After Meng Qiqi finished speaking, she ignored the bickering between Fatty Sun and Zhang Zhiyan. She went straight into the cave entrance. We looked at each other. Po Jun and Hao Wenming followed Meng Qiqi, and then Huang Ran also entered.
At the entrance of the cave, Fatty Sun and I followed him, and Zhang Zhiyan was the last one to go in.
After entering the cave entrance and walking forward for a while, the inside was in the shape of a gourd. The further we walked forward, the larger the space in front of us. At first, we still maintained the same formation as when we first entered the cave. As the front became more and more empty, it didn't take a while, except that it was still the same.
Meng Qiqi was walking outside the front, and the formation behind him was already in disarray. Several people from our polling bureau came together with Ruan Liang, and Huang Ran and Zhang Zhiyan followed behind us.
We can still see exposed crystal mines everywhere we walk. As time goes by, no one is interested in this kind of crystal anymore. But a new problem arises. I didn’t feel much at first, but after walking for a while
After that, it got hotter and hotter as we walked. The temperature was too low when we were up there. We all put on several layers of clothes inside and out, but it was not enough. Now we are starting to regret it. We dare not leave our coats behind because we don’t know the situation ahead.
If after passing the hot spring mentioned by Huang Ran, the temperature becomes cold again, we will be ready to cry without tears. We can only unbutton the coats we are wearing and wear them with our arms open. After walking for another ten minutes, we
Everyone was sweating profusely.
Fatty Sun couldn't bear it first. He had already taken off his coat, rolled it into a bundle and carried it on his back. The clothes inside had already been opened, so that a large area of the shirt on his chest was soaked with sweat.
After Fatty Sun wiped his sweat, he said, "Old Huang, don't leave yet. Let's take a look at what Ruan Liulang has seen. Is it so hot all the way?"
Huang Ran was not much thinner than Fatty Sun, and now his nose was hollow and his temples were sweating. He panted and said to Fatty Sun: "Ruan Liulang entered the Demon Tomb during the hottest time in August. The temperature difference between the inside and outside of the Demon Tomb
It’s not that big, so let’s keep walking. We’ll leave our thick clothes near the hot springs. If the temperature changes further as we go forward, we can come back and get our clothes in time.”
Ruan Liulang's knowledge was in Huang Ran's hands, and now he could only listen to him. However, this passage seemed to be endless. After walking forward for nearly half an hour, he still couldn't find the hot spring that Huang Ran mentioned.
Every time Huang Ran was asked how far it was from the hot spring, Huang Ran always said: "It's not far, it's just in front." This sentence, "It's not far," kept us walking.
As we walked further, the humidity of the air was getting higher and higher. Coupled with the somewhat oppressive high temperature, it became difficult to breathe even further. At this time, let alone Fatty Sun and Huang Ran, even they were as thin as numbness.
Hao Wenming, who was as tall as a stalk, was soaked all over. All of us followed Fatty Sun's example and took off his coat and carried it behind his back. Fatty Sun himself had already stripped down to only one underpants, revealing his white flesh, which was covered up.
Demeng Qiqi's face was flushed and he didn't dare to look back.
Fatty Sun was starting to feel sluggish due to the heat, but he still kept talking: "I said, Lao Huang, if we go further, will we reach Urumqi? You are taking us through the Tianshan Mountains, not me.
..." Before Fatty Sun could finish his words, he was stopped by a loud shout from Meng Qiqi at the front: "Shut up!" Meng Qiqi turned around and glared at Fatty Sun, then made a gesture of silencing. After he calmed down, he vaguely listened.
There was a sound of running water.
Huang Ran became emotional after hearing the sound of running water. He pointed in the direction ahead and said, "The hot spring is right in front! It will be there soon." We also guessed it without him having to say it. At that moment, our group quickened our pace and moved forward.
Not long after walking, a faint mist began to appear in the passage. This mist was so strong that it would be more accurate to say that it was water vapor.
"There is a bright light ahead! We can go out!" Meng Qiqi shouted from the front. In fact, without her saying anything, we also saw a small, somewhat bluish bright spot in front of us, and the sound of running water became more and more intense.
Big, it’s just that the sound of the water is a little awkward, and I can’t tell what the reason is. Seeing that the exit is right in front of me, I don’t care about the danger in front of me at the moment. All of us almost walked in a row, using all our strength
Walk forward quickly.
Seeing that the blue bright spots were getting bigger and bigger and the visibility in the passage was getting higher and higher, Huang Ran and the others even turned off the xenon flashlight. A few minutes later, we finally reached the edge of the passage exit and stood here looking out.
, the view outside is extremely wide, and a space the size of a basketball court appears in front of us. It is beyond the scope of the crystal mine. Although the fog is extremely thick, everything that can be seen in front of us has become clear.
Looking through the fog, there was a large hot spring glowing with blue fluorescence in front of us. The bright blue light we saw was emitted by this hot spring. However, the area of this hot spring was too large, although the water level was not deep.
, but its area almost covers the entire ground here. Opposite the hot spring is a cave entrance that is as tall as a person, which should be the passage into the real demon tomb that Huang Ran said.
The center of the hot spring is a spring eye the size of a wellhead. From time to time, a large blue water splash gushes out. After a while, the water level of the hot spring will suddenly drop again, as if it was sucked away by the spring eye. Then there will be another large water splash.
It gushes out. It circulates over and over again, just like a person breathing. On the ground around the hot spring, bones of unknown animals are scattered on the ground. These pale bones seem to have been corroded, and they are covered with honeycombs.
With eyes like this, even if they were sent to a biological laboratory, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to identify the species.
After seeing the scene in front of us, all of us looked at Huang Ran. Fatty Sun was the first to say: "Old Huang, you call this a hot spring? Do you believe that these hot waters have not been radiated by nuclear radiation? It's over.
, we are so close, no one can run away. Damn, I started to react, nausea...I want to vomit." Fatty Sun squatted on the ground holding the black cat and retched a few times, then raised his head and said to Huang Ran again
, "Quickly bring out Ruan Liulang's knowledge and see what kind of water this is? Can we still be saved?"
"Vomiting? Are you unhappy? It looks like your belly is about to give birth." Meng Qiqi looked at Fatty Sun and sneered, "There's not even bleeding or ulcers. Are you in the rhythm of nuclear radiation?
?" After she finished speaking, Huang Ran smiled and continued: "There are some problems with the hot springs here, but they have definitely not been radiated. As long as you do not come into physical contact with the hot springs, there will be no danger."
Hao Wenming remained silent and stared at the blue hot spring. After Huang Ran finished speaking, Hao Wenming turned back to the passage and dug out a few crystal stones from the wall. After that, Director Hao returned to the edge of the passage.
Hao Wenming looked at each other and Huang Ran, neither of them said anything. Hao Wenming threw a crystal stone in his hand near the spring of the hot spring. He saw that after the crystal stone fell to the hot spring, it instantly melted into a layer of light white.
Grease material floated on the surface of the hot spring. Hao Wenming's action was somewhat unexpected by Huang Ran. The expression on Huang Ran's face was a little strange, but it soon returned to normal. Huang Ran made a move to Meng Qiqi next to him
With a look, Meng Qiqi nodded understandingly and looked down at the watch on his wrist.
After coming into contact with this layer of oil, the hot spring suddenly became restless. The rhythm of absorbing and releasing water was disrupted, and the water level in the hot spring went up and down, just like an asthma patient, constantly falling up and down.
Qi'er. After two or three minutes of this situation, the water surface of the hot spring suddenly became quiet, like a mirror without any ripples.
Just when I thought the strange movement of the hot spring was over, there was a strange sound from the spring eye. At the same time, the water level in the hot spring dropped sharply. In just two or three minutes, almost all the hot spring water seemed to be sucked away by a water pump.
, poured back into the spring. Without the fluorescent hot spring water, the place instantly became dark, with only a few remaining hot spring water in low-lying areas still emitting a little light.
Seeing the hot spring being sucked away, Hao Wenming looked back at Huang Ran and said: "When Yingquan meets a crystal stone, the spring water will flow back on its own. Is this what Ruan Liulang's experience said? I'm not telling you, this is how he got there, right?
." When Huang Ran heard what Hao Wenming said, the smile on his face froze, but it immediately returned to normal, and he still said with a smile: "Almost, almost. Director Hao, I remember that there seems to be no information in the information room of the Polling Bureau.
Regarding the information about Yingquan, how do you... know about it?"
Hao Wenming had the same smile as Huang Ran's. One of them was fat, the other was thin, and suddenly they both had the same expression. It's just that Hao Wenming was used to having a straight face, but now he suddenly looked like Huang Ran's smiling face.
It looked a bit weird. Director Hao smiled and said: "Huang Ran, I'm not telling you, there are many things you don't know about in the polling bureau, how about you come back with me and learn for a few more years?"
Huang Ran smiled and said nothing. At this moment, Meng Qiqi looked at his watch and shouted: "One minute!" As soon as Miss Meng finished speaking, Hao Wenming and Huang Ran turned around almost at the same time and said to us in unison
shouted: "Back up!" Huang Randuo added: "Back into the passage!" Although he didn't know what happened, it could be seen from their expressions that something was serious. Plus Meng Qiqi and Zhang Zhiyan
People had already begun to run desperately into the passage. A few of us turned around and ran into the passage without hesitation.
After returning to the passage and running for more than a hundred meters, we stopped when we saw Meng Qiqi and Zhang Zhiyan standing there. Huang Ran and Hao Wenming followed behind. They didn't say a word, they just turned back together.
Looking in the direction of the hot spring, it seemed like something was about to happen there.
After waiting for about five minutes, it was still quiet outside. Fatty Sun was the first to lose his composure. He first asked me and Po Jun about Yingquan. As Huang Ran said, the information from the polling bureau
There was no information about Yingquan in the room. Fatty Sun, who didn't get the answer, looked at Hao Wenming and Huang Ran, and finally his eyes fell on Huang Ran's face and said: "Old Huang, what is going on outside? Tell me.
Tell me, let us learn more."
Huang Ran looked at Hao Wenming, and said to Fatty Sun with a smile: "You are guarding Director Hao, and you still want to ask me? How dare I do anything in front of Director Hao?" Hao Wenming looked at Huang Ran and sneered, just thinking
When he was about to speak, there was a sharp sound outside, as if he was blowing a whistle that had been crushed.
As soon as the sound sounded, Huang Ran and Hao Wenming turned their faces in the direction of the hot spring at the same time. The sharp sound lasted for nearly a minute before gradually getting smaller. Just when I thought the sound was about to disappear, there was a sudden sound like a cannon fire outside.
The same loud noise, boom... followed by the sound of water splashing down. The area within forty to fifty meters from the edge of the channel was splashed with pools of light blue water stains. It was only when these water stains came into contact that
When the crystal stones were densely packed in the passage, they dissolved with each other, and finally turned into pools of sticky stuff like grease.
When there was no more water splashing in, Huang Ran turned back to Meng Qiqi and said: "How long?" Meng Qiqi replied: "Seven minutes and fifty-five seconds, from the time the water was pumped out to the time it sprayed out again, a total of seven minutes and fifty.
Five seconds." "Seven minutes and fifty-five seconds..." Huang Ran repeated it again. He looked back at Hao Wenming and said: "Seven minutes and fifty-five seconds, less than 300 meters away, even if you are afraid, you can crawl.
Is it over?" Hao Wenming glanced at him and said, "How did he write this paragraph in Ruan Liulang's experience and how long did it take him?" Huang Ran smiled helplessly and said: "
"A cup of tea?" Director Hao frowned: "What kind of tea did he drink?"
Huang Ran smiled and ignored Hao Wenming. He turned around, walked to the edge of the wall, stretched out his hand and broke off a small piece of crystal stone. After throwing it back and forth in his hand a few times, he turned to face us.
Said: "Okay, the preparations are over, let's continue to move forward. Be careful where you step and try not to come into contact with the remaining hot spring water. Each of you prepare some crystal stones. If your skin comes into contact with the hot spring, just immediately
Use crystal stones to wipe the areas that touch the hot springs, and there will be no danger."
With Huang Ran's words, each of us, including Zhang Zhiyan and Meng Qiqi, prepared more than a dozen crystal stones for backup. After Huang Ran saw that we were ready, he walked to the edge of the passage and learned what Director Hao had just done.
He threw the crystal stone into the hot spring. It was exactly the same as before. After some "struggle", the spring made that weird sound again. After that, the water level of the hot spring dropped rapidly. After a while, a huge hot spring appeared.
The water is drained cleanly by the spring.
Huang Ran was the first to walk out of the passage and walked along the road exposed at the bottom of the hot spring towards the entrance to the Demon Tomb on the opposite side. We followed him and when we were halfway to the hot spring, there was a sudden sound from the spring.
A sharp whistle...
When the sharp sound sounded, we were all stunned. Then, almost everyone ran towards the cave entrance leading to the Demon Tomb at the same time. This whistle sounded just a few minutes ago, and it was like the hot spring erupted again.
The alarm sounded the same. After the whistle stopped, there was almost no pause before the hot springs in the spring spurted out.
Didn't you say there are still seven minutes and fifty-five seconds? Why did the alarm go off in less than a minute now? But it was too late to think about it at this time. There was still one hundred, fifty-sixty meters away from the cave entrance in front. As long as the whistle could be heard,
If we enter the cave entrance before stopping, we will be safe.
Seeing that the entrance of the cave was getting closer and closer, just thirty or forty meters away from the entrance, the sharp whistle suddenly stopped. Unlike the situation where the whistle stopped before, there was no sign that the hot spring was about to erupt.
Before I could catch my breath, a sigh suddenly came from behind us: "Alas..."