Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 713 Four. False Starry Sky

   Maybe not so bad.

   The narrow pass cannot pass the rushing river.

   Oxygen is about to run out. Lu Li stopped to explore and returned as far as possible.

  The river pushed Lu Li's back, allowing him to return to the island faster, but he may also pass by the island inadvertently and be carried further downstream by the dark river——

   A touch of light penetrates into the rich darkness.

   A slight deviation from the direction of the land is close to the light on the water surface and surfaced.

  Whoa——

   Climbing up the rock with dripping river water, Lu Li returned to the fire and sat down to warm himself, and eased his breathing.

   "Have you found your way to the outside?" Friday, who was holding a can, asked him.

"next time."

   Lu Li's short answer.

   Whether that is hopeless or hopeful.

   While waiting for the body to warm up, Lu Li filled the river water with an empty can and placed it by the fire to heat it up. Before heading out again, finish the boiling hot water.

   With the warmth to warm his body, Lu Li got into the dark river again and followed the previous route.

  The rock wall begins to shrink at ten meters. This time, Lu Li didn't stop, and continued to move up.

   The turbulent water pulled him back, washing his skin pale. The rock wall quickly gathered up, forming a narrow pass that was only 20 cm wide at about 15 meters.

   There was only the rich darkness of the noisy water flow. Lu Li spit out the air bubbles that disappeared in the water flow.

   At a certain moment, a touch completely different from the turbulent water flow appeared on the fingertips. It was only a moment, but it was enough to make Lu Li feel a more tranquil and peaceful feeling.

   Lu Li touched the air.

   There was not much oxygen left, and Lu Li did not turn around and return to the island. He kicked his legs between the rock walls, and his hands continued to rub the pass.

  The pass is not so narrow, maybe if you keep swimming in a certain direction, the pass will gradually widen until it can accommodate one person to pass through.

   That might be where Lu Li entered the dark river.

  Before the lack of oxygen, Lu Li returned to the isolated island and climbed the rocks wetly.

   "Found it?" Friday asked.

"Um."

   Lu Li's face was only calm, as if he didn't care about the answer he found. Only words reveal his thoughts: "Can you get a rope or a water bladder."

  The former allows him to never get lost on his way back to the island, and the latter lasts the dive time.

   Touching the pass is already close to the limit of Lu Li, and it is difficult to improve further, unless Lu Li does not consider the return journey.

   "I'll try it" said, on Friday, he put his hand into the dark river, fished it a few times at will, and reached back to wipe it clean on the black robe.

   "I can't do it."

   Friday is not going to help Lu Li in getting out of trouble.

  Lu Li didn't say anything. When the body warms up, prepare a pot of hot water the same as last time, stay by the fire for a longer time, pick up the hot pot and drink slowly one by one to accumulate the temperature.

   After a few minutes, Lu Li put down the empty tank, entered the dark river, filled his lungs with air, and drilled into the rock wall occupied by the icy river.

   Washed by the biting water, Lu Li moved to the right along the pass before reaching the pass again.

   Moved a distance, Lu Li raised his palm to **** for the pass. There seems to be some change in the pass, it doesn't seem to be.

   spit out the bubbles that disappeared in a flash, Lu Li endured the burning sensation in his lungs and continued to move.

   Stay for another ten seconds.

  Lu Li silently calculated the limit he could hold on, raised his palm again to touch the pass.

   The feeling is completely different this time, the water flow is more gentle, and the gap is larger, which seems to be able to accommodate one person to pass through.

   Without hesitation, Lu Li climbed the pass and climbed up against the current. The head quickly drilled through the pass against the rock wall, then the neck, but the chest was caught by the rock wall.

  Lu Li stretched out his arm, this time half of his forearm was out of the water, and the touch of the wind blowing against his skin was clearer than before.

   The outstretched palm grabbed the air and brought it back to the nose and mouth.

  Lu Li inhales, dilute oxygen and cold water pour into the nasal cavity at the same time, drill the air tube, and flow into the lungs.

   was unbearable, and Lu Li forcibly endured the foreign body sensation that he wanted to curl up and cough violently.

   Breathing will only cause loss of consciousness due to choking.

   Hope is right in front of him, but Lu Li is facing a choice.

   The width of the pass is limited, which may allow Lu Li to barely get out and return to the outside world. But it might get stuck in the chest, leaving him drowning in pain between the cracks.

  Lu Li's body drilled back into the pass, indicating his choice: to retreat to the hollow in the rock formation.

   Using memory to return to the first pass he touched, Lu Li let go of his palm and let the dark river surround him to return to the original path.

   Ten meters, five meters, one meter, around.

  Lu Li started to think hard because of the lack of oxygen.

   He should have come to the vicinity of the isolated island, but there is still a rock wall above his head, and there is nothing but the thick darkness in his sight.

   Deviated from the direction?

  Lu Li raised his hands to climb the rock wall, stabilized his body in the dark river, and moved to the right with difficulty.

  Gollum——

  A long string of bubbles disappeared in the turbulent water, and Lu Li's body gradually became weak.

   Consciousness gradually blurred, and he saw in a trance that a warm and warm light lit up downstream, like the dawn rising from the horizon, illuminating the entire ocean.

  It is difficult to control his body. All Lu Li can do is close his mouth and nose tightly before he loses consciousness. The ice water pouring into his lungs will not accelerate his coma and death, and let the undercurrent lead him to the source of light——

   As if a boat hit a reef, Lu Li hit a rock, and was pulled out of the undercurrent by a white palm.

   Dropped the "lighthouse" on Friday, dragged the pale and blue-skinned Lu Li up the rocks, squeezed his chest, and let air rush into his lungs.

   The sinking consciousness returned to his body, Lu Li's breathing began to recover, he turned over and coughed and retched violently.

   "You nearly drowned yourself."

   said Friday aside.

   "I found... a way to go outside." Wiping the water from the corners of his mouth, Lu Li leaned against the fire to warm up.

  Friday was noncommittal, in his usual tone as if nothing had happened: "Congratulations, we can get out of here."

   This time the rest was extra long.

   After being immersed in the undercurrent of only a few degrees for a long time and almost losing consciousness due to lack of oxygen, Lu Li suffered from hypothermia.

   He wrapped his coat tightly and made the fire more vigorous to prevent hypothermia from becoming a disease.

   After resting for a while, Lu Li heated the river water, warmed his body again, and entered the dark river.

   This time, Lu Li did not go straight up, but with a slight inclination, he went straight to the pass he explored last time, and began to move to the right.

The    pass gradually narrowed and closed, as if it were about to close not far away. Lu Li continued to move patiently.

When    was running out of oxygen, the pass re-expanded, and the pass seemed to be wider than before——

   Without hesitation, Lu Li drilled into the pass, first the head, then the body——

   Lu Li, who was immersed in the water, got his head out.

   The chaotic underwater noise was suddenly clear, and the high-pitched sound of rushing water sounded in his ears, as if he was excited for Lu Li's new life.

   Lu Li climbed out of the pass, stood up, dripping with river water all over his body, stood quietly in the calf-deep current, and looked up at the sky.

   Magnificent stars dotted the sky above.

  If that was the real sky.

   If they were real stars.

   (end of this chapter)