Chapter 44 Chapter 44: The Pagoda

With such a high-tech gadget as a submarine, diving to a depth of more than 320 meters is simply child's play.In order not to disturb the underwater divers, the submarine dived very slowly and ordered all crew members to remain silent.The bottom of the water was pitch black, and the sonar made a rapid "didi" sound, which was particularly ear-piercing.The sonar operator reported the depth of the dive from time to time: "100 meters, 120 meters... 320 meters! 12 meters away from the underwater building." Osamu Kurosawa also ordered to stop the dive. Nalanda was right under the submarine. According to the chart, it should be near the stupa.Qin Yun has always suspected that the Tibetan scriptures are stored here.When he and Liu Hu were trapped underwater last time, he saw a large number of red-eyed fish here. Before the submersible flew out of the water, he also saw a group of mysterious women appearing above the stupa. The things stored are also the most important.

The Japanese used sonar to search the bottom of the water carefully, and they could see four scattered red dots moving slowly on the bottom of the water. It must be Yu Sufu. Although their traction rope had been cut, they still did not give up their search for the place where the scriptures were stored. .Judging from the sonar display, the red-eyed fish did not appear. At this time, a Japanese ran into the control room and said in Japanese: "The diving suit is ready, and the dive operation can be carried out!" Kurosawa Osamu also showed a tricky smile at the corner of his mouth, and turned to Qin Yun and said, "Please follow this Brothers dive into the water and help me drag the prey back." He patted Liu Hu on the shoulder.

Xiaobai immediately protested: "Captain Kuize! Qin Yun and Liu Hu have no diving experience, and they are two against four, it's too dangerous!" Kurosawa shook his head too, pulled out a cigar and put it on his mouth. Yu Watanabe leaned over to light the fire for him in time, "Yu Sufu is in the light, and Mr. Qin and Mr. Liu are in the dark. Two against four is no problem. Ito, please." Miss and Professor Yuan, stay safe and wait for the good news. We must trust Brother Qin's ability, hehe..." Xiaobai still wanted to argue, but Qin Yun stopped her and made a walking gesture.Before everyone came to the escape hatch, two sets of deep-water anti-pressure diving suits had been prepared.They are like space suits, made of high-strength aluminum alloy, can operate in 600 meters deep water, weigh 518 kilograms, have a propulsion rudder system, and are used to maintain body balance in variable underwater current speeds exceeding 1.5 knots, except In addition, the diving suit also has a flexible robotic arm that can be used to pick and place items. The robotic arm is also equipped with a pistol and an automatically retractable dagger.

A number of Japanese helped Qin Yun and Liu Hu put on their diving suits. They were too heavy to walk, but once they entered the bottom of the water, they would be able to move easily due to the buoyancy.Before putting on the helmet, Qin Yun gave Xiaobai an affectionate look: "If I can't come back, remember to keep it a secret." Xiaobai was stunned, and it took a moment to understand Qin Yun's good intentions.He was worried that if he died unfortunately, Xiaobai and Yuan Zhenhe would lose their use value, and Kurosawa might kill them, so he said this on purpose, so that Kurosawa also mistakenly believed that Xiaobai had a very important underground Secret, in this way, you won't embarrass her easily.The circles of Xiaobai's eyes turned red immediately, and tears fell down.

Liu Hu said disdainfully: "Women cry, it's so ugly!" Xiaobai slapped him in the mouth, and everyone burst into laughter. The two Japanese raised the helmet and put it on Qin Yun's head, and tightened the joint between it and the neck. Even if the diving suit was put on, Qin Yun looked like a Transformer.The two were pushed into the escape pod, and the inner hatch was closed.Osamu Kurosawa also ordered to pressurize the water and pour the cold lake water into the escape cabin until the water pressure in the cabin was equal to the water pressure at the bottom of the lake, and the outer escape port was opened. Still very inconvenient.Qin Yun and Liu Hu hung up the towing rope for themselves, turned on the headlights, and jumped out of the submarine.Qin Yun and Liu Hu slid over the top of a temple tower in Nalanda and slowly descended to the bottom of the lake. The ground was covered with deep mud and covered with carcasses of fish and shrimp. They were all souvenirs left by the red-eyed fish after eating.The bottom of the lake was dead silent, and there was nothing in the water except for a lot of mud and suspicious filaments suspended in the water.Nalanda is like a castle shrouded in night, revealing mystery and terror.Qin Yun said to Liu Hu through the communication system: "This is the nest of red-eyed fish, it is very dangerous."

Liu Hu swallowed, raised his mechanical arm and said: "This diving suit is very strong, but there is an exposed oxygen tube at the back of the neck. If it is hit, it may cause abnormal air pressure in the diving suit and bring fatal consequences. We Be extra careful." As soon as his words fell, Qin Yun felt a push from his back. He turned around in fear, raised his pistol, and shouted, "Who is it?" There was nothing but a piece of dirt, maybe it was just an undercurrent just now.The two looked at each other with wry smiles, and continued to walk in the direction of the pagoda.The pagoda is located on a relatively high ground, so you have to walk up a ten-level stone step first, which is a child's play for Qin Yun and Liu Hu. When you kick your legs, you will jump to the top of the stone steps, but this kind of big action often disturbs your surroundings. The lake water brings short-term visual disturbance.Going up the steps, you have to pass through a laneway that only allows two people to walk side by side. The walls on both sides have been eroded by water, and the inside of the hole is dark.Qin Yun chose a larger hole and cast the light of his headlight into it. He saw a large hall inside, which may be a lecture hall. There were many Bodhisattvas lined up in front of the four walls. Most of them had hideous faces and exaggerated postures. The floor was paved with marble. , very bright, six rows of benches neatly arranged on the floor, this is the seat for the monks to do their homework.Qin Yun felt strange. This lecture hall has been under water for hundreds of years. It should be full of sand and sand, but it is clean. Could it be the result of water washing?However, the water flow at the bottom of the lake is generally very slow, and it is almost impossible to completely wash away the sediment on the ground and Buddha statues. Could it be that someone at the bottom of the lake regularly cleans Nalanda?Thinking of this, Qin Yun shuddered. He turned his head and saw Liu Hu looking up at the sky in a daze.

"It seems that something is following us." Liu Hu said anxiously.The lake above him rippled eerily, as if stirred. Qin Yun comforted him: "It's just the water waves stirred by the traction rope." Liu Hu said "oh", followed Qin Yun and continued to move forward vigilantly.At the end of the alleyway was a staircase leading to a stone wall over thirty meters high.The two climbed up one after another. As the terrain increased, their vision became wider and wider. When they were about to reach the top of the wall, they could see almost any place that the light on this side of the wall could reach. Tuo is like a deep maze.The two turned off their headlights and turned on their night vision goggles, through which they could see the submarine half-hanging in the water like a ghost in the distance.

The two jumped onto the wall, and the pagoda forest appeared in front of them.They found that all the lights of Yu Sufu who had been on had been turned off, and the pagoda forest was completely dark. Looking from the night vision goggles, the pagodas were densely packed on a large stone foundation behind the wall, shining green light.There is a Buddha buried in every pagoda in Nalanda, India, but it is not known whether there are bones in this pagoda forest imitating Nalanda.They are similar in shape, but different in size and height. Some are built of earth and stone, which looks stable and simple;The location, size, height, and inlaid jewels of the pagoda often represent the status of the people in the pagoda.

Qin Yun sensed the danger, and there were only two possibilities for Yu Sufu's divers to turn off the lights: one was attacked and died; the other was to find Qin Yun and Liu Hu hiding in the dark, waiting for them to take the bait.He decided to change the planned route, and instead of going down the wall immediately, he walked several hundred meters to the left, went around to the west side of the pagoda forest, and then jumped down with Liu Hu.Affected by the buoyancy, the two did not descend quickly, but the mud accumulated under the wall was extremely deep, and the two sank in with a "pop", leaving only their heads protruding outside, and their feet had not yet touched the hard bottom. There is force everywhere, so you can't jump out of the mud by pedaling.The big movements of the two also muddied the surrounding lake water. Through the night vision goggles, Qin Yun could only see a flash of green light in front of him.This surprised the two of them, an inexplicable sense of fear welled up in their hearts, and Qin Yun said uneasily, "Keep still!"

Liu Hu said "hmm", and the two anxiously waited for the lake to clear again, but the muddy ground suddenly started to squirm, and it became more and more violent, as if the pond where the loaches were raised had just been drained, and countless loaches were jumping in the muddy ground Teng struggled, making the lake water even more turbid.Qin Yun and Liu Hu were wrapped in heavy diving suits and couldn't touch the worms, but they still felt creepy. Qin Yun even vomited from nausea, but luckily he suppressed the vomit before it spewed out of his throat.