Section 20 I couldn't accurately describe how I felt at that moment, but I clearly remember that my legs were completely weak, and the only thought in my mind was to immediately move that damn iron gate! But for some reason, the iron gate was terrifyingly heavy. I used all my strength to lift it, yet it didn't budge at all. The sense of frustration began to grow unbearably strong, to the point where I couldn't even hear what Ling Zhijie beside me was saying. But shortly after, a sharp metallic collision sounded near my ear. I saw veins bulging all over Ling Zhijie's body, and at the same time, the feeling in my hands told me that the iron gate had finally been lifted... With a bang, the iron gate fell to the other side, and I jumped into the pit with it. The icy water instantly submerged my head. I didn't even have time to consider how deep I was sinking, only instinctively reaching forward with my hands, trying to grasp Xin Jie's body. But I grasped empty space; there was nothing but water. I was stunned for a moment, surfaced for a breath, and then dived down again, swimming all the way to the bottom of the pit, feeling around, but still found nothing except solid rocks. How could this be? Xin Jie wasn't here? I refused to give up. Holding my breath, I felt around every corner of the pit, yet still didn't find anything. In an instant, another thought flashed through my mind: a trap! Date: 2010-5-20 14:15 After a few splashes, I surfaced and just about to explain the situation to Ling Zhijie, I suddenly realized that it was completely dark around me. The flashlight that had been placed at the edge of the pit seemed to have gone out. I shouted for Zhijie, but heard no response, not knowing where he had gone in that short time. I climbed out of the pit, called out several more times, including to Wang Fei and little Song who stayed not far outside, but there was no response. My heart sank. It was impossible. In this enclosed underground space, sound should carry well, and with the echo, my shouted voice should have been heard throughout the air raid shelter. So, no matter what happened, at least one of the three should have responded. Ling Zhijie, who had just been at the edge, certainly couldn't not answer. Moreover, it seemed unlikely that he could disappear without a trace in less than a minute that I spent diving down... What's going on?What on earth is going on? The sudden thrashing in the water just now, combined with the current situation, made me momentarily short of breath. An oppressive feeling surged over me like a huge hand, passing through my ribs and squeezing my heart…

This feeling… this feeling is just like that night when Xinjie disappeared, mysterious and bizarre…

Could it be that they also disappeared suddenly like Xinjie?

Date: 2010-5-20 14:16

This thought almost drove me crazy… Impossible, absolutely impossible. If someone were to disappear, it couldn't be all three of them at the same time! There must be something wrong, some problem that I overlooked… I must calm down and think carefully…

I recalled, from the moment I jumped into the water to the first time I surfaced, that period was about 8 seconds. Then I surfaced, preparing to dive quickly and take a breath. At that moment, it seemed I could still see the flashlight's beam… But I didn't know whether Ling Zhijie was still beside me, because I didn't hear him asking what I found underwater. Of course, it's also possible that I was so focused on Xinjie, concentrating all my attention in the water, and with the splashing, his voice asking me got drowned out…

So, let's assume that when I first surfaced, Ling Zhijie was still at the edge of the hole. Then I dove down again, stayed underwater for about forty-something seconds, and when I came up, I could no longer see the flashlight, and calling out didn't get any response… That is, within forty seconds, the three of them here completely disappeared from the entire air-raid shelter…

Impossible, no matter how I think about it, this possibility seems nonexistent. But damn it, this impossible thing, it really did happen!

I suddenly remembered a concept I saw before: if something happens, no matter how strange it is, then there exists the possibility of it happening. You think it's impossible, it's just that you haven't found that possibility yet.So, now, for this matter as well, there must be a condition that caused it to happen, and I have to find that condition... Date: 2010-5-20 14:26 Because I had previously jumped into the pit without thinking, I was now soaking wet, my cotton coat full of water, extremely heavy, and gradually I began to feel cold. I sat on the ground and decided to take off all my clothes. And just as I was taking them off, a thought flashed through my mind, and I suddenly realized where the problem was — this strange pit nearby. Why would there be this kind of pit in this air-raid shelter? And why so many of them? What exactly are they for? Why were they dug here? And Wang Fei, that guy who lived in our room three years ago and either went mad or disappeared, if he didn't bring Xin Jie here, then why did he bring us here? Three years ago, what exactly happened to Wang Fei and his wife? Why did it make one go mad and the other disappear? To the point that later on, Wang Fei became such a killing maniac? And all of this, what does it have to do with the pits here? When I first entered the cave, I had already felt a very strange atmosphere. This feeling was quite strong, especially when I got in front of the large iron gate. That atmosphere almost seemed to turn into a tangible black gas rising out from behind the iron gate. So, could it be that the source of this atmosphere actually comes from these strange pits? Thinking of this, I quickly took off the rest of my clothes and prepared to dive into the pit again. However, just as my foot was about to step into the pit, with a plop, I felt something cold suddenly catch my ankle, and that thing seemed to be reaching up from inside the pit...