Chapter 490 The miraculous craftsmanship of nature
After a night's rest, He Jie and the others didn't get up until around eight o'clock the next day.
Even Shi Qin, who had been here several times, found it a bit unbearable to drive continuously in the plateau environment. Li Yang also showed a tired look on his face. Only Liu Gang, Gao Feng and Zhao Yong, the special forces soldiers, were better.
Training is much harder than this.
At Li Yang's suggestion, several people rested for a whole day in Zada County first. He Jie and Ma Shiwei had obvious fatigue on their faces. Shi Qin and Tang Xiaoxiao were not much better. Even Li Yang himself had a feeling of exhaustion.
Feeling of powerless exhaustion.
Gabala Canyon is located 45 kilometers southwest of Zada County, where it meets India. The canyon itself is a large mountain, which can be regarded as a natural barrier.
The people sent out by the old man finally found this place. After seeing the maze, they could no longer move forward.
In Tibetan, Kabala means artifact, as well as gods and ghosts. There were many legends here a long time ago. Some said there were huge treasures here, and some said it was full of monsters and ghosts.
Be careful and you will be swallowed by these monsters.
It has long been impossible to verify whether these legends are true or false, but it is true that few locals come here.
After a day's rest, it took Li Yang and the others a whole morning to get to the Dagabala Canyon. There was no road here, and they had to get off the car and walk the last three kilometers. It was impossible to continue driving on the road ahead.
Fortunately, the three-kilometer journey was not long. Zhao Yong left two special forces soldiers to look after their vehicles while the others walked to the Gabala Canyon with their equipment and weapons.
More than an hour later, following the map marked by the old man, they finally found the entrance to the maze, a very inconspicuous and not very big cave. The cave was still in mid-air, more than two meters above the ground.
There are many trees and vines covering the cave. If the old man hadn't given Li Yang a detailed map, it would not have been easy to find this place.
"On the opposite side of this mountain is India. There are no border soldiers stationed here. The nearest sentry point is seven kilometers away. Otherwise, it would be troublesome for us to come here with great fanfare!"
After looking at the map, Zhao Yong raised his head and said something to Li Yang. Li Yang nodded silently. He understood what Zhao Yong meant. After all, this is a border land. Everything should be kept low-key and not cause trouble.
It was already past one o'clock when they arrived at their destination. Zhao Yong and their special forces set up a simple ladder. Li Yang first took Liu Gang and Zhao Yong into the cave and walked for a few minutes, then withdrew and ordered everyone to have lunch before going in to explore.
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When he entered the cave, Li Yang felt a cold yin energy, and Li Yang also turned on his special ability to observe.
This is indeed a maze, and the whole maze is quite big.
Li Yang extended the longest observation range of fifty meters without seeing the end. Instead, he found three forks. After these three forks, there were still forks. Within fifty meters, it was divided into seven branches.
Eight different caves.
"We're here, Li Yang, do you think we can find anything good this time?"
While eating, He Jie asked Li Yang very excitedly. Among so many of them, only he and Li Yang knew what the purpose of this mission was. The good thing He Jie said was naturally that treasure.
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"It's hard for me to say this!"
Li Yang hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn't tell anything about the Tian Cong Yun Sword. It was good to find this treasure. If he couldn't find it and the news spread, I'm afraid this place would not be able to live in peace in the future.
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with that. With your good luck, I believe it will work!"
He Jie smiled nonchalantly. He talked to the old man on the phone yesterday and specifically talked about the Warring States Period wine glass. Only from the old man did he know how valuable it was to be able to pick up a Central Plains Warring States antique in a place like Lhasa.
It’s not easy, let alone wooden antiques.
After knowing this, He Jie was full of confidence in this mission. As long as Li Yang's good luck was still there, their chances of success this time would be much greater.
After having lunch and resting for a while, Li Yang led everyone back into the cave at two o'clock.
Three more special forces were left to guard the outside of the cave. The last cavemen who entered, including Li Yang and others, totaled twenty-six people.
The cave is not big and only three people can walk side by side.
Finally, Zhao Yong decided that the two of them walked forward side by side, with Zhao Yong and another special soldier walking at the front, followed by Liu Gang and Gao Feng, followed by Li Yang and He Jie, followed by Shi Qin and Tang Xiaoxiao.
, Ma Shiwei and a special soldier followed in the middle.
After entering the cave, Li Yang turned on his special ability and continued to scan with the longest range.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Li Yang's brows knitted together tightly.
They walked very slowly, but they covered at least three to four hundred meters in ten minutes. Li Yang kept stretching the three-dimensional picture. From the three-dimensional picture, he could completely see that the route they were walking was a slightly sloping line.
Although it is not a straight line, the straight-line distance is not short.
In other words, they were at least two to three hundred meters away from the cave entrance at this time.
Two to three hundred meters, all within the mountain. Li Yang, even though he is not a geology expert, was very surprised that there could be such a hollow place in the mountain, forming such a maze.
After another ten minutes, the expressions of everyone who came in became serious. They passed at least a dozen forks.
Not only does the cave inside not get smaller as you go, but it becomes wider and wider. At first it was about two meters high, and only three people could walk side by side. Now it has become three or four meters high, and it can only walk five people side by side.
A spacious cave for six people.
"Mr. Li, please stop for a moment?"
Zhao Yong, who was at the front, suddenly turned around and said something. The special forces soldier next to him was constantly measuring the oxygen content and other gas components in the cave. The more he tested, the more surprised the special forces soldier was. After walking so deep into the cave,
The oxygen content in the water not only did not decrease, but also increased a lot, which was very difficult for him to understand.
"Okay, stop and take a rest!"
Li Yang nodded, and after scanning with his special ability, he also put away his special ability. There were still caves like this within fifty meters around, and no important clues could be found from the three-dimensional screen.
"Mr. Li, this cave maze is not man-made, it is naturally formed!"
Everyone sat on the ground against the wall, drinking water and resting. Ma Shiwei hesitated for a while before speaking slowly.
"Dr. Ma, do you have any evidence?"
He Jie asked first, and everyone else looked at Ma Shiwei. In fact, not only Ma Shiwei, but everyone also had similar thoughts. Such a huge cave maze is simply beyond human ability.
"Yes, look at the stones on the wall!"
Ma Shiwei nodded and pointed the searchlight at a wall. People who were closer gathered around him, and those who were further away used their own lights to look at the wall in front of them.
"We also have some research on geology in archeology. This kind of stone layer is called sedimentary rock, also called thousand-layer stone. It is a kind of marine sedimentary rock. This kind of rock is hard and dense, harder than ordinary stone.
many!"
Ma Shiwei nodded slowly and continued: "When we look at the surface of the cave, we can also see the faint distribution of stone layers inside. The surface is smooth and round. This is at least millions of years, or even hundreds of millions of years of accumulation.
The effect produced, if it were dug manually, would definitely not be like this!"
After Ma Shiwei finished speaking, he looked at everyone quietly. There was one thing he hadn't said yet. It was simply impossible to open such a cave maze manually. It would require too much manpower.
"I agree with what Professor Ma said, this is not a man-made maze, it is a miraculous work of nature!"
Li Yang nodded slightly. The three doctors invited by Ma Shiwei did not know the existence of Tiancong Yunjian, but they all knew that they were looking for an ancient treasure house. The matter of the maze had been mentioned to them before.
Zhao Yong only knew that there was a dangerous and unknown maze here, and he didn't know anything else. But he didn't need to know. His mission was to protect these people, and that was enough.
"A natural labyrinth, doesn't this increase its uncertainty even more?"
Tang Xiaoxiao's two slender eyebrows were tightly condensed. If this maze was created artificially, then you can be sure that it must have an exit. If there is no exit, setting up such a maze would not be in vain.
If it is formed naturally, no one knows where the exit is, or there are several exits, or there may even be no exit. The ancient treasure house either does not exist, or it may be in any corner of the maze, so their search will be
It becomes more difficult.
"Let's take a look first and then talk. If something is absolutely necessary, we won't force it!"
Li Yang sighed lightly. He finally understood why the information said that it would take tens of thousands of people to explore this maze. Such a large and complex natural maze cannot be explored by dozens or hundreds of people.
After resting for ten minutes and re-determining the route, everyone moved forward again.
They had an episode on the way. They were walking in front of a fork in the road with three entrances. Several people had different opinions. Ma Shiwei and Tang Xiaoxiao suggested taking the left entrance, Zhao Yong and He Jie suggested taking the middle, and Li Yang suggested taking the left entrance.
Just stick to the right.
When he couldn't hold on any longer, Shi Qin suggested that they should separate and come back an hour later to meet up. This was also rejected by Li Yang.
In the end, everyone followed Li Yang's suggestion and walked into the cave on the right. With his special ability, Li Yang discovered that the cave in the middle would branch again after thirty meters, and one of the caves was a dead end.
The cave on the left turned back and merged with another unknown cave. Li Yang didn't want to go back yet. Since he came in this time, he kept going forward so that he could at least take a look.
How deep is the maze?
The road on the right was very long, and I walked for more than ten minutes without encountering a bifurcated cave entrance. Li Yang was constantly observing the surrounding environment with his special abilities.
After walking for about twenty minutes, Li Yang suddenly stopped, with a trace of surprise on his face.
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