Chapter 227: Losing the Claim
Chapter 267
After walking for a while, the road surface for them to tread on disappeared, and the entire bottom of the cave was covered with water.
Li Qing and the others had to move forward in the waterhole, one foot deep and one foot shallow.
And that's not even the worst.
Worst of all, the rock wall above their heads is getting lower and lower.
As they didn't go deeper, the cave was shrinking at a visible rate.
In the end, the two had to bend over in order to barely move forward.
Li Qing's body was already soaked, and he was carrying a large bag, which made him almost exhausted.
Walking through such a narrow cave, people's hearts are already very depressed, coupled with the exhaustion on his body, Li Qing can be said to be extremely uncomfortable now.
"Sodi, there won't be no road ahead, right?" Li Qing asked cautiously.
The source of such a flow is likely to be a small outlet, or even a crevice in a rock.
If they move forward blindly like this, they may end up finding nothing.
"No, you taste the water." Sodi's voice came from ahead.
After Li Qing heard this, he immediately took a handful of water and put it in his mouth.
This water is very sweet!
It's a little sweeter than the tea I drank that day.
Li Qing immediately thought that such sweet water would inevitably flow through the mine, and it was also a very rich mineral.
Don't say anything, just move on!
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Holes, the river is crooked, deep and shallow.
Sometimes, the two had to dive into the water in order to move on.
Exactly how long it has been, no one knows.
Whether it's day or darkness now, neither of them cares anymore.
They have come to this point, and it is impossible to stop until they reach the end, let alone go back.
At the entrance of the cave just now, Li Qing felt that the things he ate had been digested.
Now, his stomach was empty, his body was weak, and a feeling of emptiness in his body came to him.
In addition, the body soaked in water is cold, and it feels like it is going to fall down at any time.
The only motivation now is the little light not far away.
Ahead, a small lamp was lit, and it was also struggling to move forward.
Li Qing just followed that light to barely support it.
But suddenly, the lights disappeared, and the darkness hit in an instant, and Li Qing panicked all of a sudden...
"Sodi!" Li Qing shouted, and the voice echoed in the cave a few times, but there was no response.
Li Qing was instantly surrounded by darkness, coupled with his physical exhaustion, his spirit suddenly couldn't bear it.
"Where are you?" Li Qing shouted again, but still did not respond.
When I stopped, there was no sound around me except the rumbling of the water.
This time, they only brought a small lamp.
Li Qing had no way out of the darkness, so he had to reach out and grope forward like a blind man.
Every time he took a step forward, he would be nervous in his heart, he didn't know what was ahead of him, what danger would appear.
But where Suodi disappeared, he still has an impression, no matter what, he has to find Suodi!
Li Qing took a deep breath, he had to move on.
In the darkness, he simply closed his eyes and moved forward with the sensations of his body...
With a distance of just a few meters, he felt that he had walked for a long time.
Finally, the arm touched a hard place, which was a cold stone wallβand it came to an end...
Li Qing leaned against the stone wall and shouted Suodi's name again, but there was still no response.
Sodi obviously disappeared here, where did he go?
There are stone walls in front of you, on the left and right, and there are no roads left.
In an instant, Li Qing panicked even more...
At this point, he was trapped in a dark cavern, and there was nowhere else to go except the way he came.
And Sodi is gone, what the hell is going on?
Li Qing forgot about the exhaustion of his body for a while, and frantically slapped the rock walls around, hoping to find a passage that he could pass.
But nothing ...
Calm down! Calm down!
After the madness, Li Qing finally calmed down, this is not a fantasy world, Suodi will definitely not disappear out of thin air!
Li Qing knows this very well, and there must be another way in this place.
Li Qing stood silently in place, his hands gently caressing every inch of the rock wall, while sensing the sounds and smells nearby.
Gradually, he noticed something strange.
It was indeed a dead end, with a rock wall so tight that there was nowhere to pass through.
But the water is strange, here, the sound of the water is still rattling, and it has not even weakened, and it is even louder than before.
And what's even stranger is that the speed of the water under your feet seems to be speeding up...
Where does this water come from?
With such a loud sound of water flowing and such a fast flow rate, the water drop must not be small.
Thinking of this, Li Qing's head instantly lit up.
Without the slightest hesitation, he plunged into the water below him.
In an instant, the originally narrow river suddenly became larger, and Li Qing actually swam up in the bottom of the water.
That's right, this must be the way he was looking.
Li Qing went upstream, used all his strength, and swam in the direction where the water was coming from.
After swimming for a long time, he suddenly felt that the soles of his feet had stepped on the bottom.
At this time, the oxygen was almost exhausted, and he stood up in the water, and suddenly, a strong light almost blinded his eyes...
"Ahh!!hh Li Qing covered his eyes and shouted, but in the next second, the light disappeared, and a familiar voice came.
"What is it called! Not yet! β
It's Sodi!
Li Qing hurriedly opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw Suo Di carrying the small lamp and standing not far from him.
The ground is flat and there is not a trace of water.
Li Qing's whole person relaxed a lot, but he was still unwilling, "I'll be looking for you for a long time!" I'm in a hurry! β
"Who told you not to keep up, with you so slow?" Sodi smiled and said, "I thought you were going back!" β
Li Qing ignored him and hurried ashore.
This place is a spacious cave, and the water flows from the top of the cave into the passage that has just entered. The sound of the rushing water came from this place.
On the side of the water flow, where Li Qing stood at this time, is a flat road surface, which should have been visited before, and there are traces of artificial excavation on the rock wall and the ground.
It seems that the mine they are looking for has been found.
"Let's take a break here and get something to eat." As he spoke, he was trying to make a fire.
After the dive just now, the two of them are now soaking wet, and in such a dark cave, they can't do it for a while without the help of some external force.
Li Qing nodded, put down his backpack and began to help Suodi make a fire together.
The experience just now, too frightened, especially the feeling of helplessness from losing Suodi, Li Qing still has palpitations in his heart.
It wasn't until the fire rose and his body temperature gradually rose, and he ate some more food that Li Qing felt better.
(End of chapter)
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