Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 361 - 64_3

Chapter 361: Chapter 64_3

Li Zhiyuan explained to Xue Liangliang the meaning of "woman opening the door" and his own views. Xue Liangliang immediately agreed, "Then the boat we found on the other shore - isn’t that the Huangquan Ferry?"

Li Zhiyuan nodded: "It seems to make sense."

Xue Liangliang asked: "Xiao Yuan, do we go up the stairs, or..."

Li Zhiyuan: "Wait for rescue."

At this moment, Tan Wenbin shouted: "The water is rising!"

Li Zhiyuan and Xue Liangliang quickly went to check, and indeed, the water level of the river had risen.

There was a drop when they went ashore earlier, but not only had the drop been leveled out, but the water in the river had also begun to spill onto the bank.

Li Zhiyuan raised his flashlight again and shone it toward the upper wall: "No wonder these stone walls up here are so smooth. It turns out the water level rises and washes over them."

Xue Liangliang: "This is the marvelous craftsmanship of nature."

"Brother Liangliang, now doesn’t seem like the time to be sentimental."

"It doesn’t matter anymore because we’re left with only one choice."

"Let’s go." Li Zhiyuan made the decision. "We can only go up."

Run Sheng led the way, Li Zhiyuan and Xue Liangliang walked side by side, and Tan Wenbin followed them. Without any explicit rehearsal, everyone seemed to naturally know their places.

The stone staircase was very slippery and there were no handrails, so everybody had to walk up carefully, bending over and occasionally using their hands to press down on the steps to maintain balance.

Tan Wenbin joked: "If only there was an elevator like in a hotel."

Xue Liangliang responded: "And do you also hope that once we’re upstairs, there will be a room with a bed for you to lie down and rest?"

"Of course, and it would be great to have a pot of tea brewed as well."

After a long walk, the flashlight finally illuminated the top.

The top was a dark red color, with doors and windows, and the door was open.

Li Zhiyuan felt that the stone carving at the bottom of the staircase should have been placed here instead.

Tan Wenbin: "I really hit the nail on the head; there’s indeed a room."

Run Sheng: "Xiao Yuan?"

"Go ahead, Brother Runsheng."

"Okay."

There was no turning back anymore; in fact, the hope for rescue was slim from the start because the rescue team would first have to deal with the big creature above. Now, with the rising water in the underground river, placing hope on rescue was meaningless.

Run Sheng entered the door, followed by Xue Liangliang. Li Zhiyuan looked at the window next to the door before entering and found it, like the door, was made of stone but still vivid, just a bit dark.

This meant that even if the underground river rose, it would not flood this place.

These double doors were fixed and immovable, forever remaining open.

Upon entering, the interior of the stone house was also entirely carved from stone - two rows of benches, a bed, and a tea table with teaware.

The teapot had no lid, and shining a flashlight into it revealed a white liquid. Looking up, the ceiling was not flat but had many extending stone ridges. The biggest and thickest one pointed directly at the open teapot.

Xue Liangliang pointed to the teapot: "Brother Binbin, your tea."

Tan Wenbin curiously said: "What is this? I think I’ve seen similar pictures in magazines."

Xue Liangliang: "Stalactites."

Tan Wenbin: "Sounds expensive; can it be drunk?"

Xue Liangliang: "It’s a calcium carbonate precipitate."

Tan Wenbin sighed: "As soon as you bring out the scientific name, it loses its sense of luxury."

Li Zhiyuan looked around and said: "There’s no way out."

The stone house was not large, roughly the size of a normal civilian living room, and the only entrance was the one they had come through. The other three sides were all rock walls.

Tan Wenbin, at a loss for words: "We didn’t go to all this trouble of building such a long staircase just for this, did we?"

"Let’s look around again to see if there’s a hidden passage." After Li Zhiyuan spoke, he walked towards the bed, touched it, climbed on, and with a flashlight, found that the bed had no cracks.

Xue Liangliang focused on the teaware, touching here and there: "Everything here is made of fixed stone; let’s look for something that’s not fixed; there might be a mechanism."

"Okay!" Run Sheng crouched down to check the chairs.

"Alright, look for a mechanism." Tan Wenbin responded while yawning and walked over to the east wall, rubbing his eyes. He wasn’t slack, just really tired. After all, he’d been busy all day and then searching for people for the first half of the night; it should be late night by now.

During the last few days, at this time, he should have been in the tent, competing with Run Sheng to see who snored the loudest.

Leaning on the wall with his hand subconsciously, Tan Wenbin blinked hard, trying to fight off drowsiness.

Once he mustered a bit more energy, he intended to continue helping to look. Then, he surprisingly looked at his left hand and shockingly discovered that his left hand had disappeared into the wall.

"Holy shit!"

Tan Wenbin instinctively tried to pull his hand out, but the more he did, the stronger the suction from the other side.

When the other three heard his shout and turned to look at him, they just saw Tan Wenbin pressed against the wall. Run Sheng reacted quickly, trying to pull him, but before he could reach Tan Wenbin, he was completely sucked in and disappeared.

As he entered, the wall also began to soften and shake.

"Brother Binbin seems to have found the entrance."

As Li Zhiyuan spoke, he reached his hand forward, his fingertips naturally penetrating in. After extending further in, he felt the suction from inside.

The boy not only didn’t resist, but he leaned further forward. In the next moment, he felt himself being pulled into a gelatinous substance, but this state didn’t last long, and he was soon flung out, taking several steps before stabilizing his balance.

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