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Su Rui lowered his head to arrange his diving equipment, and gently chanted a poem in his mouth. The voice was sweet and the melody was melodious, Zi Yang could hear him fascinated.
When Su Rui's voice ceased, Zi Yang asked quietly: "It's so nice, what does this lyrics mean?"
Su Rui turned her head and smiled and said to him:
"This poem is "Khubilai Khan" written by British poet Coleridge. What I just hummed was the first few sentences. The translation should be:
Kublai Khan came to Xanadu,
Ordered the construction of the majestic Anle Palace,
The holy river winds its way through here,
Through the unfathomable portal,
Directly into the deep ocean with no sunlight. "
After hearing Su Rui's translation, Zi Yang was stunned, and felt a strange feeling in his heart, but couldn't tell what it was.
"Hi! Are you all ready?" Jin Guoqiang walked over to greet them.
He just helped Lao Wang put on a rebreather, and carefully checked the functions of each part. After confirming that it was normal, Lao Wang couldn't wait to walk into the water and looked back to see that Zi Yang and Su Rui were still talking on the shore. Live and shouted:
"Have you finished talking? When are we going to leave? Hurry up, my big sword is already hungry and thirsty!"
Seeing him brandishing a scimitar, Zi Yang couldn't help cursing: "Pig head! Take the knife back into the scabbard, cut the oxygen tube and you're done."
Su Rui connected the two air bottles brought from underwater to the external interface of the Nano Clothes, and then helped Zi Yang hang on his back and carefully checked his equipment.
Although Zi Yang had worn this set of nano-clothes that brought together all kinds of ultra-age technologies, now he puts on him again, it still feels weird.
Thinking of the corpse of a Gurkha cavalry in this suit, he couldn't help but pee.
"We're fine too!" After checking his own equipment, Su Rui nodded to Jin Guoqiang, "It's ready to be launched."
"I wish you success!" Jin Guoqiang shook Zi Yang's hand firmly.
"Hey, thank you, don't give it away, let's go!" Zi Yang grinned farewell to everyone, barely squeezing a smile from his mouth.
Jin Guoqiang's words didn't make him feel encouraged, but there was a kind of tragic and vigorous, "the wind is cold and the water is cold, and the strong man is gone and never returned."
When Gao Jianli saw Jing Ke off by the Yishui River more than 2,000 years ago, I'm afraid his mood was also so complicated, right
I wonder if Jing Ke also had a feeling of "I don't play anymore, who loves to go and who goes"
Many people don't know that there is another sentence in this popular poem, "Explore the tiger's cave and enter the Jiao Palace, look up to the sky and breathe into a white rainbow." This line of poem is quite appropriate. Their current situation is not much different from that of exploring the tiger's lair and entering the Jiao Palace.
Su Rui and Zi Yang both picked up the air bottle and walked into the deep water. They looked back and saw that Jin Guoqiang, Xiaosha Ge, Xiaoli, Xiaohei, and Wang Juan were all here and stood on the shore to see them off.
Zi Yang and Su Rui waved their hands, put on masks, and slowly sank into the water.
Lao Wang yelled to Xiaoli, "Xiaoli, wait for me, and come back to marry you after getting rich!"
"Oh! You guy..." Xiaoli blushed on her face and stomped her feet shyly and shouted: "You, be careful!"
Lao Wang put on his face mask and slowly walked into the deep water until the water covered his head. He did not forget to stretch out his hand and make a V gesture.
Su Rui took Zi Yang and Lao Wang all the way down to the entrance of the waterway he had discovered before, and gestured to him to go first. Zi Yang was in the middle and Lao Wang was last.
The three people walked slowly along the waterway. After the last time they found the underwater cavity of the two Gurkha mercenaries, Zi Yang looked at the hole carefully again, and there were indeed signs of artificial excavation.
After traveling several tens of meters forward, they saw another underwater cavity that Su Rui had mentioned before, which was exactly the same hole. In order to save time, they did not go in to check, but chose to continue along the waterway.
Moving forward from here, the fork in the road suddenly increased. Su Rui is holding an underwater sonar gun in his hand, which emits a pulse every time he advances a certain distance. There is a small screen at the back of the sonar gun, and the feedback of the water channel graphics can be seen on it.
Most of the waterways in this area are relatively narrow, but after traveling a certain distance, there is a relatively wide waterway that can accommodate two people in parallel. Even Zi Yang could see that this waterway was obviously dug out manually.
As Zi Yang swam forward, he was full of emotion, what kind of person can carry out such a large manpower project under such deep water? Even when the construction industry is so developed today, it is a bit weird to be able to do such a project.
Looking back at Pharaoh, under the light of the diving lamp, Pharaoh was turning his head and looking westward. He noticed that Zi Yang was looking back at him. Pharaoh made a fist with his right hand and gave a thumbs up, with a smile on his face.
"This idiot made the wrong gesture!"
Zi Yang knew that what Lao Wang wanted to express was that everything was OK, but he gave a sign of upward movement.
Although his expression was slightly nervous, Lao Wang's movements were still very coordinated, and he was so emotionally stable in the first deep dive. Zi Yang was very surprised by Lao Wang's performance.
He had secretly discussed with Su Rui the emergency plan if Pharaoh collapsed underwater, it seems that there is no need to start Plan B.
Moving on along this "artificial waterway", it is obvious that the trend is continuing to rise. Su Rui observed his dive watch from time to time, paying attention to the changes in water pressure and altitude. After a while, Su Rui signaled the team to stop and let Lao Wang decompress. They have traveled some distance from the bottom of the water.
After stopping and walking like this, I don't know how long it took, Zi Yang gradually felt tight in his chest, a little upset. Check that the barometer index of the air bottle is still normal, and know that the gas is enough. This physical discomfort should be a psychological abnormality caused by being in a claustrophobic environment for a long time.
At this moment, Su Rui who was marching in front suddenly stopped, looked back at Zi Yang, and pointed his finger forward.
Following the direction of her fingers, Zi Yang saw a vertical rectangular opening, about two meters high and one meter wide, with a very flat section, as if someone had dug a hole in a whole stone.
Su Rui nodded with Zi Yang and Lao Wang, and jumped into the cave entrance.
Zi Yang took a deep breath, bit the scalp and swam in with him-although he had been mentally prepared, Zi Yang couldn't help being surprised as soon as he entered the cave.
This is a huge underwater cave. The bottom is dark and deep, and there is a steep wall next to it. Looking up along the beam of the diving lamp, I saw the sparkling above, it seems that there is a water surface tens of meters away.
Compared with the narrow waterway just now, the space here is instantaneously larger by hundreds of times. They seem to be in a reservoir with a diameter of several tens of meters, and in terms of width, it has exceeded the deep pool outside.
At this time, Lao Wang had also drilled out of the hole. He didn't adapt to the "openness" of this place for a while, and he almost turned over a somersault. Su Rui swam a few steps quickly to help him stabilize his body.
Although the surface of the water seems to be above the head, the true depth is probably more than 30 to 40 meters. After two more decompressions, they finally surfaced.
Zi Yang dragged the oxygen cylinder onto the shore. As soon as he raised his head, he was stunned by the majestic shore scene—the ground was still dozens of meters from the top of the cave, and the top was rugged upside-down stalactites. The terrain was undulating in the distance, and the cave was dark and quiet. Yes, the diving light can't even shine.
This is a very huge underground cave.
Lao Wang also surfaced on the surface of the water. He took off his mask and saw the scene before him. He couldn't help but: "Fuck trough...Fuck trough...Fuck trough..."
In terms of his poor language ability, these three consecutive long "fuck" have expressed his inner shock to the greatest extent.
Su Rui put down the air bottle and said, "Don't sigh in a hurry, there is something that shocks you even more."
"Let's go! What are you waiting for! Go digging for treasures!" Lao Wang said sharply.
"No hurry, there is enough air in this place. Let's take your time and check the outpost first." Su Rui acted steadily as always.
"Yes, that fabled outpost!"
Zi Yang took out the pistol and the magazine from the waterproof bag to Su Rui and Lao Wang respectively, and said softly:
"Everyone was alert. I didn't see any fish or shrimps along the way. I didn't see the'Gray Shadow' flying dragon that Sharma said. I don't know if there are any dangerous things hidden in this cave..."
Zi Yang had a vague hunch when he thought of the broken steel cable in the water.
Zi Yang, who has experienced several expedition crises, knows that the more calm the surface is, the easier it is to hide the danger.
This underwater cave is a bit scary to be quiet.
Lao Wang tightly held the dogleg scimitar in his hand: "No matter what kind of accident happened this time, Lao Tzu must take some baby back. You can't go back empty-handed like the last time in Tibet!"
There was a sand slope next to the water. In a shallow pool at the corner next to it, they found various instruments and equipment immersed in the water, as well as a pile of messy air bottles.
"When the expedition came last time, the water level should not have been so high. Before, there should be no water in here."
Su Rui took out an electronic instrument from the water, which was rusty and eroded by the water.
Zi Yang also remembered that when he came to Qinhan Village last summer, the water level of the water pool had not risen so much.
"How much pressure is there?" Zi Yang asked.
"One standard atmosphere."
"Huh? You mean, the water here is parallel to the pool outside?" Zi Yang asked in surprise.
Su Rui nodded: "Our position should be in the hillside of Qinhan Village."
Zi Yang was stunned, and then he wanted to understand that Qinhan Village is surrounded by mountains, and the shortest peak outside is more than one or two kilometers high—that is, there are at least a few hundred meters of soil above them, if If it is below the top of the peak, then the confinement is several kilometers.
Lao Wang turned in the water for a long time. Apart from the rusty instruments, only a few air bottles were still usable. He couldn't help but said sadly: "It's really unlucky, there are no valuables."
Zi Yang saw that the old Wang who saw the money opened his eyes was not angry, and said coldly, "Don't always think about making a fortune, you should be more concerned about where the people at the outpost have gone!"
According to Sharma’s account, in addition to a few Gurkha mercenaries, there should have been seven exploration team staff members. But apart from a bunch of rotten instruments, there are no people alive and no corpses. Zi Yang had to deepen his suspicion.
Lao Wang didn't move at all. He turned the diving light on his head to the brightest, his eyes patrolling around with the light, and his mouth was muttering: "Xiao Su, where are the murals and palaces you mentioned?"