Chapter 34: The Raid
I cursed myself for what was wrong, my brain seemed to be out of control, and ominous images kept flashing. Could it be that www.biquge.info********** has stayed too long and is on the verge of a breakdown?
I saw that Yang Xue had disappeared into the water's eyes, so I didn't dare to hesitate, hurriedly pulled up my backpack, put on a second-level head and mask, and dived into the water.
After entering the water, that inexplicable insecurity suddenly hit me again, and I saw Yang Xue floating in the water waiting for me, so I quickly leaned towards her.
At this moment, under the illumination of the light, there is a faint deep blue under the water, and the swaying water light rises and falls around us, and farther away, it is completely bottomless darkness. For those who suffer from claustrophobia, a mental breakdown can occur at any time in such a depressive environment. The impact of this closed atmosphere is too great, and an inexperienced rookie like me, if Yang Xue hadn't taken it, I'm afraid he would have floated in the water long ago.
Yang Xue raised her hand to me and asked me to follow her and continue to move along the flow of this underground dark river. I didn't dare to slack off, so I swam up and walked almost side by side with her.
The underwater cave is still very spacious, and there is nothing but stalactites and stalagmites scattered across the walls, but it is still a stunning sight to behold when illuminated by the light. We continued to sneak for about ten minutes, turning a few corners, but we still couldn't see the end of the cave or the connected air cells overhead. The shape of this underwater cave is more like a large crooked intestine, and the inside of the intestine is filled with suffocating, icy river water.
We continued to move aimlessly, following this huge underwater tunnel, and sneaking for a while, at this time, Yang Xue suddenly stopped and signaled to me, saying that the oxygen had been half exhausted, and if we continued to go deeper, we would not be able to return. She gestured to me and said that for now we had to go back immediately, and that it seemed that with our current oxygen level, we would not be able to find an exit.
Despair struck me instantly, and if we went back the way we came, we would be in a desperate situation again, and all of us would be trapped in that "pot-shaped" cave, and at the end of the day, we would inevitably have to vote and draw lots to decide who would eat and who would skin them.
An extremely selfish thought suddenly occurred in my mind, thinking that going back would be nothing more than death, and it was better to move on, and there was still a glimmer of life. But in this way, I violated my own principles of life, which means that my moral bottom line has collapsed, completely forgetting my original promise, regardless of the life and death of my companions, even if I survive, I am afraid that I will be condemned by my conscience. However, if you go back, you will only die, and you may see more of the ugly side of human nature, and what terrible things will happen in a state of despair and hunger, it is obvious that there is no need to guess.
Just hesitating, Yang Xue had already made a decision, and when I saw her as a woman, I didn't hesitate to make such a choice, so I scolded myself in my heart, followed her, turned around on the water, and turned back along the way I came.
At this moment, in my mind, I was completely in a state of chaos, thinking about the desperate eyes of everyone after I went back, thinking about the picture of cannibalism among my companions, and I felt my stomach churning.
When I was in the fugue, I was suddenly grabbed by Yang Xue again, and she motioned to me to look forward, as if something was swimming towards us.
I gathered my mind, took a closer look, and saw a few small black dots swimming towards us from a distance, and after a few seconds, those black dots gradually expanded in my line of sight, turning into 4 humanoid objects, and then looking over, it was already very clear that the 4 shadows swimming quickly were not monsters, but people wearing diving gear just like us!
I shook my body, and a chill felt in my back, we had exactly 4 sets of diving equipment left, could it be that during the time we left, there had been a riot in the camp, and they were slaughtering each other for diving equipment?
Before I could think about it, the four figures had already approached, and they were all swinging their flippers desperately, as if they were running for their lives, and they looked very flustered.
When I saw them swimming over, I wanted to make a gesture and ask them what the situation was, where did I expect it, but at this time, the person in charge suddenly raised the tiger tooth knife in his hand, and at the moment of meeting me, without saying a word, he cut a twenty centimeter-long cut in my ribs!
It happened so suddenly, and before I could react, I only felt a hot stabbing pain in my ribs, and then I was kicked in the back again, and the kick was very fierce, and I lost my balance in an instant, and the whole person quickly sank to the bottom of the water.
The man who raised the knife to cut me kicked me into the water, and waved the sharp tiger tooth knife again, ready to make a move on Yang Xue. Fortunately, Yang Xue reacted in time and dodged a blow, and the man took advantage of the chaos to fly up and kick Yang Xue's shoulder, with such force that Yang Xue bounced away for several meters in an instant.
After these four people saw their hands, they were ready to quickly wander away, but one of the fatter figures froze in place, looking at me in a little surprise, and was about to come and pull me. Judging from the figure, this person should be the yellow fat man, looking at his surprised appearance, he definitely didn't expect me to be stabbed like this, so he wanted to come and save me, but he was firmly dragged by the person who was the leader, and he was stunned for two seconds, and then he desperately swung his flippers and wandered away.
I sank to the bottom of the water, stirring a cloud of mud and sand, my vision instantly became blurred, I only felt that my ribs were cold and piercing, accompanied by a strong tingling pain, thinking that the wetsuit was probably cut, and the cold groundwater instantly drilled into my body from the crack, I struggled to swim upstream, but I lost my balance, my heart was flustered, the more I struggled, the more mud and sand was stirred, the visibility dropped sharply, and in the end I couldn't see anything clearly.
At this time, I had already messed up, in the chaos, but my arm was firmly grabbed, with this force, I finally wandered away from the chaos, to the middle of the river, subconsciously looked at the ribs, and found that the diving suit had been cut a long opening, turned over to both sides, mixed with a piece of blood, for a while, I couldn't see the extent of my injury, only felt that the pain in the ribs was very intense.
Yang Xue dragged my arm, and did not hesitate, she desperately swung her flippers and sneaked forward, but I didn't swim far, I felt that the situation was not good, and I didn't know when there was a sudden fluctuation behind me, as if there was a very huge force, stirring in the water. Immediately afterward, several huge white shadows, unsuspecting us, rushed to us, front and back, left and right, and surrounded us.