Chapter 21: The Death of a Teammate
The feeling of flying a kite in the water was felt for the first time in my life.
The huge impact and water pressure made me unable to breathe at all, and it was dark in front of me, and my eardrums were about to burst! I heard the seventh master shout, and then I felt that someone was dragging us, and finally stopped, gasped and looked up, and saw that the old clam had also stabilized his body, holding the chain with both hands.
A few seconds later, with the help of the tornado undercurrent, the iron chain was pulled up by the old clam alive, and the huge coiling dragon stone also moved, and soon revealed a small hole!
"Come in, time is limited, it won't last long!" The seventh master shouted, and as soon as the words fell, Liang Ruoyi and the cloth bag monk immediately swam in, and the seventh master replaced me first, I hurriedly stabilized my body and swam in with him.
The cave was very dark, I fell directly to the ground from above with a "bang", Liang Ruoyi hurriedly helped me up and stood aside, and then, the seventh master, the toad and the old clam all rushed in, and although the old clam came in, the hole was slowly closed, and the huge coiling dragon stone was re-pressed on the hole.
It may not take a few tens of minutes for the silt to bury those stones again......
"Whew......" I took the oxygen cylinder off and gasped for air. It took us more than half an hour from entering the water to now.
Several other people, using searchlights to shine around, observed the environment of this underground dragon vein.
At first glance, it looks like a huge karst cave. There are roads everywhere, strange rocks everywhere, and it is dim like a deserted underground stone palace.
When we fully saw the surrounding appearance, we couldn't help but be shocked: every road here is actually floating in a huge underground lake, which can also be understood as that there was no lake here at that time, but the groundwater was introduced for the construction of fortifications, but unexpectedly, when it was completed, it was found that it was not a lake dug in the underground palace, but a bridge was built on the lake......
The vast expanse of water is quiet and eerie, with no end in sight. The seventh master is right, this kind of place makes people seem extremely small and helpless, just standing here, I already feel very depressed.
"Wow!" I gasped: "This place, the scale is too big!" ”
From a distance, you can see a lot of scattered buildings, bunkers, cat's ear holes, moats, and some strange fortifications that you can't name.
And where we are, there are roads in front of and on the left and right, and you can't see the edge at a glance.
"Seventh Master, which direction should we go?" Liang Ruoyi looked around and felt that he didn't have any clue.
The seventh master smiled bitterly: "This, I don't know." You must know that this underground fortification is used for defense, and after all, it can't be considered a tomb at all, and I can't figure it out. However, this underground fortification is about the same size as Jilin City above, too big, if we don't have a clue to keep looking for it, it's too difficult, I think, can we divide into three groups, each to find one side? ”
Liang Ruoyi answered, first took out the mobile phone and looked at it, there was no signal, and then took out the walkie-talkie he carried with him and tried it, now the signal is still very poor at such a close distance, and it seems that it is useless.
"Forget it, let's take one per person, in case something happens, it can be used!" Liang Ruoyi sighed and handed out one to everyone.
The grouping seems to be very easy to divide, the seventh master is naturally in a team with the old clam, I glanced at Liang Ruoyi, and just about to speak, I heard the toad on the side say: "I'll be in a team with Xiao Gu, Miss Liang is in a team with Budai Monk!" ”
Gotcha, this bastard wants to be on the same team with me, is it really going to take a chance for me to return him an eye?!
"Okay, so be it." Liang Ruoyi glanced at me: "The screen of the walkie-talkie will show the location of each of us, if anyone does not move at one point for a long time, it may be an accident, everyone must arrive in time." ”
Everyone nodded, checked their belongings, and each chose a path to find it.
The toad and I chose the path in front of us on the left, heading to the depths of the underground dragon vein.
"Are you afraid I'll kill you?" I didn't go far before the toad looked at me with a sneer on his face and asked.
I shrugged: "What if you're afraid?" It's all come to this point, if you really want to kill me, I can't escape, I don't have any kung fu, how can I fight you? However, I believe that you will not kill me, according to age, you are my senior; According to the relationship, I also saved you, I can't be considered a brother, but also a friend, right? ”
"Saved me?" The corner of the toad's mouth grinned: "Do you think that if it weren't for you, I would have died if I had been hit by the evil spirit of the shaman statue in the lake of Jinsu Mountain that day, right?" ”
"Isn't it?" I said it, but there was a feeling of helplessness in my heart, if he didn't admit it, I really couldn't do it.
"Yes!" The toad readily admitted: "But do you know that some people might as well die if they live?" I am such a person, you saved my life, but it makes me more painful than killing me! ”
I sighed, I really didn't know how to communicate with such a psychopath.
After neither of us spoke, the only sound of our footsteps remained in the darkness. The road under our feet is almost half a foot wide, and the bluestone on the road has rotted a lot, and we step on it from time to time, making the sound of "Caracalla".
Not long after, there was another fork in the road ahead, and I discussed it with the toad and decided to only look for the main road to walk, and not to go to the small road. Along the way, there were many fortifications, most of which had been abandoned for many years, and it was impossible to see what they looked like before.
"Click, click......"
At about nine o'clock in the evening, we no longer knew how far we had gone out, and on the display screen of the walkie-talkie, we could see that we were getting farther and farther away from the other four people, and this underground fortification was really huge.
At this time, I suddenly heard my footsteps, as if I had stepped into the water, and hurriedly stopped and looked down, and saw that the water on both sides of the lake had disappeared at some point, and had immediately soaked the soles of my shoes.
"How so?" The flashlight in my hand shone on the bright water, and I was a little stunned.
"Maybe it's just the water level rising, don't be so nervous!" The toad glanced at me and said, "You also saw it when you came in just now, some snow on the mountain has not yet melted, and now the amount of water melted has increased, normal!" ”
Toad is a good kung fu person, ruthless, and the number one person in the Tao, but he is just a hooligan scoundrel who eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and does all kinds of evil, I really can't believe what he says. At this time, I feel that when I pick a teammate, I still have to pick a reliable one!
"It's past ten o'clock in the evening, let's find a place to rest!" The toad looked around and walked towards what looked like a bunker on the side.
It was a sleek building, less than a foot high, and it looked like it could accommodate about five people, and it was probably the place where the archers were hiding inside.
"Hey, the water level is still rising, now sleep? In case ......"
"It's going to be fine, just at this rising speed, there will be time for you to escape!" The toad ignored the rising water level under his feet, and went inside.
I sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to follow and enter through a small door in the back. The air inside is quite dry, and there is a threshold that just stops the lake outside.
I walked to the corner opposite the toad and sat down, ready for bed. In this kind of action, physical strength is the most important.
Not long after he closed his eyes, he suddenly heard a faint sound on the surface of the lake outside, as if something was streaking across it.
I frowned, opened my eyes and got up to poke my head out, holding a flashlight and looking to both sides, the lake was still calm in the dark, and there was nothing.
"Toad, did you hear anything?" I asked softly as I looked at the darkness outside.
"I hear you." The toad's voice was a little impatient.
"You're not worried? In case ......"
"How can there be so many whatevers!" The toad sneered without waiting for me to finish: "People like you are just suspicious, if you really have trouble looking for you, you can't hide!" ”
I shrugged helplessly, and the voice disappeared at this point, and I was a little anxious to urinate, thinking that maybe I was really suspicious, so I walked out and walked to the side to unbutton my pants and solve my personal problems.
Suddenly, I felt like there was a pair of eyes staring at me somewhere around me! This feeling made me feel creepy, and I subconsciously looked around!