Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Eighth Array
When Brother Zhang, the leader of the diving team, heard this, his head shook like a rattle: "No, no, the situation under such deep water is unknown, you have not been trained, if something really happens, I can't afford this responsibility, isn't this nonsense." ”
He Qingyou immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly accosted, "Yes, yes, this is." How can I dive? ”
Monk Yuantong laughed: "Brother Zhang, it's okay, we are responsible for what happens, it has nothing to do with you, it's okay to sign a liability waiver agreement." If you agree, this Boss He will immediately increase the salary. ”
He Qingyou almost jumped up, but he really didn't dare to scream in front of Yuantong, and muttered in a low voice, "When did I say it." ”
Brother Zhang's attitude was gentle: "You just want to go into the water, it's not impossible." According to what the little master said, sign an agreement and add some remuneration. To be honest, we are either greedy for that little money, or we can't afford to take responsibility. ”
He Qingyou's expression was like a mournful examination, and he couldn't wait to smoke a few big mouths of the Yuantong monk, but he had to do it again.
I stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the Hessian water below, and the thought of going into the water for a moment made my heart beat faster.
Everything was arranged, and a few of us started to carry diving tools down the mountain. I think this seems ridiculous, this scene happened in the bardo realm not long ago, and now it has appeared in a different form.
I have an extremely trance-like feeling, the bardo realm seems to have a great connection with the real fate, and I can't tell what it is, which makes people stunned, which can be called creation and deception.
To get to the water's edge, you have to go down from the cliff, there is a sheep's intestine path, which looks extremely dangerous. Fortunately, everyone has a lot of strength, supporting each other, and step by step to the bottom of the cliff, the edge of the deep water.
It's cold here. It's the hot season, the sun is scorching, and the ground is smoking, but near this water, the temperature drops sharply, and I breathe white when I speak.
The water is dark inky and there is a gentle wave on the shore, which at first glance looks like a huge abyss.
He Qingyou's legs were weak, and he couldn't stand up straight, so he had to be supported by two people to barely support him.
He trembled and said, "Little master, I, I'm really not good, do you want to ...... it?"
Yuantong patted him on the shoulder: "Boss He, don't worry, I will take care of your safety when you get underwater, even if I have an accident, I won't let you have an accident." Then again, do you still want to find your son? ”
"Yes, yes." He Qingyou had a bitter face.
A few of us put on our wetsuits, carried oxygen bottles on our backs, and buckled up our goggles.
What should I do when I go down, Brother Zhang explained that he understood, don't be in a hurry to dive when you go into the water, float and sink under the surface of the water to find a feeling, and then follow the arrangement, you must watch his actions and dive down little by little.
Brother Zhang emphatically affirmed that if you are not obedient and do not listen to the command, something will really happen, and you will bear the consequences!
The four of us were almost ready, and Brother Zhang was the first to hold on to the stones on the shore and go into the water slowly, never over his head. The second one is me, and I followed it step by step. As soon as most of the body entered the water, it immediately felt the cold air enveloping me, which seemed to condense into substance, squeezing on the outside of the wetsuit.
But fortunately, the wetsuit on the body is expensive, imported from Germany, and has the function of insulating the cold and protecting the body temperature.
When I was a child, I used to swim in the big river, and the water was excellent, and I had a nickname called Langli Baitiao. The diving felt similar, I slowly swam underwater and came to Brother Zhang.
Brother Zhang held an underwater flashlight to illuminate it, nodded when he saw me, and motioned to his side. At this time, the last two Yuantong and He Qingyou also arrived.
Brother Zhang motioned for the four of us to put our shoulders on each other, and our bodies were all spread out, floating and sinking in the water, and he made gestures, signaling that if there was any discomfort, tell him quickly.
The four of us did as he said, and we all did it. I found an unusual place, He Qingyou was very scared on the shore, but as soon as he got into the water, he naturally seemed very natural and skillful, and this person had excellent water nature.
There will be a physiological instinct reaction in the water, and this can't be pretended. He Qingyou really hid it.
What surprised me the most was Monk Yuantong, who was also a veteran, with no unnatural parts of his body, and his posture was comparable to that of Brother Zhang.
For about five minutes, Brother Zhang looked at us and nodded, stretched out his thumbs up, and gave the three of us a thumbs up.
Then he shone his flashlight into the depths of the water and signaled him to go down first, and everyone else followed.
The crowd followed him and began to dive. Dive down about two or three meters away, the situation is a bit bad, there is darkness on the left and right in front of us, we all turn on the flashlight, the light shines, almost nothing can be seen, only the water of the abyss in front of us.
Brother Zhang swam and turned his head, made a gesture to calm down, and then turned around with a flashlight. This is the signal we agreed on on land, if you don't stop turning the flashlight in circles, it means that you can't hold on and need to go up.
I thought why Qingyou would do this, who knew that he swam very firmly, and the flashlight shone straight down, without any intention of turning in circles.
I was short of breath and had a lot of oxygen consumption. This is just the beginning, there are at least a dozen meters below, I try to control my emotions, regulate my breathing, and be sure to leave rich oxygen, because I have to come back.
The process of continuing downstream is very long, I don't know how long it has been, I feel that I have been going downstream in the dark, losing time and space, and only the light of Brother Zhang's flashlight is in front of me.
Brother Zhang suddenly stopped and shone a flashlight, and I saw that we had reached the bottom of the water. The flashlight shines brightly, and the spots of light penetrate the darkness and fall to the ground, and you can see that there is sand and dust, and you can't see the vegetation, which looks very desolate. There was silence and nothing could be seen.
If you look closely, you can see a lot of debris smaller than a hair, and as the water rises, you can't find it if you don't look at it carefully, it's similar to the black noise on TV.
Brother Zhang pulled out an iron rod from his waist and stuck it on the ground under the water as a sign. He walked slowly forward with his feet under the water, and we followed, flashlights shining in all directions, and the light flickering in the darkness.
I followed behind, my heart beating hard. That's when I learned what the most complicated labyrinth in the world was, and the most complicated labyrinth was not the changeable path, but the inability to see things. If you can't see, you can't get out.
After walking underwater for more than ten minutes, Yuantong seemed to see something, and suddenly broke away from the team and swam over, Brother Zhang didn't catch it, the monk swam farther and farther, and a few of us had to follow.
Because it was too dark underwater, the spatial distance was stretched, but in fact, the monk swam a few meters, but he felt that he had walked a long way. He stopped, turned on the flashlight to shine, and we saw that place, and a puppet appeared inexplicably.
At first glance, it looks like a scarecrow in the field, wrapped in black cloth, wearing a hat, no eyebrows, arms outstretched, swaying gently with the current.
In such a deep and dark environment, suddenly seeing such a thing is not scared to death.
Except for the Yuantong, the three of us watched from a short distance. It's not that I don't dare to go over, but I feel that this dummy has an indescribable evil aura, which seems to indicate ominousness.
Yuantong looked around the dummy, and when I came to the soles of the dummy's feet, in the light of the flashlight, I clearly saw a black arrow feather stuck in the ground. I immediately understood that this was the eighth formation that the master had laid out.
Yuantong grabbed the tail of the arrow feather and pulled it out hard.
We watched intently, and the water suddenly surged, and the dust and sand around us began to blow as if an invisible wind had been blown.
I looked around, and to be honest, I couldn't see anything, but there was a sense of foreboding in my hairs, as if something big was about to happen.
I shone a flashlight at Yuantong to remind him, but Yuantong was still pulling out the arrow.
The arrow seems to be inserted very deeply, so firmly that it cannot be pulled out. He Qingyou next to him suddenly moved, pedaled the water with both feet, swam straight over, came closer, and helped Yuantong pull out the arrow together.
Yuantong glanced at him, and there was no objection, and the two of them were pulling it there. Seeing the arrow feathers come out little by little, the water flow is stronger at this time, and Brother Zhang and I are both rippled.
Although he was wearing a diving mask and couldn't see Brother Zhang's face, he could feel that he was very anxious and angry, he was a senior old diver with a sensitivity that ordinary people did not have, and his anger was Yuantong's disobedient and chaotic actions.
He used a flashlight to shine on Yuantong and He Qingyou, drawing circles in the water, and the two looked up at him. Brother Zhang pointed to the surface of the water with his finger, meaning to leave quickly.
Yuantong and He Qingyou just took a look, then lowered their heads and continued to pull out the arrow.
Brother Zhang looked back at me, patted me on the shoulder, pointed to it, and motioned for me to go first.
I shook my head, how could I go in this situation, first, I was curious, and second, if I left them behind, I wouldn't be able to mix in the rivers and lakes in the future, and I wouldn't be able to get over my own psychology.
At this moment, suddenly a cloud of blood floated through the water. I saw that the direction of the blood was coming from Yuantong, he opened his hands, the water around him was already stained red, I understood what was going on, his hands were cut open when he pulled out the arrows.
Brother Zhang couldn't stand it anymore, so he swam over on the water, pulling Yuantong to leave.
Yuantong waved his hands and struggled, signaling that he couldn't go, but Brother Zhang was really angry and dragged him forcibly.
At this time, He Qingyou suddenly raised his hands, holding the arrow feather in his hand, and he pulled it out!