The cave was very deep, and Cao Shuo and the others walked for a long time before they saw that the front was spacious.

In the spacious cave, stalactites are connected to each other, like pillars supporting the roof of the cave, forming a huge natural hall in the cave.

Standing in the cave, you can hear the sound of water flowing like a stream.

Looking around, Cao Shuo didn't find any traces of water flowing through.

"Find out if there's a water source nearby." He commanded the soldiers who followed him.

Dozens of soldiers immediately dispersed, searching the cave for possible water sources.

After searching for a long time, the soldiers still found nothing.

"Childe, the sound of the water seems to be coming from the cave wall." Deng Zhan, who was following behind Cao Shuo, reminded him.

"Look carefully to see where the water is." Cao Shuo commanded again.

The soldiers pressed their ears to the walls of the cave, listening carefully to where the sound of the water was clearer.

Cao Shuo and others also followed the search.

Guo Jia asked Cao Shuo, "What is the son doing searching for water currents?" ”

"There is the sound of water flowing in the cave, but we can't find a mountain spring or a stream, doesn't Fengxiao think it's strange?" Cao Shuo asked.

"It's a little weird, but I don't think there's anything worth searching for." Guo Jia said: "It's just a cave, is it possible that Cheng Gongzi still wants to use it for what to do here?" ”

"Feng Xiao is right, whether we can find the water flow or not actually makes no difference to us." Cao Shuo said: "I don't know why, I always feel that I can't find where the water comes from, and my heart is not too stable." ”

"Since Childe feels this way, it's better to look for it." Guo Jiaying said.

After searching for a while, a soldier put his ear to the south wall of the cave and shouted, "Childe, the sound of the water is coming from here." ”

"Chisel." Cao Shuo immediately ordered.

Immediately several soldiers ran up with short swords.

The stones in the cave are all volcanic rock, and the texture is very hard.

The soldiers had no tools with them, and they were digging with their short swords.

As the stone peeled off little by little, the pit they dug in the cave wall grew bigger and bigger.

Suddenly, a short sword in the soldier's hand stabbed down and plunged into the stone.

Immediately after, the stone fell in pieces, and a small black hole appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

The sound of the water coming from the small hole came from the opening.

Cao Shuo said: "Sure enough, there is no cave here. ”

"Quick, make the hole bigger." Guo Zu hurriedly instructed the soldiers.

The soldiers quickened the digging action. It didn't take long for a hole that could accommodate an adult to drill through appeared in front of Cao Shuo and the others.

"Go in and have a look." Cao Shuo commanded again, and lowered his head to drill into the hole.

Cao Zhang stepped forward: "Eldest brother, I'm first." ”

"Be careful." Taking the torch from the soldier next to him, Cao Shuo handed it to him and said, "We don't know anything in the cave at all, and if we find that the situation is wrong, we will withdraw immediately." ”

"I understand." Cao Zhang responded, took the torch and went into the hole.

Several soldiers followed.

Cao Shuo and the others were about to follow in, and Cao Zhang, who was inside, shouted, "Elder brother, come in and take a look." ”

Hearing Cao Zhang's greeting, Cao Shuo took Guo Jia, Guo Zu and others to get in.

It was dark in the cave, but there were quite a few people coming in.

The torches in the hands of the people illuminated the place.

What appeared in front of Cao Shuo and the others was a waterhole, and a mountain spring above the waterhole was constantly pouring clear spring water into it.

Strangely, the waterhole is not connected to the outside world, and the spring water is not very slow, but it seems that it cannot be filled.

"Childe, come and see this." Deng Zhan, who walked to the side to investigate, shouted.

Cao Shuo ran over with everyone.

When they came to Deng Zhan's side, Cao Shuo saw a human skeleton at their feet.

The upper body of the skeleton is exposed on the shore, and the lower half of the body is in a waterhole, which has been buried by the mud and sand at the edge of the waterhole.

"Anyone here?" Guo Jia was stunned and said: "It seems that the only road we have opened is here, and it is completely closed here, so it is impossible to go outside......

"Maybe it came in from under the pool." Cao Shuo interrupted him.

"How is that possible?" Bending down and reaching out to explore the water, Guo Jia said: "The water in the pool is very cold, let alone swimming in from the outside, even if you soak in it for a while, it will freeze." ”

"Who knows who this bone is." Cao Shuo said: "Maybe the water temperature in the waterhole was not too low when he came in. ”

"It's all guessing here." Cao Zhang stepped forward and said, "Drag the corpse out and take a look." ”

Grabbing the skeleton's arms, Cao Zhang dragged it hard to the shore.

As he dragged the skeleton out of the shore, everyone looked surprised and had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

The skeleton's upper body resembles a human, but its lower body is not human legs, but a single bone like a spine.

"This ...... It's not a human ......" Looking back at Cao Shuo, Cao Zhang said with a stunned face.

"Shark!" Guo Jia said: "It is said that there are sharks in the East China Sea, but I haven't seen them with my own eyes, but I didn't expect to see them alive here." ”

"General Guo, I remember which one of you and General Guan said that you once captured mermaids." Cao Shuo asked.

"That's true of the skeleton of the merman." Guo Zu said: "But they have always lived in the deep sea, how can there be ...... here?"

"Childe, there's a stone tablet here." Everyone was wondering how the corpse of a merman could be here, and a soldier's shout was heard not far away.

Cao Shuo and the others hurriedly ran over.

In the corner they hadn't been paying attention to, a stone tablet lay there.

The stele is smooth and moss-grown.

"Wipe the moss off." Cao Shuo commanded.

A soldier crouched down, pulled out a piece of linen, and carefully wiped the moss off the stele.

The moss was erased, and two hieroglyphs emerged from the stele.

Cao Shuo didn't understand hieroglyphs, so he asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, what do you ......see?"

"Congratulations to Childe!" Guo Jia suddenly clenched his fists and bowed down, and made a big salute to Cao Shuo.

"Feng Xiao, this is ......," Cao Shuo asked in amazement.

"What is written on the stele is the word 'Mandate of Heaven'." Guo Jia said: "This is an indication that the son obeys the destiny of heaven and will win the world sooner or later." ”

Zhu Ao also said on the side: "Since Gongzi killed the Red Snake, there have been many visions, this is the will of heaven to make Gongzi emperor......"

"Nonsense." Cao Shuo glared at Deng Zhan: "There are some things that can be said, and some things don't be said nonsense." ”

Deng Zhan gently tugged at Zhu Ao's sleeve and motioned him to stop talking.

"Take the stele out." Cao Shuo instructed the soldiers: "Since the Mandate of Heaven is written, I can't let it lie here all the time." ”

Several soldiers stepped forward to carry the stone monument, and someone on the edge of the waterhole shouted: "Childe, there is something in the water!" ”