Chapter XXXVIII
At the end of the passage is a large space, and when everyone walks out of the passage, they are instantly fascinated by the scenery.
The small bridge carved by ice is flowing water, the bridge is carved with a blue ice fence, the streams are carved on both sides of the bent willows, the willow branches hang gracefully, there is an ice pavilion opposite the bridge, the ice table and ice chairs are placed in the pavilion, and the pavilion is carved with ice on the side of a cluster of plants, and the plants give birth to ice flowers that are budding to be released.
If you haven't been here, who would have believed that there would be these miraculous masterpieces of natural creation deep underground, everyone was stunned and shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of them.
It's like an ice garden, and it can even be said that this is the Ice Garden of the Snake King, with beautiful and vivid scenery that makes people think about it.
Dr. Lu exclaimed, "The people who carved these landscapes are truly remarkable. ”
Yunhai said: "This place is likely to be built for the Snake King, it seems that the Snake King should be here." ”
Sha Dutian cautiously walked to the bridge, stumbled, and slipped off the bridge, causing everyone to laugh, and also relieved a lot of tension before going down to the ice cellar just now.
Sha Dutian stood up, simply stopped trying to walk on the ice bridge, he stepped directly on the ice under the bridge, he tried the strength, felt good, and then boldly walked up.
This is the cold ice that has been frozen for thousands of years, and even if it was a river under the bridge, it would have been frozen to the bottom.
Everyone walked to the river under the bridge one by one, moving forward cautiously, no one would have thought that they would walk on the ice in Qinling, so even if they were very non-slip hiking shoes, they would inevitably slip here.
The glacier is about 10 meters wide, and nothing strange happened when everyone walked over it.
Yunhai said: "Let's look separately to see if there are any clues." "Everyone knows in their hearts that this place is too cold, and it is not a place to stay for a long time, and if you don't find the clues quickly, everyone will have to finish the game.
Zhao Ruozhi, Sha Dutian and Lu Shuiyi went together to look for clues, Sha Dutian has always been optimistic about Lu Shuiyi, and felt that this woman was too insidious and cunning, so when he first went down to the cellar, he didn't take out his clothes to Lu Shuiyi, in fact, it wasn't that he deliberately didn't take them, he just didn't think to take care of this woman at all.
After Lu Shui put on the army green coat, his face turned from pale to ruddy, and there was no sinister and cunning in his lovely expression, the people here have their own thoughts, and it is estimated that only Zhao Ruozhi has a good heart.
Zhao Ruozhi was kind-hearted at first, but Lu Shuiyi's cold and ruthless side made him deeply understand, he was just treating Lu Shuiyi with a heart of repaying his kindness now, otherwise he would have stayed away from it a long time ago.
Suddenly, Zhao Ruozhi said, "Look, what is that? ”
I saw that there was a plant growing on the ice not far from them, and the plant had ice-like leaves, and there were not many leaves, only a few, and there were a few fruits not far from the roots of the leaves.
Sha Dutian was not interested and said: "Mentally retarded, I said are you really stupid, it is obviously an ice sculpture plant, you also saw it when we came in, nothing unusual." His gaze had shifted elsewhere.
Although Sha Dutian didn't care, Zhao Ruozhi still approached the plant with a puzzled heart, the leaves of the plant were very thin, not like they were carved, the veins on the leaves were very clear, no matter how beautiful the carver was, it was impossible for the carver to carve such a realistic leaf.
Zhao Ruozhi said: "Come and see, this plant is actually alive. Lu Shui was also puzzled when he heard this, how could there be plants in such a cold place?
Yun Hai and the others were looking for something somewhere else, and Zhao Ruozhi didn't care about the situation here at all. As soon as Sha Dutian heard that there were living plants, he immediately ran over and said, "Impossible." He reached out and touched the plant, which was different from the carved plant he had just seen, except for the cold and piercing bones, because the leaves of this plant were not hard, but thin and soft, and they could shake, which was enough to show that the plant was alive, at least not ice-sculpted.
Sha Dutian's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that there were real plants here, he said in surprise: "This is incredible, hey, there is fruit on it, will it be a fairy fruit, if my old sand eats it, will it become an immortal?" He stretched out his hand and plucked the fruits.
As soon as Sha Dutian's hand touched the fruit, the fruit melted, and instantly became ice, he looked confused, he didn't know what was going on, he continued to pick another one, at this time Zhao Ruozhi said: "Lao Sha, don't move." ”
Sha Dutian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "What's wrong?" Zhao Ruozhi stared at the plant and said, "You can try it with the hand with the glove." Since no one expected to come to such a cold place, Sha Dutian brought a pair just in case, and he gave one to Zhao Ruozhi, so only one was worn on his hand.
Hearing this, Sha Dutian changed his hand, and he carefully touched the fruit, for fear that the fruit would melt again, which would be a pity. With a little force on his thumb and forefinger, he finally picked one.
Sha Dutian was overjoyed, withdrew his hand, and the three of them looked at the fruit, only to see that the fruit was crystal clear, white and flawless, and the fruit was the size of a little thumb belly, round, I don't know what kind of fruit it was.
Sha Dutian raised his hand and was about to stuff the fruit into his mouth, Zhao Ruozhi saw this and said: "Lao Sha, don't, this fruit grows here, it must be an extremely cold item, you eat it like this, you are not afraid of being frozen to death." ”
The hand that immediately came to his mouth stopped abruptly, and Sha Dutian thought to himself: "The mentally handicapped is right, if this is a highly poisonous item, wouldn't my old Sha be here to confess." He smiled and said, "I'm joking, mentally handicapped, since it grows here, it must be extraordinary, let's collect a few." ”
Zhao Ruozhi glanced at Sha Dutian and said: "There are four people who have grown in total, and you have broken one of them, take off one, and you just say that you can't sweep them all away." ”
Lu Shuiyi also wanted to see what this fruit did, but the fruit had been picked by Sha Dutian.
Sha Dutian took out a box, he found a few pieces of crushed ice out of nowhere, put them in the box, then put three fruits into the ice cubes, took out a towel, carefully wrapped the box, and put it in the backpack.
Yun Hai and Dr. Lu searched for a long time, but they didn't find anything, Yun Hai was very unhappy in his heart, no matter how patient he was, he had worn out a lot along the way.
Dr. Lu saw Yun Hai's thoughts, as early as the pig badger attack, he knew that Yun Hai would put himself to death, and if he found the black box, then the result could be imagined.
Dr. Lu said, "Mr. Yun, do you know the origin of the Snake Country? The inexplicable sentence made Yun Hai a little confused, and he thought to himself, "Does Dr. Lu know something?" ”
Yun Hai said: "Isn't the Snake Country a tribe in the Qinling Mountains, is there another way to say it?" ”
Dr. Lu smiled slightly and said, "It is indeed a tribe in the Qinling Mountains. Yunhai was a little displeased, Dr. Lu's words were clearly teasing himself, saying some useless words on this idea, isn't it looking for death?
Of course, Dr. Lu knew that Yunhai was displeased, and he hurriedly explained, "The Snake Country is indeed a tribe here, but it appeared suddenly. ”
Yunhai was taken aback, and he asked, "Suddenly appeared?" I asked you if you were from another void when you were on it, and you denied it, why now? He thought about Tibet again, and thought to himself, could it be that this place is the same as the situation in Tibet, and the snake country was moved from other places.
Dr. Lu continued, "I have consulted a lot of information, but there is no record of how the Snake Kingdom was established, and many records directly say that the Snake Kingdom is a strong country, which means that it has been very strong since the records of the Snake Kingdom. I wasn't sure about it just now, but in the current situation, it's very likely that it's from an exotic land. ”
In fact, when Zhao Ruozhi shouted that there was a snake, Dr. Lu also saw a sentence that the snake country came from a foreign land.
Qi Lenghan and the others were confused, and they were all wondering if Dr. Lu was crazy, so they could say everything that didn't matter, but Yun Hai knew in his heart that Dr. Lu's idea was very likely to be right.
Sure enough, when the sea of clouds was over, he couldn't help but look up to Dr. Lu, he originally planned to drop Dr. Lu after the matter here was over, after all, Dr. Lu only had research on Qinling, but what Dr. Lu said just now surprised him, and he thought to himself: "Couldn't my dream be realized without this person?" ”
Yunhai's hesitation just shows that Dr. Lu's intentions are right, Dr. Lu originally knew that after this mission, there would be no good end, he had to find a way to save himself, and he was guessing the origin of the snake country all the way. The clouds in the valley that do not disperse, the trees that spit clouds, the strange snakes, etc., he feels that these do not seem to be on the earth, and he boldly guesses that this place is likely not to develop here step by step, but directly appeared, the words left by the ancient corpse, combined with previous research, she came to a bold inference: the black box can create a void, and this valley is likely to be made by the black box.
Therefore, Dr. Lu planned to take a gamble and told Yunhai his thoughts, and sure enough, Yunhai's reflection was enough to show that his conjecture was right, and he judged that Yunhai must still know something, otherwise Yunhai would definitely not believe in himself so easily.
Yunhai remembered Tibet a few decades ago, the miners disappeared inexplicably, and no one could find out the reason, and later, after his careful investigation, he found that those people were sealed inside the stone wall, when he picked up the drill bit and drove it into the wall...
To his surprise, the stone wall showed no signs of destruction at all, it was completely natural stone wall, and he couldn't understand how the miners were sealed in the stone wall.
Later, Yunhai investigated for a long time before learning the secret of the Twelve Street Caves, and legend has it that when the Twelve Street Caves are opened, time and space confusion will occur.
Therefore, could the Snake Kingdom have been moved over because of the chaos of time and space, and if so, then where is the black box?
Just as Yunhai was pondering, he suddenly heard someone shouting, and he suddenly broke his train of thought, and found that everyone had run to an ice wall, not knowing what they were looking at.
Yunhai walked over, and was also very surprised, there were a few people standing in the ice wall, it was really strange, he remembered clearly, when he passed here just now, there was nothing on this wall, how could there be a few people in the ice wall now.