Chapter 19 Eighteen, rising water

The stone was only five meters high. According to the speed of the rising water level, we could last ten minutes at most, but I doubt whether our nerves can last ten minutes.Watching the rise of the water level, the water surface is getting closer and closer to him, the feeling of heartbeat speeding up to the limit and helplessness, it is like suffering like hell. The deputy squad leader is the calmest person here. He seemed to have given up at this time, and started smoking as soon as he sat on the rock. Unfortunately, the cigarette butt was already wet and rotten, and he couldn't even light it.Wang Sichuan was the most unbelieving, so he used a flashlight to illuminate the rock wall on one side, and yelled for me to illuminate the water erosion line, so that we could judge the final height of the water level and prepare for it.We frantically followed him to take pictures, but we found it, far above our heads.

This is the lowest point of the entire dark river, and I feel that that height is already giving me face. A little soldier cried out afterwards. These soldiers are too young after all, and it is useless to reason too much with them, but I am only irritable, irritable waiting to die. This irritability didn't last long, the water overflowed to our feet, fear spread over the face, everyone held their breath, and waited palely for the moment when they finally fell into the water. At this time, Wang Sichuan, who had never given up, suddenly roared and pointed to the cave wall on one side. We turned around and saw a protruding stone waterfall there.

Wang Sichuan said that as long as we can swim there, we can climb up these stone waterfalls, so that we can at least live longer.As he said that, he asked us to take care of him. Without a word, he jumped into the rapids. After a few ups and downs, he poked his head out of the water and swam there. The speed of the water and the distance are not too far, so he climbed up the stone waterfall soon, and then he played the flashlight as a signal for us to hurry over. The deputy squad leader was the first to bear the brunt, jumped down with a little soldier, and got there quickly, it didn't seem to be very difficult.Immediately I was so excited, I patted Pei Qing and said we worked hard, and I was about to jump down.

Unexpectedly, Pei Qing turned pale, grabbed my hand and said to me: "You can't go down!" I was surprised and asked anxiously, "Why?" He pointed to the rapids beneath our feet: "Look! There's something in the water!" I took a photo with my flashlight, and I saw an erratic black shadow appearing in the water on the side of the rock where we were, at some point, nestling there quietly, motionless. The chaos of the situation at this time is really hard to describe in words. On one side is the dark river that has reached my ankle, on the other side is Wang Sichuan who is shouting loudly over there, and on the other side is Pei who is holding on to my hand and refuses to let go. Green, and the black ghost in the water without knowing it.

I was already extremely overwhelmed, and with this situation, I didn’t have any other energy to think about the problem. Anyway, I was washed away by the water, so I yelled at him: “What time is it? Even if there are sharks, you have to go down!" Pei Qing was so stubborn that I didn't expect him to hold me tightly, while lifting up his trousers, he shouted, "Look for yourself!" I looked down and saw a deep black mark on his calf, as if scratched by something.He said coldly to me: When I passed the water prison just now, I didn't fall into that iron cage, I was ripped off by something in the cage!There must be something wrong with the water!

I was talking nonsense, but thinking of what I saw underwater for a moment, I was stuck again speechless. Wang Sichuan was still yelling, his throat was hoarse, obviously he didn't understand what the hell we were doing, he was just out of breath. However, I only hesitated for a second before I realized that it didn't matter whether we got 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 half a minute.So he pulled Pei Qing no matter what, no matter whether he was willing or not, he dragged him into the water desperately.

All of a sudden we were sucked into the rapids, and I made several turns in an instant before finding a balance.Looking at Wang Sichuan's flashlight in the water, I could only see one direction of the light, but that was enough. I took a breath with all my strength, and then swam with my arms wide open. It was a swimming method with no destination at all. I just swung my arms desperately against the light. I don’t know how long I actually stayed in the water. The hand was grabbed by Wang Sichuan and the others, and then pulled me up, and I slowly recovered, and a lot of voices returned to my ears again.

The stone waterfall on this side is only a little higher than the rocks on the other side. I wiped away the wet hair in front of my eyes and went to find Pei Qing, only to see that he was much slower than me, approaching us like an old man, but it seemed that there was no problem. not big. At this time, I thought of the black shadow, and looked for it again, but I couldn't find it after searching. I wondered if it was just another illusion or a coincidence of light and shadow? Thinking of this, I breathed a sigh of relief, and then Pei Qing was also pulled up unharmed, and leaned against the stone waterfall all at once, covering his face and gasping for breath, obviously exhausted.

I blamed myself for my idealistic thoughts just now, and I also found it ridiculous, how could I believe Pei Qing's words. Seeing that several of us had come, Wang Sichuan asked me what was going on, and I asked him to ask later after panting, but I was really exhausted.He patted us and told us to continue climbing to see if we could get to the top of the erosion line.The water is rising fast, and this place will soon sink. We nodded, and the deputy squad leader got up again at this time, taking the lead to climb up first, and then one after another.I was physically weak and followed at the end, Pei Qing was weaker than me, I patted him and wanted him to go up first, so as not to fall down later and no one would pull him.

Pei Qing looked into the water, still feeling terrified, patted me, turned to look at me, grinned at me, turned and climbed up. When I saw his smile, I suddenly felt something strange, he had never smiled before, why is it so weird when he suddenly smiled?And what are you laughing at?Is it because of the embarrassment of what happened just now?Immediately, Wang Sichuan yelled at the top, saying that the two of us were always the slowest, so I had no choice but to follow quickly. The formation of the stone waterfall is mostly due to the large gaps in the rock formation above the cave, the abundant water flow, and the reason for washing on the calcareous rock wall. There are also stone flowers and stone mantles at the same time as the stone waterfall. These are the stepping stones for us to climb.

However, the rock hardness of the cave wall here is not very strong. After stepping on it, many protrusions began to crack, crumbling, and everyone was in danger.After finally climbing to the highest place that can be reached, looking down, it is not much higher than what I saw just now. The sense of crisis eased a little, and people's thinking became active. We each found a relatively stable standing point, and began to illuminate the opposite rock wall with flashlights, looking for the next possible water avoidance point. Unfortunately, the good luck didn't seem to continue. The opposite rock wall was bare, and the only possible place to land was in the upper reaches of the current. With the rapid speed of the current, we couldn't swim there at all. It was a kind of despair that deepened after seeing hope, and we fell into despair again. This time, even Wang Sichuan gave up, and several people looked at the torrent below and were all silent. Just when the water flooded our ankles again, Wang Sichuan suddenly sang: It was the wind in the valley that moved our red flag, It was the violent rain that washed our tent. We have a flaming enthusiasm that overcomes all fatigue and cold. Carrying our luggage, we climbed up the mountain peaks, We are full of boundless hope to find rich mineral deposits for the motherland. It is the star in the sky that lights up the lamp for us. It is the bird in the forest that announces the dawn to us. We have a flaming enthusiasm that overcomes all fatigue and cold. Carrying our luggage, we climbed up the mountain peaks, We are full of boundless hope to find rich mineral deposits for the motherland. It is the rivers that converge into a sea of ​​waves, Dedicate our infinite wisdom to the people of the motherland. We have a flaming enthusiasm that overcomes all fatigue and cold. Carrying our luggage, we climbed up the mountain peaks, We are full of boundless hope to find rich mineral deposits for the motherland. This is "The Song of the Exploration Team". It was in this song and the romantic imagination of "The Younger Generation" that I resolutely decided to embark on the road of geological exploration.Years of boring exploration career have wiped out the passion of the year. Unexpectedly, at this time, Wang Sichuan actually sang this song again. This scene of facing death didn't make me feel any passion at first, but when Wang Sichuan sang with a voice like a broken gong, it really made me feel a little bit of romanticism.We couldn't help but also sang this familiar song, singing and singing, and soon, it seemed that the rapids became less scary. But the truth is cruel, no matter how well I sang and how bad Wang Sichuan sang, the water quickly rose to our calves, we all closed our eyes and sang with all our strength. When facing life and death, Buddhists and Christians have God prepared texts for them, where they can pray to alleviate the fear of death, while we atheists can only rely on the passion of the past to drive away death.It is really helpless. We clung to the rock wall tightly, waiting for the final moment. The water rose to our knees, waist and abdomen, and chest. At this time, the water pressure made us unable to even sing. At this moment, I heard Wang Sichuan, who had lost his throat, yell. I couldn't hear what he was yelling, but I also saw something strange.In the darkness in the distance, there were very bright boat lights, and then I saw four leather rafts appear in our field of vision. I thought it was a hallucination at first, but the fur rafts approached quickly, and soon, I saw the old cat crouching on the bow of the first fur raft, with a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the lost soul with a smile that was not a smile. us.