Under the stress reaction of Xiao Liang and me, the rest of the team gradually noticed the anomaly, and as soon as they turned around, they saw the strange black shadow that was silently following us not far behind them, and then they swam forward in fright.

As I struggled forward, I wondered if this dark shadow was the one that came out of the coffin yesterday evening. At that time, it did plunge headlong into the Tuojiang River.

But the situation in front of me did not allow me to think about it, so I could only grit my teeth and flee for my life.

Not to mention, thanks to this tricky thing, if it hadn't been chasing us, we might not have been able to swim so fast.

Before the next strong undercurrent hit, I managed to find a place to stay—just to the right of this underground channel, there was a deep and pitch-black underground cavern, and my intuition told me that it was likely to lead to the tomb frequented by tomb robbers, or even that this underground cavern was part of the mysterious tomb.

The underground caverns have apparently also been hit by groundwater, and now most of the groundwater has flowed into the Tuojiang River, where the water level has dropped, revealing a part of the muddy and damp ground, forming the banks of this endless underground river.

Because I was afraid of being caught by the strange black shadow in the water, I rushed to the shore without saying a word, and Comrade Xiao Liang followed closely behind, almost landing on my feet in front of and behind.

Uncle Mei was the third to come up, I hurriedly stepped forward to support the future old Taishan, followed by those filial piety guards, Jiang Yongguang is either water-based and his physical strength is not good, or he has too strong a sense of responsibility and stays behind to finish. He was the last to come up, and not far behind him was the dark shadow.

When everyone's headlamps shone into the water, the strange black shadow finally revealed its true face - it was a corpse that had been decomposing for a long time, the skin and flesh on its face had been eaten by the fish and shrimp in the water, and the two eyeballs did not know where they had been washed away, leaving only an empty pair of eyes.

Seeing such a terrifying scene, Xiao Liang screamed in fright, and subconsciously threw himself into my arms.

Of course I couldn't hold her, just kidding, my old father-in-law was standing on the side, and I pushed her to the side, so that she almost fell to the ground.

At this time, Uncle Mei pulled down the oxygen mask and shouted loudly: "Wash the old white!" The water ghost is asking for his life! Trapped in this place where you can't reach the world and the ground, you can't run! ”

I don't know if Uncle Mei was really frightened by this corpse, or if he deliberately said these words to scare Xiao Liang, anyway, the atmosphere at that time was so good that even several tall Xiaolingwei were scared to the point that their legs were weak.

Seeing that this rotting corpse had already come closer, Jiang Yongguang had a bit of courage, took out the diving blade pinned to his waist, and stepped forward to fight the water ghost.

At this moment, the water in the river suddenly became turbulent, and it must have been the time to come, and the undercurrent of the old man peeing entered a strong period again, and the amount of water upstream increased sharply, and several large waves even slapped on the shore, knocking several people standing in front to the ground.

And the carrion that was chasing us against the current was also torn apart by the impact of the current, and I saw that his two arms were separated from his torso at the same time, and at the same time, hundreds of bright silver small fish suddenly came out of the belly of the carrion, and these small fish scattered in the turbulent undercurrent, and disappeared in an instant.

Seeing this, it dawned on me that this rotting corpse was not a water ghost, and the reason why he was able to chase us against the current was all because of the small fish in his stomach.

The group of small silver fish probably ate his internal organs under the corpse, and swam forward while gnawing, which led the corpse to follow us upstream. We didn't know about the existence of the little fish just now, so we thought the carrion corpse was a water ghost.

When the truth was revealed, Jiang Yongguang also breathed a sigh of relief, put away the diving blade in his hand, barely squeezed out a smile, and said to everyone: "A false alarm, there are no ghosts in this world at all, don't always scare yourself!" ”

Xiao Liang's whole body collapsed, and he didn't know if he was tired from the rapid diving just now, or if he was frightened by this carrion corpse.

But the advantage of just coming up from the water is that you can't see it even if you pee your pants in fright, anyway, your pants are already soaked, of course, when you get on fire, you can say otherwise.

After this turmoil subsided, I pointed to the huge underground cave in front of me and asked Jiang Yongguang: "This should be the ancient tomb, right?" ”

Jiang Yongguang didn't answer me immediately, but walked nearby to observe the situation.

The scale of this underground cavern is indeed large, as if it were a magnificent palace hidden underground, but there is not the slightest trace of artificial excavation from the rock walls and cave passages.

"I'm afraid we haven't found the tomb yet, this underground cavern should have been blasted out by the groundwater for many years, but it is certain that this place must be connected to the ancient tomb."

As he spoke, Jiang Yongguang picked up an object with a metallic sheen and a rope tied to one end from a crack in the rock not far away.

I squinted and saw that it was a flying tiger claw commonly used by snitches in martial arts movies, this thing is also called iron chicken claw, which is essentially an iron chicken claw, which can be hung on the wall, rock wall, and treetops with a casual throw, and can be used to climb or remotely retrieve things.

I don't need Jiang Yongguang to explain, I understand that this designation is a tool left by tomb robbers.

After finding the first clue, Jiang Yongguang began to look around like a road sign, and soon found some traces left by tomb robbers.

Some of these traces are tools of crime, some are the remains of the tomb robbers themselves, severed limbs and legs, and even some are actually artifacts that they stole from ancient tombs - such as jade, bronze artefacts, gold leaf products, etc......

Jiang Yongguang and they were very careful to keep these cultural relics, and carefully put them in their bags for safekeeping, and I only took a careful look in the process, and I could see that these cultural relics were very valuable.

"These are all national treasures, aren't they?" I asked in a whisper.

Jiang Yongguang shook his head and said: "Strictly speaking, only first-class cultural relics are national treasure-level cultural relics, and these may not be national treasure-level ......."

Speaking of this, his words turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "But the theft and excavation of these cultural relics is enough to give each of the rats in the ancient tomb a peanut." ”

"Mouse?"

I was stunned for a moment, but then realized that this was the official slang used within the system to refer to tomb robbers. If you think about it carefully, tomb robbers drill holes in the ground every day, aren't they rats? This black word is also appropriate, far more appropriate than the names of "Yuanliang", "Tufuzi", "Zhiguo Fa Fa", "Palm Eye", and even "Touching the Golden Captain" and "Faqiu Zhonglang General" The tomb robbers themselves put gold on their faces.

When I spoke, I looked at my words and looks, and I could see that Jiang Yongguang also hated tomb robbers.

Especially when saying "one peanut per person", Jiang Yongguang said it by gritting his back molars.

I guessed at the time that there was a blood feud between him and the tomb robbers, otherwise he wouldn't have such a strong hatred.

Sure enough, Jiang Yongguang immediately said to me: "Remember, Xiao Chen, tomb robbers are not ordinary little thieves, especially these rats who rob tombs, they dare to eat cats when they are in a hurry!" Because once they are caught, their lives are in danger, so they really dare to play with their lives. ”

Speaking of this, his tone suddenly lowered a little, and he said quietly: "Several of my brothers, including the master who brought me into the industry, are all folded in the hands of the mouse......