Chapter Ninety-Four: The Underground River Man-Eating Monster
The next Monday, Zeng Rong came to the designated place. Downstairs in the school administration building.
There are two cars parked downstairs, two Dongfeng Mengshi civilian versions.
Dongfeng Mengshi is the version of Hummer of Dongfeng Motor Company, which is extremely similar to Hummer, and some surnames can even surpass Hummer.
"Xiao Zeng, come on, this is the head of your history department, Professor Zhang Dingyi." Professor Ahn pointed to a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties and fifties.
Short hair, very energetic, and there is a woman standing quietly next to her, both of whom have a heavy bookish atmosphere.
Majoring in archaeology at Chenghan University, it is affiliated with the Department of History. Professor Zhang Dingyi is also the direct leader of Zeng Rong.
"Hello Professor Zhang." Zeng Rong hurriedly said.
"Hehe, okay, Professor An said that you are still a boxing master, amazing, amazing, our history department is going to produce an all-rounder who is both civil and military." Professor Zhang said with a smile.
"This is my daughter, Zhang Yunyi, a graduate student in archaeology at Southwest University." Professor Zhang Dingyi immediately introduced the young woman around him.
"Hello." Zhang Yunyi stretched out his hand very generously, with a bookish aura on his face, his appearance was very delicate and beautiful, the only deficiency was that he was a little wooden, Zeng Rong even suspected that it was caused by being stupid in reading.
The wrist stretched out, but the forearm was revealing Shengxue's skin, which was amazingly white!
"Hello, I'm Zeng Rong." Zeng Rong also hurriedly stretched out his hand.
It's soft, it's warm, but it falls away when you hold it.
"Haha, classmate Xiao Zeng, then we will leave our security issues to you." Professor Zhang Dingyi said with a smile.
A group of eight people, sitting in two Dongfeng warriors, headed towards Shuchuan Province.
Among the eight members of the expedition team, three were soldiers, and the relevant departments specially assigned bodyguards for the expedition team, carrying guns with them. The two also work part-time as drivers. Another soldier with the rank of lieutenant sat in a car in front of him with Professor Ahn Jae-ri and his assistant.
In the back of the car sat Zeng Rong and Professor Zhang Dingyi, Zhang Yunyi, who was driving one of the three soldiers, and Zeng Rong was sitting in the passenger cab.
I left at nine o'clock in the morning, ate a quick meal at the service station at noon, took a rest, and arrived at my destination at four o'clock in the afternoon.
Yutong County, Shuchuan Province, is the location of the newly discovered huge karst cave.
Arriving in Yutong County, a local got into Professor An's car. This person is a special guide, arranged by the local department.
The car continued to drive for minutes, and a village appeared, where a crowd of people waited.
"The country is coming."
"The village chief is back!"
After seeing the car stop and the people in both cars got down, the people in the village immediately said nonsense.
The two women immediately pounced on them, fell to their knees, and wept aloud.
"My poor Hua!"
"Oh, I'm just such a baby, how will we live in the future! The political axe wants to help us! ”
"Get up, get up!" Professor An hurriedly supported one woman, and Professor Zhang Dingyi also supported another woman.
But the two women didn't get up for anything, hugged the thighs of the two professors, and cried with a handful of snot and tears.
Soon, Zeng Rong understood what had happened.
Ten days ago, three children from this village, who went to play together, ran to a mountain more than ten miles away, only to find a hole in the mountain.
The entrance of the cave is not big, and only one person can drill into it, but after drilling into it for more than ten meters, it suddenly opens up, and a huge karst cave appears in front of them.
Driven by curiosity, several children dispelled their fears, and walked forward for more than half an hour with courage, when they heard the sound of water.
But at this time, two black shadows pounced and knocked down two children, and the other child reacted quickly and quickly ran away.
When he returned to the village and called for someone, he entered the cave again, but he did not find the other two children.
Ten days have passed, and there is no one alive or dead, no corpse, and it is completely missing.
Not only that, but one of the dozen or so villagers in the third group who went in to look for people disappeared.
According to the name of the village, it is to see a monster pounce out of the water, bite the person directly into the water, and then the monster disappears.
When the local authorities got the news, they immediately stopped the villagers from entering the cave again and reported it. The above soon instructed the formation of an investigation team to conduct on-the-spot investigations.
"I have to believe that the political axe will be properly handled, this money is my personal own, so take it first." It really couldn't be entangled, so Professor Ahn Jae-li took out more than a dozen red tickets and stuffed them into the woman's hand.
The woman received the money, and only after being persuaded by the village chief did she let go of her hand.
Professor Zhang Dingyi looked helpless.
"My dad didn't have a habit of carrying money with him." Seeing this situation, Zhang Yunyi said in a low voice. "I only have more than 100 dollars on me."
With a sigh in his heart, Zeng Rong took out a few thousand yuan from his wallet, stepped forward and handed it to the woman who was still holding Professor Zhang Dingyi.
Immediately, under the persuasion of the villagers, the woman also gave her hand.
I'm still sobbing, but I'm much better than I started.
Of course, Zeng Rong didn't think that these two women were like this for money, and the loss of their biological children was definitely not something that could be recovered by those thousands of yuan. But to put it mildly, the mood of those two people will always be a little better.
It was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and at the request of Professor An, the village chief took the expedition team to the entrance of the cave.
Shuchuan is mountainous, more than ten miles away from the village, and countless mountains can already be seen.
The village chief led the people to a nearby mountain, in a very remote place, and a hole hidden in the weeds appeared.
The entrance of the cave can only allow one person to get into, and even if ordinary people find such a hole, they will not think of getting in, that is, children are curious and will make such a move.
"This place used to be covered by stones, but it was not long ago that a heavy rain washed away a lot of stones before this hole was revealed." The village station introduced.
After carefully exploring the surroundings, Professor An said, "It's not too late, let's rest first, recuperate, and go in early tomorrow morning." ”
At the request of the village chief, the group moved into the village.
Many people in the countryside go out to work in big cities, and many houses in the villages are idle. The villagers were very enthusiastic, especially the two families who lost their children, who brought out all the delicious food at home, and killed two chickens.
After resting for the night, a group of people drove to the front of the mountain more than ten miles away.
Eight people dragged packages containing various necessities into the hole one by one, crawling for more than ten meters, and sure enough, the inside suddenly became cheerful.
The light was dim, like it was getting dark, and only vague shadows could be seen from a little farther away.
All eight of them wore hard hats, and all of them had searchlights on their hats, but Professor Ann only asked the lieutenant who took the lead to turn on the searchlights.
I don't know how long this cave will be and how far it will go, and the power supplied to the searchlights must be saved.
The lieutenant was walking in the cave in the mountains, guided by the light above his head.
Professor Ann and his assistants collect some soil for each part of the journey.
It was very cool in the cave, and the group walked for half an hour, and they didn't sweat, and after half an hour, they heard the sound of water, and an underground undercurrent appeared in front of everyone.
Half an hour, according to Zeng Rong's estimate, he had already walked seven or eight miles away. The cave is a straight line. Seven or eight miles of road, it is definitely into the depths of the mountains.
The underground undercurrent is actually an underground river, that is, a dark river that appears underground, this underground river is very wide, in Zeng Rong's visual inspection, it is nearly fifty meters wide, and the water potential is stable.
"Be careful, according to the villagers' descriptions, the man-eating monster emerged from this water." When they reached the edge of the dark river, Professor Ahn Jae-ri spoke. "Lao Zhang, you and Yunyi pay attention to whether there are some man-made traces in the cave, these are the areas you can study."
The expedition team not only had to investigate the man-eating monster, but also this huge cave, which is very likely to have traces of ancient people's life, which are of great research value, in the field of history and archaeology.
Soon, the three soldiers took out their pistols and held them in their hands, one of the three soldiers was current, one was broken, and one was in the middle, and the lights on the heads of the three were all turned on, and suddenly, the light inside was much stronger.
Under the illumination of this light, Zeng Rong found that after the appearance of this underground undercurrent, the characteristics of the cave were fully revealed.
The stalactites that fall from above, as well as stalagmites that grow upwards from below, are lined up, and some stalactites and stalagmites are even connected to form a more unusual landscape such as stone pillars.
"Lao Zhang, you are with me, Yunyi, you follow Zeng Rong." Professor Ahn Jae-ri arranged.
Professor An Zaili and Zeng Rong are both masters of dark energy, and their reflexes and melee attack protection are definitely far beyond ordinary people, so this arrangement can put Zhang Dingyi, Zhang Yun, a father and daughter, who need protection the most in the team, in the strictest protection.
There are only two or three wide free roads next to the dark river, and some of them are narrow, even less than a meter.
If the monster in the undercurrent bursts out and hurts people, it is really difficult to escape.
In addition to the lights turned on above the heads of the three soldiers, Professor Ahn also turned on a flashlight in his hands. This flashlight constantly shines its light on the surface of the undercurrent.
A strange stream of fish suddenly appeared in the range of the light, and Professor Ahn immediately exclaimed.
"This fish may be a new species!"
Zeng Rong immediately saw that this group of fish was only about 20 centimeters long, white, and even the eyes were white.
The underground undercurrent is dark, and these fish should live here for a long time, and after a long time, the visual organs will degenerate, the eyes will lose their strength, and the eyeballs will change color.
Hearing Professor Ahn Jae-ri's voice, the group of fish immediately dived into the water as if frightened, and disappeared.
Along the way, you will encounter rats, lizards and other creatures, and even a large snake three or four meters long will fall from a stone pillar! The serpent is also snow-white and completely white.
The serpent fell to the ground, and immediately swam with all its might, and disappeared into the undercurrent.
After walking in the undercurrent for more than three hours and walking for nearly thirty miles, the cave still shows no signs of coming to an end!
"It's a long cave!" Along the way, Professor Ahn Zaili and Professor Zhang Dingyi both sighed.
Thirty miles away, I encountered the man-eating monster in the mouth of the village, but I encountered something even stranger.
After walking for more than 30 miles, many human skeletons appeared on the road!
Some of the skeletons were covered in iron armor, and there were rusty knives, swords, spears and other ancient cold weapons.