Chapter 508 - Incomparable (15) (2/2)
That night, a curious He Zhichu followed the tiny Gu Nianzhi to watch her slyly evade the guard, crawl across the hallway, avoid the lights, and crouch her small body as she stole to the garden path. With heavy grunts and mustering all her strength, she finally moved the small Taihu stone and threw it away… Just like now, she had determined the violet electric arcs to be her obstacle, so she would stop at nothing to overcome it, even if it meant beating herself b.l.o.o.d.y. He Zhichu ma.s.saged his temples, his indifferent eyes softening. He ordered someone to take a megaphone to shout at the blue hole’s waters, “…Don’t go upwards! Go from the bottom! It’s easier!”
The person relaying the message didn’t quite understand what it meant, but He Zhichu knew Gu Nianzhi would understand. When Gu Nianzhi emerged once again and was shocked by the violet electric arcs to the point that even her marrow was burning, she heard the message called out from He Zhichi’s side. As Gu Nianzhi sank back down into the water, Huo Shaoheng finally caught up to her and grabbed her to prevent her from hurting herself on the surface again.
Gu Nianzhi pried off Huo Shaoheng’s hand before gesturing to him, “Huo Shao, I also want to save myself. I don’t want to die here.”
Huo Shaoheng hugged her before letting go and using sign language to say, “Wait for me here. I’ll take him out first and come back for you.”
Gu Nianzi pulled him back and pointed to the violet electric arcs above. She solemnly wrote in his palm, “Don’t go. If you pa.s.s out, I can’t carry both of you. I’d let go of Brother Ze for sure. Huo Shao, do you want to see Brother Ze die like that?”
Huo Shaoheng remained silent as he stared at her hard with emotion. She had truly grown up by his side, so she knew him all too well. He certainly wouldn’t allow Zhao Liangze to die, but he also didn’t want to see Gu Nianzi perish. If it was possible, he would rather die for the two of them.
“I’ll be fine, Huo Shao.” Gu Nianzhi c.o.c.ked her head with a giggle, stretching her arms to swim in a circle. “See, I’m fine. I’m really fine, I won’t die. These shocks are nothing to me. I was just thinking about how to get you and Brother Ze out of here. The shocks don’t affect me, but you guys are different. I’m worried the voltage is too high, and you guys won’t be able to endure it.”
Huo Shaoheng knew Gu Nianzhi had a special body const.i.tution and had personally witnessed Gu Nianzhi break the surface of violet electric arcs several times, yet she was still able to bounce around. He began to trust her words but couldn’t help feeling pained. Gu Nianzhi grew up under his care, and other than tripping during a long distance run, she had never suffered such torture.
“We’ll try again, but this time instead of going from the surface, we’ll go from the bottom.” Gu Nianzhi pointed in the opposite direction. “Those are normal waters over there. Let’s go.”
“There are also electric fences over there. We tried earlier.” Huo Shaoheng shook his head with a wry smile and gently swung Gu Nianzhi’s hand in the water. “Here, let me carry you both and break the surface.” Huo Shaoheng planned to use his body as a s.h.i.+eld to deliver Gu Nianzhi and Zhao Liangze out of the electric fence on the blue hole’s side. If they couldn’t go from the surface, then they could only force their way through the electric fence they couldn’t see.
“No–!” Gu Nianzhi quickly shook her head, causing a swirl of bubbles. “Let me go try first. Maybe it’ll be different than before?” Wrenching herself out of his grasp, she swam over horizontally.
She quickly arrived where the blue hole’s waters and the normal ocean intersected. It was only a shallow distance of less than three meters below the surface, because underneath was all limestone that couldn’t be moved, even if it was dug out. Gu Nianzhi had to pa.s.s a vertical area of sea water less than three meters deep in order to leave the electric fence in the blue hole’s waters and return to the normal ocean. Huo Shaoheng watched her nervously. He and Zhao Liangze had tried there earlier, too, but had both pa.s.sed out for a few seconds from the shock. Losing consciousness in the ocean could be fatal. He immediately prepared himself to rush over to save her as soon as she pa.s.sed out.
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Gu Nianzhi swam above the limestone. The seawater’s pressure at a three-meter depth was not as high. Her body instantly relaxed. Reaching out, she probed for the invisible electric fence in front of her.
Zap…!
A searing pain traveled from her fingertips and wrenched at her heart, but it was much weaker than the violet electric arcs on the surface. Gu Nianzhi’s mind spun into gear. Even she couldn’t withstand the violet electric arcs on the surface and had been beaten down into the water over and over again. However, the voltage here was much lower, so was the auxiliary power supply only buffing the strength of the violet electric arcs on the surface? Was it true that the entire electric fence had been inevitably weakened by her? Hope rose in Gu Nianzhi’s heart as she shut her eyes, crossed her arms around her chest, and propleed her legs forward to surge towards the unseen electric fence in front of her! Electric shock! The pain rattled her bones, but this time, she successfully escaped!