Chapter 458 [Chapter of Hidden Abyss] 2: Spiral Hell

After hearing what he said, everyone present felt a little uncomfortable.

Before the members of the expedition team entered the underground, they thought that most of the dangers they encountered would come from the geographical environment and pirates. They did not expect to encounter such evil things.

It was Weber who broke the silence and oppressive atmosphere.

"I have also heard about this [Brother Aliu]... The legend of [Brother Aliu] is different from other strange stories. It only appeared a few years ago."

His words attracted everyone's attention and the oppressive atmosphere was broken.

"About seven or eight years ago, when the number of new immigrants in Yanan City gradually increased, the legend of Brother Aliu appeared."

"At that time, Xiacheng District was in chaos. New immigrants could not find jobs, so many violations of public order broke out. These new immigrants were deported to the direction of Smokey Lake. The street police station did not kill them, but drove them away.

Into the Smoky Lake."

"Everyone knows that there is no beach in Smokey Lake. Directly adjacent to the shore of Leprosy Lane is the deep water area, so many new immigrants who were deported did not know how to swim and drowned when they entered the water."

"There was a legend at that time that as long as you come to the shore of Smokey Lake at 8:30 in the evening, you can see Brother Aliu in white clothes. Brother Aliu is a warm-hearted and handsome young man.

boat to take the refugees expelled from Yanan City into the Smokey Lake."

"Brother Aliu does not rely on oars or waves to row a boat. People who have just boarded the boat don't know what he relies on to row the boat."

"When the boat sails to the middle of the lake, Brother Aliu will ask the people on the boat whether they want to go to the island and become a human being, or go into the water and become a ghost."

Everyone was attracted by the story told by Weber, and for a moment they were no longer afraid.

Weber's voice echoed in the relatively spacious cave space. Even the sound of water flow and wind were not noticeable in the too quiet surroundings. It was as if he was the only voice left in the whole world.

"If you answer 'Go to the island and become a human being', you will be thrown into the water by Brother Alyu and drowned, and you will become a water ghost holding the boat forward - this is why Brother Aliu can row a boat without relying on oars."

"If you answer 'go into the water and become a ghost', Brother Aliu will say: 'You are all miserable people who only have one life. After entering the smoke lake, you are no longer human beings. I will let you become the lonely ghosts.

Let's go.' After Brother Aliu said this, he would jump into the water and disappear."

"The people on the boat will drift with the water until they reach a random island, where they can settle down."

Jack Bardo couldn't help but ask:

"What if it doesn't float to the island? What if it floats to an island full of vicious pirates?"

Weber replied:

"If you can't float to the island, you will have to starve to death on the boat... Back then, someone found a boat full of dead bodies on the shore. This is the consequence of not being brought ashore by the current."

"If you drift to an island occupied by pirates... who knows, women can be used to give birth to children? Men can be used to do coolies?"

What a strange urban legend...

After a few words, Chen Yan felt that the water under the boat began to speed up again, and George Lebster also spoke again at this time:

"We are almost at the next sewer... This slope is not as steep as the previous one, but it is very long. Please be patient!"

After having the frightening experience last time, everyone became much more cautious. After hearing what the shrimp man said, they immediately leaned down.

After a few seconds of silence, the water flow became obviously turbulent.

The next moment the water flow changed speed, a slight feeling of weightlessness appeared.

Unlike last time, this time the feeling of weightlessness is not strong, but you can still clearly feel that the bow of the ship is falling and the hull is tilting greatly.

Chen Yan estimated in his mind that the depth of the Alpha sector was 800 meters, and the slope of this descending channel was about 45 degrees. If the ship's forward speed was calculated as an average of about 30 yards, it would be 30 kilometers per hour - that is, one

It can sail 500 meters in minutes. A rough calculation shows that the entire voyage takes about...

More than two minutes?!

how can that be possible?

Chen Yan couldn't imagine the results he calculated. How could the calculated flight only take two minutes? Did I set the variables incorrectly?

He then thought about it, even if the slope was slowed down and the average speed of the ship was reduced, it would only be able to extend the entire voyage to no more than 5 minutes.

But from the time they entered the waterway to now, the time spent has been far more than 5 minutes!

That is to say...

Chen Yan looked at the back of shrimp man George Lebster.

In other words, the distance the Shrimp Man led them to sail may have far exceeded the Alpha Sector.

Chen Yan couldn't find the shrimp man's motive for harming them at all, but the fact was before his eyes, and his inner alarm suddenly went off.

He thought again:

'Maybe...the water channel is not a straight line, but many spiral water channels that twist and turn.'

'This is the only reason why the voyage took so much longer than expected.'

'But I couldn't sense any change in the navigation route... This may be because the navigation environment is too cramped and the field of vision is narrow.'

'But we can't attack the shrimp man now. No one knows where this is underground. Without it, we might be trapped underground and never get out...'

'In short... we must be more vigilant!'

While Chen Yan was in a state of awe, he suddenly saw movement in Swam in front of him to his right.

He scratched his head, slowly got up, faced outside the cabin, and whispered:

"What did you say?"

Everyone noticed something strange about him, and George Lebster at the front said with a trembling voice filled with fear:

"Brother Aliu is calling you! Don't see him! He is under the boat! If you see him, he will appear in front of you, and we will all be finished!"

Chen Yan cursed, took out the Egret Type 1, and loaded the gun.

The sound of the metal biting of the shotgun stimulated everyone's nerves. Jack Baldo in front of Chen Yan and Weber beside him grabbed Swam's black clothes to prevent him from sticking his head out.

Swam's move to stick his head out of the hull was stopped, but he was still listening and making intermittent sounds of doubt:

"Huh? Underground Styx? What is that?"

"This is the River Styx underground? Why? There are dead people in the water? They say you can't look underwater. Who knows whether what you say is true or false."

"Huh? Shrimp Man? What happened to Shrimp Man?"

"Deep water area... This is a deep water area? Isn't this a river? Why is it a deep water area?"

George Lebster's voice almost collapsed:

"Stop listening to what He says!"

Swam suddenly turned his head and said to Chen Yan with a serious face:

"It concerns everyone's safety. I want to verify something."

After he finished speaking, he sat up suddenly with such strength that Jack Baldo and Webb couldn't catch him at all.

The next moment, he had stuck his face out of the boat.

Almost at this moment, Swam's body trembled violently, as if something gave him a huge shock.

Before the trembling ended, he reached out his hand, wiped it on his face, and then threw it into the river.

In the darkness, two little things flew out.

Chen Yan raised his head at this moment and clearly saw that they were two spheres——

Swam threw away his eyes.

After discarding his eyes, he sat back in the cabin, as if nothing had happened, and said in a calm tone:

"There is something strange underwater. I have cut off the connection with that thing, so everything will be fine for the time being."

Chen Yan asked in a low voice:

"What's under the water?"

Swarm responded immediately:

"It cannot be said that we cannot have too much [contact] with that thing. Once the [contact] reaches a certain level, it will appear in front of us."

Jack Baldo's voice of sudden realization came:

"It's a trigger-type cursed spirit!"

Swam said in a deep voice:

"It's a little weirder than that...I can't tell."

He then said:

"It's very dangerous here. We must leave as soon as possible."

For the first time since meeting Swam, Chen Yan heard a "fearful" tone from his mouth.

Chen Yan realized the seriousness of the matter.

He turned to look at the bow of the ship.

Under the pale light of the searchlight, the shrimp man was motionless, his back extremely stiff.
To be continued...