After a day of climbing mountains and mountains, it can be said that it was a fluke to pick up a cheap, only to survive from the mouth of the giant python, and a Li Shi died on the road, in addition to Professor Zhou, the big guy gradually lost the mood to continue listening, simply through everyone was tired, casually said a few words on the hasty end, everyone also entered their respective tents and began to rest, in order to be able to sleep soundly, I bore the brunt of the first vigil, and the fat man was the last rotation vigil.

After more than an hour, the rotation work was carried out by Qi Li, although he experienced the loss of his friend, but at this moment, he did not show too many feelings, it was because of Li Shi's carelessness that caused such a tragedy, he understood that he had to be vigilant at all times.

I looked at the current appearance of the tent, and walked back to the tent with peace of mind, this sleep was very comfortable, with the defense of the forest and rocks, I could hardly feel the slightest wind at night, and I could even feel a warm current hedging down from the surrounding sides of the tent.

When I woke up, it was already dawn, out of the tent, in addition to absorbing the water droplets on the tent a little more, there was still no wind and no snow outside, which made me feel uneasy again, maybe I woke up too early, there was no movement outside, I walked out of the tent and saw that the fat man was actually asleep, it seems that it is indeed an unwise choice to let the fat man keep vigil, I stepped forward and kicked the fat man's back: "Still sleeping?" Let you keep vigil, not let you keep vigil in your dreams, you law-abiding, I'm afraid you won't know if you've been eaten by wild beasts. ”

The fat man was immediately kicked awake by my kick, and hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and shouted: "Who, who dares to touch you fat master me!" After the fat man finished speaking, he immediately stood up, rubbed his eyes and looked at me, and said, "What's the matter, you are too immoral, when you were keeping vigil, I didn't harass you." ”

"What a vigil! You're all asleep, and at most you're a bait, and you're keeping vigil. ”

Because the movement of me and the fat man was a little bigger, the big guys were woken up, and they all walked out of the tent, I thought about letting the fat man carry the pot alone, and quickly walked towards the lake, just walked a few steps, looked up, the scene in front of me was too weird, I thought I got up too early, hallucinations, and quickly rubbed my eyes, but the scene in front of me has not changed.

I stood still, stunned by this sudden scene, last night everyone was still sitting on the side of the lake and mountains, how overnight, the water in the lake was completely dried up, and now only a huge mountain pit remains.

At this time, the fat man was discovered by them because of the desertion of the vigil, so he lowered his head and pretended to think and walked towards me, and hit my back, and the fat man immediately looked up and said, "What's the matter, you are standing here like a log?" ”

After the fat man finished speaking, he bypassed me and walked to my side, and the moment the fat man came out from behind me, the whole person was instantly full of doubts and surprises, and stammered: "This, this, this.. How.. What's going on? How... Gone..? What about the lake? ”

Before the fat man could react, the people behind him also discovered this extremely incredible scene, a lake that said it was not big or small, and it disappeared so quietly, Gu Ling and You Hanshan immediately ran to the edge of the lake, and the two stood aside to check, we were naturally very curious about what the reason could make a huge lake say no and it was gone, the fat man pushed me, signaling not to stand stupidly, and then followed by everyone and ran over.

All of us stood on the shore of the lake, and it was strange that the walls of the lake did not have a slight slope, from top to bottom, the drop was huge, and it was completely vertical from top to bottom, and the walls of the lake were surrounded by a mess of stones, of different sizes, except for some unknown weeds growing near the shore of the lake, a few meters below, all of them were smooth stones, which looked very much like they were carved by artificial piles, and then a little below it was not clear to see.

From the shore, the bottom of the lake seems to have no hue other than the gray-brown of the sediment.

Gu Ling walked a few hundred meters along the shore of the lake, and at this moment he turned back to us and said, "I don't know, it's strange, let's go down and have a look, and Li Li will bring all the equipment." ”

Professor Zhou looked at Gu Ling with a puzzled face and asked, "Could this be a siphon effect?" ”

"If He Ku's previous judgment of the underground river is correct, it is possible, and at present we don't know if there is another bigger lake, all speculation at this time is in vain, we can only get more information if we go down."

The fat man scratched his head, looked at me and smiled: "This lake looks down from here, to say the least, it is about seventy meters, how can we go down?" Isn't that a joke? ”

Gu Ling didn't pay attention to the fat man's words, turned around and took the two big bags that Qi Li took from the camp, squatted in place and began to prepare, the fat man and I are not very familiar with rock climbing things, although I can barely recognize it, but I have never touched it, I can only stand aside and watch Gu Ling, You Hanshan and Qi Li three people upside down there.

The three of them kept taking out climbing equipment from their backpacks, nylon ropes, safety belts, descenders and safety locks, etc., neatly and neatly, without a little mud and water, just like three senior agents.

I stood aside with nothing to do, looking a little embarrassed, "Is there anything I can do to help?" ”

Gu Ling looked up and said, "You and Qi Li go and fix the position of the rope, it's on the rock next to our tent." ”

I patted the fat man, "Let's go, help over there." ”

Then he followed Mi Li with his equipment and came to the foot of the huge rock.

"Just follow me." Li handed over some of the equipment to me and the fat man and said.

Although the fat man and I didn't understand this aspect of things, we were not clumsy, and under the instructions of the fat man, the fat man and I quickly finished the fixed work, and at this time the ancient spirit also came over.

"How's it going?"

Li replied, "Everything is ready, don't worry." ”

After a hook and inlay of Gu Ling, all the work was finally completed, because the total length of the climbing rope is more than 100 meters long, so everyone can only go down from this rope.

"Just in case, everyone brings their gear with them." Gu Ling tugged at the climbing rope and tried its stability.

We went back and took all the equipment with us, and in order to facilitate our movements, we decided to leave all three tents in place.

"I'll go down first, and if it's safe to do so, I'll alert you with a flare gun." Gu Ling said as he attached the rope loop to his harness.

I glanced at Professor Zhou and said, "Can Professor Zhou stay on it and wait for us to come back?" ”

Professor Zhou on the side waved his hand at me, and said with a smile: "No need, I also experienced such a thing in my early years, at that time it was not as good as the current equipment, in the face of such a cliff, at that time, I also said that I would go down, I am a person with experience, this little thing can still be handled." ”

"Professor Zhou thought he was also a very courageous person back then." The fat man on the side was idle and had nothing to do

Gu Ling clasped the climbing rope with both hands and nodded at us, and then his feet slid down the cliff little by little, and the fat man and I couldn't help but sigh as we watched Gu Ling's swift movements.

"Why bother, you say, what kind of training does a woman in her early twenties have to go through to reach such a point?"

I looked at Gu Ling's gradually disappearing figure, shook my head and said, "I don't know, anyway, I admire her skills, and sometimes it makes me feel fake, like a character in a martial arts novel." "I've never climbed such a cliff before, and I don't know if it's because I'm curious about new things, but I feel a little eager to try it.

Gu Ling went down for less than ten minutes, and a red light rose from the bottom of the lake, which was Gu Ling's flare gun prompt, indicating that there was no danger below us.

You Hanshan saw the signal of the ancient spirit, and also followed the climb and slided, from his movements, although not as good as the ancient spirit, but also a guy with extraordinary skills, after You Hanshan descended to a certain distance, we followed and went down to the bottom of the lake in turn.

When I went down to about 10 meters, there were a lot of water droplets left on the wall, and if the lake disappeared at this time, it would be reasonable to say that there were water droplets left on the wall, but in this particularly cold season, after many hours, it can still appear on the cliff in the form of liquid, which is not right.

When I went down the climbing rope to the bottom of the lake, I didn't feel the cold, but I felt a stream of heat rushing up, as if I was placed on a steamer rack, the cold from the top down and the heat flow from the bottom up sandwiched me in the middle, and I was very uncomfortable, all these feelings made me very curious about what was going on at the bottom of the lake, and I lifted my spirits and accelerated the speed of the decline.

The length of the climbing rope is longer than the height of the lake wall, and when I went down to the bottom of the lake, I thought that I had stepped on the silt, and my whole foot sank several centimeters, and the fat man came down in front of me, and I was shocked when I stepped on the mud and sand at the bottom of the lake, and said, "What? Think it's weird, right? Not only is it like a sauna, but the mud and sand on the ground are still hot. ”

I stood there and straightened up, unbuckled the locks on my body, indeed as the fat man said, the whole bottom of the lake emitted a hot gas, along with the mud and sand under my feet, I turned on the searchlight above my head and looked around, what made me more curious was that at a glance, I didn't see a single fish and shrimp and other creatures on the bottom of the lake. The bottom of the lake is also all made of regular stone walls all around, look carefully, although not more than finely carved, but also very delicate, each stone wall is two meters high, the chimeric place has also undergone special treatment, some simple lines are full of wildness, from the current signs alone, this is not only artificially built, the project is large, it is by no means overnight can be completed.