Chapter 60: The Water Is Deep
Lights shine on the pontoon.
A few shabby wooden planks, intertwined by vines, float quietly on the undisturbed dark river.
Zheng Jie picked up a stone on the ground and threw it lightly in the middle of the dark river.
Poof.
The sound was dull and long, and the waves spread outward from the center until they disappeared.
The water is deep!
"The river completely blocked the way, and now it seems that we have to take the pontoon bridge. Professor Chen said helplessly, looking weak.
It's no wonder that since entering this forest, strange things have happened one after another.
Strange creatures followed. I don't know, I thought I was making a movie.
The Forbidden Land, the Cursed Land, is no joke.
And Zheng Jie on the side glanced at Huzi quietly.
And Huzi also seemed to sense Zheng Jie's gaze, and turned around and responded with a smile. The monkey standing on his shoulder jumped up and down, chirping endlessly.
"This pontoon bridge should have been put together temporarily, and it has been a few years, and I don't know if it is still secure. The Ninth Master walked to the edge of the bridge, looked at the wooden stakes fixed to the shore, and said worriedly.
"Who will be the first to walk over?" asked the Ninth Master as he looked at everyone.
Silent.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the first person to walk on the pontoon bridge is a guinea pig.
If you walk in the middle of the bridge and the bridge suddenly breaks, then the fun will be great.
After all, no one knows what's going on under the water.
After experiencing the wild wolves as strong as cattle and the man-eating vines, even if there are any terrifying piranhas popping up under the water, they will have no doubt.
However, if they can get out alive this time, these experiences alone will be enough for them to brag for a lifetime.
What "Ghost Blows the Lamp" and "Notes on Tomb Robbery", it is simply weak.
But only if they live.
"I'll go first. Zheng Jie took a step forward and said leisurely, as if he was playing with a balance beam.
"Okay, Xiao Zheng, then I'll trouble you. If you find anything, communicate with us in time. The ninth master hurriedly admonished, for fear that he would regret it.
Grandma drops, finally caught one.
The fat man was in a hurry, so he hurriedly grabbed Zheng Jie and said in a low voice: "Boss, are you crazy? What if you walk over like this, what if you accidentally fall into the water, do you know how to swim?"
Zheng Jie patted the fat man's right hand and comforted: "It's okay, believe me." ”
Perhaps among this group of people, the only one who can really think about himself without reservation is the fat man. Although this kid is always out of tune, he has nothing to say about righteousness.
"Okay, then you can take it easy. If you accidentally kneel, what will I do? I don't know martial arts, and I haven't fought backwards. Fat man, the happiness of my life can be pinned on you. If there was no handsome guy like me in the world, how boring it would be...... "Fat man, a lot."
Zheng Jie's hard to brew a trace of emotion is gone.
The dead fat man of later generations doesn't seem to be so nonsense. Now it's like a chatter, and I can't wait to sew his mouth up.
Zheng Jie came to the bridge, holding the wolf-eye electric lamp given by his big-breasted sister Ah Zhen just now, and turned on the lamp to shine a light.
The pontoon bridge is quietly lying across the dark river.
It's a pontoon bridge, but it's actually just a pile of broken wooden planks woven together by vines and placed on the water.
Each plank is about 50 centimeters, and at a glance, there are about 20 planks. Then this end is almost a dozen meters away from the opposite bank.
Maybe it's because of a long time in water.
Some of the planks were so rotten that only half of them were floating there.
And the light flashed through, and a few patches were dark red.
Just as Zheng Jie was looking at the pontoon bridge, a circle of ripples suddenly appeared in the center of the dark river, spreading outward.
But when the lights went on, it was quiet and peaceful, and the water was like a mirror, without a trace of fluctuation.
Strange, could it just be an illusion.
Not wanting too much, Zheng Jie refocused the lights on the pontoon bridge and took the first step.
Squeak.
Like the sound of an old wooden door opening.
One step, two steps, three steps.
About a third of the way through, the light hit the board in front of him, catching his attention.
Zheng Jie carefully looked at the dark brown part of the left corner of the wooden board in front of him, squatted down, gently swiped his fingertips, and sent it to the tip of his nose, and a faint smell of blood lingered on him.
Blood?!
"Brother Zheng, have you found anything?" Seeing that Zheng Jie suddenly stopped, the Ninth Master hurriedly asked.
"It's fine. He replied faintly and continued on his way.
After a while, they arrived safely on the other side.
Stepping on the damp and hard stone wall, Zheng Jie sent the light forward.
In the blink of an eye, rows of stairs suddenly appeared in front of him.
What's going on?
No one thought that at the bottom of this deep cave, there would be stairs!
Lights are blowing around.
On both sides of this row of stairs more than ten meters wide, there are also pairs of carefully carved stone lions. One by one, with their heads held high, they were dignified.
This place is really weird!
Zheng Jie turned the light on the fat man who bit the chicken leg to replenish his physical energy.
"Fatty, come here. ”
When everyone looked over, the goods were still full of oil.
"I'm not the boss......"
"Come here!" Zheng Jie's dull voice came again.
"Okay. The fat man had to divide the chicken leg by two, and staggered to the edge of the pontoon.
He stretched out his right foot and stepped on the plank.
Hey, ok.
So he put his whole body on the pontoon.
The whole pontoon bridge sank a few centimeters, and the fat man almost jumped back in fright.
However, it's okay, it's just a few centimeters.
Then, he had the courage to crawl over step by step.
When the fat man came to the middle of the bridge, Zheng Jie stared at the calm water.
There is still not a trace of waves.
Could it be that you are too cautious, there is nothing in the river?
"Have you noticed that the water seems to be rising? Cortana's voice rang out.
"Up?"
"Could it be that the fat man is too heavy and weighs on the water?" Ah Zhen joked.
"No! The water is rising, and it's going up fast! Look at the stone piers over there. It's only half gone, and now it's almost submerged. ”
"At this rate, it won't be long before our side is overwhelmed. ”
"Quick, everyone, get on the pontoon, get over right now!"
When the fat man stood firmly on the opposite bank, he found that the ninth master and his party were all rushing to the pontoon bridge in a hurry, for fear of being one step behind others.
"Boss, what are they anxious about?" asked the fat man.
"Don't you notice that the water level is getting higher?"
"What?" the fat man looked at carefully, "good, really." ”
"Actually, that's not the problem. ”
"What?"
"I had a bad feeling. Zheng Jie's lights kept shooting on the water, but still nothing.
When Cortana stepped on the plank to the middle, the pontoon suddenly shook.
She quickly crouched down and steadied herself.
The Ninth Master and his entourage all stopped
"What's wrong?"