After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, Wang Xinran smiled and said, "This person is quite interesting."

Wu Zhongyuan also smiled, "Yes, being unreasonable is always better than being serious. This is a truly capable person. He is rarely a true character and is not destined."

Wang Xinran nodded and raised her hand to look at her watch. Nearly half an hour had passed since the battle ended, and the bald turtle and black dragon underwater had not yet floated up.

Seeing that Wang Xinran showed impatience, Wu Zhongyuan knew that she had no intention of waiting any longer, so he said, "I would like to ask the experts at the headquarters to see if these two creatures will rise immediately after their death."

Wang Xinran adopted Wu Zhongyuan's suggestion, and soon the headquarters responded that only a few fish would float on the water after death. Most aquatic animals, drowned people or other terrestrial animals would not float up immediately after death. It would take a while for metabolism to stop, and bacteria breeding in the body would cause the body to swell before it would surface.

After receiving the reply, Wang Xinran looked at the watch again, "Wait for another fifteen minutes, and we will start going into the water before there is any movement at twelve o'clock."

The rescue ship arrived ten minutes later, and after the four men entered the water, there was no support on the water.

He explained the relevant matters to his colleagues on the boat, and the four of them wore diving equipment and prepared to go into the water.

Zhang Shukai was the first to wear it and said to Wang Xinran, "I'll go down to see what's underwater first. You'll wait for me on it. If there is no accident, I'll come up within five minutes."

Wang Xinran thought about it and nodded in agreement, "Be careful."

Zhang Shukai nodded, bit his respirator, and stood up and entered the water.

Wang Xinran lit a cigarette and waited in her mouth.

"Why didn't they come up?" Wu Zhongyuan had a question.

Wang Xinran shook her head. Wu Zhongyuan's question was also hers. According to Zhang Kui, who surrendered before, there were five people trapped under the water. There were only one person floating up before, so where did the others go?

Wu Zhongyuan said again, "If they were blocked by the black dragon, they should take the opportunity to escape after the black dragon leaves."

Wang Xinran said, "Maybe they didn't get what they wanted. The one who floated up before might be just a deserter."

"You mean they are still underwater?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"It's possible." Wang Xinran nodded.

A cigarette burned for five minutes. Before Wang Xinran threw away the cigarette butt, Zhang Shukai surfaced.

Seeing that he returned safely, Wang Xinran secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When the other party took off his respirator, he asked, "What's the situation?"

Zhang Shukai climbed to the side of the ship, "There is a strong undercurrent underwater, and the visibility is not high. No bald turtle and the dragon's corpse may have been washed downstream by the undercurrent."

Before Wang Xinran asked, Zhang Shukai took the initiative to say, "There is a very steep cliff under the water. According to the submersible meter, the vertical distance between the top of the cliff and the water surface is 23 meters, the bottom of the cliff is 93 meters away from the water surface, and there is a 70-meter drop between the two. There are many huge stone statues at the bottom of the cliff, from north to south, divided into two rows."

"Isn't an ancient city underwater?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Zhang Shukai shook his head, "I didn't go far away, there are no city ruins nearby."

Lu Jiahui asked, "What are the stone statues under the water carved? Are they arranged in an orderly manner?"

"The stone statue has a very thick moss attached to it. I didn't observe it deliberately," said Zhang Shukai. "The stone statues are arranged neatly. The undercurrents under the water mainly flow through the top of the cliff, and the water flow under the cliff is very smooth."

After listening to Zhang Shukai's description, Lu Jiahui made a judgment, "It is likely to be an underwater tomb. The stone statues should be tomb guards on the corridor. This kind of tomb that carves mountains into mausoleums, the entrance is usually at the end of the corridor, which is directly below the cliff."

"Did you see the entrance?" Wang Xinran asked.

"No," Zhang Shukai shook his head, "The visibility underwater is not high, and I am worried about exposing my target, so I didn't turn on the strong light either."

Wang Xinran did not ask again. It was better to see what he had seen with his own eyes when he heard others' stories. After he was ready, the four of them dived together.

Although Wu Zhongyuan has good water properties, it was his first time using a respirator and was not used to it. Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai pulled him from left to right and led him to dive.

Zhang Shukai was right, the visibility underwater is indeed not high. I observed the situation in the water through the diving glasses, and it was foggy.

The undercurrent is not as terrifying as Wu Zhongyuan imagined. Although the momentum is very strong, it will not be washed away by the undercurrent. After diving for more than twenty meters, the momentum suddenly disappears.

As the diving depth increases, the light becomes dimmer and the visibility becomes worse and worse. The strong sense of depression makes Wu Zhongyuan feel that he is not breathing smoothly and can only breathe heavily to relieve discomfort.

In addition to feeling depressed, I also experienced severe tinnitus, buzzing in my ears, bulging eardrums, and feeling very uncomfortable.

Wang Xinran noticed Wu Zhongyuan's discomfort and made a gesture to Zhang Shukai and Lu Jiahui, and the four of them slowed down their diving.

Everything has an adaptation process. After the diving speed slows down, Wu Zhongyuan's discomfort also eases, but the strong sense of depression still exists. It's not that he is afraid, but that he is palpitations and shortness of breath and shortness of breath.

How long does it take to go to the bottom of the water? Wu Zhongyuan has no specific concept. It may take three minutes or five minutes. After stepping on the ground, he felt much more at ease, although this feeling of being down-to-earth is still very different from being on land.

After reaching the bottom of the water, Zhang Shukai swam north, while Lu Jiahui went to explore the stone statue on the left, and Wang Xinran stayed in the same place with Wu Zhongyuan.

Wu Zhongyuan turned his head and looked around. It was the brightest time outside, but it was like the dark night underwater. Fortunately, he had night vision and could barely see the surrounding scenery. There were twelve stone statues on both sides. According to the outline of the stone statues, these stone statues were not carved with animals, but portraits of various postures.

These stone statues are about three times the size of ordinary people. The space between them is about five meters, extending from north to south for dozens of meters. The two rows of stone statues in the east and west are about twelve meters apart. They squatted down and drove away the floating soil, revealing the square stone slabs. Lu Jiahui made a judgment before that, it was indeed a tomb here, and the two were standing in the corridor in front of the tomb.

After Wu Zhongyuan adapted to the underwater environment, Wang Xinran pulled him to Lu Jiahui not far away. Lu Jiahui was using special tools to clean up the moss attached to the stone statue.

Lu Jiahui is good at underwater archaeology, and the corresponding tools are naturally complete. Under her cleaning, a stone statue quickly revealed its true colors. This is a statue of a middle-aged man wearing Hanfu, a crown on his head, and a long sword on his waist.

Unlike common statues, this statue looks weird in both manner and expression. To be precise, it is not weird, but is different from the common serious statue. This is a realistic statue. The head of the statue is crooked, the right eye is closed, and the index finger of the left hand is placed under the nose. When you look closely, it is actually picking your nose.

After seeing this stone statue clearly, Wu Zhongyuan and Wang Xinran looked at each other. Carving such a large stone statue requires a lot of manpower and material resources. How could they carve a nose-picking posture?

Lu Jiahui was also surprised, but she was more excited. In ancient times, she had distinct levels and even wearing them had strict level restrictions. The head of this stone statue was wearing a nine-stage crown, which was a crown that only the princes were qualified to wear. If the identity of this person could be determined, the true appearance of this person could be completely restored, which was much more accurate than the restoration of the skull.

Those who study archaeology all have a common characteristic. Carefulness, and Lu Jiahui is no exception. She cleaned it very carefully. Seeing this, Wang Xinran stepped forward to interrupt her, pointed to the rest, and signaled her to clean up the other ones.

Soon, the second stone statue was also cleaned up. It was a sitting stone statue of a middle-aged man. The stone statue was sitting on a wooden cart carved with stones. The wooden cart looked a bit like a modern wheelchair. The man in the car crossed his legs, put a feather fan on his knees, and held two bamboo sticks with both hands. A fish was inserted on the bamboo sticks.

If the first stone statue gives the two people a doubt, then the stone statue gives the two people a shock. The wooden chariot and feather fan is the standard configuration of Zhuge Liang, and the stone statue is undoubtedly Zhuge Kongming.

Zhuge Kongming was a god-like existence in history. He devoted himself to his life until his death. He was a model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. However, this stone statue was carved too unseriously. How could a legendary figure have such an image?

However, it seems that it is a malicious ugliness, because the stone statue has handsome facial features and elegant style. Although it holds a fish, it does not have the covetousness of being about to eat, but rather has deep solemnity and worry.

At this moment, Zhang Shukai swam from the north and made a gesture to Wang Xinran, indicating that there was indeed an entrance to the north.

Wang Xinran was looking at the stone statue, raised her hand, and signaled Zhang Shukai to wait for a moment.

Zhang Shukai made another gesture. Wu Zhongyuan didn't understand the gesture, but Wang Xinran understood it and followed Zhang Shukai north.

At this time, Lu Jiahui had already started to clean up the third stone statue. As usual, she would clean her head first. This was a sitting stone statue of a young woman. The head of the stone statue was wearing a phoenix crown that only the concubines in the palace would wear. She was dressed luxuriously and beautifully and graceful.

At first Wu Zhongyuan thought that this stone statue was normal, but when Lu Jiahui cleared it to the lower half, he found that he was thinking too much. This stone statue was very abnormal, to be precise, very unreasonable, because the young woman was not sitting under her butt, but a toilet. The stone statue was carved by the concubine Chu Gong.

Just as Wu Zhongyuan was stunned, Wang Xinran came back and saw this stone statue, he couldn't help but be stunned.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Wang Xinran waved to Lu Jiahui, and then pulled Wu Zhongyuan to swim north.

There is indeed an entrance under the cliff to the north. There are two stone doors that are nearly two meters high and about five feet wide. The stone door is open and covered with moss, which shows that the stone door was not pushed open by man, but was not closed at all.

At this time, Zhang Shukai was not outside the door. Wang Xinran dragged Wu Zhongyuan into the stone gate. There were upward steps inside the stone gate, with a total of eighteen steps. "Climbing the steps up" saw that there was no water stone chamber inside. The stone chamber was square, about fifty square square, with a strong smell of fishy inside, and some animal bones were scattered. From this, it can be seen that the black dragon had previously occupied here.

A green bead the size of a goose egg is inlaid directly above the stone chamber, and the fluorescent light emitted by the stone chamber is green and lush. There is a stone tablet in the north, and there is a half-open stone door to the north of the stone chamber.

"They are still inside." Wang Xinran pointed to the northeast corner of the stone chamber, where several sets of diving equipment were piled up.

Wu Zhongyuan nodded.

"He knew we would come." Wang Xinran said.

"Who?" Wu Zhongyuan didn't understand why.
Chapter completed!