Chapter 13 Entering the Cave
I heard this and said laughably: "I can't swim, I'm not a fish. I'm six or seven meters deep under it. I will definitely not be able to get down without a submersible."
People as good as Shan Junshui died in it, let alone me.
But Na Nan Chuzi said, "We have submersibles but they are just simple." As he said that, he took out a large round motorcycle hood from his bag and the leather jacket. When I saw a leather tube coming out from the back of the head of the helmet, the mouth of the helmet was obviously specially designed.
I took it and saw that it was a simple underwater operation device. I saw at the pearl mining site. Many people used this to go to sea to pick pearls before liberation. I didn't expect that they could get this thing.
Nan Chuzi said: "Although this thing is simple, it can be used six or seven meters deep underwater, absolutely no problem."
The young master said, "Then why don't you go down by yourself? What does it matter if you can swim with this thing?"
One of the Nan Chuizi smiled: "It's okay if there is no problem, but the ancient tombs emphasizes flexibility. We have been on land all our lives and never thought that we would go into the water and be underwater. The ability to adapt is definitely not as good as you."
The young master sneered: "You don't dare to go down, do you?"
Both of them were very embarrassed. One of them said: "You can go down together or one of us. If you have something to bring it up, you can pick two of them first. The things you took out by running the plate will definitely not be bad. After everyone has made such a friendship, there will be more opportunities for cooperation."
The young master snorted: "Let's go down and try your best to see how cheap things are there?"
One of the Nan Crawlers said: "It is impossible for you to be absolutely fair. If you don't help, then we can only blow up the hole and not let the villagers go in and wait for the water to dry and open the hole next to it. It just takes some time. The reason why we are so anxious to find you is already the worst strategy. If you carefully consider the thing you picked first, one thing you picked first may be more valuable than the things in the tomb. This is actually yours."
When the young master heard this, he asked if there was any such thing. I nodded. It was true that the things in the tomb can be divided into porcelain according to the collection value - jade - gold - silver - bronze porcelain. The one in the water should be the things from the Western Han Dynasty. There is little chance of having porcelain, but the chance of digging ancient jade is very high. The price of an ancient jade is astronomical.
The young master was a little hesitant when he saw this.
I also became interested because I really wanted to know what was going on under the hole. Why did Dan Jun have this expression before he died? Is there something terrible in the hole?
The young master pulled me aside and asked me how I could know two Nancangzi. His store in Nangong would definitely be able to support him. The young master was a very practical person. But he was on my side and he couldn't express his opinion. He wanted to see what I mean.
I thought about it for a moment and couldn't suppress my curiosity, so I nodded. The young master immediately turned around and said, "Okay, we will promise to help you."
I didn't know at that time that my decision was the most important decision I had ever made in my life. It affected my life.
Nan Chuizi had already prepared a tractor when he went out, and it was already dawn. We introduced ourselves to them. The fat ones were called Hu Lai and thin ones were called Wang Ming. He said you two were "hu Lai and you are "hu Lai and you are trying hard!"
We walked the mountain road that the tractor walked on was very familiar with us. They asked us to rest along the way. I slept soundly and fell asleep soon after.
When we arrived at Shan Jun's morgue, we came down to rest for a while and continued on the road, we soon returned to the place where we camped yesterday. At that time, a few Nan Chuizi said that their ancestors' rules were required to rob tombs at night. I asked why they said that the ghosts in the tomb went out to work at night were equivalent to breaking into the empty door and listening to us.
The Hu Lai asked us if we decided whether you two would go down by yourself or ask us to accompany me to think about it again and again. It is very common for tomb robbers to eat black food. But as long as we don’t give them the goods, they will not do anything to us. I am familiar with the young master and I have a certain understanding of the two of them. After getting into the water, they can take care of them. If they go down with someone, they will find good things and have bad thoughts, they may plot against me. Then I say that I have an accident under the water. The young master cannot do anything to them. The two young masters and one person are very dangerous.
In an instant, I thought a lot and finally decided that it would be safest for me to go down.
We spent two hours bringing nearly 500 kilograms of equipment. This pearl-picking equipment from the 1970s is actually a diving platform suitable for use in places with rapid water flow and does not require special training. This thing is made of earth. Although it is very sturdy, it is really ugly and bulky. When I wear it, I even have the heart to play mosaics.
When it was dark, we pushed the boat into the water and drove to the center of the lake. The south crawled the belts of their equipment. I put the two of us in the water with a rope. Soon, the temperature was not as cold as the sun. The temperature was reflected on us. We tied the rope on our bodies and turned on the headlights. A feeling of suffocation came from the pressure of the lungs and breathing became very difficult.
The young master made a gesture for me before he was comfortable in diving.
This thing is just breathe with a tube attached to the helmet, but we carried a large plastic tube on our backs with this thing we can breathe for five minutes if the tube breaks.
Breathe through the nose and exhale through the mouth so that the carbon dioxide will not be deposited and we will go to the bottom as we spit bubbles.
The visibility underwater at night is almost zero. The only thing you can see is the halo of our flashlight.
Soon I felt the soft river mud on the soles of my feet. I held the young master to release the button on his back and fell into the mud and hit my knees.
After we stepped on it, the mud and sand below suddenly came up. I didn't expect that the fluffy nature of these muds would be so nice. I said that the most turbid places in the Yellow River cannot be called mud and water, but should be called cement.
***I cursed that it is no wonder that the Yellow River is so easy to die. It is difficult for the turtle to survive. We hold on to the ropes to barely maintain balance, but even if we do this, it is very difficult.
The young master on the side also let go of his button and fell into the mud. I could only see a rough shadow of him. He made a gesture to tell me to follow him forward.
I looked for the location of the hole and walked step by step towards the deepest part of the lake.
Soon the huge black cave at the bottom of the lake in front of the turbid yellow sand fog appeared little by little.
We pulled away the sand and tried to make the things in front clear as much as possible. We came to a place two or three minutes away from the cave, afraid that the ground would collapse and dared not move forward again, but got up to look.
At this time, the cave looked extremely ferocious and like a beast's mouth. There was a ghost in it. I swallowed and told myself that I still regret it now. At this time, the young master had already squatted down into the cave and crawled down.
I saw him gesture to me and supported him now I was basically adapting to the usage of this diving thing. I saw the young master sinking to the bottom of the hole bit by bit, and soon the light spot of the flashlight became very small. My heartbeat quickly and I felt that the leather jacket was covered with cold sweat and I didn’t know what I was afraid of.
After he reached the end, I saw that the flashlight was turned off. This was a signal that made me come down. At this time, I was so nervous that I was a little soft and calmed down. Then I carefully stepped on the hole wall on one side and floated down bit by bit.
The opening of the hole was as big as a car and it was as big as a car, but it was only the size of a four-window. The darkness gathered towards me all the way. I felt like I was in hell.
In less than 15 seconds of the entire fall process, I felt like an hour later, I sank from the bottom of the tunnel. I looked down and saw that there seemed to be mud on the bottom and above. The young master on the side was waiting for me.
I took a deep breath and stepped on the mud below. The mud here was not as exaggerated as above, but not as thin as it was. After I stood firm, I immediately turned on the flashlight to look around and see where the hole was below.
After turning around, I found that it was a small stone chamber below. Everything was buried in the mud. I saw several pottery figurines. They were half buried inside like dead people, which scared me when the flashlight passed by.
The young master wanted to start catching things in the mud, but I felt something was wrong. I walked down and saw a corridor that was pitch black on the stone wall on one side. I wonder how deep it was.
Chapter completed!