You can indeed see a faint purple light in the fog ahead, flickering on and off, and it seems to be quite big. In order to show that I am a man, I pulled Shui Yueqing behind me and walked ahead. Because here
The branches are quite tangled, so I can't run at all.
However, I was also frightened when I walked in front. Even though I had a little expectation, I was also afraid of actually seeing it. Not to mention whether I would be attacked, I would probably scare people to death with its appearance. I have heard it since I was a child.
Having read the story of Ye Gong loving dragons, now that I think about it, I can completely understand this old man.
Soon the three of them got into the fog and were greeted by a large amount of water vapor. Not long after they entered, their clothes became very damp and felt like a steamer.
"This is a desert! There is completely dry sand above our heads. How can we allow water mist?!" Shui Yueqing said inexplicably.
Da Zhuang said: "That's not necessarily true. What if there is a hot spring here? No matter how much sand there is, it can't help but keep steaming out from below!"
After walking about twenty meters in the fog, a small river appeared in front of them. The river surface was not very wide, about three or four meters. What surprised the three of them was that the purple light disappeared!
"Behind you!" Da Zhuang suddenly pointed behind me and shouted.
At this moment, it was as if I had faked a corpse. I felt my whole body tense up, and my hair stood up with a swishing sound. In the flash of lightning, I turned around and stepped back almost in one go. When the flashlight shone behind me, there was nothing.
!I turned to look at Da Zhuang, only to see this kid pretending to be aggrieved: "I'm just saying, you don't have to react so fiercely, right?"
"Oh my God! Do you understand that talking nonsense can kill people?" I punched Da Zhuang hard on the back.
He wiped the sweat off his face vigorously, but before the energy had passed, his legs felt weak: "Where's that thing? Did you see it?"
Shui Yueqing shook his head: "No, maybe I saw it wrong. But Da Zhuang was right, this is indeed a hot spring!"
The two hurriedly walked to the river, stretched out their hands and touched it. It was indeed warm, and they could smell a strong smell of sulfur. Da Zhuang curled his lips and said, "At this temperature, it might be a bit hot to go down."
I looked up and down the river with a flashlight, but because of the limited illumination of the flashlight, I didn't see the spring. The river flowed from our right to the left, and entered a cave about ten meters to the left. The cave was not very big, not even wide.
Three meters, only thirty or forty centimeters from the water surface. No need to guess that it was formed by water erosion.
"I understand." Shui Yueqing suddenly said: "I know how this cavity came out!"
"How did it come about?" Da Zhuang said.
Shui Yueqing pointed at the small river, and then at the Populus euphratica forest next to him: "Before it was covered by sand, this place was originally a Populus euphratica forest, and there was a river flowing through the Populus euphratica forest. Suddenly one day, the sand covered this area.
The place was completely covered, and the river became an underground river. Coupled with the continuous flow of water provided by the hot springs, the underground waterway was always open, but it was far from being so big. Suddenly one time, in the desert,
It rained heavily and the water volume surged, so such a large cavity was washed out. You can see that the water channel is also in the shape of a trumpet, which is obviously washed out by the water flow."
I nodded: "Your guess is very reasonable, which is why the sand layer at the top of the cavity has worms formed by water flow."
Da Zhuang was obviously a little bored by this speculation: "Why don't you guess where the way out is?"
Shui Yueqing pointed to the waterway in front: "There should be no other way out here. We can only walk along the river and take a look?"
The two thought for a while and found that there was really no other way, so they agreed with Shui Yueqing's point of view. The three of them put on their diving suits, made a small raft out of dry poplar trees, and put their backpacks on it.
"Holy shit! This water is really hot!" I couldn't help shouting as soon as I entered.
Da Zhuang pulled the raft and followed it into the water: "If it gets hotter, it will make my hair fall off!"
"After entering, be sure to speak softly!" Shui Yueqing reminded him following behind.
The bottom of the river is full of sand, which is very comfortable to step on. It feels similar to a beach bathing beach. The river is not too deep, and the deepest part is about my chest. The three of them quickly followed the current into the underground waterway, and I walked at the front.
In the middle was Shui Yueqing. Da Zhuang poked the sand layer on his head with his finger. It was much harder here than outside. Perhaps due to long-term fumigation by the mineral-laden water vapor from hot springs, the surface of the sand had formed a hard layer of salt stains.
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The flow speed of the water is not too fast, and the thrust on the three of us is much gentler. Because we are afraid of hitting the sand layer above, Dazhuang and I dare not stand up straight, and we walk cautiously inside.
This went on for half an hour, but the water was still flowing slowly, and there was still no end in sight.
I didn’t know how far I had walked, and when I was about to ask the two of them if they wanted to continue walking, I suddenly found something hanging upside down from the top of the water channel in front of me. I looked at it with a flashlight, and it felt like insect eggs, about the size of my thumb.
Da Zhuang came over and was about to pick it with his hands when suddenly Shui Yueqing whispered: "Ah, don't touch it!!"