The next morning.

The morning sun shone on the surface of the lake, shimmering and rippling as the breeze swept across the lake.

If it weren't for the monster corpses piled up by the lake, no one would have thought that there was a terrible battle here last night.

The people of the treasure hunting team were already standing on the edge of the lake at this time.

"Who among us is the best in water?" Chen Jianqiu looked around.

Everyone looked at each other.

Sean, Hanif and Donnie are all landlubbers, and Adam's current physical condition is obviously not suitable for entering the water, and the Dannies have been crawling in the swamps of Virginia for many years, but the water will be enough.

As for Holmes, you can't expect him to fight back against those monsters underwater.

The three Chinese boys looked like they wanted to speak and stopped.

"If you have any ideas, just say it." Chen Jianqiu looked at them with a smile.

"Shaoju (Lord), let me try to Saw." A young man stood up, "My hometown is Dongtingfu (Lake) on the edge of the drop, since I was a child, I have been fishing and catching shrimp, and the water is wide. ”

"Yes, guts." Chen Jianqiu patted him on the shoulder.

He took his dagger from his boot and handed it to the young man, "What's your name?" ”

"Li Sifu, they call me Li Datou."

Chen Jianqiu looked at Li Sifu's head and nodded approvingly.

He tied a rope around Li Sifu's waist, and then pulled it hard a few times to test the degree of sturdiness: "If there is any special situation, quickly pull the rope, and we will drag you up." ”

Li Sifu nodded.

He stepped into the lake, took a deep breath, and then stabbed him down.

The rope on the shore gradually stretched out into the water. Everyone's eyes followed the rope and focused on the surface of the lake.

The surface of the water is not shocked, and nothing has changed much.

Chen Jianqiu took out his pocket watch.

His previous gold pocket watch, which had been given to him by Daddy James before his departure, had been "heroically killed" after he had been shot for him in Lincolnshire.

After knowing the whole truth, the father couldn't wait to marry his daughter Emily to Chen Jianqiu and recruit this kid to be his son-in-law.

Chen Jianqiu politely declined, and his father could only give him a pocket watch as a thank you and commemoration.

He glanced at the time on his pocket watch.

The underwater duration of normal people's apnea diving is about 1-3 minutes, if the water is excellent or trained, it can be slightly longer, but it will generally not exceed 10 minutes.

Two minutes had passed, and the rope was still stretching into the water.

Holmes and the others already had some worried looks on their faces, but Chen Jianqiu still had a calm face, his chin in his hand, and he was looking in the direction of the lake.

Four minutes passed, and there was still no movement, and Sean couldn't hold his breath anymore: "Boss, let's pull the rope, I'm afraid it's too late, so I can only drag a corpse up." ”

Chen Jianqiu didn't make a sound.

He didn't know what was going on under the water, but the rope was still going into the water, not in a hurry or at a slow pace.

Give Li Sifu a little more time.

Four minutes and thirty-two seconds.

Suddenly, a blister rose in the center of the lake, and the rope that had been loose suddenly seemed to be pulled by some huge force and tightened.

"Quick! Pull the rope! Chen Jianqiu didn't say a word, he had already taken the lead in picking up the rope on the edge of the lake and quickly recovering it.

Seeing this, the others also hurriedly ran up, grabbed the rope on the ground, and followed Chen Jianqiu to pull the rope back.

The force coming from the rope was unusually huge, as if the other end of the rope was not a person, but a giant hidden underwater.

Chen Jianqiu secretly said that it is not good, this underwater situation is probably not so simple, if it really becomes fishing, then Li Sifu, who has become a "bait", is afraid that he will die for a lifetime.

"Quick! Hurry back and pull Li Sifu up as fast as possible. Chen Jianqiu exerted force on his legs, he stabilized the rope and pulled the rope back.

Behind him, Danny sat back like an old sailor, leaning back, his right and left hands alternately holding the rope.

After collecting the two-meter rope, all of a sudden, the force coming from the other end of the rope suddenly became lighter.

The tug-of-war won, but Chen Jianqiu's heart sank.

He was afraid that the rope would be closed and closed, and that there would be a broken rope under the water, or that he might see a more tragic picture.

When the rope was halfway received, Chen Jianqiu felt that there was still weight in his hands, and there was no red liquid on the water.

"And saved! Pull it up! Chen Jianqiu shouted to the people behind him.

When everyone heard this, they all sped up the movements of their hands.

There were ripples on the surface of the water, and Chen Jianqiu faintly saw Li Sifu's body under the water through the lake.

He still had a rope tied around his waist, but he was unconscious.

"Quick!"

Everyone dragged Li Sifu, who was already unconscious, to the shore.

Surprisingly, he was still holding Chen Jianqiu's dagger in his hand.

Teresa lined up the crowd and examined his body, revealing that there were no obvious wounds, only that one of his shoes was missing.

"You all get out of the way and don't block the flow of air." Lady Teresa rolled up her sleeves and began to resuscitate the young man.

It seems that Li Sifu is not lying when he says that he has good water quality, and after spitting out a large mouthful of water, he opened his eyes.

"Strange, monster." Li Sifu was shocked and stammered.

"Is it the one from last night?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

Li Sifu nodded weakly, but his speech was still not very clear, "Big, big. ”

He struggled to sit up, but his body was extremely weak, and he was finally able to stand up with the help of Sean.

He handed the dagger in his hand to Chen Jianqiu: "Shao, young master, your dagger was not lost for you." ”

Chen Jianqiu took the dagger and patted him lightly on the shoulder.

He took off his coat and walked to the lake.

When everyone saw this, they knew that he was going to go on his own trip.

"Boss, otherwise, let's think of something else." Sean smuttered that he had a natural fear of what was underwater.

"I also think it's not that simple down here, shouldn't we be cautious?" Holmes also persuaded that the body structure of the monster yesterday was probably like a fish in water underwater.

What's more, according to Li Sifu's description, the guy he met underwater was even bigger than last night's.

"No, I'll try, or we'll have to go home."

Chen Jianqiu checked the equipment on his body.

In addition to the dagger in his hand, he only brought a revolver and a few extra rounds of ammunition.

So far, he has used Browning's fixed ammunition.

He was not worried about the airtightness of the bullets, and he could trust Browning's craftsmanship.

Chen Jianqiu stood on the edge of the lake, and Danny walked behind him, ready to tie a rope around his waist.

"No, if the situation is not right, I will find an opportunity to come up, the rope will affect the flexibility of my movements." Chen Jianqiu rejected the offer to tie a rope around his waist.

"You just wait here for me, those Pinkerton detectives haven't shown up, it's very likely that they are nearby, you can't run into them."

After Chen Jianqiu finished speaking, he plunged into the lake

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