Chapter 46: The Underground River
Hu Shengzhe secretly said: "The position we are in now must be at least 2,500 meters above the ground, and if we go down, I am afraid that we can break through 3,000 meters deep at any time." ”
Xiao Ling raised his head, looking at the dark and gloomy above, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, he couldn't imagine that one day he would go deep into the underground world three thousand meters under the Luobu Desert, which is known as the Sea of Death, and encountered such a bizarre event in succession, witnessing the ancient beasts recorded in the ancient books and the disappearing ancient Yu Dynasty civilization.
Everyone went down the crack of the slope and entered a huge karst cave, in the boundless darkness, the light was not enough, and everyone could not see how vast this giant karst cave was, and they could only see a large number of stalactites hanging upside down through the beam swept by the spotlight in Sun Tao's hand, these stalactites were of different sizes, the small ones were about one or two meters, and the large ones were about ten meters long, hanging down.
In the eyes of everyone, they were all a little frightened, lest these stalactites suddenly break and fall, and once they were hit, they would immediately become a mass of flesh.
When everyone entered this huge karst cave, there was a strange plant that looked like a leek growing on the ground, and among these plants, there was a kind of green flower, and in the light, there was a kind of misty green aura, which made people faintly feel that these flowers were a little strange and extraordinary.
"I can't imagine that there are so many blessings growing here, and now I don't have to worry about the lack of food." Hu Shengzhe saw the plants and blue flowers all over the ground, nodded slightly, although he was not like Song Jifu who was a botanist, but he also knew a lot of strange plants that lived in a special environment in geological research, and immediately recognized these plants.
Xiao Ling said: "These plants are edible?." "I thought it was the first time I'd heard of a plant called Zhuyu.
Hu Shengzhe nodded and said: "Yes, this kind of Zhuyu flower is edible, the nutritional value is very high, if you eat it for a long time, you can prolong your life, and it is a different species recorded in ancient books." ”
Sun Tao heard Hu Shengzhe say this, and swept the beam of the probing light in his hand in all directions, and everyone found that the depths of this cave were full of this kind of plant, and all kinds of cyan flowers were connected together, reflecting a layer of misty blue light, which was very dreamy.
Wang Lei said: "We don't have much food anymore, do you want to pick some of these surplus flowers in case of emergency?" ”
Zhou Kesheng shook his head and said: "Time is getting more and more urgent, don't waste time on this kind of thing." ”
Hu Shengzhe said: "This plant is vigorous, since this surplus flower has appeared here, this area should be everywhere, the real food is gone, we are not too late to use this flower to satisfy hunger, and this kind of surplus picking needs to be eaten immediately, and it will lose the effect of hunger when stored." ”
Wang Lei saw that both of them said so, so he didn't mention it again.
Everyone carefully walked along these blessing flowers, and the terrain sloped down, indicating that everyone was still entering deeper into the ground.
Hu Shengzhe's guess is right, this kind of surplus is vigorous, the further you go, the more surplus flowers appear, and in the end, a sea of cyan flowers is formed.
"What an amazing blessing flower, how the hell do they grow so vigorously in this darkness." Wang Lei muttered.
The previous undead mushroom flood was due to the undead tree, but what is the reason for this wishing flower? Could it be that there are ancient strange strains like the Undead Tree in the depths of the earth?
Everyone walked down the sea of flowers, and soon heard the sound of water coming from the depths below.
In the depths of this cave, there is an underground river.
When everyone crossed the sea of flowers, they all stopped.
At the end of the road, there was a faint light, which was reflected by the phosphorescent light on the rock wall, making it not so dark.
Sun Tao, who was walking in front, used a searchlight to strafe ahead, and an underground river more than 30 meters wide existed in front of everyone.
With the help of Sun Tao's searchlight, Xiao Ling saw that there were rock pillars shaped like mushrooms standing on the other side of the river, and there were several boulders behind the rock pillars, which had traces of being artificially carved, and along the shape of the rocks, they were carved into a simple and ugly demon god form, which looked very primitive and simple.
Behind this simple and simple Demon God Rock Carving, a huge stone gate can be faintly seen, but it is too far away, hidden in the depths of the darkness, and Xiao Ling can no longer see it.
Zhou Kesheng suddenly let out a long breath and unfolded the map.
A team member carried a camping lamp, turned on the light, and hurriedly approached.
Xiao Ling also squeezed over and looked at the map.
With the help of the light of the camping lantern, Zhou Kesheng unfolded a new map, in which a river was depicted, and on the other side of the river stood a huge stone gate, on which a yin-yang fish pattern resembling the sun was drawn.
Xiao Ling saw it in his eyes, his heart was shocked, and the words "Pisces Jade Pendant" blurted out.
The few people who gathered around were all bright-eyed and refreshed.
Zhou Kesheng had already rolled up the map, squinted his eyes, looked at the other side of the river, his voice became low and powerful, word by word, and said: "Yes, Pisces Jade Pendant, it is on the other side." ”
This scientific expedition, after a lot of hardships, sacrificed more than a dozen lives, the ultimate goal, is the legendary mysterious Pisces jade pendant, and now, finally in front of us.
Everyone was excited, and they all looked towards the other side of the river, but the darkness was too far away, and everyone could only vaguely see the mushroom rock and the vague ancient demon god rock carving, and then they couldn't see it really.
Calming down from the excitement, everyone's eyes fell on the underground river in front of them.
The river began and ended nowhere, but all that everyone needed to do now was cross it and reach the other side.
Sun Tao swept the light of the searchlight into the darkness on both sides, and said: "This place is relatively narrow, but it is at least thirty meters wide, and now I don't know how deep the river is, we can't rush into the water, by the way, who can swim?" ”
Among the people, the team members led by Sun Tao can swim, except for Zhou Kesheng and Yu Tingting, and the others, including Xiao Ling, are all landlubbers.
Sun Tao nodded and said: "Most of the people who can swim will be fine, but it is only about thirty meters, and you can go over when you bring one next." ”
Hu Shengzhe picked up a small pebble, threw it into the river, and muttered: "This river is not necessarily deep, I'm afraid that this river is not safe." ”
Xiao Ling looked up and looked around, but fortunately he didn't see the big white hand, which indicated that this place was safe for the time being.
Sun Tao approached the river, swept the surface of the river with the beam of a searchlight, and said, "Yes, this underground is not safe, but I don't know if there are any dangerous creatures in the river." ”
Zhou Kesheng frowned, waved his hand, and said, "It's useless to guess too much now, you can only go into the water and give it a try." ”