Chen Ran, who was drilling in the water hole, suddenly noticed that something was wrong not far ahead. Before that, the water in the water hole seemed to be stagnant water, except for some movement when he drilled through it.
There was basically no movement outside, but now there were big waves in the front, as if something was stirring.
Upon discovering this situation, Chen Ran's already groggy brain suddenly became more than half awake. While he was awake, he was also startled. He had already guessed that this water hole should be the residence of some kind of aquatic creature.
Now that I have discovered this situation, I naturally wonder if the movement is caused by the creature in the water.
Chen Ran lay down in the water with his heart in his hands and concentrated on exploring the alchemy. However, due to his physical condition and the fact that the alchemy in his body was also depleted, he felt very strenuous when exploring in the water.
, it is impossible to explore it at all.
Chen Ran couldn't help but stop while he was probing. As soon as he stopped, Huang Lele, who was lying on his back, and Xiaoyu, who was following behind, immediately felt it.
Although Huang Lele was supported by Chen Ran's Dan Qi, her brain was now drowsy after a long time. When she noticed that Chen Ran had stopped and stopped moving, she instinctively twisted her body uneasily.
Xiaoyu, who was following behind, poked Chen Ran's calf with her hand, obviously worried that Chen Ran wouldn't be able to hold on anymore.
After Chen Ran noticed Xiaoyu's movements, he quickly reached back and grabbed her hand without bothering to investigate, and then wrote the word "It's okay" on her palm.
After comforting Xiaoyu and Huang Lele, Chen Ran turned around and braced himself to continue crawling forward. However, before he could crawl forward, the red snake that had been in the backpack suddenly emerged from the backpack.
Drilled out.
Since Huang Lele was carrying Huang Lele's backpack on his back, Chen Ran did not carry the backpack on his back. He just tied the strap on his arm and held it with his hands. He climbed forward a little and put the backpack in front of him. This also made it easier for him to use Kun.
My sword.
But at this time, the red snake got out of the backpack. The red snake that got out of the backpack was a little strange. After it got out, it suddenly rushed out, and with a swish, it reached the water wave that Chen Ran detected.
A big edge.
When it reached the edge, the red snake struggled back as if it was avoiding something. It retreated beyond the edge of the water wave and then stopped. Then it wandered outside the edge of the water wave as if it wanted to get in.
It was a little scared in the water waves, but after wandering a few times, it turned around and swam back to Chen Ran.
After arriving in front of Chen Ran, it swam back and forth in front of Chen Ran's eyes as if it wanted to tell Chen Ran something.
Chen Ran was a little confused by its movements, wondering if the red snake had discovered something dangerous and was warning him, but seeing the red snake's excited look, it didn't look like it.
Seeing that Chen Ran didn't understand what it meant, the red snake seemed to be very anxious. It suddenly rushed from Chen Ran to the edge of the water wave in front of it. It tentatively moved closer to the water wave. When it reached the edge of the water wave,
But he turned his head and faced Chen Ran, swaying eagerly.
Only then did Chen Ran understand what the red snake meant. The red snake actually wanted him to follow it into the water.
Chen Ran was surprised. He didn't know what was going on with the red snake. Why was he so eager to get into the water?
Although Chen Ran was puzzled, he didn't hesitate at this time. There was nothing to hesitate about. After all, he had no other choice. He had climbed here and he couldn't go back. What's more, even if he wanted to go back, he couldn't go back.
It's possible.
Chen Ran crawled forward step by step. If it was just him, he should be able to hold on at this time, but because Huang Lele was still carrying Huang Lele on his back, it was extremely difficult for him to crawl forward, almost bit by bit.
The point is moving forward.
Huang Lele is not heavy, but that is only relative. If it were normal, Chen Ran could lift her with one hand and would not feel the weight at all when carrying her on his back. But it is different now. Chen Ran now relies entirely on one hand.
He was holding his breath, and he couldn't stand up in the water hole and could only crawl forward. This made him feel like Huang Lele on his back was pressing down on him like a mountain.
Chen Ran's biggest hope now is to get out of the water after passing the water wave in front. Even if there is no way out after getting out, at least they can get out of the water to take a breath. If this continues, let alone the ones behind.
When the boss was defeated by them, even he himself couldn't hold it back.
Chen Ran never thought that one day his greatest wish would be to breathe clean air.
The short distance of four or five meters seemed to him at this time to be hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters. It took a lot of strength for him to crawl back and drag him behind.
Xiaoyu arrived at the place where the water waves appeared.
After climbing to the spot, Chen Ran wanted to take a few deep breaths, but obviously he could only hold it in and couldn't think about anything else. He quickly checked the situation of the water waves.
As he got closer, Chen Ran discovered that the center of the water wave was actually a vortex the size of a wellhead.
The water waves stirred up by this vortex are very large. If the space was not too small, the vortex that appeared would be as big as an outdoor swimming pool.
Such whirlpools generally only appear in the deep sea. Before Chen Ran could wonder how such a whirlpool could appear in such a water cave, the red snake, who felt that Chen Ran had understood what he meant, could not wait to jump in.
Into the whirlpool.
The red snake moved very quickly. Chen Ran reacted and reached out to catch it but failed to catch it. After the red snake jumped into the whirlpool, it only flashed red and was submerged in the whirlpool.
Chen Ran reached out to grab the red snake, and his hand followed suit into the vortex. When he reached into the vortex, he immediately felt a strong suction force coming from the vortex, and this suction force sucked him in.
His arms actually wanted to suck him in.
Only then did Chen Ran understand why the red snake was struggling just now and why it wanted to get into the whirlpool but was a little scared.
Without thinking about anything else, Chen Ran pulled his arm reflexively to pull it out of the vortex, but what he didn't expect was that there was not only strong suction but also strong viscosity in the vortex, just like the vortex.
All the water seemed to stick to his arm, and the more he pulled out, the more sticky it became and the harder it became to break free.
As a result, Chen Ran held up his body to block the suction coming from his arm, but he could not pull his arm out of the vortex.
Chen Ran was surprised and calmed down. Since he couldn't pull it out, he wouldn't pull it out. Let's not say that the red snake had got in. He just said that the current situation was beyond his control. After all, he had no other choice.
No matter how dangerous it is, he can only and must break through.
What's more, it's just a strange whirlpool that appears now. Such a whirlpool is better than a man-eating monster or a dead end.
Chen Ran could only comfort himself in this way.
Holding himself up, Chen Ran mobilized the remaining alchemy energy in his body and wanted to explore to see what was going on inside the whirlpool, but he didn't know whether it was because of his body or the whirlpool. His alchemy energy couldn't penetrate, as if there was something wrong with him.
It's like a wall is blocking it.
Unable to get in, Chen Ran had no choice but to give up. He couldn't think too much at this time. The longer his arm was in the vortex, the stronger the suction force would be. Although he held up his body to prevent the vortex from sucking it in, but with the
His current strength was unable to stop him, and he was being pulled in bit by bit.
Realizing that he couldn't hold on any longer, Chen Ran hurriedly stretched out his other hand, bent down and groped to find Xiaoyu's hands respectively, and then put her hands on his left and right legs respectively, meaning to let him go.
She grabbed her legs.
Xiaoyu felt that Chen Ran was a little anxious and guessed that there must be some critical situation, so although she didn't know what happened, she quickly followed Chen Ran's instructions and grabbed Chen Ran's legs.
After Chen Ran signaled to Xiaoyu, he wanted to greet Huang Lele again and ask her to hug him tightly, but before he could make any move, he only felt a suction coming from his body and Huang Lele's body was sucked into the vortex.
middle.
After being sucked into the whirlpool, pressure immediately spread from all directions. Chen Ran could only hold on for a moment before he couldn't hold on anymore. His vision went dark and his brain didn't know anything.
But it only lasted a moment. When the pressure on his body relaxed, Chen Ran woke up in a daze, but his brain was still a little hazy, as if he had forgotten what was going on in front of him.
It wasn't until the sensations from his body were transmitted back to his brain, and he felt something pressing on his body and his legs were being held by something, that he suddenly remembered what was going on in front of him, and his consciousness suddenly became clear.
Came over.
As soon as his brain woke up, Chen Ran choked on the water that was poured into his mouth. This also made him understand that they were still in the water. The only difference from before was that the space they were in now was larger than the water.
The cave was bigger, so he could fully stretch out his body, which made him feel much better, at least he wasn't so depressed.
Chen Ran was most concerned about Xiaoyu's condition at this time. He didn't think much about it. After his brain came to his senses, he immediately turned over and hugged Xiaoyu, who was holding his legs.
Xiaoyu also passed out. Fortunately, like Chen Ran, she was only dizzy for a moment. Chen Ran hugged her and put his mouth on her mouth to help her get through some of the air, and she woke up.
When Xiaoyu woke up and opened her eyes, the first thing she saw dimly was Chen Ran's face, and then she hugged Chen Ran fiercely, regardless of the fact that Chen Ran was losing her breath.
From Xiaoyu's excited behavior, Chen Ran could imagine that Xiaoyu was probably on the verge of collapse in the water cave just now.
This made Chen Ran feel distressed and at the same time, he became more and more determined to think that he would take her and escape safely no matter what.
Although Xiaoyu woke up, after such a toss, both physical and mental energy had been exhausted to the limit. It was better to have Chen Ran keep breathing down her face, but once she stopped, she would not be able to hold on anymore.
The elixir energy was almost gone, and Chen Ran had no choice but to try his best to carry her energy.
Xiaoyu closed her eyes and shed tears. She knew the condition of her body very well. If she could still hold on with instinct just now, she could no longer hold on. She could feel that her physical strength had been exhausted to the limit.
Except for her brain, which still has some consciousness, she can no longer control her body.
If Xiaoyu still had some hope in the water cave just now, she has no hope at all now. At this time, she no longer thinks about herself, she only thinks about... if anyone in their group can escape.
If so, the most likely person is Chen Ran, so Xiaoyu doesn't want Chen Ran to waste time on herself.
But how could Chen Ran be willing to give up on her? No matter how she tried to break free, he kept his mouth firmly on hers, grabbed her hand and wrote the words "life and death" on her palm.
Life, live together. Death, die together.
Xiaoyu obviously understood what Chen Ran meant, her body trembled and she couldn't help but hugged Chen Ran tightly and kissed each other. She just felt that with Chen Ran's words, whether it was life or death, it was not that important anymore.
Not so scared anymore.
After comforting Xiaoyu, Chen Ran checked Huang Lele's condition while giving her a breath. Huang Lele naturally passed out at this time.
Chen Ran, who was losing his temper to Xiaoyu, naturally couldn't go back to lose his temper to Huang Lele. Now all he could do was to quickly check what kind of place was in front of him to see if he could get out of the water.
Although the elixir energy in Chen Ran's body has been consumed to a great extent, it has not been completely consumed. The remaining elixir energy is mainly used by him to explore the way. Naturally, he does not dare to consume it. After all, once it is gone,
Without the elixir energy, he was basically blind in the water.
This is still a water cave in front of me. Although it is a bit larger than the water cave just now, but in comparison, the water cave in front of me is like the bottom of a well. It looks very gloomy and gives people a cold feeling.
It feels like it, but in fact the water is not very cold.
While investigating, Chen Ran was also looking for the red snake, but there was no red snake in the water hole. However, not finding the red snake made him discover a place that made him excited.
Four meters away to his left, he unexpectedly spotted a glimmer of light.
His heart jumped violently. At this moment, Chen Ran felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He felt that he had never been so excited in his life. He rushed over without even thinking.
Rushing to the front, Chen Ran did not hesitate to detect the alchemy energy again. Although the alchemy energy detected the bright light just now, he could not detect where the light came from. Now that he was in front of him, the alchemy energy also started to emit bright light.
The place was clearly detected.
When he saw the bright light, Chen Ran was shocked. It turned out to be...
