Chapter 61: Desperate Survival
Seeing the people in the scientific research team and the mutants fighting together, I couldn't help it anymore, and I was just about to pull out my legs and run over to help in the battle, when suddenly my eyes inadvertently glanced at the place of the sarcophagus, and I found that something was wrong, and I couldn't take a step for a while. I blinked my eyes www.biquge.info and after making sure I was not mistaken, I pointed there and exclaimed to Sankla: "Water...... The sarcophagus is bubbling with water, what's going on? ”
As soon as I finished speaking, the platform of the sarcophagus suddenly moved, and it fell together, as if some behemoth was about to emerge from under the platform. I was shocked, and I thought of the snake in Maoling, could it be that there is also a monster like a snake under the sarcophagus?
Before I could recover from the shock, suddenly, the ground of the sarcophagus arched upwards violently, and I heard a "pop", and the arched ground cracked all at once, and I saw a silver pillar as thick as a bucket rising from the ground and rushing straight to the top of the valley, which was simply unstoppable.
"This is the water of the underground river!" Sankra was also taken aback by this sudden change, but he quickly came to his senses and said to me with an excited face: "Thanks to the power of those two explosive packs, we have been able to open the passage of the underground river, maybe this is a turning point." ”
The sky-high water dragon became thicker and thicker, but in a few minutes, it was half a room the size, and the water became more ferocious, and the entire valley was suddenly covered with water. The others also found out about this change, and at the same time they were shocked and exclaimed, they saw the hope of survival, and almost desperately fought the mutants.
Once the potential of the person was stimulated, it was unexpectedly powerful, and although most of them were injured, they still killed the dozen or so mutants in just a few minutes. The rest of the mutants also seem to have begun to get scared, and instead of rushing forward as desperately as before, they are acting angrily and threatening us with roars.
In just such a moment, the entire valley was filled with water from the dark river, and with the water blocking, it was even more inconvenient for those mutants to move, even if a few dared to rush up, they were also killed by Wu Jian's cold-faced divine sword. Seeing that victory was in sight, everyone suddenly felt in a good mood, relieved, and excited, and the despair on their faces suddenly disappeared.
As soon as the valley was filled with water, the water began to rise upwards and soon reached the position of the platform. The water under the platform is already more than two people high, those mutants don't seem to be good at swimming, they were washed by the water of the dark river, and they were suddenly in chaos, some were swallowed by the river, and some were washed away by the river, and they screamed again and again for a while.
Seeing that the situation had reversed in an instant, the third uncle couldn't help laughing loudly: "It seems that these mutants can't swim in the water, so it's very good, let's use the river to cross to the Yin Array, and then return to that Yongdao, and we can escape." ”
Under the order of the third uncle, several foreigners immediately opened the mountaineering backpack, took out two rubber boats from it, and after filling the qi, the third uncle said to everyone: "The carrying capacity of the rubber boat is only a thousand catties, and there are a total of twenty-two people here, I think it is not enough, so let's divide it into two walks." ”
"Wait!" Tan Jia looked suspicious, and said to the third uncle uneasily: "What you say is better than what you sing, who knows if you will send someone to send the rubber boat back after you pass, in case you deliberately fall into the well, then won't my people die?" ”
The third uncle didn't care, and smiled: "The girl is really cautious, since you are so worried about me, send two people to follow us." ”
Tan Jia saw that the third uncle was relieved, and wanted to take the opportunity to bargain, knowing that at this moment, the sound of "squirming" came from the side of the Yin Array, and then, in our sight, a red army appeared, which was floating towards us along the river.
Biaozi's eyes were the most poisonous, and he immediately saw why he came, and couldn't help but gasp, and exclaimed to us: "Damn, it's the army of bugs here, you don't have to fight anymore, whoever takes the rubber boat over, that's looking for death, fuck, it's really just out of the tiger's mouth and into the wolf's den!" ”
The countless red bugs are nothing else, they are Gu worms that can turn people into living corpses, it is estimated that the flood has spread, and the hiding places of these bugs have also been affected, and now all the bones have crawled out. Looking at the large red army, I felt a chill behind me, feeling that this was not an ancient tomb at all, but a wormhole.
The red army approached us unhurriedly, and some mutants couldn't dodge, and were quickly overwhelmed by the army of bugs, and before they even had time to scream, they were gnawed by those Gu worms, and there were not even bones left.
When everyone saw this, they all frowned and sighed, and Sankra said: "There are too many of these Gu worms, I'm afraid that once the rubber boat passes, it will come to naught in an instant!" It seems that we can't go by water, is it really the sky that is going to kill us? ”
By this time, the river had risen to the platform and had submerged our legs, and because of this, the water dragon had disappeared, but we could still feel a pressure rushing out of that place.
Seeing that the army of insects had reached the edge of the platform, the third uncle didn't know what he thought of again, and suddenly shouted: "It's death both horizontally and vertically, it's better to gamble again, and follow me if you don't accept your fate." ”
The third uncle made a big move, Chen Sheng and those foreigners did not hesitate at all, and immediately walked towards him, glanced at Tom, who was still unconscious, and said to the two foreigners who were in charge of carrying the stretcher: "Fix him on the stretcher, let's swim out of the underground river, remember, no matter what, don't throw Tom down." ”
The two foreigners nodded gloomily, and followed the third uncle towards the front of the water, and when they reached the sarcophagus, the third uncle stopped again, and he said to me: "Brother Yang, this water outlet may lead to the underground dark river, maybe there is a way to live below, do you want to come with me?" ”
I didn't expect that the third uncle was still thinking about me at this time, and I couldn't help but be moved in my heart, and I just wanted to agree to her, but I suddenly thought that if I left like this now, Tan Jia and the others would definitely think that I was a traitor sent by the third uncle, and after hesitating, I still didn't go with the third uncle in the end.
Seeing that I was so stubborn, the third uncle shook his head, took a big breath, and plunged into the water, stirring up a few waves, and soon disappeared in front of my eyes. Seeing that those foreigners believed in the judgment of the third uncle without hesitation, and dived away one after another, an impulse suddenly appeared in my heart, and I also wanted to follow the footsteps of the third uncle, but when I saw Tan Jia's aggressive expression, the impulse in my heart was like being extinguished by ice water, and I immediately calmed down again.
At this time, a large number of red Gu worms floated up the platform along the current, getting closer and closer to us, and the faces of the people in the scientific research team turned pale. At this time, Sankra couldn't hold back any longer, and said to everyone: "Maybe the third uncle's judgment is correct, let's not hesitate anymore, otherwise even the last chance will be gone." ”
Tan Jia looked at everyone's expectant eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, then exhaled, and took us to swim towards the water outlet. There is still water coming out of the water outlet, but the momentum is already very small, as long as we hold our bodies steady, it shouldn't be a problem to dive in.
Tan Jia took one last look at everyone, didn't know what was in mind at the moment, and said a little indifferently: "It's all my fault that caused today's situation, if I am destined to die this time, when I get to the underworld, I will definitely make amends to everyone." After Tan Jia finished speaking, she took a big breath and plunged into the water.
Wu Jian put Li Yishan down from the stretcher, put him on his back, and was about to dive into the water, but he still felt uneasy, and asked Sankla to tie Li Yishan and him with a rope, so he nodded at us and dived into the water.
The rest of the people didn't hesitate any longer, and everyone nodded to each other as they swam down into the water. As soon as I swam to the bottom of the water, I suddenly felt a very rapid current in front of me, if I hadn't been prepared for it, holding a stone in my hand, I guess I would have to go back to the platform again.
Under the turbulent water, I desperately swam to the depths of the water, suddenly, a green light flashed in front of my eyes, and when I got closer, I found that the green light was the jade plate that the third uncle showed me, but I don't know why it fell here, could it be that the third uncle lost it in a hurry?
I remember that the third uncle told me that in the entire tomb, only this jade plate has some value, maybe it hides the secret of immortality, thinking of this, I no longer hesitated, accelerated the speed downstream, and soon arrived at the jade plate, and reached forward with both hands, and grabbed the jade plate in my hand.
But after a moment's delay, I felt a tightness in my chest, my heart beat faster, and I screamed in my heart, it was a precursor to the oxygen in my body running out. I began to swim faster, swimming deep into the outlet, and after some hard work, the oxygen in my lungs finally ran out, and my consciousness began to appear in a state of ignorance.
My consciousness became more and more blurred, and looking at the bubbles that kept popping up under the water, I knew very well in my heart that this time, I had no good luck and was destined to die here. As my consciousness became more and more blurry, I only felt like I had choked on a few mouthfuls of water, and then I lost consciousness completely.
I don't know how long it took, but I felt a terrible pain in my abdomen, as if someone was squeezing hard, and then my consciousness began to gradually recover, and the moment I opened my eyes, I saw Biaozi and Sankra squatting in front of me, looking at me with a happy face.
I looked left and right, only to find that this is an underground cave, about the size of a basketball court, and in front of it, there is a river up to five meters wide rushing forward, and there is no end in sight, I think this must be the underground river under the tomb.
When I sat up, I suddenly realized that except for the people in the scientific research team, the third uncle's group didn't see any of them, and they didn't know where they went. Sankla seemed to see my thoughts, and said to me, "When we came, the third uncle's gang was gone, and I guess they went down the dark river to find their way downstream." ”
I nodded, staggered and finally stood up, but suddenly felt a pain in my back, and was about to touch it with my hand, but the mark immediately stopped me and said to me: "Don't move, maybe because you are soaked in the water, the wound on your back caused by the two-headed giant bird has worsened, and the big bald head has just redressed you." ”
I thought so, looking back, I was facing Tan Jia's wonderful eyes, I was stunned for a moment, and just about to shift my gaze, I heard Tan Jia say: "The third uncle's old thing still has some conscience, and he left some food here for us, since you wake up, hurry up and eat something to recover your strength, and we will continue to drip later." ”
I smiled wryly and nodded, Liu Dapeng handed over a compressed biscuit, I didn't feel very hungry, I felt full after a few bites. In my spare time, I carefully looked at the current environment, this cave is a little more open as we are now, and a little later, the width of the cave is already equal to the dark river, and we can only go down to the dark river to continue to move forward.
After resting for about ten minutes, Tan Jia told us, and took the lead in leading the way, we stepped on the cliff under our feet, and soon reached the edge of the dark river. Without the slightest hesitation, after standing in a column, everyone walked into the dark river and began to flow downstream.
Although it is now the end of spring, the water in the dark river is still cold and biting, and not long after I go down, I feel that my underwater legs have faintly lost consciousness, but fortunately, we have gone all the way, and a lot of the chill has been dissipated from the activity, otherwise we can really last for a long time.
Naturally, it was very inconvenient to move underwater, so our speed slowed down, and we didn't know how long we walked, when a steep cliff seven or eight meters high suddenly appeared in front of us, and the river flowed down from there, forming a waterfall, which was making a rumbling sound of water.
We had ropes in our baggage, and it wasn't too difficult to go down, so after fixing the rope heads, we slid down the ropes one by one. We encountered a total of five such waterfalls, but at the last waterfall, we were surprised to find that the dark river was actually gone, and there was only a huge waterhole in front of us, about 500 square meters.
Biaozi was obviously a little disbelieving, and said angrily: "His grandmother's, why is there no way out all of a sudden?" Is it really providence to let us die in this dark place? ”
Everyone was not in a good mood, and they looked at the big waterhole silently, and suddenly, I sighed in my heart, and suddenly thought, if it is a dead end here, then what about the third uncle? I was in a good mood and said to everyone: "There must be another way out here, otherwise, where did the third uncle and them go?" ”
In fact, the people in the scientific research team, if you talk about the mind, it is estimated that all of them are a few points smarter than me, but just now when they were disheartened, everyone lost their previous calm, so they did not think deeply, and now as soon as I brought it up, they were also overjoyed, and they smiled bitterly, but they cast approving glances at me.
Sankra nodded and said, "Hehe, it's still your kid who is not surprised and has the demeanor of a general." But there seems to be no other way out here, where can the third uncle and the others go? ”
Wu Jian walked around the waterhole in front of him, lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said with great certainty: "There should be a problem under this waterhole, and there may be a passage below that connects to other places." ”
When he said this, everyone thought that this was a great possibility, but only after trying it would be known. At that moment, everyone stopped being verbose, made all kinds of preparations, and plunged headlong into the pool.
The water in the waterhole is very clear, we all have headlamps, under the illumination of the beam, everything around can be seen clearly, only to find that there is indeed a hole below, the space is unimaginable. What surprised me the most was that when I dived to a depth of about ten meters, there was a sudden suction rush in front of me, where would we have expected this to be the case, and we didn't have time to react at all, and we were sucked by that huge suction.
I felt my body lose control, rolling up and down, rushing forward with the suction. After about ten seconds, the suction suddenly disappeared, and I suddenly felt relaxed all over my body, and I regained control of my hands and feet. However, after the tossing just now, my whole body almost fell apart, and more importantly, I ate a lot of pool of water in a hurry, and now my lungs have run out of oxygen, and I am almost about to explode.
I couldn't take care of it anymore, and I struggled with my hands and feet to swim upwards. In just a few seconds, I suddenly felt a halo of water in the pool above my head, and the more I went upstream, the stronger the light from the pool water became, and before I could get out of the doubt, I suddenly felt a light pressure on my body, and the whole person bounced out, only to find that I actually jumped out of the water.
I didn't have time to be happy, I took a few breaths of air into my lungs, that was called a joy, I just felt that my whole body was refreshed, and when I looked up, the sun was so dazzling that I couldn't open my eyes, but when it shone on people's bodies, it was so warm that I couldn't help but laugh a few times.
After a while, my eyes finally adjusted to the sunlight, squinted and looked around, and suddenly closed my mouth in surprise, I didn't expect that we swam all the way down the dark river, and we were actually a thousand meters away from Thumb Peak, and the place where I am now is the big pool with the poisonous black fish.
At the same time as I was surprised, a voice came from behind me: "Comrade Xiao Yang, what are you still in a daze?" Swim to the shore quickly, or after a long time, it will be discovered by those two-headed giant birds, and it will be a big deal. ”
I looked back and saw that it was Professor Zhang who was talking, and he was squatting on the shore of the waterhole with Professor Sun and Shunzi looking at me happily. What I didn't expect was that as my gaze lengthened, I actually saw Li Gao, who was leading a group of subordinates, where he was picking up Tan Jia and others. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. (To be continued.) )