Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 170 169 The Neglected Road
Feng Xiuhu said unhappily, "That's not what I meant."

Everyone knew they could go by water, but the problem was that they couldn't get there by sea.

Is it possible to build a boat, transport it to the bottom city, start from the mudflats, bypass the Broken Wave Bridge and row it to the port area?

Not to mention that the Broken Wave Bridge is quite deep in the sea, such a large target will definitely be discovered.

Moreover, Shunzi had mentioned long ago that the Shenwei Cannon on the Broken Wave Bridge was not a vegetarian.

Thinking of Broken Wave Bridge, Feng Xiuhu was suddenly stunned.

He turned to look at Mike: "Is there a gate under the Broken Wave Bridge?"

Yesterday, when Xi Yaoer was taken to a "tea party" by Xiong Guiyuan, Feng Xiuhu heard those women mention this - the Maritime Administration was recently carrying out maintenance on the Broken Wave Bridge, so the gate that had been closed all year round was opened.

Mike was stunned: "Yes, what do you want to do?"

After getting the answer, Feng Xiuhu got up and left.

……

Feng Xiuhu left the factory area.

He first returned to the mansion on Bibo Street, without disturbing anyone else, and only called Miao Gensheng and Hua Manfu.

Then they went to the city.

This time, with the night-sighted owl leading the way, it didn't take too long to cross the base city.

Standing on the edge of the mudflat, Feng Xiuhu leaned against the wall of Broken Wave Bridge and looked into the water. Unfortunately, it was too dark at night and he could only see the inky black sea surface, which blended seamlessly with the wall.

Soon, Hua Manfu brought Sanmazi over.

Sanmazi also looked like he had just woken up. He dressed in a hurry so his clothes looked messy, and he kept yawning.

But when he came to Feng Xiuhu, he still cheered up: "Squad leader, you come back to Dicheng so late, what happened?"

Feng Xiuhu pointed to the sea in the distance and said, "There's a sluice gate down there, did you know?"

San Mazi replied, "I know, but it's almost never opened."

Feng Xiuhu was puzzled: "Why don't they open it?"

San Mazi answered honestly: "Because it will affect the ships entering the port."

"Without the Broken Wave Bridge, the city and the port area would be connected, forming an arc. The seawater flow would be faster, making it difficult for ships to dock. With the Broken Wave Bridge, the coast of the port area has become a quiet sea. Therefore, although the Broken Wave Bridge was designed with a lock when it was built, it is rarely opened."

Feng Xiuhu pondered for a moment, "What exactly does the underwater gate look like? I'd like to find a few brothers who are good swimmers to go down and check it out. Is there any danger?"

San Mazi pointed to the Broken Wave Bridge in the distance and said, "Go along the Broken Wave Bridge. There are many large holes underneath. Those are the waterways. There are gates in each hole."

He laughed and said, "But that thing is just a big lump of iron. What's so good about it..."

Suddenly, he paused and looked at Feng Xiuhu in surprise: "The gate is open?"

"Huh?" Feng Xiuhu turned around and asked, "How did you know?"

"Hey!" San Mazi slapped his thigh. "I was wondering why there were so many fish washing up on the beach these days. I should have thought of it earlier!"

He explained, "Coastal fish usually hang out in the port area and rarely come to the city. So, if the gate opens, won't they be washed here?"

San Mazi nodded vigorously: "Almost exactly!"

Feng Xiuhu asked again, "I want to sneak into the port area through the gate. What suggestions do you have?"

San Mazi thought for a moment and said, "The distance between the two sides of the Broken Wave Bridge is quite long, and there are iron bars on each side. Fish can pass through the bars, but people can't get through. So we need to bring tools to break the bars. Besides that, it's best to bring a leather bag for breathing."

"Also, we don't know when the gate will fall. That thing is beyond human power to resist."

Feng Xiuhu waved his hand and said, "Then let's go down and take a look first."

He asked Sanmazi to find tools, but it was indeed difficult at night, and in the end he only found two leather bags.

Feng Xiuhu and Miao Gensheng each took one, and told Sanmazi and Hua Manfu to wait on the mudflats. Then they took off their clothes and dived into the water.

It was even harder to see underwater at night, and Feng Xiuhu was completely in the dark. Fortunately, Miao Gensheng could see clearly. He led Feng Xiuhu by the hand and swam forward along the Broken Wave Bridge.

Soon, Feng Xiuhu felt Miao Gensheng pat his shoulder, then tug his arm forward. His palm touched something smooth, and beneath it was a hard, pricking object.

It is an iron fence with algae crawling all over its surface.

Feng Xiuhu stuck his arm into the gap of the iron bars and fiddled around for a long time, but didn't touch anything.

Miao Gensheng pulled him and the two of them returned along the same route.

After a while, the two climbed back onto the mudflat.

"I'm freezing to death."

Miao Gensheng hurriedly wrapped himself in clothes, his whole body shaking uncontrollably.

The winter sea water seemed like needles piercing into the bones, but Feng Xiuhu had not considered this just now.

He had made great progress in his cultivation and had been reborn, so he didn't feel any discomfort, but Miao Gensheng couldn't bear it.

"How's it going? Do you see clearly?"

Feng Xiuhu also put his coat on Miao Gensheng.

Miao Gen's black lips trembled as he spoke tremblingly, "Look, look carefully, the gate is indeed open. You can see the other side from this end at a glance, but, but, each railing of the iron gate is as thick as a child's arm. I'm afraid it's difficult to break it."

Feng Xiuhu didn't care about this question. He waved his hand and said, "If you don't consider the iron bars, can you sneak through?"

"no problem."

Miao Gensheng nodded tremblingly: "If... if it was during the day, as long as I know a little bit about water, it would be over in one breath."

"Not during the day."

Feng Xiuhu shook his head: "It's easy to be discovered during the day."

Miao Gensheng stuttered, "It's more troublesome at night. The waterway is long and wide. You ordinary people can't see clearly in it, so you can't find your way. If you don't get out in a short time, you might suffocate to death underwater. Okay, we have to let the owl people do this job."

This is indeed a problem.

But it’s not a problem for Feng Xiuhu, the king of ideas.

He asked Sanmazi to find some hemp rope and tie one end of the rope to the leather bag.

Feng Xiuhu said to Miao Gensheng, "Tie the empty end of the rope to the iron fence on the harbor side. The leather bag on the bottom city side will float on the sea. If the gate falls, it will press down the rope and drag the air bag underwater. Then we will know whether the gate is open at any time."

"And I can also dive over by feeling the rope."

It sounds like a good idea, but it requires another problem to be solved.

Miao Gensheng asked: "But how do we open the iron bars?"

Feng Xiuhu said, "I have my own way. You take a rest for a while, and then we can dive again."

When Miao Gensheng had almost recovered, the two of them dived again and came to the iron fence.

With the help of Miao Gensheng, Feng Xiuhu grabbed the railing in the dark.

He grabbed the railing and felt around, up and down, left and right, and a rough outline of the entire iron fence emerged in his mind.

Then Feng Xiuhu made a hand gesture and activated his magic power.

His palm glowed with a hazy red light, and the railing quickly rusted where it touched the palm, turning into brown powder and being washed away by the water.

Miao Gensheng widened his eyes in surprise, but he couldn't stand the biting cold, so he quickly floated up.

After returning to the shore and resting for a while, Hua Manfu said he would go into the water for him to pick up Feng Xiuhu.

Miao Gensheng gritted his teeth and shook his head to reject Hua Manfu's proposal.

He felt that Feng Xiuhu displayed his supernatural skills in front of him because he trusted him, so he must not let more people know.

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