Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 85 Successful Rescue

Perhaps because he was carrying a lot of weight, he sank very quickly, and soon the surface of the water was no longer visible.

As the water temperature began to drop, Xiao Kai's body continued to descend, and soon he reached a depth of more than ten meters underwater.

During the process, he felt his body being constantly squeezed by the surrounding water pressure, which was a little uncomfortable, but he was able to adapt to it.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai knew that his guess was correct; his body was even stronger than he had imagined.

He was relieved. As long as he didn't go into the cave, he should be safe while wearing diving gear.

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It usually takes one to two minutes for an average person to dive from the surface to a depth of seventeen or eighteen meters, but Xiao Kai, perhaps because he was wearing a lot of weight, only managed to do so in a few tens of seconds.

Surprisingly, he didn't feel too much pressure and adapted quite well.

Soon, Xiao Kai reached the underwater location.

As he stepped into the underwater world, which few people could reach, everything around him slowly came into view under the illumination of his diving flashlight.

But he wasn't interested in looking at the underwater scenery; instead, he began searching for the cave that the male diver had mentioned.

Through his persistent efforts, he finally spotted a large expanse of murky water at a bend in the water near the cliff face.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai guessed that this must be the location of the collapse.

He didn't dare to delay and swam towards the murky waters.

As he got closer, Xiao Kai finally saw what was in front of him through his diving goggles.

It was an irregular cave that looked less than a meter in diameter. It was now blocked by rocks, and the only opening that was visible looked no bigger than a human head.

Judging from the rather murky surroundings, it's easy to guess that a small-scale collapse must have occurred here not long ago.

(PS: In reality, such a collapse could not make the water clear in such a short time, but it could slightly improve visibility. For the sake of the plot, just assume that the water here is flowing out from near the cave and carrying away the mud and sand, so the water has become much clearer.)

Based on the guide rope extending from the cave, it's not hard to guess that this is Xiao Kai's target—the cave that trapped the diver.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai didn't dare to delay and immediately began the rescue work.

Considering the possibility of a secondary collapse during the moving process, Xiao Kai was extremely careful, never touching the stones that were being pressed down, but instead moving them out one by one from the outermost edge.

After ten minutes of moving things, the entrance to the cave was finally mostly exposed.

Xiao Kai tried shining his diving flashlight inside.

But there seems to be no response.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Kai's heart skipped a beat, thinking, "Am I already too late?"

Just as Xiao Kai was hesitating about whether to continue, a hand suddenly reached out from the cave, startling Xiao Kai into retreating.

Fortunately, he then noticed a beam of light from a flashlight shining out from beside the hand.

Xiao Kai was overjoyed. Overwhelmed with excitement, he lost control of his breathing, causing a large number of bubbles to seep out from the side of his respirator and rise continuously.

Just then, Xiao Kai noticed that the hand made several gestures to him.

But Xiao Kai couldn't understand it at all.

For safety reasons, he tried to calm himself down as quickly as possible.

Seeing that the owner of the hand seemed to be stuck, Xiao Kai quickly stepped forward and moved the largest rock blocking the entrance of the cave.

Since most of the stones had already been moved, his movement did not cause a secondary collapse.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai, feeling relieved, became even bolder and quickly began clearing away the remaining stones, especially the one closest to the entrance of the cave.

After several more minutes of moving, the owner of the hand finally emerged from the cave.

As the man emerged from the cave, before Xiao Kai could react, he saw him rush past him towards the water.

Xiao Kai stood there, stunned.

But soon he saw another hand emerge from the cave, followed by a small, thin body crawling out.

But instead of swimming directly to the surface like the person before her, she went back and forcefully dragged another diver who was clearly unconscious out of the hole.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai knew the seriousness of the situation and quickly stepped forward to help.

Through their combined efforts, the unconscious diver was finally pulled out of the water.

At this moment, Xiao Kai noticed that the unconscious person's scuba breathing apparatus was constantly bubbling.

And it was clear from the goggles that the person's eyes were closed.

Xiao Kai thought to himself, "This is bad!"

Just as he was about to rescue the person, he suddenly noticed that the small, thin figure who had come out first seemed to have also lost consciousness and was starting to sink.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai dared not delay. He quickly shook off the weights on the two men and himself, and swam towards the surface of the water, holding one in each hand.

But he soon realized that this was clearly not going to work; the speed was still too slow.

After all, he wasn't a professional diver, and he was with two other people, so their ascent speed was less than half of what it would normally be.

But at this moment, both of them had lost consciousness. If they didn't hurry up, it might be too late.

Seeing the critical situation, Xiao Kai grabbed the thin diver and tucked him under his arm, then used his free hand to tug hard on the guide rope tied to his body.

At the same time, Ma Hongjun, who was anxiously watching the water from the shore, saw this and immediately started pulling the tow rope with all his might.

He had just learned about the underwater situation from the diver who had come out first, and knew that Xiao Kai was rescuing others. While he was happy, he couldn't help but worry about Xiao Kai, after all, there were two people involved.

Seeing the tow rope move, he was happier than if he had won the lottery, and immediately pulled the tow rope with all his might.

Finally, after nearly a minute of pulling, three black figures rose from underwater and eventually surfaced.

"Quick, save them!"

Upon seeing the three surface, the male diver who had been resting on the surface for a while and Ma Hongjun quickly went to meet them from the shallow water.

As for the person who came later, he hasn't recovered yet and can only watch helplessly as the others try to save him.

At this moment, Xiao Kai, who was dragging two people at the same time, was already feeling exhausted.

Seeing Ma Hongjun and the diver who had come out of the water first coming to meet them, he handed the two over to them without any ceremony, and then rushed to the shore.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

Xiao Kai ripped off his scuba breathing apparatus and gasped for air, his face showing exhaustion.

I'm so tired. I haven't felt this way in a long time.

In his opinion, the physical exertion required to rescue the person was even more tiring than when he caught a large fish weighing dozens of kilograms.

Fortunately, it was a success.

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