As the alligator gar in the water quieted down again, everyone's faces showed a blank look, and the funniest thing was that the team members who had just been awakened by the alligator gar pulling the chain were asking each other what was going on.

"Mr. Chen, do you think the alligator gar in the water just now behaved like it was eating?" Xiao Na saw that the mist had dissipated, so she took off her gas mask and asked in Chen Ziyang's ear.

"Eating? Are you saying that this behemoth survives by absorbing those red mist, and is still growing so big? That's a bit of a weird thing, isn't it? Although Chen Ziyang didn't admit it, he also felt that Xiao Na's conjecture was not unreasonable, that is, he didn't know how often these red mist came and what substances were contained in it. I've never heard of a creature that feeds on gas.

However, there are no wonders in the world, and they have never heard of a fish that can grow so big before, perhaps it is the unique effect of those red mist that has created this behemoth in front of them.

Chen Ziyang continued in Xiao Na's ear: "I smelled this red gas just now, there is a smell of blood in it, but I always feel that this smell of blood is very familiar, do you feel this way?" ”

"Oh? The smell of blood? Xiao Na sniffled and sniffed carefully, although the red mist had long since dissipated, there was still a faint smell of residual blood in the air. Xiao Na sniffed carefully for a long time, and then said: "There is indeed a smell of blood, but this is the smell of blood, don't they all smell the same?" I don't think there's anything special about this taste. ”

Chen Ziyang knew that there was no point in dwelling on this issue now, it was just a feeling on his part, and he couldn't say it clearly if he could express it in words, so he discussed with Xiao Na what to do next.

Originally, the team's plan was to go down the ladder on the waterwheel into the water, and then find a place to go ashore, but after seeing the movement and amazing strength of the monster in the water just now, everyone knew that this solution might not work.

If you want to get out of this waterwheel in the water, and don't go down to the pool below, then there is only one way, and that is to go through the air. Xiao Na and Wang Dawei found a team member to discuss, and asked him to calculate the distance to the opposite rock wall, and at the same time see if the existing equipment in his hand can achieve such an effect.

The team member Xiao Na and Wang Dawei found was a small man, very thin, and according to Chen Ziyang's visual estimates, his weight may be less than 100 pounds. If you can launch a rope at the opposite rock wall, and then the team member climbs over and secures the rope on that side, then the people in the team may leave here one by one.

The very thin team member stretched out an arm, raised his thumb and measured it for a moment, then took out what looked like a bow and arrow from his back. Chen Ziyang didn't know what this device was called, but he had not seen this kind of thing in those spy movies, this kind of crossbow like a bow and arrow could shoot a long iron crossbow arrow.

There is an arrow on the tip of this crossbow arrow, and there are several grooves in the arrow, and in these grooves are hidden some steel pieces with barbs, when the crossbow arrow is launched and nailed to the rock wall, due to the strong squeezing, it will touch the mechanism in the arrow of the crossbow arrow, so that these steel pieces with barbs stick out of the arrow, and the crossbow arrow can be firmly fixed in the rock.

The platform of the waterwheel was about fifty meters away from the rock wall on the side, and after carefully calculating the angle, the team fired the crossbow arrow at an upward angle. Although the bolt is fired diagonally upward, because the bolt is heavier and there is a long rope tied to the back, when the bolt is shot about half the distance, it is turned downward by gravity.

When the bolt was firmly embedded in the rock wall, the point of the tip of the bolt was actually on the same level as the platform of the waterwheel. Seeing his archery skills, Chen Ziyang quietly gave him a thumbs up in his heart, this is really a stunt, just by visual inspection, such an effect can be achieved, just this hand archery kung fu, it should be no problem to get an archery final in the Olympic Games.

The others quickly straightened the rope, and at the same time pulled vigorously a few times, and found that the crossbow bolt was relatively firmly fixed, and then everyone fixed the other end of the rope tightly on the platform, so that the rope remained tight and horizontal.

Then the very thin team member followed the rope and carefully climbed towards the opposite rock wall. He crawled very slowly, but his movements were very neat. Without knowing the geological structure of the opposite rock wall, no one knew how long the arrows of the crossbow bolts stuck on them would last. That's why the team didn't dare to climb too fast, fearing that his strenuous movement would cause the arrow of the crossbow bolt to fall out of the crevice.

As the team climbed to the middle of the rope, their bodies suddenly sank downward, and everyone heard the sound of metal rubbing against rock from the opposite stone wall. Everyone was startled and hung their hearts in their throats, but then the team member on the rope stabilized his body, and when the rope slowly stabilized, the arrow of the crossbow arrow did not fall off.

It wasn't until the team climbed the opposite rock wall that everyone was relieved, and then Xiao Na ordered someone to loosen the rope tied to the end of the waterwheel, and then slowly moved forward, and the team member also untied the other end of the rope from the crossbow arrow and fastened it to the belt around his waist. Then he climbed up to the rock wall little by little with the help of a buckle that can be embedded in the crevices of the rock, which is specially used for rock climbing.

Because the opposite rock wall is relatively dark, when the team member climbed over, the other people could only see the light from the flashlight on his body, everyone saw that this light slowly moved up under a little shaking, and after moving up for a distance of more than 30 meters, the team member stood on the edge of the cliff and shook the flashlight in the direction of the waterwheel. It seems that the team has climbed to the top of the rock wall and has found a place to stay.

After tying the ends of the rope again, the people in the team slowly moved from this rope to the side of the mountain wall one by one, because they were afraid that the rope would not be able to bear too much weight, so the ten people on this side could only climb to that side one by one.

Xiao Na and Wang Dawei were the first to pass, and then two more team members passed. Then there were Wang Ming and the civil engineers. Yang Lei was the last of the four people to climb, and when he climbed to the middle of the rope, something like the one who had just happened suddenly happened, the rope suddenly sank down, making Yang Lei scream on the rope in fright, and at the same time wrap his legs on the rope.

"Don't move, wait for the rope to settle down, I've told you not to eat so much, you can't control your mouth." Seeing that Yang Lei's violent movements might make this rope fall off completely, Chen Ziyang hurriedly reminded him.

When the rope stabilized and Yang Lei finally crawled over, he was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, panting heavily, saying that he didn't want to stand up again. At this time, several other people looked at the reason for the sinking of the rope.

It turned out to be the protruding rock that this rope was tied to, because the stone was relatively soft, when Yang Lei was climbing, this protruding rock actually cracked a gap, and the rope entered the stone along this gap, and suddenly the shortened distance made the rope sink.

Seeing that this protruding rock could no longer be used, the other people hurriedly wanted to find a replacement around, but this rock wall was relatively flat, except for this protruding rock, there was no place for the rope to borrow, so at Wang Dawei's suggestion, everyone lined up in a row and pulled the rope tight like a tug-of-war, only in this way could the other two team members climb over.

The penultimate one was Hu Bo, who also joined the team when he came, and with one more person's strength, the rope tightened a lot. When the last member of the team climbed into the middle of the rope, everyone heard a loud splash from the pool, and everyone saw a black shadow suddenly burst out of the water, and it was the alligator gar.

When the alligator gar fell into the water with a thud again, everyone saw that the team member was still firmly grasping on the rope, but then Xiao Na shouted, and at the same time subconsciously covered her mouth with her hand. At this time, Chen Ziyang and the others saw by the light of the flashlight that although the team member was still firmly grasping the rope, his lower body was gone.

His whole person was completely disconnected from his waist, and the two legs below the waist were nowhere to be found, probably eaten by the alligator gar into his stomach, just at the waist of this team member, Chen Ziyang also saw half of the intestines hanging there.

Then the team member who was grabbing him turned his head and gave everyone an incomprehensible smile, after which he let go of his hands, and the remaining half of his body fell straight into the pitch-black pool. There was another splash in the water, and the alligator gar made a 360-degree turn in the water, eating the rest of the team member into its stomach, and a bloody splash appeared on the water.

Maybe this scene is too cruel, Xiao Na almost fainted, fortunately with Wang Dawei's support, she didn't lie on the ground, if it was someone else, maybe Xiao Na would not have such a big reaction, after all, although she is a woman, but she also came out of the rain of bullets, but saw her comrades die so miserably. Xiao Na still couldn't help but be moved.

Xiao Na, who calmed down, took a deep breath and said to everyone: "Go ahead, our food can only last for 4 to 5 days, don't waste time." ”

After that, the people in the team silently packed their bags, lined up, and searched ahead. Along the way, Yang Lei was feeling guilty, if he hadn't made the rope like that, maybe this team member wouldn't have died.

And Chen Ziyang is carefully observing this Bohai Palace. The scale here is really large, and it can even be described as an underground world, although the area here is not small, but there are few traces of man-made, basically it can be said that this Bohai Palace is built according to such a space underground.

This not only saves time and effort, saves labor and materials, but also makes full use of these underground spaces, except for the revolving passage they encountered at the beginning, which should be used as an anti-theft mechanism, and only the downward spiral staircase that they walked for several hours is the heaviest man-made trace, and even that staircase may be built according to natural mountain cracks.

The crowd searched along the flat ground, and the rocks under their feet felt strange to step on, not so hard. Along the way, Yang Lei picked up a lot of gravel, but he couldn't tell which type of rock it belonged to. At present, it is known that the density of this rock is relatively small, and the texture is not very compact, and it is no wonder that the crossbow bolt embedded in the mountain wall and the rope that was tightened later have sunken, all because these rocks are really not very strong. Discovering this, the guilt in Yang Lei's heart decreased a little.

Chen Ziyang thought back to the red mist that was sucked into his stomach by the alligator gar just now, and kept thinking about what those things were and what they did, but because there was no clue, he had no clue at all.

Although the huge mountain at the feet of the people looked very smooth, everyone could feel that they were actually walking on a downhill road, but the slope was not so large, and as the distance from the waterwheel became farther and farther, the air around them gradually dried.

In order to ensure that the team members were in good condition, in a relatively leeward and dry place, Xiao Na ordered the team to rest, and they made several simple huge torches out of alcohol blocks and some unneeded clothing and other things that they carried with them.

With the help of the fiery flames on these torches, everyone dried their wet clothes and put on dry clothes again, Chen Ziyang also felt that he was much more energetic, and at the same time, because of this kind of torch, the field of vision that everyone could see also expanded a lot, and all objects within twenty meters were clearly visible, which also accelerated the speed of the team's progress.

As the team advanced for a few more hours, a large rock wall appeared in front of them, and on this stone wall there was a huge mountain crack that stretched horizontally. The height of this crack is not very high, only more than a meter, and all people can only bend down to pass through this crack.

The distance in the crack is not very long, about ten meters or so, just when Chen Ziyang just passed through this crack, Yang Lei, who was one step ahead of him, asked beside him:

"Er Yang, you said before that this Bohai Palace is used to hide treasures, right?"

"Yes!"

"This dungeon was originally intended to be built as a tomb, but it was later abolished, right?"

"That's right!"

"That means there shouldn't be a coffin in this dungeon, and there shouldn't be anything like a dead person, right?"

"yes, why are you asking this?"

"Then you grandma, look what's in front of you!"

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