The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 56 The Underwater Crisis
The whistle sounded sharply in the cave, and the searchlight below hung quietly, illuminating the rushing water.After blowing, I began to wait patiently. In the cave was Tan Ren’s corpse. Wang Zehai was too fat to get in, and Han Xu was too clingy to Han Zitong. He followed him everywhere. The size of the cave was limited, so it was still me. One came back.

I didn't dare to look at the unrecognizable corpse for fear that I might see something familiar to me on its 'face'.People are probably like this. They always subconsciously avoid things that they don't want to face.

Therefore, I have been staring at the entrance of the vertical hole, waiting for Zhou Xuanye to appear.

However, I waited for about 5 minutes, and there was still no one in sight.

what happened?

This situation made me a little uneasy. Did something happen to Zhou Xuanye while I was out just now?Can't be so unlucky?In desperation, I took out my whistle to urge him, and there was a quick response from below.

The sound of the whistle came up through the vertical hole, which meant that Zhou Xuanye was fine, but the sound of the whistle was still a cry for help.

The rope has obviously been lowered, why are you still calling for help?I immediately realized that the situation was probably not as simple as I thought. It seemed that it was useless to just let the rope down.After thinking about it for a while, I made a decision in my heart, glanced at Tan Ren's body, and said, "Boss, bless me to rescue Brother Zhou smoothly." The only way now is for me to go down. Only by knowing the following situation can we know what to do.

The two-meter-diameter vertical hole is more than 40 meters deep. It is dangerous to rely on bare-handed grasping of the rope without safety buckles or other measures. A slight loss of strength or a slip of the hand will cause you to fall.Below is the rushing groundwater, once it falls, it is estimated that it will be washed away by the current.

I don't know how Zhou Xuanye and the others fell down before.

I went down the rope, my whole body suspended in the air, and the muscles in my arms bulged.This feeling of being suspended in the air is very bad. When you are in it, when you look down, you will feel dizzy.The distance is close to 50 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a 20-story building. Now I am hanging from the height of a [-]-story building by a rope, and I have lived for more than [-] years. This is the most dangerous excitement in my life.

Without the safety buckle, this is a labor-intensive job. When the descent reaches more than 30 meters, the arms are already fatigued, and the muscles are trembling.In order to prevent loss of strength, I had to use my legs and put the rope on my legs a few times to add insurance.But soon, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had figured out a new skill.

Because the rope wrapped around the legs has no big knots, people will still fall down, but the rope will slow down the speed, so it becomes a situation where I hang on the rope and slide slowly, which is safe and labor-saving, because Through the clothes and gloves, it will not be injured.

How do you say something?Theory comes from practice.

With this safe and labor-saving method, I soon descended to the position of the end of the rope. As soon as I went down, my eyes suddenly became clear.

I saw that it was a huge underground river with a width of more than 20 meters. The groundwater was churning, the water quality was deep, there was no surface pollution, and the water quality was so thorough that it was unimaginable.I swear, I have never seen such clean water, so clean that there is a shocking feeling.

Immediately after that, the second image given to me was very cold. The temperature here is very low, which makes people feel like stepping from summer to winter all at once, and the air is filled with a gloomy and cold atmosphere.

The entire space is a river-shaped cavity formed by the erosion of groundwater. Due to the decrease in water volume, the position more than ten meters above the cavity is bare black rock.

I was hanging on the rope, quickly observing the visual environment.The searchlights I'm using now are spotlight-type, with a long range, but the aperture is not large, and the underground waterway has a lot of space, so at this time, my visible range is not very large.

After looking around hastily, I didn't see any sign of Zhou Xuanye, which gave me a sudden shock.

I was about to call him, when I heard a voice from the front left: "Tiangu, I'm here." I immediately turned on the light to that location, and what I saw was a dark and wet stone wall.

What about people?

The stone wall is very smooth, and it is impossible to hide people. I stared at that place, and the searchlights swept up and down, but I still didn't see any figure. I couldn't help but wonder if I had heard too much wrong.

At this moment, Zhou Xuanye's voice sounded again: "Down, close to the groundwater."

I immediately turned on the light, and found that near the edge of the groundwater, there was a big raised stone. The stone was round, like a basketball, and it was not slippery. It was impossible for anyone to stand on it. It came from behind the stone.

Are people behind?

Then why doesn't he come out?

I took a look at the situation at the scene, and roughly understood the reason why Zhou Xuanye didn't grab the rope by himself.

He is about ten meters away from where I am. The rock wall next to it is smooth and wet, and there is no place for people to stand or climb.If he wants to come over, unless he crawls over like a gecko, he can only go into the water.

And this underground water, the water is mighty and surging, entering the water is tantamount to courting death.

I couldn't help but wonder, shouldn't he be directly below after he fell off the spout?Why did he go upstream instead?Could it be the reason for the giant python?
Thinking of the giant python, I immediately shouted: "Brother Zhou, are you alright? Where did the big snake go?" Tan Ren's body was so corroded that he could still get it out. As expected, the big snake was probably given by Zhou Xuanye. Packed up.

Sure enough, Zhou Xuanye replied: "Dead. Throw the rope over quickly."

This time the rope is very long, and there are still about ten meters left. I estimated the distance and estimated that I could throw it over, but the rope is made of vines after all, and it is impossible to bear the weight of two people at the same time. I thought about it , I said: "Brother Zhou, this rope is made of vines, and it cannot bear the weight of two people. I will throw the rope to you, but you don't want to go up, and I will give you a signal after I climb up."

After I finished speaking, Zhou Xuanye didn't say anything.

I froze for a moment, thinking he was angry, and said: "How about... I'll swing over first, and you go up first?"

Because the sound of the water was too loud, our conversations were all shouted. After shouting, Zhou Xuanye was silent for a while, and then replied: "You come here first."

I felt something was wrong in my heart, Zhou Xuanye is not a caring person, the way I said just now is the best way, now let me swing over and let him go up first, in fact, it would be superfluous.Although I felt a little uncomfortable, I didn't care. I thought that Zhou Xuanye had stayed below for a long time and wanted to go out earlier, so my body swayed, like Tarzan, towards Zhou Xuanye's position.

In the past, a pair of hands grabbed my leg violently, preventing me from swinging back. I looked down and saw that the one who grabbed my leg was Zhou Xuanye. However, his condition shocked me a lot.

Zhou Xuanye's face was very pale, bluish white, as if all the blood had disappeared from his body, and the hand holding my leg also showed a bluish white color, his dark eyes stared straight at me, panting heavily, looking Very weird.

The most important thing is, except for his head and hands, the rest of his body are all in the water!At first glance, it looks like a human head floating on the water.

At this moment, I realized something was wrong, and I struggled subconsciously.

"Don't move." Zhou Xuanye said, grabbing the remaining vines with his other hand, completely blocking my way of retreat.

His hands are extremely cold.

My heart was beating like a drum, looking at Zhou Xuanye's head on the water, I felt like scolding the heavens: "Zhou, brother Zhou, are you... are you a human or a ghost?"

He still listened to me, and after a few seconds, Da Dao said, "I'm still alive, first, first save him."

he?
Who is he?
I froze for a moment, and then Zhou Xuanye slowly stood up from the water. At the same time, he let go of my leg and stretched his hand behind him.Following his movements, I was shocked to find that there was a small sunken cave behind him, and at this moment, Zhou Xuanye pulled a person out of the cave.

When I saw the man's face, I couldn't help exclaiming: "Boss!"

He was completely soaked, and Zhou Xuanye dragged him out of the cave. At the same time, the surrounding groundwater instantly submerged into it. I immediately realized that the reason why Zhou Xuanye maintained the action just now was to prevent the water from entering the cave.

No wonder his face was pale like a ghost. The underground water is extremely cold. It is a miracle that he survived in the water for so long.

But at this moment, Tan Ren who was dragged out was in a coma, and no obvious wounds could be seen on the surface.

For a while, countless questions swirled in my mind.

Tan Ren is not dead, who was that corpse before?

Could it be Qiuhuangxi?

Other than that, there seems to be no other explanation.

I took a deep breath and threw Qiu Huangxi out of my mind, not to recall the experience of the past two days, not to think about the little things with her in the cave, I know that now is not the time to be sad.

"Boss, what happened to him? How did you come upstream?"

Zhou Xuanye's voice was relatively weak, and said: "It's a long story, let's not mention this for now, he has lost his soul."

"Wandering soul?" I was even more puzzled, forgive me for my limited knowledge.

Zhou Xuanye didn't answer my question, but said: "It's important to get people up." I looked at the unconscious Tan Ren and thought about what to do. Someone led him to climb up, but the rope could hardly bear the strength of two people at the same time.

This place is full of water, if Zhou Xuanye and I go up first, what will Tan Ren do if he is unconscious?Didn't he just drown in the water?
Immediately, I felt that one head was two big.

Or Zhou Xuanye went up first, and then pulled Tan Ren up?But in this way, I am trapped upstream alone, and even if the rope is lowered, it will be more than ten meters away from me, so what should I do?
After thinking about it, I came up with another idea, so I said to Zhou Xuanye: "Brother Zhou, you go out first, let Boss Wang and the others make another rope, and the boss and I will wait below."

This is the only way. Although it is a little troublesome, there is no other way to go.

Zhou Xuanye didn't refuse, but nodded without saying a word, so we changed places.

The place where he stood was a small rock protruding from the water, Zhou Xuanye and I were close to each other, he slowly gave way to the place where he was standing, and I slowly stretched out my feet.

As soon as I entered the water, I shivered from the icy groundwater, and then, when my feet actually stepped on the stone, I couldn't help but say: "Brother Zhou, you are a man of God." Zhou Xuanye grinned, frozen A smile appeared on his pale face, and he said, "I believe you can also become a god-man."

The reason why I said this is because after I stepped on it, I found a very cheating thing, that is, the area of ​​the stone is too small, only the size of an adult's palm, and it is difficult to stand on it.If you step on it, you almost have to use the independent posture of a golden rooster. If there is not a round protrusion on the side to rely on, you will never be able to stand.

The most important thing is that the current here is very strong, the water rushes down, the knee joints are bent, and I almost didn't wash away.

Zhou Xuanye stood in the water for at least half of the night, how did he do it?
I said: "Brother Zhou, you have to hurry up, I don't think I can last long."

Zhou Xuanye stuffed the end of the rope into my hand, and said, "Hold on for an hour, and I'll save you." He spoke very briefly, as if he was exhausted, and I was suddenly a little worried. At this height of more than 40 meters, how could he survive? No strength to climb up.

As if he saw what I was thinking, Zhou Xuanye smiled again, and said, "Those who have practiced martial arts." As he spoke, he began to climb up.

The end of the rope is in my hand, and the length of the rope is very generous, so it will not affect the activities behind.Zhou Xuanye crawled very slowly, and I could see that his muscles were tense, and even trembled from time to time, which made people feel frightened.

But at the moment, I don't have much energy to pay attention to him. The damn water flow, the palm-sized foothold, and the comatose Tan Ren almost occupy all my physical energy.

Tan Ren was stuffed back into that cave, which was a very small cave, in a state of slanting upwards, similar to the cave I stayed with Qiu Huangxi back then.In order for him not to be drowned by the water, I had to block the hole from the buttocks to the waist, of course not to block the water, but to prevent him from slipping out of the hole.

Immediately afterwards, I had to fight against the powerful impact of the water, and only one foot was truly down-to-earth, and the remaining one could only touch the raised stone wall next to it.It's a pity that it is round. If it is a squarer shape or a sharper shape, I can use it to resist most of the impact.

But the reality is always cruel. There are no such coincidences in the world. It is neither sharp nor square, but a smooth semicircle.The erosion of the groundwater for tens of thousands of years has worn away all the edges and corners of the rocks. Therefore, in my current situation, it seems that I am just standing calmly in the water. In fact, if I don’t pay attention, Tan Ren and I will be doomed.

My muscles are tense, my nerves are tense, and I dare not relax in the cold ground water.The only place to draw on is this damn rock next to it, which looks like a pregnant woman's belly.

Zhou Xuanye's figure disappeared, and he climbed into the shaft. The shaft and my position were stretched by a rope, which was also our only life-saving straw.

I didn't even have the time to think about it. All my strength and energy were used to resist the impact of the water.

God, for an hour, I haven't practiced martial arts!

Master Patriarch, you must bless me. If I can get out of danger safely this time, I will follow Tan Ren's tricks every day and offer incense and fruits to you every day!

(End of this chapter)