They were still knocking behind the main door of the coal and water tank.

Three short.

Two lengths.

The rhythm was abnormally steady.

Wang Hu's hand had already left the door knocker. He knelt on the edge of the pier, his eyes lowered to his shoes, not daring to glance too far into the crack in the door. Cold mist seeped out from the crack, flowing along the corrugated steel plate, then dispersing upon touching the wet sand trail left by the No. 005 silencer.

Su Yuan sat in the driver's seat and did not look at the door.

On the main screen, the heat source has been moved down from behind the main entrance.

It stopped at the bottom of the pier.

lower.

Directly below the boiler.

The scan results from the small torch, magnified three times, showed only a few gray lines on the screen. A pier. A caisson. A coal and water pipe on the right. And a very faint red dot.

The red dot is very small.

But it's jumping.

Tang Lan stared at the transmitted footage inside Unit 013, the brake lever pressed under her palm.

"The lead car is still knocking at the main gate."

Su Yuan said, "I won't save the door."

No one in the carriage responded.

After those three words were spoken, the breathing in the wounded area subsided.

The young survivor crouched by the tailgate, his hand still pressed against the wire of the detachment cover. He glanced at the screen, then looked at the 005 bottom beam.

"Tail beam 24.3. Right wheel No. 005 is stable. Noise level drop hits bridge surface."

The veteran mechanic reported in the third quarter: "All three water cups are there. The right cup jumped; follow it downstairs. There's no response from the main entrance."

Su Yuan raised his hand.

"Wang Hu, sweep under the bridge. Half a second."

Wang Hu lowered the light downwards towards the pier.

The light streaked across the edge of the black water and landed on a row of rusted rivets under the bridge.

Only half a second.

The lights went out.

Wang Hu sent the image back to the main screen.

The rivets were not part of the original structure of the trestle.

They are intermittent, hidden in sludge and scale. Every now and then a little bit is exposed, sloping down from the bottom of the bridge, leading to the depths of the coal slurry caisson.

Little Fire's paws tapped the keyboard.

Old maintenance lifting rail.

The rail surface is severely covered with mud.

Residual parts of the hanging point.

It is suspected to be a maintenance basket or a coal and water maintenance pod.

Shen Yuanzhou propped himself up halfway on the stretcher, and Xu Shen was about to help him up when he avoided him.

"The pod... there's a pod below the coal and water tank."

His throat was extremely dry.

"Under the old locomotive boiler, there was a place to repair the drain valve. The person wasn't behind the door, but inside the pod."

The knocking behind the main gate suddenly became more urgent.

Dang dang dang dang.

No longer three short and two long.

It was like someone was pressed against the door, banging on it with their last bit of strength.

The old loudspeaker inside the wall was also switched on at that moment.

The old voice of Zhenshan came from the water vapor.

"Vital signs were failing inside the main entrance of the coal and water tank."

"Please have the lead vehicle open the main gate within thirty seconds."

"Overdue cabin quarantine."

Click.

The door handle opened by itself by half an inch.

Cold mist sprayed out from under the door.

A sliver of white fabric peeked out from behind the door.

Old blue star cuff.

Inside cell 013, a wounded soldier lunged forward.

"The person is behind the door!"

Tang Lan grabbed the back of his neck and pushed him back into his seat.

"sit down."

The wounded soldier struggled.

"Didn't you hear me? He'll die if you don't open it now!"

Tang Lan pressed the muzzle of her gun against the metal plate next to his knee.

"Move again, and your legs will be gone first."

Chaos had broken out in the control room as well.

A technician stared at the countdown at the main entrance, his face ashen.

"The main entrance pull ring is unlocked, and the vital signs alarm is using the old format. Should we...?"

Lu Mingyuan stood in front of the main screen without turning his head.

"Look at the heat source."

The technician looked at the screen.

There is zero heat source behind the main entrance.

The heat source under the bridge is still pulsating.

His mouth opened slightly, but he didn't make a sound.

The veteran engineer's face grew even uglier.

"The main gate must not be opened."

He poked his finger at the structural diagram.

"The gate frame and the right beam of the trestle bridge are one piece. If that thing is opened, the load on the bridge deck will be redistributed. Now the entire train is pressing on the bridge, and as the right beam releases the load, train 005 will slide first, followed by train 013 bending."

When this message reached No. 013, the wounded area fell silent.

The person who was about to rush out looked at the scene at the main gate, then glanced at the pier below.

He kept his palms pressed against the edge of the seat, not daring to lift them again.

The countdown timer at the main entrance is still ticking.

26.

Twenty-five.

The knocking grew more urgent.

Su Yuan didn't look at the countdown.

"pink."

Wang Hu immediately sprinkled powder.

The first handful was sprinkled in the crack of the main entrance.

As soon as the powder dust approached the door crack, it was pushed away by the cold mist sprayed from outside, rolling outwards and not falling inside.

The second one was scattered on the rivets of the pier.

The dust settled near the rivets, paused for a moment, then shook off with the vibrations beneath the bridge. Not towards the door. It was below the caisson.

The third one was sprinkled onto the surface of the black water.

The lime did not scatter when it fell into the water.

Bubbles are rising from below the water's surface.

Two short and one long.

stop.

Two short and one long.

Xiao Huo translated it immediately.

Don't open the door.

Hanging.

Wang Hu looked up, his eyes tightening slightly.

"Boss, the men down there are still alive."

Su Yuan said, "Find the rings."

Wang Hu extended the long hook to the bottom of the bridge, and turned the low-light on only once before turning it off.

The hook tip probed along the edge of the black water.

The first thing I encountered was limescale.

The rivet was slashed a second time.

The third time, the hook tip got caught on a ring.

Very deep.

It was hidden behind the crossbeam under the bridge.

Wang Hu pressed down with his wrist.

"It's stuck."

Su Yuan switched to all car channels.

"Number 013 is half-dead."

Tang Lan replied: "Received."

"The No. 005 silencer continues to press down on the bridge."

The young survivors are watching the footage from the tail end.

"It's under control. The tail boom is 24.9."

"Front beam winch, slightly retracted."

The winch started to struggle.

The steel cable was taut, and the long hook was pulled down to the bottom of the bridge.

A dull thud came from below the pier.

It's not a door.

It's underwater.

Click.

Click.

A section of the old overhead rail was dragged half an inch.

Everyone in the control room crowded forward.

The veteran engineer knelt down in front of the screen, his fingers pressing on the stress curve of the suspension rail.

"Don't rush! Don't rush! The track is rusty; it can't withstand strong force!"

The technician who had just advocated opening the door was looking at the heat source comparison diagram.

Behind the main entrance, zero.

The red dot under the bridge is still there.

He reached out and marked the rescue process at the main entrance in red.

A fake door.

Su Yuan said, "Support team, dry sandbags, wooden wedges, lead sheets, both sides of the bridge."

The veteran engineer immediately yelled, "Send them! Send them all up! Anyone still looking at the system lights, I'll shove their head underwater!"

The maintenance workers at the rear carried the supplies and ran towards the pier.

Their footsteps were very light.

Dry sandbags were attached to the bridge beams.

Wooden wedges were inserted into the support gaps.

Lead sheeting was used to cover the joints of the jumping crossbeams.

The countdown to the main entrance ends in ten seconds.

The cuffs behind the door swayed even more violently.

The piece of white cloth peeked out from the crack in the door, as if someone had stuck their arm inside.

Someone in the wounded area looked up again.

No one shouted this time.

Tang Lan looked at the main screen, her voice very calm.

"Lead car, the cuff moved."

Su Yuan simply said, "It depends on the temperature."

The small torch's cuffs were enlarged.

No heat source.

The fabric's swaying frequency matches the cold fog in the door seam.

It's not a hand.

It's a hanging cloth.

Wang Hu's face darkened.

"Using dead people's clothes to deceive them."

The broadcast inside the Great Firewall immediately changed tone.

"Countdown is over."

"Separation of cabin components will be implemented."

The main entrance opened automatically, about the width of a fist.

A thicker cloud of cold mist was expelled.

At the same moment, the sound of a row of mechanical claws rang out from under the bridge.

Click click click click.

The main screen of the small fire icon is flashing red.

The mechanical locking claws under the bridge are released.

Target: Old maintenance lifting rails.

Wang Hu cursed under his breath and lunged towards the bridge.

Low light swept across the bottom of the bridge.

Three rusty black locking claws popped out from behind the crossbeam and were closing in on the overhead rails. They weren't for clamping the car, but for clamping the overhead rails.

If the hoisting rail breaks, the lower pod will fall directly into the caisson.

Su Yuan spoke.

"Press down the bridge. Don't save the door."

Tang Lan immediately released the brakes by half a notch.

Weight 013 will be sent forward.

The 005 tail anchor finally pressed down on the bridge deck, and the silencing weight dragged out a section of wet sand, extinguishing the hum that had just started from the bridge deck.

The young survivors reported it very quickly.

"Twenty-six tail beams. Bridge deck resonance has decreased. Bridge ballast No. 005 is effective."

Wang Hu pulled the thermal break shaft out of his tool bag, clamped it with pliers, and directly reached into the housing of the locking claw at the bottom of the bridge.

Apply the hot iron.

Nourishing.

He didn't let the metal hit him.

They just held it down tightly.

Another maintenance worker handed him the cold spring water pipe.

Wang Hu aligned the sprue with the locking claw bushing.

"Rush."

Pour cold water down.

Thermal expansion and contraction caused cracks to appear in the outer shell.

Click.

The first locking claw bushing has opened.

Su Yuan stared at the tension of the suspension rail.

"Take the winch in by one inch."

The winch tightened suddenly.

The old pod moved slightly in the black water.

The water in the caisson was churning up muddy water.

The second locking claw engages the overhead rail.

Wang Hu moved the broken axle over.

"Again."

The cold spring water rushed down.

Click.

The second one cracked.

The third locking claw was deeper than the first two, and its position was stuck on the back of the bridge beam. Wang Hu couldn't reach it.

He leaned half his body out, his ankle held by the maintenance worker. Tang Lan saw this from inside unit 013 and pressed her fingers firmly against the brake lever.

"Wang Hu, don't fall."

Wang Hu squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth.

"Just don't release the brake."

The thermal break shaft holds the third locking claw in place.

The water washed down.

No cracks.

Typing on low heat.

The bushing has a lead seal layer on the outside.

Wang Hu pressed the broken axle down, his shoulder against the side beam, and the back of his hand against the steam, his skin immediately turning red.

"Rinse again."

The cold spring water level has increased.

Click.

It cracked halfway around.

Su Yuan pressed down on the accelerator, but did not accelerate, only letting the winch on the front beam of the vehicle exert some force.

"receive."

The winch snapped in half a second after the crack appeared.

The third locking claw was forced open by the hanging rail.

The old pod was dragged out from under the black water.

The water gushed down.

What was first revealed was the rusty mesh.

Then there were the flattened iron railings.

Finally, there was a body strapped to a pod by the straps of a protective suit.

The man's chest was still rising and falling.

very weak.

He held a piece of iron between his right fingers, his knuckles swollen and blue, and was still tapping the edge of the gondola little by little.

Two short and one long.

stop.

Two short and one long.

There was a deathly silence for half a second inside room 013.

The young survivor's voice trembled, but he continued counting.

"Living body confirmed under the bridge. No heat source at the main entrance. Bridge pressure at No. 005 is normal."

In the third quarter, the veteran mechanic shouted, "The cup is stable! The right cup is following the heartbeat of a living person! There's no movement over the fake door!"

In the control room, technicians marked each item in red one after another.

A fake rescue operation was carried out at the main entrance of the coal and water tank.

Bait cloth behind the door.

The actual entrance to the suspended track under the bridge.

Lu Mingyuan stood up straight.

"All units, listen up!"

His voice echoed from every maintenance section.

"Abolish the old procedures for opening doors for rescue."

"From now on, for all rescue operations, the lead vehicle will be prioritized for on-site testing. Checks will be conducted on dust, heat sources, water cups, and steel cable tension. Anyone who opens the door according to the broadcast will be treated as part of a sabotage operation."

No one objected.

The Eastern Treasury reports back.

"Received. Fake door marked in red."

Dismantling pits yields returns.

"Received. White light, fake knocking, fake door – all sources of danger."

Right-line support team reports.

"Anchor No. 005 is designated as a silent rescue anchorage. Unloading is prohibited."

Wang Hu pulled the gondola to the edge of the pier.

Two maintenance workers used long hooks to hold the bottom of the pod in place, an experienced engineer inserted wooden wedges, and Tang Lan controlled No. 013 to stabilize the bridge deck.

Su Yuan did not let the train move.

"Immobilize them first. Then rescue them."

Wang Hu nodded, looped the steel cable around the gondola frame, and fastened it to the crossbeam of the trestle bridge.

The living person in the pod raised their head slightly.

The face shield was torn in half, revealing a dehydrated and deformed face. Its age was impossible to discern. The lips were split, and the teeth were covered in rust.

He did not cry for help.

Wang Hu reached out to untie his belt.

The man suddenly grabbed Wang Hu's wrist.

I was too weak to hold on.

But with his other hand, he pressed the metal sheet he was striking into Wang Hu's palm.

The metal sheet was very cold.

The edges are ground very thin.

With his last bit of strength, the man pressed down on Wang Hu's fingers and tapped them on the metal sheet.

do not.

Let.

town.

mountain.

listen.

see.

you.

Men.

save.

The.

I.

Wang Hu's expression changed.

"Boss."

Xiao Huo has already flipped out the tapping tool and placed it on the main screen.

At the same second.

In the upper right corner of the main screen, the residual echo curve of the brain under spurred traction in the platform direction was raised slightly.

It's not three short and two long.

It's not two short and one long.

That line was raised only once.

Very low.

Very heavy.

Shen Yuanzhou suddenly looked up on the stretcher and squeezed out a few words.

"The echo of a cold stove."

Su Yuan's mechanical left eye turned toward the curve behind him.

Platform direction.

False traction brain pressure reading.

The first response after the system was reset to zero has just appeared.

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