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Chapter 41

Humans seem to have a primitive fear of water, and as an underground worker, I have a considerable understanding of this.

The edge of the pool in front of me could not be seen clearly by the flashlight. The black water had no ripples. Standing by the water, I could feel the faint cold air emanating from the pool. I couldn’t help but imagine what kind of things would be in this deep pool. Once the association is made, it brings me a creepy feeling.

If I had a choice, I would definitely not go into the water. The problem is, there is no land here. If we want to go to the opposite side, there are only two options: climb up the pit wall, and then go all the way from the top of the tunnel To the end, or into the water, swim directly.

My original intention was that I would rather do this kind of rock climbing than go into the water, but after a little consideration, the rock wall here is very steep, and the situation of the tunnel above is not very clear. If we step on it and a landslide occurs, or that Walking corpses are also sealed in the walls of the side tunnels, which we cannot bear. With our current situation, it is really a bit reluctant to walk on the balance beam at such a high place.

So, we really only have one option.

Poker-Face looked at the pool without any expression on his face. I don't think he would be afraid. He was probably thinking about what might be in the water and how we can get there in a safer way.

"Looking at this posture, do we have to swim from here?" I asked Poker Face.

Poker Bottle nodded: "Did you throw away the raft?"

We were worried that there would be something like an underground river here, so we packed an inflatable raft in our bag. It was so small that it was difficult for two people to stand on it. Our original intention was that if we wanted to cross the river, we would put Four rafts are connected together, and the single one is relatively small, so it won't take up too much space.

When I was sorting things out just now, I originally wanted to throw away the two inflatable rafts, but thinking that we seemed to see a river just now, I kept one raft. use.

I dug out the inflatable raft from the bag. I threw away all the auxiliary tools. This raft must be blown up manually by the two of us. Fortunately, the raft is not big, so it shouldn’t take too much effort. Poker bottle took the raft, After a little tidying up, he took a deep breath and blew it up.

I really didn't expect that he could blow up the raft in just two breaths. This must be a huge lung capacity. I feel that if he inhales enough air, he can hold it in the water for at least ten minutes.

After the raft was blown up, I couldn’t help laughing at the size of the raft. Even if I was alone, the raft would be a bit cramped. Should the two of us stand back to back on it?That must be too bitter, and the size of the raft always makes me feel that the two of us plus this backpack will directly sink it.

"You go up." Poker bottle said.

I nodded, sat on the corner of the raft, thought about it, and turned my head outward so that my bag would be on my back and there would be no danger of falling into the water. The bottle can also sit on half a raft, which should be the best posture to squeeze the two of us into this raft.

Without an oar, Poyoufeng took out a shovel and used it as an oar. He first pushed me and the raft into the pool, and then jumped back on the raft by himself. I think he wanted to stand there at first , persuaded him to sit down, he hesitated, and then sat down.

The two of us are back to back, the side of the oil bottle is facing the direction of progress, and my line of sight is the second half of the pool. The two of us only have one flashlight, so naturally he holds it in his hand. At first, what I saw on my side was the faint light and the vast expanses of darkness behind the light.

This feeling is very bad. The boat is heading in the opposite direction to me. As far as I can see, there is darkness, but the darkness is not complete, and the leaked light and shadows appear more terrifying. When Poker-Face was paddling with a shovel, the water waves made a very quiet sound. It was this sound of paddling that made me feel a little bit at ease, because I knew that Poker-Face was behind me.

"There must be something in this pool of water." I said, "Otherwise, we only need a dark river as the water source here. There is no need to make such a large pool of water. More than half of the area of ​​the pit is occupied by this pool." gone."

"Be careful." Poker Bottle said curtly.

"I really envy you for not being afraid at all." I sighed, "It's so dark here, and there is such a wicked pool of water, if I were alone, I would probably go crazy with fright."

"It's a good thing to be scared." Poker bottle said, "A person without emotions often doesn't even know why he wants to live."

He spoke very calmly, but I couldn't help but feel a little desolate for him, so I quickly changed the subject: "Anyway, it's good to keep calm in this place. If it were me, I'm afraid I'd capsize the ship .”

Poker bottle didn't speak any more, and there was only the sound of shovels paddling water in the surroundings. He and I were sitting back to back and couldn't see each other. He ignored me, so I had nothing to do, and I didn't want to keep talking for nothing. Afraid of disturbing him, he just sat like this.

I found that although this pool of water looks like a pool of stagnant water, it should not be that simple in fact, because the speed of the raft is very slow. With the strength of the oil bottle, it should not be so slow in still water, even with his current physical strength. It can't be compared to usual, but I don't think the problem is too big for things like boating.

And our current situation looks more like swimming against the current.

"There's an undercurrent in the water." Pokerfair's voice had already sounded, "Hold on to the raft."

"Don't worry." I said, grabbing the edge of the raft with one hand, and pulled out the gun with the other, "I'm ready for a tough battle."

Poker-Face did not answer, he was still rowing forward slowly, my nerves were tense, and I was paying attention to the surrounding situation.

The undercurrent must mean some problems. This place is not a source of running water, so the natural topography can be ruled out. There are probably only two possibilities for the undercurrent under the seemingly calm water.

One: There are large organs underwater that can control the flow of water.

Two: There are large organisms underwater, and the movement of such organisms will cause the flow of water to change.

The second thought made me shudder, even though I knew Poker Bottle was right behind me, this empty piece of water still gave me a terrible feeling.

If there are any large creatures in this water, such as giant piranhas, in such a closed environment, and we lack tools, it is absolutely dangerous.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a soft "crash" from my hand, as if something stirred up tiny waves.

I jerked my head to look down, Poker Fase must have heard that voice, and the flashlight came to me.

The sharp flashlight shone on the surface of the water, and I could clearly see a pale, swollen face floating on the surface of the water just a little bit to my right, with all the facial features soaked and deformed.