Chapter Eighty-Seven: Underground Culverts

Xiaoliu washed his face again. Feng Yuan said that he didn't agree to take him with him, at first Xiao Liu of course said that he didn't follow anything, he endured the pain on his arm for a while, but it was not a trick.

To put it mildly, Xiao Liu agreed to be stationed, on the one hand, to dispose of the corpse, and on the other hand, to complete the task given to him by Feng Yuan.

This is a task that only he can do. Xiao Liu crouched down, prostrate on the dark and damp ground, and every time he climbed over a stone brick covered with filth, his mind clearly covered this deep ditch channel.

As Feng Yuan said, this task can only be completed by himself. Xiao Liu's gaze rested on his arm, a criss-crossing arm that was originally covered with shark traces, but now it was gone.

But it didn't disappear without a trace, the ugly scar still remained on his wrist, but Xiao Liu felt that such a "decoration" was very beautiful. Although he was short and thin, with a bamboo pole like a rib on his waist that could almost be seen, he still crawled like a rat in a hole.

Xiao Liu is very familiar with the terrain here, because this ditch has some relationship with him. Xiaoliu can still remember what happened to his father when he opened this old-style ditch.

However, it is no longer useful. Xiao Liu was stunned, he stretched out his fingers, rubbing them against the masonry of the sewer, and the teeth in his mouth creaked.

Ha Long Town was originally just a small fishing village, and there was no harbor wharf in the future, and the mooring of boats depended on the skills of local villagers.

This is also the reason why the economy has been in trouble under the conditions of Ha Long's geographical environment and favorable scenery. But the Shark Guild has made a change, and the reason for the initial establishment of this guild is mentioned by Xiao Liu's father.

Because every year, 60% of fishermen who go out to sea to fish and hunt die under sharks. In order to make this name etched in their bones, the fishermen of Ha Long Town did not intend to escape from this danger just like this, and spontaneously formed such a guild, so that they could help each other as soon as possible in case of distress.

The shark festival is beginning to bear fruit, and the harvest is getting better and better every year, and the stable supply and hunting have made the village grow more and more rapidly. Xiaoliu's father can be regarded as the second generation, and when he was born, the place of Xialong has changed.

There are ports, there are cities, and of course there are fishermen and fishermen, which can be said to be one of their cultures.

Xiao Liu took a deep breath, and according to Feng Yuan's instructions, he had to rush to the bottom of the fish market without any navigation equipment, although this area was not an urban area, there was indeed an abandoned old-style sewer passing by.

It was repaired by his father. Little Six clearly remembers what happened at that time, even though he was still very young. In order to attract more households and businesses, the sharks decided to dig deep ditches and develop the infrastructure of the Ha Long area.

Xiaoliu's father is not a senior plumber, so it stands to reason that he can leave here and go elsewhere to develop. In fact, when Xiaoliu was very young, he often saw his neighbors move out of the village one after another.

It's human nature.

But if it was Xiaoliu's father, he would have said so. It's for my hometown. At that time, Xiao Liu didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, until one day, when they found out that the "shark" they relied on for survival had bitten themselves, it was already too late.

Xiaoliu's father is optimistic. He judged the size of the town of Xialong, one

It will definitely be the star of tomorrow and will develop into a new urban settlement, so he contracted all the ditches and underpasses of the fish market in Halong Town, measured the planning, and made the culverts of manpower, which ran through the sewerage of the entire town.

Such facilities are necessary for a tropical climate with year-round rain. Ha Long town has also gradually grown, and the fish market is booming. Until one day, after a period of continuous typhoon and rain, all the fish markets in the surrounding towns stopped doing business, and for safety reasons, they could not even do the business of net fish.

But the lower dragon is different. The Shark Club formulated a new policy of "stimulating fishing and hunting", and even used the fish rent jointly submitted by the fishermen as a hole card to manipulate the fish market, relying on human lives to pile up the only fresh fish in the entire sea area.

That time, they made a lot of money, whether it was the high-level of the Shark Club or the people of Ha Long Town, although they took a great risk, it seemed that everything was worth it.

To this day, Xiaoliu gritted his teeth.

In that fishing operation, only a few people's families were shattered, and their pillars went to sea and never returned, including Xiaoliu's father.

But their voices have long been masked by the actual benefits, and no one cares about the voices of these people. What the people care about is the real money they get from sharks.

Relying on such a system, the shark club has gradually developed into a scale, and the sewers in Halong Town have also been rested by a more professional team, and Xiaoliu's father's set is more like garbage that has been used up and thrown away, hoarded in the corner, and no one cares.

Without his father, Xiaoliu's family has become fragmented, naively thinking that he may be able to survive well with hard work. Unexpectedly, the rent of the Shark Club is getting higher and higher day by day, and Xiaoliu eventually becomes the "cargo" of the Shark Club.

What's wrong with the people in this town? Xiaoliu sometimes thinks that they have to fill their wallets and show a gesture of sympathy, but they don't know where the root of all this is.

Until one day, Xiaoliu met Aqi. This mysterious young man seems to have similar experiences to them, but he never refuses to tell his own story, almost like a ghost, floating in a different world.

Unconsciously, Ah Qi gathered a whole family, and most of them were in similar situations, and Xiao Liu once again found a sense of home here. But it was not enough for them to satisfy their stomachs.

Aqi has said that he has seen his siblings disappear under the control of the Sharks for an unknown number of times. He didn't want to, couldn't afford to lose it all again, and couldn't bear such tragedies repeating themselves again and again.

Xiao Liu only made up his mind at this time.

Resist.

The wound on the hand was simply bandaged, although it was inevitably painful. Xiao Liu staggered a few steps and arrived at a fork, from here the channel was divided into two, and one detoured through Daoxialong Town, forming a closed loop. while the other runs directly through the fish market.

Xiao Liu held his breath and stared, he wandered on this path for a while, there was almost no place to see in the dark environment, to find the right path from here, whether it was experience or judgment, it was useless.

That's why Xiao Liu thinks that this is a task that only he can complete.

Feng Yuan had already expected that this trip would be auspicious before he set off, and what Xiao Liu needed to do was to wait for the signal in the ditch below the fish market so that he could respond quickly. This is the worst-case scenario.

Xiao Liu took a deep breath, and to be honest, he didn't think he could send anything

Use. Among Aqi's brothers, he is the youngest in age, and he can't take advantage of his physical strength or skills.

But now, Ah Liu understands his worth. He snapped his eyes open, and the murmur of water in the murky sewers, which smelled rancid, accompanied by the vibrations that pierced through the ground, made him feel the noise of the ground.

And a secluded path on the opposite side spread zigzag into the distance, and in Xiao Liu's opinion, it seemed that he could see his father's figure from afar. He made up his mind and moved quickly in this direction.

As the trembling sound above his head gradually became intense, Xiao Liu understood that he had chosen the right one. Although this channel is deep enough, when manually excavated, there is no guarantee that the direction is straight, so the final excavated product is actually twisted and twisted, and the upper and lower bends are inconsistent.

Therefore, it is difficult to tell how far away from the ground, whether you look up from the ground or from the top. But Xiao Liu's intuition could already conclude that he had found his true destination.

Xiao Liu held his breath and stared, just waiting for Feng Yuan's code.

He visually measured the vertical distance up and down, although it could not be measured in a mysterious darkness, but from the sense of space, Xiao Liu could also roughly judge that the distance should not exceed 5 meters, and it was still within a safe range.

The only trouble is that the terrain here is very rugged, because it doesn't need to be put into practical use immediately, so the cave is very rough, and there are many collapses of various sizes in the cave, plus it has been abandoned for a long time. Xiao Liuyi bypassed these collapsed places one by one and found a warm and stable resting place, he let out a long breath, leaned down with his small body, and stretched his waist.

However, just after relaxing his spirit, Xiao Liu suddenly felt a little sound from the sky, he pricked up his ears, and listened intently in the complete darkness, and the sound of metal knocking echoed into Xiao Liu's ears along the deep channel.

"This is." Xiao Liu's eyes lit up. "Could it be Brother Feng!"

He came to his senses, and immediately followed the voice, and rushed forward hand and foot. However, the things in front of him blocked Xiao Liu, and it was like a thunderbolt that slashed him all over his body.

The narrow channel could only accommodate two figures, but the situation in front of Xiao Liu was even more complicated, the collapsed ground formed a huge depression, and the depression was covered by the bulge formed by the excavation of the new ditch. In short, there is a huge mound of earth in front of Xiao Liu.

Xiao Liu's head boomed.

"This task can only be completed by you, Little Liu, I didn't let you go on an adventure with us, not because I was afraid that you would be burdensome." Feng Yuan's words still echoed in Xiao Liu's ears. "I'll leave the lives of a few of us to you."

When Feng Yuan said this, Xiao Liu didn't see that kind of condescending arrogance and sympathy, on the contrary, this unserious weirdo didn't seem to think about the difference between people from the beginning.

Only what everyone has, only what they can accomplish.

Xiao Liu bent over, like a cat staring at his prey, the muscles of his whole body gathered into a contracted spring, and his hands became claws.

"Leave it to me." He muttered silently, the figure of his father appeared in his mind, his dry body seemed to be full of strength, digging up the muddy clods in the sewer one by one, although it was a drop in the bucket, but Xiao Liu seemed to feel his father's mood at that time.

Xiao Liu's sweat was pouring down, but there was not much time left for him. He distinctly heard a violent sound erupt above his head.

Gunshot.