As the beach gradually went down, the water began to become turbulent, and the surroundings were deep and pitch black, as if entering the belly of an abyssal beast, and the strong flashlight we brought was engulfed by the deep darkness, and it was not far away, and the visual distance was only about ten meters, and there was chaos behind it.

Walking here, it always gives people a feeling of entering the wilderness, here seems to be a forgotten corner when Pangu opened the sky, the heaven and the earth are chaotic, yin and yang are hanging upside down, and we can't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and we even forget the concept of time.

Everyone's mental pressure was very heavy, and after walking a short distance, I heard a very heavy wheezing sound in my ears, and when I looked back and saw Xiao Zhang's pale face, I smiled at him and comforted, "It's okay, this will happen to you when you go to the tomb, just get used to it." ”

Walking in the boundless darkness, the only way to alleviate the suppressed fear atmosphere in his heart was to talk, and Ge Zhuang couldn't help but speak, "I said Xiao Zhang, aren't you kid engaged in archaeological work?" has been running around with Professor He for so many years, why is the secret passage still like this? ”

Xiao Zhang seemed to realize that his performance was a bit embarrassing, and in front of Ah Li, he refused to admit that he was timid, so he found a reason to justify, "I am mainly responsible for text analysis, Professor He rarely takes me with him when he goes to the tomb, and how can there be so many large tombs waiting to be excavated, I have been to some small tombs before, where can I encounter such a gloomy scene?" ”

At this time, Chen Yun said, "Don't talk, the river beach is at the end, there is a deep pool in front of it, it seems that if you want to go deep into this underground world, you must cross the water!" ”

Hearing this, the old bell immediately raised the searchlight a little higher, and the pillar of white light shot out, and saw that less than five meters away from us, the underflowing water channel gathered together, forming a huge deep pool, under the illumination of the light, the surface of the black and heavy deep pool rippled with craggy fluctuations, like a long snake with golden scales rolling in the water waves, mysterious, secluded, and with a bit of mysterious atmosphere.

Ge Zhuang smacked his lips and muttered in a low voice, "Could it be that the entire crack is surrounded by the water level of the dark river?" Wouldn't we have to dive? ”

"Probably not." Chen Yun shook his head and retorted in a low voice, "The other side of this deep pool must be the core location of the entire Gu Yelang ruins, but our pipeline is not far away, and we can only see this water." "Lao Zhong said that before leaving, didn't we prepare flares, the environment here is so bad, do you want to shoot a flare?

Chen Yun hesitated again and again, made up her mind, turned around and projected her gaze at me, and said Sima Nan, what do you think?

Without waiting for me to speak, Ge Zhuang took the lead in snatching the conversation, saying that there is nothing to hesitate about, hurry up and use the flares, so that the fat man can see the whole territory, at least he will not be stunned.

I stopped Ge Zhuang and said, "If you use flares, our position will be completely exposed, don't forget that we are not the only ones in this area, it is very likely that the people of the RAND Corporation have also come down, the enemy is dark and I am clear, and it is not good to expose the position." ”

Lao Zhong nodded yes, saying that your concerns are very thorough, but if we don't use flares, we can't see what is in the pool, so we swim rashly, the risk is also very great, don't forget where this is, ancient witchcraft can't be prevented, and no one dares to guarantee that there is no mechanism under the water.

After much hesitation, I finally decided to follow Lao Zhong's advice and said to Chen Yun, "Okay, let's try a flare first!" ”

The old bell quickly put the mountaineering bag on his shoulder, installed the launcher, and hit the sky, the flare crossed a parabola in the air, roared into the air, the phosphorescence exploded, and suddenly burst out of a strong light, and the dazzling white phosphorescence tore through the darkness, reflecting the entire crack in the ground very clearly.

The crack in the ground is illuminated by strong light, and we can see that we are in a huge underground canyon at the moment, there are countless rock faults in the canyon, the pits are uneven, near the left and right sides are waterways, and farther away, there is indeed a petrified jungle, lush and verdant, but there is no life, there is no wind in the cracks, and the rows of petrified woods are like stone sculptures standing in the distance, dead and silent, it seems so strange and magical.

The position we are in at the moment, surrounded by two dark rivers, the river beach is in the gap between the two dark river water levels, forming a "Y" shaped crossing, the protruding water level is not high, only about half a meter of drop, the front and back are wrapped by the dark river waterway, if you want to go deep into the core of the ruins, it is necessary to swim across.

The intersection of the two dark rivers forms a huge deep pool with a wide coverage, the pool water is pitch black and cold, and the cold air penetrates into the bone-penetrating like a serpentine extension, leading to the invisible dark depths - this crack is too big, covering an area of at least dozens of kilometers, and even the flare can't measure the depth, it is a naturally formed deep valley, but I don't know why, it is actually covered by rock formations, forming a claustrophobic crack.

Beneath the deep pool at our feet grew countless inverted cone-shaped stalagmites, stalactites interspersed straight and near, some of the stalagmites were exposed to the water, forming a hard reef, and more stalagmites were immersed in the water, rippling and twisting with the craggy waves.

"Oh my God, there's so much space underground!" This time, not only Chen Yun and me, but even Lao Zhong, who was used to seeing all kinds of scenes, couldn't help but exclaim, he said, how did such a large rocky crack support the structure and ensure that it would not collapse for thousands of years?

As far as I know, Yunnan is in an earthquake-prone zone, and there are at least hundreds of earthquakes repeated every year, but at the moment this crack is completely hollow, and the top is an arc-shaped smooth rock formation, just supporting the entire structure is difficult, and it is almost a miracle to withstand a thousand years of earthquakes.

Chen Yun was also surprised, at this time, the light of the flare gradually dimmed, and it fell into darkness again, and it was difficult for the eyes to adapt, we were silent for more than ten seconds before we could barely see something, I heard Chen Yun say, "It seems that we only have one choice left, fatty, you take out the air bag, be careful not to puncture it." ”

Our bamboo raft had already been damaged on the way, and after walking for two whole days, we didn't expect to face the problem of crossing the river again, but fortunately, we were well prepared for this trip, and Ge Zhuang's backpack still contained a lot of air bags, which could be inflated.

These air bags are filled separately, not a complete piece, after Ge Zhuang took out the air bags, he inflated them in turn, and there was only one air inflation valve brought casually, and the inflation progress was relatively slow, so Lao Zhong and I had to take out a few air bags respectively and blow them with our mouths.

About half an hour later, we only inflated half of the airbags, Chen Yun found a thinner rope, connected all these airbags, tied them up, and put them in the water to try, enough to bear the weight of so many people.

Then everyone changed into diving suits and jumped on the airbag in turn, and the old bell tied the searchlight in front of the airbag to serve as lighting, and the group paddled the water and slowly drove to the waterhole.