Volume 3 Tomb of the Night King Chapter 44 Crossing the Lake in Distress
The tent that had just been made had to be dismantled again, but fortunately it was easier to dismantle than to erect. After putting away the business, we went straight down to the lake. However, at this time, Zhao Zhifeng suddenly came out of the water, held a flashlight and shook it at us, and was still screaming something.
He was so far away from us that he had almost swam to the other side that we couldn't hear him clearly. In this way, we didn't bother to pay attention to him, so we went directly into the water and swam to the opposite side.
Zhao Zhifeng shook the flashlight on the surface of the water more and more frequently, and even slapped the water, as if he was very eager. We didn't really know what he was trying to say, so we just ignored him and swam in his direction.
However, when we swam to the center of the lake, Zhao Zhifeng suddenly slapped the water a few times, and then disappeared on the surface of the lake. Han Chang seemed to be very dissatisfied with Zhao Zhifeng's irresponsible behavior, and shouted a few times at the water, to the effect that he would come over to help transport Liu Laoqi.
But after screaming a few times, Zhao Zhifeng did not respond, and we didn't see Zhao Zhifeng floating up on the water except for us.
"What's going on? He's been down for a long time, doesn't he need to ventilate? After a long time, Han Chang also called for a long time, but he didn't see Zhao Zhifeng come up, Han Chang couldn't help but feel strange.
"Yes! What's going on? Why don't you dive in and take a look? Professor Han was also very worried.
I looked left and right, Ji Shili, Han Dong, Han Chang and Yu Qian were all tasked with protecting Liu Laoqi, so I was free, didn't this mean it to me?
I nodded, and plunged into the water. After entering the water, I found that the range of flashlight was not very large, so I had to blindly search.
However, after a few quick pushes forward, I suddenly saw a large number of bubbles gushing out of the water on the other side. Curious, I leaned over and prepared to take a look and float up.
However, when I got into those bubbles, I realized that the water in the bubbles was actually downward, and the force was very strong. I just stuck my head in, and the current pulled my head down.
I was startled, hurriedly retreated, and then quickly floated up. As soon as I went up, I saw that Yu Qian and the others had already swam over.
"Don't come here! Go that way! I hurriedly waved my hand and shook my flashlight to instruct them to get around the place.
Yu Qianleng paused, and then took the lead in changing directions, preparing to bypass my position.
"Is something wrong? What about Zhifeng? Professor Han asked after walking around to me.
"I haven't found it yet, but Zhao Zhifeng should have been stopping us from coming here just now, there is a ...... under this water."
"Be careful!" Before I could finish my sentence, Yu Qian suddenly shouted and pointed behind me.
I was stunned, and subconsciously threw myself forward and plunged into the water. After entering the water, I turned over, the flashlight swept by, and what I saw in front of me immediately made me numb.
What's that? I was shocked and began to swim to the death, trying to get away from this thing as soon as possible. However, the thing I saw was shooting at me so fast that I was trapped by it in an instant.
This is a tentacle, a huge tentacle, after I was tied, only my right hand can move, and when I touch this huge tentacle, I only feel cold and slippery.
Then, I was pulled to the bottom of the water by it, and at this moment, I was so frightened that I grabbed it with my right hand, but unfortunately it was all water, and there was nothing. I wanted to scream for help again, but a mouthful of water choked in, forcing me to dare not scream again.
Don't you want to eat me? I struggled hopelessly, and I thought in horror of what would happen.
The flashlight fell off when I was caught in it, and I couldn't see anything underwater at this time, and what was worse was that I couldn't hold my breath at this time, and my chest felt like it was going to burst.
And at that moment, I felt a sudden stirring in the water, and the tentacles felt twitch and then sway violently. Immediately after that, I felt a sticky liquid coming out of the water, which made me quite uncomfortable. However, I noticed that the tentacles that bound me seemed to be loosening a little.
This was an opportunity, I pushed and grabbed with my right hand, struggled frantically, and after a few fiddling strokes, the tentacle "boomed" and let go of me. I hurriedly swam upstream, almost with all the strength to feed, and swam desperately.
At the same time, there was a big stirring under the water, and the water was so stirred that it boiled like boiling water, and I couldn't hold my direction at all.
But it also helped me, and although I couldn't grasp the direction, there was a push that accelerated me upwards.
After the "snap" impact, finally, I broke through the water and floated up. After a few hard breaths, I began to swim desperately.
I don't know where I've come from until now, I just want to get ashore quickly, or get away from here. But I had not swam far before I heard someone calling me, and I followed the sound and looked around, but it was pitch black everywhere, and I couldn't see anything.
"Behind! Behind! The voice shouted again, and as soon as I turned around in a hurry, I saw a head floating on the lake behind me, and this head was Zhao Zhifeng.
"This ......" I was startled, a head! I thought he was dead, so I swam backwards several times and left him far away.
"Won't you save me? I'm dying......" Zhao Zhifeng's head suddenly shouted at me in a very weak voice.
"You're still alive?" I was startled again, and without waiting for him to answer, I hurriedly swam over again.
Holding his head and fucking with his other hand, I realized that Zhao Zhifeng was cold and cold, as soft as a dead man. He was able to float, seemingly only by the force of the uplift caused by the agitation of the water just now.
And there was something slimy on his face, and I don't know what it was, and I couldn't wipe it off after a few wipes.
Repositioning, I grabbed him from behind his back and prepared to swim. However, when I was just about to act, I was confused, where is this shore? There is no moonlight tonight, I don't have a flashlight, three meters away, it's pitch black!
"Chen Fei! Over here! "I was confused, and I was about to swim in a random direction, when a beam of light suddenly shot from my left hand, and then I heard Yu Qian's voice.
I looked over there, and there was a group of people over there, and they must have gone ashore. Without saying a word, I adjusted my direction and swam to them.
On the shore, it should be Han Dong and Ji Shili who went into the water and came to me to answer. I sighed and escaped death again.
However, at this time, I heard a fierce bubble sound, as if something was about to emerge. I was so frightened that I didn't dare to move, because I didn't know which direction it was.
"Don't move!" At this time, Yu Qian on the shore shouted. I didn't dare to move for a long time, and Han Dong and Ji Shili also stopped swimming at this time, not daring to move anymore.
"Whoa!" Immediately after, there was a sound of water breaking around me, and then I saw a huge tentacle rush out of the water. On top of it, green mucus was dripping into the water, and the sound, the scene, I almost felt like my heart was going to stop.
"Smack!" After showing its face, the tentacles fell into the water, and then disappeared with a bubbling sound. Afterwards, Han Dong and Ji Shili swam over, and then pulled me and Zhao Zhifeng to swim to the shore.
As soon as she landed on the shore, Yu Qian pounced, and she burst into tears. Muttered in my ear, but I didn't hear what was said.
All I hear now is my own heartbeat, and it feels like it's going to fly out of my throat.
"What's that?" When my heart rate calmed down, I couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know, we can't see clearly, it feels a bit like an octopus's feet......" Han Dong was underwater, and it was relatively close, so he said.
"It's not an octopus, it's not a foot...... That's its body! Zhao Zhifeng also recovered a little, but he was still weak to speak.
A tentacle-like body...... "I was amazed, what could such a huge thing, such a flexible thing?"
"I don't know what it is, it feels a lot like a slug. It's too big, it's disgusting, though! Zhao Zhifeng doesn't seem to have come out of the shadows.
"I saw Master Li underwater, he died, he was crushed under the stones under the water......" Immediately after, Zhao Zhifeng confided in a shocking news, hearing this news, we were all shocked.
"I just used Master Li's shovel to chop that thing, otherwise I and you Chen Fei will probably die underwater!" Zhao Zhifeng looked at me and said.
I was pulled down because I didn't have a flashlight and couldn't see anything, but Zhao Zhifeng did, so he should have seen me underwater.
"Thank you......" I said to him.
"No thanks, we're all partners in life and death." Zhao Zhifeng seems to have changed a lot on this trip. Hearing him say something like that, we all nodded.
"There are holes under the water, and there are many holes, all connected, and I guess that thing dug them. Master Li should have been dragged down by that thing in the water next to the mausoleum and brought here. Zhao Zhifeng said again.
"Could it be that all the places in this mountain range where there is water have been opened? But this place is so far from the mausoleum......" Ji Shili was surprised.
I took over and explained, "It shouldn't be far away, it's just the confusion of the formation." We can't see, we can't feel the direction, so it's just the curve all the time. ”
"I see...... Then we have to be careful when we encounter water. Also, in addition to Lao Li, there are other colleagues and your team members who didn't enter the mausoleum, how are they? Professor Han looked at Han Dong with a sad face and said.
Master Li didn't participate in us at all, and he suffered such a fate when he stayed outside, which had to worry Professor Han.
"We may have affected them to get out of the mountain, but now we can't control them, we just want to be able to escape the catastrophe and not have any accidents!" Han Dong was also worried, but there was nothing he could do.
In this line of going into the mountains, no one expected such a big change. Master Li's death is even more of an accident.
Now that Master Li's body is underwater, we don't dare to go into the water to take it out, after all, the monster was just injured by Zhao Zhifeng's sneak attack, and it didn't die. rashly entering the water will only follow in the footsteps of Master Li.
The group stood on the shore and mourned for a moment before moving on. We have to climb the high ground first, and then we can rest.