The stone is only five meters high. At the rate of water level rise, we can last for at most ten minutes, but I doubt whether our nerves can last for ten minutes. Seeing the water level rise and the water surface gets closer and closer to me, the feeling of the heartbeat being accelerated at the limit and having no choice but to do anything about it is like hell.

The deputy squad leader is the calmest person here. At this time, he had already given up and started smoking as soon as he sat on the stone. Unfortunately, the cigarette butts were already wet and could not even lit it. Wang Sichuan was the most unbelievable. He used a flashlight to shine the rock wall on one side and shouted that I would illuminate the water erosion line so that we could judge the final height of the water level and we were ready. We followed him in a hurry, but found it, on top of our far heads.

This is the lowest point of the entire underground river, and I feel that the height is already giving me face.

A little soldier cried later. These soldiers were too young and it would be useless to tell them too many reasons. But I was only irritable and irritable to death.

This irritability did not last long, and the water filled our feet, fear spreading over us, everyone held their breath, and their faces were pale and waiting for the last moment of falling into the water.

At this moment, Wang Sichuan, who had never given up, suddenly roared, pointed to the cave wall on one side, and turned to look at it and found that there was a protruding stone waterfall there.

Wang Sichuan said that as long as we could swim there, we could climb these stone waterfalls upwards, so that we could live for at least a little longer. He asked us to follow him, and without saying a word, he jumped into the torrent, and then floated a few of them and swam forward to swim there.

The speed of the water flow and the distance was not far, so he soon climbed up the stone waterfall. Then he called the flashlight to serve as a signal for us and asked us to go there quickly.

The deputy squad leader was the first to jump down with a little soldier, and soon arrived there smoothly, which seemed not very difficult. I was immediately excited and patted Pei Qing and said that we would fight, and he was about to jump down.

Unexpectedly, Pei Qing looked pale, grabbed my hand and said to me: "You can't go down!"

I was surprised and asked anxiously: "Why?"

He pointed to the torrent under our feet: "Look! There is something in the water!"

I shone the flashlight and saw a erratic black shadow on the side of the stone where we were, in the water at some point, quietly nestling there, motionless.

The situation is so chaotic at this time that it is hard to describe in words. On one side is the underground river that has reached its ankle, on the other side is Wang Sichuan who is shouting loudly, on the other side is Pei Qing who is holding my hand and refuses to let go, and the black ghost in the water.

I was already extremely at a loss. In addition, I had no other energy to consider the problem. Anyway, I was washed away by the water when I was waiting, so I shouted to him: "It's time, I'm still suspicious. Even if there are sharks in the water, you have to go down!"

Pei Qing was so stubborn that I expected. He grabbed me tightly, lifted up his trouser legs and shouted: "You can see it yourself!"

I looked down and saw a deep black mark on his calf, as if it was scratched by something. He said coldly to me: When I passed through the water prison just now, I didn’t fall into the iron cage, but I was torn off by the thing in the cage! There must be something wrong with the water!

I thought nonsense, but when I remembered what I saw in the moment under the water, I got stuck and couldn't speak.

Wang Sichuan was still yelling, even his throat was hoarse. He obviously didn't understand what we were doing. He was simply furious.

However, I only hesitated for a second and realized that there was no difference between whether to go into the water or not. Anyway, we were already in the water. Even if we couldn't hold on now, the water would still overflow our waists in just half a minute. So I pulled Pei Qing, regardless of whether he was willing or not, and he dragged it into the water.

We were immediately swept into the torrent, and I instantly turned several times before I found the balance point. Looking at Wang Sichuan's flashlight in the water, I could only see a direction of light, but that was enough. I took a breath with all my strength, then spread my arms and swam over.

It was a way to travel without a destination. I just slashed my arms desperately at the light. I didn't know how long I had been in the water. Anyway, my mind was blank and I could not hear anything in my ears. It was not until my hand was pulled by Wang Sichuan and the others and then pulled me up. I slowly calmed down and a large amount of sound returned to my ears again.

The stone waterfall on this side was only a little higher than the rocks on that side. I wiped the wet hair in front of me and went to find Pei Qing. I saw that he was much slower than me, leaning towards us like an old man, but it seemed that the problem was not big.

At this moment, I remembered the black shadow and searched again. I couldn't find it after searching. I thought to myself, was it an illusion or a coincidence of light and shadow just now?

Thinking of this, I breathed a sigh of relief. Then Pei Qing was pulled up safely and leaned against the stone waterfall, covering her face and breathing heavily, obviously she was tired enough.

I blamed myself for the idealistic idea just now, and I also found it ridiculous. How could I believe Pei Qing's words?

Seeing that all of us came over, Wang Sichuan asked me what was going on. I panted and asked him to ask later. He really had no strength. He patted us and asked us to continue climbing up to see if we could climb up the water erosion line. The water was rising rapidly, and here would soon fall.

We nodded, and the deputy squad leader became energetic again at this time, taking the lead in climbing up the first one, followed by one. I was ineffective in my energy and followed him. Pei Qing was not as good as me. I patted him and wanted him to go up first, so that no one would pull him down after a while.

Pei Qing looked at the water, still feeling scared. He patted me, turned his head and looked at me, grinned and smiled at me, turned around and crawled up.

I looked at his smile and suddenly felt something strange. He had never laughed before. Why was it so weird? And what was I laughing at this time? Could it be because of the past incident? Then Wang Sichuan cursed on it, saying that we were always the slowest, so I had to follow it quickly.

The formation of stone waterfalls is mostly due to the large gaps in the rock layer above the cave, abundant water flow, and the erosion of the lime-like rock walls. Stone flowers and stone curtains exist at the same time as the stone waterfalls, which are stepping stones for us to climb.

However, the rocks on the cave wall here are not hard. After stepping on them, many protruding places began to crack and crumbling, and everyone was in danger. After finally climbing to the highest point that they could reach, looking down, it was not much higher than what they saw just now.

The sense of crisis has eased a little, and people's thinking has become active. We each find a relatively stable standing point and start illuminating the rock wall opposite with flashlights to find the next possible water avoidance point.

Unfortunately, good luck didn't seem to continue. The rock wall opposite was bare, and the only place where we could settle was upstream of the water flow. At the rapid speed of the water flow, we could not swim there at all.

It was a deeper despair after seeing hope. We fell into a desperate situation again. This time, even Wang Sichuan gave up, and several people were silent as they looked at the torrent below.

Just as the water flowed over our ankles again, suddenly, Wang Sichuan sang out loud:

It was the wind in that valley that blew our red flag,

It was the violent rain that washed our tent.

We have the passion of flames, overcoming all fatigue and cold.

Carrying our clothes, climbing up the mountains,

We are full of infinite hope to find abundant minerals for our motherland.

It was the stars in that sky that lit a bright light for us.

It was the bird in the forest who reported to us the dawn.

We have the passion of flames, overcoming all fatigue and cold.

Carrying our clothes, climbing up the mountains,

We are full of infinite hope to find abundant minerals for our motherland.

It is the river that converges into the waves of sea,

Dedicate our infinite wisdom to the people of the motherland.

We have the passion of flames, overcoming all fatigue and cold.

Carrying our clothes, climbing up the mountains,

We are full of infinite hope to find abundant minerals for our motherland.

This is "Song of Exploration Team". It was in this song and the romantic imagination of "The Young Generation" that I resolutely decided to embark on the road of geological exploration. Years of boring exploration career have wiped out the passion of that year. Unexpectedly, at this time, Wang Sichuan actually sang this song again.

This scene of facing death did not make me feel any passion, but when Wang Sichuan sang the sound of a broken gong, it really made me feel a little romantic. We couldn't help but sing this familiar song, and as we sang, it seemed that the torrent became less terrible.

However, the fact is cruel. No matter how good I sing or how ugly Wang Sichuan sings, the water soon rose to our calves. We all closed our eyes and sang with all our strength.

When facing a critical moment of life and death, Buddhists and Christians have texts prepared by God for them, where they can pray to relieve the fear of death, and we atheists can only rely on the passion of the past to drive away death. It is really helpless.

We held the rock wall tightly and waited for the last moment to arrive. The water rose to our knees, waist, abdomen, and chest. At this time, the water pressure had already made us unable to even make the sound of singing.

At this moment, I heard Wang Sichuan, whose throat was hoarse, screaming. I didn't hear what he was calling, but I also saw something strange. I saw a very dazzling boat light in the darkness in the distance. Then, I saw four rafts appearing in our field of vision.
Chapter completed!