This is a huge cave about 300 steps wide and an unknown height. Looking up, the top of the cave is dark and you can’t see clearly what’s going on, but the light reflected on the water is acceptable.
Another boat is on our right. Our two boats are traveling side by side. Gradually, we are moving forward. We can only vaguely catch the faint light reflected by the paddle gently stirring the calm water. It is extremely quiet here. Jiang Wanqing rests her head on it.
On my shoulders, my breathing is a little short
I patted her and looked around. There were no traces of the cantaloupe boat that we had chased for more than 500 miles. Maybe it was lying quietly at a corner now, watching us from the dark. Maybe,
There may also be a net that has been woven long ago, just waiting for us to get into it
I asked Song Kui, "What's the terrain ahead?" He gestured with his hands, but I couldn't see clearly, but his voice came from the darkness: "This wide water surface, if you continue to walk for a while, be careful.
"Contact"
I said softly, "Stop"
The two boats stopped almost at the same time, rippling in the water without making any sound. Occasionally, bubbles from the bottom of the water floated up, making one or two weak gurgling sounds.
We paused in the darkness for a full moment, "lighting the fire" only heard a few "pops", sparks flashed, the sergeant lit the tinder and lit the torch.
The cave was suddenly illuminated. The two boats were in the center of this wide cave. Behind us, the entrance of the cave we entered was blocked by a protruding rock wall, but the source could still be identified. Jiang Wanqing turned around.
Looking there, I really wanted to change my mind and send her back to the big ship first.
But she seemed to notice my thoughts. She looked at me stubbornly, her beautiful eyes conveying affection, and she just said, "Brother, concentrate."
Looking ahead, there are no extra exits around. There is only one, but it is extremely low. Just as Song Kui said, be careful about touching your head. There is nothing surprising here. We quickly arrived at the entrance of the cave.
There is a layer of green slippery moss around the entrance of the cave, and even the roof of the cave is lined with a layer of green felt.
I noticed that at the top of the cave, there was a mark that had just been scratched on the growing surface of the moss. It was more than a foot long, exposing the damp rock top.
Comparing the curved and tilted bow of the Hami Melon, I am sure that this scratch must be the mark accidentally left by the escape boat just now when it sailed in. I pointed there and asked everyone to be careful.
Song Kui whispered, "Going in, there are all such narrow passages, with about four caves as wide as before strung in the middle."
After roughly understanding the terrain, we resolutely sailed the boat in. It was narrower than we imagined, and the boat could barely touch the roof of the cave. The sergeants put the oars into the cabin, and we sat on the boat.
Spread your arms and you can touch the cave walls on both sides. Just like this, push the cave walls back with your hands to make the boat move forward slowly.
I don't know how far this narrow passage is. When I asked Song Kui for his opinion, he also looked at a loss. After all, he had only come in once, and I don't know how many days ago it was. No wonder he...
Now, what I am most worried about is that when we are halfway through the journey, pirates will suddenly fire arrows from the opposite side or use other things. In that case, we will have to wait for a beating. I whispered to the two boats.
Work harder and don't dawdle here
Not long after the boat sailed, there was a bend in the hole in front, almost a right angle. On the outer edge of the hole wall, I found two more scratches. The boat was right in front of us.
It only took us about twenty steps, but it took us a whole meal, because the two raised parts of the boat were tightly pressed against the cave wall, making it impossible to advance or retreat. No, it seems that the water flow here is much faster than before, maybe because the entrance of the cave has become narrower.
However, we couldn't get stuck here. We were so anxious that we half-squatted up from the cabin, which was only as high as we could. We put our shoulders on the roof of the cave and used our strength to step down on the bottom of the boat so that it could be immersed in the water a little more. This finally slowly moved the boat
Jiang Wanqing leaned close to me in a sensible manner without saying a word. When we finally pushed the two boats out of the narrow hole step by step, our eyes suddenly became bright again.
Here is another cave as Song Kui said. It is slightly smaller than the one just now, but it seems to be deeper. Under the light of the torch, you can vaguely see the dense stalagmites hanging from the top of the cave.
Wanqing took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on her face for me. I looked around and quickly held down her hand and said to everyone: "Look!" I saw a strange phenomenon.
This hole only has an entrance, no exit! No, even the entrance just now is gone!
We all looked at Song Kui. When he was stunned, there was sweat on his face, and he stammered, "What's going on? How could it be like this?"
"Don't you know? Could it be that we have been tricked by pirates?" A sergeant asked him
"How do I know? I don't know." Song Kui's face was dripping with sweat, but it was still pale and without any blood.
I said, "Everyone, calm down. There's no point in being afraid." Just now I found traces of a ship passing by on the cave wall. Is there a secret door?
"Look for it quickly." Our two boats immediately separated and went to the opposite sides, groping along the cave wall. As we walked, we used torches to get closer to observe the rock wall, and kept tapping the stone surface with the hilt of the knife. If there was any The secret door sounds different.
Soon, the two boats met. Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.
I just heard a strange sound, I don't know where it came from, it was a dull roar!
It was like some unknown huge beast, roaring from the nasal cavity, and dense bubbles emerged from the bottom of the water, crowding the water surface and bursting one after another! More bubbles came up.
Right in the middle of our two boats, a column of water more than a foot high suddenly rose up, causing the two boats to suddenly separate more than a foot away. The people on board almost tipped over and fell into the water.
I quickly hugged Jiang Wanqing tightly and shouted to everyone, "Low down and be careful not to fall into the water!"
Everyone hurriedly knelt down and grasped the boat tightly with both hands, while I used my whole arm to press Jiang Wanqing to the bottom of the boat. I was a little overwhelmed by what happened suddenly.
The water column continued to roll, and the roar became louder and louder. The air in the cave seemed to be flowing violently, and the flames of the torch also made a splashing noise for the first time after entering the cave. , which makes people even more shocked when they hear it.
Jiang Wanqing was lying on the bottom of the boat and asked me, "Brother, what did you see?" I said, "Nothing, I just kept turning the water. Maybe there will be a big fish or something, maybe."
Just as he was talking, he heard the sound of "caracara" coming from far away. The wooden board was broken and shattered. I don't know what it was. I saw a splash of water and a bloody and incomplete thigh. When the water turned up, Song Kui shouted, "Oh my God!"
"What's wrong?" Wanqing trembled from below and asked.
"Nothing, just a leg," I told her, but pressed her tighter against the bottom of the boat.