Chapter 15: The Vortex
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Until dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled and the surface of the lake sparkled. Hazy Moon stared at the lake for a long time, and suddenly said to Ru Yan: "Sister Ru Yan, don't you think it's strange? In the morning and at noon, the lake is calm, but when the sun goes down, I feel that the water is surging in one direction, and naturally the water only flows to the low-lying areas. Master said that if the water flows in one direction or against the tide without the help of external forces, there must be a hidden mechanism in this place. ”。
Ru Yan looked at it according to Hazy Yue's words, and sure enough, the lake began to rush towards the opposite bank, and there was no wind at this time. If you look closely, the water on the other side is also rushing in this direction. No, it should be said that the water on all sides rushed towards the center, forming a whirlpool in the center. At first, the water potential was not very obvious, but as time went on, the whirlpool became more and more pronounced and more pronounced.
"Come on, everyone!" Ru Yan suddenly shouted.
Everyone rushed over to take a look, and the whirlpool had become a half-way trend.
Now the problem is that even if you want to go down to the lake to find out, the feasibility is not very large. One is that the lake water is cold and biting, and if people stay in it for a long time, it is easy to paralyze people's brain veins, making people fall asleep and die unconsciously. The second is that the depth of the water is unknown, what kind of situation is underwater, what will happen, how long it will take, whether it can be retreated, and so on.
So everyone was in a dilemma again.
"I'll go down!" Xuan Shuang gritted his teeth and said.
Everyone else looked at her.
Zifeng rubbed Xuanshuang, "I know that you love to be reckless, don't think that your martial arts are a little better than ours and you can't wait to go to heaven." ”
"If I don't go down, will you go down?" Xuanshuang knew that Zifeng was caring about her, but they were used to this way of bickering.
Purple Wind gave her a blank look; "The dog bites Lu Dongbin, and he doesn't know the hearts of good people!"
"I'll go down!" Ouyang Yan said, "Something happened to you, I am responsible, and if a group of us men are here, how can we let a girl's family go to the adventure?" ”
"Childe, you can't go!" The pillar said eagerly, "Let me go, the life of the pillar belongs to the Ouyang family!" “
"Oh, you all don't quarrel", Hazy Moon touched her forehead with her hand, "It would be nice if my underwater exhaler was here, but it's a pity that it's too late to do it now!" “
"Yes, your underwater exhaler is a bit useful, but it's far away in the Valley of Shadows!" Xuanshuang said.
In the past, Zifeng and Xuanshuang competed in the water to catch fish, to see who caught more fish and bigger fish. Purple Wind is always incomparable, even if it is comparable in quantity, the size of the fish caught by Purple Wind is always smaller than that of Xuanshuang.
Generally, big fish hide in deep water, and small fish will only swim in shallow water, however, Zifeng is not used to water, so she begged Hazy Moon to make this underwater exhaler for her. This machine ensures that she will not choke on water for a short period of time underwater and will not suffocate due to the lack of fresh air.
Although Ru Yan has been silent, her eyes are full of sadness, although she is eager to find her brother, but the current underwater situation is so complicated, she can't let everyone risk their lives!
And just as she was about to make a statement, the same quiet snowfall stood up, "I have a way!" “
Everyone else looked at her in amazement.
Xue Xue continued, "I have a breathless pill on me, and its magic is that it can stop breathing and put people into suspended animation. However, people are still sentient and can move. It's just that this kind of drug works quickly, and it doesn't work quickly, so it can't last too long. It should not be taken continuously. “
"How long can it be insured?" Ouyang Yi asked.
"Less than half a cup of tea!" Snow answers.
"Enough for this girl!" Xuanshuang said, and prepared to enter the water.
"Miss Xuanshuang, I'll go with you!" Ouyang Yi said.
"Childe, I'll go too!" The pillars followed closely.
"I'll go too!" , Zifeng said, but said to Xuan Shuang, whose eyes were full of contempt for her: "Don't worry, I have made great progress in my water now, and I won't hold you back!" “
Later, several water-savvy sailors also arrived.
So, one of the people received a restless pill and plunged into the water one after another. Soon, the whirlpool engulfed everyone. The hearts of the people on the shore also rose to their throats.
Before entering the water, everyone tied their waists with ropes, so that everyone was connected, so that the impact of waterproofing was too great and washed people away. The further down you go, the more resistance the water has. If it weren't for the strong and powerful sailors who were extremely good at water to open the way in front, the four of them would have been choked.
However, I don't know how long it took, but the water seemed to slow down a bit. It's strange that they keep swimming down the water, however, according to the body's perceived pressure from the water, it goes from light to heavy to light. If they keep going down, it should be that the water is becoming more and more oppressive on the body. Unless they get lost in the process of swimming, first downstream and then upstream.
It's just that this is not something they can control, because their bodies have always been driven by the power of the whirlpool. No matter how the whirlpool moves, they can only swim with it.
However, although the pressure of the water was reduced, the strange thing was that the temperature of the water was getting lower and lower, and the more they got to the back, the cold pierced their bone marrow like thorns.
Zifeng was already a little dizzy from the cold, and regretted that she didn't wear more clothes when she went into the water, however, she also knew that it would not help. When I was thinking about whether to take the reliever pill, the sailor in front of me suddenly stopped, and I couldn't see clearly in the water, basically following the flow of water, and my eyes didn't open, so a series of impact accidents occurred.
Ru Yan on the shore had already begun to walk back and forth anxiously, and in fact, it was not long before they went into the water.
Hazy Yue stepped forward and pulled Ru Yan and said, "Sister Ru Yan, it's not long, you sit down first!" ”
The snowfall also gave her a positive look, and she could only sit down a little embarrassed, but her heart was still very uneasy.
Speaking of the underwater situation, several people were surprised to find that everyone had already emerged from the water.
"What's the matter, are we going in the wrong direction and swimming back to the lake?" Xuanshuang Road.
No one answered him, and everyone was still immersed in their own amazement.
However, it is clear that this is not the surface of the lake, and the situation here is very different from the surface of the lake.
"What's the matter, this is not the surface of the lake", Zifeng also found out, "Could it be that we are already dead, this is the Netherworld?" Where is the impermanence of black and white? ”
"Bah, good luck, kill you big-headed ghost!" Xuanshuang scolded.
Ouyang Yi looked around and said, "It seems that there is a land shore ahead, let's swim up first!" “
So they swam to the shore with all their might.
After climbing ashore, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and in order to facilitate their movements, everyone first untied the ropes connected to their bodies.
While untying the rope on his body, Zhu Zi said: "Childe, when I was a child, I heard my father say that the remnants of the previous dynasty were chased to this swallow cliff by the generals of our dynasty, and the desperate remnants of the former dynasty jumped down and fell into the water. At that time, this lake was still a river, it seemed to be called Wuding River, at that time, I rushed down to the Wuding River towards the generals, but I was stunned and did not find the remnants of the ......"
"Pillars!" , Ouyang Yi suddenly became angry, "How many times have I told you, you are not allowed to discuss political affairs, let alone talk about the people of the previous dynasty and the affairs of the previous dynasty." Dare to be so bold, do you want to lose the lives of your own family and the head of the Ouyang family? ”
The pillar who has always been cautious and obedient, and the loyal pillar was frightened, and kowtowed repeatedly, "Young master, young master, I was wrong, I won't dare next time, I won't dare again......!" ”
The others were also frightened by Ouyang Xian's attitude at first, and then they were extremely sympathetic to the pillar.
"Forget it, Lord Ouyang, will you forgive the pillar? In fact, this is nothing, not to mention that the people present now are all their own people! Purple Wind persuaded.
"Yes, what's this, when I usually walk around the rivers and lakes, I can hear people talking about the previous dynasty in the teahouse?" Xuanshuang also persuaded.
Ouyang Xi sneered, "The difference between the distance of the rivers and lakes and the height of the temple, how can the girl understand." Anyway, even if people all over the world are talking about it, the Ouyang family can't talk about it! ”
Xuanshuang also couldn't do anything about him, but secretly scolded, "Old and old-fashioned!" ”
"Alright, alright, okay? If you don't talk about it, you really want to hold the pillar to sue the official? Everyone is their own family, it's okay not to say it," Zifeng said, and then she pointed at each other from the water master and asked, "You, you, and you, will you say it, will you say it?" “
Everyone else agreed: "Don't say it, don't say it, never say it!" “
"Isn't that enough?" , said Zifeng.
After a long time, Ouyang Tieqing's face softened slightly, and he said to the pillar on the ground, "Get up!" “
The pillar was answered, and then he stood up tremblingly.
Xuan Shuang felt that Ouyang was too cautious in his life, walking on thin ice all the time, as if he was on the edge of an abyss, which was too boring. He squatted down boredly.
"What's going on, it's several times colder than the bottom of the water here, it's really freezing to death!" Xuanshuang said.
Everyone's clothes were still wet and dripping with water, and it was even colder.
Ouyang Xi's mood also eased at this time, so he instructed the sailors: "You go and find some firewood and dry branches nearby to roast the two girls!" ”
I have to say that in addition to being a little rigid, Ouyang Yi is still a good person, especially for girls, and he has always been gentle.
A few sailors answered the call and went to look for firewood.
"I ...... I'll go too! In order to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere just now, the pillar also followed the sailor.
Only Ouyang Yi was left, a big man, facing two unforgiving girls. To be honest, Ouyang Yi was a little afraid that Zifeng and Xuanshuang would make fun of him again, but the two of them were so cold that they clasped their arms and didn't pay much attention to him.
"Childe...... Childe, come and see! The pillar shouted not far away.
Ouyang Yi, Zifeng and Xuanshuang rushed over, and found that where the pillar was pointing, there were traces of people crawling.
"Ru Yan, Ru Yan is still alive!" Ouyang Yi ran after the crawling traces as if he was enchanted.
The others also hurried to follow.
The traces were broken in front of a cave.