After drilling out of the forest, the dazzling sunlight suddenly came into view, which made people unable to accept it for a while, and everyone raised their hands to block the eyes.

Suddenly, the whole cliff edge was empty.

When our eyes adjusted to the light, we realized that there was a huge sinkhole in front of us.

The sinkhole is so big that it's out of reach.

Wisps of black smoke were emitting from the deep and large sinkhole, and the upper layer was filled with smoke, so it was really difficult to see clearly.

I put down my backpack and rummaged through the binoculars to get a closer look.

Suddenly, Dr. Gao shouted from the sidelines.

"Come on! There's something here! ”

We all followed the prestige, and he was kneeling on the ground, in front of a backpack.

We walked in his direction, and there were bits and pieces of equipment scattered on the ground......

Backpacks, clothes, and campfires that have been extinguished, and not far away, there are even three or five tents.

Lu Xu ran to the tent and went.

Team Scar was very cautious, and they all had guns in their hands.

When Wang and I saw this, we were also careful and did not dare to relax.

"This is the last group!" Dr. Gao flipped through the backpack on the floor, which had a sign on his clothes. "They're still here!"

It seems that this is indeed the case, and it seems that a lot of their luggage is still here.

Lu Xu got out of the tent, "Where did they go?" It's going to get dark. Why isn't there even a single one left behind? ”

The luggage was very scattered on the ground, and there was no trace of packing at all, so it stands to reason that it should not have gone far, but the packages on the ground and the clothes were covered with a thick layer of dust.

"They've been gone for days." Scar said. "It's such a mess here, there must be some kind of emergency, they fled in a hurry."

Sure enough, there was a situation, and Sister Ping in the distance screamed.

She had already walked to the tent in the back row, and it was a mess.

It seems that there is some kind of behemoth that has swept the entire camp.

The stone bonfire was a mess, and two or three row tents were already scattered on the ground, but they were not broken.

The folding chairs and packages around are also disorganized, but they are not eye-catching.

A large pool of black, slimy stuff caught my attention, and Scar crouched next to the pile, pulled it a few times with a small stick, and then stood up again, spitting.

I'm familiar with the taste, and it doesn't look like I'm unfamiliar with it.

It was a pile of flesh and bones.

The others didn't react, maybe they didn't know what it was.

The wind on the top of the mountain was strong, and after so many days, it had oxidized and turned black, and the wind and sun had almost turned into dust.

We all watched this messy and frightening scene in silence, without sound.

The wind was blowing, and we all stood in the wind, each thinking about our own thoughts.

Ling Long hugged my arm tightly, trembling slightly.

"You see if there is anything you can use, you need to bring it, pack up, let's go." Scar broke the silence.

"Go? Where are you going? It's getting dark. Lu Xu shouted.

"Do you want to live here?" Scar turned around and asked rhetorically.

"This ......," Lu Xu also muttered.

"But if you're not here, where can you go?" Ning Alcohol looked around, except for the dense woods behind him, there was a bottomless and smoky sinkhole in front of him.

"Let's go back to the woods first, find a place to stay for the night, and then find a way down tomorrow." Scar said firmly.

Everyone was exhausted, and with such a visual impact, they were even more hungry and cold, trembling all over, and under the sonorous and powerful command of Scar, they all seemed to have some sense of security.

I suddenly understood why he was able to lead such a team of mercenaries.

We hastily examined the parcels left on the ground, and I found a delicate-looking dagger in a tent, took it with me, and found nothing useful.

Lu Xu looked like he was picking up treasures, rummaging through them one by one, and soon pulled a bunch of small things.

Smokeless hand stove, cotton clothes, felt blankets, and a large bag of warm stickers.

"How afraid of the cold are you?" I couldn't help but make fun of him.

"Don't ask me when you're crying." He gave me a blank look, hugged a bunch of 'treasures', and followed the team.

We found a cave in the woods behind us, not far from the top of the mountain, less than a five-minute walk.

This cave is really hidden, and if it weren't for the sharp eyes of young Asian people, they might not be able to find it.

This hole is open behind a few dense trees, and there is not much space inside, so everyone can only squeeze it and settle it.

It was getting a little dark, and Scar told him to hurry up and get dinner ready.

"As soon as it gets dark, don't light a fire, just get some rest. Wake up early tomorrow and leave early. Scar looked at everyone's questioning expressions and explained, "This forest is not safe, and it is too obvious if there is a bright light. ”

Scar was on the first shift with an Asian (I heard Scar call him a 'forensic doctor') on the first shift, and the rest of his team members were also hidden outside, without the help of me and Wang.

I asked Sister Ping to help take care of Ling Long, but she was very enthusiastic and agreed.

The king and I came out of the cave, gear in hand, and prepared to go around.

The bones on the top of the mountain make it difficult for us to rest in peace.

Scar had returned from patrolling, and like a leopard, he deftly climbed to the tree at the entrance of the cave, ignoring the two of us.

I looked around and searched for a long time before I found the location of the medical examiner, who was also hiding in a tree not far away.

Silently remembering the location of the cave, Wang Yiping and I returned to the abandoned camp at the top of the mountain.

In the warm yellow afterglow of the setting sun, the sinkhole resembles a giant's mouth, as if it wants to suck all the light and heat into it. It's daunting.

We're going to go into the pit and find out.

I resisted the thought, and I always felt that the thing that had attacked the camp was in this pit.

While there was still light, I took out my infrared telescope and tried to see what was going on inside the sinkhole.

God help me, maybe it's the relationship between temperature and air pressure, the north wind is starting to howl.

The heavy cloud cover on the sinkhole also gradually dissipated.

When the telescope was over my eyes, I thought I was hallucinating, and there was a hint of surprise in the moment.

In this pit! It's a city!

Tall buildings with silver glare towering, air traffic tracks interspersed, dazzling plaques of all kinds stand on the glittering golden buildings, viaducts overlapping each other, and the ground is ...... But as quiet as a painting? There is no endless stream of cars, no flashing neon lights, no noisy and human voices......

This city, like a dormant city in the sky, is so beautiful and powerful, and yet so quiet and serene.

It just lay quietly in this sinkhole, waiting for something.

There is no fresh atmosphere in the whole city, no people, not even birds, only green flowers and trees, still showing a trace of vitality under the sun.

I've been looking for a long time, but there's nothing.

Our equipment is really good, and we can even see the scrapped car license plates on the road.

In addition to the fact that there is no electricity in this city, there seems to be something missing in this city......

What's missing?

Wang Yiyi also looked through a telescope beside me, exclaimed softly, and said slowly, "So that's ......."

I turned my head to see what he had found.

He pointed to a huge spire like a lightning rod in the sinkhole, with an off-white billboard underneath.

Yes! I know what's missing, culture!

There is hardly any text in the whole city, and most of the shop signs, huge billboards, are graphic and blank, and I guess there is no electricity, so it is impossible to display text.

Only the billboard that Wang Yiyi pointed to had some words printed abruptly.

"Are you still worried about not being able to find the track of time?

If you find it, you won't live for two hundred years!

You, who are about to usher in the 24th century,

You should change your mind and live in the moment!

Enjoy every day that nature has given us.

- The Volcano

Wait a minute! 24th century?

I've turned the focus a little clearer! Even if the wind and frost blow, the words '24th century' are still very clear!

Billboards in 300 years?

"This ...... Is this an advertisement? ”

"Volcano News, it should be a newspaper by its name."

"A newspaper three hundred years from now?" My mind was spinning, but it was in vain.

The north wind blew more violently, the trees behind him rustled, and there seemed to be a strange howl from the sinkhole, I wonder if it was some kind of beast.

The sky had completely darkened, and Wang Yiyi was not as shocked and surprised as I was, and I was a little embarrassed.

I'm a few years older than him, but not as calm as he is.

I calmed down and discussed with him, "What do you think this place is?" What does this billboard mean? ”

"If you think about what happened in the village before, I guess this billboard is not for sensationalism, but it is."

Timeline ...... Here it is...... 23rd century? Three hundred years later...... "I wish such absurd words had not come out of my mouth."

However, previous experience has shown that this is very likely!

The strange magnetic field that cannot be explained by scientific methods at the moment is only a strange circle that Wang and I can see, the unheard of purple-gold particles......

Adding up to the evidence, I can't convince myself that it's not true.

'The 24th century is coming', it sounds so incredible and well-founded!

"Nonsense!"

When Wang Yiyi and I told our comrades in the cave what had happened, Ning Alcohol cried out sternly.

"Academician, what happened in the village is a good proof of the conjecture of the timeline theory, and there is a anomaly around here!"

"That's two different things!" Ning Alcohol said impatiently, "Maybe there is indeed a problem with the magnetic field here, and the unknown energy may have the ability to achieve the situation you said, but!" He was even more excited, "We definitely can't be in the 23rd century!" We had absolutely no time travel! ”

The word time travel has become very normal at the moment, and under special circumstances, people are more likely to accept things that they don't normally agree with.

"But we've seen it......" I tried to convince him.

"Don't say it again, maybe you're wrong, maybe it's just a fake advertisement!"

Wang shook his head firmly, "It's not like that, if you don't believe it, you can go and see it yourself at dawn tomorrow morning." ”

"I've been working on this all my life!" Ning Ol's voice trembled with excitement, "Do you think time travel is as simple as it is in the movie?" That's a huge price to pay! It is impossible for humans to travel through without being conscious! It can't be! We'll leave early tomorrow morning! With that, he shook his head and lay down in a puff.

We saw that he was so stubborn, and we didn't dare to say anything more.

The entrance to the cave has been blocked by a tent, but this little campfire should also be extinguished, although the temperature is very low, but as Scar said, if there is still light in the middle of the night, maybe it is really dangerous.

I was on the first shift, Dr. Gao and Sister Ping were crowded in the corner, whispering and couldn't hear anything clearly, Lu Xu shrugged at me, and also lay down next to Ning Yu, Ling Long lay beside me, clutching my sleeves tightly, not knowing if I could sleep.

I looked at these strange or familiar people in such a small cave, and I had a vague feeling in my trance.

Everyone has their own secrets and extraordinary stories, just like Ning Ol's mouthful of 'all his life in research', speaking of a few simple words, no one knows how much he has paid.

These secrets may always belong to him alone, and no one will understand or empathize with them.

Like me, I sat silently by the dying campfire, thinking about the mysteries of my body.

You can only find out on your own.

The king lay on his side, and was about to wake him up to change the guard with me.

I'm a night watchman, and it's my responsibility to be in this cave.