"Strange, this dead thing seems to have something carved into its claws!" Lao Wang suddenly squatted down and said.

Su Rui moved the light under the monster, only to see that there was a "swastika" symbol on its thick legs.

"Isn't it mud?" Ziyang wiped his hand on the gargoyle's cuticle legs, and the place where the "swastika" symbol was printed was obviously a little different.

"Damn, this looks like it's branded!" Ziyang exclaimed.

Lao Wang gasped: "Who has such a great ability to tattoo this monster?" ”

This gargoyle has a body the size of a car, wings spread nearly six meters, and legs and claws are the thickness of a human forearm.

Su Rui lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said, "Do you remember the paintings on the stone wall?" I remember one of them showing a couple of men taming a gargoyle in a cage with an iron fork. ”

"You mean this gargoyle is the one they caught? So this old guy is at least a few hundred years old, right? It's almost the same as Yang Guo's eagle! Lao Wang exclaimed.

"Who is Yang Guo?" Su Rui has not seen Jin Yong's "The Condor Heroes", so he naturally doesn't know the character of Yang Guo.

Zi Yang explained to her: "Yang Guo is a character in martial arts, he once met a divine eagle, who is the mount and companion of the martial arts stranger Dugu seeking defeat, and is also a divine beast that has lived for hundreds of years. ”

"Alas! It's a pity, it's a pity! Lao Wang patted his thigh and said in frustration: "Maybe this old bird will have some magical skills, it is good to accept Lao Tzu as an apprentice, but he was stabbed to death by Lao Tzu!" ”

Zi Yang rolled his eyes: "You've been thinking about good things all day long, this flat-haired beast didn't eat us all, it's already considered lucky!" ”

Lao Wang held the gargoyle's wings and shook his head and sighed: "Alas, Brother Bird, Brother Bird, don't blame Lao Wang for being ruthless, if I don't make a move, Lao Li will be pecked to death by you, don't blame me for this...... By the way, Brother Bird, have you hidden some martial arts cheats, elixirs, moonlight treasure boxes or something somewhere? ”

"Don't make a fuss, let's find out where this gargoylee came from now!" Su Rui looked warily at the surrounding mountain walls.

Zi Yang shuddered, Su Rui was right, such a huge gargoyle, its lair must also be very spectacular.

Su Rui twisted the miner's lamp to the brightest point, and the pillar of light swept across the rock wall, and there was no way out of the stone wall except for the gap they had drilled through.

"Strange, where did this stupid bird come from? It's so big, and that crack in the stone can't fit its body! Lao Wang scratched his head in confusion and said.

Su Rui shone the light on the ground and stared at a pool of turquoise water next to him in silence.

"This thing can't come out of this pool, right?" Ziyang squatted down and teased the pool. I remember that Qin Xianghe said before that this gargoyle can pass through deep water and break through the sealing barrier. It seems that it has survived underground for too long, evolving some ability to ignore drastic changes in water pressure.

Su Rui looked at Lao Wang and Zi Yang, "It seems that there is only one way left in front of us. ”

At this moment, the sound of the stones falling to the ground was heard in the gap behind them, and it seemed that the monsters inside were waiting to hunt them.

"Xiao Su, I have a question, what if this pool-this sewer has no head? Don't run into any Mobius rings! On shore we can catch a few more breaths, but it's not so easy underwater, and my oxygen tank won't last long. Lao Wang said worriedly.

"Why don't I go down and explore the way first?" Su Rui said.

Zi Yang shook his head: "No, even if you can find a way out, it will be too exhausting for you to turn back." ”

Su Rui knew that what Zi Yang said made sense, after more than 20 hours of high-intensity exercise, their physical strength was basically overdrawn. But they have no other choice.

"That's better than having all three of them stuffed underwater." Su Rui insisted.

"What are you kidding? You're going to die alone, leaving us two big men here to live like dogs? No way! Die to die together! The old Wang next door said awe-inspiringly.

"I'm baba You can't speak with this dog's mouth, what a, phew! Zi Yang spat a few mouthfuls on the ground, and Lao Wang's words were really unlucky.

"Okay, let's go into the water together, whether we can get out depends on the creation."

The three of them stood hand in hand, slowly walked down the pool, and when the water reached their necks, the three of them looked at each other and drilled down together.

As Su Rui expected, although the pool above did not look large, the waterway below was deep and open, but it was full of rocks and twists and turns, and after an hour or two of marching, their last underwater miner's lamp was also extinguished, and the surroundings were suddenly plunged into darkness.

Zi Yang was confused, and when he was panicking, a little fluorescence suddenly appeared in front of him, which turned out to be a faint light from the diving watch in Su Rui's hand. The three of them continued to swim forward with this faint fluorescence.

Ziyang didn't know how long this fluorescence would last, and once the light was gone, they would be completely hopeless.

After a while, they suddenly had to face an even more cruel problem - Lao Wang's oxygen cylinder was finally used up, seeing a trace of panic flashing in Lao Wang's eyes, Su Rui patted Lao Wang's shoulder to signal him to calm down, and then unloaded the oxygen cylinder he was carrying for him.

Seeing this, Ziyang hurriedly took her hand and connected his oxygen cylinder to her nano clothes.

Now three people share two oxygen cylinders, but because a lot of gas is released every time the air is changed, the gas consumption is undoubtedly exacerbated.

Without Su Rui's reminder, both Ziyang and Lao Wang knew that time was running out for them.

The three of them swam forward with all their might, holding on to the last glimmer of hope.

I could see that the fluorescence of the diver's watch was getting weaker and weaker. Lao Wang's oxygen ran out again, and he looked at Ziyang with despair on his face, and made a gesture that only Ziyang could understand.

Zi Yang knew that Lao Wang was ready to give up. Ziyang's eyes couldn't help but moisten, and the fear of death began to envelop his heart.

Lao Wang smiled, made a V gesture to Su Rui and Ziyang, and threw away the respirator in his mouth.

Lao Wang swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, struggling and spasmodizing in the water, Ziyang watched, but could not do anything.

After a few seconds, the old king did not move.

Zi Yang held Lao Wang's wrist helplessly, refusing to let go, he knew that it wouldn't be long before he would end up like Lao Wang.

At this moment, Su Rui suddenly pulled Ziyang's shoulder, and there seemed to be a faint light in front of him!

Zi Yang seemed to see hope, and pushed Lao Wang to swim towards the bright light.

Swimming and swimming, the light became bigger and clearer, and the two of them stepped on the water and rose rapidly, looking up at the white light above getting closer and brighter...... Finally, with a thud, they surfaced, and above them was a blue sky.

Escape!

Zi Yang took off his mask, and while greedily breathing in the fresh air, he and Su Rui staggered ashore dragging Lao Wang's "corpse".

Su Rui put Lao Wang on his back on the ground, and pressed his hands on his chest alternately. Press Ziyang twice to help him do an artificial respiration......

After pressing it for a while, Lao Wang did not react.

"Don't die! Don't die! Zi Yang slapped Lao Wang twice with a cry.

"Ahem, cough, cough......" Lao Wang suddenly spat out a stream of water foam in his mouth, coughed violently, and slowly opened his eyes.

"I—Where am I?" Lao Wang said weakly.

"You're in the eighteenth floor of hell." Ziyang choked up and said.

"I—I don't believe it, there's no, there's no such beautiful girl in hell!" Lao Wang trembled and reached out to touch Su Rui's face.

Su Rui didn't dodge, let him grab his face and knead it, and said with tears in his smile: "Lao Wang, we are back on the ground, we have come out!" ”

"Really? I, I don't believe it, you kiss me......" Lao Wang said vaguely while lying on the ground.

Zi Yang saw that his hand touched Su Rui's face, and couldn't help but be jealous, and he blocked his hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't pretend!" ”

Lao Wang turned over and said, "Lao Tzu has died once, can't you be warm and polite to me?" ”

"Hot your head, Lao Tzu gave you artificial respiration just now, how can you thank me for sacrificing so much?"

"I'm baba You kid give me artificial respiration? I'd rather die! Lao Wang spat on the ground with a look of disgust.

Zi Yang ignored him anymore, sat on the ground and looked around, and muttered, "I'm stepping on a horse...... We're still a cut away from getting out. ”

At this time, the three of them had the time to observe their surroundings, and after seeing the situation clearly, they couldn't help but gasp.

They were in a sinkhole twenty or thirty meters deep, this pit was like an inverted sea bowl, the bottom of the bowl was that small piece of blue sky, the surrounding rock walls were smooth and there was no place to stay, and the whole cave had a small top and a large bottom, showing an inner concave surface, which could not be climbed at all.

"What's that?!" Su Rui pointed to a "mound" directly below the sinkhole and said.

The three of them approached and found that the mound turned out to be a rusty tank! I don't know how long it had been since the tank had fallen, and the bare area had been rusted into an earthy brown, and the turret had a layer of moss and green grass.

"Wo Cao! Is this an alien flying saucer? Lao Wang said in amazement, "dying" in the water once, his imagination seems to have broken through the sky.

Su Rui shook his head: "It seems to be the M3 light tank used by the Japanese army in World War II." ”

Lao Wang patted his head: "I know, this sinkhole was smashed out by this iron lump, right?" Originally, there was a hole in the ground here, and when this bulky little Japanese tank drove over from above, it directly smashed the roof of the hole! ”

Lao Wang circled around the tank, and his mouth snorted: "Such a big iron guy, there must be a lot of treasures in it, maybe we can find something to help us get out." ”

"Sensei, it's no fun!" Zi Yang, who climbed to the turret, sighed and said.

"What's the matter again, can you be a positive and sunny person, Comrade Li!" Lao Wang said dissatisfied.

"Come up and see for yourself!"

Lao Wang climbed up to the turret and looked through the open hatch, only to see two dirty skeletons in the tank, and the military uniforms on their bodies had rotted into wisps.

Zi Yang sighed: "There is no trick, if you can go up, these two little Japanese devils will go up decades ago, and they don't need to suffocate in this broken tank." ”

Su Rui looked up at the blue sky and sighed helplessly, "so-near, and-yet-so-far." ”

"What do you mean?" Lao Wang asked in confusion.

"It's close at hand, it's far away." Zi Yang translated for him. "We escaped from underground, but we're still trapped underneath."

"I look at the most one or twenty meters above the ground, what's there to be frustrated." Lao Wang saw the lush grass and tall tree canopy on the edge of the cave entrance and said, "We have come out of the deep underground, are you still afraid of this distance?" ”

Ziyang spewed out a cold breath from his nose, "Although it's only this distance, you can't go up without climbing equipment at all, unless you ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you are light, you can jump more than ten meters at once."

"You can try it if you have a full stomach, but Lao Tzu hasn't eaten for a day or two, and he doesn't have the physical strength to ......," Lao Wang said unashamedly.

"Hehe, you kid still want to eat? Eat on you! Zi Yang picked up a ball of mud from the tank and threw it at Lao Wang.

After being stuffy underground for so long, at first glance, seeing the blue sky, white clouds and green grass, breathing fresh air, the mood of the two was also much lighter, although it was not far from death, but at least there was no need to suffocate or choke to death, at most it was just starvation.