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Chapter Ninety-Four: The Underground Golden River

Passing through the desolate and dead Black Rock Ridge, a basin appears in front of you. It is surrounded by verdant pine trees, and there are seven other towering trees in the basin. Along the way, in the entire southern foothills of Mount Kent, only vegetation appeared on the surface of this place, which appeared abrupt and mysterious. Five people stopped at the edge of the basin. Looking at the snow-covered and verdant basin in front of them, the four fields were quiet, as if the pilgrims had finally found the temple in their hearts. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

Li Le was really tired, first he was injured and bled a lot, and then in order to track Niwa Mantianxing, he ran for several kilometers in the relatively oxygen-deficient underground tunnel without reservation. At this time, the ace of the heavenly soldiers, who used to be known as the trump card of the heavenly soldier who did not know what the limit was, was close to the limit in terms of both mental and physical consumption.

Li Le looked at the direction of the arrangement of the trees in the basin, and felt that there seemed to be a hidden mystery, and said: "I see that the location of those big trees is strange, it seems that they are arranged in the Big Dipper, if so, according to the words on the gold medal, there should be a sweet spring nearby, and the key to finding the entrance to Chengling is here." ”

Fan Qinghui agreed, and said: "Back then, the hill was traveling westward, and the lower edge method was uploaded on the grassland, and the location of the seven trees in front of me just coincided with the arrangement pattern of the Big Dipper, and it seems that this is really the coordinates where the entrance to Chengling is located." He added: "If our food is correct, there must be a mechanism in this basin, and it may be dangerous to rush over." ”

"It's useless to just look at it." The stone put Li Le under a pine tree and said to Fan Qinghui: "Miss Fan, please take care of Brother Le, I'll go over and have a look first." ”

Fan Taohua said, "I'll go with you." ”

Ao Baiji said: "I also went over, and the three of them scattered to find the mechanism, even if they were in danger, they would not be served in one pot." ”

The three of them slowly walked towards the basin, Li Le struggled to stand up, Fan Qinghui hurriedly went over to support him, and said angrily: "What are you messing around with all this?" Li Le pointed to the front, where there was a thick elm stump, "Help me go and sit for a while." Fan Qinghui suddenly helped Li Le to sit down.

The three of them walked down the basin, and soon noticed that the snow under their feet was surprisingly thick, and their entire legs were sunk into the snow when they stepped on it. After a few steps, the snow was waist-deep, and it was difficult to move forward.

Li Lehe watched at the edge of the basin, and suddenly felt a vibration sensation under his feet, extremely slight, if it weren't for Li Le's subtle perception, it would be difficult to detect. When he was feeling confused, he suddenly noticed that the snow behind Ao Baiji on the left side suddenly bulged, and then this bulging part quickly developed forward and approached Ao Baiji. Li Le was taken aback, and wanted to remind Ao Baiji to be careful behind him, but he only had time to shout: The fat man is small, and before the three words in the back can be spoken, he saw that the unknown monster underground has arrived at the fat man's side, and he doesn't know what attack method this thing uses, and in the blink of an eye, he threw Ao Fat, who weighed more than 300 catties, several meters high, and fell into the snow more than ten meters away. He was gone.

The thing only showed a part of its body, and then it turned around and quickly approached the position of Fan Taohua. The snow rose rapidly, and the speed of this monster was amazing, and Fan Taohua was stuck in the snow and didn't have time to react, and as soon as he raised the golden hoe in front of him, the monster arrived. Li Le only saw a piece of blue-green python-like body suddenly appeared, and Fan Taohua was thrown into the air with a hoe, and disappeared into the snow at almost the same position as the fat man.

Then came the stone, and the monster hid under the snow without showing its tracks, and moved very quickly, and in an instant it turned to the stone again. Li Le got up, and just wanted Fan Qinghui to hand him the gun, but suddenly heard a loud earthquake under his feet, boom, a big hole cracked in the ground, and Li Le fell involuntarily.

Swish!!!

Although Li Le fell suddenly, his mind was still clear, and he felt that the fall lasted for a few seconds, and finally there was a plop, but it turned out to be a waterhole below. A few seconds of free fall, this distance should be around 100 meters. The body fell into the water, and before he could make any adjustments, he was smashed by Fan Qinghui, who was following closely. This big girl fell down with her buttocks, and she just sat on Li Le's stomach. The two of them sank to the bottom of the water together under the force of the downward rush, and only stopped after more than ten meters.

Fan Qinghui had lost consciousness, and Li Le held her and struggled to surface. But seeing that it was pitch black, except for the sound of Huahua's water, nothing could be heard or seen. I had to use my luck to row in one direction as best I could, and soon we reached the shore of the waterhole.

On the shore, Li Le found a high-performance explosion-proof flashlight from Fan Qinghui's backpack, which has two layers of airtight function, waterproof and explosion-proof, and has not failed even at this moment. By the light of the flashlight, I saw that Fan Qinghui's face was pale and his breathing had stopped. Hurriedly launched first aid, artificial respiration was inevitable, the four lips were connected, there was no thought in my heart, and I took a few breaths in a row but it didn't work, so I had to start cardiopulmonary massage, Li Le is an expert in this area, three times five divided by two, Fan Qinghui suddenly choked on a mouthful of water, her body was shocked, and she came back to life.

"Ah, what are you doing?" As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw that Li Le's mouth was only a few inches away from her, and his hand was still pressed on her chest. The light of the flashlight was not weak, shining on his face, making Li Le look a little hideous. Startled her. But she soon realized what had happened.

Li Le slowly straightened up and said, "It's good for you to wake up." In order to hide his embarrassment, he held a flashlight and began to shine left and right to observe the situation here.

Fan Qinghui thought of the intimate contact just now, her face was red with shame, and it took a while to calm down, and asked, "Can you see clearly what attacked them just now?" ”

Li Le shook his head and said: "I see a little bit, but I'm not sure what it is, it's a bit like a python, but pythons are cold-blooded animals, it can't appear here this season, the world is so big, I think it may be some kind of creature unknown to us." ”

Fan Qinghui was worried: "I don't know what happened to the three of them now." ”

"I want to know what happened to them, it's useless to just worry, we have to find a way to get out of this place first."

Li Le looked around with the light of the flashlight, and found that it was very vast below, and he thought that it was a waterhole, but then he found that it seemed to be an underground river. On the other side of the underground river is a steep and smooth mountain wall, but the place where he and Fan Qinghui are accommodated is a gentle river bank, paved with sand and gravel washed down by the current, reflecting the light of the flashlight, reflecting a little golden light, and the underground river beach as far as the eye can see, can be seen almost everywhere. It is a gold mine with incredible reserves.

There was the sound of rushing water from the upper reaches of the underground river, and the flashlight was limited after all, and there was only darkness as far as the eye could see from this position. Looking downstream, the same is true. I don't know how large the whole mountainside is. The underground water vapor is abundant, and the air near the river is especially cold. Li Le was worried that Fan Qinghui wouldn't be able to stand it, so he decided to find a dry place first, and the two of them supported each other and walked dozens of meters deep into the riverbank. I was surprised to find that there were several wooden houses in front of me.

"Ahh Fan Qinghui was surprised: "There are people living in this place. Li Le's eyesight was far superior to her, and he shook his head and said, "To be exact, someone lived here many years ago, and those wooden houses should have been uninhabited for a long time." As they spoke, the two of them had come to the wooden house, and Fan Qinghui noticed that the wooden house was already dilapidated.

Li Le demolished a wooden wall with his bare hands and piled it on the ground, and tried to light it but found that the flint of the lighter had failed after being blistered. Fan Qinghui was soaked, shivering with cold, and said: What can I do? Li Le was not in a hurry, picked a relatively hard wooden stick, and found another one that was relatively dry, and rubbed it on it by drilling wood to make fire.

Beside the bonfire, Fan Qinghui looked at Li Le intently and asked, "Isn't your injury okay?" ”

Li Le smiled slightly and said, "I didn't drink less water just now, and it's much better now." ”

Fan Qinghui looked around and worried: "It fell so deeply, it's impossible to climb up." ”

Li Le said: "First bake the body warm, and then slowly find the exit when the physical strength recovers, I think this place is so high, most of the predecessors lived here for the gold everywhere, since it is impossible to go up and down here, it is estimated that there will be a secret passage leading to the outside, the stone is now a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, if the monster eats people, even if we are so fast, it will not help." ”

Fan Qinghui was about to die of worry, and when she heard this, her eyes lit up, and she said, "You mean that the monster may not eat them?" ”

Li Le said: "That thing is moving under the snow, looking at the degree of the snow bag bulging, you can imagine that its size is huge, and it is extremely fast, and the attack is unguardable, if you want to eat them, why throw them in one place?" And he added: "They are not ordinary people, and they have weapons in their hands, and I think that the monster threw them out for no purpose, and it is likely that they are together, but in comparison, our situation is even more worrying." ”

Fan Qinghui looked left and right, and sighed: "You are right, the two of us have become fireflies now, don't think about pretending to be the sun shining on others, let's find a way out first, your eyes are good, do you find anything after watching it for so long?" ”

Li Le said: "I found nothing to discover, but we can first analyze the current situation, this place is not too difficult to find, but the archaeological team that came to the grassland to find Chengling before focused on the wasteland below, but I didn't expect that the entrance to Chengling would be on this mountain with multiple rock formations, according to what Bao Rilong told me, the scale of the entire Chengling is equivalent to an underground city, and the city walls are built with gold bricks in a ratio of 18 to 1, and the amount of gold required is probably not less than 10,000 tons. ”

"So much gold needs to be smelted and mixed into gold bricks, the amount of work is probably very large, and a lot of harmful scrap metal will inevitably be produced in the process of processing, and the dungeon construction has to make a lot of organs, you may not know, the ancients built the mechanism and loved to use mercury, this thing can flow, but the weight is huge, as a power source to touch the mechanism is very suitable, this also needs a place close to the water source, the environment is secret and can accommodate many people."

"So you think these cabins were left behind by the smelters?"

"I guess the gold we see everywhere may not be the veins in this mountain, the Mengyuan Empire ruled the Eurasian continent for a hundred years, and most of the wealth accumulated was hidden here, and those people smelted gold into gold bricks here and transported it to the underground city, with the level of craftsmanship at that time and the environmental conditions here, there will definitely be something missing in this process, and this golden sand may be the debris left behind at that time."

Li Le reluctantly got up, pulled Fan Qinghui and walked a few steps to the depths of the wooden houses, and a huge building appeared in front of him, which was vaguely a smelting furnace. Fan Qinghui had no objections, nodded and said: "It seems that you are right, this place is indeed a place where gold is smelted, and I think the gold that came out of here at that time was not in the state of gold bricks, but in a liquid state after being smelted." As he spoke, he pointed to the exit of the giant furnace and said, "You see that this outlet is so narrow, and the flow must be golden water, and the location below this is not large, and it seems that it is most suitable for parking the calf carts commonly used by the Mongols in ancient times." ”

"So, if you follow the light point of the golden sands, you will most likely find your way out." The two spoke in unison, Fan Qinghui glanced at Li Le, and suddenly felt shy.

Along the golden light on the riverbank, the two held hands and moved forward silently. Except for the sound of rushing water, there was hardly any sound to be heard along the way. Fan Qinghui silently took Li Le's hand, and the deer in her heart collided. On the one hand, I hope that this path will come to an end soon, and I hope that there will never end.

According to Li Le's estimate, the end of this place should be the second place to make gold bricks, the liquid gold arrives here, and after a complicated process is mixed into the gold bricks, this process will definitely not take too long, because the temperature in this place is very low, and the gold is difficult to maintain for too long in the liquid state, and the action is slow, and the gold solidifies into a solid state and cannot carry out the next process. So, the road shouldn't be too long.

Sure enough, after walking for less than fifteen minutes, a wall flashed in front of me, and inside was a wide and tall building.

"This should be it." Li Le walked outside the courtyard wall in a hurry, shone it in with a flashlight, and said: "It seems that it is right, there are a lot of semi-finished gold bricks in the yard, it should be this place, and the finished gold bricks are transported out from here, and eventually become a molecule that constitutes the Golden City, theoretically this place must have a road to connect with the Golden City, but I have a feeling that it is not so simple for us to get there safely." ”

"Why?" Fan Qinghui looked in with all her eyes, but she could barely see anything.

Li Le's eyes were deep, looking at the building in the darkness in front of him, in the dark building, there was a faint sound of wind, sending a strange popping sound into his ears, this sound made people feel uncomfortable. Li Le's heart was slightly cold, and he said in a deep voice: "This Chengling is too mysterious, and this place has been deserted for too long, since they can encounter that unknown monster in stone, how can we have smooth sailing in the depths of this mountain?" ”

"Did you see something?" Fan Qinghui looked at Li Le's eyes and asked curiously and worriedly.

Li Le was noncommittal, took her little hand, and said, "My leg is injured and my movement speed is limited, you must remember not to leave my three-step range when you go in." ”

Fan Qinghui rarely saw Li Le so solemn, even when facing the mysterious threat of Niwa starry sky before, he was still talking and laughing freely. But at this moment, he looked serious, as if there was some unknown existence in front of him that was more difficult to deal with than Niwa Mantianxing, and he couldn't help asking, "What did you see?" ”

In a flash of cold light, Li Le had already pulled out a short knife hidden in his pocket. He said in a deep voice: "Go!" ”