Chapter 390: It's just playing with my life
Lu Qian took Councilor Lu and took two breaks in between, and finally reached the underground of his coal mine.
The top has long been submerged by the sea, and the water is constantly leaking above their heads on this part of the road, which makes both of them a little frightened, and they don't know when the water will collapse.
"Uncle, it's here ahead!" Lu Qian said.
In the coal mine, after receiving the notice from Councilor Lu, he asked someone to seal the wellhead, but the mine is not like a general pit that can be dug and covered with soil.
Even if the wellhead is sealed, other places with some depressions will continue to infiltrate down due to excessive water accumulation, and if the water pressure is too large, the consequences will be even more difficult to say.
The mine cave he is leading to the Landing Councillor now is the deepest one, connecting not to mention the underground cave, and the other end leads to another larger cave.
According to previous exploration, it will go directly from the underground to the depths of the Qinling Mountains.
In fact, in Lu Qian's heart, his dedication to this kind of thing is really not as great as that of Councilor Lu.
It's hard to stay in an underground shelter because it's a rough sea outside, and why do you have to go there?
However, he couldn't stand the pressure of his parents and uncles, so he could only follow what they said, help Councilor Lu open up the underground passage, and also brought all the cronies cultivated by his family.
The mine cave covered with stagnant water was extremely difficult to walk, and it was not easy to walk from one end to the other, and there was a loud bang behind him - a landslide!
"Let's go!" Lu Qian reacted immediately, pulling up the tired and exhausted Councilor Lu and running forward.
Behind him, at the place of the collapse, sea water poured in, and it would not be long before the entire mine would be submerged.
Councilor Lu glanced back, he was so frightened that his soul was about to fly, and he couldn't take care of his sore and weak legs, and was dragged forward desperately by Lu Qian.
Turn a corner, there will be an exit in front, there will be a gate, and behind it will be a huge underground space, and when they get there, they will be safe.
Just when Lu Qian opened the gate, the surging sea water had already reached the bend, and the strong momentum knocked out a large hole in the rocks next to the mine.
The floodgates opened, and Lu Qian pushed Councilor Lu in, and when he turned around and closed the door, the sea water had already reached the front.
"Uncle, come and help!" Lu Qian stubbornly stood against the door, seeing that it was about to be washed open by the water, and had to ask Councilor Lu who was sitting on the ground for help.
Councilor Lu watched the sea water continue to squeeze in through the crack in the door, and quickly got up and stood up against the door with Lu Qian.
Not far away, several flashlights shone through, and someone was talking.
"Is Lu Shao coming back? I hear the sound like the floodgates are open!"
"Let's take a look!"
The flashlight finally shone on Lu Qian and Councilor Lu, and then there was an exclamation and "crackling" footsteps.
Several people ran over from behind, and together they helped Lu Qian to hold the gate, and after closing it tightly, the gate safety plug was closed.
"Whew!"
The floodgates were finally closed, and the sound of the rushing sea could no longer be heard, and there was no seawater leaking in.
"Lu Shao!" someone shouted, "how's it going?"
"It's okay! Let's go!" Lu Qian wanted to raise his hand weakly, but he hung down again, just leaning against the gate and panting.
Councilor Lu had already slipped out and sat down on the ground.
"Hurry up, take a hand!"
Several people walked back briskly with the two of them.
As soon as they walked through a hole, they heard a loud "bang" behind them, followed by a "bang" and the sound of water pouring in.
"The gate is ruined! Hurry up!" Several people were suddenly shocked, and they didn't have time to set up people, so they simply carried Lu Qian and Councilor Lu on their backs and ran to the front.
This frightened run can exhaust these people, and in the end, they can't walk anymore, so they immediately put down the people, and the two people ran forward with one on their backs.
The torrential sea rushed into the cave from above, and then broke through the gate and squeezed into the cave.
The water seemed to have found an outlet, and a thick and rapid stream of water erupted from the gate, and the space instantly became a flood, moving along all the places that could accommodate it.
Just where Lu Qian and the others had just left, there was an inconspicuous ditch, which was instantly occupied by the sea, forming a new underground river that flowed endlessly, winding all the way to the depths.
With this ditch diversion, Lu Qian and they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the flow of water that followed them gradually decreased.
Finally, they came to a larger space.
It is a large rocky plateau in the middle, surrounded by stalactites of various shapes, and the surrounding of the plateau is low-lying with a small flow of water.
They were tired and spread out on it to rest.
"It's just a matter of playing with your life!" someone said, gasping for air.
Lu Qian smiled, what else could it be if it wasn't to play with life?
Councilor Lu was afraid for a while, even if he was a few minutes later, he might not be able to get here!
It's a human life!
Suddenly, there was a sound of water in the distance, and several frightened people sat up at the same time, and one stood up and listened carefully.
"It's not going to fill up the whole underground!" said the man, with some concern.
"Let's get out of here, in case ...... here."
Before the other had finished speaking, a stream of water poured from the mouth of the cave in another place, forming a wide underground river along the high ground and flowing merrily all the way to the other side.
"This ......" looked at the high ground under his feet, and in a blink of an eye, it became an isolated island with only a little left, and several people were a little dumbfounded.
"Lu Shao!, what should I do?" someone asked.
Lu Qian was also shocked, and then took a closer look at the water flow, fortunately, after a while, it seemed that the water level did not continue to rise, and it spread on the ground again.
"Don't worry about it for now, rest for a while!" he said exhaustedly.
The underground river next to it has already taken shape, even if they find a way to leave now, they can't change the status quo, it's better to rest for a while, and it's not too late to think of a way when their energy is restored!
Councilor Lu had been lying on the rock and had not spoken, and he had seen it now.
If you can escape with your life in front, God has already opened your eyes, whether you are dead or alive, let it be fate!
Anyway, now he can't walk at all.
Time passed little by little, and the underground river next to it seemed to be quieter, and Lu Qian sat up from the ground and took bread and water from the people next to him.
"Uncle?" he called out, waking up Councilor Lu, who was still snoring, "Eat first, we must leave here early after eating!"
Councilor Lu shook his head and reluctantly sat up, feeling a pain all over his body.
He took the bread and water, and when he took the first bite, he suddenly felt hungry, and swallowed the bread in a few bites, and then tilted his neck and drank half a bottle of water.
After eating and drinking, he wiped his mouth fiercely, "Let's go!"
With Lu Qian's support, Councilor Lu stood up and moved his limbs, and there should be no problem walking.
It has reached this point, and it is very close to the final goal, no matter how difficult it is, we must persevere until the end.
A few people who came to pick up Lu Qian, first tested the depth of the water, then walked slowly, and then took a stride and went up to the narrowed flat ground opposite.
"Come, I'll pull!" he held out.
With the help of several people, Councilor Lu climbed to the opposite side.
Soon, several people passed through the underground river and came to the opposite side.
They walked down the narrowing path.
In front, it is a karst cave that twists and turns, it is not high, you have to bow your head and bend over when you pass, the posture is uncomfortable, a short section is OK, and it is a little unbearable after a long time.
Councilor Lu's slightly chubby body was particularly uncomfortable, but he just held his breath and didn't stop in the middle, and followed the people in front of him for more than two hours, and finally arrived at their final location.
It's a huge space, with a lot of rocky platforms, high and low next to them, and stalactites can be seen everywhere.
When Councilor Lu followed Lu Qian, he suddenly saw that there were so many people gathered there, and he was a little unaccustomed to it.
"Cousin!" Lu Qian's father and uncle immediately greeted him, "But it's here, we've been worried!"
"It's okay, something happened on the road!" Councilor Lu said, and then looked at the people around him, "Everyone has arrived?"
"It's all here, plus you, a total of one hundred and forty people!" Lu Qian's father said.
No one expected that Councilor Lu would gather so many people behind him, and there were many well-trained people who were similar to Shao Chen.
Those people were instructed by Councilor Lu, and the Lu family paid for training, and now at this time, it is the time to come in handy.
"Okay!" said Councilor Lu, "The mine has been flooded by the sea, and the water has gone underground, so let's take a break and set off in a while!"
Lu Qian's father nodded, and immediately walked back to make arrangements.
Uncle Lu Qian took Councilor Lu to a stone covered with a quilt and sat down, "Cousin, you can rest here first, and I'll go over and have a look." ”
"There you go!" Councilor Lu had just sat down, and the soft quilt under him was so comfortable that he almost wanted to pounce on it desperately.
Lu Fang hid in a corner next to him, his head down.
Since he offended Zhou Tian last time and was cleaned up by Zhou Tian once, he is like suffering from social phobia, almost afraid to see people, even if he has to see people, except for his own family, even if there is one more, it will make him feel scared and afraid.
Now, everyone in the family is hiding underground with so many people, which makes it difficult for him to accept, so he has been hiding in the corner, not saying a word, keeping his head down, and no one looking.
When his parents saw it, they could only sigh and sigh, there was nothing they could do.
Someone brought a bowl of hot noodles to Councilor Lu, and Councilor Lu was moved to tears.
After two days and two nights in the dark underground, he almost thought that he would never be able to eat a mouthful of hot food in his life, and a mouthful of hot soup made him feel satisfied that there was nothing more delicious in the world than the bowl of noodles in front of him.
"Cousin!" After Lu Qian's father finished arranging, he returned to Councilor Lu's side, "We have invested such a large amount of money, is it really as good as you said?"
"What?" After Councilor Lu was full of food and drink, he handed the bowl to the person next to him and glanced at Lu Qian's father, "You don't even believe my words?"
"It's not that you don't believe it, but you have to make the people below willing, otherwise, they will have other thoughts in their hearts, and it will be difficult to control!"
Councilor Lu also knew that this was true, he had not told the Lu family everything before, and now was the time.
He unbuttoned his clothes, took out a stack of paper from his arms, and handed it to Lu Qian's father, "Show you this!
Lu Qian's father took it, sat down next to Councilor Lu, and looked down.
The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and the more he looked at it, the more incredible he felt.
After a while, he looked up, "Cousin, is everything written on this true?"
"Then can there be a fake?" said Councilor Lu, "Do you know why the above is so optimistic about Zhou Tian, do you know why they attach so much importance to the archaeological excavation of the Qinling Underground City?" he pointed to the paper in Lu Qian's father's hand, "Isn't this clear enough?"
Lu Qian's father's hands trembled slightly, if what was said above was true, if it was successful, then their Lu family would settle in the place where the immortals lived in the future.
What kind of intrigue, what makes money to support the family, what kind of evasion and wants the future, or whatever, it's not a problem!
In the future, their Lu family will be the only big family there, who can still fight with them?
Who would not dare to speak up because others bullied their sons and nephews?