Just south of Dameng Town, 300 kilometers away.

Under an 800-meter-long waterfall, nearly twenty black-clothed guards gathered here.

"Captain, search all the way along the river, and the nearby upstream and downstream have been searched, but this waterfall has not been carefully investigated." A black-clothed guard stood beside the leader and said in a loud voice:

"Do you want to go down and take a look?"

The waterfall in front of you is not big, but it is not so simple to say that it is small. At a height of nearly ten zhang, the river is turbulent and fast, and it is not so easy to approach.

Looking at the misty waterfall, the captain was silent for a while before he spoke: "Prepare the rope and send a team to try it out of the water first." ”

"Whoa."

The deputy of the black-clothed guard next to him clenched his fists when he heard this, and immediately spoke to the subordinates behind him: "Lin Yi, you have excellent water quality, and you will lead people to dive and explore the deep pool of the waterfall later, and the second team will prepare hemp ropes and respond at any time on the shore." ”

When the two teams were given the order to act, a small black-clothed guard quickly took off his single clothes, then tied a thick rope around his waist, pulled hard, and then nodded:

"Captain, I'm fine."

"Captain, I'm okay too."

"Tie it up, Captain."

As one of the members of the water reported one after another, seven black-clothed guards strung together by thick ropes stood on the bank of the river.

Behind them, seven others clung to the end of the long rope.

Underwater exploration is dangerous, not to mention the fact that this is a deep pool, and if you don't prepare for safety, you can be swept away by the waterfall rapids.

"Down!"

Seeing that his subordinates were all ready, the captain immediately gave the order with a wave of his right hand.

'Puff puff puff'

Lin Yi and the others jumped into the deep pool like dumplings, and after a few splashes, they immediately sank to the bottom of the pool.

Scuba diving!

The depth is more than two or three zhang of anti-current diving.

Even Lin Yi, who is the leader, has excellent water quality, and he feels a little difficult to walk in the deep pool.

It may only take 10 seconds to run 100 meters on flat ground, but at the moment, if you want to go 100 meters in deep water, it is not enough for a minute or two.

One minute

Two minutes

Three minutes

Time ticked away, and the black-clothed guards on the shore were all staring at the river. To their disappointment, however, there was no response.

"It's been too long, they have to be pulled back, or they'll die inside." After seeing that it had been half a quarter of an hour, there was no response, and the deputy of the Black Guard, who had asked the captain for instructions, spoke again.

"Wait."

The captain didn't directly agree, but there was some hesitation in his eyes.

The lord and the military advisor only assigned a search mission, and he did not want his subordinates to suffer casualties in this kind of mission.

Six minutes

Seven minutes

Seeing that half an hour was about to pass, the captain frowned and looked at the second squad: "Do they have a signal back?" ”

"Captain, we've been releasing the ropes and haven't received any distress messages."

Didn't you?

The captain of the black guard clenched his fists, pondered for a long time, and then shook his head and said, "Give them a signal and pull them up." ”

Although the search for gold mines is important, the lives of his own subordinates are also important, and since the search is fruitless, there is no need for him to lose so many powerful men.

However, just as the captain gave the order, the black-clothed guard standing on the shore suddenly felt the long rope in his hand being tightened once, then released for a while, and then tightened again.

Tight, loose, tight.

This is the signal they agreed upon before they enter the water.

There is a discovery at the bottom of the pool!

"Captain, Lin Yi, they have a signal back, they should have found something, let us go down too." The black-clothed guard carefully distinguished the signal twice, and immediately turned around to report after confirming that it was correct.

Hearing the news, the leading captain's eyes shrank slightly: "Cao Bin, you take the three members of the reserve team to stay, and the second team will go into the water with me." ”

"Yes!"

After a period of personnel changes, the lead captain jumped into the water first. Holding the long rope and diving quickly, the forward speed was more than twice as fast as Lin Yi and the others who had opened the road before.

When he followed the long rope for nearly 200 meters, he could already faintly see the light coming from above his head.

It's firelight!

Each blackcoat guard has a few small personal items, such as a fire fold that is sealed and preserved in a small wooden box.

There must be another cave under the waterfall!

As soon as he thought of this, the leading captain couldn't help but speed up three times faster. As he gradually floated from the bottom of the water, as soon as he came up, he saw a cave above his head.

The team led by Lin Yi was on the shore, and each of them was holding a small fire fold in their hands.

And Lin Yi himself stretched out his arm on the shore and pulled his top boss up: "Captain, the cave is very wet, I'm afraid it's not so easy to light a torch." ”

"Gather the fire folds and don't waste them at the mouth of the cave." The wet captain immediately waved his hand when he heard this, and then pointed to the dark Yong and said, "Let's go, let's go over there and have a look." ”

led a dozen or so people inside, and after walking less than fifty meters, the captain raised his arm: "There is a strange smell inside, let me hold the guy tight." ”

Because it was a diving search, the black-clothed guards who had almost taken off their fines at the moment, except for a fire fold to barely illuminate it, were left with a short dagger specially made for them.

Hearing the captain's order, Lin Yi and the others immediately pulled out the dagger.

Ten meters

Thirty meters

Fifty meters

When everyone continued to move inward along the corridor, the sound of 'Xi Xi Suosuo' also followed into their ears.

"Whoosh~"

When a hurried dash came from far and near, and before he could see what it was, the leader swung his dagger and slashed in front of him.

With a bang, the sharp dagger easily cut through the flesh of the unknown creature, splashing a little blood foam.

"Whew~ It's a big mouse."

Bending down to bring the fire fold close to the ground, the captain finally saw what he had injured.

A mouse that can be the size of a kitten.

The rat has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and although it has been hit hard, it still keeps baring its teeth. The lead captain didn't think much about it, and directly stabbed the little thing, and then continued to move forward.

Along the way, I inevitably ran into the second and third rats.

One is more fierce than the other, and one is fatter than the other.

When a group of fifteen people solved almost a hundred large rats, the damp road, which was not spacious, suddenly became wider, and even the ground was relatively dry, and there were many green vines attached to the mountain wall.

"Captain, look." Lin Yi, who had been following behind the captain, seemed to see something, and pointed to the distance to speak.

"Huh? Is there light? ”

The leading captain looked in the direction of Lin Yi's finger and soon saw clusters of slight light.

The sheen is faint, but it is there.

"Formation."

In the unknown cave, the captain did not dare to be careless, and ordered the two teams to form a formation and move forward, approaching the fluorescence in the cave step by step.

As this group of people slowly approached the fluorescence, whether it was the captain, Lin Yi, or other team members, they all saw the swarm of rats scattered around, holding gravel and grinding their teeth.

The rubble, without exception, was all glowing with a dull golden hue.