"Sir, we dived about ten feet."

A soldier replied as a representative, "As soon as we entered the water, the sea pigs gathered around us and swam around us. Sure enough, as the general said, these sea pigs were extremely friendly to us. Not only did they not attack the two of us, they even deliberately attacked us.

It swims close to us and is not afraid at all even if we reach out to touch it.”

"Below this pool is an underground lake with no visible edges. It is still pitch black beyond the illumination range of the Suihou Pearl. It is hard to say whether there are other ways out."

"But we found a strange light at the bottom of the pool. The light was like a window on the wall, and it was like we were looking up at the sky under the water... I'm sorry for the lack of words, I really don't know what to say.

How to describe it accurately? In short, in the dark pool, the light is like a guiding light, which makes us want to continue diving, but the light is too deep. Even if we try our best to dive,

, we still couldn’t reach it before we ran out of breath, so we had to pull the rope to ask for help.”

Having said this, another soldier added at the right time: "I estimate that the location of the bright light should be dozens of feet deep. Ordinary people cannot reach that deep with just one breath."

How many feet deep?

As far as Wu Liang knows, the world record for humans to dive without relying on diving equipment seems to be only 113 meters, and even with diving equipment such as oxygen bottles, the world record is only 332 meters.

This should be close to the most extreme state of human beings.

Because no matter how deep you go, the human body tissue will no longer be able to withstand the huge water pressure and cannot adapt to the changes in the body's wonders under the huge water pressure.

"Can you be more specific?"

Wu Liang asked attentively.soduso, cc first release

"Using the depth of our dive as a reference, the light is about forty or fifty feet deep?"

The soldier was still a little unsure and said, "My pardon, sir, the sight underwater is very erratic, and the sense of distance will be disturbed. We are really not sure, but I think four to fifty feet should be about the same."

Forty to fifty feet...that's about 150 meters.

This height just exceeded the world record for unassisted diving in later generations, and was below the world record for diving with equipment.

For Wu Liang, this is undoubtedly a depth that is difficult to reach.

They can't even get the most basic diving equipment, let alone oxygen bottles. What's more, Wu Liang and the Hu people are not professionals. The two soldiers just dived about ten feet, and they are probably already from the Hu people.

The limits of the army.

"Thank you for your hard work, you should rest first."

Wu Liang nodded slightly and finally stopped asking.

This exploration is actually not fruitless. At least it can be confirmed that it is relatively safe under this pool. After entering the water, you don't have to worry too much about dangers from other aspects.

As for that ball of light that I don’t know what it is…

Wu Liang felt worried.

He really wanted to figure out what it was, but the depth it was located at made it difficult for him to reach. Even if he had the opportunity to get close to that light to explore, it might not be without risk.

After all, there are many scary things that can shine in the deep sea, such as the "deep sea monkfish" mentioned by Wu Liang before. This kind of ferocious fish attracts prey through light... This possibility cannot be ruled out.

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So thoughtful.

Wu Liang looked back at the witch Hu who had followed him, and continued the previous topic: "Miss Hu, let's talk about the island that turned the world upside down. Since you specifically mentioned this to me, you must have your own basis.

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Just before the miko mentioned "the island that turns everything upside down".

He also talked about his own introduction to certain speculations: the water pool and the sea pigs in the water pool, as well as Wu Liang’s previous analysis.

But based on this information alone, Wu Liang is still unable to determine what Miko Hu wants to express. The only thing that can be determined now is that what Miko Hu wants to say must be related to the information Xu Fu left at the Waguo Shrine. This is her only

He has mastered many more things than Wu Liang.

"In the records left by the shrine about Xu Jun of Qin, there are a few records about the Zuzhou he visited. It said that Zuzhou was actually an island that turned everything upside down, and people lived in the sea around the island.

There are a group of sea pigeons that are ferrying people across. Only those with enough courage and wisdom can see through the mystery and have the opportunity to board the ancestral continent."

The witch said seriously.

"this……"

Wu Liang frowned.

The ferry that ferries people?

Although dolphins are born to rescue drowning people, and the most common method is to lift humans out of the water with their backs like lifting their own children, without special training, dolphins obviously cannot become a tool to rescue people.

,send people to where they want to go.

What's more, the life span of dolphins is not long, usually only about 25-30 years.

Counting from the time when Xu Fu was still alive, hundreds of years have passed. That is to say, even if there is such a group of dolphins in the sea around Zuzhou, they should have reproduced for dozens of generations by now. If this

If no one had continued to train them during this period, even if those dolphins did learn to cross people, by now this generation would have completely lost this skill.

However, if the so-called "human crossing" is not a specially trained skill at all, but uses the natural habits of dolphins, then it is a different matter...

Think of this.

Wu Liang suddenly realized something.

The two soldiers just said that there was a strange light at the bottom of the pool. It looked like a window, and it looked like they were looking up at the sky from the bottom of the water!

And the shrine maiden mentioned the island that turned things upside down!

Can a bold hypothesis be made based on this existing information?

Assuming that there is already a world under the water pool that belongs to the "ancestral continent", some things have been turned upside down.

Therefore, although people who go into the water always think that they are diving, and the strange light group is at the bottom of the pool, in fact, if it is reversed, it can also be another surface of the pool. As long as it sinks completely to the bottom and jumps out of that surface, it will

Will they reach the legendary "ancestral continent" that turns everything upside down?

And the so-called "ferry" of dolphins is also when a person sinks to the bottom of the water and is about to drown, the dolphins naturally extend a helping hand, but they just lift the person to another surface of the water, so that he finally reaches the "ancestral continent"?

Of course, this is just Wu Liang's speculation at the moment.

Moreover, it was a guess guided by the information provided by Miko Hu. This was the speculation Miko Hu wanted him to make. Whether there was any intentional misleading in it, only Miko Hu could tell clearly.

"So what's your guess?"

Wu Liang asked deliberately.

"To be honest with Wu Taishi, I had a lot of doubts about my guess just now, but after hearing your soldiers describe what they saw in the water, I became a little firmer in my guess."

The witch said seriously, "I suspect that the light under the water they saw is the only way to Zuzhou. Just like the clues left by Xu Jun of Qin in the shrine, if we start from the upside down

Analyzing this pool from the perspective of the water, the bottom we now think of can be the water surface, but for the curse, we are the one in the underwater cave."

"In addition, as the clues left by Xu Jun of Qin said, it does require courage and wisdom to reach such an ancestral continent. Wisdom allows us to see through the mysteries, and courage allows us to dare to take risks. After all, if you are like you

As described by the soldiers under my command, if the light under the water is indeed forty or fifty feet deep, the chance that we can reach that light alive is extremely low, and we may faint before reaching halfway there."

"At this time, we can only rely on these sea pigeons who are born to rescue drowning people. If the light is the water surface of the 'ancestral continent', these sea pigeons will carry us there, which corresponds to

The saying about the 'sea pig for ferrying people' left behind by Xu Jun of Qin Dynasty."

This speculation is not much different from what Wu Liang just guessed.

But speculation is speculation. Just like the "wisdom and courage" mentioned by Miko Hu many times, it is one thing to think of it, but it is another thing to have the courage to take action.

Anyway, Wu Liang had some concerns.

Just like what the witch said, if you dive without equipment at such a distance, you will most likely faint before you reach the halfway mark. Then your fate can only rest on those dolphins, and only if their guesses are accurate.

Under the premise, otherwise this would not be an adventure, but a suicide by drowning in the sea.

"It's easy to say it, but if you don't do it well, you might lose someone's life. We won't use our own lives to verify your guess. We have to take care of ourselves!"

After hearing what the witch said, a soldier couldn't help but sarcastically said.

"Okay, I'll go."

The shrine maiden didn't even hesitate for a moment, and nodded calmly in response.

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Everyone suddenly looked surprised and suspicious.

No one expected that the miko Hu would agree so simply, which was in great contrast to her slightly short and thin body and delicate and reserved face.

"Wu Taishi, I am not telling you this to encourage you and your people to take risks."

The witch Hu looked at Wu Liang seriously and said, "I am willing to do this myself. Whether life or death has nothing to do with you, but there are some things that I cannot complete alone. I hope Wu Taishi can provide me with some necessary help."

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Beautiful thought!

Just as Wu Liang had thought before, this place was the territory of the Celestial Empire. No matter what, he could not teach a witch to ask such a Japanese to go and investigate alone. What if she got some secrets? It would be a huge loss.

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Even if he was occupying the latrine and not taking a shit, he would admit it. Either he would not go there at all, and he would have to kill the witch to silence her, lest she find out about this place and become more evil, or she could only be a bystander at best.

However, Wu Liang said: "Miss, please tell me."
To be continued...