Modern Onmyoji

Chapter 91 The Rising Tide

How to extend the diving time, oxygen is the first problem.I can hold my breath for about 3 minutes. This is the time on the shore. With the problem of water pressure in the water, 1 minute is not bad.I dived down once first, and there was a passage two or three meters down the rock wall.It's fairly spacious inside, but you can't see the end with a flashlight inside.I swam inside for half a minute and didn't see the end.Finally can only return.Sun Fuyuan also tried, his time was a bit longer than mine, but he returned without success.Obviously, it is absolutely impossible to sneak through only relying on manpower.

We have to come up with some simple oxygen storage devices.There are not many things that can be modified for us. First of all, we thought of sleeping bags.The guild's special sleeping bags are extremely waterproof. If they can be made into a balloon, they can really store a lot of oxygen.However, I ran into trouble during the actual operation. The waterproof layer on the outside of this sleeping bag is sealed together with a kind of glue.There is simply no way to make it into the shape of a balloon that can store oxygen.

However, we found another thing that has the potential to be modified.That is the smokeless stove.This kind of stove can be completely sealed, and it can hold about two liters of air inside.The four together are enough for one person to take more than ten breaths.We immediately started to modify, inside, the actual effect is quite good.I tried it in water first, the yang energy in a smokeless stove is enough for me to take five breaths underwater.Four words is [-] mouths, and our diving distance has increased dozens of times.

But to be on the safe side, we decided to give all the smokeless stoves to one person and let him explore the road first.If this is not enough, we really have nothing to do.This task was handed over to Sun Fuyuan, who turned over and dived down with four smokeless stoves, gestured to me.I told him thousands of times not to be brave.Had to come back half way through.When I have no way out, I shouldn't take unnecessary risks now.

The last time Sun Fuyuan sneaked in for more than a minute, it stands to reason that he should be back in half an hour now.I can be said to spend the days on the shore looking at the watch.The time passed by one minute and one second, and when the timer reached half an hour, I suddenly looked at the bottom of the water, but there was no sign of anyone coming up.Immediately I panicked, did something happen to Sun Fuyuan at the bottom of the water!Or he didn't listen to my advice, and continued to move forward after consuming half of his oxygen.

Although I'm not happy with Sun Fuyuan's self-assessment, but at this time I sincerely hope that he has used up the remaining ordinary oxygen, so that at least he can still survive.For a while, Ling Xue and Su Xiaoxi were extremely nervous.An hour passed, and there was still no reaction in the water.I was already anxious like an ant on a hot pot. If I didn't have diving equipment, I would have jumped down.I really regret why I didn't wrap a cable around Sun Fuyuan's body. In that case, at least I can pull him back. If you want to see a person, you want to see a dead body!
After waiting for a while, it has been an hour and a half since Sun Fuyuan dived down.Hearing a rumbling sound on the surface of the water, Sun Fuyuan rushed out of the water with a splash.I hurriedly pulled him ashore. Although he was gasping for breath, it was obvious that there was nothing serious about him.

"You're crazy! Didn't I tell you not to rush in!" I said while patting his back and coughing water.

"Hehe, if it were you, what would you do?" Sun Fuyuan turned his head and smiled at me.

"Okay, what's the matter? Since you came back alive, there should be a way out there." I said.

"Well, there is indeed. I used the oxygen from three smokeless stoves to swim to the end." Sun Fuyuan said, "There is still a lot of space over there, and there should be a way out."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the news, but here comes another problem. If you want to dive there, you need to use at least three smokeless furnaces for oxygen, which means that only one person can go there at a time.Sun Fu had already experienced it once, so it would be no problem to do it again.I don't think it will be much worse than Sun Fuyuan.The rest is the problem of Ling Xue and Su Xiaoxi.The two of them are girls, do you have any diving experience?

What's even more terrifying is that they are not allowed to dive in a swimming pool, but in a rugged and winding underground river.It was absolute darkness there.Only relying on the lighting of the flashlight, the visibility is extremely poor.That kind of environment is very likely to consume a lot of oxygen.To be on the safe side, we let them both practice.Although it may be time-consuming, sharpening the knife does not miss the woodcutter. This is a fatal operation, and no amount of preparation is too much.

Facts have proved that our practice is quite correct. Lingxue can hold her breath for 1 minute on the shore, but even struggles for [-] seconds in the water.The underwater is almost absolutely dark, which is a great psychological burden for divers to come to the water.Professional diving requires two people to dive in. What is needed is to prevent divers from having the illusion that I am isolated from the world in deep water.

We can only start with the basics, first let them dive in the lake, and then let them go deeper and try to swim. At first, they were accompanied by others, and later they contacted to dive alone.This process may sound simple, but it actually took us two full days.On the third day, Ling Xue and Su Xiaoxi had almost practiced.In terms of supplies, we can't afford to spend a little bit. After all, the opposite side is not the end, and we still have a long way to go after diving past.

Operation Deep and Shallow started, during which time Sun Fuyuan had already explained the route of the underground river clearly.The first one was still led by him, and we tied the four smokeless stoves together with cables.After he's done using it, he can pull the cable through here to pull the smokeless stove back.Of course, the first 300 meters of smokeless furnace is definitely not long enough.However, this kind of cable has a structure similar to that of twisted flowers, which is woven from several thinner ropes.And each thinner rope is woven from thinner ropes.

In the end, we weaved a rope of more than 2000 meters. The rope is as thin as a needlework thread, but even this has a tensile strength of nearly 100 kilograms.We made an appointment to pull the rope for 10 minutes, so Sun Fuyuan dived first. After 10 minutes, I pulled the rope back, and the four smokeless stoves on it were intact.Behind me, Ling Xue and Su Xiaoxi looked at each other, and in the end Su Xiaoxi was the second to go into the water.

All of a sudden, my heart was hanging in my throat. After all, it was all practice before, and it was the first time that I actually acted.Ling Xue was also extremely nervous beside me, holding my arm tightly and looking at the water.Four or 10 minutes later, the rope was pulled back and it seemed to be going well.

The next one was Ling Xue, I gave her an encouraging look, Ling Xue gritted her teeth and jumped down.This time I was even more nervous, after all, it was Ling Xue who was below, and until now I couldn't face Ling Xue with a correct emotion.Just when I was hesitating, 10 minutes arrived.I pulled back the rope, and the four smokeless stoves above were intact, and my hanging heart was finally let go.

It was me at the end, putting up the rope, I took the remaining smokeless stove, filled it with air, took a deep breath and dived into the water again.To be honest, my situation is not very good, and this is the first time I have dived so deep.Soon I was plunged into absolute darkness.The flashlight became the only light source.Being here is like being in an endless void.The illusion of being far away from the world really makes people feel an urge to despair.

I desperately adjusted my breathing, telling myself that this is nothing to be afraid of.Even girls like Ling Xue and Su Xiaoxi can come here, so there is nothing wrong with me.I quickly recovered, and started to swim inside by running the Sanyang Jue to protect my body temperature.Soon the first smokeless furnace ran out of oxygen.According to Sun Fuyuan's description, I found it very good for him to stay here.All went well, and then I saw a second mark as the second smokeless furnace ran out of oxygen.

But it appeared soon after. When I saw the third mark, it stands to reason that I could already see the shore at this time, but there was still endless darkness in front of me.There was a burst of noise in the distance, and I wondered if I swam the wrong way, but when I heard this sound, I knew something was wrong!I'm not going the wrong way, but the groundwater is high tide!

(End of this chapter)