Perhaps noticing that Anna was not good at swimming, Xiao Mu left one of his tentacle on the water surface and put the other side of the tentacle directly on Anna's mouth and nose, making a temporary diving mask for Anna.
The water of Starfall Lake is dark blue, so it looks particularly deep.
But because the place where they jumped was close to the lake shore, the depth that Xiao Mu took the three of them to dive was not very deep.
After diving only six or seven meters, the three of them could already see the scene at the bottom of the lake clearly with the help of the pale pink light emitted from Xiao Mu's body and the white light of the holy light shield.
The bottom of the Falling Star Lake is not silt, but is covered with a thick layer of shimmering silver-white gravel, like tiny stars.
The lake water is extremely clear and the view is not greatly obstructed.
Above their heads, they could still see the terrifying shadows of a swarm of bone leeches twisting and wriggling on the shore.
Mark didn't know why these bone leeches attacked the three of them.
If it was hunting, wouldn't there be more prey when Team Beta was here?
Why didn't these bone leeches take action at that time?
Or is it that there are also a group of bone leeches in the mine that Beta and the others went to?
There is not much point in thinking more, now the two teams are separated.
Even if you encounter danger, you can only hope for the best.
Mark was also quite curious about why Xiao Mu suddenly pulled them to dive underwater.
Now we can no longer treat this little guy as a simple slime.
When it comes to mystery, Xiao Mu seems to be no less mysterious than everyone else present.
It is also an indispensable member of Mark's team!
Since Xiao Mu has chosen the direction to go, they just follow the direction specified by their teammates.
"Xiaomu, lead the way!"
Mark waved underwater to signal Xiao Mu to lead the way.
Xiao Mu waved his tentacles happily, spraying water and diving at the bottom of the lake.
The current lakeshore diving area is obviously not the destination.
It pulled the three of them towards the deeper and darker area in the center of the lake.
The deeper you go, the greater the water pressure becomes, and the light from the Holy Light Shield can only illuminate a small area around it.
There was dead silence all around, with only the faint sound of water flowing against clothes and leather armor and their own heartbeats.
When Mark and Monica feel they need to breathe, Xiao Mu will hand them the "tentacle mask" in time to help them provide air.
After diving for about a hundred meters, the terrain at the bottom of the lake in front began to tilt, forming a steep downward slope.
At the bottom of the steep slope, right next to the junction of the steep slope and the lake bed, a dark cave entrance suddenly appeared before their eyes!
The entrance to the cave was an irregular circle, about two or three people tall in diameter, and its edges were made of hard rock that also shone with sporadic mithril light.
Countless schools of fish swam around the cave entrance, and their scales reflected the light of the ore, casting clusters of light on the bottom of the lake.
The inside of the cave was dark and deep, with a weak stream of water slowly flowing out of the cave, carrying with it a smell... mixed with minerals and old and decayed odors.
"A mine?" Monica looked at the cave entrance warily, pointing her dagger inside. "Why is there a mine entrance at the bottom of the lake? Could it be leading to the mineral vein on the other side of the mountain?"
With the help of Xiao Mu's "tentacle mask", they can communicate freely underwater.
"Very likely."
Mark carefully observed the edge of the cave entrance. There were traces of man-made excavation there, although they were somewhat blurred by erosion from the water. "Beta and the others took the mine entrance on the outside of the rock. This could be a branch vein extending from the ore vein, or... another abandoned passage?"
"Is there anything in it?" Anna asked nervously. Her longbow was unusable underwater, and she felt that she might really become a burden to the team this time.
Xiao Mu led the three of them and swam carefully into the dark cave.
The light from the Holy Light Shield and Xiao Mu barely illuminated the surrounding rock walls covered with gouges in the narrow mine tunnel.
The current pushed the three of them slowly inward.
They had not swum far when the three of them saw a heart-wrenching scene in the dim light.
Scattered in the corners of the passage and in the cracks of the rocks were large pieces of bones that had turned white from being soaked by water.
This is different from the animal bones in the Rotten Bone Swamp, which are buried in the mud with only some bone fragments exposed.
The bottom of this underwater mine tunnel is almost covered with a layer of white bones of humanoid creatures, which looks particularly eerie and terrifying in the rippling water.
Broken miners' helmets and the remains of some pickaxes were scattered next to some of the bones.
Their thick bone structure and short body proportions clearly indicate that they do not belong to the human race.
"The bones of the dwarf..."
Monica didn't need to go forward to pick up the bones. She just took a glance and identified the owners of the bones. Her voice sounded unusually heavy underwater.
"Look over there!"
Anna's voice was filled with a hint of panic. Even in the water, her eyesight was the best among everyone.
She pointed to a slightly open corner ahead in the passage.
Only a few blurry figures were seen staggering in the dark waters.
Tattered miners' uniforms covered in yellow-brown rust fluttered around them. Their short and strong bodies had long lost their flesh and blood, leaving only skeletons slightly pushed by the water flow.
However, those skeletons are not dead!
In the holes of their eye sockets and mouths and noses, there were pale, soft bodies that made their scalps tingle.
It's a smaller version of the mutant bone leech!
These disgusting parasites were like the strings of a puppet, deeply embedded in the bones, driving the dwarf's remains to wander stiffly and aimlessly in the water.
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