Chapter VI No-Fly Zones
At one pm, Amazon jungle, somewhere.
The Bayshore Nine luxury passenger plane after the emergency landing fell into a tilted state of "high head and low tail" on the broken trees and slightly undulating terrain.
Although Solid himself confirmed that the plane did not have the risk of explosion, considering that the fuselage might suddenly break or slide due to pressure after a period of time, he still let everyone come out of the cabin.
Of course, even if he doesn't make this request, no one will be willing to stay on the plane.
First, the air conditioning system on the plane has been damaged. Even if it is not broken, it is equivalent to being scrapped if there are many holes in the fuselage.
Secondly, more than half of the cabins died, and they died quite miserably.
Imagine... a person is thrown around in a large iron can that falls rapidly without a seat belt, and collides with various pointed, blunt, harder, and harder corners and surfaces... What kind of miserable will this look like after the collision? It is no exaggeration to say that it is better to poke the bones out of the body. The brain and blood are stuck half of the wall, and after it is pasted by vacuum force, it is really miserable.
The people sitting in the cabin behind the cabin were lucky because the cabin was equivalent to the "first class" on the plane. At the time of the incident, there were not many people staying in the cabin. Except for Professor Rodrigo and Gimenes, the rest were three female companions brought by Gimenes, one entourage, two pilots coming out of the cockpit, and four soldiers under Solid; on the one hand, they had fewer people and more seats, and on the other hand, the soldiers would urge everyone to obey Solid's orders and fasten their seat belts immediately, so everyone in the cabin escaped.
But the people in the cabins behind are not so lucky... People who work in the kitchen (yes, there is a kitchen on this plane, and the equipment is quite complete), people who smoke secretly outside the cargo compartment, people in the toilet, and people who drink and play cards in ordinary cabins... Not everyone will respond positively and execute quickly to the orders issued by Solid; some people who also want to execute the instructions, but there is no seat with a seat belt around them, and they will also suffer.
In short, although this forced landing saved some people's lives, more people still died during the fall. Now 70% of the plane's places are not only not air conditioning, but also full of internal organs and blood smudges, so no one wants to stay.
So, under the organization of Solid and Rodrigo, the survivors set up a temporary camp more than 200 meters away from the emergency landing point. The members of the terrifying excavation team and the people brought by Jimenes were able to rest here, deal with injuries, replenish moisture, and cultivate feelings with many mosquitoes as big as fingernails.
And Solid and his soldiers... still have piles of things to do.
They have to call for rescue, count supplies, and rely on manpower to add frozen liquid to the power core in the plane. They also have to carry all the bodies that can be collected off the plane one by one, bury them on the spot, and then take out the list of living people they have just counted in the camp to list a list of survivors, dead and missing persons as soon as possible.
It was not until 2:30 pm that Solid and his friends returned to the camp.
At this time, the soldiers of No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 who were acting with Solid were all so tired that they were about to fall down. Only Solid was still standing upright, and even the tone of his speech could not be heard at all.
By the way, soldiers No. 5 and No. 6, who had been unknown, were also found by them. In order to help others, the No. 5 soldier failed to tie his seat belt in time in order to help others. As a result, he was injured and fainted during the forced landing. Fortunately, he had the protection of his armor, so he saved his life, but he had broken many parts of his body.
And No. 6... was not so lucky, or his luck was all used in other aspects; when Solid informed the entire aircraft to tie his seat belts through the radio, Soldier No. 6 was flirting with a female companion of Jimenes in a toilet, no doubt... he took off his armor at that time, so after the forced landing, he was already a corpse.
"Sir Wilson." When he saw Solid return, Jimenes put down the spoonful of caviar in his hand (he asked his entourage to get it in the cargo hold) and went forward and said, "Although I want to get out of my current situation as soon as possible, I think you should take a break, even if you don't rest by yourself, at least let your subordinates..."
"I'm just giving them a rest now." Solid interrupted before the other party finished speaking.
While he was speaking, the five soldiers had indeed walked out of their armor one after another, ran into the camp and started drinking water.
Although they are thirsty, they do not drink fast. They all know that they should not drink too much after exercising in hot weather, otherwise it will cause greater burden on the heart and lose electrolytes.
"Haha...so that." Jimenes was not angry either, but just smiled, "What about you, sir? Don't you have to take a break?"
"No need." Solid replied to these three words in a calm tone, then raised his voice again, shouting at Rodrigo who was more than ten meters away, "Professor, please come here."
A few seconds later, Rodrigo came over and replied, "What's the matter? Sir."
Solid opened his mask, looked at the two people in front of him, and then said, "Only the three of us know the next words. After we discuss them, we will decide how to convey them to others... Do you understand?"
Rodrigo and Gimenes are both smart people. They understand sentences like this, and to put it bluntly, Solid means "The situation is not very good at the moment. Let the three of us in charges discuss internally how to deal with it, and then decide what information can be told to others and which ones cannot... so as not to expose the inconsistent words."
After exchanging glances, the professor and Jimenes nodded at Solid.
After receiving the response, Solid lowered his voice and said, "In this area... there is an interference wave of unknown origin, blocking all communication signals. If the worst assumption is made... the distress signal sent by the plane before the emergency landing may not have been transmitted."
"That is to say..." Jimenes showed a serious expression with a rare glance, "The outside world probably doesn't know our current situation yet, right?"
"Yes." Solid replied, "But... before I came, I was given the order to report the mission progress every four hours if there is no special situation. Now it has been nearly three hours since my last report. After about an hour, I will find that our team of people have lost contact and the signal of the plane cannot be searched... At that time, they should take action."
"That's fine. The rescue will come anyway, it's just a little later." Rodrigo continued.
"Ah." Solid responded, "In such a lost connection, the conventional approach is to first find out the last coordinates before the signal disappears, and then use it as the center to send a certain number of drones to search the surrounding area in the air; the destroyed Bayshore Nine is an obvious landmark, and there is no reason not to be found, but... it is hard to say how long it will take to find it. After all, we cannot guess how big this "blocked area" is, and when did they lose our signal."
"That doesn't matter. The things in the cargo hold should be fixed with rope nets. Except for champagne, such as glass bottles, 80% of other supplies can be used, and it can be used for at least five or six days." Jimenes continued.
"It's twenty-six days." The next second, Solid corrected the other party with an accurate number. "I've already gone to the cargo hold to see it. Because we have severe staff reduction, we could have supplied the entire aircraft for about a week, but now we can last for twenty-six days."
"Uh..." Jimenes was stunned for two seconds and said again, "So...so, there is nothing to be afraid of with so many supplies."
The reason why he was stunned was because he didn't expect Solid to settle the accounts to this point, but for Solid, it was natural to "make the worst plan" like this.
"I hope this is the case..." Solid pondered for a moment, paused for a second, and said again, "But no matter what...'The communication signal is disturbed and cannot contact the outside world, and no one knows when the rescue will arrive.' This information is best not to explain it too clearly to others to avoid panic..." At this point, he put on the armored mask again, "My suggestion is to tell them... the supplies are still sufficient, so the excavation task will continue to be carried out according to the original plan; rescue and supplies are already on the road, but it is not so fast, so you need to wait patiently."
His suggestions were correct.
In this environment, "human heart" is more terrible than those objective factors; unknown and uneasy will cause fear, and fear will cause violence, abnormalities and various foolish behaviors.
Solid is a person who has witnessed and experienced many life and death. He understands human hearts and better understands human nature... He knows how outrageous things humans can do in extreme environments for survival, or simply for seeking a "sense of security", so he did not intend to respect anyone's right to know from the beginning. Only those who feel ok have the right to get the information he gives.
"Well, I will tell the workers as you mean..." After a moment, Rodrigo grabbed his already bald head and continued, "But I seriously doubt that after experiencing this situation, they are willing to continue to start work."
"If you refuse, add more money; don't add too much, just keep it within three times their original reward... Anyway, their number is only one-third now, right?" Solid continued, "If someone refuses to do it at three times the reward, then your attitude can be tougher and give those people some hints."
"What does it imply?" Rodrigo suspected.
"Indicates them...'If you don't cooperate, the sir Wilson will likely throw you into the river to feed the fish'." Solid replied.
"Well...when you say 'hint', you actually mean 'intimidation'?" Rodrigo replied.
"Whatever you understand, professor." Solid was too lazy to defend himself on this matter. "I'm just here to make sure the task is completed smoothly. You can question my approach, but I believe you will be happy to accept the results."
"That... I have no objection!" Seeing that Rodrigo seemed to be going on to argue, Jimenes quickly came out to smooth things over. "The people I brought will not disobey my orders, it doesn't matter if I don't explain anything to them." After he said this, he took the opportunity to open up the topic, "By the way... Sir, there is something you haven't told us yet..." He said, turning his head to look at both sides, and then whispered, "Why do we fall? Is there anything that can cut off the entire wing as smoothly?"
His question was also something that many people on the plane wanted to ask; because these passengers were not able to see the situation outside the plane through equipment like Solid. Even the two pilots who knew that there were huge robots to track the plane could not imagine that the other party would have a "ship killer".
"You just need to know that we were attacked by a large aircraft. As for what it is..." Solid replied, "Hmph... I want to ask someone too."
At this point, Jimenes also understood that even though he, the "person in charge", was divided into the category of "no need to inform you very clearly". If that's the case, then forget it...
After the conversation, Rodrigo and Gimenes followed Solid's instructions to communicate with their respective people, and Solid was not idle for a moment. He took advantage of the rest of his subordinates to leave the camp alone, walked up to a high place along the slope of the terrain, preparing to survey the surrounding terrain.
He was not worried that the robot would come to chase them, because he knew very well that if the other party wanted to let the person on the plane die, it would be impossible for him to complete the forced landing, which was cut to pieces as early as in the sky.
Based on this, it is speculated that the enemy's purpose is probably to "make the plane fall but not let the people on the plane die"; this conclusion alone seems a bit inexplicable, but if it is combined with the same inexplicable "emergency excavation mission" they are performing...thing will become very intriguing.
While thinking, Solid walked up a small slope. When he almost reached the highest point, he stopped, carefully observed the surrounding situation, then walked out of his armor, and climbed up a big tree with his brisk and skillful skills.
He poked his head out of the tree cover and looked up.
In the afternoon sun, there were endless dense forests and tributaries of rivers. This beautiful scenery seemed to be massaging his eyes, pouring in from his nose, and the slightly damp fresh air was also washing his lungs.
At this moment, Solid felt relaxed and happy. At a short moment, he was even a little lost.
However, in just over a dozen seconds, a sudden "disaster" made him gasp.
Chapter completed!