Chapter 1270: Danger All Around
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“How can there be a sand pit here?”
Zhang Zian was not only thinking about this problem. He also verbalized it.
Him talking to himself did not escape the sensitive hearing of the elfins.
“Why can’t there be a sandpit? Don’t just stand there! Hurry up! Are you deliberately delaying us?” Fina snarled violently.
“Hey! What’s wrong with you? There are pits on the land, stone pits on the stones, sand pits on the sand, and many pits all over. Why do you still ask about this?” Richard, though blind, could readily run his mouth with useless talk.
“No, it’s not strange for there to be a sand pit. The strange thing is where the sand pit is.” Zhang Zian gestured. “Look carefully.”
Several cars had shot straight forward and were cut off by the sand pit for a short portion of their journey. The tracks then extended forward until they reached the sand dunes out front and then turned.
“What is strange?” The elfins still didn’t understand.
Zhang Zian a.n.a.lyzed: “I just rolled into this sand pit because I could not see it. However, Peter Lee and his team pa.s.sed here with plenty of suns.h.i.+ne and good visibility. Why did he miss the bunker and roll directly onto it? Even if the driver of the first car was distracted and didn’t see it, what happened to the other cars? Why did they roll over it as well? Do they enjoy the thrill of going over one?”
When a normal person drove a car, they would try to avoid these issues on the road, unless they did not see it or if there were other peculiar reasons. Doing so prevented damage to the vehicle or personal injury.
Peter Lee drove well, and there was sufficient light. They could avoid this pit, but why had his entire team chosen not to?
After he said this, the elfins felt a little embarra.s.sed. They could not understand why.
Zhang Zian silently recalled what Fina had said and asked her again, “You said that the ancient Egyptians used to mine gold here?”
Fina thought that he was looking for gold. “So what? I heard that the copper mine is next to the gold mines. They are all long gone. Good luck finding them!”
“I have no plans to mine gold here!” Zhang Zian argued. “It’s just that, if that is the case, then the situation is not good…”
“What do you mean?” Fina asked.
Zhang Zian stared at the sand pit. “It means that this pit did not exist during the day when Peter Lee pa.s.sed. It was only when the explosion happened that it appeared.”
Peter Lee had not deliberately driven into a sand pit. It simply had not existed when he’d gone past the area.
“Since the mine has been completely harvested of materials, the underground may have been left with holes. The vibration from the explosion caused the structure of the mine to be damaged. The rock on the top wall may have collapsed, so this pit appeared…” He could feel a chill down his spine as he thought about the consequences.
“Peter Lee does not know that there is a mine underground. If he continues to blow things up… The worst-case scenario is that some or even the whole area will collapse…”
The ancient Egyptians had not had environmental awareness. After the mine was finished, they would not have backfilled the mine with rocks and sand. It was probably left as it was. This would not normally have been a problem. After all, the region was inaccessible. However, no one would have thought that someone would use explosives unscrupulously here more than 2,000 years later.
No one knew how deep the mine was below the surface. It could be tens of meters deep, or it could be only a few meters deep. Two thousand years had already caused the artificial support within the mine to decay, and it was unlikely to be able to withstand further shakes.
Once the collapse started, the entire Devil’s Sea may sink into the ground, and everything along the surface would go down with it.
The elfins finally understood the consequences. It made their faces change.
“We must inform Peter Lee as soon as possible and get him to stop, or it will be too late,” said Old Time Tea. “Difficult.”
Zhang Zian shook his head. “Peter Lee has been planning this for a long time. After so many hards.h.i.+ps, they have finally arrived here. They are determined to get what they want. Even if the ground really does collapse, they may choose to continue on with their mission. They may seek to reach their goal before evacuating.”
“What should we do?” Famous asked. “Do we have to play along with this group of crazy individuals?”
Famous preferred to leave danger when he sensed it. However much they wanted to suffer, he’d let them be. If they did eventually make it out alive, he could always deal with them in the future.
This was the safest plan, and he intended to stand his ground.
“Whether you go or not, I am going to go anyway,” Fina said with a stone-cold face.
Snowy Lionet said immediately to express its loyalty, “Wherever you go, I will follow! Life will never be the same without your leaders.h.i.+p. I would rather die with you to show you my loyalty!”
Zhang Zian automatically ignored whatever it said.
Vladimir waved his fists. “In my opinion, whether we go or not, they kind of overlap one another. I say we take it step by step, react to things as they happen. That is a much better plan!”
What he meant was that they should simply continue forward but be cautious at the same time. This is what Zhang Zian had in mind, though only the second portion.
Richard shouted, “It has nothing to do with me. It doesn’t matter. As long as the sky doesn’t collapse, I can always fly. The sky is high, and the bird will always fly! Those who cannot run fast or fly will be real idiots…”
Zhang Zian let them fully express their opinions, because once the ground collapsed, even they would be affected. Thus, they all had the right to express their opinions.
Old Time Tea played with his white whiskers and listened. He obviously had a dilemma. He needed to think hard. One wrong step, and they may simply fall into a deep abyss, never to return.
Now the elfins were two and a half votes in favor, one vote against, one abstained. One vote left.
“Hey! Galaxy wants to see what is going on!” He leaped around at the back seat, doing a little dance.
Zhang Zian did not expect to get useful opinions from Galaxy, but his decision was quite unexpected.
This meant that there were three and a half votes in favor of going forward. Even if Old Time Tea voted against, even if Pi was released for its opinions, the end result would not change.
“Galaxy, what do you want to see? Did you not see the pyramids in Cairo? It may be dangerous to move on,” Zhang Zian said, as he was worried that Galaxy might not understand the gravity of the situation.
Galaxy nodded his head, smiled slightly and closed his eyes. He appeared smug. “There are people ahead that Galaxy wants to meet!”
Who did he want to meet?
Zhang Zian and Fina were stunned. Might Galaxy be a loyal fan of Cleopatra?