Cave Refuge

As the stick in Little Five's hand just touched the coffin lid, the moment he felt resistance from the solid object, the coffin lid he had just touched slipped smoothly to one side and eventually sank beneath the water through the gap between the two coffins.

Just as the coffin was opened, the faces of the two men looking inside lit up with immense pleasure. They never imagined that Little Five, who had randomly chosen a coffin beneath him, would find it filled to the brim with supplies.

The others on the deck, after seeing the supplies in the coffin, wore equally relieved expressions.

Since the two had descended for exploration, not only would they not leave immediately, but they also needed to retrieve those supplies from the coffin and package them up to the deck for everyone to carefully check.

So, Little Five relaxed the rope and continued his descent. The simple act of bending down to pick something up on land became difficult while suspended from a rope.

In order to grab the supplies inside the coffin, Little Five had no choice but to keep descending, until eventually, like a malfunctioning pulley, he fell straight into the coffin.

The moment Little Five fell into the coffin, his pupils gradually lost focus, but this scene didn't last long. Then, as if reversing, his eyes, which had been dilating, began to constrict slowly until they returned to normal.

Seeing that there was a problem with the rope on Little Five and that he had fallen into the coffin, Liu Zi showed concern and shouted, "Brother Five, what's happening? Why did you fall down? How are you feeling? Do you need me to come down and pull you up?"

Hearing Liu Zi's offer to come down and help, Little Five wanted to agree immediately, but just as he was about to call Liu Zi down, his intended words felt stuck in his throat and he couldn't speak.

At that moment, Little Five's complexion gradually twisted into something more sinister. This change in his expression was unnoticed by Liu Zi, who had been watching him all along. Then in an instant, Little Five's face returned to normal.

Just when Liu Zi thought he had seen things wrong, Little Five took out a bottle of mineral water from among the supplies in the coffin and tossed it to Liu Zi, who was about to descend to help.

"Liu Zi, try this water and see how it tastes."

Hearing Little Five, Liu Zi subconsciously caught the bottle of mineral water thrown by Little Five and seemed to casually prepare to unscrew it, but as if unconsciously, he touched a button on his waist.

Before Liu Zi could even open the bottle cap of the mineral water, the safety rope tied to both him and Little Five suddenly became taut and a strong pulling force was suddenly applied to both of their bodies.

Liu Zi's body, hanging in midair, shot upwards, and in less than twenty seconds, he was quickly pulled back to the deck from a position near the water's surface under the ship.

Although Liu Zi was successfully pulled back to the deck, only a severed section of the safety rope tied to Little Five, who was still in the coffin, was retrieved.

Inside the coffin, Little Five, upon seeing Liu Zi quickly pulled up to the deck, flashed a genuinely pleased expression, but it was fleeting. He then quickly turned confused and called out to Liu Zi who had returned to the deck, "Bro, what happened up there? Why were you pulled up? Hurry down and help. Let's sort out the supplies in the coffin and then store them in the warehouse on the ship."

Hearing Little Five's shouting, aside from Dong Tianyu and Jason Jefferson, the mood of the others visibly darkened. As Dong Tianyu curiously sought to understand the specific reason,

A member of the Guard Squad spoke up to explain to Dong Tianyu and Jason Jefferson, "Inside their team, they have an agreement. Whenever they encounter danger and realize that they've been controlled by the enemy and can't break free,

when facing their comrades, they can remind them by dropping a water bottle. In inconvenient situations, they use this subtle method to warn their teammates that they are in danger. If others aren't involved, it's best to leave this area immediately."

Hearing this explanation, Dong Tianyu and Jason Jefferson immediately understood that Little Five, whom they had sent to investigate, must now be under someone's control, but not completely, which is why Little Five was able to use their team's prearranged signal to warn the others about the danger.

After hearing the explanation from the Guard Squad member, both of them instinctively glanced at Little Five, who was in the coffin, busily inviting others to come down and help, and they felt a mix of emotions.

Whether it was Dong Tianyu or Jason Jefferson, without the Guard Squad's private signals, neither of them would have noticed anything wrong with Little Five in the coffin.

If it weren't for Little Five inviting others into the coffin and instead had asked them to a secluded place, most people might have been deceived, no doubt.

Listening to Little Five's continuous calls from the coffin, Jason Jefferson asked with some curiosity, "So what do we do now?"

At that moment, a member of the Guard Squad took a bundle of rope, first securing one end to the railing, then threw the other end down, and shouted to Little Five below, "Little Five, there's a problem with the equipment on deck, we don't have time to deal with the stuff below right now. Why don't you climb up the rope first, and we'll deal with the problem on deck. After that, we can go down and get the supplies."

Hearing the Guard Squad member's words, Little Five first tugged at the rope, then with a powerful pull downwards, he instantly tightened and straightened the rope.

Perhaps because one end was tied securely to a solid railing pillar, even when Little Five in the coffin pulled violently on the rope, it had no effect other than that.

The rope, already taut, started to show signs of fraying under Little Five's persistent exertion, and with each thread snapping, the rope eventually couldn't hold on much longer and broke in two.

Seeing this, although nobody said anything, they all knew in their hearts that the person in the coffin was definitely not Little Five, because Little Five's physical strength couldn't possibly have caused that.

Seeing the rope break, Little Five's face in the coffin turned to panic, and then he shouted in a panic-stricken voice, "Help me, hurry down and save me! Aren't we the best of brothers, the closest comrades? Why won't you come down and save me?"

Hearing Little Five's heart-wrenching cries, everyone instinctively moved to the rail, leaning over towards Little Five, wanting to know why he had become so panicked.

Accompanying Little Five's soul-stirring screams that could make the listener's heartache and the observer shed tears, the coffin lid that had originally slipped into the water somehow rose from the water as if being rewound. It then slowly closed over the coffin full of supplies.

For some reason, Little Five, who had fallen into the coffin, made no attempt to resist as the lid slowly shut. He didn't even try to jump out from the pile of supplies in the coffin to flee the area. He let the lid close slowly, trapping himself inside.

As the coffin lid finally closed, the coffin that had been floating on the water's surface began to sink slowly, eventually disappearing above the water.

And as that coffin submerged, no new coffin emerged to take its place, leaving a gap on the water's surface.

Seeing this, everyone suddenly had an ominous thought in their hearts.