America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 189 Exploring the Lake
The next morning.

The morning light shone on the lake, sparkling and shimmering, and the breeze blew across the lake, setting off ripples.

If it weren't for the monster corpses piled up by the lake, no one would have thought that there had been a tragic battle here last night.

The members of the treasure hunting team were already standing by the lake.

"Which of us has the best water skills?" Chen Jianqiu looked around.

Everyone looked at each other.

Sean, Haniff, and Donny are all landlubbers. Adam's current physical condition is obviously not suitable for entering the water. The Danny couple have been scrambling in the swamps of Virginia for many years, but the water quality will be enough. .

As for Holmes, you can't expect him to be able to fight back against those monsters underwater.

The three Chinese boys seemed hesitant to speak.

"If you have any ideas, just say it directly." Chen Jianqiu looked at them with a smile.

"Shaoju (Master), let me try spreading it." A young man stood up, "My hometown is on the edge of Fu (Lake) in Dongting. I have caught fish and caught shrimp since I was a child. The water quality is wide."

"Yes, you have courage." Chen Jianqiu patted him on the shoulder.

He took out his dagger from his boot and handed it to the young man, "What's your name?"

"Li Sifu, they call me Li Datou."

Chen Jianqiu looked at Li Sifu's head and nodded approvingly.

He tied a rope around Li Sifu's waist, and then yanked it a few times to test the firmness: "If there is any special situation, quickly pull the rope, and we will drag you up."

Li Sifu nodded.

He walked into the lake, took a deep breath, and then plunged down.

The rope on the shore gradually stretched into the water.Everyone's eyes focused on the lake along the rope.

The surface of the water is calm and there is no big change.

Chen Jianqiu took out his pocket watch.

His previous gold pocket watch, which "died heroically" in the line of duty when he blocked a gunshot for him in Lincolnshire, was given to him by his father James before he left.

After knowing the whole truth, the old man wished to marry his daughter Emily to Chen Jianqiu and recruit this kid as his son-in-law.

Chen Jianqiu politely declined, and his father could only give him a pocket watch as a thank you and souvenir.

He glanced at the time on his pocket watch.

The underwater duration of a normal person's breath-hold diving is about 1-3 minutes. If the water quality is excellent or you have received training, it can be slightly longer, but generally it will not exceed 10 minutes.

Two minutes have passed, and the rope is still extending into the water.

Holmes and several other people already showed some worried expressions on their faces, while Chen Jianqiu remained calm, with his chin resting on his hands, staring in the direction of the lake.

Four minutes passed, but there was still no movement. Sean lost his composure: "Boss, let's pull the rope. I'm afraid it will be too late, so we can only drag a corpse up."

Chen Jianqiu didn't make a sound.

He didn't know the current situation under the water, but the rope was still going into the water, neither too fast nor too slow.

Give Li Sifu a little more time.

Four minutes and 32 seconds.

Suddenly, water bubbles appeared in the center of the lake, and the originally slack rope suddenly seemed to be pulled and tightened by some huge force.

"Quick! Pull the rope!" Without saying a word, Chen Jianqiu had already picked up the rope on the edge of the lake and quickly retrieved it.

Seeing this, the others also ran up quickly, grabbed the rope on the ground, and followed Chen Jianqiu to pull the rope back.

The force transmitted from the rope was extremely huge, as if the other end of the rope was not a person, but a giant hidden under the water.

Chen Jianqiu secretly thought that it was not good. The underwater situation might not be that simple. If it really turned into fishing, then Li Sifu, who was reduced to "bait", might have narrowly escaped death.

"Quick! Pull back quickly, and use the fastest speed to pull Li Sifu up." Chen Jianqiu exerted strength on his legs, he stabilized the rope, and pulled it back.

Behind him, Danny sat halfway back like an old sailor, leaning back, holding the rope alternately with his left and right hands.

After receiving the two-meter rope, suddenly, the force from the other end of the rope suddenly became lighter.

The tug-of-war was won, but Chen Jianqiu's heart sank.

He was afraid that if the rope was retracted, there would be a cut rope under the water, or he would see a more tragic scene.

When the rope was half received, Chen Jianqiu felt that there was still weight in his hand, and there was no red liquid floating on the water.

"There is still help! Hurry up!" Chen Jianqiu shouted to the crowd behind him.

When everyone heard this, they all quickened their movements.

Ripples appeared on the water surface, and through the lake surface, Chen Jianqiu vaguely saw Li Sifu's body underwater.

There was still a rope around his waist, but he was already unconscious.

"quick!"

The crowd hurriedly dragged the unconscious Li Sifu to the shore.

Surprisingly, Chen Jianqiu's dagger was still clutched in his hand.

Teresa got rid of the crowd, checked his body, and found that there was no obvious wound, but one shoe was missing.

"Get out of the way, don't block the air flow." Mrs. Teresa rolled up her sleeves and began to rescue the young man.

It seems that Li Sifu's claim that he is good at water is not false, after spitting out a big mouthful of water, he opened his eyes.

"Weird, monster." Li Sifu was still in shock and stammered.

"Is it the one from last night?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

Li Sifu nodded weakly, but his speech was obviously still unclear, "Big,, big..."

He struggled to sit up, but his body was extremely weak, and he finally got up with the help of Xiao En and others.

He handed the dagger in his hand to Chen Jianqiu: "Young master, young master, you didn't lose your dagger."

Chen Jianqiu took the dagger and patted him on the shoulder lightly.

He took off his coat and walked to the lake.

Seeing this, everyone knew that he planned to go there himself.

"Boss, otherwise, let's think of other ways." Sean muttered, he had a natural fear of underwater things.

"I also think it's not that simple down here, should we be more cautious." Holmes also persuaded that the body structure of yesterday's monster may be like a fish in water underwater.

What's more, according to Li Sifu's description, the guy he met underwater was a circle bigger than the one last night.

"No, let me try, otherwise we will have to go home."

Chen Jianqiu checked the equipment on his lower body.

In addition to the dagger in his hand, he only carried a revolver and a few extra rounds of ammunition.

So far, he has used Browning fixed ammunition.

He was not worried about the airtightness of the bullets, and he could trust Browning's craftsmanship.

Chen Jianqiu stood by the lake, and Danny walked behind him, ready to tie a rope around his waist.

"No, if the situation is not right, I will find an opportunity to come up, the rope will affect the flexibility of my movements." Chen Jianqiu rejected the proposal to tie a rope around his waist.

"You can just wait here for me. Those Pinkerton detectives haven't shown up yet, and they are probably nearby. You might run into them."

After Chen Jianqiu gave his orders, he plunged into the lake

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