withering day

The coldness of the water was beyond Han Mo's imagination. Even though he had done enough warm-up exercises before, he still felt his muscles twitching as soon as he entered the water, as if he was about to cramp. Fortunately, this situation lasted for a few seconds , after a few seconds he began to gradually adapt to the temperature of the water.

Pointing towards the spiral ladder, Han Mo signaled Shui Hanjiang and the others to go down the spiral ladder, because the water gushing out of the black hole was too fast, and they couldn't sink without something to support them.Shui Hanjiang nodded to show his understanding.

Han Mo and Shui Hanjiang walked down the underwater spiral staircase one behind the other. The further they went down, the lower the temperature of the water and the greater the momentum. The fence is in danger of being washed away if you are not careful.

After diving for dozens of meters, the two saw an amazing scene through the strong light of the flashlight. It turned out that there was a huge vortex in the underwater black hole. Although the speed was not particularly fast, it still looked terrifying. , like a tornado lurking underwater.Han Mo looked behind him, Shui Hanjiang was still calm, and nodded to him, he felt a little relieved, and started to continue walking down.

Even though the force of the underwater vortex is not very strong, it still caused a lot of obstacles to the two people's diving, and the speed was much slower, and the use time of an oxygen mask is only 15 minutes, which must also be counted. time.Seven or eight minutes have passed, and the two still haven't seen the bottom of the spiral staircase. The black hole is more like a bottomless abyss, and the blue light seems to never get close.

Han Mo looked back again, ready to see how Shui Hanjiang made a decision.Shui Hanjiang thought for a while, and compared the number three with his fingers, which meant that 3 minutes was enough to float from the bottom to the surface of the water, and they could still move forward.Han Mo hesitated for a moment, but finally continued to walk down.

How far can you go in a few minutes?At the bottom of the water nearly [-] meters deep, facing the spiral staircase with no end in sight, Han Mo felt a little helpless. He turned his head and was about to signal Shuihanjiang to float up, but saw a black shadow following the direction of rotation of the whirlpool through the strong light It floated towards the two of them, and it could be discerned from the outline that it should be the body of a living creature.

Shocked, Han Mo hurriedly gestured to Shui Hanjiang, but before Shui Hanjiang could turn his head, the black shadow was already approaching, and under the strong light, he could gradually see the main body clearly, a huge black strange fish !The strange fish has blue and black scales all over its body, its eyes are as scarlet as the monsters outside, and its mouth is full of sharp teeth. It seems to be rotating with the whirlpool, but in fact it can swim freely in the whirlpool, and its The target is Han Mo and Shui Hanjiang.

The strange fish quickly approached behind Shui Hanjiang, with its mouth wide open, Han Sensen's fangs were about to bite him.Han Mo made a decisive decision and quickly pushed Shui Hanjiang out. Shui Hanjiang's body lost its support and was lifted up by the force of the vortex. The strange fish hit the wall with its head. The strong shock made Han Mo hold on to the spiral ladder His hand slipped, but instead of being washed up by the whirlpool of water, he began to sink against the wall.

"Damn it!" Han Mo cursed inwardly, groping on the wall with his hands, trying to find something to hold onto and stabilize his body, but the wall was so smooth that there was no place to hold on at all.

The figure of Shui Hanjiang disappeared from Han Mo's field of vision, and Han Mo began to panic, especially the strange fish did not disappear, but slowly swam towards him.But after confirming that Shui Hanjiang was not in danger, he was silently relieved.

The underwater vortex is very strange, the closer to the center, the stronger the force, and it is sprayed upwards, but the closer to the wall, the more the force can be counteracted, and there is even a downward force. This also made Han Mo's body sink continuously.The monster fish was bigger than him and received stronger resistance, so it couldn't catch up for a while.

Looking at the direction of the vortex, there is indeed a way to escape this crisis, that is to jump directly into the vortex, with the force of the vortex rising, but this also faces the danger of encountering strange fish head-on.But if this is not done, the remaining oxygen can only last for more than three minutes, and the risk of death is greater.

Heartbroken, just when Han Mo was about to push himself into the vortex with the help of the wall, he felt a warmth in his chest, and the Eye of Shangri-La on his chest began to emit a faint blue light, as if it was in contact with the black hole The blue light echoes each other.

"Could it be..." A strange feeling appeared in Han Mo's heart.

But there was no time for him to hesitate, the strange fish was less than ten meters away from him, and the red lantern-like eyes were filled with bloodthirsty light.

Han Mo didn't hesitate anymore, and pushed hard against the wall, pushing himself into the vortex.The moment he touched the vortex, a powerful impact shook his body. The organs in his body seemed to be squeezed instantly, and the pain was unbearable. Two different forces, one pulling and one punching, tore his body. The oxygen mask The rope was broken, and the oxygen mask that maintained his life quickly disappeared from his vision.

A trace of despair rose in his heart, but Han Mo didn't intend to give up so easily, holding his last breath in his mouth, he wanted to use the momentum to surface as quickly as possible.

Being inside the vortex is completely different from being outside the vortex. Outside the vortex, there are fences and walls of the spiral ladder as support, while inside the vortex, Han Mo completely loses his direction. The whole person rotates with the vortex, unable to distinguish up, down, left, and right. Can let the water flow to carry his body movement.Of course, the crisis is more than that. The flashlight in his hand shines on the surroundings all the time, following the traces of the strange fish. After just spinning a few times in the vortex, his brain has already started to feel dizzy. The scene in front of me could not be seen clearly.

He still had an intuition that he couldn't see clearly, and his intuition told him that danger was approaching. He shone the flashlight on his upper right, and saw a pair of red eyes swimming towards him.He wanted to change the trajectory of his body, but he couldn't lift his strength at all.

But at this time, a sudden change occurred, and as it rose, at a certain depth, the force of the vortex suddenly weakened, and Han Mo was thrown out unprepared, and hit the wall fiercely, holding back his breath. He was knocked out in one breath, the feeling of lack of oxygen became more and more clear, and there was only a buzzing in his brain.

Judging from the previous dive process, he is about six to seventy meters away from sleep. He wants to struggle to continue to float, but he feels a piercing pain in his leg. Looking down, the strange fish His big mouth bit down on his left calf, and the moment the muscle was torn, a strong smell of blood spread in the surrounding waters.

Han Mo was desperate. He stretched out his hand upwards, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he could only vaguely feel the monster dragging his body down. This feeling of death was completely different from the plane crash he encountered before. In his despair, he didn't feel any pain, but now, he can feel the pain of choking water in his lung cavity, as well as the pain of tearing his body.

On the spiral staircase inside the White Pagoda, Shen Mingxi and the others woke up almost at the same time, sat up suddenly, feeling throbbing and uneasy in their hearts for no reason.

"What's going on? Why do you feel like you've lost something in your heart?" Jiang Xiaoxue whispered to herself.

"For a while..." Gu Changxi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"I also have this feeling, why everyone..." Li Siran looked at everyone in surprise.

"Little Mo!" Shen Mingxi stood up, tightly grasping the fence of the spiral staircase with both hands, and staring at the black hole below. His feeling was very strong. Even just now, in the haze, he saw that Han Mo was gradually moving away. go.

Luo Zhan and the other two researchers were also awakened. They didn't feel the way Shen Mingxi and the others said, but after hearing Shen Mingxi's exclamation, they counted the number of people, only to find that Han Mo and Shui Hanjiang were gone.

Yan Wei ran to the top of the tower to take a look, and said, "They're not up there!"

"That's down there, let's go find them!" A group of people hurried down the spiral staircase.

When they reached the bottom of the spiral staircase, they only saw two sets of clothes lying there, while Han Mo and Shui Hanjiang were nowhere to be seen.Luo Zhan, who was walking at the end, suddenly said, "My oxygen mask and flashlight were taken away... Could it be that they dived underwater?"

"Are there any other oxygen masks? I have to go down to look for them. I always have a bad feeling!" Shen Mingxi said eagerly, looking at the churning sleep, his face darkened severely.

But Luo Zhan sighed and shook his head: "No more, because it's just a temporary backpack, I only took two masks, and the rest are in the big backpack in the house, but..." Everyone was silent, what is going on outside now? I don't know the situation at all. Shangri-La is no longer safe. The monsters are waiting for them to get out of the tower. If they go out now, they may lose their lives if they don't find the backpack.

"Then what do we do now? How long can the oxygen mask last?"

"Not sure, under normal circumstances, 15 minutes is no problem. If it is the limit, maybe 10 minutes is okay, but we don't know how long they have been down."

Gu Changxi thought for a while, and said, "Let's wait for 15 minutes first, and if they haven't come up yet, then we can think of a way!"

The current situation can only be like this, it is useless for Shen Mingxi to be anxious, he can only stare at the water surface in a daze, hoping that Han Mo and Shui Hanjiang will appear in the next second.

Han Mo thought he was already dead. The moment he opened his eyes, there was no one in front of him. The scenery in front of him was all gray. He couldn't see the sky or the ground. He thought it was the world after death, but when When he tried to move his body, his chest was heavy, and the pain he felt reminded him that he was not dead, but still alive!

Sitting up with difficulty, I touched the softness under my body with my hands, like a soft bed, but it was a little wet, and my upper body was wrapped in a bandage. The bleeding from the wound had stopped, and it would be affected by just a little movement. When the wound is reached, the excruciating pain will reappear.

He didn't know what this place was, anyway, it wasn't inside the White Tower, and he didn't have any memory of how he came to this place. The memory of the previous second was still stuck in the drowning and the bite of the strange fish.In front of his chest, the Eye of Shangri-La exudes a faint blue light, which is much stronger than when he was underwater before, and he can also feel that there are weak currents that are continuously released from the spar, through his body.

Suddenly, the dark space was completely lit up, and Han Mo's eyes couldn't adapt for a while, and closed in pain, leaving behind a gap full of feeling the sudden light.

"Are you awake?" A familiar and calm voice sounded.

Opening his eyes suddenly, Han Mo saw Shui Hanjiang walking in from a door wearing only a pair of shorts. At this time, he could also see the surrounding environment clearly. It was a small room of more than 20 square meters. It's a water bed, no wonder it's so soft.There are no other decorations in this room, just a bed and a lamp. The surrounding walls are smooth and white, just like the body of the White Tower.

"How could you... I... what place is this?" Han Mo was obviously surprised and incoherent.

"This is the underwater space," Shui Hanjiang explained calmly, "I rescued you from the mouth of the strange fish. You were seriously injured and lacked oxygen. I originally wanted to take you back to the surface, but I discovered this mysterious space by accident, and brought you in first."

Han Mo looked outside the door. It was a blue light, which was the same as the light from the Eye of Shangri-La. He could feel that it was the light at the bottom of the black hole he had seen before.

When he got off the bed, he couldn't use his left calf, so Han Mo could only support his body with his right foot, and Shui Hanjiang hurried over to support him.After going out the door, there is a huge sealed glass space in front of you, in which the water flow is surging, and the turbulent water flow comes out from the small holes at the bottom of the space, and forms a vortex; in the center of the space, use eight A piece of blue spar is fixed on the root bracket. From the appearance, it is known that this is the same source as the Eye of Shangri-La, and even Han Mo can feel that the current released by the Eye of Shangri-La on his chest is obviously much stronger at this moment.

"Is this the real bottom of the White Tower?" Han Mo gasped.

"Well, it should be. I found the entrance on the underwater wall. I walked down the entrance and came here. It should also be a laboratory, but most of the instruments cannot be activated."

After walking around the entire laboratory, Han Mo didn't find any clues. As Shui Hanjiang said, none of the instruments here could be started.But he still found a shocking thing, that is, there is a gap in the spar in the glass space, the shape is very consistent with the Eye of Shangri-La on his chest!This also means that the Eye of Shangri-La was cut from the big spar in front of me!

"No wonder it senses..." Han Mo muttered in a low voice.

At this moment, a golden light beam was projected directly on the spar through the vortex, and the whole spar began to rotate, and a trace of electric current surged along the eight brackets. Han Mo and Shui Hanjiang could feel the whole laboratory They were all shaking, as if they had been impacted by a huge force. At the same time, the Eye of Shangri-La on Han Mo's chest began to burst out with dazzling light, burning his chest hotly.

Hastily removed the Eye of Shangri-La, Han Mo touched his chest, and felt a burning pain. The entire Eye of Shangri-La seemed to become extremely unstable at this moment. If it had its own consciousness, Han Mo would There is no doubt that it wants to return to the mother body.