Simulation Game: Crisis Management

Chapter 704: Chapter 316: Escape from Danger (Part 2)

Thinking of the way back being completely blocked, the Saudi rescuer who had argued with Zou Lei earlier anxiously said, "Now that the exit is blocked, how do we leave? Dig our way out?"

"With such a large-scale collapse, how could we possibly dig our way out just by manpower."

"Yeah, and if a secondary collapse occurs during the excavation, we’ll all be buried alive!"

When everyone walked into the checkpoint and saw the pile of debris in front of them like a mountain, they immediately fell into deep despair.

They were all part of a professional rescue team. Just by glancing at it, they knew that without an excavator, it was impossible to dig out by manpower alone.

And the current space in the cave couldn’t accommodate large machinery.

It could only be tackled like mining coal, relying on a tunneling machine operated by hand, digging and transporting the debris bit by bit.

Not to mention how much time this would waste, whether the oxygen inside could last so long, if a secondary collapse or aftershock occurs during the process, even the rescuers would be buried too. The danger level is too high; it’s like the gourd babies rescuing their grandpa.

"Mr. Zhan, didn’t you say there was a way?"

"Yes, yes, tell us!"

Wang Yuexi and Zou Lei suddenly remembered that during the escape from the bandits’ pursuit, Gu Ji had said leaving the mine wasn’t a problem.

As soon as this was mentioned.

For a moment, everyone’s eyes were on this young-looking man from the Xia Kingdom.

Although they didn’t believe Gu Ji could come up with a good plan, they had clearly seen how decisively ruthless he was during the confrontation with the armed bandits — definitely no ordinary person.

Gu Ji took out his phone again and displayed the map of the mine.

He pointed to two adjacent tunnels and said, "This tunnel is a workers’ auxiliary line, and next to it is an emergency escape passage. I’ve been through here before and saw a crack in the rock wall caused by aftershocks. If we fill it with explosives, there’s a good chance we can blast it open and evacuate through the emergency escape passage!"

"Using explosives again?"

"No, this method is too dangerous. You mentioned yourself that the rock wall already has cracks. What if an explosion causes a large-scale collapse?"

"What about manually chiseling through the crack? There are so many of us, we can take turns hitting it with picks!"

"God, have you seen how thick the wall is? Even if we dig until next year, we might not get through. I’d rather use explosives!"

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A single stone stirs up a thousand ripples.

Gu Ji’s suggestion immediately sparked an intense argument among those present.

But some also agreed with his plan, perhaps because of his last action of using a hand grenade to trigger a booby trap.

"Arguing here won’t solve the problem, let’s first go to the place Bian Shizhang mentioned and take a look."

Han Yue, being the squad leader, certainly had rich experience in handling problems.

He didn’t slap down a conclusion but first led everyone to the crack.

Upon reaching the target point.

With the help of the headlamp, they found that on the right side of the rock wall, there was indeed a crack nearly the width of a human brain, approximately 2.5 meters long and at least seventy centimeters deep.

And according to the blueprint, the wall between the two passages was only 1.3 meters thick.

Although hope was high, an American still shook his head.

"Although the mine’s walls consist of rocks and wooden stake frames, not reinforced concrete, making the blasting difficulty lower, the amount of explosives needed to blast a 60 centimeter-thick wall isn’t trivial. Where do we get so many explosives? Even scavenging the soil-based bombs from the bandits isn’t enough."

"We brought military-grade high-explosives."

It was Wang Yuexi who unexpectedly spoke up.

It was only at that moment that he understood why Gu Ji had told him to carry the high-explosives from the Lark 3 helicopter: it was to prepare for such an extreme situation. "Mr. Zhan, now I get it, you’re more formidable than the old fortune-teller in our village, almost like a miracle."

Gu Ji just smiled.

In fact, he was habitually following the "add one more danger" principle, always considering the situation worse than it currently was to be ready for any changes. It wasn’t some mystical fortune-telling.

Just like when he first entered the game and discovered it was an earthquake level, he thought he wouldn’t need to use the [Poison Needle Trap] landmines and other weapons this time.

Little did he expect to be proven wrong.

After simulations and verifications by several experts from Saudi Arabia and the United States, they finally agreed to Gu Ji’s plan.

He then divided the team into two groups.

One group was responsible for hammering the crack and burying the explosives deep within it, while the other group searched for rubble and rocks to fill the crack and block it with large stones.

The reason for doing this was twofold.

One was to increase the directional blasting power, making the blast wave impact towards the emergency escape passage as much as possible;

The other was to ensure the safety of the detonation personnel.

Because the military-grade high-explosive wasn’t remote-controlled, but activated by connecting the detonator directly to the fuse.

And so, in order to escape this damned place as quickly as possible.

Everyone exerted their utmost strength, seriously doing each step of the work.

After all, if they weren’t serious now, they could lose their lives.

Half an hour later, under the concerted efforts of everyone, the last slab was moved to cover the crack, leaving only the detonator dangling on the ground.

Staring at the black detonator, everyone exchanged looks, but no one spoke up.

After all, this was military-grade high-explosive. The main explosive was Hexogen, 1.5 times more powerful than TNT. Even with rocks as a shield, there was still the possibility of being hit by the blast wave, or struck by falling debris from the collapse.