Path of the Dead Prequel: Wings of Silver

When their feet touched the ground, everyone turned on their headlights and visually observed that the depth was about three meters. This might be the middle of a broken house. Everything was just like what Eugene said, it was an office from the old days, with desks and Under the chair, in the south corner, were piles of several packages of things sealed with kraft paper. When they were torn open, they saw that they were mimeographed papers distributed by the casino. All of them are marked with valid dates, from April to June 1953. They are genuine hospitality coupons.

"It seemed to be promotional materials that had not been distributed before the accident occurred in the mine."The soul sickle took the torn paper and waved it in front of the camera so that the camera crew could take pictures of the drawings and the money in lieu. The pieces of paper had denominations ranging from five yuan to twenty yuan. He took the picture like this for a while, and suddenly He frowned, took out the walkie-talkie and asked the person above to throw down the butt wipe stained with child feces. After comparing it repeatedly, he said:"This is a completely different thing. I was already doubting that there were hundreds of people in the 1950s." Yuan voucher? At that time, one hundred dollars was equivalent to six hundred dollars today, and no matter how generous the casino was, they would not dare to print it that way. And if you look at the scraps of paper that the little girl picked up while digging through the tunnel, they are also printed with twenty yuan, so they are real. Therefore, the so-called old money was deceived by criminal gangs, which is purely a misjudgment."

Lao Dai also picked up one after hearing the news, and said the same point after comparing it repeatedly. This is a completely different mimeograph paper. The photo of the four-eyed woman was taken from the police agency. The criminal gang's is shoddy and has only three sets of colors. , but the real casino coupons are full-color mimeographed, and the paper quality is better. So, if you see a classic ice cream truck, you may have really hit a ghost. Why did the remnant paper appear in the tunnel? How did you feel after the car accident? Where has the unclear old money been? It seems that we have to overturn all the judgments first.

Then, we began to explore in all directions, each responsible for the few walls in front of us. They were all concrete blanks, the surface was prickly and uneven, and there was an outline. It has a distinct appearance. In addition to the tables and chairs, there are wooden boxes containing drinks. Pushing everywhere with hands, everything fits perfectly. In short, even if Eugene climbed into the pit, he would only get down to this shabby room at most. The detective put on his reading glasses. Searching inch by inch, we came to the same conclusion. The naughty boy went around here, opened a few drawers to check, and then went up again.

Seeing that there were no results, we rolled away the paper folders in all the drawers. She followed the climbing rope back to the ground, threw her things to the National Detective for sorting, and then sat in a circle and talked about these beheading messages. During the heated discussion, Krys's cell phone rang. She grabbed the phone and walked far away. , turned to look at me while talking, and came back not long after.

Krys ran to the back of the station wagon alone to find a bottle of tequila, unscrewed the cap and started drinking. I saw her expression suddenly change, Her cheeks turned red as if she was unhappy, so he walked aside and asked her what was wrong? Who called her just now?

"Oh, it’s nothing. I called from the front desk of the hotel, saying that my child had a fever. He got an injection yesterday and is much better today. She waved her hand to me and said,"Go and help them break the ground. Why are you all surrounding me?" I'm just a little thirsty"

"However, they are all sitting down, so how do I know where to shovel? Well, if you want to talk, come back to me."Seeing that she wanted to be alone, I had to go back to the crowd and continue to listen to their chatter. About ten minutes later, a car drove up from the other end of the tunnel. Seeing us looking at the hillside, it exposed its two faces. The black head waved. It was the coach and the ram, returning with the insider from Peach Tree Corner. The car stopped at the intersection, and a gray-haired old man with a hooked nose was helped out by the two of them. He put on a baseball cap and Wearing sunglasses, he climbed up the hillside steadily, glanced at the hole not far away, and shook his head at us, indicating that the place was just on the edge of Diming Station, a place where entertainment venues gather. Through mutual introduction, the old man called Willam. Campbell, 73 years old, was in the prime of life when the mining disaster occurred in the 1950s. He was mainly responsible for the early and mid-term rescue work and lived in the area for more than half a month.

"You see, at both ends of the road, there were various temporary shacks, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, and everything else. On our side is a simple casino, which is dedicated to miners and people who come here for fun. This Diming Station was almost turned into a town, but after the accident, the entire land was deserted. People from the surrounding towns all moved here one after another, and the old land has been moved away long ago. The old man refused the three-five I offered, took out his Marlboro, lit it, smashed it and asked,"Why do you want to investigate this place?" Those two niggas coaxed and tricked them into bringing me here."

So we roughly described to him the ins and outs of the old money's affair. After listening to this, the old man was very disdainful. He said that people must be unlucky for a certain period of time. Is this guy a billionaire? How can he have the financial resources to hire so many people? People came to work for him. However, when he heard that most of the people here were national detectives, he gradually became interested and began to introduce us to the story of the mining disaster. The major disaster at Diming Station occurred on May 3, 1953. No., if the cause is entirely attributed to the fact that water was not injected into the cavity in time, it seems very pale and untenable. The real cause of the collapse was that a fire broke out in the chaos, and the gas pipeline exploded and ignited the coal gathering field underneath. , causing the underground fire to burn for more than half a month. Because of this, it was difficult for the rescuers to extinguish it using various methods, and people could not get up, so the progress was delayed again and again. When the gap was opened, the trapped people below The miners had long since died. Afterwards, the residents in the nearby area were worried that it would collapse or that the fire would hit them, so they moved away one after another, leaving only an empty town in Black Maple Town. As for the current residents, most of them moved there after the 1950s. This is how it came about.

"After smoking this cigarette, I will take you to see the sinkhole, which is where we drilled holes."The old man glanced at the hillside, shook his head and sighed:"It's tragic, but most of the remains were recovered and buried collectively in Xiuyuan Mausoleum."

"From what you're saying, are there any bones that haven't been dug out yet? Lao Dai was startled and asked,"Why not?""

"I see that you have a handsome face and a smart look on your face. Don’t you know what the landslide means? The entire mine collapsed, and everything underneath was in chaos. Naturally, some areas were blocked by millions of tons of earth and stones. Even if you call for people to dig out now, you still can't reach certain corners. Maybe this place will still be blocked. collapse. I heard this big man say that it was shaken again last night, right? The old man pointed at Ruddock and said:"That was not an earthquake, but the underground structure was completely destroyed. The original townspeople were afraid of this, so they moved away collectively." Of course, not all the remains were found. According to their schedule, at least a dozen people were still buried underneath."

Although the old man said it calmly, the subtext was to let everything go. Since it is a helpless fact, why bother disturbing the rest of the dead souls underground? However, since you want to see it, I will show you enough. After smoking a few cigarettes, he got up and prepared to lead the way. At this time, another motorcade drove up from the black maple entrance. The logo printed on it was the Atlanta cable station.

A group of men and women in gray clothes jumped out of the car with tigerish faces. Carrying the equipment and climbing up the hill, we walked up to a crowd of people, surrounded by a big girl who was dressed in the same bitchy clothes as Sister Di in the past. She was a little surprised, looked us up and down, and said with a smile:

"Dixie, what do you mean? The good-looking Charlotte left her serious broadcast and came to us to find material? Then why don't you meet me in Taiwan to have a cup of tea and catch up on old times? Just started working without saying hello? It's really enough"

"Roza, this is a misunderstanding. We happened to be nearby on paid leave and met these North Carolinians."

『Roza.Grace, the female anchor of CNN cable news network, officially debuts and is affiliated with the work gang.』

"Yeah? We travel with a full set of equipment, Dixie, do you think we are blind? Do you believe these words yourself?"The woman named Rosa retorted, pointing at Uncle Beard and others. The whole working group bowed their heads and said nothing. No matter how you say this, it is quite unreasonable to do it. No matter how provocative the other party is, it is justified..

Krys' expression became slightly active after hearing the noise. She loves to watch the quarrels. Now the Georgia girl in a bitch formal dress is competing against the white-collar Charlotte bitch in casual clothes. This kind of super bitch is a once-in-a-lifetime experience and not to be missed. I really didn’t want to see Sister Di being humiliated too much, so I decided to go out and challenge that arrogant girl.

However, if you really want to say that I was helping, it was also very polite. Just because I am a beast-like person, this woman She is also very beautiful, and she looks a bit like my old lover Miliya. Facing such a person, it is difficult for me to spit and spit out shit. When I came to Rosa, I pointed behind me and said thisI brought it all, if you have any questions, just ask me. The bitchy nympho had just left Sister Di and asked me about the whole incident. In exchange, I also asked her to tell me why she came here.

Through the dialogue, the reason why the people from the cable TV station appeared here slowly came to light. It turned out that old William had called a relative of his before going out. When the matter was discussed, the guy sensed a business opportunity, turned around and notified the Atlanta cable station. At the same time, Dixie thought that no one knew anyone in Black Maple Town, and among the boys hanging out by the river, someone happened to have seen her on TV, so she also called the cable station. Therefore, the station received several calls in a row and felt that something was fishy, ​​so they sent Rosa's team to follow up to see what the large group of North Carolinians wanted to do.

Therefore, even if this matter was made airtight, it still triggered people's discussion and caused quite a stir in Atlanta. Subsequently, other cable stations, including CNN, followed. Rosa's first arrivals got the exclusive report, while Sister Di and others were excluded from the circle and had to set up a tent on the mountain as their office location. However, Uncle Beard is not discouraged. Even if they are kicked out, they still have their biggest magic weapon, and that is Dixie herself. As one of the main members of the expedition deep underground, she can still report the whole process.

Before officially setting off to find the deep hole drilled by the rescuers, Lao Dai took out the sketches of a man and a woman and showed them to Mr. Campbell, asking him if it was possible to remember who they were. After taking the copy, the old man read it carefully and threw it back to him. He said that there were thousands of people in this mine back then. If no one from Fentian Heavy Industry knew it, how could he, a Taoshujiao person, know?

Rosa heard us arguing, pushed Sister Di away and came to watch, and said it was such a small matter like finding someone, why didn't you tell her earlier? She could insert it directly into the news and advertise it widely. The cable station faced the entire Atlanta and could be seen by thousands of households in an instant. The two eerie faces on the natural pictures were easily recognized. However, Lao Dai is not so optimistic. The United States has a large migrant population. We have been unable to find out the matter despite all our efforts, and it will not be so easy for others.

In the end, due to a simple commission, from Charlotte to Durham, and then across South Carolina to Georgia, it once again caused an uproar like the original 0514 warehouse. The Atlanta TV station even broadcast a video of the disaster review, which suddenly awakened people's painful memories of the mine disaster forty years ago. Soon after, various interviewers, columnists, commentators, etc. appeared. This is all a later story.

No matter how they wanted to shoot, we, the original crew, only had one requirement. Sister Di could be an exception, and the rest of the people's faces had to be mosaic. After receiving Rosa's assurance of patting her chest, the vast number of people began to crawl towards the old man Campbell. Deeper hills, after bypassing two undulating hills, we came to a forest covered with low shrubs. There is an octagonal building surrounded by broken walls. The grass in the entire open space is as high as half a person, covering several wells.A large pit, covered with thick iron bars one after another, tightly blocking the gap. The smallest gap can only accommodate a fist. This is the place for drilling.

The powerful CNN and cable TV stations were very busy. Soon they called for help from the fire department and the land office, and dispatched several heavy-duty excavating locomotives. The reason was that in order to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the victims of the mining accident, there were still Some of the skeletons that were not salvaged that year may be rediscovered. In short, the atmosphere at the scene was extremely sad. Some people organized groups to come to lay flowers, some planned to hold a commemorative party, and everything. At half past four, temporarily hired welders and cutters began to get busy in front of the pit.

The national detectives were overjoyed. They usually had no chance to appear on the screen. Now they were introducing where they came from and what they were doing. By the way, they waved to the camera and shouted,"Can you see me?" Excitement arose spontaneously. As for the few of us, we are staying in the tent at the moment, listening to old man Campbell introducing the situation below and what to pay attention to. Just because public opinion expanded rapidly like a snowball, more and more people were involved. Soon after, the floor plan of the mine at Diming Station was also picked up from the abandoned library. With these intuitive things, Description of mine structure becomes easier.

As an old man from Campbell who participated in the rescue, he has become the commander-in-chief of the scene. Perhaps this is a major event that he has experienced in his life. When he recalls the past, he is still very emotional. To ensure safety, he also hired several professional rescuers to help.

The entire underground mine is roughly divided into five floors. On the actual day of the accident, the operating range of the workers was on the upper three floors. Therefore, no one has been to the bottom two floors and cannot go there. Because that was the contact point of the big explosion, it was the leakage of the fuel pipeline that caused the fire, and that end had already been severely blocked. Even if there were bones underneath, they would have been reduced to ashes at such a high temperature.

The rescuers of that year, after completing the drilling, reinforced each layer as a search fulcrum. Thirteen meters down, we will see an old elevator that runs on diesel and was broken at the time. Because of it, if you want to go down, you have to use steel cables on the mixed steel frame and lift people down little by little, then you will reach the second level. There are many faults there and the foundation is very unstable. Not long after we continue, we will see iron plates laid out. Be careful when stepping on them. They are forty years old and have been highly oxidized and become extremely fragile. If not done properly, Security measures fall into the abyss.

The third layer is the area with the most serious tearing of rock formations under the mountain. Most of the miners who were trapped in the past were found there. In addition to the working area, this layer also has other facilities, such as pump rooms, steam pressure rooms, and sundries. Stacking place or something. If we can really get there, it will basically be the end. No matter how experienced and well-equipped the team is, it will be difficult to take the next step. It's all faults and sandy soil and rocky areas. Old man Campbell even suspected that the yin fire underground might not have burned out yet, otherwise it would be difficult to explainHow did the late earthquake come about?

As inexperienced people, we had to be accompanied by professional rescuers before we were allowed to go down to the pit. I was in a meeting when Rosa barged in. She smiled and held Dixie's shoulders, saying that she was heroic and worthy of them. A leader in the industry who dares to do no matter how dangerous or dirty the job is, I really admire him very much. Now that all the steel bars in the pit have been sawn off, the operation can begin.

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Path of the Dead prequel Wings of Silver Root Explanation:

Cosita Baritone: Unknown at the moment, there will be major revelations in the future.

Trapped on a snowy night: the second paragraph of Alyosulfur.

Atlanta Cable Station: Channel 9’s rival.

William Campbell: A rescuer at the scene of a major mining disaster in 1953.

Rosa Grace: The queen of the CNN cable network, another bitchy anchor.

Diming Station: The site of a major mining disaster and the former location of a casino.

Single name: SirenSong