The next morning, when I woke up, the wing was already empty. Zhang Jisheng and Lao Li ran to nowhere. Just as I walked out of the wing with a pair of panda eyes, Xiang Yu happened to come in to look for me. Everyone
They were both looking at the ground instead of looking ahead, so the two of them bumped into each other.
"Ouch," Xiangyu yelled, probably because she was hurt by my hit. While rubbing her shoulders, she looked at me in surprise and said, "Zhou Cang, did you become a thief last night? Why are you getting such dark circles under your eyes?"
Seriously, you still haven’t slept well?”
"Xiangyu, are you okay? Were you injured by me?" I asked with concern.
"It's okay, it's okay. How can you be so fragile? It's time to have breakfast. Brother Li and the stepmother seem to have said that they want to go to the bottom of the water to take a look after breakfast. Are you okay?" The painful expression on Xiangyu's face has eased and she has recovered.
He lost his original smile.
"I can do it, let's go, let's talk as we walk." I said, reaching out and bending down, making a "please" gesture.
"Let's go, why are you so polite to me?" Xiangyu slapped me in the face, looking magnanimous and at ease.
This is probably the legendary Oxygen Girl, with light in her eyes, a smile on her lips, and a valley in her heart.
"The weather is particularly good today. I think launching into the water this time will be much smoother." I moved my eyes away from Xiangyu's face and looked at the light blue sky.
"Yes, without the influence of bad weather, there should be no accidents underwater. And with yesterday's experience, we can dive to the depth of the Wolf Fang Stone Pillar in one go. We don't have to explore along the way, and we can save a lot of time.
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We were chatting and walking, and almost in the blink of an eye we arrived at the dining room next to the kitchen.
"Zhou Cang, I just saw that you were sleeping soundly and I didn't wake you up," Zhang Jisheng greeted me with a smile when he saw me coming in.
"Jisheng, Lao Li, good morning. I'm so sorry. It's me who's holding you back again." I said a little embarrassed.
"Brother Zhou, please sit down and have a quick breakfast, and then we can set off early while the weather is nice." Lao Li moved his chair and made room for me next to him.
As soon as I sat down and my butt was still warm, Andrew's voice came from outside the door.
"Good morning, everyone." He said, striding across the threshold of the restaurant, the smile lines from the corners of his eyes extending to his temples.
"Professor Andrew, good morning, come and have breakfast together." Xiangyu stood up, gave his seat to Andrew, then moved a low stool from behind and sat next to him.
"Jade, thank you." Andrew thanked him and sat down unceremoniously.
Foreigners are all very tall, and when he sat down, he exerted a little too much force, so the short stool made a "squeaking" sound.
"I just heard at the door that you were going to explore the bottom of Poyang Lake today. I have a gracious request. Can you take me with you? I have my own equipment. I just want to partner with you." Andrew said.
He stuffed fried dough sticks into his mouth and said while doing so, he didn't forget to pick up the bowl and took two big gulps of soy milk.
"This may not be very convenient," Lao Li said before we could speak.
"What's the inconvenience? Just think of it as bringing a playmate along the way." Lao Li's refusal seemed to be expected by Andrew. His hands had been replaced by red bean buns and he was biting the white dough.
, said calmly.
"Brother Li, Professor Andrew has very rich experience in field archaeology, and his diving ability is better than the few of us. I personally feel that if we go with him, not only will he not hinder us, but the professor can also provide us with certain underwater skills."
Here’s the help.” Xiangyu said, his eyes scanning the faces of several of us in order, with a cautious tone.
"Anyway, I am firmly against it. What are your opinions?" Lao Li's attitude was very tough, but this matter was not something he could decide alone. Xiangyu had already expressed his opinion, so he looked at me and Zhang Jisheng and said
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In fact, I am still wary of Andrew. The kick he pulled on me deep in the waters of Laoye Temple will probably be a shadow that will linger in my life. However, after talking to him yesterday afternoon,
I have actually decided to use Andrew's power to attack the mastermind who has been controlling the Zhou family. Therefore, letting Andrew go into the water with us is the sincerity of cooperation that I should show. So, I pretended to think about it, and then
Said: "Lao Li, I already experienced life and death with Andrew yesterday. During that process, he also gave me some help. Therefore, I think there is no problem for Andrew to go with us."
Lao Li looked at me with a surprised look on his face. He probably felt that the vaccination he gave me yesterday had no effect at all. He was confused and had a sad expression on his face.
"Since Zhou Cang and Xiang Yu both agreed, I have no objection," Zhang Jisheng also spoke.
Seeing that there was nothing he could do to save his life, Lao Li could only remain silent and stuffed the fried dough stick buns in front of him into his mouth.
After breakfast, we were ready to set off. Who knows, Lao Li suddenly changed his mind. He asked us to wait a little longer and arranged for a boatman to come over. This time, he wanted to go into the water with us.
"Old Li, it's extremely dangerous underwater, so you have to think carefully," Zhang Jisheng said.
"It doesn't matter, I won't hold you back." Lao Li said calmly.
When I looked at Lao Li, I always felt that he suddenly wanted to go into the water because of Andrew's joining. He did this as if he was trying to protect me by my side.
Suddenly, I felt vaguely worried. I didn't know whether the decision I made was the right one, and whether I would let down those who sincerely helped me.
About half an hour later, a man who looked about the same age as Lao Li rushed over. He nodded and bowed to Lao Li. Lao Li didn't know what he said to him. After he nodded repeatedly,
He jumped on the boat and motioned for us to get on.
The middle-aged man's driving skills were particularly good, and the boat drove fast and steadily. After a while, we had reached the belly of the Laoye Temple water area.
Lao Li signaled the middle-aged man to stop. As if he knew what we were going to do, he pretended to cast a net on the lake and then covered us as we entered the water.
A few of us disappeared one by two from the small waves on the water like frogs.
The lake water is particularly cool in summer. Even though I was wearing a diving suit, I could still feel the pleasant refreshing feeling. My body, which was soaked in the sun and was sweating profusely on the lake, felt much more comfortable.
Both Lao Li and Andrew's diving skills have reached the master level. Compared with them, I can only be regarded as a novice.
Because of yesterday’s diving experience, we walked down while placing the guide rope. After a while, we came to the location of the Wolf Tooth Pillar.
What makes people feel strange is that the dark gray water plants that were attached to the Wolf Tooth Stone Pillars yesterday, for some unknown reason, have all disappeared. What we have in front of us now are stones that are closely arranged together.
Pillar.
"There are no water plants on the stone pillars. Could it be that we found the wrong location?" Zhang Jisheng's voice came over the intercom.
"I think the position is correct. The depth shown on the pressure gauge is the same as yesterday, and the direction is correct." This was Xiang Yu's voice, "Zhou Cang, what do you think?"
"It's really hard to say. How about we swim over first and see if there are any murals from yesterday?" I said, and then I felt something was wrong, so I added: "But everyone, be careful. There seems to be something on this stone pillar."
What kind of mechanism does it look like? Yesterday, Zhang Jisheng and I saw that the head portrait on the mural could rotate."
"Yes, everyone must be extremely careful." Zhang Jisheng followed up what I said.
"There are many huge holes on these stone pillars. We will be affected by the current in the water, so if we are not careful, we can easily slip into the stone pillars. This is what I have learned from the past." Xiangyu said.
"Okay, I'll be careful." Andrew replied, already swinging his flippers and swimming forward first.
When we saw this, we all followed suit. Only Lao Li was still behind us and did not keep up with the pace of the large army.
"The murals on the stone pillars have disappeared. How is this possible?" Xiangyu exclaimed.
"I still feel that this location is not the same location we were at yesterday. Look, the water plants on the stone pillars have disappeared, and the murals are gone," Zhang Jisheng said.
"But the location displayed by the instrument is right here." I said.
"There must be something weird here. The location is correct. I have a good sense of direction, and there are instruments guiding the way." Xiangyu said.
Suddenly, a sound of "porphyrin" came from the stone pillar.
This voice was particularly familiar. I was sitting on the altar and after the priest turned the ivory necklace, this voice was the first thing that appeared.
"Come back quickly," at this time, Lao Li, who had been behind us, suddenly shouted, and then I felt the guide rope behind me, as if it was being pulled hard by something.