Chapter 56: Emergency Rescue

  Zhou Huan, who was close to the iron chain that bound me, also seemed to have noticed something unusual and said, "Don't move for now, I'll go take a look." After saying that, she quickly climbed down and disappeared in no time.

  I grasped the iron chain tightly and didn't dare let go. If I really fell off, I would definitely be smashed to pieces.

  After waiting for a while, the swaying feeling never came again. However, Zhou Huan was gone and didn't come back. I shone my flashlight downwards, but still couldn't see her shadow.

  I was getting a bit stunned at this point, extremely regretful that I had been too timid earlier. How could I let her go down alone? If Zhou Huan were to encounter any more unexpected events, we would be completely finished.

  I didn't have time to think much, I could only muster up the courage to continue climbing down, but my speed was slower, afraid that the iron chain would shake again.

  The more I went down, the more pottery jars appeared in front of me. In the end, it was basically impossible to see the wall of the pit, as it was completely covered by those tightly packed pottery jars.

  I don't have time to study these things either. I just want to reunite with Zhou Huan as soon as possible. No matter what's down there, the two of us can take care of each other after all.

  But I continued to crawl downwards for tens of meters, and when I estimated that I had reached the middle of this large pit, I still couldn't see Zhou Huan's shadow. Lifting my head to look up, all I could vaguely see was a speck of light from the entrance of the cave, while below me was still an endless darkness.

  I whispered down at my feet: "Zhou Huan... Zhou Huan, where are you..."

  I shouted continuously for several times but didn't get any response, I became thoroughly nervous and started sweating on my forehead. Now I'm in a dilemma here, going up is not an option, and going down doesn't feel right either.

  I really had no other choice, so I prepared to fire a shot at the top of my head and send a signal to Liangzi. The two of them would probably come down to support me.

  After all, it was my first time shooting a gun, so I was a bit nervous, and I could only spare one hand to hold the gun, which made things quite difficult.

  Finally, I made a great effort to pose, aimed at the top of my head and pulled the trigger. With a loud "bang", the whole space was filled with echoes. Although the recoil of this gun wasn't big, my body still leaned back, almost dropping it down.

  I raised my head and looked up again, but I didn't know if Liangzi and the others had heard it or would come down.

  Now there is no other way, I can only wait, this period of time is particularly long, it's completely a kind of torture. I called Zhou Huan several times, but still no response, so I think something must have happened.

  I waited until my hands and feet were numb, when a flashlight finally shone on my face, followed by the sound of Liangzi angrily shouting: "Who is it? Whose kid is firing guns randomly, asking for a beating!"

  I finally saw them and immediately shouted loudly at the top of my head: "Come down quickly, I'm here..."

  At that moment, I felt the iron chain next to me shaking, and the first one to approach me was Hei Lian. Unexpectedly, he had lost his memory, but his skills were still so good. He stopped beside me, not paying attention to me, and looked around in all directions.

  After a while, Liangzi finally came forward panting and shouted: "Qiu Ye, what the hell are you doing? You're randomly firing guns for no reason. I was just trying to take a look at the entrance of the cave, and you almost blew my head off."

  "What nonsense are you talking about? If nothing's wrong, can I call you down? Zhou Huan is gone."

  "Oh... you two had another fight?"

  "What's the point of arguing?" I didn't have time to bicker with him, so I quickly recounted what had happened earlier.

  Liangelo scolded loudly after hearing that: "Let me tell you something good, you big old man, let your wife go on an adventure by herself, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and find her!"

  Don't look at Liang Zi, he's usually laid-back, but when it comes to doing things, he's much more decisive than me. Without saying another word, he told Hei Lian to continue, and I also sighed, silently scolding myself for being useless.

  On the way, Liangzi asked me what was in that pottery jar and if there were any treasures. I told him it was pickled mustard greens, don't touch it for now, we'll study it when we get back.

  But as we continued down, I found that the pottery in front of me was getting bigger and bigger, and finally it really felt like a small jar for pickling vegetables.

  Finally, our flashlight can shine on the ground. We vaguely see a round object in the middle of the pit bottom, which doesn't seem small, but we can't tell what it is due to the angle. After shining around again, there's still no sign of Zhou Huan.

  It wasn't until all three of us had landed safely that I was stunned by what was in front of me...

  Just now I saw something in the middle of the ground, and only now did I realize that this thing can be as high as a two-story building, all black, and it's actually a super huge water tank.

  Damn it, if this is really used for pickling vegetables, a jar of pickled vegetables can last a family of two years.

  After a moment of emotion, I suddenly remembered that Zhou Huan had not been seen yet, so I didn't go to study the big jar for now. The three of us quickly surrounded the bottom of the pit and searched.

  We walked around the bottom of this deep pit with a diameter of about 50 meters, but still didn't see Zhou Huan's shadow. When I came down just now, I felt that the pottery jars on the rock wall were getting bigger and bigger. Now I found that the row at the very bottom was not as magnificent as the giant jar in the middle, but it was still one size larger than ordinary jars.

  "What's going on? Is this a sauerkraut base or something? There's nothing here except for jars!" Liang Zi said, looking around in all directions with a tone of great discrepancy.

  "Let's take another look around, maybe she's nearby."

  "What are you looking for? Apart from the jar, where else can someone hide?"

  I listened to Liangzi finish speaking, and I thought it was right. Would Zhou Huan hide in one of the vats? Now it seems completely possible, because except for going up, there is no other exit in this place, and the only place that can hide people is these rows and rows of large vats.

  I was just wondering when I heard Liangzi say: "Hey, what's my brother Hei doing?"

  I followed Liangzi's gaze and unexpectedly saw Heidian lying on the giant vat, his ears stuck to the vat wall, one hand clenched into a fist, pounding down.

  I don't know what he wants to do either, I just wanted to walk over and ask him, but suddenly saw the black-faced man's entire body stiffen, then immediately jumped back, while assuming a ready-to-attack posture.

  "What's going on?" Liang Zi immediately picked up his gun.

  I don't know what's going on either. In a panic, I picked up the gun too, and the three of us were like statues, waiting for a long time, but nothing happened.

  Liangzi couldn't help but walk over to Hei's side and ask, "Hey, Hei, what are you doing? Posing for photos? We don't play like that!

  I thought Hei Lian wouldn't bother with him, but when he saw it was Liang Zi, he returned to his normal standing posture and said: "There's something inside, it's alive."

  We were shocked to hear this, and quickly went forward to learn from the black-faced man, sticking our ears to the jar to listen. At first, we didn't feel any movement, but after waiting quietly for a while, we faintly felt a 'thumping' sound coming from inside, as if someone was knocking on the jar wall.

  Liang Zidao shouted: "Quickly, quickly, Xiao Shuizi must have fallen into the vat, hurry up and rescue her."

  I looked up at the two-story-high giant vat and said, "How can we rescue them? It's too high to climb up."

  "I say, how can you be so stupid? Don't you know the story of Sima Guang breaking the vat? It's still useful to study hard." Liangzi finished speaking and began to remove the guns from his body.

  As soon as I heard that, I thought it was right. How come I didn't think of it? Time is pressing and can't be delayed. The two of us put down our guns and started hitting the wall of the vat with the gun stocks.

  But I don't know what material this giant vase is made of. After hitting it a few times, it didn't break at all, only leaving some marks.

  I saw this trick didn't work, so I asked Liang Zidao: "Are there any explosives? Is there any explosive?"

  "Those things were all carried by Little Sister-in-law, I only have a rope here." Liangzi still didn't give up, answering while continuing to smash.

  As soon as I thought Zhou Huan might be inside, I got a bit flustered, pulled Liangzi back several steps, raised my gun and fired three shots at the giant vat.

  Unexpectedly, the body of the jar was extremely hard and bullets couldn't penetrate it. The bullets that hit it immediately bounced back and became ricochets, flying past my side, scaring us into quickly lying down on the ground.

  The shrapnel didn't hit us, but it hit another small jar on the wall of the pit. Immediately, two small jars were smashed, and a very thick green liquid flowed out. Faintly, something black seemed to come out with it.

  "Whoa, you little rascal, this place isn't where we can fire guns wildly!" Liangzi stood up and shouted loudly.

  I was also scared for a moment after what I did just now. The person wasn't saved and everyone almost died under my gun.

  I saw the water flowing out of that small vat and felt there was no time to lose. If Zhou Huan was really inside this giant vat, if it was also filled with that stuff, she would drown soon.

  In desperation, I really had no other choice, so I raised the gun butt and was about to continue smashing.

  I had just taken two steps forward when I was caught by a hand, turned around and it was actually Black Face, didn't understand what he wanted to do, tried hard to struggle free.

  I didn't expect the black-faced man to be so strong, one hand grasping me tightly and refusing to let go. Then he pointed at Liangzi and said to me: "You, stand on his shoulder."

  I don't know what he wants to do tomorrow, shouting: "Stop playing, hurry up and save people!" After finishing, I continued to struggle free, but this time still didn't succeed.

  Just as I was about to get angry and scold someone, I saw Liangzi walking up to me, squatting down, turning his head and saying: "Come on, Hei Ge might have a way."

  I saw Liangzi speaking very seriously, secretly scolding myself for being too impatient, so I patted Hei Lian's hand and after he let go, I climbed onto Liangzi's body, bending my waist to stand on his shoulders.

  Liang Zi's physique was robust, and he supported me without much effort. Just as he had just stood up, I heard a loud voice behind me shouting: "Steady...!"

  I turned my head to look, and saw Hei Lian take a few steps back, then jump directly onto my shoulder. With a muffled grunt from both me and Liang Zi, Hei Lian jumped up again, his hands grasping the mouth of the giant jar.

  Liangzi's body was unstable after being trampled on, and with a cry of "Aiya", the two of us tumbled backwards.

  This time I fell and saw stars, got up and shook my head, didn't care about the pain, quickly looked up to see that Hei Lian kicked the vat wall a few times with his feet, used force with both hands, and climbed up to stand on the edge of the vat.

  We didn't see clearly when we came down just now, and I estimate that this giant jar doesn't have a lid. I saw Hei Lian stepping on the rim of the jar and turning around in a circle, as if observing the situation inside. Then he turned his head to shout at Liangzi: "Rope, give me rope..."