Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

After bidding farewell to the ranger, Liang En and the others quickly discussed that because the current situation was different from what they had imagined before, they needed to adjust their plans to adapt to the current situation.

However, after a brief discussion for a few minutes, they still chose to continue the search work. After all, they were already here, and they would always be unwilling to not go to the target point to take a look.

More importantly, more than seventy years have passed, and some things that may not have been very valuable back then may have greatly increased in value now, so there may be something more valuable in the cave.

After arriving at the top of the mountain, Liang En immediately activated the [Eye of Daedalus (SR)] and added 10 destiny points. In an instant, he roughly understood the inside of the entire mountain close to where he was. structure.

Judging from the detection results, the construction quality of the tunnel built by the Germans was indeed good. At least now it seems that the overall structure remains intact, with only a little bit at the entrance collapsing due to blasting.

At the same time, because of the effectiveness of the card, Liang En easily found the ventilation duct of this underground fortification. Then he led Joan of Arc and Fan Meng to the entrance where a ventilation pipe was buried and started digging.

As their shovels removed the surface dirt and cleared a row of planks that had apparently been purposely used for sealing, a vent entrance that had previously been hidden beneath the dirt was revealed.

Judging from the existing appearance, this vent looks like a small house with air leakage in all directions. It has four pillars and a roof. It should be to prevent rain and snow from flooding back.

After a brief inspection, they determined through the traces of bolts on the pillars and the ground that there should have been metal shutters between the pillars, but they didn't know who removed them later.

Because the obstruction was cleared, streams of white smoke came up from below the ventilation pipe, bringing with it a damp and rotten smell. Apparently, this was formed when the high-temperature underground air encountered the moist and cold air above.

After turning on the flashlight for inspection, they found that, like all large ventilation ducts, there was an inverted U-shaped steel ladder built into the wall for people to enter and exit.

Although judging from the places near the cave entrance, these steel bars that have been preserved for more than 70 years should still be usable, the situation underneath is hard to say, so it is best to tie them with ropes and hang them down slowly.

Anyway, both the inspection just now and Liang En's card detection can confirm that the vertical drop in this place is less than 25m, and the climbing rope they brought can safely send people to the bottom of this ventilation duct.

Considering the possible toxic and harmful gases and lack of oxygen in the confined space, Liang En and the others did not plan to go down now. Instead, they went to the car first and dragged some large items they had prepared before on a ski.

So at 10:30 noon, they finally made preparations and built a hollow steel pipe shelf at the entrance of the cave. Then they used the safety rope on Fan Meng, the pulley operator hanging on the shelf, to let Fan Meng step by step from the ventilation duct. Up and down.

"Everything is normal. These steel ladders can also be used." After reaching the bottom, Fan Meng, carrying a small oxygen tank on his back, said in a loud voice through the intercom. Considering that there was no equipment on hand to determine whether the air was safe, this was a necessary insurance facility.

However, unlike those oxygen bottles used for medical treatment or diving, the one-liter oxygen bottles they brought could only be used for one hour, but they were much lighter, at least for Liang En and the others, it did not affect their movements.

After confirming that it was safe below, Liang En nodded to Jeanne who was staying above, and then followed the pipe down to the ventilation room at the bottom of the ventilation pipe in the same way.

Although the inner walls of the cement are somewhat weathered, and the steel bars are also covered with rust, I have to say that the quality of the German engineering is unparalleled. After decades, the rebar steps have not loosened at all.

"What's the situation outside?" Liang En took off the safety rope and asked Fan Meng who was searching with a bright flashlight outside the door.

"This should be a north-south thing. The south entrance should be the only one, but it has been blocked by blasting. There are tunnels with rails for at least 20m to the north. Can't you see what's inside?"

"Then let's go north -" Liang En made a decision immediately, and then he and Fan Meng checked each other's fully enclosed chemical protective suits, placed the signal repeater, and walked toward the north together.

Judging from the direction of this tunnel, this should be a tunnel connecting Austria and Germany. The rails and sleepers in the tunnel are still there. There is water seepage in some places, but the amount is not large, and the overall look is complete.

After looking around with a flashlight, Liang En found that the tunnel was a semi-finished product. There were traces of steel and concrete reinforcement in some places, but most of the places were just bare rocks.

Fortunately, judging from the ground with only a thin layer of ash, the quality of the entire tunnel is good, and there is no possibility of collapse in a short period of time. At the same time, all overly protruding rocks have obviously been smoothed out manually.

Just after they walked more than ten meters, they suddenly saw a flat surface on the edge of the tunnel that had been deliberately flattened. On it was carved a double-headed eagle with a crown on its head and a coat of arms on its chest, and a line of German writing underneath.

"Military emergency railway, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1916." Soon, Liang En translated the German content. "It seems that this should be a military railway tunnel built by the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I, and it should be planned to lead to Germany."

This also explains why the sleepers in the tunnel are made of wood, because this railway was built too early, and around the 1920s, people would use cement as sleepers for the rails in the tunnel to reduce the erosion of moisture in the tunnel. .

Continuing forward, the tunnel began to bend slightly to the east and branched out into several forks. After looking at several forks, Liang En immediately decided to go to the leftmost fork first. This time, it was less than 20m away. The tunnel is no longer empty.

"Train car!" Liang En recognized the freight car parked on the track at the first sight, and at the same time, a series of stories about crispy treasures or golden trains popped up in his mind.

The first time they saw the carriage, Liang En and the others took out metal detectors at the same time and began to detect the surroundings in case there were any explosives or traps around the train.

However, after spending ten minutes exploring, they found that there was nothing around. This may be because the Germans did not pretend, or it may be that the Americans later cleaned up those things.

Considering that there would be no dangerous creatures in such a sealed place for a long time, and both of them were professionally trained in searching, they agreed to meet in the ventilation room after half an hour, and then started Search separately.

Because they needed to check whether there were any dangerous goods, the search process couldn't be fast at all. Therefore, when they reunited for half an hour, they only had a brief understanding of the underground situation.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to change the oxygen tank, Fan Meng told Liang En about what he had just discovered. After combining Fan Meng's description and his own findings, Liang En finally had a comprehensive understanding of this underground building.