I rushed into the third doorway, illuminated by the tactical spotlights I wore on my head, stepped on the hard ground, listened to the footsteps coming from inside, and shouted, "Leng Yue, wait for me." ”

But I had barely gone when the light of the tactical spotlight began to dim, and it was so fast that it was completely extinguished in a few moments, and I was suddenly plunged into darkness where I could not reach my fingers.

Damn, there must be no electricity.

I was about to reach into my backpack and fumble for a wolf's eye flashlight, when I suddenly noticed an orange flame lighting up in front of me, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

Before I could react to what was going on, the flames slowly went out. However, as soon as this flame was extinguished, another flame lit up a little farther away, then a second flame went out, and a third flame lit up farther away

At this moment, there was a chaotic and rapid sound of footsteps behind me, and at the same time, a beam of light shone through.

I looked back and found that it was Shen Dali and Zhang Yi chasing in.

"Fifth brother, have you found Leng Yue?" After Shen Dali ran to my side, he asked anxiously.

I pointed to the front and said, "There's a fire ahead, it's not clear what the situation is, so be careful." ”

After speaking, I held my breath and listened quietly, and found that Leng Yue's footsteps had disappeared for some time, and I didn't know if he was staying somewhere, or for some other reason.

I took out the battery of the tactical spotlight from my backpack and replaced it, and then walked forward cautiously with Shen Dali and Zhang Yi, and I could only see a point of light flickering and extinguishing in the distance, which was expected to be the strange flame.

I tried to shout Leng Yue a few more times, but I still didn't get a response from him, and I couldn't help but feel a little restless in my heart, and I unconsciously accelerated my speed.

As we continued to go deeper, the temperature around us gradually climbed upward, as opposed to the icy snow in the first doorway. I just felt as if I was in a sauna, the sweat on my body didn't want money to flow out, and the sweat on my forehead would even slide through my eyelids and fall into my eyes, which was very uncomfortable, and my tears flowed out, seriously affecting my vision.

Shen Dali complained: "This place is so hot, it's really strange, it's not so far away from the first passage, why is there such a big difference?" ”

Zhang Yi said beside him: "It's not close, isn't there a passage in the middle?" However, in comparison, the temperature was just right there, and it was those thorny logs that stood in the way, and it was not easy to pass. ”

Listening to their conversation, a light suddenly flashed in my mind, and a key point suddenly came to mind.

The first passage is icy and frozen, and what we see is an ice sculpture dragon's head; The second passage has barbed log needles, and although I didn't finally see the mechanism at the end, I think back to what I heard at the time, if there was also a dragon head at the end, it was most likely a carved wooden dragon head; And the passage we're currently in, the further we go in, the hotter it gets, and the weird flames I just saw

Judging from these appearances, don't these three channels correspond to the five elements that are mutually reinforcing?

The first passage is water, and then the water is wood, which corresponds to the second passage, and the wood makes fire, alluding to the scene in this third passage where we are now.

However, the five elements restrain each other, and the most central thing should be the earth, how can it be fire? Isn't that counterintuitive?

I was thinking about this when I felt someone behind me tug at me and force me to stop.

"Fifth brother, watch your step." Shen Dali reminded me in a low voice behind me.

I looked down and was stunned because I saw many round holes the size of ping-pong balls on the ground right in front of me. Inside some of the round holes, a trace of black smoke was now emitting outwards, and it was getting thicker and thicker, and it was clear at a glance that something was about to happen.

Sure enough, just after I dodged a few steps back with Shen Dali and Zhang Yi, the ground suddenly trembled slightly. Then, in those round holes that had been emitting billowing black smoke before, pillars of fire actually erupted upward, like a thin flame snake shooting out, heading straight for the top rock wall, and after the impact, it shattered into small flame flowers and scattered everywhere.

If we hadn't retreated in time and retreated far enough, we would probably be enjoying purgatory-level treatment all over the sky now.

I stared at the sparks flying in front of me, frowned and sniffed, and asked Shen Dali in a low voice, "Have you smelled it?" ”

Shen nodded vigorously and said, "Well, it's a little stinky, it's saltpeter, it seems to have phosphorus, and I can't smell anything else." It can't be man-made, right? ”

At this time, I can't be sure if these fire-breathing holes are man-made, and I can't guess what the principle behind them is.

However, after careful observation, it was finally determined that these round holes must emit black smoke for a while before they can breathe fire.

The process from the appearance of black smoke to the eruption of flames takes about five seconds.

It took about five seconds for the flames to hit the rock wall at the top, shattering into sparks and falling down to a person's height above the ground.

In this way, we have to do it in less than ten seconds to get through here.

I took out the wolf's eye flashlight, shone the beam deeper, and visually measured the distance, estimating that the area densely covered with black holes only occupied about 50 meters away.

Theoretically, it doesn't take ten seconds for a normal person to rush over, but because the black hole is not in a queue, but in a staggered way. No one entered the area, everything seemed to be uneventful, and if anyone stepped in, they would face a very crazy situation.

I frowned and thought for a while, then I asked for a steel pipe from Shen Dali, threw it to the ground, and caused the steel pipe to roll forward.

The steel pipe quickly rolled into the area, black smoke billowed from the place it passed, and there were some round holes where black smoke came out, and in an instant, the steel pipe was rushed into the air by the fire snake, and then fell to the side, and when it looked again, it was already deformed.

The three of us looked at each other dumbfounded, and realized that the situation might be a little different from what I had analyzed earlier. Judging from the situation just now, this road is not taken by people at all.

So, how did the cold moon pass?

Just as I was wondering, I suddenly heard footsteps getting closer and closer, and then I saw Leng Yue appear on the other side of the road, looking at us with those green eyes.

Shen Dali was a little surprised when he saw Leng Yue, and then seemed to think of Leng Yue's attack on them, and his face pulled down again: "It's done?" ”

Leng Yue looked at Shen Dali, shook her head, then turned her head to look at me, and said loudly from afar, "Come and help." ”

Shen Dali stepped forward and said hurriedly: "What do you want to do to the fifth brother again?" Isn't it just a matter of patting the dragon's claws, and it takes two people? ”

Leng Yue ignored Shen Dali, just stared at me and asked, "Are you coming?" ”