, indicating that there was no abnormality at 1:55.

There is another abnormal situation.

A member of the archaeological team reported that there were originally four people in their tent who planned to stay up all night, but two of them felt sleepy and suddenly fell asleep yawning at a little after 1 o'clock.

The cause of the accident is difficult to investigate.

Some colleagues fell asleep wearing gas masks, but they still couldn't be awakened. The culprit that caused their deep sleep could not be isolated by gas masks and was sporadic.

It is currently in the early stage of the accident.

The situation at the Taoist temple ruins camp is good, with nearly a hundred people staying awake, no one on duty sleeping, and all equipment in the camp working normally, only the radio is abnormal.

The situation has been reported to Zhao Qiufu.

Before Zhao Qiufu gives the order, no one is allowed to leave their tents and wait for the next order.

"It seems that something will happen tonight."

Hu Ruihua was persuaded to return to the tent and looked at Hu Zi, Xiao Hu and Song Wan who were sleeping soundly, with a serious expression.

"There should be no danger for the time being."

Zheng Yun sat next to Song Wan, holding Song Wan's wrist with one hand, keeping an eye on her pulse at all times, and typing on his mobile phone with the other hand, quickly sending messages to Ji Dao and others.

Song Wan's heart rate also increased.

Seeing her frowning brows, her throat moving slightly, and her eyelashes trembling, I don't know what she dreamed about.

"What should we do next?"

Hu Ruihua hesitated for a moment and asked again.

Judging from the current situation, the archaeological team has been hit on a large scale without any prevention or warning. Until now, the cause has not been found, and even the source is unclear.

Then this should be "the work of gods and ghosts".

Although Hu Ruihua and his team are not proficient in this, strange stories such as ghost pressing on the bed and ghost hitting the wall are widely circulated in various parts of the East, and they have heard a lot of them since childhood.

Isn't this ghost pressing on the bed?

Heart rate increases, eyelashes tremble, brain activity is active, they may have woken up, but they just can't open their eyes and can't control their limbs.

Many people have experienced ordinary ghost pressing on the bed, which is a special physiological phenomenon that can be explained by modern science.

But the situation in front of us is different.

At the same time, letting hundreds of people have ghost pressing on the bed is definitely not a so-called physiological phenomenon, there must be an external force interference.

It may be a real ghost pressing on the bed.

There are ghosts in the camp.

There are ghosts in the Taoist temple ruins. After the ruins collapsed and were completely opened, the ghosts drilled out of the ruins and pressed them.

I have been to many dangerous places with Zheng Yun before, and the current situation is not dangerous, at least no one has died.

But it may not be the case if we wait any longer.

The Western team yesterday may have encountered the same situation. At first, they were unable to wake up, but later they used explosives to blow up part of the ruins.

They must have been forced into a desperate situation, so the current situation may still change, and it is not that simple.

The question now is, if this is a ghost, how to solve this situation and where to go to solve it.

"Wait a minute."

Zheng Yun looked out the window and shook his head.

He could think of everything that Hu Ruihua could think of, but at this moment, this situation was unprecedented, and past experiences could not provide experience, so they must not act rashly.

If they knew now that the source came from the Taoist temple ruins or the rainforest at the bottom of the lake, then of course they would act directly and go to see what was hidden in the ruins.

But they don't know now.

They don't know anything.

The key is with Li Wu.

They have to speed up and find the cause of the death of the explorer team last night to get enough information.

That is the only breakthrough.

So Zheng Yun called Li Wu.

Although Zheng Yun left the collapsed lake camp, he was still the captain of the collapsed lake camp. Something happened near the Taoist temple ruins, so he should also ask about the situation on Li Wu's side.

Just at this moment.

Suddenly a phone call came.

The caller ID was Zhao Qiufu from Gubo.

Zheng Yun answered the phone immediately. Zhao Qiufu's voice sounded directly, and he got straight to the point and spoke to Zheng Yun quickly:

"Zheng Yun, I already know the situation on your side. I asked someone to send you a document. It is Zhou Yuangang's investigation report in the No. 3 ancient city area. You can take a general look at it. It may be inspiring to combine it with the information on your side."

"I asked Ma Xiao from Gubo Group 1 to take over the Taoist temple ruins archaeological camp. Before the investigation makes progress, he will maintain order in the camp and will not make rash decisions."

"I have informed Ma Xiao that you and the other two teams can enter and exit the Taoist temple ruins camp freely, but before you act, you'd better tell me where you are going and where you are going."

"Okay." Zheng Yun agreed.

"Then I won't say much more. It's not a small matter that more than a hundred people can't wake up. We have to act with caution. I will always be in command. You can also come to me at any time."

Zhao Qiufu hung up the phone.

Zheng Yun continued to call Li Wu, and at the same time clicked on the information sent by Zhao Qiufu to check it quickly.

This information is the result of an investigation conducted by Zhou Yuangang. His archaeological team members sent many garbled distress messages to the emergency base station between one and four o'clock in the middle of the night.

But their situation is different. After the emergency base station calls back, the call can be connected. They don't know that they are sending garbled codes, but at least they can be awakened by the ringtone.

According to Zhou Yuangang's investigation.

People who send gibberish are sleepwalking.

By recalling the surveillance footage, Zhou Yuangang identified one of them and directly saw the video of the incident. The team member suddenly sat up from the bed at around one o'clock in the morning.

He didn't move after sitting up.

He sat there until about two o'clock when he suddenly felt like he was having a hysterical attack. His body trembled slightly, and he tossed and turned on the bed as if he was struggling. Then he took out his cell phone for help and sent a message.

When the emergency base station called back, the sleepwalking team members immediately woke up and forgot everything they had done before.

One conclusion can be drawn.

The behavior of these team members had a certain logic. They may have encountered danger in their dreams, and it was reflected in reality, and they instinctively used their mobile phones to call for help from the camp.

Zhou Yuangang further speculated that there might be something in Ancient City No. 3 that could interfere with people's sleep.

The same may be true for Ancient City No. 2, but Ancient City No. 2 is even more dangerous because the ancient buildings here were collapsed by explosives, and whatever was hidden underground would be completely out of trouble.

Therefore, the situation in the No. 2 Ancient City District is likely to be more serious. It can even be said that the situation that occurred in the No. 2 Ancient City District is the real power of this "magic method".

From Zheng Yun's perspective.

What happened tonight could not be some ghost breaking a wall, but another magical method left by the Ming Dynasty, and the ability of this method is appalling and unpredictable.

Just fall asleep.

It's bound to happen.

There is no pattern to this method at all, and it is just the beginning, and its full capabilities have not yet been developed.

Actually it's not surprising.

No Triton site is simple.

In the original Hades Pavilion Sacrifice Cave, none of them were unpredictable, and they all had the ability to cause mass destruction. If they were not careful, hundreds or even thousands of people would be killed.

Same thing this time.

From the moment the expedition team exploded a strange Taoist temple deep in the swamp, they were destined to be haunted by gods and ghosts...

The information is half-read.

Li Wu answered the phone and said quickly:

"Zheng Yun, we have encountered the same thing here. More than thirty team members are in a deep coma and cannot be awakened, and the newly arrived Western explorers have disappeared."

"What?"

Zheng Yun was shocked.

The group of Western explorers arrived near the Collapse Lake in the afternoon. Something just happened here and they disappeared?

Where did they go?

Does it have anything to do with them?

"That group of explorers camped next to our camp. I stayed awake and sent people to keep an eye on their movements. But after the incident, I went over to take a look and found that they had already escaped."

"It was dark and we couldn't see clearly, and they deliberately avoided our sight and slipped through the blind spot of the tent."

"I guess that the group of explorers who died may have found or opened something in the ruins, and the later group of explorers must have known a lot of inside information."

Li Wu briefly told the story.

"very good."

Zheng Yun nodded.

What he was afraid of was that there would be no breakthrough. Since this group of explorers behaved strangely, it became an entry point, because this meant that they must know something.

Track down this group of Westerners.

It's possible to get an answer.

"You wait over there, I'll go over immediately." Zheng Yun made a decisive decision and looked at Hu Ruihua and others.

"Okay." Li Wu agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yun, Hu Ruihua and others briefly discussed that this was probably the only opportunity and entry point. They had to go and see what the team of explorers was going to do.

But the situation here is not optimistic.

Song Wan and others are still in a coma, and it is only around two o'clock. No one knows whether their condition will worsen as time goes by, and whether their lives will be in danger.

Combined with the recordings heard by Zheng Yun, when the expedition team was in trouble, some people screamed hoarsely, while others seemed to be cognitively confused, and even their teammates couldn't tell them apart.

But they must have been 'awake' at the time.

Only when 'awake' can one scream.

And that kind of weird symptom is completely different from the deep sleep that the camp is experiencing and cannot be awakened.

Combined with what Zhou Yuangang said about 'sleepwalking', the behavior of those sleepwalking team members was logical. They had nightmares and then used their mobile phones to call for help from the emergency base station.

The expedition team in distress may have seen some kind of danger while in a 'sleepwalking' state, but their first reaction was not to call for help, but to blow it up with explosives...

Zheng Yun guessed that at some point in the future, Song Wan and others might also 'wake up' and continue to 'sleepwalk'.

If this really happened.

The Taoist camp was in chaos.

If everyone in the camp maintains behavioral logic and sleepwalks, then they are likely to do messy things during nightmares and become one hundred and seventy out-of-control people.

When I think of that image.

Zheng Yun was deeply worried. The archaeologists in the camp were all skilled, including Hu Zi and Lao Meng, who were born as soldiers. They would have a strong "reaction" to danger.

Use guns, use knives.

Use whatever you have.

"Could it be that last year..."

Zheng Yun suddenly realized that this seemed to explain the reason for the large-scale deaths of explorers last year.

Last year, thousands of explorers were injured or killed, with symptoms such as poisoning suicide, accidental death, accidental discharge of guns and mysterious disappearances. I am afraid they also encountered the same or similar situations.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Yun called Zhao Qiufu again, hoping that he could give an order to tie up the limbs of all unconscious team members with safety ropes.

In case they really "wake up."

Zhao Qiufu also made a decisive decision and quickly issued an order for the camp to do so to eliminate all potential dangers.

Zheng Yun also took action himself.

He took ropes to tie Song Wan's hands and feet, and tied her to the bed board, and put a pillow on her head to prevent her from hitting her head against the wall or getting injured in the struggle.

Then he asked Hu Ruihua and Lao Meng to guard the tent, keep a video call with him, and report the situation here at all times. He set off immediately with the ghost general.

Open the door and walk out of the tent.

A warm sea breeze poured into the lungs, and the whole camp was shrouded in a thick and strange haze. Everyone was on high alert, making the atmosphere seem strange and dangerous.

The night team quickly found them.

After Zheng Yun showed his ID, the night team immediately let them go and even sent a team to escort them to the door.

On the way to the parking lot, Zheng Yun reported his plan and whereabouts, and found that not only he was in action, but the other two teams also wanted to explore the ruins of the Taoist temple at night.

There are too many capable people in the archaeological team.

They also have important tasks.

Zhao Qiufu discussed with them and believed that the ruins of the Taoist temple might contain important clues to crack the current situation, especially those auspicious pictures hanging all over the city.

Several teams set off at the same time.

Zheng Yun took the ghost general to the car and ignited it.

The headlights of the off-road vehicle penetrated the darkness. As the engine roared at night, the tires quickly stepped onto the special road, shuttled through the depths of the dark rainforest, and rushed to the collapsed lake.

Fortunately, the road was paved when we came.

Zheng Yun stepped on the accelerator, and the off-road vehicle rushed desperately. All the branches along the way were smashed by the windshield, and the bright red taillights appeared and disappeared in the rainforest all the way away.

Two kilometers.

Zheng Yun arrived in less than ten minutes.

When the off-road vehicle rushed out of the rainforest and entered the collapsed lake camp, Li Wu had already been waiting with a few team members.

The collapsed lake camp was also brightly lit, and the rafts by the lake had already started, and all the action equipment was ready.

"What's the situation?"

Zheng Yun got off the car and walked directly to the lake.

"The rafts of the Western team are floating over there. They must have gone down." Li Wu pointed to the lake.

The collapsed lake was also shrouded in the night. The soft waves on the lake reflected the pale blue moonlight, like a pale blue treasure pool, but the water below the lake was pitch black.

In the direction Li Wu pointed.

Several rafts were floating helplessly on the dark lake in the shadow of the rainforest, and no one was on the boats.