Now that he was ready, Chen Ran didn't waste any time. He let go of Yan Ruyu's hand and stepped to the edge of the pool. Then he turned around and stretched out his hand to help Xiaoyu over. After she stood firm,
He squatted down, stretched out one leg and tentatively entered the water.
The water in the pool is not only not cold, but also a little warm, which is strange. After all, the water in this underground river is generally relatively cool.
Chen Ran's actions naturally made Yan Ruyu guess that the way out that Chen Ran said he wanted to take her out was in the pool. Seeing this scene, she actually wanted to remind Chen Ran that she had practiced martial arts with her grandfather since she was a child.
In terms of diving skills, she is definitely no worse than the members of the national team, and this pool is neither too big nor too deep. In the past few days, she has almost searched this pool, but she has not found it.
way out.
However, she saw that Chen Ran was so confident, and she knew that Chen Ran had some strange abilities, so she did not remind Chen Ran in the end.
Chen Ran didn't really go into the water, he just stretched his feet into the water and tried to find a place to step on. After all, the water pool was not a man-made pool, so there was naturally a place to stay.
After finding a place to stay, Chen Ran stepped on the place and stood there, then stretched out his hand towards Yan Ruyu who was standing on it.
Without the slightest hesitation, Yan Ruyu took Chen Ran's hand and followed Chen Ran's example, then went into the water and stood with Chen Ran.
After Yan Ruyu stood firm, Chen Ran took off his backpack and handed it to her to hold. Then he held a raised place on the edge of the pool with one hand and touched the water with the other hand, leaving only
A head and an arm were exposed above the water, and the hand that was touching the water went down along the stone wall of the pool. After going down for about one meter, I touched it.
A slightly concave depression about the size of a fist.
Chen Ran put his hand into the fist-sized hole and touched a rusty and rough copper ring.
That's right, it's a copper ring.
The strange place Chen Ran discovered was this copper ring. At that time, he used his energy aperture to detect the depth of the water in the pool, and when he detected this place, he happened to find this copper ring.
Chen Ran was naturally surprised when he found a copper ring in such an environment.
Not to mention that this copper ring is very rough and rusty. It is basically not much different from the surrounding stone walls. To be honest, if you don't pay attention, you really can't notice it. Even if you notice it, you won't notice it for a moment.
I'm afraid you won't be able to tell that this is a copper ring. Chen Ran used the energy aperture to detect it. Since this position corresponds to the entrance of the cave, Chen Ran also entered the water from this place when detecting.
When detecting, he naturally had to detect along the stone wall of the pool to check the environment around the pool. When Chen Ran used the energy aperture to detect this place, he could naturally detect that it was a copper ring.
Chen Ran turned sideways, reached out and grabbed the copper ring and pulled it a few times. At first he didn't dare to pull it too hard for fear of breaking it, but after pulling it for a few times without any response, he used some strength, but no matter what he did, he didn't pull it too hard.
No matter how hard he pulled, there was no response, but when he pulled hard, he suddenly pressed in accidentally, and there was a sudden click sound.
Chen Ran suddenly realized that the copper ring was not pulled, but pushed inward.
And when he was thinking like this, there was obviously a reaction below, and the reaction was not small. He just heard a bang, which was like the sound of an excavator knocking down a building, accompanied by a rumbling sound.
, the water in the pool also dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye. At first, the water surface was at Chen Ran's waist. In the blink of an eye, the water surface reached Chen Ran's feet, and even revealed a semi-arc hole.
Chen Ran raised his head and glanced at Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu was obviously stunned when he looked at the hole at his feet. Chen Ran smiled and jumped directly into the hole without saying a word.
After jumping into the cave entrance, he grabbed the stone door at the entrance of the cave, turned sideways, exposed his head and stretched out his hand towards Xiaoyu. Although Xiaoyu was stunned, her reaction was not slow. When she saw Chen Ran's stretched out hand, she took it and then
He also jumped into the water.
Chen Ran pulled Xiaoyu into his arms with a strong pull. After Chen Ran pulled him into his arms, he turned around and looked around. Sure enough, there was a passage in the cave. Xiaoyu was immediately surprised. This could be seen from the look of surprise on her face.
You can see it in his expression.
In fact, Yan Ruyu was obviously more than surprised at this time. She really couldn't understand why Chen Ran was able to find a way out when he had been in a coma and didn't even come out of the cave after waking up.
Chen Ran had no intention of hiding it from her in the first place, so naturally he wasn't afraid of her finding out anything.
Yan Ruyu could make Yan Ruyu look moved. Although Chen Ran felt very accomplished, the scene in front of him was really not the time to talk. After all, they were still in the water, and there was a loud echo in the cave. Every cough made him buzz.
ring.
Chen Ran did not close the hole from the inside, because he did not know whether this passage was the real exit. There were only a dozen energy apertures now, and they must be used at the most critical time. Therefore, he did not waste energy apertures.
There is little use in detecting the passage because the passage is very deep.
Chen Ran took the backpack from Yan Ruyu's hand and put it on his back, then pulled Xiaoyu and swam into the cave. Since the terrain in the passage was a bit like a spiral staircase, of course, it was more accurate to say that it was a staircase.
It should be said that it is a robbery cave with a slope of thirty degrees from bottom to top.
This naturally made Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu make some guesses. They were now in the treasure of Prince Qi's Mansion. This robber's cave also made them wonder if a tomb robber had discovered this place?
But they are just thinking about it. For them at this time, the treasure is obviously only secondary. The most important thing is to get out first. This is the only way out now. Even if there is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den ahead, they must try it.
Tried it.
After coming out of the water, the two groped around in the dark and twisted their soaked clothes. Chen Ran was now wearing the clothes he wore when he came out of the house. Yan Ruyu changed them for him. After all, he
His military uniform was stained with blood, and the wound on his chest was already scarred.
Yan Ruyu, on the other hand, was wearing camouflage. Neither Chen Ran nor Yan Ruyu were timid people. Therefore, although the cave was dark and sinister, the two of them were also very talented and bold, so they took care of themselves.
In no time, they held hands and headed deeper into the thief's cave.
The cave is neither wide nor high, so you have to bend down to walk, and the topography of the cave becomes steeper as you go up.
"Chen Ran, there seems to be a light ahead!"
Chen Ran took Xiaoyu and bent forward and walked upward for about seven or eight minutes. As he was walking, Yan Ruyu suddenly noticed a flash of light from the corner of his eye and quickly called out to remind Chen Ran.
"Well, I saw it too."
When Xiaoyu saw it, Chen Ran, who was walking in front, naturally saw it too. He even saw it earlier than Xiaoyu.
Seeing the light in front of them, Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu should have been surprised, but they were not surprised. On the contrary, they even stopped and looked at each other.
This is because the light in front is a bit weird!
Because it is not pure white light, or even yellowish light, but a bit of purple light!
In such a cave, the appearance of purple light is really weird.
But Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu are both talented and brave after all, and since they have already come this far, could it be possible that they turned around and went back because they saw a ray of purple light?
After looking at each other, they started walking forward again, but their movements became extremely cautious, and they even moved forward bit by bit tentatively. As they approached, the color of the purple light
It was also brighter, and the entire passage turned purple, and the purple light was not always on, but a flashing purple light.
Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu were not afraid at all. On the contrary, at this time, they were more curious about what was going on ahead and how could there be such a flash?
Chen Ran released an energy aperture and went around a bend to take a look. He found that after going around this bend, the purple light became even brighter, illuminating the entire passage. Of course, it was still that purple light.
, but the energy aperture has not reached the end.
Although Chen Ran was curious, he didn't know what danger was ahead. According to his plan, Yan Ruyu would stay here first while he turned around to take a look. But as soon as he had this idea, Yan Ruyu noticed it and suddenly
We walked side by side with him and hugged his arm.
Chen Ran glanced at her angrily and pulled her forward.
When the two of them held the stone wall and walked around the bend and appeared on the other side, the scene in front of them immediately stunned them!
This passage came to an end more than 20 meters in front of them. At the end was an empty stone cave about four or five square meters in size. There seemed to be no roads on all sides.
And the thing that glowed purple turned out to be a bead that fell on the ground!
Night Pearl?
Chen Ran was stunned for a moment, then such a thought flashed through his mind, and then he took Xiaoyu's hand and walked over.
When they arrived at the cave, they discovered that there was not only one shining purple bead in the cave, but also the white bones of a dead person on the ground, leaning against the stone wall. It looked like he had died sitting down.
When Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu saw the dead skeleton, their first reaction was that someone had really been here before them.
Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu both took a good look at the skeleton. The white skeleton was leaning against the stone wall, showing a sitting position. The two legs were half extended in front of the face, but the right leg was intact, and there was a small section in the middle of the left leg.
It was reduced to pieces, and there was still a bullet stuck in the gap between the bones.
Obviously, this man was shot in the left leg with a firearm before he died!
Besides, this purple-glowing bead did not fall on the ground, but was stuck on the jaw of the dead man's body. Judging from the situation, the bead should have been placed on the man's body when he was dead and then rolled away.
It landed on his jaw and got stuck there.
In addition to the shining purple beads, there were also the boots this man was wearing, and even several rusty throwing knives.
Both Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu obviously focused on the beads.
"Is this the Night Pearl?"
Although Chen Ran has never seen a real luminous pearl, he has heard about it, but he has never heard of such a luminous pearl that shines with purple light, and it still flashes, although the flashing frequency is not high.
Of course, forget it if it is artificially made.
Yan Ruyu wrinkled her forehead and shook her head with Chen Ran: "I'm not sure, I've seen white ones, yellow ones, and green ones, but this is the first time I've seen purple ones, and the ones I've seen before
There’s nothing that shines…”
Yan Ruyu said it in an understatement, but Chen Ran was dumbfounded secretly. This is the difference! What Yan Ruyu said she had seen was naturally a natural luminous pearl, not an artificial one.
"Light-Night Pearl" has a long cultural history in our country and has a long history. There are many records of night-light pearls in historical documents, from the "Stone Phosphorus Jade", "Luminous Bi" and "Moon Pearl" in ancient times to the night-light pearls held in the mouth of the Empress Dowager Cixi.
, it is a household name that the ancients regarded the luminous pearl as a "god" and "treasure". It was owned by emperors and was regarded as a sign of power and a symbol of wealth.
After all, this thing is still a legendary thing to most ordinary people. The ordinary people here, including Chen Ran, at least until now, Chen Ran has never seen the Night Pearl.
When Comrade Xiaoyu saw this thing, it sounded like it was commonplace.
If he saw this almost legendary thing elsewhere, Chen Ran might still be interested, but now he is not very interested because he found that they could not go any further after arriving at this empty cave.
The road was dead, which meant that it was a dead end, which made him focus on how to find a way out.
Yan Ruyu is quite interested in this bead. The reason why he is interested is that only by seeing a real luminous pearl can he see the magic of this bead. In fact, the legendary luminous pearl is not really magical at all.
It just emits light. It's really not as beautiful as the exquisite light bulbs made today.
Of course, in ancient times, it was a different matter, and the beads in front of us were different. At least the flashing and flashing was very strange. This bead must have been preserved here for I don’t know how many years.
, but it can still have such an effect.
After talking to Chen Ran, she tore off the bag inside her camouflage uniform, then took the torn strip of cloth to take out the magical bead in front of her, but
Before she even touched the beads, she was suddenly interrupted by Chen Ran: "Wait a moment."
Hearing Chen Ran's cry, Yan Ruyu turned back and looked at Chen Ran, wondering why Chen Ran stopped her.
There was no specific reason why Chen Ran stopped her. It was just because he suddenly discovered a strange place while looking for a way out around the cave.
That is, the bones of this corpse are a bit too bright, just like mutton-fat jade. Especially against the background of the purple beads, the bones also have a little purple, which makes it look even more weird.
Just now, the entire passage was purple when he didn't reach the empty cave. After arriving, he looked at the bones and didn't see this for a while, but now he was looking for a way out and the surrounding stone walls.
This feeling suddenly emerged after a comparison.
Seeing that Yan Ruyu was going to get the purple bead, for safety reasons, Chen Ran stopped Yan Ruyu first. After stopping, he released an energy aperture and probed over.
In the past, Chen Ran would release energy apertures in series. Now there are only ten of them, so he can only save them one by one.
Chen Ran scanned the skeleton first. He wanted to see if there was anything wrong with the skeleton. If there was something wrong with the skeleton, then there would naturally be something wrong with the purple bead.
The first thing that was scanned was the ribs of this corpse. Although it was detected that the bones of this corpse had obviously changed, and seemed to have become delicate and crisp, there were no other findings.
But when Chen Ran was detecting the skull, a problem suddenly occurred!
