Chapter 48: Desperate Situation

  Dead End

  Lin Yu touched the water with his hand, and the inside of the tunnel was quite flat, and the water wasn't too deep. He turned on the flashlight underwater, but it didn't have any effect at all. The murky river water made the light from the flashlight unable to penetrate. Underwater, Lin Yu could only grope forward in the dark like a blind man, relying on his sense of touch.

  It's okay, this is a straight road, no fork in the road, just need to keep moving forward.

  The river water in May still carries a hint of coolness, especially in this icy tunnel. Lin You felt that the cold seemed to penetrate his body. The situation where his true energy was scattered inside his body had not improved at all, and now he couldn't even use Taiji internal power to slightly drive away the chill. The wounds on Lin You's body began to ache violently.

  He gritted his teeth, his hands pressed heavily against the inner wall of the passageway. The biting cold soon numbed his body completely. It was not just that he couldn't feel any pain, but it seemed as if even his sense of touch had disappeared.

  He struggled to move his feet underwater.

  At this time, he can't stop, not just himself, but also the 10 or so people behind him who are watching his performance. If he makes a mistake, the entire team that has temporarily stabilized may collapse.

  This 4-meter-long passage took Lin and Hard nearly 2 minutes to cross the river and enter another space.

  Lin Yu had just poked his head out of the water when a strong musty smell hit him. Lin Yu slightly furrowed his brow and climbed up.

  This was an elliptical enclosed space, with the downward exit completely submerged in the river water. The part that had not been submerged accounted for only about two-thirds of the space. Lin swept it with a flashlight and could see all the furnishings in the space at once.

  A few long benches, an old sofa, and a square table made up the entire space. Lin and others carefully examined the structure of this rest room and secretly cursed in their hearts. This rest room didn't have any exit passage at all, the only way out was the underwater route they had sneaked in from. This place was like a huge can, sealing everything inside tightly. However, fortunately, the terrain here was about two meters higher than the tunnel, if the tunnel was completely flooded, they could at least delay for some time here.

  But that's all there is to it.

  Chen Yun followed Lin into the water, and she quickly drilled out of the water. She didn't care about her wet image, and ran back and forth in the rest room for a while. However, soon she was disappointed.

  She turned around and looked at Lin Yu, who was equally helpless, and actually smiled. But that smile revealed an unspeakable bitterness and sorrow.

  "Lin Yu, we can't get out, right?" Chen Yun leaned gently against Lin Yu's chest. Her frail body trembled slightly on Lin Yu's broad chest. It was only then that Lin Yu realized that this mature and calm Chen Yun was also a woman.

  A fragile woman.

  She is also afraid, she fears death like everyone else. Her calmness, her composure are all for Lin Yu's sake so that he won't be affected by her own emotions.

  No matter how strong she appears on the surface, no matter how much she despises death, in reality, that kind of fear inherent to human nature cannot be erased. She who has been suppressing herself all along finally shows some signs of bursting out.

  Lin let out a long sigh, wondering if he had neglected Chen Yun's feelings. He gently stroked Chen Yun's wet hair, silently reflecting on everything that had happened today.

  From the moment she entered the tunnel, it was always Chen Yun who used her gentleness and thoughtfulness to warm Lin Yu, and when Lin Yu was despondent and angry, Chen Yun would be the first to comfort him with her own body heat.

  What have you done yourself?

  It seems that I have completely ignored Chen Yun's thoughts, and it turns out that I am so dependent on this gentle woman. It's ridiculous to say that we will live and die together, but in the end, it's the woman who comforts my emotions.

  Lin smiled self-deprecatingly.

  "Xiao Yun, we can go out, definitely can." Lin Yu patted Chen Yun's back and whispered in her ear with his gentlest tone.

  This was the first time Lin Yu had called her "Little Yun" since they returned to Hannan. This wasn't Chen Yun's nickname, but a term that only belonged to the two of them.

  This soft voice awakened all the emotions in Chen Yun's heart. Her body shook violently, she tightly hugged Lin Yu's neck and cried.

  She gritted her teeth and struggled not to cry out loud, she bit her teeth so hard that her whole body was tense. Her strength suddenly became very great, Lin Yu felt that Chen Yun's soft and delicate hands were almost choking his neck.

  Cool tears flowed from Lin Yu's collar to his chest, that familiar feeling made Lin Yu smile slightly. He slowly patted Chen Yun's back, as if coaxing a lovely baby to sleep.

  "Little Yu." Chen Yun raised her head, a pair of tearful eyes gently gazing at Lin Yu, but the look in those eyes was so sorrowful. "Actually, I knew it, you just wanted to come down and accompany me, actually, you yourself didn't have confidence in going out either, did you?"

  "It's not." Lin Yu interrupted Chen Yun's words, holding her hand and squeezing it tightly. "I will definitely save you out, I promise."

  Chen Yun's eyes flickered, wanting to say something more, but suddenly heard a splash of water, and the person behind had already rushed into the rest room. Like Chen Yun, every person who walked into this space had disappointment written all over their face. The passage they had pinned so many hopes on ultimately led only to another closed can.

  This can seems much smaller than that big can in the tunnel.

  No one had the enthusiasm to continue talking. At this time, even a fool would understand that they had reached a dead end. At this point, they had no way out except to silently pray for God's intervention.

  Zhang Bo, Xiong Lin, Wu Sheng, the elderly couple, the tunnel administrator, and the mother-daughter pair... Everyone stood in the middle of the rest room with their heads down, no one speaking or making any movement.

  A strange silence rapidly spread among the crowd.

  Lin furrowed his brow and said loudly, "Everyone quickly find a seat to sit down, hug each other for warmth, and conserve energy. Here is higher than the tunnel terrain, we have more ample time to wait for rescue."

  When they heard Lin Yu's words, the crowd finally made a move - they gathered in twos and threes, but still no one spoke, and the entire space was eerily quiet.

  Chen Yun's body was still tightly pressed against Lin Yu's back, her trembling never stopping for a moment. She had forcibly suppressed the fear in her heart before, but she was finally about to reach the edge of collapse.

  Facing such a situation, Lin You also knew that any comforting and encouraging words would be of no use. Now, it's all about personal character.

  He held Chen Yun a bit tighter, and his heart was also filled with some confusion. Could it be that I, Angry Leopard Lin, would die here today? In the past, when he was in the special forces, he always thought he would die on the battlefield amidst gunfire and rain of bullets. Who would have thought that a hero like him would end up floating lifelessly in this murky river water like a dead fish... It's really ironic.

  But somehow, Lin felt a little comfort in his heart, perhaps deep down, he still thought that being able to die with Chen Yun in his arms was a great happiness.

  Ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, thirty minutes passed. Lin Yu's flashlight had gradually exhausted its last bit of light.

  The rest room became even darker, but Lin Yu had already clearly felt that the speed of the rising river was getting faster.

  Lin looked at Chen Yun with a helpless expression. At this time, even if he had the best mental quality, he couldn't say for sure that they could get out of there.

  "Ah..."

  Suddenly, a shrill cry finally broke the silence in the tunnel. Chen Yun turned her head around, but what she saw was a scene that made her hair stand on end.