Chapter 55: The Big Bet (Text)
Chen's face was a little bad, he thought that a few places were exits, but at this time, when he tried it, they were all dead ends. They are now in a dilemma, at this point, the joy of their escape is gone, and if they do not find a way out here, then they are tantamount to chronic suicide.
"I don't think it's going to be a closed ......"
After Zhao San came out of the stone cave, it was as if he was a different person, and at this time he finally spoke, and Zhang Meng and the three of them immediately turned their eyes on his face.
"If this is closed, then the person who designed this passage will not make such a useless canal, and he will die in the end anyway, so there must be an exit here."
"Is it under this water?" Chen Cripple asked with a frown.
"Nine times out of ten, I didn't pay attention to it just now, but I think there should be a passage right down here, if you're lucky, maybe this passage will lead directly to Liu Qu's tomb!" Zhao San said with a smile, his expression was a little weird.
"Third uncle, don't laugh so weirdly, it feels like you're preparing to kidnap us and sell us!"
"Huh."
Zhang Meng only felt that Zhao San couldn't say that it was weird, and he used to always have endless fights with Zhao San, but now he feels like he is singing a one-man show by himself.
But after thinking about it, it seems that there is only one way for them to do it now.
"This is a bit risky, if we can't find the passage before we run out of breath, then we are likely to suffocate to death!"
Chen Cripple was a little unsure, this method was too risky.
"Do you have a better way now? And you have to think that the person who designed the passage also went out like this back then, or do you think there were oxygen cylinders or something during the Warring States period? Zhao San said with a sneer.
"That's the only way, but we have to make some preparations, Ah Meng, you take out a few cowhide bags from your backpack and leave a bag of water."
Chen lame thought about it and finally decided.
He emptied the water in the leather belt as if it were blowing up a balloon, and blew up the whole leather bag, then tried it, and said with a frown.
"It's barely enough for four breaths here, and now there are two leather bags, which means we can only take two breaths at most. If we can't find the passage, if we are lucky, we can float back to the water, and if we are unlucky, we will enter a dead end, and we can only suffocate to death! ”
"You decide for yourselves, I can't decide for you this kind of life-and-death matter!"
Chen lame sighed and said softly. It's a big gamble, there's no way back, and if it's really a dead end, it's like there's no way out for any of them.
"What is the lame uncle talking about, where do we have any other choice now?"
Zhang Meng said with a wry smile.
"In that case, then don't waste time, we have consumed a lot of things with us, while we still have more energy, let's just dive down and have a look!" Chen Cripple said with a fierce eye.
Since there is no way out, it is better to simply gamble.
"Ah Meng, you tie things tightly first, wrap those things that can't enter the water in the waterproof bag, and then throw away a few steel rods, you see if there are any unwanted things and throw them away, try to reduce the weight of this package, otherwise no one will be able to carry this bag after going down." The third child and I will go down to take a look first, and when we see it, we will send a signal directly! ”
Chen Cripple thought about it and said, he and Zhao San were also quite good, and at the moment they decided to explore the way by the two of them.
Hearing this, Zhang Meng hurriedly checked the contents of the package, stuffed the water towel and everything back, and then stared at the water with an anxious face, waiting for Chen Cripple and them to float up.
"There's no around here, there's no passage down there, it's just a completely isolated place, I'll go somewhere else to see."
With a 'bang', Chen Cripple's head popped out of a corner, and he said a little breathlessly.
"Does he have any news from the third child?"
"No, the third uncle, he didn't come up!"
Chen Cripple nodded, and plunged headlong in the other direction.
After going back and forth a few times like this, Chen Cripple still found nothing, but the sick ghost and Zhang Meng's expressions became very bad, and it had been almost more than three minutes since just now, and Zhao San actually didn't make a sound at all.
"Cripple uncle, the third uncle is gone, he hasn't surfaced on the water since just now, is it entangled in aquatic weeds?"
Zhang Meng shouted loudly. There are often some random clumps of aquatic plants in the underwater place, this kind of aquatic plants have excellent toughness, you shuttle a few back and forth next to it and you will tie a dead knot, no matter how you struggle, you can't get out, which is also often mistaken for the water ghost to pull.
Chen's face changed greatly, he didn't catch his breath, and dived under the water again, as if he wanted to find Zhao San's traces.
Zhang Meng was also anxious at this time, he took off his clothes, leaving a pair of Doraemon pants, and then ignoring the disgusting smell in the water, he said to the sick ghost.
"Uncle Ghost, I'll go and help too."
Zhang Meng plunged into the water, and a pungent smell rushed straight into his lungs, Zhang Meng almost vomited it all at once, this water is too stinky, right? Although Zhang Meng was very disgusting, but now that he was worried about Zhao San's safety, he couldn't worry so much about it at this time.
Zhang Meng's water quality is excellent, but after diving underwater for about a minute, he also felt that his chest was squeezed uncomfortably.
At this time, one of the two cowhide bags was given to Chen Cripple, and the other was given to Zhao San, and Zhang Meng could only surface first for the time being.
"Ah Meng, how is it, have you seen your third uncle?"
Cripple Chen also showed his head at this time, and he asked anxiously.
"No, the water is a bit muddy, it's hard to see far, and the range of the flashlight is very close!"
Zhang Meng was also anxious, he didn't say hello to Chen Cripple, and went into the water again.
This time Zhang Meng breathed extremely deeply, he dived a little deeper, and the flashlight in his hand was like a two-watt light bulb in the water, and he couldn't illuminate the surrounding situation at all. Zhang Meng's eyes widened, searching around for any traces of Zhao San under the river.
Hey?
Zhang Meng's voice suddenly became urgent, and he suddenly saw a hazy figure in front of him, the figure had his back to him, but it seemed to be sitting shirtless, and his body was not in the slightest turmoil, I don't know if he was dead or alive.
Zhang Meng's heart suddenly changed, the third uncle won't have an accident, right?
He wanted to swim over a little more, so that he could determine whether that 'human'-like thing was Zhao San or not.
When Zhang Meng was about a meter away from the figure, the bright light of the flashlight seemed to frighten the other party, and the 'person' slightly turned half of his face, Zhang Meng's heart was stagnant, and he swallowed a few mouthfuls of fishy river water, he almost forgot that this was under the river!
The expression of this 'man' was so strange, he was smiling nervously under the seabed, he bared his teeth, he seemed to be holding something in his hand, and then his eyes were wide and round. Zhang Meng who watched it only felt that half of his body was numb, wasn't this figure the third uncle?
What is he doing?
Zhang Meng's lungs had all run out of oxygen at this moment, and his eyes began to blur a little. Zhang Meng gritted his teeth, knowing that he was almost at his limit, and if he stayed any longer, he might be in danger, he hesitated for a moment, but decided to swim up first......
This time Zhang Meng breathed extremely deeply, he dived a little deeper, and the flashlight in his hand was like a two-watt light bulb in the water, and he couldn't illuminate the surrounding situation at all. Zhang Meng's eyes widened, searching around for any traces of Zhao San under the river.
Hey?
Zhang Meng's voice suddenly became urgent, and he suddenly saw a hazy figure in front of him, the figure had his back to him, but it seemed to be sitting shirtless, and his body was not in the slightest turmoil, I don't know if he was dead or alive.
Zhang Meng's heart suddenly changed, the third uncle won't have an accident, right?
He wanted to swim over a little more, so that he could determine whether that 'human'-like thing was Zhao San or not.
When Zhang Meng was about a meter away from the figure, the bright light of the flashlight seemed to frighten the other party, and the 'person' slightly turned half of his face, Zhang Meng's heart was stagnant, and he swallowed a few mouthfuls of fishy river water, he almost forgot that this was under the river!
The expression of this 'man' was so strange, he was smiling nervously under the seabed, he bared his teeth, he seemed to be holding something in his hand, and then his eyes were wide and round. Zhang Meng who watched it only felt that half of his body was numb, wasn't this figure the third uncle?
What is he doing?
Zhang Meng's lungs had all run out of oxygen at this moment, and his eyes began to blur a little. Zhang Meng gritted his teeth, knowing that he was almost at his limit, and if he stayed any longer, he might be in danger, he hesitated for a moment, but decided to swim up first.