Chapter Ninety-Nine: Footprints in the Cave
However, although I knew, I could no longer get out of the turbulent river, so I could only hold the arms of Lin Li in my arms tightly.
Seconds later, with a thud that grew to the ears as violently as I fell into the darkness of the underground river, I fell into free fall into the darkness.
Nothing can be done except to hold on to the forest grains.
It wasn't until after a few seconds of falling that a sharp pain came from behind me, and I fell heavily into the river below the Undercurrent Falls.
With the last of his strength, he waved his arm, and in the dizziness of the whirlwind, he carried the forest grains to the surface of the river, and then he lost consciousness and knew nothing.
I was dizzy for a long time, and I don't know how long it took, but when I woke up again, what I saw was Lin Li's smiling face in the sun.
"Brother, you're finally awake!"
Lin Li smiled and shook my hand.
"We were rescued?"
I asked, and Lin Li nodded "um", and he held my hand, but it slipped away from my hand little by little.
"Wait!"
I panicked and opened my eyes again, but this time the picture in front of me was boundless darkness.
It turned out to be a dream......
I didn't have time to think about it, my hand slipped, and it seemed that something was about to slip out of my hand, and without the slightest hesitation, I grabbed the thing tightly, only to realize that it was actually a hand.
It's a forest grain!
I grabbed the hand and dragged her towards me, only to realize that I had gone ashore and was lying on the hard rocky shore.
There was still the sound of rushing river water in front of me, and while Lin Grain was dragged into my arms, there was also a stream of water stains all around me.
It seems that I was pushed ashore by the river, and Lin Li is still in the river, and if I hadn't caught her just now, maybe she would have floated down the river again.
I was scared in my heart, and I quickly probed Lin Li's snort.
It's still intermittently faint, and it seems that she won't be able to recover for a while.
I took a deep breath, but I had no idea what else I could do at the moment.
Although we are now on the shore, we have followed the river into the cave and encountered an undercurrent waterfall.
We fell from the undercurrent waterfall, and at this time, the river still sounded so fast, which shows that our geographical location at this time is deeper than Yujiawan......
I thought that this underground river would pass through the mountain wall of Yujiawan and reveal itself in a mountain bay lower than Yujiawan, so that we could be saved.
But at the moment, it seems that the underground river did not take us directly through the mountain wall, but took us all the way down and into the deeper ground while passing through the mountain wall.
There is little hope of seeing the light of day again, unless we follow the banks of this underground river and return to Yujiawan.
But in that case, whether we can return to Yujiawan smoothly is not to say, we must encounter a waterfall at the entrance of Yujiawan Mountain Cave.
And even if we can swim upstream, go to the top of the waterfall, and return to Yujiawan smoothly, what can we do?
It's not that they are facing the same predicament, unable to break through among the villagers who are controlled by Yu Geng and others.
I let out a long breath, only to feel that it was cold all around me and my whole body was sore.
Until I suddenly thought of something, I quickly touched my trouser pocket, and sure enough, there was a cylindrical hard object in the trouser pocket, which was a flashlight that fell to the ground and was picked up by me when Yu Geng smashed my neck on the mountain road!
I was overjoyed, because in such a pitch black environment, whether there is a light source or not is of course a top priority.
I pulled out my flashlight, shook the water stains on it, and pressed the switch while praying that it would work.
For a moment, a bright light shone through the flashlight, illuminating the darkness in front of me.
Once again, I was glad that I wasn't unlucky, at least the flashlight was waterproof.
Quickly illuminated the dark surroundings with a flashlight, and sure enough, in the direction directly opposite me, it was the underground river that was flowing down, and in front of me, almost next to my toes, the underground river made a ninety-degree turn and flowed to the right side of the cave.
That's of course why I was washed ashore, and thanks to this ninety degree turn, I don't know how deep I would have drifted underground.
But how far am I from the ground now? In other words, how deep am I in the ground right now?
I really don't know, because I don't have the tools on my phone and watch to check the time, so I don't even know how long I've been lying on the river.
I shone a flashlight on Lin Li, only to find that Lin Li was completely naked.
I then thought that because her mutation had burned the nightgown wrapped around her body, and after she recovered, in the charred black ashes, there was a new skin, so now because of the washing of the river, the ashes on her body had already been washed away, and of course she was not wearing anything.
didn't think much about it, took off the T-shirt and put it on Lin Li, but I couldn't help but worry in my heart.
This was already extremely weak, and he had been floating naked in such a cold underground river for so long......
"You have to hold on......"
Silently holding Lin Li's hand, he sat down beside her, and continued to illuminate the surrounding scene with his flashlight to determine what I should do.
Of course, the best way now should be to go up the underground river and return the way you came.
There is no need to think about what you have or not, because this is the only way, and it is impossible to continue down with the forest grains...... Wait a minute!
My eyes widened in the light of the flashlight, because when I turned on the flashlight behind me, I only found that on the riverbank behind me, it was ...... There was a row of footprints!
Yes! That's right! Just behind me, on the bank of the river, there was a row of footprints!
With a sigh in my heart, I took Lin Li into my arms, grabbed a piece of gravel from the shore, and watched everything around me.
Let's not think about it, how can there be a row of footprints in the basement of such a cave, but if there are footprints, there must be a creature, and that creature, while we are lying on the bank of this river, passes through the darkness behind us......
I couldn't help but think of a horror movie about cave exploration.
"Scarlet Invasion", "Demon Cave" and so on......
It's all about exploring in the underground of a cave, and then discovering a group of unknown creatures living underground, and then being attacked by unknown creatures.
hugged the forest grains in his arms, took a deep breath and held his breath, not only irradiating it with a flashlight, but also calming down and listening carefully.
However, it was stable for a few minutes, but nothing happened.
There was no sound around except the sound of the water, and the flashlight that cut through the darkness did not capture anything unusual in the darkness.
There was nothing but the craggy rocks and some stalactites growing on the tops of the rocks.
But the footprints behind me are certainly not my hallucinations......
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he once again shone his flashlight at the footprints behind him.
I took a closer look, and only found the footprints behind me...... It's human footprints!
Yes! The footprints behind me are obviously the footprints left by a person wearing shoes!
Moreover, the footprint is not a water stain, but a mud, which means that the soles of the feet of the person who left the footprints are covered with mud when they walk by.
I reached out and touched it, and my heart moved again, because I found that the muddy footprints had completely dried up and cracked, and they shattered into slag when I touched them, which showed that the footprints had been left a long time ago and had been dried on the bank of this underground river.
In other words, someone came to this underground cave a long time ago.
Could it be that the person who stumbled into the underground river of Yujiawan was brought here by the water of the underground river like me?
Guessing, he shone along the footprints with a flashlight, trying to see where the source of the footprints was, and whether it extended from the underground river.
However, I couldn't help frowning at this ray, for I found that the source of the footprint did not extend from the underground river, but from a large rock behind me.
This shows that the person who left these footprints did not come up to the bank of the underground river, but all the way down from the big rock behind me.
This is not a worthless discovery, on the contrary, it is a very important discovery for me.
For in this way, it is certain that the man who left the footprints did not come up from the underground river like me, then he must have come down from the ground!
Yes! These footprints are the footprints of the shoes, so the footprints must have been left by humans on the ground.
No matter why this human wants to come in, as long as he comes in, it means that there is a way to get out of this cave!
And the way to get out is very simple, is to follow his footprints and go back!
I was excited, but I couldn't help but wonder, why did this person who left footprints enter the underground of this cave? What is his purpose?
So, I turned on a powerful flashlight and shone it in the direction of the footprints.
Then, I was only surprised to find that the direction of the footprints was deeper into the riverbank......
Yes, the direction of the footprints is the deeper part of the riverbank, that is, the person who left the footprints descends from the big rock behind me and follows the riverbank deeper into the earth......
And look at the footprints, he is alone......
A man enters this dark cave from the ground and goes all the way underground......
Groups such as expeditions or geological expeditions can be excluded, because of these groups, how can there be only one person?
So, why did the person who left the footprints enter this cave alone? And keep walking into the depths of the cave?
Of course I couldn't figure it out, and when I hit the flashlight again, I saw that the person who left the footprints, the footprints left behind, did not have the slightest trace of panic, but were very regular, step by step.
This shows that the person who left the footprints was walking slowly, and no other creature was chasing him, that is, the person who left the footprints was not forced to enter the cave and go down the riverbank, but voluntarily came in and walked to the bottom of the riverbank, deeper underground......