Chapter 112: The Hardest Choice

Li Jinlong exhaled heavily, hey, held the steel shovel with both hands and shoveled it down, and with a "dang" sound, the shovel rolled over, but the bottom of the coffin also cracked, revealing a deep black hole.

Lan Gao and Wei Haihong were both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly shone the lamp at the entrance of the cave.

Li Jinlong stood a little closer, carrying a shovel and then beating and repairing it on the side, and it was easy to get more holes and broken places, and within a few minutes, Li Jinlong had a whole opening of about forty or fifty centimeters, which could accommodate one person in and out.

Although the entrance to the passage has come out, no one is sure that it must be a tunnel that can escape, but there is always some excitement when there is hope.

After making the entrance of the cave better, Li Jinlong stood in the coffin and bowed down, shone the lamp into the hole, and only then raised his head and said: "It's the passage that's right, but I don't know where it leads, and I don't know if there is any danger!" ”

"Is there any, now I have to go down and find out!"

Zhou Xuan said lightly.

This is also true, in fact, there is no need for him to say this, Li Jinlong and they will all use this passage as a life-saving hope.

Zhou Xuan also transported the ice gas to the cave early, but after five or six meters down, it was still a small passage, and at this time, his ice gas was lost too much, and he couldn't detect farther.

Lan Gao also took a strong light to look at the bottom of the coffin, and said: "This hole is seven or eight meters deep, and there seems to be another place on the right side of the bottom of the cave." ”

Li Jinlong took off his backpack, opened the zipper and took out a circle of nylon rope, the rope was not big, and this circle was only twenty meters long at most.

Lan Gao looked at a few people around him, in fact, there were only seven of them left, and after thinking about it, he said, "Let's prepare, who will stay on it, and who will go down to explore the way?" ”

Wei Haihong immediately said: "Xiaoqing and Fu Ying, the two girls, stay on top, and the five of us men will explore the way!" ”

Fu Ying disagreed, and said directly: "No matter above or below, I have to be with Zhou Xuan, whatever you do!" ”

Lan Gao pondered for a moment, and then said: "I think so, this is also a dead place, anyway, if you die, there is no difference between staying above and below, but we are now putting our hope in this hole, it is better to go all of them, if it is a way to live, then everyone will go out, if it is a dead end, then everyone should just starve to death in this stone palace, there is no difference!" ”

Indeed, it's almost a desperate situation anyway, they can't find an exit, they don't eat or drink, and they will kill them in two or three days!

Li Jinlong wrapped the rope around the sarcophagus, then tied a knot, threw the other end into the hole, and asked with some hesitation, "Who will go down first?" ”

Li Jinlong didn't want to be at the forefront, this was an obvious expression, Zhou Xuan thought to himself, he couldn't push Brother Hong and Ying Ying Xiaoqing to the front, he still had ice qi to protect himself, and if there was any danger, he could still guard against it, if he couldn't stop it in front, then the people behind him didn't need to say it, no one could escape, if it was a small danger, he would be more guarded than them.

Taking a step forward and stepping into the sarcophagus village, Zhou Xuan said lightly: "I'll go down first." ”

Fu Ying naturally followed, Zhou Xuan wanted to go down first, and she didn't dissuade her, anyway, she was all with her, and there was no difference between up and down.

Wei Haihong handed the bright light to Zhou Xuan, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and didn't say anything, at this time, there was no difference between saying it and not saying it.

Zhou Xuan tore a placket, passed through the handle of the strong light, and then tied it to the belt around his waist, grabbed the rope with both hands, and slowly slid down to the bottom of the cave.

The hole inside is just slightly wider than a person's body, and when Zhou Xuan was sliding down, he had already transported ice qi to probe ahead, and at the bottom of this hole, the hole on the right was one meter five or six high.

Zhou Xuan shone the strong light in front of the hole, the hole was very deep, and Zhou Xuan's ice qi couldn't be measured so far, and looked at it again, Fu Ying also slid down, Zhou Xuan held her waist and let her slowly fall to the bottom, and then Wei Xiaoqing came down.

Zhou Xuan walked a few steps in front, Fu Ying and Wei Xiaoqing followed, and the people who came down behind had a place.

After a few people came down, Zhou Xuan walked to the front, this passage was a little unsmooth, the first dozens of meters or the slate passage, after walking for ten minutes, the artificial road made of stone slabs was gone, and then it turned out to be a natural stone cave, the hole gradually became wider, and the direction of the stone cave gradually went up.

After walking for another half an hour, it seems to be along a hillside to the topography, the cave can also accommodate three or four people walking side by side, and the terrain is getting higher and higher, just like climbing a mountain, when he was so tired that he was panting, Zhou Xuan saw that Wei Xiaoqing was the most tired, so he said: "Let's rest, this cave doesn't know where it leads, let's rest and then go." ”

Tired, hungry and thirsty, Li Jinlong and Li Yong, Lan Gao, Wei Haihong and a few others were not much better, Zhou Xuanyi said, everyone also stopped to rest.

The blue high-rise took a strong light to illuminate the front, and the slope became steeper and steeper, but the hole seemed to have no end, and I didn't know how deep the hole was, and I didn't know if the hole could get out.

Li Jinlong rested for a while, and suddenly regretted: "It's a pity...... Each of those treasures is priceless, if not...... If it weren't for ......"

Zhou Xuan hehe, this Li Jinlong is really a guy who wants money and doesn't want to die, those treasures fell in the stone room, and he was still thinking about those things.

Two nephews and a niece and son-in-law all died at the bottom of this cave, and in Li Jinlong's heart, what he thought more strongly about at this time were the treasures scattered in the cave.

After resting for half an hour, I usually feel that my strength has recovered after a while of rest, but now the more I rest, the more uncomfortable I feel, too hungry and thirsty, and I can't wait to pull off the stones and gnaw a few bites.

Li Jinlong couldn't help but take out the treasures in his backpack again and look at them carefully, and lo and behold, only at this time did he seem to forget the fatigue and hunger of his body.

Zhou Xuan sighed, shook his head again, and held Fu Ying's hand tightly, in the most dangerous time, in the most dangerous situation, with the person you love the most, that is actually the best feeling, only in this way, can I feel that I love you and the person you love together, what a happy thing it is.

No matter how much you get, if you want to exchange the lives of your relatives, you won't feel at ease with such wealth.

Lan Gao looked at his watch, stood up and said: "Okay, let's get up and continue walking, while we still have the last bit of physical strength, we can go as far as we can, maybe the next hundred meters will be the exit!" ”

There is indeed a great temptation in the words of the blue high-rise, after walking for so long, this road has not yet come to an end, and there are still walks, it is not necessarily, in the next place is the exit to the outside world, in short, this is a promising thing.

Wei Xiaoqing was the weakest, she was hungry for a few days, and she was about to faint after walking such a long way, and after everyone stood up, she didn't stand up after she moved a few times against the rock wall.

Zhou Xuan stretched out his hand and pulled it, and the ice qi probed into Wei Xiaoqing's body, Wei Xiaoqing's physical strength had been exhausted to the extreme, she couldn't compare with Fu Ying, Fu Ying had practiced martial arts, and she had been strict with herself since she was a child, and her body's patience was no worse than that of a strong man.

Wei Haihong is only slightly better than Wei Xiaoqing, and that is only a little better.

Zhou Xuan bit his lip, at this time, it is impossible to expect others to help Wei Xiaoqing, in the most critical time, Li Jinlong and they can even throw out the closest people, not to mention Wei Xiaoqing, who has never known each other?

Zhou Xuan looked at Fu Ying, Fu Ying understood what he meant, at this time, Zhou Xuan would not leave Wei Xiaoqing and Wei Haihong behind, if they couldn't escape, everyone would die together, and if they could escape, they would have to be a few people together.

Fu Ying nodded, didn't speak, and bent down to help Wei Xiaoqing, who really couldn't even take a step.

Zhou Xuan squatted down and carried her on his back, Fu Ying supported her behind, and walked up step by step with difficulty.

At this time, Li Jinlong, Li Yong, and the three of them walked faster, far ahead, and the idea of escape became stronger and stronger.

Zhou Xuan is also relying on the ice qi to support, and it has reached the point where he can't hold it anymore, but he also understands in his heart that if he doesn't hold it at this time, if he lets go of Wei Xiaoqing at this time, then he doesn't know if he still has the courage and determination to get her away again, so he gritted his teeth and tried his last bit of strength, and with every step, his teeth clenched tighter, and later, sweat flowed all over his face, and his teeth almost bit his lower lip until it bleed.

Fu Ying was very heartbroken, but she also knew that if she let go of Wei Xiaoqing at this time, it would almost leave her here to fend for herself, how could this heart be lowered?

The cave was spacious, and Zhou Xuan walked up with Wei Haihong and Fu Ying together, but found that Lan Gao, Li Jinlong, and Li Yong were all in a daze here.

Zhou Xuan gasped, Fu Ying took a strong light to shine on the side, and made a turn along the cave wall, Zhou Xuan also followed a circle, there was no way here, except for the hole that just came up, this is a space of dozens of square meters, and there is no way in the first three directions and above the head.

Zhou Xuan slowly put Wei Xiaoqing down on the ground, and Wei Haihong also sat down and gasped for breath.

Zhou Xuan didn't have the heart to rest, and hurriedly walked to the side of Lan Shangsheng, but saw that the three of them were all looking down at the underground in front of them.

Zhou Xuan followed and looked over, and couldn't help but be stunned!

In front of the three of them there was a pothole about two meters in diameter, and there was no way out in other directions except this pothole.

Zhou Xuan stretched out the strong light to the entrance of the cave to shine down, the hole was six or seven meters deep, and there was a dark blue pool at the bottom, the water was living water, and the sound of the water could be heard.

It's no wonder that the three of them were stunned, and they ran here with thoughts, but it was still a dead end!

Except for Zhou Xuan and Fu Ying, who have underwater experience, no one else has it, in the eerie and dangerous underground pit, Lan Gao, Li Jinlong, Li Yong, they would rather stay in the cave, that is not to flow into such an underground Yin River, it is terrible!

The rope is gone, Zhou Xuanyun lifted the ice gas and probed down, to be in his best condition, the distance of the ice gas probe can reach fifteen meters at most, but now it is even seven or eight meters difficult, and the distance from this pit to the water surface is already six or seven meters high, Zhou Xuan's ice gas can not be explored when it reaches a meter below the water, and the depth of the water and the flow environment before and after cannot be detected.

After thinking about it, Zhou Xuan said to the three of them: "Senior Lan, I want to see the situation under the cave, but there is no rope, a few of you grab my feet and put me down, I'll take a look at the situation." ”

Fu Ying was taken aback and said, "No, now I am all weak, what if I miss and fall?" ”

"Don't worry." Zhou Xuan didn't want to be a hero, but now only he has this ability, if he doesn't want to take the lead in doing what can be done, then how can he rely on others to do it? If you don't find the exit, everyone will be dead, and you won't even have the courage to walk back into the palace with the big sarcophagus below!

"Senior Blue, there are four or five of you, two of you grabbed me with one foot, I think, you should be able to survive!"

Zhou Xuan looked at them lightly and asked.

To tell the truth, Li Jinlong still admires Zhou Xuan very much in his heart, in every dangerous situation, this ordinary young man has stood up and led the way, like this kind of thing, he thinks he still can't do it, he is afraid of death, it is a problem that most people can't face, that is, the emperor is the same, even if he has the world and everything, but he can't have immortality.

Lan Gao looked at Li Yong, then at Li Jinlong, nodded and said, "Okay, Li Yong and I will grab one leg, Li Jinlong, the third child and Miss Fu Ying, the three of you will grab the other leg." ”

Zhou Xuan didn't hesitate any longer, lifted the strong light and leaned down, the five of them separated into two groups, grabbed one of his legs tightly, and then slowly put him down, so that Zhou Xuan's ice qi could extend down two more meters.

When put in the lowest position, Zhou Xuan's ice gas has already probed under the water, the water is just more than one meter deep, Zhou Xuan can't detect it on the top of the hole, this one is clear, and it also detects the flow of the water hole below, and the water surface is about half a meter away from the cave wall on the top, although it can't be measured further, but this also makes Zhou Xuan a little happy!

Walking up from the ground to such a high, not a thousand meters but also a hundred meters, Zhou Xuan slightly estimated that this location should not be too far from the surface outside, and the groundwater flow in this pit is very likely to flow out to the surface, but if you go down like this and follow the groundwater flow, it is dangerous, if you don't know if you enter the deeper underground Yin River, then they are finished!

This place, if you want to go into the water, you can't jump back up, basically you can only move forward, there is no way back, if there is no way forward, or a deeper river, then this is the place where the seven of them died.

(To be continued)