Songzi stood behind me and said, have you seen what is going on down there now? I told him that I had found Qin Bukong. He seemed to have been injured and fainted. He was probably still alive. We had to go down and rescue him immediately.
In fact, I didn't think about it at the time. Even if I had planned my jump and jumped directly into the water, I would not be injured. But how should I get up there became a huge problem. Songzi seemed to have thought of this a long time ago and knew that we would definitely go down, so when I got in to check just now, he made a very long rope out of bed sheets. It looked like it was seven or eight meters long. If you follow the bed sheets, this length will be more than enough to reach the bottom of the underground cave.
So I told Songzi what I saw, and Songzi said, grab the rope first and let me go! I admit that I hesitated at the time, because although Songzi is thin, it is indeed easier to get into the hole, and it is relatively easy for me to put him down. But after all, his skills are limited. If he is in danger, don't I have to save him? Two people? But Songzi was urging me anxiously, and I couldn't think of a better way for a while, so I took the rope from his hand, wrapped it around my waist and tied it.
On the other end of the rope, Songzi tied it tightly around his waist like me, and then after we were all ready and tested the strength of the rope, he got into the side hole. Following our chants of one, two, three, I pulled the rope hard until Songzi hung from the hole. While he was shouting at me to let go, I let him go about half a meter at a time. The pine nuts are not heavy, so this process is actually relatively easy, and he kept calling me to continue releasing them, which meant that he was not in any danger, otherwise I would definitely be able to hear his sharp screams from the entrance of the cave.
Soon, he reached the ground of the cave, then pulled the rope and told me that the ground below was made of stone and there was no danger. I told him to stay still and not to try too hard to rescue Qin Bukong in the middle of the pool and wait for me to come down. So I took off the rope on my body, and then pulled out the shovel on the side. The two ropes were tied tightly to the center of the shovel.
What I have to say is that in our era, although people's living standards were not high, the quality of various tools was really hard to say. The length of the shovel itself was actually wider than the entrance of the hole, so I stuck the shovel at the entrance of the hole and slowly climbed into the hole in the opposite direction. After making sure that I would not fall all at once, I used the resistance of the shovel stuck at the entrance of the hole. , and slowly slid himself down in a way similar to rappelling. During this period, Songzi kept shining a flashlight in my direction to let me know when I would land.
When I stood still on my feet, I found that the surrounding air was very humid and a bit stuffy, just like the feeling of being in a boiler room. The water vapor that hit my face did not smell like rotten eggs, but instead had the fresh scent of spring water. Although the stones under my feet were filled with water vapor, they were not slippery. When I looked at them, I found that there was nothing but water on the stones, and not even a trace of moss could be seen.
Songzi tried to light a candle in a higher place in the cave for lighting, but found that the humidity in the air was too high. As soon as he took out the match, it was instantly wet. So we could only use the light of the flashlight for illumination, and secretly hoped that the heavy water vapor would not short-circuit the flashlight battery.
The water surface looks like a bowl, and Qin Bukong is in the center of the bowl. The protruding black stone looks like a rock exposed out of the water due to squeezing. Qin Bukong leans on it, with his lower body about Submerged in the water at waist level. Considering that whether he fainted or died, his posture at the moment should be sitting, so judging from this, the water surface should not be deep. When I was about to walk over to the water, suddenly a rumbling sound came, followed by a "hiccup" sound that I heard earlier, but I was at the bottom of the cave. When this sound sounded, The water surface seemed to be boiling, and some splashes appeared. These splashes formed waves and washed up on the shore. This shows that there is an air outlet under the water here. If the underground water cave really leads directly to the Yangtze River as the people say, then with the water pressure, tide and other factors in the river, it is indeed possible to cause the scene like a burst of fountains, and That strange "hiccup" sound is the same thing.
When I thought of this, I couldn't help but feel a little relieved, because the surrounding area was empty. The ancient legends of Taoist temples and folk experiences were mixed together, giving the Dragon Sighing Well on the ground a mysterious color. In fact, it was a water cave underneath. , a water hole that makes sounds like sighs and waves due to the relationship between tide and water pressure. At the same time, it also made me feel that although Qin Bukong was injured, it was probably just a fall and not caused by other reasons. If this is the case, he can only blame himself for being confused and careless when digging the hole.
I calculated the frequency of the strange sound and planned to take advantage of the gap between the two sounds to walk over. So when the next sound came, the water had just risen, and I walked towards the center of the pool. The part touching the water was a gentle slope, and there were no sharp rocks under the water. I walked about halfway , I shined the flashlight on Qin Bukong and found that although his forehead was bleeding, his eyes were closed, his hands were softly placed on his abdomen, and his body was covered with water, I clearly saw that his stomach was still there. It rises and falls, which shows that he is still breathing and is still alive. I felt happy, thinking that it would be fine as long as the person was fine, and I was walking toward him as the water continued to flow. But at this moment, I stepped on the wrong foot, and my body fell rapidly, and my whole body was submerged vertically in the water. .
This was something I didn't expect at all, because before I took this step, the depth of the water was only less than half of my calves. At this depth, I could put my nose, eyes, and My mouth was above the water, how could the drop of my next kick be so big, and why was it so unlucky for me to hit it!
But out of human instinct, I started to kick my legs desperately to float up, because this time I lost my footing so suddenly, I fell down without even holding my breath. At this moment, my nose, mouth, and eyes were all filled with water, and the feeling was nothing special. Feeling bad. But in the process, I discovered that I had stepped into the water. The water was so deep that it was enough to at least drown me. My flashlight fell from my hand the moment it entered the water. When my eyes were filled with water, I vaguely saw that the light from the flashlight was falling deeper.
Between my life and the flashlight, I chose my life without hesitation. Fortunately, I still had some water skills, so I quickly swam upstream. At this moment, I suddenly felt wrapped in the water all over my body. The water all over my body felt a slight tingling sensation similar to that of electricity, but it was not electricity, but something shaking the water. At the same time, even though his ears were filled with water, he clearly heard the muffled "rumbling" sound from before.
I secretly screamed that something was wrong, because if I remember correctly, the place where I was sinking was exactly where the waves were rising. This sound meant that the next "hiccup" was about to come, which meant that it would happen in a blink of an eye. , there will be a force caused by pressure or tide coming from the water below my body. I am not afraid of this power, because judging from the size of the water waves I observed at first, there is almost no threat, but I am afraid that this sudden stirring will create a vortex in the water that cannot be seen on the surface. , it might drag me to the deepest part of the pool, or even suck me directly towards the air outlet, turning me into a human flesh plug blocking the air outlet.
I swam up desperately, but human strength is always limited. What I was most worried about finally happened ruthlessly at this moment. When the hiccups sounded, I felt a huge suction force, tugging at me. My feet pulled me to the deepest part of the pool. I secretly thought that it was all over now, I was probably going to turn into a pickle in this pool. At this time, something like water plants seemed to be brushing in front of me. It seemed that these water plants were being pulled downwards by this huge suction force.
So I desperately reached out and grabbed these "water plants" and held them tightly in my hands, because I knew that since these water plants have not been sucked down by this suction for so many years, it means that their rhizomes are very long. Solid. And when I was being sucked down, I vaguely saw that the flashlight that had originally fallen at the bottom of the Tan was heading into the distance at a very fast speed, and then disappeared. I don’t know whether it was sucked into the air or because of The little light in front of me suddenly disappeared when the water entered the water. The force of holding the water plants in my hand and the force of sucking my feet were fighting against each other. I was already short of breath, and at this time, the water was purring in my ears. The sound kept ringing, and because of the rapid flow of water, a lot of water was forced into the ears and nostrils. The feeling was worse than death.
When I expected that in about ten seconds at most, my air volume would be exhausted, and I would start drowning from then on, I felt a burst of despair in my heart, but at this moment, the suction force suddenly As if disappearing, my body began to float upward slowly. I didn't want to admit that it was because I had too much fat. The waterweed in my hand became my only point of strength to escape from the bottom of the water.
In the embarrassment, I came up coughing and choking. At that moment, I just wanted to leave it all behind and find a quiet countryside to spend the rest of my life. But at this time, through my ears filled with water, I heard a distant scream from Pine Nut.
This cry quickly brought me back to reality. It looked like I was going to retire and return to my hometown, and I would have to wait a little longer. I looked in the direction of Songzi, but Songzi shouted at me, "Let go, what are you holding on to?"
Then I realized that the hand that grabbed the water plant just now was still holding the water plant now. But most of my body has climbed to the shore. Where did this waterweed come from? So I picked up the water plant in my hand and brought it up to my eyes, which were a little blurry from the water. Under the already weak flashlight light coming from a distance, I looked carefully.
What I was holding in my hand turned out to be a human head, and the "weed" I was holding was actually the hair of this human head.
The most frightening thing is that this head has its eyes open and dark, and on its pale face, there is a big mouth that is grinning strangely.
