Although the boat can ride the rapids and reefs safely, it has suffered for the three of us. The three of us had no oars and could not control the direction of the boat at all. We could only drift along with the flow, be overwhelmed, and couldn't tell the east, the west, and the north.
After the rapids passed, we were exhausted, and then we all fell asleep in the cabin. I don't know how long we slept until I woke up hungry.
When I opened my eyes, I was immediately attracted by a "buzzing" sound. I was busy waking up Big Eye and Zhang Ling and said, "Listen, there is a sound."
The two immediately energized, listened carefully, and said with big eyes: "It seems to be the sound of insects."
After Big Eyes said so, the sound really resembled the mosquito chirping of mosquitoes.
Zhang Ling said: "Let's go out and see where we are."
Big Eye said: "Yes, maybe we have left the underground river."
The three people climbed out of the cabin, all around it was dark, and illuminating the sides with searchlights, and found that we were still in the underground channel, and the boat was floating quietly on the river without moving forward. It seemed that the river had become stagnant water.
I shined a searchlight on the surface of the water and said, "The buzzing sound is not the sound of insects flapping their wings. Look at the surface."
Under the light of the searchlight, the dark water surface, which was originally smooth as colored glaze, is now in the shape of a fishnet with continuous ripples.
Zhang Ling said immediately: "There are such fine ripples on the water, which only appear when subjected to high-speed shocks. The buzzing sound is the sound of vibration."
Big Eye and I hurriedly looked at the two banks and the river in the distance. There was nothing on both banks, nothing unusual.
Big eyes asked: "What caused the shock?"
Zhang Ling said solemnly: "There is only one possibility, that is, the entire underground river is shaking!"
As soon as she finished speaking, something suddenly appeared from the depths of the front of the cave. It came violently and the sound was deafening, which caused the whole cave to tremble.
As the thing entered the searchlight category, we saw a silvery white color coming oncoming. At the same time, the side walls of the entire tunnel were shaking at high speed, and the mosquito moaning sound came from the side walls.
Big eyes asked: "What's the matter?"
Zhang Ling said loudly: "Find a way to tie up the boat, otherwise we will be washed away by the water.
Go. "
As the wall of water continued to advance, the buzzing sound continued to increase. Yu Guang saw a stalactite on the shore, and I immediately said: "Tie the stalactite with a rope!"
With my hand raised, Feisuocancan drilled into the rock wall, and then flew ashore like a stalactite, next to the stalactite. At this time, Zhang Ling and Big Eye had tied the rope to the keel of the bow, and then threw the rope to me.
We didn't divide the work beforehand, but we were very cooperative. This kind of tacit understanding is not unrelated to the various hardships we have experienced together. Everyone knows what to do at a critical juncture.
I looped two ropes around the thick stalactites and fastened them firmly.
After all this was done, the buzzing sound had turned into a roar. Not only was the river surface violently quake, I could clearly feel that the entire tunnel cave was shaking, as if a mountain collapsed and the ground cracked.
I flew back to the boat immediately, panicked for a while, and was fiercely disturbed by uneasy emotions.
"Look! What is that?" Big Eye suddenly shouted.
The searchlight was still shining ahead, and something suddenly appeared in the depths of the cave that was supposed to be dark. Trembling.
As the thing quickly approached, we found that it was a silver-white wall, rushing towards the face, and more like countless silver bugs, rolling forward and backward.
It's water! Great water! It was as fierce as the floodgate of the reservoir was opened!
In the darkness, the silver dragon that was a thousand meters away showed up, rushing towards it with teeth and claws, tearing all obstacles in front of it to pieces.
The sound of the surging tide echoed repeatedly through the cave wall, and finally resonated, enough to make the entire cave resonate.
Zhang Ling said: "Quickly, fast forward and hide in the cabin!"
We immediately ran to the cabin, and as soon as we entered the cabin with a "boom", a wave passed from the top of the boat, and the boat was like a small bug flying into the silver dragon’s huge mouth, without attracting its attention. Unbelievable arrogance, and rushed forward quickly.
Regardless of Zhang Ling and Big Eye's persuasion, I firmly grasped the ship's hatch and stared at the main rope that was stretched straight, for fear that the rope would break.
The ship was swallowed by water,"
With a bang, it surfaced again, but at this moment the position of the ship was already six or seven meters higher than before. The high and tilted tip of the ship played the role of a baffle. Under such a wave, the hull hardly entered. The water, but tilted upwards at a 45-degree oblique angle along the tide head, followed by the water that lifted it up along the water, making me fall into the water.
After the wave, I raised my head, shook my head and face, breathing heavily, and looking back, the wall of water was drifting away from us.
I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The wave is over, come out, everyone."
Zhang Ling and Big Eye came out of the cabin, and Big Eye asked with lingering fear: "Will there be any?"
I shook my head and said, "I don't know, but fortunately we have this ship, otherwise we will all be washed away by the water."
Big Eye asked again: "How did this wave form?"
I couldn’t answer this question. Instead, I looked at the knowledgeable Zhang Ling. Zhang Ling looked at the time and said, “It’s 12 o’clock in the evening. Water."
I shone the searchlight on the surface of the aftermath of the river and said, "So, there is a bigger river in front of us. Because of the rising water, the river flows back?"
Zhang Ling nodded and said, "It should be like this."
Big eyes asked: "Then how long will we get to a bigger river? Is that river an underground river or an outside river?"
Zhang Ling shook his head and said, "I don't know. But now it's the time when the water is rising. If you untie the rope, the boat will go back, so we can only move on after the rising water recedes."
Big eyes sighed and said, "It would be great if we had oars. We can row."
Darkness, endless darkness. The searchlight moved up and down with the hull, and the stone wall at the far end faintly revealed the shadow of a monster.
The three of us who were hungry and hungry lay reclining on the boat, without talking, just waiting quietly for the rising water to recede, and we are fortunately continuing to go down the river.
This wait is twenty-four hours.
During this period, I slept twice, because we had nothing to do except sleep, and talking would only waste energy. What we are most prosperous now is time, and what we lack most is food.
Hungry, so hungry!
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