America 1881: Legend of the West

Chapter 189 Exploring the Lake
The next morning.

The morning light shines on the lake, shimmering, and the breeze blows across the lake, causing ripples.

If it weren't for the monster corpses piled up by the lake, no one would have thought that a tragic battle took place here last night.

Everyone in the treasure hunting team was already standing on the edge of the lake.

"Which one of us has the best water quality?" Chen Jianqiu looked around.

Everyone looked at each other.

Sean, Hanif and Donnie are all landlubbers. Adam's current physical condition is obviously not suitable for going into the water. Danny and his wife have been crawling around in the swamps of Virginia for many years, but the water quality will be enough. .

As for Holmes, you can't expect him to be able to fight back when he encounters those monsters underwater.

The three Chinese young men seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"If you have any ideas, just tell me." Chen Jianqiu looked at them with a smile.

"Young Master, let me try it." A young man stood up and said, "My hometown is on the edge of Fu (Lake) in Dongting. I have been fishing and catching shrimp since I was a child. The water is so wide."

"Yes, you have courage." Chen Jianqiu patted him on the shoulder.

He took out his dagger from his boot and handed it to the young man, "What's your name?"

"Li Sifu, they call me Li Datou."

Chen Jianqiu looked at Li Sifu's head and nodded with deep approval.

He tied a rope around Li Sifu's waist, and then pulled hard a few times to test the strength: "If there is any special situation, just pull the rope quickly and we will drag you up."

Li Sifu nodded.

He walked into the lake, took a deep breath, and then plunged in.

The rope on the shore gradually stretched into the water. Everyone's eyes followed the rope and focused on the lake.

The water surface was calm and there was no big change.

Chen Jianqiu took out his pocket watch.

His previous gold pocket watch "died heroically" when he blocked a bullet for him in Lincolnshire. This piece was given to him by James' father before he left.

After knowing the whole truth, the father couldn't wait to marry his daughter Emily to Chen Jianqiu and recruit this boy as his son-in-law.

Chen Jianqiu politely declined, and his father could only give him a pocket watch as a thank you and souvenir.

He glanced at the time on his pocket watch.

The underwater duration of a normal person's apnea diving is about 1-3 minutes. If the water quality is excellent or you have received training, it can be a little longer, but generally it will not exceed ten minutes.

Two minutes have passed, and the rope is still extending into the water.

Holmes and several other people had some worried looks on their faces, but Chen Jianqiu still looked calm, holding his chin in his hand and looking in the direction of the lake.

Four minutes passed, but there was still no movement. Sean could no longer hold his breath: "Boss, let's pull the rope. I'm afraid we'll be late and we can only drag a body up."

Chen Jianqiu remained silent.

He didn't know the current situation under the water, but the rope was still moving into the water at an unhurried pace.

Give Li Sifu a little more time.

Four minutes and thirty-two seconds.

Suddenly, water bubbles formed in the center of the lake, and the rope that was originally loose suddenly seemed to be pulled by some huge force and became taut.

"Quick! Pull the rope!" Without saying a word, Chen Jianqiu took the lead in picking up the rope on the edge of the lake and quickly retrieved it.

Seeing this, the others quickly ran up, grabbed the rope on the ground, and followed Chen Jianqiu to pull the rope back.

The force coming from the rope was extremely huge, as if the other end of the rope was not a person, but a giant thing hidden under the water.

Chen Jianqiu secretly thought that it was not good, the underwater situation might not be that simple. If it really turned into fishing, then Li Sifu, who had become a "bait", might have narrowly escaped death.

"Quick! Pull back quickly and pull Li Sifu up as quickly as possible." Chen Jianqiu exerted force on his legs. He stabilized the rope and pulled it back.

Danny behind him sat back like an old sailor, leaning back and pulling the rope with his left and right hands alternately. After pulling two meters of rope, suddenly, the force coming from the other end of the rope suddenly became lighter.

The tug-of-war was won, but Chen Jianqiu's heart sank.

He was afraid that if the rope was closed, a section of the rope would break under the water, or he would see a more tragic scene.

When the rope was halfway in, Chen Jianqiu felt there was still weight on his hand, and no red liquid appeared on the water.

"There's still help! Pull out!" Chen Jianqiu shouted to the people behind him.

When everyone heard this, they all sped up their movements.

Ripples appeared on the water surface, and Chen Jianqiu vaguely saw Li Sifu's body underwater through the lake.

There was still a rope tied around his waist, but he was unconscious.

"quick!"

Everyone scrambled to drag the unconscious Li Sifu to the shore.

Surprisingly, he was still holding Chen Jianqiu's dagger in his hand.

Teresa pushed aside the crowd and checked his body, and found that there were no obvious wounds, but that one shoe was missing.

"You all get out of the way and don't block the flow of air." Mrs. Teresa rolled up her sleeves and began to rescue the young man.

It seemed that Li Sifu was not lying when he said he had good water properties. After spitting out a large amount of water, he opened his eyes.

"Weird, monster." Li Sifu was in shock and stammered.

"Is it the one last night?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

Li Sifu nodded weakly, but it was obvious that his speech was still unclear, "Big,, big..."

He struggled to sit up, but his body was extremely weak, and he finally got up with the help of Sean and others.

He handed the dagger in his hand to Chen Jianqiu: "Young Master, your dagger was not lost."

Chen Jianqiu took the dagger and patted his shoulder lightly.

He took off his coat and walked to the lake.

When everyone saw this, they knew that he planned to go there in person.

"Boss, otherwise, we should think of other ways." Sean muttered, he has a natural fear of underwater things.

"I also think it's not that simple down here. Should we be more cautious?" Holmes also advised. The body structure of the monster yesterday might be as good as a fish in water underwater.

What's more, according to Li Sifu's description, the guy he met underwater was even bigger than the one last night.

"No, let me try, otherwise we will have to go home."

Chen Jianqiu checked the equipment on his body.

In addition to the dagger in his hand, he only carried a revolver and a few extra rounds of ammunition.

So far, he has been using Browning fixed-loading ammunition.

He was not worried about the airtightness of the bullet. He had trust in Browning's workmanship.

Chen Jianqiu stood on the edge of the lake, and Danny walked behind him, preparing to tie a rope around his waist.

"No, if the situation is not right, I will find an opportunity to come up. The rope will affect the flexibility of my movements." Chen Jianqiu refused the proposal to tie a rope around his waist.

"Just wait for me here. Those Pinkerton detectives haven't shown up yet. They are probably nearby. You might run into them."

After Chen Jianqiu gave his instructions, he dove into the lake.

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