In an instant, all of us became very motivated and started to dig out the hard soil layer below. Finally, the last palm-sized copper ring appeared in front of us. The copper ring was inlaid on a bronze plate.
The copper plate was only one meter in size. It was covered with patina and looked severely corroded.
We worked together to pull the copper plate apart, and there was a square hole underneath, but it was filled with water, and we couldn't see how deep it was or where it led to.
Finally, after some deliberation, the fat man with the best water quality went down to investigate, and then made a decision after figuring out the following situation.
Because he didn't have diving equipment, Fatty had to bring all our empty water bottles with him. Originally, we thought he would be back in three to five minutes at most, but we didn't expect that he still hadn't come back after nearly ten minutes.
The hearts of several of us gradually sank, but we still kept waiting with some hope. But after twenty minutes, we finally realized that something might have happened to Fatty. How long can a person stay underwater? If there is no
As for things, even if the water quality is very good, it will never last more than two minutes. Although the fat man brought a few empty bottles, the time that can be sustained will not exceed five minutes. The two liangs add up to only six or seven minutes, but now
It has been twenty minutes, and the result is naturally not optimistic.
"What should I do?" I asked them. I had no choice at this time. No one wanted this to happen, but now that it had happened, I could only find a way to solve it.
Lu Jinghong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up and said, "We can't go up, we can only go down."
Just a few words, but the most critical issue is revealed. Yes, now we can't go up at all. The water in the Dragon Zhentai cannot be drained out, and the Dragon Zhentai cannot float to the surface. We can only go up now.
There is the next road, but what dangers are there? No one knows.
"I'll go down this time." After thinking about it, I finally made this decision. This is because of my personality. When the song ends, I hope I am the first one to leave. What I can't bear the most is
Everyone left and I was left alone. The feeling of despair and loneliness would drive me crazy.
No one stopped me this time. In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that everyone would definitely go down in the end, it was just a matter of sooner or later.
Shuiyue and Axue both looked at me at the same time. It seemed that they wanted to go down with me, but someone was faster than them. Lu Jinghong walked directly to the entrance of the cave and said: "I will go with him, as long as
If I don’t die, he won’t die.”
I glanced at him in surprise, but didn't say anything. After all, I didn't know his character very well, and I didn't know what was going on in his mind. However, I was somewhat grateful that he was willing to accompany me.
"Okay, let's play a big one this time." I smiled reluctantly, and then took the cut-out stone slabs and tied them directly to my body, so that I could fall down faster.
Lu Jinghong was the first to jump. He did a better job than me. He jumped directly from head to foot. It seemed that he was determined to die. If he didn't succeed, he would die. If he couldn't find a way out, he would die of suffocation.
under.
When I jumped down from the cave entrance, I suddenly discovered that the bottom was not vertical, but a 60-degree slope, and it went downwards in a spiral shape. After five meters, the cave turned into a circle, surrounded by
They are all slippery rocks, and there is no place to unload the force. The whole thing is like a water slide in a water park.
I was very surprised, why was it like this? But I soon understood.
When I dropped to about 20 meters, my falling speed suddenly accelerated, as if something was pushing me forward. This speed made my body suddenly lose control. I tried hard to stop, and I kept falling.
I used both hands to grab around, but found that there was no place for me to grasp the surrounding stone walls, so I could only fall uncontrollably.
Soon the oxygen in my chest was exhausted, but at this moment, with a crash, I rushed out of the water. My body continued to slide down, but it was indeed out of the water.
What happened? While I was pleasantly surprised, I was also full of doubts. I quickly looked at it with a flashlight and immediately discovered that the current stone path had changed from the original 60 degrees to about 45 degrees, but there was no water anymore.
It turned out to be like this, it turned out to be like this! I was filled with ecstasy because I finally understood the mystery of this cave and the sacred lake.
The sacred lake above is like a cauldron. All the pressure is concentrated on a point in the center of the bottom, which is the top of the cave where I am. But the area of the sacred lake is too large, and this cave is
It is too small. Under that kind of pressure, it will cause a negative growth of water flow, making it impossible for the lake water to flow into the cave. Even if it does, it will only seep in a trace amount.
The spiral shape of the stone path is to reduce the water pressure and the flow speed of the water. It flows downward at an angle of 60 degrees for a long time, so that the speed and pressure of the water flow are fixed. At this time, the stone path suddenly becomes 45 degrees.
Although the angle is still downward, for the water flow with low pressure, it is equivalent to an upward hurdle, so the water flow will only stop there.
It's so ingenious that even I can't believe it. How did people complete such a huge and difficult project in the first place?
As the slope gradually slowed down, my descending speed also gradually slowed down. Thanks to the spiral shape of the cave, it relieved a lot of the force of my fall. However, I still couldn't stop because the cave was too slippery.
, because it was wet and covered with moss all around, making it slippery and impossible to exert force on. At this time, I finally understood why the fat man hadn't gone back for so long. If he fell into this hole, there was basically no possibility of climbing up again.
The shadow of Lu Jinghong in front of me was no longer visible. I guess he had different ideas from mine. I still had concerns in my heart, but he never wanted to stop.
Finally, as my body suddenly hung in the air, I knew that the cave had come to an end. With a loud noise, I fell into the deep water. The water below was not very cold, but felt warm. I floated up.
I illuminated the water surface with a lamp and found that I was in a pool. The water surface was filled with mist, and I couldn't see farther.
At this time, a black figure slowly swam over from the water not far ahead. I thought it was Lu Jinghong, but as soon as the thought came to my mind, the hearty voice of the fat man came over: "Quack! Little prince, I didn't expect melon
I'm really proud of you. I bothered you to come down to me with that guy in person. I'm really flattered and feel sorry for you!"
Seeing how energetic the fat man was, I took a deep breath and finally felt completely relieved. From his words, I heard that he had already met Lu Jinghong, and from his words I knew that only the one who came down this time was
The two of us.
I asked him where Lu Jinghong was. The fat man pointed behind him and said that this was a big cave with a lot of space inside, and the wood had already started looking for an exit.
Thinking that this guy was quite fast, they swam ashore with him. Sure enough, the cave was a hundred meters in diameter and had many holes around it, which seemed to be naturally formed. The fat man said he knew
We were definitely going to come down, so we just waited here. I guess the exit here is not difficult to find, so I asked if I wanted to wait for the monkeys to come down before taking action.
After thinking about it, I shook my head. This was out of distrust of Lu Jinghong. After all, he belongs to Fourth Master Zhang and his skills are so powerful. If we let him walk in front of us, there will probably be no us behind.
What happened.
This was agreed by the fat man. His statement was simpler and more direct than mine. We have suffered so much to get here. If all the good treasures were picked up by that piece of wood, wouldn't it be a huge loss for us?
We made a little preparation and then hit the road. We walked through the largest cave here. I carved a mark at a conspicuous place at the entrance of the cave. If the monkeys come down, they will definitely come here. When the time comes, they will know where we are going when they see the mark.
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After experiencing the danger ahead, we were all like frightened birds, walking cautiously in this spacious cave. However, we did not expect that nothing happened along the way, and we did not find any unusual things or phenomena.
Moreover, the cave was much shorter than we imagined. It only took more than ten minutes to walk. The terrain in front suddenly became extremely wide. In the end, there was nothing in front of us. It seemed that we had suddenly arrived.
Like a wilderness.
We looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes. The fat man suddenly threw off his backpack, opened it and groped inside.
Soon, he took a strong searchlight and shined it forward. Suddenly, a huge shadow appeared in front of us. When we saw the outline of the shadow, we were all shocked.
Wherever the light reaches, there is a huge sunken place. I estimate that the sunken place is even bigger than the sacred lake above, and should be several thousand meters in diameter. And in this sunken pit, there are actually many buildings standing
, as majestic as a city. Those buildings were built with huge stone fortresses. It seems that most of them have been damaged, and only a few are still intact.
"My God, what kind of place is this? Is it the place where God lives?" The fat man muttered and stepped forward unconsciously.
I quickly grabbed him. There was a depression two steps ahead. The place where we were standing was dozens of meters higher than the bottom. If we fell, we would probably lose our lives.
I said that this was probably an area where people lived in the past, and it should be a special place. However, this is just a guess. We still have to go down and see what the actual situation is.