Chapter 140: Tongyuan Cave
Tongyuan Cave, also known as Jiao Cave, is rumored to be caused by a giant Jiao hundreds of zhang long jumping in the mountain stream, of course, all this is just a legend, can not be true.
It's just that the twists and turns of the cave are really like the dragon coming out of the ground, the entrance is still bright, but after walking less than four or five zhang, the vision will quickly darken, and after a few more zhang, it is even more pitch black everywhere, and you can't see it, and you can't see your fingers.
At this time, the fluorite in everyone's hands helped a lot. In the darkness, the five-point fluorescence flickered slightly in it, like an insignificant firefly, and the illumination range of fluorite was about two or three zhang, and it was not very clear to see it four zhang away.
Huang Huan has been here many times, she is familiar, but she is also extra attentive in this pitch dark, in this cave, there are many forks in the road, hidden dark holes, unfathomable, if one is careless, take a fork in the road, but it is not just as simple as taking the wrong road.
The rest of the people are all here for the first time, and they don't dare to relax in the slightest.
The rugged road under your feet, sometimes undulating, sometimes flat as a rock, wide and narrow, but there is one thing in common, that is, because it was washed by the rain at first, it looked particularly slippery, and occasionally, you can also step on some gravel remnants that rush in with the rain, making a "click" sound, which also makes the foot travel more difficult.
Every two people are about a foot apart, mainly to avoid stumbling under their feet, and even the people next to him, Wei Entropy hung the fluorite into a hanging rope on his chest, freed his hand to grope the wet rock wall, and slowly walked to the depths, on the rock wall, the hand was slippery and soft, the grass was astringent, and there seemed to be thick moss growing along the gaps.
"Walk closer, don't be far behind. Huang Huan's gentle admonition came from the front, the sound was not loud, but because of the transparency of the cave, it was very clear to hear it before and after.
Everyone was relieved, stepped up their steps, and followed the back in front of them step by step.
After turning and turning, he walked dozens of hundreds of zhang away, and the road ahead of him also became wider and wider from the initial narrowness.
Since entering this cave, although Huang Huan's voice has been lower, her tone is much lighter, and it is obvious that all this is within her control.
The first fork in the road has arrived.
In the Tongyuan Cave, there are all kinds of forks, no less than 100 places, most of them are dead roads, and there are also hidden hidden holes that connect to the underwater. As for the branch of the fork in front of you, it is divided into three roads: left, middle and right, and the leftmost fork on the rock wall is marked with the mark proposed by Huang Huan before, which is undoubtedly the right road.
Huang Huan just glanced slightly, then turned his head and walked forward, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then immediately pulled their legs to follow. In this cave, she saved most of the trails, and looked, just to be careful.
"A hundred feet further on, there is an uphill slope, which is a bit steep, so you have to be careful with your step. "The sound is crisp, like spring water, and it is very good.
Wu Wei was less than a foot away from Huang Huan, looking at the petite back in front of him, but he smiled indifferently, Huang Huan's name as the captain of the Tianwei is indeed worthy of the name. After thinking about it, the divine consciousness was a few dozen feet away from the previous time, and when he explored carefully, he could occasionally see some small creatures with a shimmering light between the divine senses, which should be insects, snakes, ants, etc., that inhabited here, and when he noticed the approach of everyone, he avoided it from a distance.
Walking uphill for a while, walking in this cave is like climbing a small peak, but it is obscure, but it is depressing, and the sweat is even more dripping.
Wu Wei took out a dagger from his waist and gently scraped it from the rock wall, which was really as Huang Huan said, like gold and iron, very hard, and ordinary swords were only afraid that even carving shallow marks on the debut would be delusional.
The foot does not stop, intermittently repeating dozens of zhang, and met a fork, one of them is the rock wall is narrow, need to bend over, can pass, everyone hesitated, but saw the leader of Huang Huan leaned down, straight drilled over, after climbing over, I saw that on the rock wall above the head, there are many jade and white stalactites hanging upside down, like an upside-down spear, all kinds of things, just blocked most of the above.
The deeper you go, the more panicked everyone's hearts become, if it weren't for the markers, and Huang Huan leading the way in front, in this cave, it is really difficult to distinguish the direction, and there is anxiety.
Not long after, it is a small section uphill, and then a large section of downhill, totaling more than 100 zhang, that is, compared with the mountains and mountains, it is not much different, but the road under this foot seems to be just step by step, although there is a high and low, but it is just for people to pick up the steps and go down.
"After walking for a while, you will reach the underground lake, and after passing the underground lake, you will be halfway there!" Hearing the voice of the girl in front of them, everyone felt that their hearts were light, and they raised their heads and looked forward. Vaguely saw not far ahead, there were wisps of milky white light shining in, like a light veil of the moon, compared to the darkness of the road behind him, it was a lot brighter, and the fluorite on the palm of the hand, on the contrary, gradually dimmed under the background.
Where is this?
Following Huang Huan, Wu Wei leaned out of the cave, and as soon as he stepped down, he was attracted by the empty underground landscape in front of him.
In front of the right direction, is a deep pool, the two sides of the pond side of the strange stone forest, a thousand postures, stalagmite forest, the high and the stone pillar hanging down on the rock wall condensed together, into one, the low one is also a few zhang high, you have to look up at it. Compared with the strange terrain seen on the way, this place is a place of its own, not far in front of the deep pool, there are several caves, many of which are submerged in the deep pool, and only the top of the cave is only two or three feet away.
The area of the deep pool is very large, accounting for four-fifths of the space seen, and the place where everyone settles is only a small piece, and I don't know where to go next.
The water in the pond in front of you is as dark as ink, two or three zhang away in the middle, it is dark and secluded, the bottom is not visible, there are occasional ripples and ripples slightly, it is actually a small silver fish with the thickness of a finger, swimming in the pool, and it does not time to float to the surface. Above the deep pool, it is more like hanging upside down the Milky Way, full of stars, very novel.
However, this is not the strangeness of the lake, but the reflection from the top of the cliff more than ten feet high. Looking up, I saw that on the rock wall above my head, thousands of fluorescents, like fireflies, shining and huge, dotted on it, emitting a faint light of the moon, although not bright, but enough to make people see the surrounding environment clearly.
Not far to the right is a pile of large, white rock condensed stalagmites, and behind it there is a dark cavern that looms as far as the eye can see.
At this time, everyone behind him also followed one after another, seeing the wonders in this cave, and after looking around with curiosity, they issued a heartfelt admiration.
This underground cave, compared with the mountains and rivers on the ground, has its own beautiful wonders.
While sighing, Huang Huan, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped, looked solemn, and made a silence, her eyes looked towards the top of the right side of the cave, but there was something strange in her eyes.
Wu Wei followed the line of sight, but the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he saw that in the corner not far from the fluorescence, there was a group of black clouds like dark clouds.
quantity, almost hundreds and thousands.
In the girl's bright eyes, there was obvious nervousness.
"Is that the blood bat?" Wu Wei walked closer and sighed lightly, the black beasts, like a mountain of tired eggs, hung upside down from each other, end to end, occasionally blood and light, very terrifying. It's just that the blood bat at this time didn't move, but just lay quietly on its stomach, obviously as Huang Huan said, they were resting, and at this time, the hanging heart was put down.
"The Blood Bat was supposed to be no longer in this area, but for some reason, it moved here. What she saw in front of her did not match what she knew, and Huang Huan was also a little puzzled.
"It's possible that the flash flood just now affected the habitat of the blood bats. Wu Wei also had no intention of pursuing it, he shook his head with a wry smile, the problem at hand is not this, at least the blood bat is not moving now, it is undoubtedly the best news for them, "Let's leave here as soon as possible." ”
"Well, unfortunately, we're going to the cave in front of you. ”
The cave Huang Huan was talking about was just below the group of blood bats, behind the cover of several stalagmites, but more importantly, it didn't seem to see any road leading there at the moment.
"There was a road on the right-hand side, but now I can't see it, as if it has been flooded by the pool of water. ”
At this time, everyone had come back to their senses and gathered here, hearing Huang Huan speak, but they were all looking in the direction she was pointing.
In that direction, it is the place on the right side of the cliff, and the bottom can be faintly seen.
In normal times, the road there was originally more than a zhang wide, that is, five or six people side by side were not in the way, but at this time, it was overflowed by the water level of about one meter, if you go down that road, I am afraid that it will overflow the waist.
"The only way to do it now is to go straight to it. Lu Han proposed.
Wei Entropy and War Ghost were silent, just looking at Wu Wei's expression.
"I just don't know, is there anything hidden in this deep pool?"
Thinking of this, Wu Wei approached the edge of the pool, his divine consciousness stretched out, swayed slowly, and swept out thirty or forty zhang deep, but he only encountered a large area of turbid imprint, and the qi in the pool was obscure and unclear, which was very strange.
"We have always stayed away from this deep pool, and we have never been in the water, and we really can't be sure of any life in it. Huang Ying thought for a moment, but was helpless.
"From this side, to the mouth of the cave, it is only fifty or sixty feet, which is not too far. Everyone came to the edge of the rock wall on the right side, looked over, and saw that the pool of water was about a meter over, and they were afraid that no matter who went down, they would not be able to escape the wet fate.
"Let's go!" looked at the hole in front of him, Wu Wei snorted behind him, although he didn't know what the underwater situation was, but if he waited for the blood bat on top of his head to wake up, it would definitely be a catastrophe.
"Okay, you can follow closely!" the girl whispered uneasily, as if she was worried about other people, but Wu Wei always felt that Huang Huan was afraid of something.
"I'll lead the way. As he spoke, Wu Wei no longer delayed, but he took an arrow step in front of the girl, and stepped in the air, and the figure was about to run out five or six feet away, but it suddenly stagnated, and in the lower body that had just entered the water, the power of the running seal was forced down.
This pool of water is weird!