Unlucky but lucky

This was his original plan, however, his plan immediately looked to be a fail as he noticed that the water was abnormally hot. 

It was too hot... 

Zhou Xinyi's frown deepened as he noticed that his feet that were submerged in the water felt extremely uncomfortable as if he was standing on boiling water. 

He seemed to have run out of luck as he realized that it would be impossible for him to swim up with the help of the water. Since the water was boiling hot, he would probably die from the heat before he reaches all the way up there. 

Maybe this was the reason why the walls were built so high up...

"I'm... Doomed," Zhou Xinyi sighed as he got closer to the wall and carefully tried to see if he could climb up by any chance but unfortunately enough, the walls were too slippery and smooth, making it impossible for him to get a strong grip.