Stevenson spoke for three minutes at a stretch, and eventually his voice became quieter and quieter. However, although Ling Hao knew the ins and outs of the matter, he couldn't understand it: "It's just a sword. As for thousands of years of dreaming? For Westerners, what does this 'Sword of Damocles' mean?" What kind of special meaning does this sword have? Or is there something magical about this sword that makes Westerners insist on finding it?"
Stevenson smiled bitterly and said: "Of course you can't understand it, because you are not a Westerner. Easterners are too deeply influenced by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. They are ambitious, competitive, and even bloodthirsty and warlike about the outside world. Not as strong as Westerners. A great hero in the eyes of Westerners may be a cruel tyrant in your eyes. The understanding, worship and desire of the word "victory" are the most different ideologies between Eastern and Westerners. One of the places. Let me explain to you this way, the 'Sword of Victory' is to the Western regime, just like the 'Holy Grail' is to the Christians, and the 'Ark of the Covenant' is to the Jews, they are both great 'holy objects' that represent Supreme force and hegemony, do you understand? When faced with such a priceless treasure, it is not difficult to understand that Natasha, who was still cooperative at first, suddenly gave me a knife? Just now we separated to search, and we have already seen four corridors , now she is in the room at the end of the second corridor to the east, promise me not to let this bitch succeed!" Stevenson said this last sentence through gritted teeth, and finally breathed his last.
Ling Hao sighed, and at this moment Tian Yong and Xueting were already approaching the second corridor to the east with spear guns. Ling Hao asked Zhu Xin and Peng Fei to send Stevenson's body to the Pipi Shrimp. Then he also carried the "Dragon Arc" and chased Tian Yong and the others.
In a large room at the end of the corridor, Natasha was rummaging through the cabinets. The furniture here was all turned into mud, and it fell apart like soap bubbles. She dug through the piles of mud. A teasing voice suddenly sounded behind her: "I don't know where Russians usually put things like swords, but Chinese people don't put swords in bedroom cabinets. You, an archaeological expert, don't You don’t even understand this common sense, do you?”
Natasha turned around suddenly, and a tiger-tooth military knife appeared in her hand.
"Oh, I haven't seen this thing for a long time. I really miss it." Tian Yong smiled and pulled out a diving knife specially used by the frogmen troops from his calf, held it in his hand, and slowly approached Natasha. past.
In order to avoid being found by Ling Hao and the others, Natasha's camera had already been destroyed by her. She did not speak to Ling Hao and did not intend to express anything. With a flash of cold light, she stabbed Tian Yong in the chest with a knife. The latter dodged. She dodged the stab and raised her arm at the same time, and the diving knife held behind her back was already smeared on her arm. With a "stab" sound, the diving knife is full of serrations, which are used to cut ropes and fishing nets underwater. The effect of scratching on the diving suit is not difficult to imagine. No matter how thick the diving suit is, it can't resist it and will be cut directly by the knife. Broken, a stream of blood stained the surrounding lake water red.
Natasha quickly backed away. It only took one move for her to understand that the combat training she had received was incomparable to that of the special forces. What's more, there were already three special forces in front of him. It would be difficult to escape on her own ability. .
Although her camera was damaged by her, the headset was still good. She just heard her shouting: "Don't come over, or we will die together!" At the same time, he took out a grenade from the carrying bag, which was a thief in size. It's big, and it's an anti-tank type. If this thing exploded, it would probably blow up the whole room.
"Don't be excited. Why bother? The sword hasn't been found yet. Do you have to risk your own life? Maybe the sword isn't here at all. Wouldn't it be unfair to die together like this?" Ling Hao stretched out his hand to pull Tian Yong away. He walked back and started negotiating with Natasha with a smile.
"Hmph, humans are the most untrustworthy animals. Stevenson said the same thing just now, and he also wanted to kill me a moment ago. You are not a good person!" Natasha said angrily.
Ling Hao cursed in his heart, this Stevenson is indeed a spy, these people are not good birds. He wanted to think about it, but he still smiled and said: "First of all, we are not spies, we are just veterans, and we don't have so many tricks. Secondly, we are just hired to do diving excavation work. There is no reason why we must come to you." To die, think about it, your identity has been exposed, the contents of the mission have been leaked, and the operation has almost no chance of success. At present, except for killing an MI6 agent, you have not done anything to the interests of our country. Injury, you still have a way out, but if that thing in your hand goes off, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to leave this land in this life."
Natasha sneered: "Little boy, you really don't understand people like us. If you have a choice, who would be willing to live with your head on your belt all the time? Once you enter this industry, once you get in deep , there is no turning back. The consequences of mission failure may sometimes be more terrifying than death. Otherwise, as a spy, more than half of the missions will be difficult to complete. In this matter, you are completely irrelevant. Outsiders, I advise you not to wade into this muddy water, otherwise I really dare to drag you to hell!"
Ling Hao felt helpless. Regardless of whether it was voluntary or not, spies and soldiers had the same persistence in completing their missions. If possible, Ling Hao really didn't want to embarrass her, but as a soldier who had sworn allegiance to the motherland, there were certain principles that he and his two comrades shared. He will not compromise, whether he sends the other person to hell or goes to hell with the other person, he will not waver.
There was no need to communicate at all. Tian Yong and Xueting moved at the same time. Xueting's spear gun was extremely accurate. One arrow hit Natasha's wrist, while Tian Yong's arrow hit her other shoulder. On the bed, two arms were injured. It stands to reason that Natasha is no longer capable of threatening people with this grenade. In fact, this is exactly the case. The thick arrow shot through the tendon and she could not lift one arm. In addition, One arm's wrist was crippled and he couldn't even move his fingers. The grenade could no longer be held and slipped from his hand. However, luckily, the tab accidentally slipped onto her thumb. Under the influence of gravity, the tab was pulled out, and the handle flew out with a "dang" sound.
"Hidden!" Ling Hao shouted, and the three of them tried their best to hide away, finding a corner of the room and curling up on the spot. Natasha was also so frightened that she turned pale and quickly threw herself to the ground to avoid it. "Concealment" is not "lying down". In the army, it is different from in movies and TV shows. Soldiers are used to lying down on the spot. They may die ugly on the battlefield. It is okay to say that grenades are not powerful, but if they are powerful The explosive power of artillery shells or anti-tank grenades is so terrifying that if you lie on the ground, your internal organs will be shattered and you will die easily. Even grenades, the products now are very different from those in the past. , the fragments of the explosion will shoot out 360 degrees without blind spots. Unless you can find a hole to hide in, there is a high possibility of being hit if you lie down.
With a "boom", the shock wave of the explosion caused the originally still lake water to expand rapidly in the room, shattering the roof in an instant. The walls were relatively stronger, and the water waves repeatedly stirred back and forth between the walls. If it hit a person, it would It was like being punched repeatedly by a world heavyweight boxing champion.
"Come out and save people!" Ling Hao shouted, and a ray of light suddenly rushed out from his body, instantly appearing in front of Xueting and Tian Yong. An invisible wall made of water waves blocked this fatal impact. , saved two lives. Who else could be in this light and shadow? It was Shui Lingxing who had been cultivating in Ling Hao's body for a long time. Not only had she recovered from her injuries, her soul seemed to be much stronger than before.
Fortunately, this is an anti-tank grenade, which uses the "metal jet" principle specifically for "armor-piercing". It is not the kind of anti-infantry mine that fragments to kill infantry. Otherwise, even if Shui Lingxing is here, Ling Hao and the others There are also many holes in the three bodies. However, Natasha was not so lucky. She was too close to the explosion point, so she probably had little chance of survival.
Ling Hao and the others were not injured, but a large hole with a diameter of several meters was blown out of the floor. It seemed that there was a huge waterless space below. The lake water poured down crazily from this large hole, and the entire room was occupied by a raging whirlpool. Ling Hao and the others were unable to resist the powerful suction, and everything in the room was flushed clean like a toilet.
Ling Hao felt like he was spinning so dizzy that he fell straight down from a height of tens of meters, and then hit the water surface so hard that his internal organs seemed to be in a mess. After a while, the dizziness and pain subsided a little. Ling Hao raised his head out of the water. Everything in front of him made him feel like he was dreaming.
Not far away, a waterfall with a height of more than ten meters fell from the sky, and below it was a huge underground lake. At this moment, he was floating on the water, which was simply unbelievable. Ling Hao took off his mask and took a careful breath. Although it wasn't quite fresh, it was indeed genuine air. He rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked up, and finally understood what was going on. This was an underground karst cave under the bottom of the underground lake. The explosion just now blew a hole in the bottom of the lake above, and the lake water poured back down, washing him and his companions down.
Thinking of his companions, Ling Hao quickly used the communicator in his mask to contact Tian Yong and Xueting. However, no matter how he called, there was no response. Just when he was getting anxious, he heard a "swishing" sound on the water. , Shui Lingxing's head emerged from the water, holding an unconscious person in each hand, it was Tian Yong and Xueting.
Shui Lingxing glanced at Ling Hao and said in his trademark "smoking and drinking voice": "Don't worry, he was just knocked into the water from a height of more than ten meters and passed out. I checked and there was no injury." Ling Hao breathed a sigh of relief, but Shui Lingxing continued: "The roof was blown to pieces just now, and then the lake suddenly poured down. I saw a lot of 'Dragon King Salamanders' washed down not far away. There is an island in the middle of the lake, I suggest we take them to the island first, lest they be attacked by the 'Dragon King Salamander' later."
Ling Hao nodded: "Okay, you hold them, I will contact Zhuxin and the others, don't even rush down."
Ling Hao looked at the hole where water was pouring down and seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. He called Zhuxin and Shi Si anxiously because the signal was a little weak across the rock formations. After changing several angles, he finally got through.
"Ling Hao, what's going on? Where are you?" The first thing that came out from the communicator was Zhu Xin's anxious voice.
Ling Hao briefly told what happened just now, and then asked about their situation. Zhu Xin replied: "The three of us are in the 'Pippi Shrimp' now. After the explosion, the dormitory was washed away by the water. , the roof is broken bit by bit, and many 'Dragon King Salamanders' rushed in, but they did not attack us, but went towards you. Now the whole palace is shaking, and it feels like it may collapse at any time, thinking Si has already started to drive the 'Pippi Shrimp' outside."
"She did the right thing. You should stay away quickly. If the cave entrance suddenly collapses, the entire palace above will fall. If you are among them, the consequences will be disastrous."
"What will you do if we leave?" Zhu Xin's voice was already trembling. She didn't know how Ling Hao could get out of these abyss, and the uneasiness in her heart made her a little desperate.
"It's okay. There is air and fish below. It doesn't matter how long we live here. We will find a way out when the situation stabilizes." Ling Hao tried his best to sound optimistic. He didn't want Zhuxin to feel that there was little hope.
At this time, Shi Si interjected: "Brother, we have left the palace. The water level of the underground lake has begun to drop rapidly. It won't just dry up, right?"
"Sisi, listen to what my brother said. I want you to drive the 'Pippi Shrimp' back to the 'Stone Crab' quickly, and then drive the 'Stone Crab' back to dock with the 'Tackle'. Once the underground lake dries up, this is This is the only chance to bring our belongings back, do you understand? Also, our situation down there is pretty good, there is enough air here for us to survive for a long time, you can go out first, and then consider rescuing us when the situation stabilizes." Ling Hao gave Shi Si serious instructions, fearing that she and Zhu Xin would get stuck in this dark place under the yellow sand due to their own whims.
"Okay, I listen to my brother, you will be fine." Shi Si replied with a strong tone, and drove away resolutely on the "Pippi Shrimp".
Zhuxin spoke into the communicator with a slightly trembling voice: "Ling, if you don't come back, I will chase you to the 18th level of hell to find you and then peel off three layers of your skin. You heard me?" No?"
"It's a deal." Amidst Ling Hao's hearty laughter, the palace collapsed and the signal was interrupted.
