Chapter 40: Crossing the Sea of Sand
They prepared separately, and in less than half an hour, they had already tied back to back in pairs according to the plan, and Ning Jing and Mo Qi had dug two holes in their sleeping bags, so that they could stretch out their hands and tie them tightly with the ends of the ribbons to prevent quicksand from entering. It looks like a pea has become a essence, if it weren't for the atmosphere not allowing, Bai Maxiao would have laughed a long time ago, took a few photos and posted them on the Internet.
Mo Qi is behind Tan Ju and can show him the way. Tan Juxian followed Mo Qi's instructions and headed in the direction of the underground palace, and when he was almost stuck in the quicksand, he let out a wolf howl, and the whole person instantly turned into a three-meter-tall werewolf, and his two paws quickly picked up the quicksand and plunged into it.
Bai Maxiao was tied to the end, and at first he felt that he was sinking deeper and deeper in the quicksand, just like when he fell into the quicksand trap that day, not only the psychological effect or anything, but he felt that his chest began to be stuffy, and it was gradually difficult to breathe, and suddenly he felt a pain in his waist, and was pulled in by a huge force.
Then Bai Maxiao felt that he was sprinting in the water with particularly strong resistance, and his back was pushed as if he had been violently hit by a big truck, and the whole person was pushed into the air, only feeling that his internal organs were about to be squeezed out.
Tan Ju's two claws, with their hard and long nails, flipped quickly in the soft quicksand, like a mole. Although Tan Ju's burrowing is very inferior to "Mole Nara", this is just his "side job", after all, his "wolf" talent is not used to dig holes.
Bai Maxiao was suffocating in his sleeping bag, and the oxygen in the sleeping bag was quickly absorbed by him, leaving only a thick carbon dioxide, and at this time he already felt that his heartbeat had increased significantly a lot, and he was almost about to jump out.
After about five minutes, Hakumashi felt that it was the longest five minutes he had ever experienced. Suddenly, as soon as his surroundings were cold, the heavy sense of oppression disappeared instantly, and the thrust that had been squeezing him behind him was much smaller. He knew that they had entered the underground river, but the most obvious sign was not that the resistance had decreased, but that countless waters had poured in. Before Bai Maxiao could figure out whether the sleeping bag was not waterproof, it was also very sealed, but why did the water flow so fast, and the next moment he was like being sprayed in the face by a water gun, and a large amount of water was sucked into his nose in this defenseless situation.
He immediately realized that a large hole had been made in his sleeping bag, and that he was now completely in the water, and with a large mouthful of water in his nose, he coughed violently and exhaled the last bit of oxygen stored in his lungs.
It is much easier to inhale oxygen and hold his breath than to breathe it out after exhaling, at this time he is completely deprived of oxygen, he only feels that the world is quiet, he feels that his body is no longer moving with the locomotive, but floating in the water, all he can feel is the thump of his heart, a wave of tiredness welling up, as if he is about to fall asleep.
This is a sign that his breathing is gradually stopping, and soon his brain will fall into a coma due to lack of oxygen, and soon his heart will also stop.
In this underground river covered with quicksand, there is no light source, and the white horse is in the dark, and the fear generated in such a situation makes it easier for people to lose their sense of survival.
Bai Ma Xiao had nothing to do, thinking that he was here too, it was worth living under many superman-like opponents so far, he did not regret joining Phoenix University, and the few months he could get along with a group of comrades-in-arms who supported each other were his most exciting months, which was completely different from the time he experienced in his uncle's house without family affection and on a wasted high school campus.
For the first time, I felt at home, but I only felt so short.
It's so short.
At this time, he felt something warm and soft on his lips, and he suddenly felt a trace of warmth surging around his body, like a warm current, swimming in his body, walking all over his limbs and then swimming back to his lower abdomen, the warmth of his lower abdomen actually made him sober up a lot, and the beating sound of his heart resounded again, as if going back in time, he returned to the physical strength at the moment when he fell into the water.
When he opened his eyes, there was still no light, and he couldn't see anything, only heard Mo Qi's voice in front of his face: "Don't give up, I'm waiting for you here, come quickly." β
He stretched out his hand, trying to grab something, but couldn't touch anything, but at this time, the strength on his hands and feet was as full as ever, and the desire to survive made him desperately row towards the voice, Mo Qi's voice was still in front, as if he was afraid that he would not find the direction, and repeated "Come on, come on, we are here." β
I don't know how long it took, but an orange-red light appeared above his head, and Bai Maxiao used his last strength to rush towards the light.
The moment he broke through the water, Shirashino felt for the first time that the air was so precious, fresh, and as refreshing as smoking mint powder.
Almost at the same time, he heard the quiet cry, "He's coming!" and a ribbon flew and grabbed him, dragging him ashore.
Hakuma fell to his knees, gasping for breath and coughing from time to time. After he had gasped, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw Nie Jianfeng and Ning Ning surrounding Mo Qi who was lying on the ground, and Ning Jing asked anxiously, "How is it?
Nie Jianfeng shook his head and glanced at Bai Ma Xiao meaningfully, "It seems that she has lost all her aura to Bai Ma, and she has no extra aura to maintain her spiritual mastery, and now she can only be forced to return to her main body to rest." β
Mo Qi looked weak, more worried, and two crystal tears could be vaguely seen on her face, but she didn't even seem to have the strength to speak, so she could only lie on the ground and cry.
Looking at Mo Qi like this, Ning Jing also cried out with self-blame, choked up and said, "It's all my fault...... Didn't notice that my ribbon was broken like this......" She looked at the ribbon in her hand, it was indeed missing and had become much shorter.
Bai Ma Xiao lay on the ground, listened to the quiet narration for a while, and basically understood what was happening.
The ribbon of tranquility was not lightly damaged in the fight with Tan Ju, when Tan Ju broke through the quicksand and entered the underground river, the huge resistance at the boundary made the ribbon finally break, and at the end Wang Shuo and Bai Ma Xiao immediately separated the large army, and now only Bai Ma Xiao was found by Mo Qi's spiritual magic and sent the aura to him, leading him to swim up, but Wang Shuo's whereabouts are always unknown.
Bai Ma Xiaoxin said that it was you who carried out the sneak attack and damaged the ribbon of Tranquility, and even his sleeping bag was probably broken at that time, which is simply to blame.
But thinking about it, of course, he couldn't say what was going on at this time, so he looked around and found that there was a cave on the shore of this waterhole, and there were many oil lamps placed on the walls around it, leading to the depths of the cave. Looking at the height and number of lights, it should have been here a long time ago, not like they just put them on, and Tan Ju was already tired and fell asleep, it seems that the workload this time is really not small.
Half an hour later, Mo Qi's physical strength gradually recovered, but she also understood that in this half hour, Wang Shuo had either been out of trouble or had drowned in the underground river, no matter what the result was, she didn't need to go back to him, but became very calm at this time. She looked at her surroundings, her eyes suddenly becoming confused, "Here...... It's not an entrance. β
Everyone was stunned, and Nie Jianfeng was the first to understand what she meant, and asked, "Are you saying that you didn't come here when you used the Spirit Technique to explore the way?"
Mo Qi nodded, "Although this place is a bit similar, it is not the entrance I found. β
Tan Ju also woke up at this time and scratched his head, "Could it be that I am on the wrong path? I am completely following your instructions." β
Mo Qi's face flushed and turned his head, "I can't see the road behind me, it's all based on the direction that my memory points you, and it's normal to have deviations." β
Tranquility suddenly shouted, "Look, this seems to lead somewhere. β
The quiet voice drifted from not far away, and at some point she had gone into the depths of the cavern.
The place is brightly lit, although it is not as bright as day, but you can see the whole cave, but you can't see it clearly in the deeper places, only a door is faintly seen at the end of the cave.
Nie Jianfeng said, "No matter what, we can only move forward at this time." He looked at Mo Qi, who was casual at this time, and said, "Connect with Wang Shuo's share, come on together." β
Mo Qi's eyes darkened again, but she understood that crying like a widow at this time was completely useless, and she could only cheer up more and live up to Wang Shuo's sacrificeβbut she still believed that her brother Shuo would not fall like this.
The group packed their bags and headed deeper into the cave.
It's obviously underground, but there's plenty of oxygen, and not only can the lights be lit, but even they think the air quality is good. Mo Qi said that this is not under the underground river, but in the middle of the underground river, it seems that this underground palace is surrounded by a circle of quicksand, and if you want to reach the top, you have to pass through a large quicksand trap, it seems that this end point is really carefully designed by the school.
After walking for about 20 minutes, the end of the cave appeared in front of me - it was indeed a stone door more than three meters high, and a few words were engraved on the top of the door, which looked like it was some years old: "Entrance B of the end point"