Several people involuntarily held on to the walls of the cave on both sides with their hands to avoid falling.

Two jade hummingbirds flew up from Ding Lingling's shoulders and flew around in the passage, chirping wildly.

"This, this, this...... What's going on?" Ma Bingxiao called out first.

"It's like an earthquake!" said Hongxing.

"But we haven't heard of an earthquake here since ancient times, so why did we come down to the tomb and there was an earthquake?" Ma Bingxiao said.

Because of the violent vibrations, his voice was also intermittent.

"Don't panic, everyone, if it's an earthquake, it will pass soon!" Poplar said loudly.

"Fortunately, this passage is quite strong, otherwise it would ......"

Before Tie Niu finished speaking, everyone heard a muffled sound of "hum", followed by a wave of qi that rushed from behind him.

The wave of anger was not violent, but it only stirred everyone's clothes and hair.

But everyone was still amazed.

Poplar shouted first: "It's not good, it's likely that the passage has collapsed, hurry up and go back and see!"

The Iron Bull immediately turned around, leaning against the cave wall and stumbling to the top of the passage.

The others stumbled and followed.

Fortunately, after not running a few steps, the shaking under his feet stopped, but the iron bull who was running at the front shouted in another bending passage.

"Oh no, the passage is really collapsing, we can't get out!"

Bai Yang's heart was even more shocked, and he turned a corner behind Ma Bingxiao, and saw that the front was full of dust, and the iron bull red apricot Ding Lingling was huddled together, and it was obvious that the top of the passage had collapsed, blocking the entire passage tightly.

"What should I do now, Lao Bai?" Senior Brother Chen has a shovel, do you want us to dig forward and try it?" Tie Niu shouted in front.

"I'm afraid it's hard to dig! It's full of sand, and the more we dig, the faster the sand leaks down!" Ding Lingling said.

"So what now?" asked Hongxing.

"Don't be so panicked, don't forget that we dug such a big sand pit on it, and the caretaker will come to work the day after tomorrow, and you will immediately find out that something is wrong! Not to mention that the GIs are also with us, Uncle Ma and they know that we are coming to the tomb, if there is really an earthquake just now, Uncle Ma and they will immediately think that we will be very dangerous in the tomb, and they will definitely rush over to check it immediately!" Bai Yang shouted loudly.

"But what if there is no earthquake? There has really never been an earthquake here in Dunhuang since ancient times!" Ma Bingxiao said.

"If it's not an earthquake, what else could it be?" Mr. Chen said.

"This is the Dragon's Tomb! Haven't you all seen something strange......? Could it be that there is a dragon down there, because we came down and provoked it, so it caused the earth to shake and the passage to collapse?"

Several people didn't expect Ma Bingxiao to think so much, Hong Xing first laughed out loud and said, "Your imagination is really rich enough!"

Originally, the atmosphere was quite tense, but being smiled at by Hongxing made it a lot more relaxed.

"Even if someone comes to save us, it will be a few hours at the earliest, right? What are we going to do now? Just stand in this passage and wait?" Iron Bull asked.

Bai Yang opened his mouth to answer, but turned back to ask Chen Xiaopang: "Senior Brother Chen, what do you say?"

"You're the group leader, what's the use of you asking me?" Chen Xiaopang replied coldly.

"It is precisely because he is the leader of the group that he wants to ask for everyone's opinions!" Ding Lingling said for Bai Yang.

Bai Yang's heart warmed, and he said loudly: "Everyone should talk about their opinions! I will definitely not be able to get out for a while, if you have any ideas, let's speak freely!"

Tie Niu spoke first and said, "If you want me to say let's keep going!" I thought about it before, since we are here, then we will simply dive in and have a look, there is no need to wait until the diving equipment arrives to act!"

"The problem is that we don't know what it's like to flood inside, and if you dive in and don't get to the end, then it's a big problem! Besides, you can swim more than 50 meters under the water without breathing, and other people are not as good as you!" said Poplar.

After Iron Bull was demobilized from the army, he once tried diving with Poplar, and he could easily swim more than 50 meters underwater.

The water nature of Poplar is not as good as that of the Iron Bull, but he has practiced martial arts since he was a child and has also practiced qigong with his grandfather, so although his diving speed is not as fast as the Iron Bull, the diving time can exceed that of the Iron Bull.

"Fifty meters, I can almost do it!" Chen Xiaopang suddenly answered.

"Red Apricot, do you know how to swim?" Iron Bull asked.

"I haven't dived before, so I don't know how far I can swim!"

"What about Lingling?" Tie Niu asked again.

"I don't have a big problem!" Ms. Ding said.

"Then the main thing now is that the water nature of the GI is not good!" said Tie Niu.

"I'm not good at water, but ...... If you decide to move on, I should ...... No problem! because ...... I've practiced qigong and can hold my breath for more than five minutes!"

"Then it should be no problem!Lao Bai, let's keep going!" Tie Niu said.

"Aren't you all opposed to moving on?" asked Poplar more.

"Let's go ahead! This passage doesn't seem to be strong, and if there are aftershocks, maybe there will be a collapse!" Ding Lingling said.

Poplar is actually worried that the passage will collapse again, even if it doesn't bury them underneath, it's bad to be trapped in the middle.

So he made up his mind and said, "Since there is no objection to everyone continuing to move on, then Tie Niu, you come to the front, and the two of us will explore the depth of the water in front." This passage has been flooded like this, there must be a mechanism that can't be used! Please Senior Brother Chen at the back of the hall, and the soldiers will also go to the back, and let Lingling and Hongxing walk in the middle. ”

He finished the assignment in one go, and no one objected.

The others leaned sideways against the passage, allowing Tie Niu and the others to exchange seats.

After that, Poplar walked in the front, and the Iron Bull followed him closely, and the group continued to move forward.

After turning two corners, we came to the passage with a particularly steep slope.

Bai Yang turned around and saw that Ding Lingling, who was still holding an iron crowbar in her hand, hurriedly said: "Give me Lingling's crowbar, and throw it away in Hongxing's hand! With two crowbars in my hand and Tie Niu's hand, no matter how big the coffin is, it can be pried open!"

Hongxing agreed and threw the crowbar directly into the water, but Ding Lingling said, "You still have a sword in your hand, or you can hold the sword for me!"

"It's okay, I'll hang the sword on my shoulder!" said Poplar.

There was a lanyard on the scabbard, and there was a live buckle on the lanyard, and Poplar adjusted the length of the lanyard, and was about to hang it on his shoulder, when the iron bull snatched the sword from behind, and said, "You walk ahead, be more careful, or let me hold this sword!"

As he spoke, he handed the crowbar in his hand to Bai Yang, and reached out to catch the crowbar handed over by Ding Lingling behind him.

"I think this backpack is a big problem if we really want to dive! Once submerged, this backpack is heavier than a crowbar!"

"Let's go further on, if you're sure you want to dive, you have to put down your backpack and go in with only the necessary supplies!" said Poplar, holding on to the cave walls on both sides and walking down the steep slope of the flooded water.

Several people followed him, and after a passage, by the time of another turn, the water had reached his chest.

The two girls were shorter and had to carry their backpacks over their heads.

Poplar walked ahead and glanced towards the next passage, only to see that the passage was already completely submerged in water less than two meters down.

Poplar explained the situation to the people behind him, telling everyone else to wait and move, he took off his backpack by himself, found a roll of nylon rope in it and tied it to his waist, then took a deep breath and walked down the steeper ground under his feet.

The light in his miner's hat was waterproof, so he could still see under the water even after he was immersed in the water.

Each of the previous passages was more than ten meters long, but this passage was only five or six meters away.

The poplar probe peeked out of the passage, only to find that there was no passage further on.

But the sides are not spacious, and it feels a lot like being in a natural stone cave that has been completely submerged in water.

Although the water was very clear, the human eye was not suitable for seeing underwater, so Poplar could not find out how deep the cave was, let alone whether there was an exit.

He could only turn around and retreat first, explaining the situation below.

Tie Niu said, "Let's go down and have a look together!" With a rope on you, if you can find an exit, you can tie the rope over there, and then you can swim out along the rope. ”

Bai Yang thought that he could only take such a risk, so he confirmed with Ding Lingling that if they encountered danger below, they would drag the rope violently twice, and then quickly drag them back.

If it's safe, just tug the rope three times, and the others just wait patiently for them to return.

Because the speed of the iron bull is relatively fast, so Poplar changed the nylon rope to the iron bull's waist, and then the two handed the backpack to the others to hold first, and the crowbar naturally put it down, each took a deep breath, and then went down into the water one after the other.

Ding Lingling and the others looked nervous and slowly put down the nylon rope.

It was a really, very difficult time, almost every minute and second, as if it had been ten days and midnights.

Fortunately, the rope never dragged violently.

Finally staring at the watch for more than three minutes, Hong Xingxian couldn't help it, and said in a trembling voice: "Why haven't you come back yet? Will it be ......? Or Sister Lingling, you can drag the rope and try it?"

Ding Lingling was also anxious, thinking that more than three minutes is the limit for ordinary people to hold their breath, if something really happened and didn't drag them back quickly, it would be too late.

So Ding Lingling calmed down and gently pulled the rope twice.

In the next few seconds, I was even more frightened.

Just when Ding Lingling couldn't help but drag the rope back, finally, the rope moved, and she pulled it three times rhythmically.

That means they're safe now.

Ding Lingling and Hong Xing looked at each other, and while they were a little relieved, both of them felt weak in their hands and feet. After just a few minutes of torment, they were exhausted.

(See Chapter 122 "The Palace in the Water")