"Waterfall?" After a brief moment of confusion, Wu Xie raised his eyebrows and asked Lao Chu, "What's going on down there? Why is there still a waterfall?"
Lao Itch kept walking, and continued to walk down, while answering, "There is a cliff below, and underground river water flows to the right. It flows for a while and will follow the cliff.
----When the cliff goes down, it forms a waterfall---a waterfall."
"╮(╯▽╰)╭," Wu Xie heard this and immediately frowned tightly, "Old Itch, we are down there, and then we have to walk through the underground river and go down the waterfall, right?
?”
Lao Itchi was silent for a while before he spoke up, "Well, but don't worry, it's not dangerous."
Wu Xie: "!!!"
Wu Xie suddenly became anxious, his expression changed, and he said seriously, "There is no danger? What does this mean? Please make it clear!"
Lao Itch didn't have any ink this time and gave a direct answer, "Yes - it's like this. At the end of this stone step, there is a big - big cave."
"There is--there is an underground river in the cave."
"There are--several very--thick iron chains in the underground river."
"We went into the underground river, and by holding on to the iron chain, we could not be washed away by the underground water, and we could reach the bottom of the waterfall in a safer way."
It’s always itchy, blah blah blah, he said in a relaxed tone.
then.
As if it was natural, Wu Xie was confused again, "o((⊙﹏⊙))o!"
This time, Wu Xie's confusion was obviously more serious than before.
No, after a while, Wu Xie came back to his senses and said, "Old Itch, are you kidding me?"
Lao Itch heard this and laughed dryly, "Old Wu, although what I said, it sounds a bit scary. But in fact, it's just that."
"Because, think about it, three--three years ago, I could--climb up from--from the bottom of the waterfall by pulling the iron chain."
"Now we have three people, and we are still going down the river, so the difficulty has been reduced a lot."
"So, if you think about it, is it--is it just that, not more--terrible?"
Wu Xie: "..."
Wu Xie was speechless.
"Oh, that's right," Lao Itch looked back at Wu Xie and suddenly heard another voice, "I almost forgot, in fact, there is still a danger in that underground river down there.
of."
Wu Xie: "???What?"
Lao Itch: "In the underground river, there will be hot-hot fountains that spray out from time to time. However, don't worry too much, we should not be unlucky enough to encounter it.
That thing."
The words came to his ears, and in just a short period of time, poor Wu Xie was confused for the third time, "o((⊙﹏⊙))o"
Ding Ze saw it and smiled, "No wonder there is a smell of sulfur in this passage. So, it is actually a rock vein below."
After saying that, Ding Ze asked Lao Itch, "Lao Itch, how far do you have to go to reach the bottom of the waterfall to reach the ancient tomb you mentioned?"
Lao Itch: "If everything goes well, it will probably come in a matter of hours."
Ding Ze: "Yeah."
In response, Ding Ze said nothing more.
Lao Itchi didn't say a word either.
The three of them moved silently.
At the same time, the sound of water flow, which was only slightly clear not long ago, became louder and louder.
Not long after.
The sound of water flowing was "rumbling, booming", and it was so loud that it sounded like thousands of horses galloping, and it was deafening.
Accompanied by this 'rumbling' sound, the three of them continued downward.
Walked another few dozen meters.
The smell of sulfur is overwhelming, extremely strong.
"It's almost the end," Lao Itchi said after smelling the smell.
Neither Wu Xie nor Ding Ze responded.
A few minutes later.
The passage that had almost no slope and extended forward gently suddenly became several times wider.
Seeing this, Lao Chu, who was walking at the front, suddenly accelerated his speed and walked quickly forward.
Wu Xie and Ding Ze followed in turn.
In the blink of an eye.
‘Hoo! Hoo!!!’
A strong wind blew from the left and hit the three of them hard.
Immediately.
Lao Itch suddenly stopped and steadied himself, "We're here!!"
As he spoke, Lao Itch decisively moved the flashlight in his hand and shined it towards the space in front of him.
Wu Xie followed up with the same behavior.
Two flashlight lights shine straight out and move slowly.
soon.
The scene ahead appeared in the three people's field of vision.
Only seen.
The space at the end of the stone steps is a rather large cave, about as wide as a normal basketball court and five or six meters high.
The left and right sides of the cave extend infinitely, with no end in sight and no idea of how deep it is.
There are no stalactites or the like at the top of the cave, and the surrounding rocks are very smooth due to erosion.
After a brief glance, Ding Ze, who had just kept silent and deliberately stayed two steps behind Wu Xie and Lao Chu, hid himself in the darkness in the passage to ensure that if there was an accident, he could respond in time, his eyesight quickly
He moved, using his night eyes, to look for the figures of Uncle Tai and the four others.
As a result, it was not found.
'Interesting, it only lasted ten minutes, but Uncle Tai and the others were already gone.'
'It seems that my intervention has indeed changed some plots... At the very least, Er Mazi seems to be able to live longer...'
At this moment, Ding Ze felt a little surprised...
He had thought about it before and felt that there was a high chance that Uncle Tai and the four of them would be waiting for them here when they saw the underground river.
After all, Li Pipa, who knew the route, was dead, and Uncle Tai already knew that Lao Itch had walked down this river, so he stayed to ambush the three of them, subdued the three of them, and let Lao Itch lead the way. No matter how he looked at it, it had to be safer.
'But this is good, it saves me a lot of trouble.'
With this in mind, Ding Ze smiled, took out a cigarette and lit one.
At this time, it was similar to the original plot. Wu Xie shined the flashlight on the left and heard a voice. He was surprised and puzzled, "Why does it look like there is a person standing there in the middle of the river over there?"
Hear the words.
When he was just looking for Uncle Tai and the other four, Ding Ze had already seen that figure and knew what it was about. He thought about it and replied, "It's not a human being, it's just a humanoid statue."
"Statue?" Wu Xie heard this and waved the flashlight in his hand with a puzzled look on his face, trying to illuminate the statue clearly.
Unfortunately, the lighting distance of the flashlight is limited and cannot reach the statue.
After a few attempts, Wu Xie gave up and stopped shaking the flashlight. "It's really strange. What's the point of erecting a humanoid statue in the middle of such an underground river?"
"Who is this statue? When and when was it erected there?"
Wu Xie muttered to himself for a while, and then suggested, "How about we go over and have a look? I feel that this humanoid statue is most likely related to the bust on the cliff of Jiazigou."
Hear this.
Ding Ze: “…….”
Ding Ze was stunned immediately, and then he couldn't help but get a headache.
What's the fuss about? Come over and take a look?
Tsk tsk.
If while walking, the hot fountain suddenly erupts...
In the original work, doesn’t Er Mazi’s tragic ending have to fall on us?