Chapter 18: Our Path

Zhao Qian heard a chuckle in her heart, and she didn't know if she was a person who had gone out 'alive'. But what a sarcasm it came out of their mouths!

Walking out of the cave and returning to the fork in the road, Zhao Qian looked back and forth, and said to them: "If it's right, it should be right to go this way." ”

The man who lost his ears snorted coldly: "Who are you fooling?" We've been in here, and there's nothing. ”

The mustache smiled and accosted: "Yes, young lady, we came out of it, and there was nothing at all." And let me tell you, there's a monster in there! ”

Hearing the word monster, Lu Xia felt a chill in his back, and secretly shook Zhao Qian's arm: "Otherwise, follow them away, they will go in and wade through." ”

However, Zhao Qian was not afraid, but strengthened her belief. At her repeated insistence, she walked into the cave.

Lu Xia still couldn't understand the ins and outs of the matter, and asked Zhao Qian in a suppressed voice What did they mean by the treasure? Is there a treasure here?

Zhao Qian's eyes rolled, and Mo Wai said, "How do I know? But you see they seem to have come prepared, and if they can't keep it, there is a treasure hidden in this place. ”

Lu Xia was a little worried, and took every step carefully. "Zhao Qian, do you think we can find it? It's okay if there is no treasure, if there is, will they kill people? ”

“……”

The further down you go, the more humid you get, and you can even faintly hear the sound of rushing water. The cave at your foot has a steep slope and stretches, and the stone surface grows green moss, which is difficult to walk. Zhao Qian and Lu Xia held each other, holding the rock wall with one hand, walking on thin ice.

The damp rock wall was extremely slippery, and the four of them had already walked extra carefully, but Lu Xia still slipped under his feet, and slipped out of balance. The rocks were covered with cyan green moss, and they couldn't catch it, so they could only watch as Lu Xia slid to the bottom of the darkness, and the frightened roar of Lu Xia in the empty cave was terrifying.

Zhao Qian wanted to reach out and grab Lu Xia, but the void grabbed a handful and stepped forward without hesitation, and pounced and followed Lu Xia into the abyss.

Fortunately, the cave was not very deep, and the light of the flashlight did not work in the chaos, so I only felt a chill all over, and when I flapped and stood up, I found myself falling into the water.

At this time, Lu Xia also tossed and climbed ashore, the flashlight swept over Zhao Qian's head, and stretched out his hand to her: "Zhao Qian, it doesn't matter to you!" ”

Zhao Qian was pulled ashore by Lu Xia, and shook her head at Lu Xia with feeling: "I'm fine, what about you?" Did you fall? ”

Seeing the two showing affection in front of him, the mustache was at a loss, and he folded his arms and complained about the coldness here, so as to find some sense of existence.

The earless man also stomped his feet with his arms around him, and looked around with a flashlight, where the light went was smooth stone walls, with turbulent water flowing under his feet, and water dripping like a curtain of water on the rocks overhead.

The cave is very wide, about ten meters from both sides to the rock wall, and the front and back are pitch black abysses, and the light shines on the flashlight as if it has been swallowed, and you can only see the gray pillars of light, and you don't know where you can reach.

"It's pretty spacious." Lu Xia hugged his wet arms and looked at both sides, "I just don't know where to go, where should we go?" ”

Zhao Qian stopped and said: "This is the underground river of Pengze, and the water will eventually flow into the Yangtze River. ”

The man who lost his ears shone a flashlight at the rocks around him, and his fingers felt like a mirror to the touch, very smooth. "During the rainy season, the water flow here peaks. This underground river will be filled with water. At that point, whatever will be swept away by the current! So the treasure must be in the upper reaches of the Dark River. ”

Lu Xia nodded knowingly. The flashlight shone forward, and then looked at the water flow under his feet, and was at a loss: "It's not easy to walk forward!" It's all water. ”

"Then wade through the water," the ear-dropping man said, stepping forward and stepping into the water.

Seeing this, Zhao Qian also stepped into the water in a big stride, Lu Xia wanted to reach out and pull it, but she was already standing there, and then turned around and smiled at Lu Xia heartlessly: "Lu Xia, do you remember our cabin?" Compared to the mud field with stinky blisters at your feet, this is a five-star treatment. ”

"Can you compare that way?" Lu Xia sighed helplessly, tightened the backpack on his shoulders and followed him into the water. "This water is too cold, and you're not afraid of getting arthritis or varicose veins when you're old?"

"Is it too early to get old?" Zhao Qian glanced back. "And with you by my side, what am I worried about?"

"I said, can you two not show affection here?" The mustache pouted a little impatiently, looked at Lu Xia and said: "You are also hypocritical enough, what are you worried about, what kind of varicose veins are you worried about, you get up early every day and stay up late to light wax, aren't you also burying the root of geriatric diseases?" Why don't you sigh when you receive your salary? ”

The water surface is of different depths, and the stone surface under the water is also very slippery, so if you don't pay attention, you will fall, and then you will be immersed in the cold water and want to jump up reflexively. Fortunately, the flashlight is waterproof, and it is hard to imagine that it would be such a dangerous situation if there was no light source in such a place.

Lu Xia walked colder and colder, hugged his arms and looked left and right: "Zhao Qian, I'm a little uncertain." Why do you say that we have suffered such a great sin? ”

"Don't ask, I really don't know how to answer you" Zhao Qian stopped and glanced at Lu Xia, thought about it and said: "I know you have a lot of questions now, but please believe me once, I will definitely be able to bring you back safely"

Lu Xia smirked: "What are you talking about?" I'm not questioning you, I'm just worried about you. It's so cold here, don't freeze your body, we're going to Daocheng next month."

"Daocheng?" Zhao Qian paused, and a crystal clear light flashed in her eyes. "We will definitely go to Daocheng, we will definitely be able to go."

The mustache sneered on the side: "I'll go, these two people still want to travel at this time?" ”

The four of them talked as they walked, and soon reached the upper reaches of the current. The entire cave was blocked by boulders, and only the water was splashing at the bottom of the mooring. The man who lost his ears looked up, looked around again, and couldn't help but be disappointed, "Look! It's really a trip for nothing. ”

"You're going to give up?" Zhao Qianbai glanced at him and said.

"There's no way here!" The ear-dropping man frowned as he spoke, and found that Zhao Qian was looking up at the boulder in front of him, and he was a little inexplicably worried: "You don't want to climb up, do you?" It's impossible! ”

The boulder blocking the river is so large that it must have collapsed from the roof of the cave. The boulders are washed by the perennial current, and the walls are smooth like ice. Looking up, the whole boulder is as high as a three-story building, and it is difficult to climb it with bare hands.

"Do you know why no one has been looking for Tao all the time? It's because the people who have been here are the same as you think now. ”

The mustache scratched his scalp, and Mo Aiyi asked, "Little sister, is there any way you can climb up?" …… Wrong! It's impossible, absolutely impossible. ”

"Why can't it be?" Zhao Qian smiled mysteriously. "Who told you you had to go up? The water on the opposite side was not turned over from the top of the stone. ”

"You mean, there's a tunnel under the boulder?" The man who lost his ears glared suddenly, and then he touched it with his hand under the boulder. However, this stone sits tightly on the river, and only the palm-sized gap is bubbling with water, and people can't climb through it.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Zhao Qian no longer sold Guanzi, the flashlight shone overhead, and suddenly the light stayed on a raised white stalactite. "If you want to get past, you must first learn to use it"

"Take advantage of what?" Lu Xia walked over along the flashlight, looked up, and couldn't help but fall into the water in fright, pointing to the top of his head and shouting, "Ghost ...... Hell yes! ”

The caves in the dark river are not like the caves in the geological rock formations of Haast, which are washed by the floods of the rainy season all year round, and there will be no stone vines and stalagmites. And the stalactite on the top of the head is actually a monster with a shrunken body. She was white and her hair was long enough to wrap herself up. The monster was angry by the light of the flashlight, and hung upside down on the top and snorted at the four people. There was no nose and eyes to be seen on the white face, but the mouth full of silver fangs was particularly dazzling.

Zhao Qian hurriedly helped Lu Xia up, waved the broken knife in his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, this is a corpse eel, I heard that mermaids will become corpse eels after they die." ”

Lu Xia stared at the monster in front of him in shock, and asked with a wince, "What is this......?" You won't eat people, will you? ”

Zhao Qian thought for a while, nodded and said, "It does eat people!" But only the dead are eaten. She won't attack us, she'll just sneak up on us, and when we're dead, she will eat our corpses. ”

Zhao Qian raised the broken knife in her hand as she spoke, and the corpse eel snorted her teeth at her, and jumped into the water. Looking at the place where the corpse eel fell into the water, Zhao Qian hurriedly stepped over and kicked it with her feet, and then said overjoyedly: "I found the secret passage, and it is in this puddle." ”

Lu Xia couldn't accept it, so he looked at it with a sad expression: "Do we really want to drill down here?" I'm not very good at water! ”

"Why are you so cowardly!" The man who lost his ears glanced at Lu Xia, took a step forward and jumped into the puddle, and got into the water with one bow.

Everyone looked at each other, and they also looked like they were holding their breath and diving into the puddle.

The puddle is a secret passage leading directly to the opposite side of the boulder, and there are countless puddles of water of all sizes, and there is no way to mark it in the water, and no one can easily find it without a corpse eel.

And crawling forward against the current, he soon swam out of the water. When he arrived on the other side of the boulder, Lu Xia was shocked by the spectacular scene in front of him. Opposite the huge cave was a waterfall-like flow, and several thick chains hung from the top. And on the chains, there are naked corpse eels perched in twos and threes. Zhao Qian said that mermaids have no legs, and after death, they grow legs and become corpses.