forcibly invade

There is no point in guessing the past out of thin air. If you want to get the answer, you can only keep going.However, the current whereabouts of the three teammates are unknown, and the previous batch of teams are still missing.

None of the three were sure whether it was the right choice to continue.But Bai Hua always had a feeling that the path Xiao Jiu pointed out was very important.

If the previous batch of teams had been caught in the mental picture of the past time like them, it might be possible to follow the clues to come here.

Facts proved that Bai Hua's guess was correct. After they walked down for a while, they found a scratch on a stone wall.It's just that this notch is a bit strange, it was carved about ten centimeters below the water surface.If the sharp-eyed Kurosawa hadn't seen it, they might have missed it.But what excited Bai Hua the most was not because he found the mark, but because he recognized that it was He He's handwriting.

Kurosawa stared at the position of the notch, but said, "It's a bit strange..."

"You suspect...?"

"That's not the problem." Kuisawa shook his head, then turned his head to look elsewhere, "It's because the water level has risen."

After what Kuize said, Bai Hua realized that the water level, which originally only reached their ankles, had unknowingly submerged to the height of their calves.He'd thought it was because they kept going down, but that didn't seem to be the case now.Deliberately engraving the mark in an imperceptible place is asking for trouble, and He He would not make such a mistake.Then the only possible explanation is that when he left this mark, it was probably two weeks ago, and the water level happened to be at this position.

Bai Hua suddenly asked: "Did he also notice that the water level was rising?"

"Very likely." Kurosawa also thought so, "If this is the case, he will definitely leave other marks, look for it."

The three walked while looking for other clues.Sure enough, about ten meters away from the first notch, I found the second notch, and then the third, fourth... all at a similar distance.And just as they thought, the position of the notch was higher each time, which indicated that the water level was really rising.

Bai Hua understands He He's style very well, usually when he bothers to do so, it means that he has encountered a problem.

But what kind of problem is rising water levels?Will the entire cave be flooded in the end?

When Bai Hua thought of this, he suddenly stopped and looked up.

Kurosawa asked, "What's wrong?"

Bai Hua didn't look away, but asked, "Can you see how high the top of the cave is?"

Kurosawa glanced at him, didn't ask anything, just said: "I'll try."

He took a flashlight and looked up to a high place. Because of the lack of light, he could only squint to see.At first they determined that the top of the cave was very high, but after walking this distance, the top of the cave was already flat without any ups and downs.This means that if this place is flooded, they will all be drowned.

Kurosawa swept the flashlight above for a while, then swept towards the stone wall, and then his eyes suddenly fixed on a certain place, and his expression became serious, "Look."

Bai Hua and An Shi leaned over at the same time.

Higher than the top of their heads, another notch appeared.It's also He He's handwriting, but not just one place. Looking vertically upwards at the same place, there are at least five or six places with different water levels.Each time is higher than each time, and the traces are very messy.They didn't notice it before, because when they walk normally, their eyes don't look up.But this height is almost like...

An Shi frowned and said, "Are they flooded? But the water level here is clearly not high."

The three of them seemed to be wondering about this, but no one spoke.

Kurosawa looked up for a while, then looked forward, and said: "...continue to walk along the mark and see where it stops at the end."

When they walked 100 meters forward, they found the tenth notch, and there were no traces any further.

Bai Hua knew that Kurosawa would speak out, which meant that he had already made his own judgment, "Do you know what?"

Kurosawa nodded, and after clearing his mind, he opened his mouth and said, "Let's start with the previous group. I can't tell how many people came here in the end, but at least one person left a mark. I can only use these The order and position of the marks can be guessed, but not necessarily accurate."

He pointed to the bottom notch on the stone wall and said, "This is the last notch he left when he walked here for the first time. Maybe there was nothing abnormal at that time, so he was able to make marks along the way, but When reaching the tenth position, which is here, he suddenly found that the water level had skyrocketed. I think he should be like us at this time. When he found that there was no place to hide above the cave, he wanted to go to a higher place and Just go back. But after walking back, I found that the water was coming in too fast to help, so I carved the water level in a hurry. Those messy notches we saw above our heads .I'm not sure if he did it out of habit, or as a warning to anyone who arrived later. Fortunately, we found out."

Bai Hua could answer this question instead of He He, "It's a habit, and I want to warn you."

"But we didn't see anyone here, not even a dead body," Anshi said.

"Yes, that's the problem." Kurosawa said again: "But the water flows downhill, which cannot be changed. I guess there is a reason why this underground river will be used as a water storage room. If the water level is too high , if it will endanger the level of submerged underground city, then there should also be relevant drainage channels. For example, when the water level is full and reaches a certain height or pressure, the secret channel will open and automatically flow into the underground culvert.”

"so……"

"This is just a possibility. And the range is too wide, we may not be able to find it, unless there is another flood here."

At this time, Bai Hua asked again: "Where did the water come from?"

"These waters all flowed down from crevices in the rocks and could only have been caused by heavy rain."

"So, the rising water level should also be the accumulation of rainfall?"

After hearing these words, Kurosawa suddenly glanced at his feet.While they were talking, the water level had risen unknowingly, along the calf to the knees, and was still rising.

This sign is exactly the same as when He He left the mark.

The three of them fell silent, as if they were fully aware of the movement around them.

Soon after, the flowing water on the stone walls on both sides began to increase.Bai Hua was the first to hear a rumbling sound coming from a distance behind, and only then heard the sound of rushing water.

Most of Kurosawa's guesses were correct, but no one thought that this place could be both a water storage room and a drainage channel.

There was a sudden flood of water in the cave, and they had nowhere to hide.

The three of them only had time to hold their breath before they were washed away by the oncoming flood.In a panic, Bai Hua held on to Heisawa tightly. The guide's cardiopulmonary function was no better than that of the sentinel, so the man couldn't hold his breath for too long.

Kurosawa was aware of the situation, but the obedient Ren Baihua pulled him along.

The current was too fast, and there was almost a spray of water under the water. They couldn't see clearly at all, and they couldn't tell the direction at all, so they could only be washed up and down.

Except for the two who were holding each other tightly, An Shi didn't know where he was washed by the water.

The walls are so slippery that they can't hold onto anything around them, and there's nothing to cushion them against.

Kurosawa was hit by something unknown in the water, so he let out a muffled snort, but Bai Hua misunderstood the slight tremors from the contact parts of his body.He thought that Kurosawa was not angry enough, so without thinking, he grabbed the man's face and kissed him.

Kurosawa looked at him with his eyes open, surprised for a moment, but quickly regained his composure.Bai Hua didn't close his eyes for some reason.The two sides just kept staring at each other.

It was the first time they looked at each other as they kissed, even though they had completely different motives.But the feeling when eyes are open is completely different from when eyes are closed, it seems to be able to recognize the intimate relationship between oneself and the other party more deeply.

Only then did Bai Hua realize that he had misunderstood, and hurriedly backed away.But he was caught by Kurosawa again, and he pressed it lightly on his lips and kissed him again.

I don't know why, but this kind of intimate action makes people feel more embarrassed.

But now is not the time to think about that either.

After the rapids flowed to a certain spacious place, it slowed down. Finally, there were no more pieces of water in front of my eyes, and I could barely see things in the water.But they are still not out of danger, this is just another larger passage, there is no place where they can surface to absorb air.

But Kurosawa seemed to have seen something, and suddenly pulled Baihua, pointing to a certain stone wall.

Bai Hua understood, and led Kuisawa to swim there.

When he was about to arrive, Kuisawa suddenly stretched out his hand and tapped three times on a certain position above his head, a square crack appeared on the top of the cave wall, Bai Hua pushed up again, and the stone wall was actually pushed away .

This is another secret door design.

The two immediately climbed up the hole and finally came out of the water.They plugged the slab back again to prevent more water from entering the hole.

The structure of this underground cave is really unexpected, and no one thought that there would be a passage here.There are two paths in front of them, up and down. Up should be connected to a certain floor of the dungeon. If they go down, they don't know where they lead...

But they have no choice but to keep going.

Hei Ze had only taken two steps forward when Bai Hua asked, "Did you smell it? It seems to have something."