Chapter 50: Crisis

"Master Zhang, haven't you arrived yet?" Ma Liu, who was holding Master Zhang, asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"It's early! Hurry up! Or we're all going to die here! ā€

"I want to be fast, too, but now that the water has flooded my thighs, how fast!"

The amount of water now, combined with the impact of the waves, makes every step we take very difficult. We can only hold on to the pillar and move forward.

The water soon reached our chests and we had to swim forward. At this point, I was soaking wet, and a cold was seeping through my body.

That's when it's harder for us to move forward. Because there was no ground support, a wave would knock us back. The soldiers are okay, they have good physical strength, and it is still okay to swim forward forcibly. However, because I was born as a scholar and did not have the help of the soldiers, I soon couldn't hold on. We can only hold on to the pillar, and we can't move forward.

"Hurry up!" Captain Cao, who was in front, shouted at us. His voice was quickly drowned out by a rumble, and I could only vaguely hear what he was trying to say.

"The waves are too big for us to swim through!" I had to take a sip of water every time I said a word, and I was shivering with cold.

It's like we've had a miniature tsunami. Waves came one after another, and there was a deafening roar all around, in addition to shouts, the crashing of waves against the pillars. The surrounding darkness was abnormal, and the flashlight light shone everywhere, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

I saw Captain Cao swimming towards us with five soldiers. They didn't speak, because in this case the sound would be drowned out by the roar, and it would be possible to take a few sips of water like I just did. Captain Cao pointed to his backpack and motioned for me to pull theirs. Doctor Wu, Xu Li and I were alone with the backpacks of the two soldiers and swam forward.

These soldiers are really powerful, and the resistance in front of us is so great, they can still pull us forward. They didn't swim fast, but they were much better than we were on our own.

In order to lighten the burden on Captain Cao and another soldier, my feet kept kicking the water behind me.

I saw that Xu Li and Dr. Wu were not far from me, and they were doing the same movement as me, and they kept pushing backwards.

Because the three of us stopped just now, we fell behind. Now we have been chasing the big forces ahead.

As the water level continues to rise, the impact of the waves becomes stronger and stronger. Now a wave is half a meter high and lifts us straight back. At this point, I realized that one meter from the top of the cave was not enough. If we don't find the door soon, we will all drown here.

My hands were shaking, and I was barely able to grasp the backpacks of the two soldiers in front of me. But I knew I had to hurry, and if I let go, my life might be lost. I gritted my teeth and decided not to let go.

Suddenly, I saw Xu Li being quickly rushed backwards by the water. I noticed that her hand was untied from the soldier's backpack, and she must have lacked strength. I tried to reach for her, but I didn't.

"Xu Li!" I shouted.

"Help me, help!" Xu Li shouted, the waves kept pushing her back, and she flowed with the water, sometimes on the surface, sometimes sinking underwater, completely losing the ability to resist.

I was about to save her, but I was stopped by Captain Cao.

"You can't save her now, one of us will go! Don't let go! Captain Cao said.

I saw that the two soldiers Xu Li was pulling just now quickly swam back, and they went to chase Xu Li who was washed away by the current. Captain Cao is right, I can't even take care of myself now, how can I save Xu Li. Now I can only pray that Xu Li and the two soldiers are okay.

A tearing sound came from the front, but it was quickly drowned out by the sound of water waves. In my surprise, the backpack on my right side loosened, and the tearing sound rang out again. I noticed that the strap of my backpack was broken. The backpack on the right was ripped off by me at once. At this time, I only grabbed Captain Cao's backpack on the left, and the strength was unbalanced. The soldier on the right rushed forward like an arrow, and Captain Cao and I were pulled by the rear pull like a sudden brake. Captain Cao was pulled hard by me without preparation, and he immediately turned a few times in the water.

I couldn't hold on to Captain Cao's backpack when he somersault, and then I was rushed backwards by the water. I struggled in the water to swim forward, but my strength could not resist the impact of the waves, and although I slowed down the speed of the backward rush, it still did not help. I was very helpless, and I saw that the large army was getting farther and farther away from me.

I put on a pillar fiercely, fortunately it was my back that hit first, and I had a backpack on my back as a cushion, otherwise I would have broken the tail keel if I hit the pillar at such a high speed.

I immediately grabbed the pillar.

By this time, my teeth were shaking with cold. Although the intense swimming just now kept me from freezing, it didn't seem to warm me much in such cold water.

By this time I could no longer see the large army, and I did not know where I had been rushed. There's no way they're going to stop because I'm pulling down, or we're all going to die. Sacrificing a small number of people to preserve the interests of the majority has always been the fairest verdict under so-called democracy. Because from the perspective of species, human beings need more consistency and moving to confront the outside world. I admit it.

It was pitch black all around, and the flashlight in my hand was the only source of light. At this point, I found that the water was only one head away from reaching its peak. Infinite despair welled up in my heart. Fear, sadness, and pain poured out.

The thought that I was going to die in a place where I would never see the light of day unconsciously made me cry unconsciously. I died before I got married, had children, and had no family fun. My reluctance has kept me looking for a way to survive. But the earth-shattering sounds around me terrified me, and the unusual darkness around me had already killed my hopes.

That's when I noticed a light source underwater. Because the water is constantly tumbling, it is impossible to see what is going on underwater. My heart was shocked, what could it be?

The light source kept coming close to me, and I wanted to find a place to hide, but where was there a place for me to hide? Not to mention finding a place, it's hard for me to even move now, so I can only keep holding on to the pillar.

Something suddenly emerged from the water, which startled me at first, but when I saw it clearly, I was surprised and delighted. It was Captain Cao, who was biting his flashlight and swimming towards me.

"Thank you, forensic doctor, are you okay!" Captain Cao gasped as he gulped out white steam.

My eyes moistened again, and the water crept down to my nostrils. When you see hope in times of despair, even if it is small, your heart will be surging and touched.

"Also...... OK! I choked up.

"Catch me, we need to catch up with the big army!"

"Good!"

With the experience of breaking the backpack strap just now, now I only dare to grab Captain Cao's shoulder. Just now, two people pulled me, and one of them could barely move forward. But now there is only Captain Cao alone, and he has to fight against the waves. At this time, he exerted a lot of strength and could not swim far. He swam more than ten meters and was out of breath. He motioned for me to rest by holding on to the pillar in front of me.

I saw Captain Cao breathing heavily, it seemed that he couldn't have taken me with him. Now the water is only one bar away from the roof of the cave, and we can only breathe with our heads on our sides against the roof of the cave. A single wave can drown us all.

"Captain Cao, let's go!" I said, "You can only die with me, and you may still have life if you go by yourself!" ā€

"I can't die for you! I can't! ā€

"It doesn't matter if I'm dead, there's just one less forensic doctor in the team! Anyway, I'm usually very idle, and the team rarely uses me! I smiled wryly, "But you're different, you're the captain, and you have to lead the team to complete this mission!" You can't die. And it's better to die one person than two people, no matter how you calculate, it's more cost-effective for you to go by yourself! ā€

"You have a point, but I can't!" Captain Cao said, "You know what? As a captain, watching the team members die one by one and disappear one by one, my heart is very uncomfortable! If I leave like this, even if I can return safely on this mission, my conscience will reproach me for the rest of my life! ā€

"But you...... "I was just about to speak, but a wave came and drowned out my words, and I took a few sips of water for it.

After this wave, there is no room above our heads for us to speak. The water is only two or three centimeters from the roof of the cave.

Captain Cao pointed to the top, then to his mouth, and then raised his index finger at me. I kind of know what he wants me to do. We all floated to the top, took a hard breath, and then dived into the water. Captain Cao pulled me to swim forward desperately. I was infected by Captain Cao's strong survival behavior, even if I knew that there was little hope, but before we could breathe, we still had to find a glimmer of life.

Swimming is a relatively intense aerobic exercise, and the breath we just inhaled quickly ran out. Gradually, I stopped exercising, my heart was getting harder and harder, and I wanted to breathe. A breath was held in my chest, and I felt like I was about to explode. My consciousness began to blur, and all I could see was a vague figure in my eyes that kept grabbing my hand and swimming forward, and the only little flashlight light here was getting dimmer.