The water surface of the underground river was about six or seven feet below the ground; one could not make out its bottom, cold and dark. Large white waves were continuously crashing. The person in the river had nowhere to grab on to - even their struggles could not be heard from where Chang Geng was, and there was no way to figure out who it was down there.

Chang Geng took off his coat: "Let me through! Please make way."

Someone called out: "You can't jump straight in! Someone get the boy a rope!"

It was unclear who quickly stuffed a rope into his hand. Chang Geng grabbed it. He looked up at the Giant Kite that would arrive at any moment now, then jumped into the river without hesitation.

"Tighten up! Hurry! They will be washed away when the Kite gets here!"

The force of the incoming Giant Kite caused a wave taller than a grown person to rise, crashing onto Chang Geng's chest as soon as he jumped in. Water got into his mouth, and he was almost swept away. He quickly grabbed onto the rope hanging from the shore and tried to wipe his face.

The loud sound of the water crashing and the noise of the Giant Kite slowing its speed was deafening; Chang Geng's vision was filled with nothing but white waves. He could vaguely make out the shout of someone on the shore: "Stop letting the rope out any further! The Giant Kite is coming! Pull the boy up quickly before it's too late!"

Chang Geng: "Wait!"

But all the noises in the water were so loud that he couldn't even hear his own shouts.

He motioned his hand to signal for the people on the shore to stop pulling the rope back in, while he struggled to swim towards the place with the most intense waves at the same time.

Amidst the chaos, someone held on to his hand that was frantically searching around, and Chang Geng could not think much in this situation. He quickly grabbed the person's wrist and pulled them into his arms. He still didn't have the chance to see who it was, but the Kite was already rumbling as it moved forward.

The people on the shore did not dare to delay. The rough rope that was tightened around his waist suddenly gave force; his entire body felt heavy as several men on the shore joined together to pull him in.

After emerging from the water, he felt that the weight in his arm was a little off. Chang Geng quickly blinked away the water droplets on his eyelashes and suddenly found that the person he pulled up was not Shen Shiliu. It was the eleven-year-old child, Cao Niangzi.

At this time, a long signaling horn from the Giant Kite pierced through his ears; he could not afford to think anymore. He yelled out and helped the half-conscious Cao Niangzi up first.