Qian Sheng and Bai Lu quickly booked their air tickets, and even made all arrangements for ground transportation in Zhongzhou.
The masters in charge will arrange relevant matters today.
Tonight, the local bus drove to the mountain gate, took them directly to the airport, and flew directly to Zhongzhou overnight.
Including the round trip, it took three days in total.
These three days are still crucial to them.
The Southern faction failed to solve the mystery of the "Hidden Dragon's Cave" and was still competing with the ship bosses over at Meishan.
According to what Fifth Brother said before, Mr. Chen made a big deal and refused to ship for three days.
Today, they may have finally rented a boat and were able to search for clues on the river.
In Wang Qiang's words, it is almost one version behind them.
They had delayed all the "right time, right place and right people" that they had occupied.
The fifth brother helped them take care of everything. After eating their fast meal in the temple that day, they all went to the tent to recharge their batteries.
Working underwater is not as good as working on land, and the whole process is consumed, so conserving physical energy is the key.
Tonight, when the mountain gate is closed, they should go to work in the water.
In order not to attract attention, at night, all the camping tents were put away, put back in the car, and parked.
Everything was ready. This time it was still the same as usual. Lin Yi and Bai Lu took the lead. After entering the water, they found out what happened and then greeted Wang Qiang and the others above.
And as a witness, Fifth Brother will also have to go into the water with them.
Qian Sheng is ill and will not participate in underwater operations for the time being.
As the only contact person on the ground, provide them with assistance at any time to avoid being trapped like last time.
After night falls, the mountain gate is closed tightly, and the entire Pujing Temple is extremely quiet.
The stone temple posted a notice that the entire temple would be out for three days, leaving only a few monks behind. During these three days, the temple would be closed to thank guests and no pilgrims would be entertained.
Most of the temples have wooden structures, and the Buddhist halls are most afraid of catching fire, so these monks do not go back to their meditation rooms to rest at night, and each guard a Buddhist hall.
Now the fifth brother's identity is different, and he leads Lin Yi and the others in the temple without any hindrance.
Fifth Brother had already figured out the place clearly and planned an escape route for them. At night, when no one was paying attention, he slipped directly into the backyard avoiding the cameras.
It's still the same ancient well. After a day of precipitation, the water level has dropped a lot.
Lin Yi and Bai Lu had already changed into their diving suits and used the well platform to lower the rope down.
"Safety first, if there is any situation that we cannot handle, just give us a signal."
"That's right, if there are any uncertain things or objects down there, just use the camera to capture them. Don't fight when you are in danger. Stay active. Let's go down together and clean them up."
Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng asked again and again. Lin Yi and Bai Lu each nodded and got down from the well mouth one after another.
Although the equipment they wore had a thermal insulation effect, the biting well water suddenly made them feel the power of nature.
Although the mouth of the well is not big, it is about three meters deep, and the bottom suddenly opens up, like an upside-down trumpet.
"Fifth brother, this is how you dig wells here?"
Wang Qiang held the monitor and could see Lin Yi and the others' underwater situation through the screen above.
The fifth brother came over to take a look and curled his lips.
"Tsk, the wells we dig there are all straight up and down. How could we dig out such a big hole? I'm afraid I didn't want to dig a fish pond, but I changed the well later."
These words made both Qian Sheng and Wang Qiang amused.
Traces of digging can be clearly seen around the wide water area underground. These traces are very irregular and do not look like they were completed by modern machinery and craftsmanship.
"Brother Lin, do you think they dug such a large reservoir under the well in the first place?"
"It's hard to say what the function of this water-retaining building is. If this place really leads directly to Zhang Xianzhong's mausoleum, according to our Feng Shui theory, seeing water in the hall is auspicious, and this creates a water potential.
Don't worry about this for now, let's look for a way out. "
Bai Lu made an OK gesture, and the two of them started searching separately.
When it comes to water properties, Bai Lu is better, and girls are delicate and will not let go of any clues.
She dived into the water and after a short circle, she found a very hidden cave entrance.
Lin Yi immediately sped up and swam over to meet her.
This hole is not an open hole, it is hidden more than one meter below the water level.
The top, bottom, left and right are all built with blue bricks, and the gaps are filled with stones of various sizes.
After being immersed in the water for many years, it almost blends into the surrounding rock walls.
In addition, the visibility underwater was not high to begin with, so Lin Yi might have swam directly over.
"Let's go in and take a look!"
Lin Yi took out an underwater impact hammer from behind. This is a kind of breaking equipment used underwater. When a diver is stuck in the gap between rocks, many instruments cannot exert their power due to the influence of underwater resistance.
The tail of this impact hammer is filled with some explosives. When the button is pressed, the hammer head on the top instantly releases a powerful impact, which is amazingly powerful.
This thing was obtained from Mao Zi at a high price through Qian Sheng's connections, and it was a serious military product.
Lin Yi turned on the switch, put the tail against the strap around his waist, puffed out his cheeks, and took a deep breath.
Then a muffled sound of "bang" was heard.
The powerful recoil pushed his whole body far away, and the huge underwater shock wave turned into layers of huge ripples and surfaced.
Waves of smoke and dust floated at the entrance of the cave. The solid brick wall still failed to withstand the impact of high technology and collapsed instantly.
Lin Yi and Bai Lu stayed away from the dust area. After the underwater dust dissipated, they approached it again, and a dark hole appeared in front of them.
"Brother Lin, look at the entrance of this cave. Does it look like the "sewer" we went down to the day before yesterday?"
Lin Yi nodded quickly.
The surrounding bricks failed to maintain their original shape under the powerful impact, but the original outline of the octagonal hole can still be vaguely judged.
Is it possible that this channel is connected to the channel under the Minjiang River?
Wang Qiang had the same idea as Lin Yi at this moment.
"Damn it, isn't this hole the same as the one Lao Lin and the others drilled last time? They can't be connected, right?"
"Brother Qiang, what you said is a bit outrageous. This is Qingfeng Mountain, and that is Minjiang River. How much work is required at such a long distance? It's almost time to catch up with the subway builders. The 'Eight Kings' must have this ability. How about dying in Phoenix Mountain?"
"That's true."
Lin Yi put away his impact hammer, turned on his headlights, and followed Bai Lu into the passage.
Not long after swimming, he could clearly feel that the water level around him was constantly dropping. As soon as Lin Yi raised his hand, Bai Lu immediately stopped behind him.
The two of them turned their headlights on and found several steps made of bluestone slabs in front of them. Each step was more than thirty centimeters high.
The lowest steps are still submerged in water, and the upper floors are above the water level, and it is unclear where they lead.
(End of chapter)
