Early the next morning, as soon as the first sunlight shone in the morning came to the yard, Xiaoli woke up, and cheered and woke everyone who was still asleep as if she had discovered treasures.

Su Rui touched his sore neck and came out of the tent. There was no bustling traffic in the morning in the mountain village, and the fragrance of birds and flowers around him made people feel refreshed. Looking up, he saw the lush and lush distant mountains and green indians. The comfortable sunlight spreads lightly among the mountains and fields, and the air was filled with the fragrance of grass.

For Xiaoli, who grew up in the city since she was a child, such a scenery is really rare. After "wake up" everyone, she took the drawing board and sat alone at the door, and began to sketch in front of the green mountains and waters.

Lao Wang crawled out of the tent, rubbed his eyes and washed his eyes a few times, and began to boil water in the house to make breakfast.

There is a large iron pot for burning firewood in the hall, and the yard is filled with ready-made dry firewood. There is also a large tank of water storage next to the stove in the house. The tank of water is enough for everyone to use for a few days. Yesterday, Su Rui had tested the water quality without any problems. So in addition to food, all the daily necessities in this farmer's house are equipped, which makes it convenient for these uninvited "guests".

After Lao Wang boiled half a pot of water, he opened up more than ten packets of instant noodles and threw them over with the seasonings. After a while, a fragrant smell came to his nose.

After washing up, Su Rui, Xiaoli and others smelled the smell and gathered together, and praised Lao Wang's "cooking skills".

Brother Xiaosha took out a few bags of pickled vegetables from his luggage and opened them in an empty bowl. Everyone served a bowl of instant noodles and ate them together.

Zi Yang originally wanted to stay in the tent for a while, but she couldn't stand the temptation of instant noodles. After getting up, she washed her face and brushed her teeth, she also took a basin of instant noodles from the pot and started eating.

Lao Wang put a pot on it and smeared his mouth with satisfaction, knocked it on the pot with chopsticks and said, "I thought I could drink it by car at my fellow villager's house, but now my fellow villager has run away. The dry food we bring is only enough to eat a few meals. I think we should seriously consider the food issue next."

Brother Xiaosha hesitated: "I think we should leave here as soon as possible. All the villagers have left, which means that this place may not be suitable for continued living..."

"Don't worry, let's have a few days to go for, there's nothing to worry about. At least the village looks peaceful and peaceful now." Zi Yang raised his neck and took a big sip of instant noodles soup, handed the basin to Lao Wang, "Come more!"

Lao Wang stretched his neck and looked into the pot: "It's gone! Do you want to put a few more packs?"

"Forget it!" Zi Yang waved his hand and said, "We have some use of the dry food we bring. When we went out to climb the mountain today, we would pick some wild fruits and dig some wild vegetables and so on. Xiao Hei and I can catch two hares."

"Ah? You want to eat the cute little rabbit, you are so cruel!" Xiaoli said with a frown. The fat rabbit that Xiao Hei caught was quietly released by her. Unexpectedly, Zi Yang refused to let go of these cute little lives.

Zi Yang patted Lao Wang's stomach and said, "Xiaoli, you have no problem with vegetarian food, but your brother Wang is a person who is full of meat. He is so hungry that he secretly chews your feet tonight!"

"Bah! Brother Wang is not as disgusting as you said!"

"Don't believe it, right? Otherwise, let's make a bet, you sleep in the same tent with Lao Wang at night, and see if he bites you..." Zi Yang already regarded teasing Xiaoli as a joy in life. Such a dirty joke made Brother Xiaosha frown repeatedly.

"Okay, it's getting late, everyone pack up and prepare to set off - no matter what happens, you must rush back to the camp before the sun sets." Su Rui explained to everyone seriously:

"Everyone is equipped with a simple set of mountaineering equipment, and everyone brings food for a day and uses water for a day. The food in the wild must be tested to be non-toxic before it can be eaten. In addition, each team brings a first aid kit, which contains flashlights and emergency medicines. There is no signal on the mobile phone here, so everyone uses a walkie-talkie to contact us."

After Su Rui made arrangements, everyone began to sort out their equipment separately.

Among this group of people, except Xiaoli, everyone else has certain experience in field adventures, so they are also familiar with the preparations.

After cleaning up, Su Rui handed over a walkie-talkie to Lao Wang and told him, "The effective distance is 10 kilometers, so if you have any questions, please contact me in time."

Lao Wang nodded: "Look at it! I promise to bring them all back. If you have any questions, please tell me."

"Hey, Sister Rui, aren't you going to set off together?" Xiaoli was carrying a big mountaineering bag, fully equipped, and looked a bit like a mountaineering athlete.

"I'm afraid you will lose, cry! Let you 5 kilometers first!" Zi Yang leaned lazily on the door frame, squinting his eyes and enjoying the sun. At this time, his hair was messy, his clothes for the overnight stay were not changed, and his equipment for climbing was not tidy. It seemed that he couldn't leave the door for less than half an hour.

"Okay, okay, you are amazing, cousin, Lao Wang, let's go!" Xiaoli grimaced at Zi Yang, stuck out her tongue, turned around and walked out.

Brother Xiaosha looked at Su Rui and nodded vigorously: "Be careful all the way!"

"Don't worry about them anymore. Now you are with me. Let's go out quickly!" Old Wang pushed Brother Xiaosha out of the yard and turned around and squeezed at Zi Yang.

Seeing the three of them disappearing in the village, the lazy Zi Yang stood up straight, his eyes no longer seeming to be asleep or awake. He glanced around vigilantly, and sucked his fingers on his lips and whistled gently.

With a "hula" sound above his head, Jin Guoqiang, wearing camouflage, flipped in from outside the wall.

"Damn, Lao Jin, you always make me unable to defend yourself!" Zi Yang said exaggeratedly, covering her chest. Although she had been mentally prepared, she would still be shocked by him.

Jin Guoqiang nodded to the two of them, saying hello.

"Is Wang Juan's health better?" Su Rui asked with concern.

"It's much better! Thank you for your medicine." Jin Guoqiang said gratefully.

Su Rui said politely: "Nothing, it should be. If you have anything else to help, just say it."

Jin Guoqiang nodded, turned around and said to Zi Yang, "Are you all ready?"

Zi Yang nodded: "I'm ready, I'll wait for you."

It turned out that after careful consideration last night, Zi Yang finally told Jin Guoqiang about the plan to detect the deep pool, but Jin Guoqiang did not seem to be interested in their plan and advised them to leave early, as it was dangerous to stay here.

Unfortunately, Zi Yang was very determined and must explore the deep pool. He said that this time it had nothing to do with Professor Zhang and Professor Su, and it was purely his own private affairs. Jin Guoqiang asked him what private affairs, but Zi Yang stammered and didn't want to say it. Finally, he said directly: "Old Jin, no matter whether you or not, I will go to this deep pool. You can do it yourself."

Jin Guoqiang hesitated for a moment and finally said, "Since that's the case, I'll help you once, but first agree that if the situation is wrong, I can stop the action at any time."

Zi Yang nodded: "Okay, brother, listen to you."

The two agreed that the next day after Zi Yang sent Xiaosha and others, Jin Guoqiang would come to meet them.

"Xiao Hei, help me with my help."

Zi Yang and Xiao Hei moved out the suitcase containing diving equipment from the house. In order to cover up these equipment, Zi Yang also took great pains to buy several large suitcases at the second-hand market. After the box was opened, it exposed oxygen cylinders, diving suits, respirators and other equipment wrapped in plastic film and sponges.

Jin Guoqiang looked at these brand new equipment and nodded: "I didn't expect that you were well prepared."

"That's not a waste of money!" Zi Yang hugged the oxygen cylinder and put it on the ground. Su Rui and Jin Guoqiang came over to help him assemble the equipment together.

This time they prepared two sets of diving wetsuits and backup systems. After they were packed up, the four of them headed to the deep pool.

"Zi Yang, how much do you know about diving?" Jin Guoqiang walked in the front and suddenly asked.

"I learned two tricks from Su Rui, and there was no big problem with dealing with this kind of small pool - I think it's really unnecessary for us to prepare so many things. This kind of small pool might be pierced to the end with just one fierce thing, and we don't have to wear diving suits." Zi Yang said indifferently.

Jin Guoqiang was silent for a few seconds and said in a low voice: "Don't underestimate this place. Do you still remember the discoveries we found last year?"

Zi Yang looked stern and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, this pool is really weird - did Professor Zhang and others come to explore this place later?"

Jin Guoqiang said without looking back: "I'm not very clear... You can judge for yourself when you get there later."

"Captain Jin, I have something I want to ask for advice." Su Rui, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"Yeah, you said."

"Why are the people in this village missing? Where did they go?"

Jin Guoqiang stopped, turned to look at the two of them, and pondered, "After the last accident, the place was cleared. A month after we returned to the county town, Professor Zhang issued a report saying that Qinhan Village still has potential danger and that Tianding Lake still has the possibility of an outbreak. He ordered people to forcibly move the villagers. It is said that there was a conflict when they moved the villagers. After all the villagers moved, Professor Zhang sent someone to block the place."

"Why do I feel like there is a conspiracy here?" Zi Yang frowned. Since he learned about Professor Zhang's true face, Zi Yang now feels that there is a conspiracy in everything related to him.

Jin Guoqiang nodded: "I also think there is something strange here. After the investigation is over, my superior ordered me to hand over the work with Professor Zhang. All the remaining affairs will be taken over by Professor Zhang and his scientific research working group, and all of our people will be withdrawn."

Zi Yang touched his chin and said, "It's obvious that Professor Zhang's efforts are definitely not as simple as scientific research. He sealed this place, so he must have an ulterior motive."

Jin Guoqiang turned around and continued to walk forward: "Professor Zhang, like you, seems to be very interested in this deep pool."

"Is that so? Do you have any evidence?" Zi Yang asked tentatively.

"You will know when you get there." Jin Guoqiang accelerated his pace and walked towards the deep pool in the middle of the basin.

Zi Yang, Su Rui, Xiao Hei and others followed him with equipment, and everyone soon came to the edge of the pool covered with water and plants. After passing through the grass that was "ambushed" yesterday, Zi Yang couldn't help but touch his neck. Although the wound was scarred, it still made Zi Yang's scalp tighten when he touched it.

The more you walked in, the more lush the grass became. When you walked to the edge of the pond, everyone was no longer among the reeds that were more than one person tall.

"Strange, when I came here last year, there were not so many grasses and reeds by the pool!" Zi Yang carried heavy equipment on his back and pushed away the reeds with both hands. After walking more than a dozen steps, his eyes suddenly became clear.

A dark blue pool lies in front of everyone's eyes. The water in the pool is very clear, and you can see the gravel and water grass at the bottom of the water with naked eyes. The deeper the water in the pool becomes, the color from green to light blue to dark blue until the center has turned blue and black.

Zi Yang suddenly felt that the water surface area was much larger than what I saw when I came last year.

"Look at it!" Su Rui exclaimed at a distance of more than ten meters to his left.

Zi Yang followed Su Rui's finger and saw a yellow excavator lying across the water at the distance!
Chapter completed!