Chapter 52 Damn negligence

Although I learned some information from the old camphor tree, the old camphor tree also knew nothing about the aspects that Yue Zun was most concerned about.

For example, more secrets about the spirit of war. For example, there is still a crisis lurking in this place of inheritance.

Just because the old camphor tree has been trapped here for too long. And all kinds of strange things in the belly of the mountain should be set by the original war spirit. How can the old camphor tree know?

The original serious injury has completely recovered after being treated by the old camphor tree. Even the stomach that was originally very hungry doesn't seem to be hungry.

Yue Zun knew that it took a long time to enter the belly of the mountain, and the little Lori and the cat were still waiting outside. They were afraid that they would not go out for too long. They would be afraid, so they wanted to say goodbye to the old camphor tree and continue to search for the whereabouts of the spirit of war.

After simply mentioning the purpose of his trip to Lao Zhangshu, Yue Zun wanted to leave. When the old camphor tree saw that Yue Zun was about to leave, his tone was a little reluctant.

For more than a thousand years, except for a group of monkey spirits that feed on the essence of their lives, the old camphor tree has never seen any other creatures. Naturally, it has no good communication with those monkey spirits, just like people can't communicate with mosquitoes.

It's rare for someone to come and talk with it, but it won't be long before they will part. How can they be sad? If it hadn't been for the seal of the monk on its body, most of its ability would not have been exerted, I'm afraid it would have followed Yue Zun.

Finally, the old camphor tree condensed two turquoise semi-solid balls and handed them over to Yue Zun. And told him that this ball is condensed with the essence of his own life. If ordinary people eat it, they can eat it for three days without feeling hungry. The effect is unique and magical.

Unfortunately, with the ability of the old camphor tree at this moment, it can only make two balls. Such a magical thing is really a must-have choice for home travel. If you can bring a few more, it will be much more convenient no matter where you go.

Say goodbye to the old camphor tree, return the original way, and go to the underground river again. Thinking that when he first fell into the water, he was almost burned by the river, Yue Zun still had lingering palpitations.

He squatted down, carefully stretched out his right hand, put his right hand into the water, and found that he was wrong again. The water is warm and not hot at all. On the contrary, I feel that the water temperature is just pleasant.

The key is that a little thought will be clear. At the speed at which the big turtle swims him, how far does it have to swim for most of the day? The original hot water of the underground dark river flows through this long distance, and it is time to lower the temperature.

However, when he came, his body was paralyzed and could not feel the changes in the surrounding environment, so that he did not notice the drop in the water temperature.

In fact, I should have found this long ago, because my breathing has been very smooth. It doesn't seem that when I first fell into the underground dark river, I had to take a breath carefully for fear of scalding the fragile respiratory organs.

After figuring out this section, Yue Zun secretly blamed himself for being too careless and didn't even notice this obvious environmental change. Immediately, there was great joy in his heart, and he quickly jumped into the water and pounced up.

After the hard battle just now, all the clothes on his body were torn to pieces by those monkeys, which would be naked. Fortunately, there is no one in the mountain, but it can be calm. As for what to do after going out, let's talk about it then.

Moreover, the body is also dirty. Previously, in order to hide from the big turtle family, they rolled in the mud of the depression. Later, he competed with the monkeys and made a lot of blood all over his body. In addition to his bright eyes, all over his body were dirty and could just take a warm bath in the river.

After washing and cleaning, Yue Zun began to worry again. This river has a place and a place to go, but which way should this warrior inheritance go to find it?

At the thought of the distance the big turtle was traveling, Yue Zun felt a period of numbness in his scalp. In case you really go upstream, how long will it take to swim with your own physical strength? What's more, the water upstream is so hot and more difficult.

Therefore, subjectively, Yue Zun is more inclined to go downstream. It's just that this direction is correct or not, so I have to be lucky. Anyway, there is a 50% chance, right?

Because of this, the river has narrowed significantly, and the originally gentle water flow has become slightly rapid. Yue Zun swam downstream without any effort. As long as he keeps himself floating on the surface of the water and not sinking, it is not slow to float down with the waves.

It didn't take long to drift, and I felt itchy from all over my body. Yue Zun felt a little strange. He was afraid that something bad would happen, so he quickly leaned over to check.

However, it was found that a group of silver fish less than a centimeter long surrounded them, curiously rubbing around themselves and eating from time to time.

It seems that with the decline of water temperature, more creatures exist in the dark river. Yue Zun felt that he was a little like a frightened bird at this time, and he was very nervous if there was a little wind blowing.

It's quite comfortable to float like this. It's just that I've been alone for a long time and feel a little lonely. But it's nothing. Yue Zun has long been used to the feeling of loneliness, or can he still enjoy loneliness?

About an hour later. Because at this moment, my whole body is bare and there is no timing tool, so I have to estimate the time based on my biological clock.

At this time, Yue Zun found that the width of the underground dark river was unchanged. However, the height between the water surface and the stone wall on the top is getting shorter and shorter. Here, it is only about one meter.

If this trend continues, it won't be long before this dark river has no space to hold air. Continuing to follow the waves, I found that I had guessed, and soon I came to the situation where I could rub my head against the "ceiling" above my head on the water.

What should I do? Shall we go back or continue to move forward?

Yue Zun began to hesitate. If you continue to move forward, you need to dive. But without the help of auxiliary equipment, how far can you dive by holding your breath?

From the long distance I swam before, it can be inferred that the distance that this river needs to dive through will certainly not be short, because the general terrain will not change too suddenly. Therefore, Yue Zun didn't think he could sneak over in one breath.

Why don't we go back? However, it was not easy to come here, and I felt a little unwilling to give up like this. What's more, is the right route really underwater?

After a while, Yue Zun found that he was indecisive and not decisive again. In fact, it's very simple. Just hold your breath and dive there. If there is really no way out ahead, just sneak back.

The idea is to stop hesitating and continue down the stream. After a while, there was no breathing gap in the whole underground dark river, and Yue Zun began to dive.

According to previous experience, the limit of holding your breath should be 15 minutes, so if you can't find a way out within seven minutes underwater, you have to look back decisively, otherwise you will be in danger of drowning.

Because the lighting in the mountain belly depends on the fluorescence emitted by the purple moss, and the purple moss cannot grow in the water, Yue Jun will not be dark in front of him after diving, and he can no longer see anything.

Fortunately, the water flow in the dark river is relatively rapid, in which people can clearly feel the direction of the water flow and not lose the sense of direction because of darkness.

It's just that people's instinct is to reject darkness. Even Yue Zun, who has experienced many strange things, cannot maintain a normal heart in an absolutely dark environment. Although he knew that time was still passing by second, he felt that every second was pulled for a long time in his heart.

When Yue Zun felt that half of the oxygen in his body had been consumed, there was still no light in front of him, which showed that the dark river was still flowing in a closed space ahead.

However, due to the different refractive index of light between water and air, people's visual distance in water is much closer than in air. Under normal circumstances, it is good to reach more than ten meters. Yue Zun's vision is strengthened, and it is estimated that he can only see 50 meters away.

had decided before that he would go back when he was holding his breath for half of the time. If it continues, the danger is too great. At present, this situation is also one of the two possibilities predicted before. At present, there is no choice but to return according to the original plan.

He dropped his head, and Yue Zun scratched his hands and feet a few times. After swimming for a distance, his face suddenly turned pale...

It's not good!

I just forgot to consider a very important factor! This is really a desperate way to survive.

Just now, Yue Zun turned around and was ready to turn back. However, after swimming for a distance, he felt that his swimming speed was very slow.

Then I figured out the reason. Because the water flow of the underground dark river has been turbulence within this range, and it came smoothly. Now it is reversed to the water, using the same force to swim the water, but the speed between the back and forth is much worse.

Yue Zun estimated from his feelings that now he has used the same strength, and the speed of diving can only be one-third of that just now. What does this mean?

Before you run out of oxygen, you can't swim to the river where there is air! A sense of despair emerged from the bottom of his heart and even seriously affected Yue Zun's movements. The already unpleasant swimming speed has become stiff and slower because of the mental threat of death.

"Never give up! Persistence may not lead to a good result, but if you give up immediately, there is really no hope. Yue Zun gritted his teeth and tried to drive away the despair in his heart.

Yue Zun, who has been tempered several times, is at least much stronger than before. At this time, after adjusting my mentality, although the despair in my heart could not be eliminated, at least it no longer affected my actions, and my hands and feet began to become slightly stiff and recovered as before.

The threat of death is imminent! Between electric lights and stones, Yue Zun made a decision.

Then turn around and continue to go down the stream.

If you turn back the original way, you will definitely die. In any case, it is impossible for me to continue to hold my breath for another 20 minutes under such circumstances.

Then, it's better to continue down the stream. Maybe there will be a turnaround not far ahead. They all say that there is no way out!

It's funny. Why do you have to hold your breath both in the water and on land since you entered the underground river? Is life really so suffocious?

Uh! The old problem has happened again, at a critical moment, or nonsensical thinking...