As an explosion expert, Ning Xiaofan has a strong psychological quality and always maintains a calm mind. While sneaking, he looks up from time to time, hoping to find a temporary place to stay before the air tank is exhausted.
The current situation is already very dangerous. Ning Xiaofan and his party may drown alive if they find a place to stay for a short period of time. Of course, if they find a place to stay, there is a glimmer of hope, even if they cannot find a way to the mining area.
If you cannot exit or cannot swim back, you can also send a distress signal to the outpost. When the time comes, the outpost will automatically send someone to rescue you.
Watching the air tube continue to be consumed, even Ning Xiaofan felt a little nervous. At this time, there was a faint bulging shadow above the water in front of him.
Ning Xiaofan felt happy and swam toward the shadow.
Arriving under the shadow, Ning Xiaofan turned off the booster and began to float toward the water. He did not dare to float too fast to avoid hitting the dome.
Fortunately, when we were almost reaching the water, the overhead light had illuminated a rock wall above the water that was not flooded.
Ning Xiaofan didn't have any scruples at this moment, and then he kicked his feet towards the water and surfaced.
Seventy percent of the air in the air tank had been consumed. In order to save the remaining air, Ning Xiaofan took off his respirator as soon as he surfaced, then took off his goggles and took a closer look. Only then did he see clearly.
, that so-called shadow is a rock wall.
This rock wall is relatively steep, more than ten meters high, with an almost 90-degree slope. The bulge where you can reach is about one meter away from the water, and you can't reach it with your hand. The bottom of the bulge is extremely smooth. If you want to
To go up, you have to find a way to find a support point.
At this time, everyone had surfaced one after another, and they all had a headache when they saw the condition of the rock wall in front of them.
Without a place to start, it was impossible to climb. In desperation, Ning Xiaofan dived underwater again and observed the underwater wall.
The so-called road is boundless. Ning Xiaofan soon discovered that there was a small protruding rock on the wall soaked in water. He could hold it with both hands. In this way, he only needed to find a lighter person to step on it.
You can use your own shoulders to jump up, and then grab the bulge above where you can get your hands on.
The lightest person among everyone present is probably Hou San.
Ning Xiaofan immediately called Hou San to him and explained to him the way to go up. After Hou San understood, Ning Xiaofan signaled Hou San to lighten the load and only took out the rope and wrapped it around his body. He also handed the load to him.
Lao Wang, then dived into the water again and held the protruding rock under the water with both hands.
Hou San knew in his heart that Ning Xiaofan couldn't hold on for long, so he quickly stepped on his shoulders, kicked off his feet, and jumped upwards.
The distance of one meter is not high. Hou San successfully grasped the protruding rock above. With the leverage, it was relatively easy to climb.
Before long, Hou San lowered the rope.
With the help of ropes, Ning Xiaofan, Xiang Yi and others climbed up the rock wall one after another.
To everyone's delight, there was a foothold with an area of more than 300 square meters above the rock wall. There were strange stalactites piled on the ground, with two sides facing water, and the other two sides being higher rock walls.
After some swimming, although everyone did not expend much physical energy, the mental pressure was not small. You must know that before finding this place, once the air is exhausted, this small life will be over. Looking for such a sight
It was like a desperate situation. Everyone was still very relaxed, and they all felt like they were surviving a disaster.
After a short rest, Ning Xiaofan called everyone together to discuss the next move.
There are not many choices in the current situation. One is to continue climbing the rock wall and see if you can find a way out from the high rock wall. The other is to continue sneaking in the water and find a passage out underwater.
Everyone discussed for a while and decided to go up the rock wall to find a way out first. If there was no way out behind the rock wall, they would then consider going underwater.
The rock walls on both sides of the platform are about 100 meters high. They are not steep and slippery, and are extremely difficult to climb. Of all the people present, only Hou San has the ability to climb up with bare hands, so this task was left to Hou San without hesitation.
Climbing a nearly 100-meter cliff with bare hands is extremely dangerous, but Hou San showed a very confident attitude. He took off his diving suit, prepared a bundle of ropes, and started climbing upwards.
Hou San is worthy of the nickname "Monkey", his movements are quite flexible, and he can go up more than ten meters in just a few movements.
The higher you go, the more difficult it becomes, but Hou San can always find a way to find the starting point. Sometimes he hangs with one hand, sometimes he jumps sideways, and the dangers are constant. Everyone's heart skips a beat, fearing that he will accidentally fall from a high altitude.
Fortunately, Hou San lived up to expectations and climbed all the way up. When his thin figure disappeared at the top of the rock wall, everyone could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
What is on the top of the cliff? No one knows. Next, they can only wait patiently for Hou San to send back the message.
There was an unbearable silence, and the time passed minute by minute, and no news came back from Hou San. Just when everyone was secretly anxious, an electromagnetic sound came from the walkie-talkie in Ning Xiaofan's hand, and then Hou San's voice sounded.
The voice said: "Brother Xiao Fan, we found a passage...but there is still water below."
Or water? What do you mean?
I only heard Hou San continue: "I found a crack that could accommodate two people walking side by side, but the terrain was downward, and the end was submerged in water. I drifted forward for a while, and the water was not deep, about waist deep...
…”
"Is there a way out?"
"I don't know. I'm currently at a fork in the road and I don't know which way I should go. Why don't I ask you if I want to continue exploring the road? If so, which road should I take?"
Forked roads? Ning Xiaofan frowned slightly, thought for a while and said, "Have you tried the water depth of the two forked roads?"
"I tried it, but I didn't dare to go deep. It's almost waist deep. I don't know how deep the water is inside."
"That's it. Just wait a moment and I'll discuss it with them."
After Ning Xiaofan finished speaking, he turned to look at Aunt Xiang, Fatty and the others and said, "You all heard it, Hou San found a road that leads to nowhere, and he has to pour water. He is currently waist deep, but he doesn't know the way behind.
Is it submerged by water? What do you think? Should we go up? Or ask Hou San to come back and then go into the water to find another way out.
The fat man said almost without thinking: "Go up, the air bottle does not have much oxygen. We can't guarantee whether we can hold on until we find the exit. The water on the road Hou San found is not deep. After all, we can continue to move forward.
When there is really no way out, it’s not too late to turn back.”
"Aunt Xiang, what do you think?" Among everyone, Ning Xiaofan had to respect Aunt Xiang's opinion.
Aunt Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "Little Fatty, what you said makes sense, go up."
Fatty? That's so unmanly. The fat man couldn't help but roll his eyes. However, he knew in his heart that this beautiful mature woman had a high status in the company, so he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction.
Since Aunt Xiang agreed with Fatty, Ning Xiaofan stopped consulting other people and immediately used the intercom to inform Hou San to go back to the top of the rock wall first and then lower the rope.
After a while, a rope hung down.
Everyone took off their diving suits and began to organize their equipment.
It was very convenient for Ning Xiaofan and the other grown men. They took off their diving suits on the spot, leaving them all bare-chested and wearing only a pair of underwear.
However, it was not convenient for Aunt Xiang. She only wore underwear under her diving suit, which was still very sexy. She had no nerve to take off her diving suit in public, and saw a group of grown men stripping off almost completely naked.
She was so embarrassed that she quickly took her backpack and hid behind a stalactite that looked like a pillar. Finally, she called Ning Xiaofan: "Xiaofan, come here."
Ning Xiaofan had just taken off only a pair of underwear, and before he had time to put it on, he heard Aunt Xiang's greeting, but he didn't realize how indecent it was to be naked with most of his body, so he immediately walked over and asked: "Aunt Xiang, what?
thing
Aunt Xiang came over when she saw him wearing a pair of underwear. Although they were black underwear, the underwear was in a tight triangle shape, leaving a very conspicuous mark on the key parts.
Aunt Xiang saw it inadvertently, and her pretty face couldn't help but blush slightly. She couldn't blame him, so she could only pretend to turn a blind eye and said: "You stay here for me, I need to change clothes."
Ning Xiaofan realized what she said and fainted, forgetting that there was a member of the opposite sex in the team.
But Aunt Xiang didn't wait for his response, she hid behind the stalactite pillar and began to take off her diving suit. Ning Xiaofan couldn't leave or stay, and felt very embarrassed.
After waiting for a while, Aunt Xiang changed into outdoor clothes and came out. Her face was slightly red and she said, "I'm ready. Thank you. You can change here. I'll get your backpack."
Aunt Xiang said, as if she was ashamed to see his current indecent appearance, and left in a hurry. Soon, she came over carrying Ning Xiaofan's backpack.
After everyone changed their clothes, without further delay, they climbed up the rock wall one by one, carrying their own backpacks.
With the help of rope buckles and pulleys, and with Hou San supporting them, it was relatively easy for everyone to climb to the top of the rock wall.
When they reached the top of the rock wall, everyone did not rest. Hou San led the way, and soon they arrived at the crack where Hou San was.
The crack is three meters high and one and a half meters wide. It is relatively narrow. The wooden box carried by Lao Wang and Xiao Shanzi is large and cannot be brought in. Everyone can only open the wooden box and pack some useful equipment into their own backpacks.
, as for the less important items, they can only be discarded temporarily.
I don’t know how this crack was formed. It is dark and narrow. After entering, the terrain slopes downward, forming a steep slope.
Fortunately, the inclination of the slope is not as exaggerated as the UU degree, and there are uneven bumps under the feet, so there is no problem in landing, just be careful not to roll down.
With Hou San leading the way and reminding them, everyone reached the end of the slope smoothly. Just as Hou San said, the passage at the end of the slope was full of water. When everyone waded into the water one by one, the water was just up to their waists.
