When the magic flower blooms

The mysterious underground corridor continues forward.

Along the way, in addition to the large water storage space they had just seen, some narrow holes appeared on the walls on both sides.

These holes, which are about the thickness of an arm, seem to divert surface runoff.However, due to years of sedimentation and siltation, most of the pores have been blocked.

"The water seems to be overflowing."

He Tiansi's flashlight kept scanning the road ahead.Indeed, the water that originally only flowed along the ditches on both sides has now covered the entire road.The water was rushing, hitting the heels of the two people, creating a vast expanse of white spray.

The ground covered by the water flow began to become slippery, and the muddy feeling on the soles of the feet became more and more obvious.The two had to slow down and supported each other to move forward.

After trekking like this for four or five minutes, the water has submerged my ankles.Even though they were wearing thick woolen stockings in their overshoes, it was bitingly cold.

Just when Ming Ruoxing was worried that if he continued walking, he might get wet, another huge black doorway appeared on the right.

"Looks like there's a show—"

He Tiansi stopped and put his hands to his ears, "That's right, the voice of the shark came from here!"

Ming Ruoxing immediately shone the flashlight on the door opening.I saw another simple space like a cistern inside.There seemed to be nothing, except another black iron fence at the base of the opposite wall.

"There is a way, there is a way!"

He Tiansi suddenly became excited, and rushed over with Ming Ruoxing.

Being placed in a humid environment for a long time, the iron door has completely decayed, and it shattered into several pieces with just a light touch.The two entered in a single file, only to find that there was another ascending staircase inside.

"What are you doing so complicated?" He Tiansi complained, "It's almost catching up with the pyramids."

Ming Ruoxing understood better than him: "After all, it's an underground industry, and it can't see the light of day. It is also necessary to prevent the sharks from escaping. Besides, after the Asian Security Bureau intervened, it must have closed the convenient entrances and exits to prevent ordinary people from entering by mistake."

Going up is not without benefits-at least the water flow under the feet retreats to the sides of the channel.They walked a hundred and eighty steps along the slowly ascending passage, but the space in front of them was getting wider and wider.

"It's almost there, the voice is getting clearer!"

Before he knew it, He Tiansi became nervous again.

Although Ming Ruoxing couldn't hear the mermaid singing that He Tiansi described, he could see more and more scales appearing on the steps.In addition, there are broken rotten wood, broken porcelain pieces and other debris.

All these things, after 500 years of long silence, are almost beyond recognition and unrecognizable.

There were more and more wreckage, and the atmosphere became more and more depressing.The two were not in the mood to talk to each other, so they went up to the top of the steps in silence.

Although they were more or less mentally prepared, they were still shocked by the scene before them.

There is actually a spacious cave hall the size of a basketball stadium hidden in the roundabout and dark underground depths.The walls and ceiling of the cave are all made of bricks and stones.Close to the cave wall is a circle of stone platforms, arching a stone island in the center of the cave hall.

The height from Shidao to the top of the cave is about four or five meters, but the distance to the bottom of the cave is unknown.

Because the bottom of the stone island is the deep pool.

The flashlight in He Tiansi's hand scanned back and forth on the water.The pool water is like a huge obsidian, bottomless, turbid, and there are many floating objects.

"Look over there."

Ming Ruoxing also pointed at the collapsed part diagonally opposite with his flashlight—it turned out that the stone platform under their feet was not solid, but the top of a huge water cage.

"Bastard, they must have imprisoned mermaids in these cages!" He Tiansi was filled with righteous indignation.

After saying this, he suddenly walked to the dark and gloomy pool and squatted down, staring straight at the water surface.

Ming Ruoxing quickly followed and grabbed his arm: "Be careful!"

"I am fine."

Only then did He Tiansi raise his head, and lightly patted the back of Ming Ruoxing's hand.

"The shark's voice came from the water. They didn't intend to do anything to me, they just wanted to tell us something."

For the next half a minute, there was a dead silence in the entire cave hall.To be on the safe side, Ming Ruoxing never let go of He Tiansi's hand.And from time to time, use a flashlight to shoot at the water surface, beware of something suddenly emerging from the deep water.

"They want me down."

Half a minute later, He Tiansi suddenly made an astonishing decision, "I must go down into the pool."

"No, it's too dangerous!"

Ming Ruoxing vetoed it without thinking, "Let's not mention anything else, now that the temperature is so low, you will cramp when you step into the water, you will drown if you cramp, and you will die!"

He Tiansi didn't know where the courage came from: "There will be no problem. The mermaids will help me."

"Maybe they just want to confuse you, and want to drag you into the water to become another victim. Don't forget that people died because of this hundreds of years ago... Don't be fooled!"

"But I don't think they lied to me."

"Your feelings are wrong!"

He Tiansi seems to have made up his mind, but in terms of stubbornness, Ming Ruoxing naturally does not give up much.After going back and forth like this for several rounds, seeing that the two sides were at a stalemate, He Tiansi let out a long sigh, rubbed his hair, and then turned his head to the deep pool of water.

"If you still want me to help, then prove something first!"

He had just finished yelling these words towards the water, when a breeze suddenly blew in the closed cave hall.

Ming Ruoxing hadn't figured out where the wind was coming from, when he saw a layer of ripples suddenly appear in the mirror-like pool.

As the water waves expanded round and round, the central area actually began to brighten, and a woman's outline appeared vaguely.

"is her?!"

The two recognized at the same time that it was the female mermaid who had been imprisoned in the small courtyard of the activity center.

It turned out that the final destination of her life was also this dark underground dungeon...

I don't know if her child who was sent away from the well escaped the clutches of Jinyu Village.

Ming Ruoxing is not hard-hearted, after learning of such an ending, he can't help but feel melancholy.

At the same time, the female mermaid in the ripples also set their eyes on them.Slowly opened his arms, as if he wanted to hug He Tiansi who was beyond the water.

There were tears in her eyes, but the corners of her mouth seemed to be smiling. The two contradictory emotions blurred together, interweaving a moving expression.

Strange to say, staring at the woman in the water, Ming Ruoxing also felt his body gradually relax, the original heavy suspicion and distrust were slowly melting away like ice and snow.

Suddenly, there was a muffled "bang" in his ear, breaking his daze.

Ming Ruoxing turned his head, just in time to see He Tiansi jumped and disappeared into the pool.

"He Tiansi——!!"

Seeing that the dark and cold pool water swallowed up the tall figure in an instant.Without any rational thinking, Ming Ruoxing took off his coat and followed He Tiansi into the pool!

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Cold, of course, is Ming Ruoxing's first feeling after entering the water.

When he participated in exercises and actual combat training in the past, he also received cold resistance training and winter swimming courses.But that was a prepared and planned cold, which was completely different from the sudden dive right now.

In just a dozen seconds, icy cold water penetrated into his clothes from all directions.Soaked all the three inner and outer layers of him until soaked.

He was very grateful for his decision to take off his coat before entering the water, because even at this moment, the sweater and fleece trousers that were soaked with water were sinking like lead weights, dragging him to the depths of the deep and terrifying pool .

The only thing that might count as a good thing is that the expected cramps didn't happen.He stepped nimbly on the water, resurfaced to take a breath, and looked around at the same time.

Except for his side, the surface of the pool has completely returned to calm.This shows that after He Tiansi jumped into the water, he never floated up again.

not good...

Worried that he didn't have much time to waste, Ming Ruoxing took a deep breath, and quickly plunged into the water again.

Thankfully, the flashlights that the ASA kept in the safe room were waterproof.Even deep diving can be used normally.

But at this moment, the lights illuminated a scene that was enough to make normal people shudder.

Seen from the shore, the completely dark pool water turned yellowish dark green under the light.The field of vision was chaotic, with countless tiny impurities floating up and down in the water, like the ashes flying in the sky in Silent Hill.

Ming Ruoxing stretched out his hand and gestured. Even with the light, he could only see things within a range of two or three meters at most.

And this meant that, even if there were any colossal monsters hidden at the bottom of the deep pool, he would only be able to discover them if he got close to him.

The huge sense of insecurity made Ming Ruoxing fearful.He even instinctively wants to leave this dangerous waters as soon as possible.

But because of He Tiansi, he couldn't leave.

The dive continued, and the dark pool seemed bottomless.

Just when Ming Ruoxing worried that the remaining oxygen in his lungs might not be enough to support himself back to the surface.As far as the flashlight could illuminate, the person he was eager to see finally appeared.

Obviously he jumped into the water earlier, but He Tiansi didn't seem to be bothered by lack of oxygen at all.

He was suspended almost upright in the water, calmly looking down at something dark under his feet.

Ming Ruoxing quickly swam over.When he got closer, he realized that the thing next to He Tiansi's feet was red and black, and it looked like a long piece of rusty heavy iron chain coiled into a big ball.

Is this the shackles used to bind the sharks?

No matter what the truth is, now is not the time to worry about these things - Ming Ruoxing has clearly felt that there is not enough oxygen in his lungs.Thinking of himself and others, he decided that He Tiansi would not last long.

So he decisively stretched out his hands to hold He Tiansi's arms from behind, forcing him to float up with him.

Perhaps the bottom is too dark and dead, or the concentration is too focused.He Tiansi didn't recognize Ming Ruoxing immediately, and the two immediately twisted into a ball underwater.

What's even more strange is that as soon as He Tiansi was distracted, the red and black iron chain twisted immediately, like a giant python lurking at the bottom of a deep pool, raising its head.

No, Ming Ruoxing finally saw clearly - this is not an iron chain at all! !