Chapter 57
No matter what the concerns were, anyone who wanted to enter the sacrificial pit under the dragon vein had to face the only two remaining entrances. Based on Su Yun's exploration over the past few days, she found that her previous predictions were correct.
At the location of the two eyes, one is a mountain lake, and the other is a large swamp. The surfaces of both places are huge puddles, and there are rivers passing through, making them very difficult to detect. Even if you arrive at the location, it is difficult to determine where the specific location is.
Che Xuming looked at it for a while and asked, "Should we split our forces into two groups? For two entrances, according to common sense, a puddle is better than a swamp, but it is hard to guarantee that the designer will not go against this idea."
Since they don't want others to come out, it is very likely that these two entrances are for entry but not exit. If they go in through the same entrance, there won't even be anyone to look after them when they turn around.
Su Yun did not agree immediately, but asked other employees: "I haven't thought about it yet, what about you? What do you think?"
The ghost employees certainly didn't want Su Yun to be left alone, and they all said that they couldn't be separated. Now in the team, Su Yun, Che Xuming, and Youlan's fighting power was not that high, and it would be easy for accidents to happen after they went down to the ground. If they were separated, there would not be enough strength to protect the three of them.
Now Lin Lang can break the mechanism with brute force at will. If he can't get out after entering, he can just ignore the local formation with his wall-walking skill. Other ghost employees can float out based on their experience. Only Su Yun and the other three can be easily killed by the actual conditions.
Especially since there is no oxygen or sunlight underground, and there may even be rising water levels, and the tunnels are narrow. These problems are easy to solve for ghosts, but they are fatal to Su Yun and Che Xuming. Youlan is more likely to survive than them.
Instead of separating and leaving everyone helpless, it is better to go together. Even if we encounter such extreme conditions, we can discuss special ways to solve them, even if it is just blowing up a path?
Under the insistence of his employees, Che Xuming simply gave up the idea of splitting the troops into two groups. Since he was not going to separate them, he had to be more careful in choosing the entrance, whether to choose a swamp or a relatively easier puddle.
Su Yun recalled the terrain he had seen in the past few days and said, "I actually wanted to go to the swamp, but the swamp is too stressful for my body, and now... my body is not in a complete state, so it is not convenient to go to the swamp. I want to try the puddle."
"Why do you want to go to the swamp?" Che Xuming asked curiously.
"Because a swamp is more like a one-way road, and often there is no way to turn back on such a road. A puddle seems like you only need to dive in and come out again if it doesn't work, but a road with hope of turning back is often more likely to make people despair than a road without the possibility of turning back." Su Yun analyzed the designer's psychology.
This is probably a common psychology among people, including those who go swimming. They all think that in such shallow water, if they cannot swim anymore, they should just turn back. That is why there are people drowning every year.
There is a saying that goes "clear water is shallow, green water is deep, black water is abyss, blue water is wide, and yellow water is fast." The waters in the rainforest like this are often described by the first three sentences. There are definitely shallow places, but once lakes and waters exceed a certain range, they are green and black in the center.
Many anti-drowning videos will say that if you see green water, don't go down. Although it may not seem deep, it is actually more than two or three meters. Even people who are good swimmers will not easily go into the water in such a place. Once you go down, no one knows what will happen, and it will be difficult to turn back.
When the water level is above the waist and abdomen, the water exerts enormous pressure and tension on people, which cannot be solved by just knowing how to swim. Even if you want to float up, you don't have the strength to do so, which is very strange.
In ancient times, people regarded this phenomenon as water monkeys, but in fact, the water was too heavy, and people were not as strong as the water. They could not dive or turn back and were drowned.
Che Xuming frowned as he looked at the map: "Choose the lake? Why can't we go down to the swamp?"
"With the weight and pressure, if my body goes down, my lungs and bones will probably be broken halfway through. If it's just water, I can use Taoist magic to hold on and see if I can swim to my destination." Su Yun said helplessly.
The ghost employees' worries are not without reason. Their bodies, which have only been resurrected four years ago, are indeed not as strong as those of ordinary people. However, they have already accepted the order and can only do their best.
At this point, everyone can only choose the lake. In fact, for them, there is no difference between choosing a swamp or a lake, both involve risks. However, the underwater stone path is obviously easier to walk on than a swamp, and it does not put as much pressure on the body.
After making the decision, they started preparing the things for going into the water. People like Lin Lang, the ghost employee, and Youlan did not need any protection at all. The water and the narrow stone path were no obstacles for them.
The only ones who need to discuss this are Che Xuming and Su Yun.
Che Xuming said, "Director Su, I can probably rely on the breath-holding pills my master made to hold out for three hours, about six hours. After six hours, I must go ashore and rest for half an hour, otherwise I will drown. Can I find a way out in six hours?"
Su Yun frowned. "I'm not sure. I suspect that the water flowing on the ground is also a mechanism. We can think about it outside. Should we shut down the mechanism after going underground or destroy it directly on the ground? If we destroy it, the middle route may be cut off."
At this time, Lin Lang said, "Give the Director a breath-holding pill as well. I think this waterway is very long. We may not be able to reach the end after six hours of walking. If we cannot get ashore after two hours in the water, I will go alone to block the section of the waterway we are going to take, leaving you time to rest."
This is a good idea. Su Yun nodded in agreement. With Lin Lang's level of cultivation, it would not take much effort for him to do this.
The next step is to prepare fasting pills and clothes. In order to reduce physical strength after entering the water, you should change into a diving suit, except for those with high cultivation level.
Youlan has turned back to her original form. She was originally a bunch of lily of the valley flowers, very small in size. Even after becoming a fairy, it did not change. She just wore an ordinary pure white dress and long hair. This kind of dress would not cause any major problems underwater.
The ghost employees took out their diving suits very professionally - they had experience in diving in the water before, and these were all the belongings they left behind.
Che Xuming didn't have a diving suit, so he asked the male employees if they had one suitable for his body type. But he was rejected. The diving suit had to be custom-made. If it was too big, it would be useless, and if it was too small, he would suffocate. It would be better to wear a Taoist robe that fit him well, which was not so dangerous.
Lin Lang didn't change, he could wear anything.
What worried them the most was Su Yun. She needed a qualified diving suit to protect her internal organs and skin, but no one in the funeral home prepared one for her.
The ghost was shocked: "Director, are you kidding? Didn't the old director and the others prepare a diving suit for you?"
"This needs to be customized. It's not like you can just buy your own size. They won't just buy it casually. If they want to customize it, they don't know my specific size beforehand. Then I've been lying in bed for a long time. I finally got out of bed, but I had no intention of going out, so I put it off until now."
It's procrastination, not forgetting. A person needs too many things. Even if Su Yiling and Ji Weitong are willing, there are always things that they don't have time to prepare. Thinking that Su Yun is in good health now, he can buy whatever he wants by himself. Who knew that Su Yun would be so lazy after his rebirth.
Now everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally the ghost bride asked worriedly, "What should we do? Director, if you go down in your own clothes, it's easy for a snake to hide under your skirt."
Su Yun narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Then I will catch it and put it on top of your head, and let you race with the snake."
The ghost bride wailed: "I don't want it, Director, I just care about you, wuwuwu..."
"Xinxin has a point. Director, how are you going to get down?" the cook asked with a frown.
"Just go on like this, it's okay, I know what I'm doing, and besides, there might be some unexpected gains this time." Su Yun waved his hand and settled the matter.
After a thorough night's rest, everyone slept together until noon the next morning, making sure they had enough sleep and had a good meal before continuing on their journey.
According to the map that Su Yun explored, there is a river about 30 kilometers ahead in the rain forest. Following the river, you will encounter a lake that is not particularly large.
Weeds and various insects are floating on the green lake. At first glance, it makes people think it is a grassland. Only when you get closer can you see clearly that it is a green lake. In the part of the lake close to the mountain, there is a deep cave hidden under the water, which even looks black.
The hem of Su Yun's skirt was soaked and almost stuck to her calves, which made her feel very uncomfortable. They kept applying pesticides on themselves along the way to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants from crawling onto them. Some of these things were not poisonous, but they were ugly and very disgusting when they crawled onto their bodies.
What’s even more terrifying are those ugly and poisonous creatures. It’s hard to guard against them. We all need to check on each other and sprinkle some medicine powder on them.
Because of the high humidity, even incense and sachets are useless and cannot be spread out to drive away the poisonous insects. Spreading pesticides is only a temporary measure. If conditions permit, alcohol should be sprinkled and fires should be set every few steps. However, setting the mountain on fire is unrealistic, so we can only keep sprinkling powder.
When you step into the mud, different leeches will often come up with you. They frantically and greedily try to grab onto the human body to suck blood, but their bodies and mouths are corroded by the powder. After falling back into the mud, they spit out mouthfuls of bright red blood, dyeing the mud on the ground red. They have left bright red traces along the way because of these leeches.
Su Yun once sprinkled medicinal powder on her legs. Because of the mud and water, leeches had appeared on her legs. She did not feel the pain of being sucked blood, but just itchy. After sprinkling the medicinal powder, the leeches fell off and blood overflowed from the wound. She could only wrap the powder in gauze and apply it.
When leeches bite people, they secrete venom that numbs the person's sense of pain and acts as an anti-coagulator. If the bleeding is not stopped, the wound will continue to bleed.
It was hard to guard against these little things underfoot, so Su Yun wrapped his legs tightly for a long time, like two mummy's legs.
They walked quite fast and did not dare to rest on the way. They walked all the way to the lake before they dared to rest. It was exactly three or four o'clock in the afternoon and it was almost dark. They definitely could not rest at this time in the afternoon as accidents were too easy to happen at night, so they just took one more day of rest.
The next day they got up at six o'clock as usual. Because they went to bed early the night before, they didn't even have to leave the tent to see snakes, insects, rats and ants crawling outside the tent. Some of them were trying very hard to squeeze into the zipper, but the tent was of good quality and didn't let them in.
The snake had already climbed onto the top of the tent, making a hissing sound. People who were afraid of snakes probably fainted by then.
For safety reasons at night, everyone stayed in a tent with two or more people. Su Yun, Yan Gui and the ghost bride were in a big tent, so when they woke up, everyone saw the things outside the tent at the same time, and they all showed expressions of disgust on their faces.
Su Yun took out a few packets of medicine powder from his Qiankun bag and gave them to them: "Go out and get rid of those snakes, insects, rats and ants first. I'll wait for you in the tent."
Ghosts have no physical form, so the two of them took the powder and floated out directly to the place where they were stationed. The moment they touched the powder, the soft-bodied insects immediately began to roll over and vomit blood, and those that could fly ran away quickly. The snakes that were a little unlucky twitched on the spot, and when they realized something was wrong they had already run away, which was very sensible.
About half an hour later, the ghost walked out of the tent and said, "Director, everything has been cleaned up."
At this time, Su Yun changed his clothes and used a peach wood hairpin to comb his hair. After walking out of the tent, he observed for a while and nodded: "It's quite clean, then the next step is to clean up the things in the water."
The sexy ghost and the ghost bride made quite a big scene, and even if the others were not awake yet, they were woken up, so they all got up and prepared to go into the water.
Considering that water is flowing, it is unrealistic to make all the creatures in the lake disappear completely. After studying for a while, Su Yun simply made a medicine ball, placed it not far from the cave, hung it with a rope, and soaked the medicine ball in water.
There are a total of eight medicine balls, which surround the underwater cave. With the medicine balls, the creatures in the water will feel uncomfortable and run away directly. They will not run to the cave entrance to block them because of their appearance.
After watching the employees hang up the medicine balls, Su Yun said, "This medicine ball can only be soaked for seven to eight days. After we go into the water, we must either return the same way after seven to eight days, or find another exit, or come out and fight the snakes to the death. Everyone, be mentally prepared."
"Only seven or eight days? Don't you have a longer one? Three to five months or something?" Che Xuming asked in horror. He didn't want to play python battle in the water.
"A medicine ball that can be used for three to five months can be sold at a sky-high price. I can't bear to part with it." Su Yun answered deeply and confidently.
Che Xuming looked at her deeply and said, "What if I lose my life?"
Su Yun touched his chin and said, "Not really. There are poisonous snakes and insects in the water. Even if we can't come back within eight days, if we really run into them, we have so many people that we still have a chance of winning."
I can beat them, so I can do whatever I want.
Since Su Yun said so, Che Xuming could only risk his life to keep the gentleman company, since he was not the one who was vulnerable anyway.
Then everyone started lining up to go into the water. The first thing to consider was body shape. No one was sure what the situation was in the cave, so it was best to go from fat to thin. Because if a fat person couldn't pass through, it would be meaningless for a thin person to pass through. Moreover, the narrow place was too stressful for Su Yun, so he decided not to go through it.
So the cook leads the way, followed by Lin Lang, Che Xuming, Youlan, Su Yun, the ghost bride, the beautiful ghost, the ghost messenger A Xiu, and the fire-making master, forming a combination of two ends protecting the middle. No matter if there is danger in the front or the back, there are two masters to solve it. If they can't solve it, Lin Lang and the ghost messenger A Xiu, the first and second strongest, will take action.
Those in the middle with slightly weaker strength can at least safely reach the underground sacrificial pit.
Even in summer, the water in the lake is still very cold, so low that once you get in the water you feel like you are soaking in ice water.
The cook went into the water first. He tested the depth and turned back to the others in the middle of the lake and said, "The water is a bit deep down there, probably more than three meters. The visibility underwater is not good, so we shouldn't be too far away."
Everyone responded, and Che Xuming gave Su Yun a small bottle of breath-holding pills. Although he could only take one pill at a time and then had to rest for half an hour before taking the second pill, it was always a good idea to give more. Who knew if they would be forced to separate later because of the complicated situation underground?
Lin Lang was the next to go into the water. He frowned, said nothing, and swam to the cook. Then came Che Xuming. He pulled Youlan into the water together. They held hands to prevent them from getting separated. They also tied ropes around their waists just in case.
Su Yun took a breath-holding pill and dived into the water. He immediately felt the coldness coming towards him. The deeper the water, the colder it was.
Seeing that almost everyone had gone into the water, the cook began to swim forward. With his height, he could not touch the bottom. The water here was indeed deep. He gradually approached the underwater cave. He could see the edge but could not touch it. You can imagine how deep the cave entrance is.
The cook took out a night-shining pearl from his Qiankun bag. He liked this kind of bright pearl, so he stockpiled a lot of them.
Then they began to dive into the cave. Except for the ghosts who didn't need to breathe, everyone else subconsciously held their breath.
Su Yun sank to the bottom of the water. After taking the breath-holding pill, even if he didn't breathe, he didn't feel the air gradually disappearing from his lungs. It was as if he had turned into a fish and could move freely in the water without breathing.
Visibility underwater was low, so the cook distributed the night pearls to the back, with every other person taking one. Su Yun was also given one. A group of people swam forward following the bright spot in front of them, and it took them a while to dive to the underwater cave entrance.
The cook held up the night pearl and looked inside, but he could see nothing and there was no sound. It was like a black hole that would dissolve anyone who entered it, and it was terrifying.
Nothing could be seen from the outside, so the cook simply swam in. At first, with his body size, he was able to swim in quite easily.
The cave looked very narrow from the water surface, but after getting into the water, we found that it was wide enough for two cooks to fit in side by side.
Everyone held the night pearl in one hand and swam inside by feeling the rock wall with the other. There were no living creatures inside. Logically, there should be snakes, plankton, and some creatures that like dark environments in such a place. Everyone was on guard against the appearance of snakes, but no one was seen.
There is only one explanation for this situation - there is something in the cave that scares snakes and other creatures, so they will not come here to build nests, or even get too close.
No underwater creatures with high intelligence came in, which showed that the deep cave was not safe. However, since they were already here, no matter what was ahead, they had to go to the bottom and take a look.
The cook swam forward all the way, and the cave never became narrower or wider. Except for the turns, the cave did not change at all. The temperature and darkness gradually decreased, as if he had encountered a ghost wall. Most people should have had a psychological warning at this time and considered whether to turn back.
They were used to this kind of weird stuff, and they were mentally okay with it, because they had taken breath-holding pills, so the pressure underwater was not that great.
After swimming for an hour, the cooking chef stopped and said, "Let's take a break. The road ahead seems to be the same, but people need to rest. Can you and Master Che still hold on?"
[End of this chapter]
Su Yun: It’s okay, I can still roll! O(∩_∩)O
I suddenly showed up. I am really uncomfortable recently, but I will work hard. QAQ
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