Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Black Water Dancing Soul
Shui Mei'er looked around and said to everyone: "Wait a minute, I'll go to check first, don't wander around, wait for me here for a while."
Shui Meier jumped off the boulder and looked to one side. There were countless ferocious and grotesque boulders by the lake. Shui Meier got into it. After a while, even the light was covered, and no one could be seen.
According to Shui Meier's wishes, everyone did not wander around.Tian Wen held on to the rope, tightened it and swung it twice, then held the single rope with his hand, pulled hard, and the rope fell down.Tian Wen moved quickly, holding the rope and waving it around, the large strands of rope obediently rolled up, without hitting the people below at all.
Tian Wen coiled and coiled the rope, and put it back into the canvas bag behind his back.
Huo Xiaoxie secretly called out hello, and asked, "Brother Tian Wen, aren't we going back from here?"
Tian asked, "Maybe!"
Pan Zi looked up and murmured, "If the rope is pulled down, it's impossible to tie it back. What's this called, self-defeating? Huh? No, how should I say it?"
Qiao Da scratched his head and interjected, "Leave no way out?"
Qiao Er also hummed: "It's crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, it can't be cheap, little Japan."
Pan Zi scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? They're all insults. I mean..."
"Stop talking, you will die if you don't say a few words!" Huo Xiaoxie cursed, "Brother Tian Wen has his own arrangements!"
Lin Wan laughed softly: "Pan Zi, Qiao Da, Qiao Er, you don't have to worry. At this height, Tian Wen climbs up with bare hands and then throws the rope. It's easy to flip the palm."
Pan Zi smiled at Tian Wen in embarrassment, shut up, and looked at the dead lake with worry.
Qiao Da and Qiao Er were quite embarrassed, and squatted down. Qiao Da stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the lake water under his feet.
Tian Wenteng came over suddenly, pulled Qiao's big arm, and said in a deep voice, "I can't touch it!"
Qiao Da and Qiao Er took two steps back in fright, not daring to move rashly.Pan Zi also wanted to touch the lake water, but when he saw this scene, he cursed: "Qiao Daqiao, you two sticks! Stop and don't move."
Qiao Daqiao stuck out his tongue one by one, and obediently stepped aside.
Huo Xiaoxie squatted down, looked at the lake, saw Lin Wan approaching, and asked in a low voice: "Lin Wan, what's so great about this Black Water Dangling Palace?"
Lin Wan said softly: "I also know very well that the Mu family has not entered the Five Elements Palace for more than ten years. I was not born at that time. I just heard from my father that the Black Water Dangling Palace is a killing array. If you don't If you know the way to cross this palace, you will be sucked into the bottom of the water, and you will not even find your bones."
Tian Wen also came over and said in a low voice, "The land with thin shells."
Lin Wan replied in surprise: "Is this lake water floating on a very thin ground? Will it shatter the earth's crust and be sucked in by the water if there is any disturbance?"
Tian asked, "Exactly."
Lin Wan said: "Then I understand. The bottom of the water under our boulder may also be very fragile. If we touch the water surface, this boulder will also fall into the bottom of the water, and we will be in danger!"
Tian Wen said, "Not bad."
Qiao Da and Qiao Er's eyes widened, and they didn't dare to vent their anger. If Tian Wen didn't stop them just now, something serious might happen.
Huo Xiaoxie snapped, "How can there be such a strange lake! Did the gods create it by magic?"
Lin Wan said: "This lake is not formed naturally, but made by the Shui family. I'm afraid only the Shui family knows the reason."
Pan Zi clicked his tongue twice, looked around again, and said, "It's too extravagant. How much does the Shui family spend to build such a big lake?"
Lin Wan couldn't answer, so she looked at Tian Wen.
Tian Wen said: "Ten years to get it!"
Huo Xiaoxie was stunned, the Shui family's underground palace is so huge, and the remaining palaces can be imagined.To find a safe way to move forward in such a large lake full of murderous intentions, it is definitely not something ordinary people can do. Even if the tyrants in troubled times lead a heavy army to enter by storm, I don't know how many lives will be exchanged to break it.
Huo Xiaoxie looked at the calm water under his feet, and when he was still sighing, Pan Zi called again: "Look, the red light is coming out again!"
Huo Xiaoxie had already seen it from the corner of his eye, and quickly raised his head, and sure enough, in the darkness where it was difficult to distinguish the distance, a few clusters of red light rose again, flickered like a blink of an eye, and then slowly disappeared.
This time even Tian Wen frowned fiercely, not knowing what was hiding in the darkness.
Everyone didn't dare to be careless, they gathered on the boulder, waiting for Shui Meier's arrival.
About a cup of tea, I saw the light of the headlamp in the darkness from the side, Shui Meier got out of the rocks by the lake, stepped on the tip of the rock, and ran towards everyone quickly.
Everyone got up to greet them, Shui Meier jumped onto the boulder, and said with a smile: "We are lucky! The main formation of the Black Water Dangling Palace has been locked, and it is considered a ruined palace! Come with me, everyone!"
Everyone was overjoyed, followed Shui Meier down from the boulder, and followed Shui Meier along the lake.
After zigzagging for five or six minutes, Shui Meier asked everyone to stop, looked at a piece of water and said: "Everyone follow me slowly, don't fall into the water. Although the main formation is abolished, the secondary formation It still has power, don't be careless!"
Lin Wan took a step forward and asked, "Shui Meier, are you going to walk across the water?"
When Lin Wan asked, Huo Xiaoxie and the others looked at Shui Meier with great concern.
Shui Meier said: "Yes, we can only walk across the water. Hehe, don't worry, there are things under the water that you can step on, and we are not floating on the water."
Huo Xiaoxie asked: "I just heard Brother Tian Wen and Lin Wan say that you can't touch the water casually, but if we walk across the water, will it be okay?"
Shui Meier smiled and said: "I will make an exception and tell you the secret of this Black Water Dangling Palace. You have to listen carefully. Under this lake, all layers of nets are made of extremely thin black silk threads, and tens of thousands of silk threads are connected. Whirlpool trap, when you touch the water surface, you are actually disturbing the silk thread, so it will be dangerous. What I am taking you away now is one of the main cables. If the main array is not destroyed, the main cable will not rise. Hehe! If you fall, you'll be fine, interesting."
Shui Meier said it lightly, but thinking about it for a while, if the main formation is still there, what a terrible fate it would be to fall into the water, and it makes people feel chills down the spine.
Tian Wen whispered, "Thank you!"
Shui Meier gave Tian Wen a wink, and said, "Thank you for what. With the skills of the Tujia people, as long as you give you a month or two, you will always find out the secret. Hehe, I will help you Well, no thanks."
Tian Wen snorted softly and said no more.In fact, up to now, Tian Wen has figured it out a long time ago. Although four underground palaces of the five elements have been abolished, only the last palace of the Tujia family remains, but even if the underground palaces of the four families of water, fire, wood, and gold are abolished, it is not the same. Those who want to enter as soon as they want, must not try their best to rush in and out.Moreover, when Tian Wen rebelled against the Tu family, he really wanted to destroy the tripod of the Supreme Holy King of the Five Elements, but now it has changed to as long as the Japanese do not get it, so no matter what purpose Lin Wan and Shui Meier came to help him, Just help if you can.
Not much to say, Shui Meier was in front of her, she had already slowly put her feet flat into the water, straightened her body, she had already taken two steps, it was really like walking on the water.Shui Meier "stands" on the water, turns her head and smiles, and says, "Come on, come up one by one! Take the lamp to shine on your feet, there are ropes for stepping on your feet in the water."
Tian Wen arranged for Pan Zi to follow Shui Meier first, Lin Wan second, Qiao Da third, Huo Xiaoxie fourth, Qiao Er fifth, and Tian Wen last.
Everyone concentrated on it, put out ten percent of their energy, and slowly stepped up to the surface of the water, "floating" one by one.
Huo Xiaoxie walked to the edge of the water and looked down. Under the light above his head, half a finger deep under the water, there were two dark "ropes" that merged with the darkness at the bottom of the water. , and then observe carefully, it is really difficult to find.The two ropes looked straight and hard, and they seemed to be made of rubber bands.
Huo Xiaoxie stepped on it, and felt a slight sway. It was not difficult to stand still, but it felt strange, as if the water under his feet had elasticity, which was very different from ordinary water.
Huo Xiaoxie took a few steps and then stood still.
Shui Meier shouted softly in front: "Everyone must follow my footsteps, don't miss a step! If you see something underwater, don't panic, just follow me properly. Hee hee! Let's go! "
These seven people walked into the lake step by step, slowly walking to the depths.Looking at them from a distance, seven faint rays of light are connected at intervals, like a luminous long insect floating on the black mirror surface, very strange.
Shui Meier led the crowd, not going straight forward, but every time she walked a certain distance, about 30 steps, she would make a turn.Huo Xiaoxie's light shined into the water, and he found two "ropes" in the water, each corner was a node, tightly wound around a black round stone pillar protruding from the bottom of the water, and started from the stone pillar. , and then split into two forks, leading to different places.Shui Meier chooses one of them to act, seemingly at random, without any rules.
But after walking for a long time, Huo Xiaoxie gradually realized the trick. It turned out that the rope was pulling extremely thin and soft black silk thread, like a spider web, soaked in water, and it was endless. Driven by the water surface and illuminated by lights, it is absolutely difficult for ordinary people to find these silk threads in such a dark environment.Shui Meier judges the direction of the left and right, relying on the density of the connecting silk threads at the ends of the rope, whichever side is densely formed into a network, she will go on that side.
What is the reason for this, I am afraid only Shui Meier understands.
It took this group of people zigzags to walk a stick of incense, and they were already shrouded in boundless darkness. They could no longer see the shore of the lake. Whether they had reached the center of the lake or not, no one knew.The darkness was boundless, except for the panting of the people and the rushing sound of lightly stepping on the water, there was no other sound in the whole cave.Fortunately, there were seven people in a group, and there were so many courageous people. If a person walked here alone, his legs would be weak and tendons would be frightened by the atmosphere, and he would fall into the water.
Huo Xiaoxie didn't think there was anything wrong. When he was robbed and practiced in Jinghuo Valley, he had the experience of being in a dark and silent cave for a month. Blinder than a blind man, the days of hunger and thirst almost drove Huo Xiaoxie and Pan Zi crazy. Fortunately, the two were able to encourage each other. I am still alive.So when Huo Xiaoxie and Pan Zi came out of the cave, no matter how dark the place was, they felt that it was nothing more than that.
But Qiao Da and Qiao Er couldn't take it anymore, their bodies began to shake slightly, and their legs trembled. Huo Xiaoxie knew that Qiao Da and Qiao Er's mental endurance was approaching the limit. Once cramped, it will slip and fall into the water.
Huo Xiaoxie chuckled, and said softly, "Qiao Da, Qiao Er, are you two hungry?"
Qiao Da and Qiao Er were slightly startled, and tremblingly said: "Hungry! Hungry! So hungry! When will this end? Have we been walking for an hour?"
Huo Xiaoxie smiled and said, "I still have two pancakes in my pocket, and Tian Wen has a few catties of stewed beef in his backpack. I'll share some with you later."
Qiao Da and Qiao Er suddenly got excited: "Really? Is there any braised beef?"
Huo Xiaoxie said: "Of course! Brother Tian asked, how much stewed beef did you bring? Five catties or ten catties?"
Tian Wen's voice came slowly: "More than ten catties."
Pan Zi in front also yelled: "You two sticks, you are so hungry! Chicken intestines, you eat them and pull them? Puff puff puff!"
Lin Wan and Shui Meier both giggled.
Shui Meier smiled and said, "Pan Zi, you are so disgusting!"
Qiao Da and Qiao Er smirked twice, straightened their bodies, and unexpectedly stopped trembling.
Huo Xiaoxie smiled knowingly, knowing that the joking had an effect on Qiao Da and Qiao Er, the stewed beef was purely made up by Huo Xiaoxie.This group of thieves all understand the truth, it belongs to Qiao Da and Qiao Er who haven't practiced enough, if they don't make fun of a few words and continue to be depressed, they won't be able to support their hearts, and if they fall, it will implicate the whole team.
At this time, you must not talk about the distance, do not urge, do not warn, do not encourage, but talk nonsense, which is the best way to relieve tension.
Huo Xiaoxie pointed out Qiao Da and Qiao Er's dilemma by saying whether they are hungry or not, and at the same time reminded others to join in. Pan Zi, Tian Wen and others immediately understood, so they should speak in harmony.Tian Wen walked last, seeing Huo Xiaoxie solve the problem so gracefully, he couldn't help but secretly nodded his approval.Even Shui Meier and Lin Wan at the front of the line couldn't help turning their heads to look at Huo Xiaoxie, and gestured with a smile.
The team stabilized and moved forward.
After walking for a short distance, Huo Xiaoxie suddenly saw a red light flickering in his peripheral vision, stopped and looked up immediately.The seven people also stopped at the same time, looking sideways not far away.
I saw several clusters of red light coming out not far away, this time when I got closer, I found that the red light came from the bottom of the water, but I didn't know what it was.
Pan Zi had a problem with the red light, so he took the lead in humming, "Red light! The red light is here again! It's so close!"
Shui Mei'er whispered: "Everyone, don't stop, don't be on guard, this is not an organ of the Black Water Dangling Palace."
Shui Meier kept walking, and she walked forward. Everyone didn't dare to hesitate, and continued to follow. They saw that they had reached the nearest piece of red light.
Seen from the surface of the water, the red light at the bottom of the water was flickering and dimming. It was obvious that there was a light source that did not move, making the bottom of the water red.The red light shrouded in a vast mass, but it was impossible to see what was inside the red light.
Shui Meier's voice became low for the first time, and she said softly: "Don't look too much, let's go quickly."
Everyone moved forward again, seeing that they had left the red light behind, but at this moment, the bottom of the water next to Pan Zi suddenly flashed, and a red light group appeared impressively.
Pan Zi stopped in shock, let out a muffled cry, and almost fell over, but fortunately, Qiao Da was behind, and Lin Wan in front turned around quickly, and they both supported Pan Zi.Everyone took a closer look, and Pan Zi let out a cry, his face pale.
The location of Huo Xiaoxie was also seen very clearly. After looking at it, when he saw clearly what the red light was, Huo Xiaoxie's heart was pierced like a steel cone, and a chill came from bottom to top. coming.
From the on and off of the red light at the bottom of the water, one could clearly see that it was a dead man with more than half of his body submerged in the bottom of the water!This person's skin was intact, as if he was alive, with a pair of dark yellow eyes staring, looking hopelessly at the sky, a pale yellow color appeared on his face, his mouth was wide open, and a ball of red light came out of his mouth of!As soon as the dead man's mouth opened and closed, the red light would be bright when it was opened wide, and the red light would be weak when it was closed halfway, it was a wordless horror, tearing the liver and gallbladder.
No one took half a step vigorously, looked at the scene at the bottom of the water, and no one said anything, all trying to suppress the astonishment and horror in their hearts.
Time seemed to freeze until Shui Meier's voice sounded: "This is the fate of those who accidentally fall into the water! It seems that they have been dead for more than ten years. Let's go!"
When everyone came back to their senses, Pan Zi exclaimed in surprise, "Is all the red light coming out of dead people's mouths? Mom, it almost scared me to urinate."
Shui Meier said: "It's either dead people or cows and horses. There are no living things in this black water lake, but dead people don't rot, and they live here forever, so it's called Danghun."
Huo Xiaoxie stretched out his left and right hands, supported each other with Qiao Da and Qiao Er, calmed down, and asked: "Shui Meier, this is the first time I've seen a dead person's mouth glow red! It's really scary Ah! Did they eat something?"
Shui Meier had already led everyone forward, and replied: "I don't know! Lin Wan might know!"
Lin Wan was the calmest. She kept looking at the red-glowing dead people at the bottom, and said, "The water quality in this lake can prevent people from rotting. In addition, the bottom of the water is dark and cold. If a living person sinks into the bottom and cannot move, the whole body is filled with lake water. , so that after more than ten years, the corpse gas accumulated in the body into a group, and after a period of time, a group of corpse gas rushed out of the throat and set off a red light. It is rare, and it was called "Howl" in ancient times, I have only heard of it, but I have never seen it, and today I can be regarded as an eye-opener."
Shui Meier smiled coquettishly, "Sister Lin Wan also taught me a lesson!"
Huo Xiaoxie asked again: "But how did these people come here?"
Shui Mei'er said: "Who knows for sure? Maybe the Five Elements family stumbled and fell into the lake, and some trespassed, such as ours, hehe, the Five Elements Underground Palace always opens the door to welcome guests. Desolate deep well, those who broke into the Yin Palace, are lazy to drive him out, let the trespassers fend for themselves. Can there be fewer desperadoes in the world who are greedy for the Holy King? Hehe! I will listen to my father As I said, when Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty was vying for the throne, the Five Elements Underground Palace had just been repaired not long ago. Yongzheng did not listen to advice and sent hundreds of miscellaneous thieves in to steal the tripod in order to seek the throne. As a result, more than half of Yingong died. Other skills are more powerful All the thieves died in the Black Water Danghun Palace. Is Lao Tzu, the emperor of all dynasties, not a thief? It is not unreasonable to be polite to our Five Elements family. Hehe!"
Shui Meier talked while walking, laughing and joking about these anecdotes, and didn't take them seriously at all.
After Shui Meier finished speaking, everyone fell silent, no one spoke, everyone had their own concerns.
Everyone walked in silence for a while, and the red light continued to rise behind them, flickering in twos and threes at the difference between distance and near, burning the soul of the thief.
Shui Meier stopped, clapped her hands lightly, and said with a charming smile, "Okay, okay, we're finally here! I'm so exhausted! Hee hee!"
Everyone used their headlights to illuminate the past, and saw a round "water hole" about ten feet in size in front of Shui Meier, which was as dark as a big mouth that devoured people.
Shui Meier called out to follow, lifted her foot, stepped on the edge of the "water hole", and walked around the "water hole" according to the arc.
Huo Xiaoxie walked in and took a look. It turned out that it was a huge black hollow stone pillar whose top was as high as the water surface.
This hollow stone pillar in the middle of the lake is actually the entrance to the next palace?If you don't know the location, how did you find it?If the main formation of the Black Water Danghun Palace still exists, what will happen?This kind of unreasonable and weird thinking is very similar to the character of the Shui family.
Shui Meier walked down the stone steps first, greeted everyone to come down, and said, "Hee hee! If the main formation hadn't been abolished, it wouldn't be so easy to find this place!"
Huo Xiaoxie was stunned, it seems that when the master of the Black Water Danghun Palace was still there, the stone pillar probably sank under the water?If this is the case, it will be even more difficult to break the palace, no wonder Lin Wan called it the Wulu Killing Formation!It just doesn’t even give you the chance to dream.
Everyone stepped on the stone steps, their feet were solid, their hearts were at ease, their muscles and bones relaxed a little, and then followed Shui Meier down into the darkness.
At this time on the ground, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhou, the hook soldiers and Professor Ningshen had just arrived at the Japanese "cottage".
Zhang Siye, Mr. Zhou, and all the hook soldiers are so grand!The horseshoes burst out, and everyone under the Daqing Mountain was shocked.The Japanese soldiers guarding the cottage had already received orders from Lieutenant General Yitian, knowing that Fourth Master Zhang and Professor Ningshen were coming, so when they saw a large group of people rushing, no one dared to stop them along the way. The gate of the village was opened.
Unceremoniously, Zhang Siye stepped on his horse, shouted "drive" again, and rushed into the "cottage" at the head of the horse.
The horse neighed, and Zhang Siye's twenty or so riders jumped off the horse in unison. They pulled their bags from the horses and carried them on their backs.
Professor Ning Shen was a step slower. When he climbed down from the horse with difficulty, Fourth Master Zhang and the others were already equipped.
"Hula la", many Japanese soldiers in this cottage rushed forward with their guns in their hands. Most of them had never seen Fourth Master Zhang. Seeing such a mighty man, they were half in awe and half afraid, and surrounded Fourth Master Zhang and the others. Get up, wait and see from afar, not daring to approach easily.
Professor Ningshen got off his horse and immediately yelled in Japanese: "Lieutenant General Yida!"
As soon as Professor Ning Shen finished speaking, he heard the Japanese soldiers surrounding him yelling again and again. The Japanese soldiers quickly parted ways, stopped their waists one by one, and saluted with a slap. The man, the first one, is Lieutenant General Yitian.
General Yi Tianzhong saw Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhou came with people, squeezed out a smile, walked up to Mr. Zhang quickly, and said in blunt Chinese: "Mr. Mr. Zhang! I am very happy, you can help us .”
"You're welcome!" Fourth Master Zhang snorted softly, and said with disdain, "Don't wait any longer, take us there now."
"Very good! Very good!" Lieutenant General Yi Tian replied, making a gesture of invitation respectfully.
Lieutenant General Yi Tian's accompanying adjutant hurriedly led the way for Fourth Master Zhang and the others, and they all walked towards the entrance of the cave.Lieutenant General Yitian did not accompany him, but waited for Professor Ningshen for a while.
Professor Ningshen rushed to Lieutenant General Yitian, whispered to Lieutenant General Yitian while walking, and both of them nodded sullenly.Although Lieutenant General Yitian showed a hint of displeasure on his face from time to time, but Professor Ningshen kept nodding his head and emphasized, with a strong tone, Lieutenant General Yitian agreed to all of them with a straight face.
The large group of people walked to the entrance of the cave, which was as bright as day, Zhang Siye was not in a hurry to enter, and waved his hand to call everyone to stop.
Fourth Master Zhang looked at the scene in front of him, looked up and down the entrance of the cave, and thought: "These little devils are really capable. They have dug such a big hole in just a few days! The ambition of the little devils is not small!"
Fourth Master Zhang turned around and shouted, "Who can tell me about the current situation."
"Hayi!" With a yell, three Japanese technicians came out from the side, rushed to Zhang Siye, and spread out a large blueprint on the ground with a swish.Professor Ningshen and Lieutenant General Yoda have also come over, waving for the three Japanese technicians to start explaining.
A Japanese man took out a pen, stretched it with a swish, pointed at the map and began to introduce it loudly and eloquently.Professor Ning Shen went to Mr. Zhang Siye and Mr. Zhou to translate in person to show respect.
The map on the ground was actually a cross-section of the mountain, on which the shape of the cave entrance, its inner depth, and the width and size of the cracks at the bottom of the cave were drawn from several different angles.The Japanese spoke carefully, even analyzing the stone quality, salt content, and hardness. He also gave a brief introduction to the situation in the crack. Anyway, the last meaning is that the crack can go down. As for the situation in the huge cave that the crack leads to , I don't know anything about it.
Fourth Master Zhang was a little annoyed when he heard that. Seeing that the Japanese who introduced the situation was endless, he frowned and said, "Okay, okay! I won't listen to the next one!"
Professor Ning Shen nodded and asked the Japanese technicians to step back.The three technicians stopped immediately, bowed respectfully at ninety degrees, packed up the blueprints in the ground, and stepped aside quickly.
Professor Ning Shen said to Mr. Zhang: "Master Zhang, Mr. Zhang Si, if you need anything, feel free to talk."
Fourth Master Zhang snorted good, didn't say anything, but walked to the side of Hei Feng, who was led by his old subordinate Hook Bing Hook gradually, squatted down, slowly touched Hei Feng's head and asked: "Three Zhuozi, is the person who brought you to Jianchang down here?"
Heifeng has been excited and restless since he entered this cottage, and when he reached the entrance of this cave, he almost jumped three feet high, wishing he could rush in to find someone.Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhou have been watching it all the time, and only now came forward to talk to Heifeng.
Heifeng doesn't understand the grievances between Fourth Master Zhang and Mr. Zhou. Since it recognizes Huo Xiaoxie and Pan Zi as its masters, it wants to see them all the time, and dare not forget them for a moment.But Heifeng, the spirit dog, met Fourth Master Zhang, and knew that it was his old master, who loved his parents, and was superior to Huo Xiaoxie and the others, so he didn't dare to mess around without orders from Fourth Master Zhang.
Of course, Heifeng couldn't understand Fourth Master Zhang's words, but it knew what Zhang Fourth Master meant, so its head was messed up and its throat whimpered repeatedly.
Mr. Zhou happily said, "This is it!"
Fourth Master Zhang chuckled twice, stood up, waved his hand, and shouted, "Go into the cave!"
Huo Xiaoxie and his group walked for a long time before they got down to the bottom of the stone pillar. When they looked up, the entrance of the stone pillar was already submerged in darkness, and the lights couldn't reach the head.
At the bottom of the stone pillar is a circular stone chamber, with a square stone door wide open, leading to the depths, the inside is pitch black, and there is still no end in sight.
Shui Meier waited for everyone to come down and get together, and then said: "The Black Water Dangling Palace has passed, and the Huozhao Risheng Palace is ahead, I don't know how to get there, please trouble Tian Ask to lead the way."
Tian Wen said hello, turned around and said to everyone: "Wait a minute!" Then he walked slowly along the edge of the stone chamber, as if he was not in a hurry to enter the stone gate.
Huo Xiaoxie's heart skipped a beat, why is the Huo family's underground palace next to him?Huo Xiaoxie has an unspeakable feeling for the Huo family, he hates and loves at the same time, what he hates is the severe injustice, Zheng Zedao is a villain and succeeds;Now that he is going to the important place of the Huo Family again, whether his own Huo Family Stealing Technique can be used or not, he has to verify it once or twice!
Lin Wan looked around for a week, and said: "This place is so hot! It's very dry! There's not even a single bit of vegetation and moss growing in front of it." Then she walked away a few steps, followed Tian Wen, and looked at the stone room little by little. wall.
Shui Meier didn't move, she raised her head to look at the ceiling of the stone room and the end of the stone pillar, thinking.
Pan Zi said: "I came down from the icy black water lake just now, my body is still cool, and I haven't felt the heat all of a sudden! Hey, Huo Xiaoxie, what is the palace below? The Huozhao Risheng Palace? Listen to the name It's so hot, it can't be a flaming mountain, ahh."
Huo Xiaoxie said, "Pan Zi, do you feel that there is something heavy and big moving in front of you?"
Pan Zi said: "I really don't have this. I'm afraid that the black water from above will pour in. It's really terrible, it's almost like suffocating a mouse." Looking at Huo Xiaoxie and himself, he scolded softly: "You two sticks, what are you looking at! I have bananas on my face?"
Qiao Da and Qiao Er giggled twice, and Qiao Dahou said bluntly: "Master Huo, Master Pan, can I have some stewed beef? I'm hungry."
Qiao Er also said: "Are the other masters hungry? You don't eat in this place, you always feel guilty."
Huo Xiaoxie took out two hard biscuits from his pocket, threw them to Qiao Da and Qiao Er, and said, "Eat one biscuit each, and I will give you other food when Master Tian Wen finishes his work."
Qiao Da and Qiao Er took it, and said unwillingly, "How long will it take?"
Pan Zi scolded: "You two foodies! Let me tell you..."
"Maybe!" Tian Wen's voice came, interrupting Pan Zi's words.
Tian Wen came forward with the bag in hand, opened the bag, took out several large bags of food wrapped in oil paper, and a water bag, glanced at Lin Wan, and said, "Tell me."
Lin Wan came up and said: "This stone gate is the entrance of Huozhao Risheng Palace. When the Huo family abolished this palace, they had already opened the stone gate. There is no danger. However, if you go inside and reach the main formation, I'm afraid it will take a long time to get there." Less energy. Let’s eat something. After the fire shines on the Risheng Palace, it is the Suolong Casting Palace of the Jin family. Neither of these two palaces should be delayed. The sooner you pass, the better. You don’t have time to rest. Also, if you feel hot, don’t drink. There's too much water, we'll take a rest after arriving at the Mu family's Green Vine Palace."
Qiao Da and Qiao Er cheered, and they were about to come up to catch the food, so Pan Zi slapped him back with two slaps.
Huo Xiaoxie stepped forward to uncover the greased paper, and saw several huge pieces of stewed beef, weighing nearly ten catties, besides the Japanese exclusive ghee cakes, butter biscuits and other items.Huo Xiaoxie couldn't help laughing secretly, and looked at Tian Wen.Tian Wen shrugged slightly, but didn't speak.It turned out that Huo Xiaoxie and the others could occasionally eat a few slices of stewed beef, which was "rewarded" by the Japanese. Huo Xiaoxie knew that these meats were all in the Japanese kitchen, so he didn't easily take them out to the locals. It is estimated that Tian Wen quietly stole everything this time.
Qiao Da and Qiao Er could not wait to drool three feet, their eyes spewed fire, and their throats shouted: "Meat oh meat!"
Pan Zi smiled and said, "Tian Wen, you really are here. You are so good at kung fu, and you have made so many delicacies from Little Japan."
Huo Xiaoxie chuckled, and pulled out the Lieyan knife to cut the meat, but just as the knife cut, she felt that Shui Meier's eyes looked over and changed, and a familiar feeling rushed over.Huo Xiaoxie's heart trembled slightly, and she quickly turned her head to look, only to see Shui Meier looking at her, with a seductive charm, there was no trace of Shui Yaoer.
Huo Xiaoxie sighed secretly: "Why are there two people who look so similar in the world! How awkward!"
Huo Xiaoxie didn't think too much, cut up the food and handed it to everyone to share and eat.
At this time, above the water surface of the Black Water Dangling Palace, there were three lights of headlamps dangling and descending from the top. They were three hook soldiers, divided into three ropes, and descended one by one.The three hook soldiers climbed onto the boulder where Huo Xiaoxie and the others settled down, looked around, and found nothing unusual.
The three hook soldiers whispered to each other, telling each other that maybe the water in the lake is different, so don't touch it, everything will be discussed after Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhou come down.
The three hook soldiers took out their paddles from their pockets, flicked them with different rhythms towards the top, and typed a set of information on them.
At the end of the crack above, Fourth Master Zhang, Mr. Zhou and a group of hook soldiers received the message and nodded one after another. Fourth Master Zhang said, "Mr. Come down! Also tie the three chews with a rope, and finally come down together!"
After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, he heard Professor Ningshen panting outside, "Mr. Zhang Si! Then what should we do? Otherwise, let's go down with you."
Fourth Master Zhang snorted: "You Japanese, wait a minute! Wait until we go down and step on a safe place, and then you come down with your equipment. You can only do a disservice if you go down with us now."
Professor Ning Shen said: "Oh...that's good, that's good, but we should make an appointment, otherwise we'll wait up there and worry a lot."
Fourth Master Zhang cursed secretly: "If you want to seek death, then come here!"
Fourth Master Zhang said: "Okay! As you wish, after all my people go down, you will immediately send a few able-bodied people down with good legs and feet."
Professor Ningshen said good-bye, turned his head, and gave instructions in Japanese in a babble, and there were three Japanese who looked very capable and climbed up behind Fourth Master Zhang to wait. Not interested, but more like monitoring Fourth Master Zhang and his actions.
Fourth Master Zhang and Mr. Zhou snorted secretly, unwilling to talk to them, grabbed the rope and turned over.
The hook soldiers descended quite quickly, and it didn't take much effort for them all to come down.Heifeng, the spirit dog, knows that this place is dangerous, and is not easy to move rashly. As soon as he came out, he clung to Fourth Master Zhang, never leaving half a step, not noisy, very obedient.
Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhou have already looked around the boulder, and they know that this place is very strange, so they can't move rashly, so they ordered the hook soldiers to walk close to the lake, step by step, step on the boulder, and never mess up. Come.
Some hook soldiers came down with a few gasoline lamps on their backs, and after testing for sufficient oxygen, they lit up.The brightness of gasoline lamps is by no means comparable to that of headlights. Five or six lights came on one after another, illuminating a large area.Even so, there is still no end in sight to the Black Water Lake.
Zhang Siye finally sorted out a safe area, and saw the three Japanese sent by Professor Ningshen also landed on the boulder.These three Japanese can't speak Chinese either. Although they were sweating coldly from the shock of the monsters in the Heishui Danghun Palace, they were relieved to see that Mr. Zhang had already packed up a safe place. They raised their heads and spoke Japanese. Shouting: "Professor Ningshen! It's safe below!"
Mr. Zhou frowned, and wanted to stop drinking, but Fourth Master Zhang gave him a look, signaling that he should ignore him.
Mr. Zhou understood it, took out the pick for the message, flicked it a few times, and it buzzed.At this time, the hook soldiers who were still standing guard on the boulder listened to the order, withdrew from the boulder, scattered to one side, and changed to several other positions to guard.
Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhou ignored the Japanese, and the two life hooks gradually led Heifeng to explore the direction where Huo Xiaoxie and the others had walked.
Professor Ningshen had been anxious for a long time, for fear that Mr. Zhang and the others would throw him off, and he heard the Japanese below say that it was safe, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to descend immediately while throwing countless strands of rope down, in case everyone else equipment enters.
The Japanese were also in a hurry and "swarmed down". In just a short period of time, more than ten people gathered on the boulder.
Without Zhang Siye’s warning, the first batch of Japanese were a little confused. Except for some people who carefully descended from the boulder and followed Zhang Siye and the others, there were also a few who stayed on top, who were as black as ink. The surface of the water is very curious.
One of the Japanese may be in charge of chemical testing, took out a few test tubes, squatted down to the lake to fill the water, and planned to measure the composition of the black water lake.
The Japanese put on rubber gloves and filled a small tube of surface lake water with extreme care. He lifted it up and looked at it. The lake water was slightly viscous, but it was not really black and had no peculiar smell.So he became more courageous, stepped into the water with one foot, put the whole test tube into the water, submerged in the water, and wanted to scoop up another tube from the depth below the water surface.But as soon as the Japanese took the test tube out of the water, he felt something was wrong. He saw a few black threads faintly hanging between his fingers, which were very conspicuous against the white rubber gloves.
这日本人觉得丝线从手指间连下水面，并不是一根根断裂的，而是水底还有更多。这小鬼子心里觉得不妥，手上不自觉微微一挣，只听“呜咙”一声闷响从水下传出，脚下似乎陡然裂出一道漩涡，唰的一下，半个身子就陷入水底。
这日本人惊声大呼，奋力挣扎，可根本无法控制的往水底猛沉，似乎水底的黑色泥土里有一只巨手，将其猛拽下去。
有其他日本人见同伴遇险，纷纷跳过去想拉他上来，可第一个去救的日本人一踏入水面，又听到“唝咙”一声更为巨大的声响从水底传出，如同怪兽的吞咽之声。霎那间，水底现出一个黑色的漩涡，嗡的一声，又直卷二人进入。可怜这三个日本人，再没有来得及喊叫一声，就消失在水底不见。
那道黑色的漩涡好像知道人已经“吃掉”，立即恢复了平静，一圈波纹散开，竟散开不了多远，就无影无踪了，好似这里从来没有发生过任何事情。
而三个日本人落水之处，因为靠着岸边，所以赫然出现了一个半圆形水坑，好似被人啃咬掉一块似的，把岸上的砂石也吃掉一圈。水坑中只有几团微小的气泡冒出，黑漆漆的比外围地方深了不少。
剩下的日本人吓的连滚带爬，用尽吃奶的力气，这才从岸边漩涡处跳开。他们一个个看着迅速恢复平静的黑色水面，面如土色，连话都说不出来。
这一切张四爷、周先生刚好完整的看在眼里，两人亦是骇然。
周先生低声说道：“好厉害的黑水陷阱！幸好有日本人以身试法，要不我们平白冤死钩子兵的兄弟。”
张四爷轻声哼道：“这些小鬼子妄自尊大，自以为是，正和我意！我们两个只要装糊涂，他们自然会胡来，我要用这些鬼子的小命，趟出一条路来！嘿嘿！”
有几个逃过一劫的日本人吓的痴了，半晌之后才惨叫起来，震的山洞中回声乱响。张四爷、周先生不再前行，不管怎样，他们也要留下片刻，好收拾残局。至于大批的钩子兵，谁都不说话，冷冷的站在石头上，看着眼前的一幕。
其他人的日本人一个个也都傻了，谁都不敢乱动一下。好在有管事的日本军官随即下来，几个箭步跳过去，抓起一个吓痴了的日本人霹雳啪啦抽了几个耳光，质问到底发生了什么事情，这才让他们恢复了些常态，指着水坑处颠三倒四的把原委讲了。
那日本军官听的一脸惨白，高喊了几声，所有已经下来的日本人都嗨了一声，老老实实的蹲了下来，一丝一毫不敢妄动。
宁神教授慌慌张张和依田中将一起下来，日本军官赶来汇报，听的宁神教授和依田中将连连皱眉，看着广阔无边的黑水湖发呆。
宁神教授深吸了几口气，转头看张四爷、周先生正站在不远处看向这边，颤巍巍的问道：“张四先生，刚才你为什么不阻止？”
张四爷嘿嘿冷笑，说道：“我是阻止了，可没有人听，听了也不懂我说什么，又有怎么办法？这几条人命算是值了，至少让我们明白了这个湖本身就是防盗的巨阵。”
宁神教授说道：“那这个黑色的湖到底有什么古怪？”
张四爷说道：“显而易见这个湖里遍布机关，不许人涉水进入！”
宁神教授心惊肉跳和依田中将低语了几句，抬起头说道：“张四先生，我让我们的翻译时刻跟随你们，一切事宜你说了算。”
张四爷冷笑一声，说道：“那好，现在我要求你们，只能在我们指定的地方落脚，谁也不能乱走！不能乱摸！直到我发出号令。”
宁神教授翻译给依田中将听了，依田中将重重点头，闷声吆喝了几句，命令了下去。
张四爷喝道：“钩渐！你负责这一带的安全，盯紧了日本人，我和周先生再去探一探！”
钩渐站在大石上，抱拳应了，跳开了去，指挥日本人的落脚之处。
张四爷和周先生对视一眼，轻声道：“周先生，我们带着黑风再探一段。”于是这两人带着黑风，再往前寻去了。
日本人得了教训，更是小心翼翼，说话都不敢大声。但下洞来的日本人毕竟是训练有素，恢复镇静之后，短短的时间，便又下来了五十余人，带着各种仪器，大包小包的堆了一地。这仍然只算日本人的先头部队，裂缝中仍有近百人焦急的等候着降落下来，只是依田中将有令，下面落脚之地有限，人多事杂，暂时留守上方听令。
张四爷、周先生牵着黑风走的已经远了，仍然没有看到可疑之处。好在黑风一直很来劲，带着他们两个直往前窜，张四爷明白黑风的意思，便牵紧了黑风，让黑风在前带路。
黑风的灵性真是不简单，它再走了一段，便停了下来，在原地打了几转后，直直的盯着水中，喉咙中低低吼叫。
周先生蹲下身子，摸了摸黑风的脑袋，抬头对张四爷说道：“看来有人从水面上过去了！”
张四爷也蹲下来，在黑风脚边细细的打量了一番，说道：“应该是！你看这里几块石头依稀有些松动，看发力的方向，就是冲着水面！来，周先生，你带着黑风且退后，让我仔细查一查水底下有什么。”
周先生也不客气，说道：“你小心！”
张四爷轻笑一声，点了点头，更向水边走近了一步，把脸贴进水面，用灯光仔细的打量着。半晌之后，张四爷嘿嘿一笑，说道：“周先生，是了！水里有两道漆黑的绳索！看着可以走人。你来！”
周先生听令上前，按着张四爷的指示一看，也看清了水中有两道绳索，正是火小邪他们走过的地方。
周先生笑道：“黑风这次又立了大功！若不是黑风，我们不知道要耽误多少功夫。”
张四爷沉声道：“这两道绳索通向湖中心，不知远近长短，我们贸然进入，还是风险极大。”
张四爷站起身，抬头看了看黑漆漆的洞顶，说道：“周先生，你看洞顶和水面有多高？”
周先生说道：“如果按我们降下来的位置看，不过十余丈。”
张四爷说道：“小日本的汽油灯，按探照灯的形式照出，能照多远？”
周先生答道：“一盏汽油灯，点足火力，也勉强能有十丈。”
张四爷轻笑道：“那就好，命钩子兵过来，两人一组，爬上洞顶，使汽油灯向湖面照射，也许湖中间就有入口。”
周先生沉思片刻，说道：“此法甚好！我立即安排。”说着就要走开。
“等一下！”张四爷叫住周先生，“日本人带了充气的橡皮舟，挺新鲜的东西，让日本人沿着这两道绳索，划进湖中去，我们人数众多，最后只怕还要强渡。”
周先生点头应了，快步返回安排。
火小邪他们吃着东西，依稀能听到头顶有惨叫声传来。火小邪一口将嘴里的牛肉咽下，站起身来，又听了几耳朵，说道：“上面好像来人了！”
火小邪的听力，其实是他们七人中最好的一个，对于这一点，田问、林婉、水媚儿都有自知自明，所以听火小邪一说，大家都围拢过来，仰头望向空心石柱上方。
潘子问道：“火小邪，你确定吗？我怎么没有听到？”
火小邪再听，已经没有声音，于是说道：“现在又没有了，我不会听错。”
田问沉声道：“该走了。”
田问既然说道，众人再无疑义，迅速把各自的行囊收拾好，田问在前带路，众人排成一排，向敞开的石门中走去。
水媚儿看了看几眼正方的巨大石门，说道：“要不我们试试能不能把石门关上？”
潘子立即拍手叫好，田问打量了几眼石门，勉强说道：“可以一试！”
于是田问、火小邪、潘子、乔大、乔二五个男人，合力推挤石门，可吆喝了数声，使出全力，全身冒汗，而石门只略略移动了半分。
水媚儿在一旁看着，说道：“不对不对，这道石门绝不是使蛮力开合的！你们看地下，除了刚才我们推动时造成的几道刮痕，并没有其他的了。”
林婉也说道：“奇怪，这道石门好象是粘起来的，你们看上面有细微的接合处。”
田问、火小邪几人挺直身子，没有再推，都看着这道石门思索。
火小邪心里却更多难解的疑惑，刚才他推动石门时，使劲颇大，手掌上泛起一小层汗渍，而就在火小邪松手之时，微微能感觉到手掌下的石门上有几个如同发丝一般细小的孔洞，使得汗渍透入进去。此地干燥闷热，这点水气眨眼便不见了，而且这些细小的孔洞隐藏在石门的纹理中，所以用肉眼极难发现，唯有靠一等一的触觉才行。
田问默默看了几眼石门，将手一拍，断然说道：“我们走！”说着再也不搭理这道石门，大踏步便钻入地道中。
田问的做法很是正确，集合众人之力，若不能一下子解开石门之密，便不能再多耽搁。
火小邪本想和大家说说自己的发现，见田问领头便走，放弃研究此门，也就不必再说推敲琢磨的话，徒增烦扰。
众人在田问带领之下，沿着这条山石中开辟中的通道一路行走，除了闷热异常外，倒是无惊无扰。这条通道也没有什么花俏，一路笔直，有几个弯折处，亦是正正方方，是个直角。
众人走了约有近一里远，再转了一个弯，等所有人都走到直路上，前方骤然暴出一片强烈的光亮，一股子热浪扑面而来。大家摸黑走了许久，一下子见到强光，眼睛都有点睁不开，只觉得眼珠子热辣辣的不太舒服。
林婉叫道：“闭眼，一会再睁开！大家停下！小心伤了眼睛！”
众人立即按照林婉所说，彼此靠近停下脚步，紧紧闭上眼睛，略等了片刻之后，听到林婉柔声道：“好了！慢慢睁眼吧！”
众人缓缓睁开眼睛，已经适应了过来，田问招了招手，再向前行。
这次前行了约七八十步，就已经到了尽头，等所有人走出地道之后，举目看去，无一不被眼前的景象震惊的合不拢嘴，包括田问这个木纳之人。
黑水荡魂宫的洞顶，有数道光芒从上而下照到水面，依稀可以看到，那是近十个钩子兵，以绳索相连，悬于洞顶的乱石之中，用汽油灯向湖面照耀。
张四爷、周先生看着水面，不断拨动手中的弹片，发出不同以往的噌噌之声，尖细刺耳，听着极为清楚。洞顶的钩子兵听着弹片的声音，一边前进，一边不断调整汽油灯照耀的方向。钩子兵又称飞绳兵，高空作战乃是他们拿手的本事，在奉天抓捕黑三鞭，追捕火小邪时，都是从高处追击，不落地面。这些钩子兵身手敏捷，臂力雄辉，而且大多从小练就了一身攀爬登高、腾跃起降之术，专为对付下方的贼人，所以联合起来结索在洞顶倒悬着攀爬，占据地利之处，乃是他们常做的功课，并不足为奇。
而日本人哪见过这种本事，他们一字排开，躲在张四爷、周先生身后，看着钩子兵们如此能耐，大气都不敢出，乖乖的仰头看着。宁神教授和依田中将站在不远处，眼见张四爷他们的神通，也都冷汗直冒，撇着嘴妒嫉不已，违心的赞叹一番。
只听洞顶有钩子兵高声报道：“张四爷！水面似乎有个圆洞！但看不清楚深浅！不知是水面上的，还是水下的。”
张四爷暗念一声好，叫道：“记下方位！用四盏灯一起照亮！”
钩子兵们换了几个身位，几人爬做一处，四盏汽油灯同时聚了过去，又有钩子兵报道：“张四爷！好消息！这是个没有水的圆洞，下面深不可测，依稀能看到圆洞内壁上有向下的楼梯。”
张四爷喝道：“你们稳住！千万不要掉落了！”张四爷自从在山西折了近半数钩子兵，对钩子兵的性命看的贵重之极，要知道一个钩子兵从七八岁开始，十年苦练才能出师，再有十年才能入御风神捕，哪一个死了，都是巨大的损失。张四爷、周先生从山西逃回东北，苦忍三年，日日严训递补之徒，才又把二十人的钩子兵凑齐，哪里能允许无谓的伤亡。
钩子兵答道：“四爷放心！洞顶有许多空洞可以容身！”
张四爷满意的嘿嘿一笑，扭过头对宁神教授和依田中将说道：“宁神教授，依田中将，前进的路就在湖中间，按我们先前约定，把你们的橡皮舟拿出来吧，派你们的人划过去探路。”
宁神教授忙道：“张四先生，划过去没问题，日本军人都不怕死，但也要死的值得，你至少应该派一个人一起坐船往里面划！”
张四爷哈哈笑道：“宁神教授，我这里一个人的命，能顶你二十个人！你自己把帐算清楚！”
宁神教授还要辩解，依田中将似乎明白了其中的关系，一拉宁神教授，用日语低声说道：“宁神教授，可以不用我们日本军人冒险牺牲！我刚才和张四他们谈判之后，已经偷偷的命令下去了，一会就有人带支那劳工进来，可以让支那人去探路。哼哼！”
宁神教授一愣，低声说道：“依田君，可这是我们大日本帝国的事情，我们不能这样做，有违道德。”
依田中将狠狠的拉住宁神教授的胳膊，低骂道：“宁神教授，你不要太迂腐了！我们只要能为天皇陛下拿到鼎，杀死一千万个支那人都可以！支那人的性命，比猪还不如，你一定要清楚的认识到这一点！不要辜负了天皇陛下的信任！”
宁神教授神色一暗，低声道：“我明白了……不过，依田君，伊润广义大人在哪里，为什么他们还不出现？”
依田中将阴阴的一笑，说道：“伊润广义大人在我们的影子里！你难道看不出吗？在每一个人的影子里，都有一个忍者隐藏着。伊润大人和他的忍者军团，会在该出现的时候出现的！”
就在依田中将说这番话之前，进入地宫的裂缝入口处，连成一排的电灯依然亮着，杂乱的物资塞的到处都是，却一个人都没有。本来这里有近百人等候在此，怎么就不见了，难道发生了什么重大的事情？而就在这份悄无声息间，灯突然就全部熄灭，只有裂缝出口处透出冷冷的光芒，在这片黑暗中，一道又一道的黑色人影猛然跃出，如同鬼魅一样翻入下方，直直的向下降去，眨眼就不见了。一个又一个的黑色人影，几乎是连成一体似的，如同一道有生命的墨汁，迅速的翻了进去。没有其他的声音，只有唰唰唰唰绳索的摩擦之声。
等这些黑色人影全部走完，灯才闪了闪，再度亮起。日本人的声音隐隐从上方传来，几个神情紧张的日本人再度回来，其中一个战战栗栗的说道：“走完了吗？是天皇陛下身边真正的忍者吗？”
另一个日本人立即按住他的嘴巴，低声骂道：“不要说这个，你不想活了吗？”
越来越多的日本人回来了，很快声音杂乱起来，伴随着不少中国话。
约有四十多个中国劳工连成一排，被半推半押的送了进来，其中走在前面的一个，正是带火小邪这批劳工进山挖洞的冯保长。
冯保长看着裂口，颤栗的对身旁一个日本军官说道：“太君？我们从这里下去？”
这日本军官冷冷说道：“是！下面有人，快点！要不然，钱的没有！”
冯保长咽了口口水，招呼身后的大批中国劳工：“各位兄弟！检查一下身上的绳套，我们要下去了！”
有人答道：“冯保长，弄清楚是一人十块大洋啊，可不能少了。”
冯保长骂道：“少废话！跟着我下！二人一组！”
于是这批中国劳工按照日本军官的吩咐，都顺着绳索，依次降了下去。
黑水湖边已有五六个持枪的日本人接应着，其中一个中文翻译官招呼着冯保长，让中国劳工一字排开，向张四爷他们所在之地走去。
这批中国劳工见了眼前的黑水湖，一个个心惊肉跳，不知这里是何处，手脚都发软了，摔摔跌跌的走来。
张四爷、周先生和宁神教授、依田中将已经等了片刻，这时才看到四十多个中国劳工蜿蜒而来。张四爷心中一紧，与周先生低声道：“好个小日本，居然偷摸着找了替死鬼！”
周先生也是眉头一皱，低声说道：“看来又是使钱骗下来的！这倒有些麻烦，看着这些老乡去送死吗？要不要警告他们一下。”
张四爷冷哼一声：“不必了，要办成事，死人是肯定的！只怪这些人贪财，人为财死，该他们有此劫难。”
宁神教授此时嚷道：“张四先生，周先生，划船的人来了，听的懂中国话。你们安排起来也方便！”
周先生还要说话，张四爷轻捏了一下周先生的手腕，丢了眼色，止住了周先生。张四爷走出一步，喝道：“把你们的橡皮舟打开，三人一船！”
有日本人取来由中国劳工带下来的厚重包裹，放在湖边，一拉包裹上的绳索，嘶嘶做响，很快就自动膨胀成一艘可坐六人的橡皮舟。那个时代的人见到这种装置，都是啧啧称奇，觉得十分神奇。这次日本人来找五行地宫，可谓是用尽了心机，准备相当充分，所用之物都是当时“最尖端”的技术，光这种自动充气的橡皮舟，就带了五十多个，足够使用。
日本人打开一艘橡皮舟，又去准备另一艘，冯保长听日本人的安排，向后招呼道：“你们三个过来！上船！”
这三个中国劳工有些害怕，有一个说道：“冯保长，怎么是要划船啊，这黑漆漆的湖，划到哪里去啊，很吓人的啊。”
冯保长心里更虚，但他钱字当头，也顾不了这许多，硬着头皮骂道：“快点！啰嗦个什么？一个地下湖有什么好怕的！”
有持枪的日本人便举着枪，催促中国劳工上船，这三个劳工心惊肉跳，不得不上了船。
张四爷暗叹一声：“怪不得我！”接着指着船上的三人叫道：“你们三个，向湖中照亮的地方划过去！眼神好的一个在船头，用灯照着水下的两根绳索前进，指示方向，不要划偏了！”
这三个劳工颤巍巍的应了声，吞了几口口水，一人在前观望水底，二人持浆慢慢划动。橡皮舟很是轻便，两浆便划的远了，并无任何事情发生。
张四爷、周先生见状，略略松了一口气。张四爷吩咐道：“一艘接一艘，相隔一丈，快点！”
众劳工见船划进去并无异状，暂时安心下来，由冯保长安排，转眼功夫便有八艘橡皮舟进了水中。
本还要继续放船，张四爷挥手止住，暂时让这八艘船先走。
张四爷、周先生站在大石上，牢牢的盯紧了