XXXXI. Underwater Crisis
Looking at the atrium in front of him, as well as the temple not far away, Lisa Liu turned decisively, swam in the opposite direction, swam through the doorway, and stopped abruptly, it was the atrium and the temple that he had explored before! Seeing this situation, Zheng Ping'an, Lisa, and Li Lingyun made eye contact with each other. Li Lingyun pointed and took the lead in swimming towards the temple, and let Zheng Ping'an hold the waterproof rope hanging from his waist and stay in place. Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an stayed where they were, gesturing to the two sailors, and the two of them snorkeled upward. Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an looked up and watched the two swim towards the top of the cave, and when they were about to touch the top of the cave, two huge black shadows quickly swam towards the two people, Lisa Liu had the heart to remind, but there was still time there, and in an instant, the two black shadows arrived in front of the two of them, opened their mouths and bit them, and tore off two pieces of meat on the two of them. Lisa Liu hurriedly used the flare gun in her hand to aim at the black shadow and shoot two underwater signal flares. The two dark shadows seemed to be very afraid of the light, and quickly flashed to the side.
Zheng Ping'an and Lisa Liu saw clearly that these two black shadows looked like eels, without scales, but their mouths were full of sharp teeth, although they were afraid of cold light bullets and curled up to the side, but they did not have the slightest intention of retreating. Although the two sailors were attacked, the surrounding waters were covered with blood, but fortunately, they did not have to worry about their lives and swam back quickly. The two huge "eels" had the intention to pursue, but they were always a little afraid of cold light bullets and did not move, but before the two of them swam back a few meters, they saw that the white sand on both sides quickly flew out of the dense small scallop-like creatures, these small things are round, white, occasionally mixed with colored ones, and look soft, like snowflake catkins, very gorgeous.
At this time, the cold light bomb has burned out, Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an are ready to fight, if these two big eels and the like attack here, the two wounded sailors don't mention it, the two people really don't have the ability to resist. But unexpectedly, when the two large eels saw the shellfish floating below, they retreated and disappeared into the deep cave. Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an just breathed a sigh of relief, but saw these shellfish creatures quickly run to the two wounded sailors, biting and exposing their wounds one by one, and some soft and glutinous jellyfish-like shellfish creatures greedily absorbed the blood in the water, sucking their bodies and turning red. The two men were surrounded by these shellfish creatures, as if they were wrapped in feathers. In just a few minutes, the two of them kept exhaling loudly, and then there was no sound.
Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an witnessed these two sudden attacks throughout the whole process, and they can no longer be described as creepy. Zheng Ping'an felt that his whole body was cold, his hands and feet were paralyzed, and he turned his head to look at Lisa Liu with difficulty, judging from his expression, Lisa was not much stronger. At this time, it was in the water, and if it was on land, Zheng Ping'an could imagine that the two of them should have already collapsed on the ground.
On the sailor's side, it doesn't end because of the death of the two people, on the contrary, it seems that for these shellfish creatures that seem harmless to humans and animals, it seems that it is the beginning of the feast, and I don't know how many such creatures are still pouring out under the white sand, pouring towards the two dead bodies that have just died, slowly tearing and biting, Zheng Ping'an and Lisa Liu both feel that they can hear the sound of the meat being torn off and the ruins being slowly chewed.
The two of them were stunned in place, Leng Buding was dragged from behind, and when they looked back, they saw that Li Lingyun had come out of the temple, I don't know if they saw the terrifying situation just now, but Li Lingyun didn't seem to be affected, and pulled the two people into the temple and slowly retreated. Li Lingyun was afraid of startling the unknown shellfish creatures that were eating, Zheng Ping'an and Lisa Liu were also afraid of disturbing the two big eels just now, so they were extremely careful, and even their breathing slowed down a lot, trying to reduce the bubbles brought out by their breathing. I just feel my heart pounding in my chest!
There was no surprise until he retreated to the entrance of the hall, and Li Lingyun breathed a sigh of relief. Since entering this strange water, Li Lingyun has been looking in all directions, especially his eyes have not left Zheng Ping'an's body at any time, and he has also taken a look at the strange situation outside the store just now, and when he saw that these creatures did not follow, he speculated that these creatures were bloodthirsty.
Even so, the three of them felt that the farther away from these strange creatures was better, and if these unknown creatures went crazy, they would definitely explain to them. This temple is exactly the same as the original one, the pig's head that has been knocked off is still in place, and the shelf on which the black beads are placed on the offering table is still empty. If it weren't for what happened just now, everyone would have felt that they had never left this temple.
Li Lingyun looked at the pointer of the compressed oxygen cylinder, there were still 20 minutes left. If there were no accidents, the three of them would be able to swim out now, and the air in the tube would be sufficient, but now that the danger is lurking, the three of them have no idea what is going on, and they can't find the exit at all, and the original doorway for entry and exit seems to have become a revolving door, no matter how they swim, they will swim into the atrium covered with fine sand, and the atrium is occupied by unknown shellfish.
The three of them were hesitating, Li Lingyun stretched out his hand and pointed at the outside of the hall, Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an turned their heads to look, only to feel that their scalps were hairy and cold sweat was repeated. The unknown creatures outside the door, like catkins, floated towards the hall one after another. And for some reason, these shellfish creatures emit a faint blue light, giving people a thrilling sense of beauty when viewed from a distance.
Li Lingyun asked Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an to stay where they were, and he gently swam towards the door, Lisa Liu wanted to stop it, but Zheng Ping'an hurriedly stopped it. Li Lingyun has never done anything reckless, and he must have a reason to go. Gesturing to Lisa Liu to check the offering table separately from him. Since the black beads on the altar can be withdrawn by mechanism, it is not known what other roads there may be. There were five tributes on the table, and the pig's head had been knocked off. Several other bronze vessels were also divided into powders after the churning of Lisa and Zheng Ping'an, but the bull-headed vessel in the middle remained unmoved.
Zheng Ping'an and Lisa Liu pushed the bronze vessel riding the bull's head up and down left and right, although it was a little loose, but the strength of the two of them really couldn't push it. was about to beckon Li Lingyun back and push it, but when he turned his head, he saw that Li Lingyun had already returned, and a plastic bag for collecting underwater creatures was pinned to his waist, which was filled with unknown creatures, and there was a quiet light. But behind him, a creature glowing with blue glow had already filled half of the hall, and it was floating towards the three of them without hurry!
Li Lingyun swam in front of the two of them, and the three of them pushed the ox head bronze forward with a "squeak", revealing an entrance for one person to enter and exit under the offering table. Li Lingyun saw that there were only ten minutes left in the oxygen cylinder, and then made a subsequent gesture, put the glowing biological collection bag in front of him, and took the lead in diving into the cave. Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an entered.
The entrance is narrow, and after entering is a staircase that continues to descend, and at intervals on either side there are corresponding sculptures of boys and girls, holding a bead in their hands, which glows faintly. With the lesson outside the main hall just now, the three of them did not dare to touch any objects, Li Lingyun was worried that the oxygen was not enough, so he took the lead and maintained a uniform swimming speed, so that the oxygen would not be consumed too quickly. Zheng Ping'an took a slight look at the sculptures of boys and girls on both sides by the faint light of the beads, which were as lifelike as the murals in the main hall, and everyone looked different, all of them lowered their heads and lowered their eyes, as if they were asleep, and their hair and clothes were constantly swaying with the fluctuations of the water. If it weren't for the eerie palace at 35 meters underwater, the sculptures could have been mistaken for an invited actor.
Li Lingyun opened the way in front, worrying about running out of oxygen is one thing, but what makes him even more itchy in his heart is that the black beads held by these sculptures of boys and girls around him can actually emit a ghostly light underwater, it must be a great thing, if he can fish out a few and sell them outside, he will definitely be able to solve his poor life, although Zheng Ping'an is tall and big, just like a little daughter-in-law, he will be angry in the future, who will come if he doesn't stand up for him? It's better to raise him yourself. But this place is full of weirdness, and it is clear that these black beads cannot be moved, or maybe something will come out. Don't take it, it's really itchy in my heart. I had to look back while swimming.
Lisa and Zheng Ping'an thought that Li Lingyun was constantly confirming the situation here, and gestured again and again to confirm that everything was fine. After ten minutes, the three of them walked out of the corridor and came to an unusually wide hall, which was still frescoed on both sides, and in the middle was a naked man and two women holding a white bead. The white ball, the size of half a football, glowed with a faint white glow that illuminated the entire hall. The four male and female statues holding the pearl raised their heads and looked at the pearl with reverence, the four people were not in their twenties, the muscles were tight and full of strength, and the women were also in their twenties, with plump bodies and smooth lines. The facial expressions of the four are reverent, and the hair fibers on their bodies are vivid. Zheng Ping'an couldn't help but admire the maker of the statue when he saw it, this kind of craftsmanship can be described as ingenious.
The four statues are followed by a wide stone staircase. The three of them looked up and felt that there was light coming in, and they couldn't help but feel a shock in their hearts, it was the so-called endless road. Li Lingyun asked Lisa Liu and Zheng Ping'an to swim forward, and when the two swam past Li Lingyun, Zheng Ping'an saw that Li Lingyun's face was a little unnatural, and he glanced back, and the cold sweat that had just gone down was aroused again, and he hurriedly pulled Li Lingyun to swim forward. Li Lingyun went to make a reassuring gesture, so that Zheng Ping'an hurriedly caught up with Lisa Liu.
The group of shellfish creatures that emitted a ghostly light rushed over from the tunnel like a ball of catkins, but the corridor at this time was different from when the three people passed, and there were many things that looked like snakes and non-snakes, fish and non-fish stretched out from the top and side walls of the corridor, dense and turning, constantly gnawing on the "catkins" that poured over, and the shellfish creatures were not good at stubble, and they also tore these snakes and fish and the like one by one. There is silence under the water, and the two sides are fighting for their lives, but except for mixing up a little water quality, there is no sound, which is difficult to imagine unless you see it with your own eyes.
Zheng Ping'an, Li Lingyun, and Lisa were glad that they didn't touch anything in the corridor, otherwise the three of them would have avoided those nameless shellfish, and they wouldn't have been able to avoid those snakes and fish.
Li Lingyun saw that Lisa and Zheng Ping'an had already swam up the wide steps and dived towards the top of their heads. He used a knife to open an opening in the underwater creature collection bag in his hand, and dozens of shellfish in it swam in the direction of the fight. As soon as they swam to the edge of the road, snakes and fish reached out of the wall of the road to bite the shellfish, as if they were undying enemies. Taking advantage of this time, Li Lingyun hooked the bead in the hand of the nearest boy with a shake of the waterproof rope with an iron hook, and took it into his arms. Upon boarding, a snake fish protruded from the boy's sleeve, but immediately shellfish began to bite at the snakefish. The statue of the boy shook a few times, fell to the side, and the beads gurgled and hit Li Lingyun's feet, but in the end, Li Lingyun still got it.
Li Lingyun took the beads and immediately turned around, and the moment he turned around, he found that the fallen statue was broken into two, and the middle was full of snakes and fish, densely intertwined and intertwined, it looked like his scalp was numb, and he was a little afraid, and he saw that there seemed to be traces of white bones in the middle of the statue, but when the black beads came to his hand, he didn't think much about it, and saw that his oxygen was only 5 minutes at most, so he hurriedly swam to the wide steps at the fastest speed, and when he was halfway, he simply threw down the oxygen cylinder and floated up in one breath.