Chapter 107: The Hairy Tentacles
I looked down and saw that my legs were almost covered with black beetles, and they looked disgusting. Suddenly, I saw two flashlights light up in the opposite passage, and Kong Xue was safe! That's great! My mission was accomplished, and I felt a sense of relief!
With all my might, I held my short knife wrapped in clothes in one hand and picked up Shi Tao's sapper shovel with the other, and threw dozens or hundreds of beetles in front of me into the water. Then, throwing away what he was holding, he looked at the beetle on his body, "You black bastards! Lao Tzu let you wash up! ”
I turned around and plunged into the water, my whole body completely submerged. The cold water instantly wrapped me up, and as soon as these beetles on my body entered the water, they immediately gave up on me, desperately struggling to the surface of the water, I sneered, and there was a thrill of revenge in my heart!
But at the same time, I also felt something unusual, the water seemed to be much deeper than just now, I remember the first time I went into the water, the depth of the water was almost up to my thigh, and now I stood up straight, the water had touched my chest.
What's going on? Is the water level rising? Or did the ground fall? But at this time, I didn't care about thinking about it so much, and immediately used my last strength to swim in the direction where Shi Tao and Kong Xue were.
Actually, I am very average in the water, and I don't swim very often, but I especially like the feeling of floating in the water, but now, I feel like I'm stuck in a piece of jelly, and every stroke of my hands and feet makes me use all my strength. I know it's because I overused myself when I was entangled with beetles!
I suddenly felt myself in a trance, I bit my lip hard, the intense pain forced me to wake up, my hands could barely lift, and I only relied on my legs to swim forward slowly.
Now I'm just hoping that I'll be able to reach the opposite passage before I find the monster in the water.
I tried to raise my head and look forward, Shi Tao and Kong Xue's flashlights kept shaking at me, in order to guide this direction, I told myself, persevere! Hang on! It's almost there!
It's closer, it's getting closer and closer, and my heart is slowly flooded with joy, in this dangerous situation, three people can get out together, it's really the blessing of the ancestors!
I thought I had passed the test like this, but it turned out that I was still happy a little too early, just when I was about 30 meters away from the finish line, suddenly I heard the sound of a splash behind me, my heart sank, oh no! That thing is catching up!
I anxiously tried to speed up, but I was disappointed to find that my hands and feet were starting to disobey! I listened to the voices behind me getting closer and closer, and a trace of despair slowly welled up in my heart.
I wanted to shout for help, but I opened my mouth and closed it again, what was the use of shouting for help? Shi Tao came down to save me? Or did Shi Tao and Kong Xue both come down to save me? Doing so will only put more people in danger and doesn't make any sense. If all three of us were to be put in danger in order to save me, then all our efforts would be in vain!
To my surprise, when the voice behind me was still a little distance away, it did not get closer, but kept a certain distance and followed slowly.
I wondered in my heart, but I didn't dare to look back, so I had to continue to move forward with trepidation, could it just be here to see me off? Don't be so polite!
This only lasted for about a minute, after which I heard in horror the sound behind me speed up, and it was approaching me. I quickly lowered my body to speed up, and then I saw a black human-faced beetle floating next to me, and I immediately understood that the thing in the water was not deliberately following me just now, but eating the beetles that floated down from me. And now it's really me!
I grabbed the beetle that had been forced to swim next to me and threw it to the side, naively imagining that the monster would really be like a dog, and would quickly leave to eat the food I had thrown out, so that I might have time to escape to the opposite passage.
However, I think it is too simplistic and idealistic, this is a monster, it is not a dog, it doesn't seem to do the stupid thing of losing a watermelon and picking sesame seeds, and besides, it is a meat watermelon of my size!
Suddenly, I felt my ankle get tangled in something, and I struggled to break free of it a few times, but it was useless! It's over, that thing has shot, and it's on the offensive! I felt a force pull me down, and I was pulled into the water!
I was unprepared, I was choked on a few mouthfuls of water, I desperately floated up again, gasping for breath, but I just gasped twice, the thing on my ankle pulled again, I was unsteady on my feet, and the whole person instantly sank into the water again. I was also disturbed to find that the depth of the water had increased again, and the water level was now above my head.
I subconsciously touched the short knife on my waist, but I didn't expect that I would feel empty! That's when I remembered that when I was dealing with those beetles just now, I threw my dagger there! This is in trouble! I don't even have a weapon in my hand, not even a fruit knife!
Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered that there was a Swiss Army knife on the keychain in the pocket of my coat, which was given to me by Lantern Festival when I was in college. I almost threw it away in a fit of rage after the last Island Tomb incident, but now I am glad I left it behind! This knife is a genuine Swiss license, with an excellent steel mouth and is still very sharp after all these years.
I reached out of my pocket, took it out, opened the knife in the dark, rolled over and aimed at the thing wrapped around my ankle, and slashed it hard!
Even though I had slashed the knife in a hurry, I could clearly feel the thing twitch visibly. I am happy in my heart, it works! As long as what I have in my hand can hurt it, then I can fight it!
Probably because of the pain, I felt a little bit of force pulling on my feet, and I quickly turned around and surfaced again to change my breath. I kicked my leg hard and found that I still couldn't get rid of the shackles on my ankles.
Shi Tao in the passage in front of me shouted loudly: "Zhuoran, how are you? You okay! ”
I quickly waved my hand at them and said against my will, "I'm fine, I'm safe!" Stay there, don't come! ”
Shi Tao then shouted: "The water level is rising, you must be careful!" ”
"I know!"
I gritted my teeth, took a deep breath, and dived into the water again, reaching for my ankle. When I touched the stuff wrapped around it, I still felt a little numb.
I thought that what I touched would be something similar to an octopus tentacle, but when I touched it, I found that the thing wrapped around my feet was actually furry! I subconsciously retracted my hand again, what is this!