What Lao Bei hopes most at this moment is that the people on the platform outside already know their situation and are coming to their rescue.
But Lao Bei knew that this possibility was very small.
Because the people outside are all big shots, they don't care about the lives of frogmen like them.
What's more, even Lao Bei couldn't think of any way to rescue them.
Even if the big shots outside are kind-hearted, by the time the people outside actually launch a rescue operation, he and his men will probably be dead.
"Captain, what should we do now? I'm so scared. I don't want to die."
As time passed, everyone's oxygen bottles were exhausted, and even the small bottles of oxygen they carried with them to save lives in critical moments were also used.
Even if you use it sparingly, the time left for them will not exceed ten minutes.
And within these ten minutes, they simply didn't have enough time to leave the cave, not to mention there was a deep lake outside the cave. If they wanted to leave alive, unless a miracle happened.
"Brothers, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you in."
Lao Bei said sadly and regretfully.
"Captain, how can I blame you? We decided to come here ourselves, you didn't force us to come."
As soon as Lao Bei finished speaking, a member of the team spoke up.
"That's right, captain, even if we all die here today, we won't blame you. This is our fate and has nothing to do with the captain."
Immediately, some team members spoke in support.
"Captain, if we all die here today, we will still be your brothers in the next life."
Lao Bei was moved by his subordinate's words, but it made him even more guilty.
"Brothers, I am not a qualified captain. I am sorry for everyone, but we still have time now. Even if I die, I will find a way to survive for my brothers."
"Since we have no chance to get out, we can only continue walking inside. As long as we can find a place without water, we may not be unable to wait for rescue."
After Lao Bei finished speaking, he waved his hand and took the lead to set off deeper into the underwater cave.
At this time, people outside also knew that the frogman team was probably wiped out.
It's not that he doesn't want to save, but there is no way to save him. Even Ning Beichen and Ling Jue, who are mortals, are not omnipotent gods.
For Zhang Jinhong, the death of a team of frogmen is nothing.
Before these frogmen went into the water, he had already given them sufficient compensation and housing allowance, and he had a clear conscience.
There are risks in anything you do, let alone a high-risk profession like frogman.
If they really die, at most some appropriate humanitarian compensation will be given to their families.
However, Ning Beichen was not sure that they must be dead.
The underwater cave environment is complex and seems to be a desperate situation, but there may not be no room for them to survive.
But even if there is such a place, if they are not rescued in time, they will probably die.
"Lao Zhang, let me go down and take a look. Maybe they can be saved."
Ning Beichen said.
"Mr. Ning, this is too dangerous. I can continue to hire frogmen to explore."
Zhang Jinhong said worriedly.
In his eyes, Ning Beichen's life was much more noble than those of those frogmen, and in his heart he didn't want Ning Beichen to take risks.
"No need, I know what's going on. You can prepare some small oxygen bottles and diving suits for me and pack them up. I'll take them with me when the time comes. If I have a chance to meet them alive, I may be able to save their lives."
Ning Beichen said to Zhang Jinhong.
Ning Beichen is not a good person, and he will not pity these frogmen, but he also has his own moral bottom line, and if there is a chance to save him, he will take action without hesitation.
But if it were to kidnap him morally or ask him to be the savior, he wouldn't even be interested at all.
He controlled Zhou Yu, Ling Jue and other mortals not for peace, but purely for himself.
"Ling Jue, you come down with me. You two stay here with them. Don't take any action until we come back."
Ning Beichen told the two women, Ye Ya'er and Li Wanrong, that although they had cultivation skills, this was not a fight, but a matter of going into the lake. Even Ning Beichen did not dare to guarantee his own safety, let alone them.
"Ning Beichen, then be careful. If you can't find it, forget it. Living is the most important thing."
Li Wanrong didn't bother to go. She was a very smart woman and knew when she could be willful in front of men and when she couldn't.
"I will, don't worry about me, just take care of yourselves."
Ning Beichen said to her and Ye Ya'er.
Following Ning Beichen and Ling Jue, one person was carrying a huge waterproof bag, which contained clothes, oxygen, food, power supplies and other things.
I saw that the two of them did not need any safety ropes and jumped directly to the center of the lake.
Ling Jue deliberately showed off, flying like an eagle in the air, and landed directly in the center of the lake a few hundred meters away.
But Ning Beichen was too lazy to pay attention to this guy. He made the same leap, like a fighter jet, and violently rushed directly into the center of the lake, causing a huge wave thousands of feet high.
Neither of them wore any diving suits or oxygen masks.
At their level of cultivation, they can already circulate their internal breath, which is equivalent to a baby in the mother's body who can easily hold their breath in water for several hours, or even for a day or two. There is no need to wear these things at all.
Soon the two fell to the bottom of the lake, and then began to look for the underwater cave.
With the speed of the two of them, it didn't take long for them to find the entrance to the underwater cave, and here they also found the red beacon left by the frogman.
However, no body of the frogman was found, so there should still be hope.
Ning Beichen did not need to use a walkie-talkie and directly transmitted the message to Ling Jue. After the two entered the cave, they immediately searched and explored separately.
One is to find the entrance to the Cave Paradise, and the other is to find the whereabouts of those frogmen.
Ning Beichen chose a route in the middle of the cave, and asked Ling Jue to take the left route, and agreed to meet at the exit in an hour, no matter what happened.
Ling Jue nodded, naturally he did not dare to disobey the order given to him by Ning Beichen.
Zhang Jinhong and the others outside were curious as to why Ling Jue was so timid in front of Ning Beichen.
In fact, what they don't know is that it's not that Ling Jue wants to give in, but that Ling Jue has to give in, because Ning Beichen can destroy his cultivation with just one thought.
Ning Beichen carried a waterproof bag and swam into the cave as fast as he could, but halfway there, he was attacked by a big fish.
Ning Beichen had never seen this big fish, and he didn't know that it was because of this big fish that Lao Bei and the others were in danger.