"Hu, hu, hu... Finally... it's here." When the small pool of water appeared in front of the two again, Sinbad felt his whole body relaxed.
Thanks to the three gods, to the son of the earth and the mother of the ocean, he muttered in his heart. At this moment, the hole was bright, which allowed the two to escape as quickly as possible. At the same time, the closer it is to the sea, the greater the shrinkage of the cave, like the mouth of a crock pot. This is probably the reason why the giant iron armored scorpion didn't chase it all the way.
However, this still does not mean complete security.
He hadn't forgotten the tidal crawling sound. Even if the desert scorpions of the entire Endless Cape were concentrated here, he would not be surprised. All Simbady knew was that these predators could cross the stone wall at any time, chasing after the smell and tearing them to shreds.
Luckily, scorpions can't swim, and as long as they escape into the sea, they can get out of danger.
"Quick, put on your helmet!" Sinbad grabbed the diving helmet on the ground and couldn't wait to put it on his neck.
However, he found that the Fjords did not move.
"Hey, what are you stunned for!"
"You... go first." Rex whispered with his back to him.
go first? Sinbad was stunned for a while, damn, wouldn't this guy still be thinking about those glowing relics
His anger couldn't help but surge into his heart, and he stepped forward in three steps and grabbed each other's shoulders, "Are you crazy? Do you know what's going on right now?"
Halfway through the words, it was suddenly stuck in his throat, and Simbady looked at Rex's chest in surprise, and saw that the clothes made of soft leather and intestinal membrane had a cut, and there were blood stains on both sides.
"Your diving attire..."
"Broken." Rex forced the corners of his mouth to grin, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying. "In the end, the desert scorpion didn't pierce me, but its pliers rubbed my clothes."
The sand people fell silent. The wound on the other side's chest was not large, but the skin was cut, but the diving suit was damaged, which meant that the seawater would pour into his helmet along the neck interface.
After a while, Sinbad said, "If only the air tube is used..."
Rex shook his head with a wry smile, "Unless we're very close to the water, you have to inhale as hard as the pump."
The two pipes are connected together to maintain balance.
The other party had already told him this.
That's why the other party was so hesitant when answering his question before...
I'm afraid the Fjords were aware of their situation by then.
Rex took off his pocket and handed it to him, "This is a sample of the stone tablet, please give it to my assistant, and say that I have found a discovery that is no less than that of Lord Thunder."
Sinbad noticed that his fingers were shaking slightly.
"Your assistant... has a spare diving suit?"
"Only these two pieces, from material selection to sewing, it takes at least half a year to make a set of clothes." Rex took a deep breath and could see that he was trying his best to restrain his emotions, "I know what you are thinking, the truth. Running all the way, I thought about all the ways I could think of, and it turned out that without diving gear, it was impossible to get out of the cave. Probably, this is fate..."
"destiny?"
"People from the Fantastic Item Society... can't be true explorers." He bit his lip, "Let's go before the scorpion arrives! As long as I can bring the news back, even if I can't get the explorer's information The title, and the name will surely spread throughout the fjord with this invention!"
Sinbad looked at the pool for a moment and said slowly, "I refuse."
"Huh?" Rex's eyes widened in disbelief.
"You still owe me twenty-nine golden dragons. If you die, who will I ask for it?" He said angrily, "Only you and Mu Li know about this agreement. I don't think your assistant will pay for it. The money can be seen from their clothes, and those two are not much better than the sand people."
"We just don't have any money now!" Rex protested, "To buy a steam engine from Greycastle... It cost a little more than expected... When the reputation of diving suits spread, a large number of merchants would definitely come to buy them. At that time, there was no Don't worry about money!"
"But the problem is that this money has nothing to do with me, and probably won't even have anything to do with you." Simbady threw his pocket and helmet on the ground, "If you think you have become scorpion feces, outside Do those people still insist that diving suits are your invention? Just change your rhetoric and you can get both fame and fortune. There is nothing more cost-effective than this. So it's not just my twenty-nine golden dragons that have to be lost in vain, yours It is very likely that the wish will not come true.”
"… what exactly do you want to do?"
"Accept the unknown and overcome yourself."
After Simbadi recited it in his heart, he let out a long breath, "Mojin people don't like being owed, and they don't like breaking their trust. A promise is a promise, no matter whether the other party is the king of Greycastle or a man from the Fjords, I promised to do it. Help to the end, right?"
Rex couldn't help being stunned, "But how do you..."
"Look at the pool," he took off his waterproof suit, "don't you notice it's getting smaller?"
It was only then that Rex noticed that there was a circle of wet bluestones around the pool, which was proof that the water surface was falling.
"The whirlpool sea has entered the low tide period, which means that the distance we need to wade in the water is shortening," Sinbad said word for word, "if all goes well, we can be rescued by floating ten meters after swimming out of the water hole. It's impossible to do that in diving gear, but there's a chance that all stripping will include the stones you've collected. Now, take your clothes off."
"Take off, take off your clothes?"
"Yes, if we want to keep the tide as low as possible, we must be prepared to block the desert scorpion, and the most effective way is to set fire." Sinbad nodded, "But the water vapor is full here, and the flowers and plants are not easy to ignite. , so firelighters are needed." He pointed to the oil lamp, "Grease plus leather should keep the fire burning for a while."
Rex was silent for a long time, "...don't try, it's impossible to succeed."
"why?"
"You can't tell when the tide will recede to its lowest point. For every meter of the sea, the distance through the water hole will increase several times. Reckless action will only use up all the air in the long water hole." He said With pain, he said, "And the most important thing is that I can't swim at all! It's ridiculous, right, it's better to be seasick than someone from the fjord! It's because I can't swim that I can't talk to other people. So plunge into the sea and become a true explorer!"
"I saw it long ago, while diving." Sinbad said calmly.
"what?"
"The lifting and lowering all depend on the hanging basket, and walking on the bottom of the sea is clumsy. Without this suit, you may not even be able to go under the water."
"Since you know, you said you want to swim out?"
"Because you don't need to swim, as long as you cooperate with me to hold your breath, the process may be a little painful, and you may even lose consciousness, but as long as you don't move, I can take you out." Sinbad said slowly.
"You alone?" Rex looked in disbelief.
"I told you, there was a deep pool in the oasis where I lived when I was a child, and everyone liked to see who could dive deeper and longer." Sinbad raised his head, "I was never the best in the family... But It wasn't that I tried my best, it was that I was afraid."
"Fear?"
"Well, it's as deep as a giant mouth, and it makes me feel like if I dive a little further, I'll be sucked in. So I always stay half a breath and pretend to be exhausted in front of everyone... Over time, Even I believe this myself." He looked directly at Rex, "You said I've always underestimated myself, maybe that's true, so I want to try it out and see where my limits are."
"Similarly, you can't leave if you can't swim? Are you sure that's your limit?" Sinbad said loudly, "Are you really not underestimating yourself!"
Rex clenched his fists unconsciously.
"At least you're not afraid of the sea at all. You're much better than me at this point." Simbadi raised the corners of his mouth, "How? Would you like to take a bet with me? Explorers... Why don't you take risks? Can you count?"
…
An hour later, the choking smoke had almost filled the entire cave.
And the previous water pool is now gradually retreating into the water hole, just for the two of them.
Opposite the smoke, there was a faint sound of desert scorpions crawling.
Like a tidal wave.
The two looked at each other, realizing that this was the last moment.
"Let's go, Mr. Honorary Explorer." Sinbad took a deep breath and submerged Rex into the water.
The cool sea water merged with him.
It was as if everything went back to childhood.
But this time there was no Calorne or any other clan by his side.
The only thing he has to surpass is himself.
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