Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

The water, illuminated by the flashlight, seemed to emit a faint white mist. Looking down from this vantage point, it gave the impression of gazing at a giant clear broth hot pot.

Thinking of this, Su Li rubbed her stomach and suddenly felt a little hungry...

Just as he was considering whether to get something to fill his stomach, that pockmarked guy came out of the mine tunnel with a strange cry, walked past him, and stepped into the water.

Then he exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap, it's so hot!"

Looking back, the remaining five people also emerged from the mine tunnel, each holding a flashlight and scanning the space in front of them.

As soon as Wu Xie emerged from the mine tunnel, he saw Su Li and quickly moved closer to him.

The thin, small figure that had been difficult to see clearly in the cave before now revealed its true form: a small, thin old man with a youthful appearance despite his white hair, whom Uncle Tai called Master Liang.

The clerk exclaimed in a low voice, "Wow, this is actually a rock vein! And a warm one at that! That's quite rare!"

At this moment, Uncle Tai and the others were standing not far from Su Li, and did not rush into the water.

Only Er Mazi, who had rushed into the water immediately, carefully took a few more steps forward to test the depth.

He then frowned and retreated.

"No, Uncle, the current is a bit strong and it's quite deep. It will be difficult to wade across."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Tai looked at Lao Yang and put on his kind, unclely smile again.

"My dear nephew, what's the next step?"

Old Yang felt a little uneasy looking at his fake smile, so he stiffly forced a smile and pointed to the water.

"There are two big, thick iron chains in the water. I, I touched, touched those things to get across."

As he said this, Lao Yang stepped forward, as if to show that what he said was true.

He stepped into the water, squatted down and groped around for a while. Then, with a strong pull, he managed to drag an iron chain as thick as his wrist out of the water.

"This is it."

Er Mazi consciously went over and pulled a few times, but couldn't budge it. He clearly had some fear of traveling by water and looked at Uncle Tai hesitantly.

"Uncle, is it really okay to walk this way? The water is so deep, right where Pipa just died..."

If there were such a ghostly thing here, we'd all have to go keep the pipa company...

The pipa that Er Mazi was talking about was the unlucky fish that had just been swallowed by the fish. He had just heard Uncle Tai say that there was more than one strange fish in the water.

When Liang Shiye heard him measure it like this, he took a few steps forward, bent down and touched the water in front of him, reassuring him.

"The underground hot spring water contains sulfur and is so hot that it can't support fish. If a strange fish falls in, it will turn itself into fish soup."

Er Mazi grinned upon hearing this, seemingly not quite believing it, and asked him again with a slightly doubtful tone to confirm.

"real?"

Master Liang patted Er Mazi on the shoulder, just about to speak.

"Bah..."

"boom……"

A huge column of water, seemingly emitting white mist, splashed from beneath the surface and struck Er Mazi squarely on the back, exploding with a bang.

The splashing waves crashed indiscriminately, and everyone on the shore was swept into the water, forced to soak in the hot spring completely naked.

Before anyone could react, another jet of water appeared, just like before. This time, there was no obstruction, and it crashed directly into the top of the cave, causing the scalding hot water to explode into countless raindrops that fell down.

Fortunately, after the cooling effect from the top of the cave and the subsequent fall, the raindrops that landed on them, though still a bit hot, were within their tolerance level; otherwise, they would have been burned with pockmarks...

pock?

Er Mazi?

Startled, Uncle Tai suddenly started thinking and hurriedly got up to search around. He then saw a familiar figure lying face up in the water.

Isn't that Er Mazi from just now?

Liang Shiye, who had been standing with Er Mazi, now slumped down next to him, his face pale and trembling in the water.

Seeing this scene, Uncle Tai had a bad feeling. He raised his hand, pulled out a gun, and pointed it at Liang Shiye's head.

"What the hell was that?!"

Liang Shiye was probably stunned by this sudden turn of events. He didn't react at all to Uncle Tai's gun and couldn't even speak.

Uncle Tai knew he probably wouldn't get anything out of him at this point, and seeing that Er Mazi was still lying there motionless, he glanced at Su Li.

Before he could speak, Wu Xie stepped forward to block Uncle Tai's view. Without saying a word, he pulled Su Li and the other man toward Er Mazi.

As they walked, the two whispered to each other in a voice only they could hear.

Su Li: "They should be ripe by now, right?"

Wu Xie: "A critical hit from the first angle, I reckon it's well-cooked."

Su Li: "The blind man insisted on coming to soak in the hot springs a couple of days ago, so Hua Hua measured the temperature of the water column, and it was over 120 degrees Celsius."

(Pipi Xia + Kaopu Hua Online Review.)

Wu Xie: "Wow! This is a whole hot pot of clear broth!"

Su Li looked at Wu Xie with a knowing, almost congenial expression. "Of course! That's what I thought too!!!"

The two foodies, whose thought processes were in sync, faced the nearly cooked corpse of Er Mazi and didn't feel disgusted. Instead, they swallowed their saliva in unison...

"How about we go back and have some boiled bullfrog?"

Images of delicious food automatically flashed through Wu Xie's mind, and he nodded repeatedly, his mouth watering. "And another copper pot, please."

True acquaintance Ermazi: Can't you two at least show me some respect?

The two, whose minds are filled with all sorts of hot pot flavors: They have absolutely no respect...

Just then, another loud bang was heard, and the third jet of water came again. The people who had already stood up were scrambling to get out of the way.

Lao Yang seized the opportunity to break free from Uncle Tai's control and rushed in front of the two.

"What the hell are you two doing chatting? Hurry up and get in the water! This is an intermittent geothermal geyser, the temperature is about the same as water in a pressure cooker. If you run into it, you'll become acquainted with that idiot!!!"

As she spoke, she grabbed Wu Xie's free hand, bent over, and rushed into the water. Su Li was pulled down by Wu Xie and slipped into the water.

The increasingly large water jets were not cooling down easily, and the falling rainwater was still as hot as boiling water. The remaining people were scalded like pigs being slaughtered. Seeing their actions, they followed suit and plunged in to join them.

The scalding fountain water mixed with the underground river water, burning the mortals to their redness. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't see clearly in the water, they would probably look like they had been scalded to the point of having their skin peeled off if they were standing in a row.

Lao Yang took the lead and swam downstream, followed by Su Li and Wu Xie. The others behind them also hurriedly paddled frantically, trying to swim faster.

After all, the water jets were spraying more and more frequently, and the area around the spring was boiling, as if there really was a bronze furnace boiling a pot below.

The scalding water was still spreading rapidly toward them.

None of my family members would understand this: they were frantically trying to escape in the water, and what was chasing them was actually 'boiling water'?! Nobody would believe it if you told them!