Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1083 - 195:

Li Zhiyuan pointed at the stone gate behind him and said, "Come up, press her palm against the door, we'll walk while she sleeps."

A Yuan raised his hand, pointing towards the tent and sleeping bag.

The implication was that he wanted his young lady to have a proper rest first, just as they had done earlier, before opening the gate and moving forward.

Zhao Yi took the initiative to step down two steps, adopting a tone that was both teasing and warning:

"Can't you see the situation clearly? If it weren't for her having secrets about this place and her special identity as a member of the Yu Family.

Do you think you'd still have the right to stand in front of us?

We've already shown the greatest tolerance and concession, don't push your luck!"

A Yuan's fists clenched, his right hand bloody and mangled, a large piece of skin on his left hand was peeled off, exposing the white bone.

He couldn't tolerate someone speaking to his young lady that way, but his first duty was to ensure her safety.

This debt would be settled once their injuries had healed.

With his young lady's temperament, these guys wouldn't have a good ending.

A Yuan carried Yu Miaomiao up the steps.

Li Zhiyuan looked at Tan Wenbin, raised a finger, and shook it.

A Yuan was not normal, with acute hearing, even soft conversations could be caught, so it was safer to use gestures.

Tan Wenbin understood Brother Xiao Yuan's intentions and approached Run Sheng and the others one by one, first pointing to his mouth, then shaking his hand to signal everyone to keep what they saw earlier confidential.

The team had a high level of coordination, and everyone nodded, quickly packing up the tent and sleeping bags.

Yu Miaomiao's palm was placed on the stone gate, marking the third seal.

"Rumble!"

The stone gate opened.

"Gurgle... Gurgle... Gurgle..."

The gate had opened, but nothing could be seen beyond it, it was pitch black.

Moreover, the blackness seemed to writhe, continually expanding outwards, gradually bulging, with rhythmic sounds emanating from within.

Li Zhiyuan: "Be careful!"

Zhao Yi: "It's going to burst!"

"Pop!"

Like a bubble being burst, thick black water gushed out with the force akin to a dam being opened, pouring into their direction.

At the very front was A Yuan, who had gone to open the door. Instinctively, he wanted to stand firm, using his body to resist the impact, but first, he was seriously injured, not in optimal condition, and second, with his young lady in front of him, he feared she couldn't withstand the terrible water pressure, so he quickly turned, shielding her in his embrace and was then flung out by the black water.

Run Sheng's first reaction was to grab Xiao Yuan.

Zhao Yi shouted desperately, "Save me, save me!"

In this bonelessly limp state, he moved with the elegance of a Yangzhou thin horse, unable to withstand the torrent, and if no one lent a hand, he'd be drowned if not smashed by the waves.

Everything happened too suddenly, making avoidance impossible, everyone was like tiny ants swept away by the swift black water.

In the midst of spinning and tumbling, Li Zhiyuan deliberately kicked Run Sheng beside him. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Unable to stabilize himself, and with the water being black offering zero visibility, he had to resort to such a straightforward and crude method to convey messages.

Run Sheng understood; Xiao Yuan was telling him to help the others first.

Though reluctant and uneasy, Run Sheng obediently let go of the boy's hand, opened his air gate, and swam to the other side.

This black water could soon fill the entire space, and from the flow, Li Zhiyuan sensed that it might even form a whirlpool in the middle.

If they didn't locate their partners early on, it'd be even more dangerous and harder to escape once the whirlpool formed.

Indeed, while everyone in the team was a capable swimmer, this was not ordinary water, and the team now included injured members.

After enduring the initial turbulence and spinning, Li Zhiyuan finally stabilized himself, refusing to wait in the pitch black—which would be pointless.

The young man understood that being self-sufficient in such moments was the greatest contribution he could make to the team.

Li Zhiyuan started moving, his insistence on basic skill honing and recent Health Care Fist training had made his physical condition far superior to the average person's.

Besides, although he was tossed and turned by the water earlier, he had always had a mental map in his head, knowing exactly where he was.

Now, of course, he swam inward through the gate.

The water flowed with waves, even underwater, and Li Zhiyuan would leverage his foresight of these waves to propel himself, most of the time not actually swimming by himself but rather selectively drifting with the current, moving at incredible speed.

He didn't even need to unload his backpack to lighten the load.

As he passed through the stone gate, Li Zhiyuan clearly noticed two undercurrents intersecting, signifying not just the potential of a whirlpool forming, but that a water barrier might soon form at the wide-open towering stone gate.

However, this barrier might pose a challenge to others, but for Run Sheng, who had mastered the Qin's Jiao Observation Technique, it should be breakable.

After all, aside from Run Sheng, the only other person among those close to him more at ease in water than on land was Xue Liangliang.

Beyond the stone gate, Li Zhiyuan didn't continue forward but swam along the edge.

Because with a fierce vortex forming ahead, swimming straight through would only get him swallowed.

It was unclear how long he swam, but Li Zhiyuan sensed a hard feedback in the water ahead, unsure if it was a rock wall or the shore.

He let the water's force assist him, lightly bumped into the rock wall, then ascended to the surface immediately.