As soon as I got into this small hole, I was greeted by a thick smell of water vapor and the musty smell of the tide. You don't need to look to know that there must be groundwater behind the small hole, which may be an underground river or a pool of stagnant water.

Sure enough, we only walked about ten steps forward, and we felt that the ground was wet, and Xiao Mao held a flashlight to shine forward, but did not see the underground river.

"That's a lot of moisture." I reached out and touched it, and the moisture was so thick that my hair was almost dripping.

We stood where we were, constantly scanning the surroundings, the space behind the small hole was indeed very large, the light of the flashlight could not find the head, and it was dark in front of us, and we couldn't see anything clearly.

We slowly walked forward less than ten meters away, and Xiao Mao suddenly retracted his feet. I saw that his left foot seemed to be stepping on water, drenched, and his foot was raised, and the water droplets were still dripping down his shoe.

"Don't go." Xiao Mao waved his hand at me, and then lowered the light of the flashlight.

The ground in front of you suddenly looked like it was impossible to see anything, but as soon as the distance was shortened and illuminated with strong light, you would find that this ground was not the ground.

It was all water, and there was a layer of ash floating on the surface of the water, like algae, and also like moss. The gray moss covered the surface of the water, and the water was actually flowing slowly, but it was not noticeable from a distance.

I stirred the water with the crowbar I had brought with me, and the obscure algae slid to the side. The water is so deep that a one-meter-long crowbar can't be inserted into the bottom. As far as the eye can see, there is gray everywhere in front of you, and this water surface may be relatively large.

"Hiking may not be passable." Xiao Mao turned back to me and said, "Let's go back and get some things." ”

"Okay, safety first." I nodded, there were only three of us, and we had to do everything we could to keep everyone safe, so it didn't matter if we wasted some time.

Xiao Mao and I walked back again, and after drilling the small hole, Xiao Mao asked me to stay and wait with Chen Dong, and he went back to get something.

Chen Dong and I sat fine and chatted for a while. He is a relatively honest person and does not lie. When chatting, I learned that his current life is not very good, so I made a plan in my heart, this time I came to Ta'er Lake, delayed Chen Dong a lot of time, some equipment he spent money to buy, and when he went back, he had to give someone a sum of money.

The two of us sat for a long time, and Xiao Mao came back, and he brought all the swimming rings left here by Lu Fangding's team. Some of these rings were used up last time, and the rest is enough to make a simple raft.

Xiao Mao and I re-entered the small hole with the swimming ring, and walked to the side of the water covered with algae moss before we began to blow the swimming ring. While blowing on the swimming ring, I looked left and right. I feel that the water source of this body of water does not come from the dark river, but some water seeping out of the crevices of the rocks, and there may be a larger water source in the middle of nowhere, which is constantly pouring into it.

It didn't take long for an improvised raft to come out. Xiao Mao tried it first, and it was barely usable.

When the raft went into the water and we sat down on the raft one after the other and started paddling forward, my heart began to flutter. I'm from the north, and my swimming skills are very poor, especially on this surface of the water with zero visibility, which puts a lot of psychological pressure on me.

Xiao Mao and I took a wooden plank that we had picked up from the entrance of the cave, and then paddled the water to let the raft slowly slide forward. Not long after paddling, the wooden board was covered with those gray moss floating on the water, looking like gray mud snails, densely packed, making me feel a little itchy at the root of my teeth.

The light of the flashlight shines out, and it is impossible to see how wide the water surface is for the time being. The raft slid very slowly, it took about ten minutes to walk forward thirteen or fourteen meters away, and the two of them did not cooperate well when paddling with a wooden plank, and the raft always circled in place, and it took about ten minutes to get the hang of it.

The raft slid a little faster, and after going out for another seven or eight meters, the plank in my hand reached under the water, and suddenly it seemed to be stirred by something, and I couldn't pull it back at once. I involuntarily used force, but the underwater thing was very heavy, and this force, I lost my balance, the raft was not very stable, my body was crooked, and I quickly reached out and grabbed Xiaomao. Xiao Mao didn't exert much force on the raft, and I didn't grasp it firmly this time, so I slipped directly into the water.

However, Xiao Mao saw the opportunity quickly, and immediately lay flat on the raft, lowered his center of gravity, and then stretched out his hand to pull me.

The water was deep and cold, and I soaked in it and couldn't help but shiver. The raft was not strong and could not be tossed hard, so I grabbed Xiao Mao's hand and slowly climbed towards the raft.

Just as I was climbing up with all my might, my right foot submerged in the water suddenly felt tight, I didn't know if I was feeling right, but I felt as if my ankle was being grabbed by a hand.

"There's something down there!!" I couldn't stand this kind of stimulation, my body suddenly struggled, and I shouted to Xiao Mao: "It seems to have grabbed my feet!" ”

Xiao Mao wanted to pull me up slowly, but as soon as he heard my words, he immediately sped up, leaned back, and pulled my hand hard, trying his best to maintain the balance of the raft.

I couldn't know what was grabbing my ankle in the water, panicked, and my movements became extremely fast, grabbed Xiao Mao's hand, jumped up from the water, and climbed onto the raft.

The moment I got out of the water, the sensation in my ankle was completely gone, and I rolled onto the raft, gasping for air, in horror. Xiao Mao took a flashlight on the surface of the water where I fell into the water, but I didn't see anything.

"There's something in the water?"

"I ......" I looked down at my ankle, which felt like a hand when I was caught, but now that I'm on the raft, I'm suddenly unsure if it's right: "I ...... I can't tell...... either."

"There's no way there's anyone here."

"Well, I also think that no one can ......" I know that the space behind this small hole has only one exit, which is that small hole. If there were other exits to the space, then there would be no need to plug this little hole, and it wouldn't work.

There was no light, no food, no microorganisms and some algae stuff, and it was impossible for large organisms to survive.

I thought, maybe I'm wrong.

At this time, I saw that the plank that I had used as an oar was still undulating on the water next to the raft, and I reached out to grab it, but when I pulled it back, I felt that something was still entangled.

This time, I was on guard, and I worked together with Xiao Mao to slowly pull the plank over first, and then pull it up evenly. Immediately after, a mess was pulled up with the plank.

The planks were removed from the wooden box, and there were still nails on them, and this mess was probably hung on the nails. The mass was heavy, dripping with water, and when I dragged it onto the raft, I saw that it looked like a mass of clothes under the bright light.

The clothes were already unrecognizable, the color was not visible, the style could not be seen, and they had been soaked in water for too long, and they were still stained with a layer of gray moss.

Although it was just a mass of clothes that had changed beyond recognition, it was a sign that someone had been here.

It is not entirely certain whether Lu Fangding organized the second Ta'er Lake operation, but this possibility is estimated to be 90 percent. The second Ta'er Lake operation was still a failure, Xiao Mao analyzed, with Lu Fang's kind of character, if he was not forced to do nothing, he would not give up easily.

Lu Fangding obviously found this underground space and sent someone in. I can't tell if this lump of clothes was thrown here by Lu Fangding's people at that time, but this lump of clothes that has been soaked in water for so long makes me feel an inexplicable panic.

I took the crowbar and slowly flipped the messy clothes, and it was only then that I realized that there was a belt in the clothes, and the belt was still in the water. The quality of this belt is quite good, it has been soaked in water for a long time, and it is not rotten. I grabbed the strap and lifted it up, and I felt that there might be something on the end of the belt hanging in the water.

However, the contents of the water did not sink, and it did not take much effort to lift them.

Crash......

The moment the contents of the water were lifted out of the water, it seemed to fall apart with a clatter, and then I saw that there was a skeleton at the other end of the belt.

The skeleton of a person.

A layer of sweat suddenly broke out of my brain, to be honest, something more terrifying and permeable than a skeleton, I haven't seen it, but at this moment, this skeleton that has just been fished out of the water makes me tremble.

The skeleton was scattered, and only the upper body was still hanging on the belt buckle. Looking at the two black holes above the skull, the horror in my heart became more and more intense. My mind was confused, and I even began to wonder if the feeling of being grabbed by my ankle under the water was an illusion.

However, the more I thought about it, the more confused I felt, this was just a skeleton, it could be holding my ankle underwater?

The scattered skeletons fell into the water and were no longer visible, and I dragged the remaining skeletons onto the raft. Now I can't tell how long the owner of this skeleton has been dead, and there are only half of the scattered skeletons left, and there are few clues that can be found, but Xiao Mao and I are still watching intently, hoping to find some clues.

This is common sense, if we come to a very strange place and find that people have died in this place before, then we have to do our best to find the cause of death of the body. If the identity of the corpse can't be found, forget it, but the cause of death is very important, because if the cause of death can't be found, maybe the next one to die will be us.