"So, the other person you brought over turned out to be an old man?" At eight o'clock the next morning, Lu Qing took the old man to the scientist's room. As soon as he entered the room, he heard the loudspeaker in the living room saying this.
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"You don't need to worry, you just have to lead the way." Lu Qing said nonchalantly.
"As long as you're happy."
"When will we set off?" Lu Qing looked around and asked.
"It's okay now."
A familiar voice came from the side. Lu Qing turned to look at the place where the voice came from, and saw a thin young man wearing black long sleeves walking out of the room.
"This is a fully enclosed diving protective suit, and this one is a respirator." The scientist put down the two boxes he was holding and pointed with his finger to explain.
"How far is it from the tunnel?" Lu Qing asked after listening to the scientist.
"It's not far. My home is near the tunnel. I live here because it's convenient to leave later." The scientist explained to Lu Qing.
"That's it..."
Lu Qing closed her mouth and stopped talking, watching the scientists connect the oxygen tank and the underwater breathing apparatus together, and then bind them to the diving suit.
"There are only two sets of diving suits, but I have a lot of respirators here. You said that you have taken the flesh potion and you will not die even if you are touched by black water, right?" The scientist completed the combination of the oxygen tank diving suit and the respirator.
said.
"Um."
Lu Qing nodded and said nothing more.
When the scientist saw this, he could only laugh twice to ease the embarrassment.
"Shall we leave now?" The scientist scratched his head and looked at Lu Qing and asked.
"I don't know the way. Shouldn't this matter depend on your own thoughts?" Lu Qing glanced at the scientist and said.
"Haha, that's right..."
For some reason, the scientist suddenly felt a lack of confidence.
He walked step by step to the door of his house and put his palm on the door handle.
"..."
"What's wrong?" Lu Qing looked at the scientist who suddenly stopped and asked with some confusion.
"No, nothing..."
The scientist glanced at Lu Qing, then at the door handle in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly pressed it and pushed the door open.
Lu Qing followed the scientist and walked out of the house.
"Where should we go next?" Lu Qing looked at the scientist and asked.
"..."
"Where to go next?" Lu Qing came to the scientist's side and patted the scientist's shoulder hard.
"Ah!" The scientist was startled by Lu Qing and sat down on the ground.
"Uh, next, let's go..." The scientist stood up in a hurry and hesitated for a long time, unable to say a word.
"You, no, are you afraid..." Lu Qing suddenly thought of something and looked at the scientist with some contempt.
Only now did she remember that the description of the scientist on the sign was "timid scientist."
I didn't feel it when I talked to the other party outside the room or inside the room before. I could only roughly tell that he was a smarter person who was very confident in himself.
Unexpectedly, after coming out of the room, he looked like a different person.
This situation should be similar to social anxiety. I can chat with others freely at home or on the Internet, but in reality I dare not say a word...
"I, how could I be scared? Just now, I was just thinking about the route. I was too immersed in my thoughts and was slightly frightened when you patted me." The scientist said stiffly, and slowly stood up from the ground.
"stare......."
Lu Qing silently stared at the scientist who stood up from the ground. Although he didn't say a word, it inexplicably put a kind of psychological pressure on people.
The scientist averted his eyes with some guilt, coughed twice and said: "Ahem, it's almost time to leave. I've already thought of the route to the tunnel."
After finishing speaking, he walked towards the northwest direction and said as he walked: "According to my investigation, there should be a dry well that was abandoned a long time ago on the underground water lake that submerged the tunnel."
"After the tunnel collapsed, a large amount of groundwater under the well flowed into the tunnel. If we entered from that well, we should be able to find the tunnel."
"In order to prevent the tunnel from being blocked by rocks, I specially brought a shovel and a small amount of explosives for blasting. I think there should be no problem."
"I know that well was dug by people in the village a long time ago. Later, it was abandoned because it was too far away from the village. Then the villagers dug another well in the village. That well
No one uses it anymore." After hearing what the scientist said, the old man recalled it and said.
"No matter why this well was dug, I have to thank the person who dug this well, otherwise I will have to dig a road to the tunnel myself." said the scientist walking in front.
"..."
There was no words to say all the way, and the few people continued to move forward. After about two minutes of walking, they finally arrived at the abandoned dry well.
Lu Qing pushed the stone on the dry well away, and then put the respirator on her body.
As for the scientists and the elderly, it was more difficult. After all, the fully enclosed protective diving suit was not easy to wear and required many steps. The old man finally put it on with the help of Lu Qing.
Hmm...just looking at it makes me feel bored, but if I want to go into the water later, it doesn't seem to be unacceptable.
Sliding down the rope from the dry well, several people soon arrived at the bottom of the dry well.
I don’t know if it’s because of the large amount of groundwater flowing into the tunnel, but the water level here is not high, just covering Lu Qing’s knees.
Underfoot was the ground moistened by water, and above the head was the circular wellhead. The underground cave was pitch black, and several people turned on the searchlights worn on their respirators.
Of course Lu Qing doesn't need this thing, but if it's brighter, it will make it easier for the other two to see things in the cave, right?
"Is there really a way out from here?" Dinah floated beside Lu Qing and couldn't help but asked with some doubts.
Lu Qing shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.
By the way, Wei Yin was staying in the backpack on her back. According to his own words, he could not breathe, but he could not swim in the water. This was a dilemma.
So now he can only sit inside the dark backpack...
"Plop!"
Suddenly there was a cry of surprise in his ears. Lu Qing looked towards the scientist and saw that the scientist seemed to have tripped over some underwater stone and fell to the surface.
"What a timid scientist..." Lu Qing thought thoughtfully as she glanced at the scientist who had clearly not recovered after standing up again.