Chapter 15: The Road to the Interior
Time is running out, I have to hurry to find a way into the interior, the author of the map could not have climbed such a high mountain without tools, there must be some way to get there directly.
The current situation is still not optimistic, the time is too short, and once I encounter danger, I can no longer run again, otherwise I will not be able to reach the dragon's lair at all, and I will fall here.
This is the last thing I want to see, I will not die, even if my body cannot move, my consciousness will still be awake, and I can only endure the pain of hope and hope all day long before my soul is completely exhausted, and then I will really be exhausted, and I will never see my Xue'er again.
Xue'er, you wait for me, you must wait for me, don't leave heaven in such a hurry, right now, give me a little more time, and I can bring you back!
The mountains are so large that it is impossible to make a detour in a short period of time, so I have to try my luck in one direction.
Of course, I also thought about waiting for daylight to come the next day, and then looking for the entrance again after charging myself in the sunlight. But unfortunately, I didn't have that time and couldn't do that.
The previous rain seemed to have damaged the solar panels on the cover, and even if it was still usable, once the dragons returned to the lair, it would be almost impossible for me to get the crystals with unlimited power, and I was too impressed by the purple-black dragon figure before.
After a quick glance, most of the peaks in the mountain group are earthy yellow, and the higher the position, the more rocks there are, and there is no grass, and the stone part occupies more than half of the mountain. The mountains to the north are a little different, and although you can't see them all, you can see that they are covered with a large area of dark green.
What does green mean, it means that there are plants there, and plants must grow without water, which is the same everywhere. And it must be relatively abundant water, there is a large lake in the dragon's nest, but that certainly cannot reach the outer slopes of the mountains, then it can only mean one thing, that is, there are other water sources in the mountains.
In general, where there is water, it is easy to form caves because of the day and night washing of the water flow.
It seems that going north is the best option now, the mountains to the north are likely to have rivers, and it is more likely that the caves will be found, and even if they don't, the mountains over there are shorter, the slope is gentler than the other peaks, and the difficulty of climbing the mountains is much less.
As you walk north from the base of the mountain, the metal that makes up your body gradually adapts to the change in temperature, and you can gradually move in direct sunlight. Looking at the monitor on my wrist, the battery level did not rise due to direct sunlight on the cover, indicating that it was indeed damaged by rain.
The further north I went, the more vegetation covered the mountains, and the sound of the water became clearer, which undoubtedly proved my suspicion that there were streams running through the mountains on this side, and fortunately, it was not far from me, otherwise I would not have been able to support it even if there were caves.
After about ten minutes of travel, at the junction of the two mountains, I found a stream that flowed out of the interior of the mountains, and the water disappeared without a trace in the desert after leaving the valley.
I followed the stream in search of its source, turned two corners, and after a few steps I found what I was looking for, and a cave obscured by the vines and blades of grass appeared before my eyes, the cave was not large, or it could be said to be small, its entrance was only large enough for one person to bend over, and it was pitch black inside, and it was impossible to see the inside, from which the stream flowed.
Without hesitation, I bent down and walked in.
I couldn't see my fingers in the cave, because it was so small that the only light I had ever had had lost since I entered. The interior seems to be a straight line, and it has not hit the mountain wall for two minutes, but there is also no light, and it is completely unknown how long it will take to see the end.
Five minutes had passed, and I was starting to get a little impatient, and when was the end of the day, I had less and less time left, and now there were only forty minutes left. But I can't turn back, and I don't have a chance to regret it at this point.
I'm a little overwhelmed by the time constraints, and I would have felt that way if I were human. People often feel fear in dark places, and I am no exception, but now I don't even have time to experience fear, and I can only focus all my energy on the road ahead. Because of this trip, there is no turning back and no mistakes, and failure is eternal disaster.
After going forward for two minutes, suddenly I felt like I had hit something, took a step back and almost fell.
Reaching out and scratching the obstacle in front of me, the shrill grinding sound of "bang-la-la" told me that there were rocks in front of me, and I had encountered a bend.
When I listened carefully, the sound of the stream that had been flowing quietly next to me seemed to be a little wrong, and it sounded as if it had fallen from a high place, but when I looked around, I felt that something was wrong.
I tentatively poked forward with my feet, and sure enough, there was nothing in front of me, so I guess I had encountered a drop in the terrain. I cautiously leaned forward and looked down.
Unlike the previous darkness, there was a faint light underneath, faint to the point of imperceptibility, but it did exist.
How do you go down? Judging from the height, it should be about twenty meters, not to mention such a bulky body, even if it is replaced by a normal human jump, it will definitely fall to pieces.
Just when I was in trouble, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly realized what was feeling strange.
From the moment I discovered the creek, I had been walking towards its source, and it was common sense that the water flowed from high to low, and although it was hard to believe, where I am now, the water of the creek seemed to rush straight up from below.
That's why I felt something was wrong with the sound of the stream, and the stream did flow from here, and it seemed to be converging with other water sources, but no matter how you listened to it, the direction of the water was from the bottom up.
I have no choice but to gamble, there is only one way, I have no choice but to jump, if I guess wrong, I can only blame my bad luck, in this case prudence will only delay more time.
Come to think of it, it seems like I've been guessing all along, and I've been lucky enough to win the jackpot.
I took two steps forward and let my body fall.
Twenty meters of height was almost instantaneous, and I was about to fall to the ground, just before I was about to be shattered, the speed of the change of the surrounding scenery suddenly slowed down, as if a pair of invisible hands held me up, and my body gradually stopped at a height of less than half a meter from the ground, floating up and down slightly.
I turned my head to look down, and I couldn't see the situation below because of the rocks, but now I could see it at a glance, and it shocked me greatly.
Unlike the cramped space above, where only half of the people can stand, the space below is extremely open, and it is not much better than that of Tisbal underground. The faint light I saw before was not the sun's rays, but small luminous particles, which were floating lightly in the air, emitting different colors of light, some were soft blue light, some were slightly eerie purple, some were bright green light, and the closer they were, the more they numbered.
Surrounded by many huge mushrooms, the largest ones are more than ten meters tall, and the smaller ones are several meters high, and some of them also emit light.
Beneath me were a number of small lakes, covering an area of more than thirty meters, each no more than seven meters in size, flowing quietly among the stepped rocks, and the most amazing thing was that the water in them flowed from low to high, and finally converged to form a very spectacular waterfall, which rushed straight upwards, and then half dispersed into countless small streams, burrowing into the rocks, and the stream I had seen before should be one of the branches.
Nothing here can be explained by common sense, according to historical records, this place should no longer belong to the world I was in before, this dragon's lair is another world known as the "Black Dead Field", and it is unknown why it collided with the world where Tisball is located, and where these dragon species came from.
Now is not the time to think about this, we have to hurry up and move forward.
I tried to move to the side, rolled to the side a few times before I landed on the ground. It seems that there is a special force in these lakes that does not allow me to touch the water, and my hand will float automatically as soon as I get close to the lake.
At first, I guessed that the gravity here was in the opposite direction, and that I would twist in mid-air after I jumped, and that the surface I saw was actually the top of the cave, which was hard to believe, but that was the only way to bet on the situation.
This time I guessed wrong, but the result was pretty much the same, anyway, as long as you can get here, it doesn't matter how the process is.
No longer looking at the magical lake, I continued to walk forward, passing the suspended luminous particles, the slightest fluctuation of the air flow caused by walking would make them float aside, and when some particles floated on those huge mushrooms, they would stop on them, silently glowing, and it looked like a dreamy beauty.
If you have the chance, I really want to take Cher to see it, the scenery here is really beautiful.
In addition to the surrounding scenery, the road under your feet is no longer a lifeless rock, and gradually there is a layer of fine meadows, leaving a shallow footprint every time you step on it.
Walking in such a fantastic scenery, although the time is very tight now, I can't help but relax a little inside. After five minutes of advancing like this, a ray of light came in from the corner in front of me, and the scenery in front of me suddenly opened up when I turned the corner.
Green grass and trees are shady, and the crystal clear lake reflects the clear blue sky.
I finally reached the inside of the basin, where the power was still enough to support the action for thirty-five minutes.