Seeing the huge creature lurking in the water in front of him, he hit Lin Yi regardless.
Chen Erwa also relied on her excellent water skills. After being hit by the strange fish that suddenly moved forward, she ducked out of the way, grabbed its dorsal fin, and climbed onto its back.
This strange fish wanted to get rid of Chen Erwa on its back, but also wanted to attack Lin Yi, so its course deviated.
Chen Erwa seized this opportunity and used all her strength to pedal down and to the left. Then she released her dorsal fin, jumped to the side, and escaped smoothly.
The giant object under his feet was oppressed by gravity and lost its accuracy. It hit the bluestone brick wall next to Lin Yi hard without causing any harm to him. Another burst of bricks cracked in front of him, and the water became turbid.
But this time, Lin Yi used the light of the fluorescent stick to see clearly.
This giant thing turned out to be really a fish - a huge fish.
The body shape is visually estimated to be at least two meters long, the entire body is wide and thick, and the whole body is covered with black scales.
There is an exposed hardened bone on the forehead, like a piece of hard iron armor.
The mouth is open horizontally, and there are two thick whiskers on the upper lip, dancing back and forth in the water.
"Black-armored giantmouth catfish!"
Lin Yi summarized the physical characteristics of this fish, and the name immediately came to mind.
He had been worried before that there would be some deadly mechanism in the waterway.
Always worried about Chen Erwa's safety.
Unexpectedly, several giant mouth catfish appeared here.
The black-armored giantmouth catfish is one of the largest freshwater fishes known to exist in China.
The largest individuals in history grew to about five meters and had the ability to grow throughout their lives, although their growth rate weakened with age.
It lives in a muddy environment all year round and is an underwater carnivore and scavenger. It is photophobic, has a bad temper, has a strong sense of territory, and is aggressive.
However, this is obviously not the most suitable environment for them to grow. The only explanation is that someone specially raised them here.
Just like the previous one, this giant-mouthed catfish failed to hit the target. It immediately dived deeper into the water to prepare for the next attack.
Chen Erwa moved closer to Lin Yi in shock at this moment, pressing against the back wall tightly.
"Brother Lin, it's all my fault for being too willful. From now on, everything will be up to you."
"It's good to know. You're not hurt, right?"
Chen Erwa waved her hand.
The two successfully reunited, and Lin Yi also put away the light stick in his hand.
"This giant-mouthed catfish lives in places without light all year round and is very sensitive to light, so it suddenly becomes very violent and attacks us. It also has a strong sense of territory. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's move out!"
"Giantmouth catfish? I grew up in this country and saw the biggest fish caught by others, which was a big herring that was only one meter and a half long. We have never seen catfish here. Why are there such big catfish here? Hey, Brother Lin, how do you know this thing?"
"This is not the place to talk. For these giant mouth catfishes, we are in the light and they are in the dark. They may attack again at any time. I will explain to you slowly when I get out."
Although there was a near miss just now, I don't know what the purpose of keeping this giant catfish here is. Now that I am out of danger, I have to find a way to get out of here.
Lin Yi groped his way to the entrance of the cave where they entered just now.
"you go first!"
With that said, he patted Chen Erwa on the shoulder.
Chen Erwa obediently got in. Just as Lin Yi was about to swim into the waterway, he heard Chen Erwa's voice.
"Brother Lin, you can't do it, it's stuck! Quick, grab my feet and pull them back."
It was very difficult to hear his voice. He must not be joking. Lin Yi quickly reached out and grabbed Chen Erwa's ankle and pulled back hard.
Chen Erwa may have been eager to get out of trouble. After getting into the narrow water channel, she stepped on the water with all her strength. Unfortunately, she used too much force and got herself stuck in the water channel.
Lin Yi pulled hard, and Chen Erwa also tried hard, constantly adjusting the position of the oxygen bottle, and finally got out of the water channel, but the two of them returned to the wide water again.
"Mom sells batches, why is it stuck?"
Chen Erwa cursed and reached out to touch the four walls of the waterway. After a moment, he suddenly turned around and slapped Lin Yi on the shoulder, and his voice came from the intercom.
"Brother Lin, look quickly, there is something wrong with this hole!"
Lin Yi was just thinking about what was going on. Why was it fine when he came in, but got stuck when he went out?
What's more, Chen Erwa is even thinner than him. Logically speaking, she shouldn't be stuck in the waterway.
When he followed the guidance of Chen Erwa's hand and touched the wall around the waterway, he suddenly understood.
There is a mystery hidden in this waterway made of bluestone bricks.
The rows of bricks and stones around it are arranged very carefully. When you travel from the outside to the inside, you follow the edges and corners of these bricks and stones.
As they began to move outward, the edges of the masonry turned toward them, like stakes and barbs.
This technique is common in fish baskets used for ancient fishing.
Whether it is bamboo or rattan, the end with the barbs should face the inside of the jade dragon. The fish will be attracted by the bait and eat it up. When they want to come out, they will find that the exit is full of barbs, and there is no way to do it. Get away.
"This is actually a carefully laid trap!"
"Trap? Which one to catch? The two of us?"
Chen Erwa stretched out her hand and gestured to the two of them.
"At first I thought we just went the wrong way. Now it seems that once these eight holes go the wrong way, we will fall into a fatal trap. Just like here, it seems ordinary, but who would have thought that it is A dead end with no return.”
"I'm really sorry, Brother Lin. It's all my fault. How about I try again? Maybe I can swim out?"
Lin Yi quickly grabbed Chen Erwa beside him.
"No need to try. The place where we were stuck is close to the entrance. We can still save ourselves. If we go deeper, we will be stuck inside. We can only wait for the oxygen to run out and then drown in the water alive."
After Lin Yi finished speaking, he looked down at the values on their oxygen bottles.
In terms of capacity, an oxygen bottle can support them underwater for about an hour at most.
However, it is necessary to take into account the floating time and the occurrence of other unexpected situations. Sufficient margin must be left, usually about ten minutes.
Nearly half an hour has passed since entering the water.
For them, they can only stay underwater for another twenty minutes at most.
If they couldn't find an exit within these twenty minutes, they would be trapped here alive and become a late-night snack for the black-armored giant-mouthed catfish.
Lin Yi looked up, down, left, and right at the entrance, but couldn't find any way out.
Now it seems that the only option is to enter this wide body of water and look for opportunities to get out.
"We have to go in and find another way out, otherwise we can only wait to die. Erwazi, take out your weapons and let's go meet the catfish in this pond."
(End of chapter)
