Chapter 50: The Labyrinth

A small boat, drifting down the river.

It was pitch black ahead, and no one knew what would await them.

After calming down from the initial panic and shock, Ma Sanyuan and Josie have both regained their composure. The two sat on the boat, and neither of them spoke. The water was murmuring, and they were now engulfed in endless darkness.

"Do you feel it?"

"What?"

Su Wenxing sat on the bow of the boat, holding a rifle in his arms, and suddenly opened his mouth to break the silence.

"I always felt like someone was watching us."

In the dark, Ma Sanyuan couldn't see Su Wenxing's location.

He could only judge by the sound, and other than that, like a blind man, he couldn't do anything.

"No, I don't feel anything."

In the darkness, Su Wenxing's voice came, "I haven't found it either, but I'm sure we're being targeted." ”

"I feel that way, too."

Josie spoke suddenly, looking in both directions.

At that moment, a dull sound came from the darkness.

The boat under him was violently turbulent, almost throwing Ma Sanyuan out of the boat.

He hurriedly grabbed the boat gang with both hands, and asked in a lost voice, "Xiao Su, what's the situation?" ”

"I don't know!"

Su Wenxing had already stood up from the deck of the ship, holding a gun in both hands, and looked around vigilantly. For Ma Sanyuan, it was pitch black all around. But for Su Wenxing, this darkness did not bother him too much.

The river is surging.

The speed of the boat is obviously much faster than just now, indicating that the river is accelerating.

Plop, plop!

The rocks on both sides of the cliffs also fell, making a splash of water.

Su Wenxing's eyes narrowed, and he hurriedly said, "Third master, paddle, let's get out of here quickly." ”

Ma Sanyuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly put the gun on his body, picked up the canoe from the boat, and rowed desperately.

Falling rocks, more and more.

At the top of the mountainside, there were stone stalactites that broke and smashed down.

In the beginning, it was sparse...... But soon, more and more stone stalactites were broken, and a few stone stalactites almost smashed on the ship. Su Wenxing also lay on the bow of the boat at this moment, waving his two arms to row.

Josie was a little panicked, but she still tried to calm down and assisted Ma Sanyuan in paddling.

The boat was moving at a rapid pace, and suddenly there was a thud, and the bow of the boat seemed to hit something hard.

Su Wenxing got up and shouted loudly: "Get off the boat, get off the boat quickly!" ”

As he spoke, he jumped out. With his feet firmly on the ground, he stood on the shore and stretched out his hand and said, "Miss Qiao, hold my hand." ”

Josie also stood up at this time, took two quick steps, grabbed Su Wenxing's hand, and jumped ashore. Ma Sanyuan was a little sluggish, but by feeling, he stumbled onto the bow of the boat. He stretched out his hand, and Su Wenxing hurriedly grabbed him. At the moment when he grabbed Ma Sanyuan's palm, a stone stalactite fell from the sky and smashed into the middle of the boat with a bang. The huge impact cut off the boat at once. Ma Sanyuan exclaimed, and his feet fell into the river at once.

Fortunately, Su Wenxing has already caught Ma Sanyuan.

He saw it very clearly, and hurriedly lifted Ma Sanyuan up at once and pulled him to the shore.

"Gun ......"

Ma Sanyuan got up and shouted in surprise.

It turned out that his rifle had just fallen into the river.

"Leave the gun alone, let's go!"

Su Wenxing dragged him up, then reached out and grabbed Josie's hand, and ran away.

Dense stalactites fell from the sky, almost hitting the three of them several times. Fortunately, Su Wenxing has the ability of night vision, and he has narrowly avoided it several times. As he ran, he shouted, "Don't look either way, follow me." ”

Ahead, a hole appeared.

Su Wenxing didn't dare to hesitate, and pulled the two people into the cave.

Listening to a series of dense sounds behind him, he stopped, and grasped the mouth of the cave, and saw that the river had already flooded the shore and was pouring towards the mouth of the cave. Dense stalactites fall from the sky, which is shocking.

"Run!"

Su Wenxing shouted loudly and pushed Ma Sanyuan and Josie forward.

Josie and Ma Sanyuan didn't dare to delay, in the dark, deep and shallow, they could clearly feel the river pouring into the cave and quickly submerging their legs.

"Don't look back, move on."

Su Wenxing dragged at the back, clearly feeling that the river was rising rapidly.

"Exit, there's an exit ahead."

Ma Sanyuan suddenly shouted loudly, because directly in front of him, there was a light flickering.

He picked up his speed and ran forward.

The light looked close, but it was actually far away. Coupled with the fact that the current was getting faster and stronger, he couldn't even stand still. Fortunately, Su Wenxing took two steps closely, supported him, and pulled him forward.

It's a bridge!

At the exit of the cave is a bridge made of metal.

The bridge is very long, at first glance, at least a kilometer or so in length. Su Wenxing and the three of them rushed out of the cave and stood on the bridge. The river gushed out from the cave and turned into a waterfall, rushing down with a roar.

Under the bridge, there is a bottomless abyss.

Su Wenxing gasped, looked under the bridge, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Ma Sanyuan was exhausted, sweating profusely, and sat on the bridge deck, panting heavily.

"Hey, this bridge is weird."

Josie stood on the bridge, and after taking a curious look at his surroundings, his eyes fell on the railing of the bridge.

She said, "Brother Su, what kind of metal is this?" It feels peculiar, I've never seen this metal before. ”

Josie attended Columbia University.

Although she majored in biochemistry, she also dabbled in other disciplines in her spare time.

Not to mention how specialized, but in terms of vision, it definitely surpasses many people.

Especially when she encounters the unknown, she instinctively has a strong interest.

So, she reached out and gently placed it on the railing.

It looked like it was supposed to be metal, but after touching it, Josie didn't have that metallic texture. Warm, and there is a very peculiar feeling, as if what she touches is not very real.

"Third master, you're going to exercise your body!"

Su Wenxing looked at Ma Sanyuan and laughed and teased.

Instead of hearing Josie's words, he straightened up and teased his gaze.

It's a magical world, and it's not an exaggeration to describe it as a cave.

At both ends of the bridge, there are two towering cliffs.

On the cliff, there are countless craggy and strange rocks, and the top is not visible.

The cliffs face each other, and below is a bottomless abyss...... Su Wenxing stood on the bridge, his body turning, but for some reason, he suddenly had a very strange feeling, as if he had a strange connection with this strange world.

Wait, like someone is spying on me?

Just as he was immersed in the strange feeling, the feeling of being watched before came back to his heart.

Suddenly, Su Wenxing turned around.

On the cliff, there was a flickering light.

"Third master, look!"

He cried out.

Ma Sanyuan also eased up at this time, and when he heard Su Wenxing's shout, he hurriedly raised his head and said, "What are you looking at, what are you looking at?" ”

"On the cliff, there seems to be, there is a fox."

Before Su Wenxing's words fell, the light was gone.

Ma Sanyuan stretched his neck, stared with wide eyes, and his eyes were sour, but he didn't see anything.

"Fox? How can there be foxes here? ”

Ma Sanyuan couldn't help but complain: "Xiao Su, you look dazzled." How can there be foxes here? And it's still on the cliffs! You look at the cliff, almost vertical, how can a fox climb it? ”

"But ......"

Su Wenxing was also confused!

The fox disappeared in an instant, and it didn't even see how it left.

Could it be that I'm really dazzled? No way! Su Wenxing shook his head vigorously. He had definitely seen a fox on the cliff, very small, with a pure white coat and glowing.

"Third master, I didn't look dazzled, really, there was really a little fox on it just now."

"Hehe, I think you're the little fox."

Su Wenxing still wanted to defend himself, but he heard Josie's exclamation behind him.

"Brother Su, look."

He quickly turned his head to look, and saw a hazy white light suddenly glowing on the railing of the bridge.

The light was very similar to the light he had seen when he saw the little fox just now. Josie's eyes widened, her palms passing directly over the railing of the bridge, her small mouth wide open, and her face even more shocked.

Su Wenxing was also stunned!

He had touched the railing just now, and although it felt strange, it was certain that it was real.

But now, the railing has turned into a ball of light?

Su Wenxing's mind couldn't turn around.

It doesn't end there, though. Just as he wanted to walk over and touch the railing, he heard Ma Sanyuan's exclamation again.

Su Wenxing hurriedly turned around again, and saw Ma Sanyuan open his mouth wide, his eyes wide, and he pointed in the direction of the cave.

Looking in the direction of his finger, Su Wenxing's face also changed.

The bridge piles fixed at the exit of the cave and on the cliff also glowed with a hazy white light.

With the appearance of white light, the bridge piles disappeared.

I can't help but that the bridge piles disappeared, and the bridge slabs that were originally connected to the entrance of the cave quickly turned into stars and disappeared in a white light. At this time, Su Wenxing's brain was blank.

This strange phenomenon is beyond the scope of his cognition.

However, he finally saw some of the market, and after a moment of stunnedness, he reacted.

"Third master, Josie, run!"

He yelled, turned and ran along the bridge, to the other end of the bridge.

Ma Sanyuan and Josie also fell into a brief state of blank thinking. Fortunately, Su Wenxing's roar made the two of them react, and they hurriedly followed Su Wenxing, looking back while running.

The bridge body was constantly swallowed by white light, and turned into a point of light like a firefly, disappearing in the void.

The white light was fast, almost following the three of them.

Su Wenxing was the first to rush across the bridge, and he reached out to help Josie over at the narrow Yongdao crossing. But on Ma Sanyuan's side, there was a problem. He was too fat, and although he was running as hard as he could, he was too slow.

So much so that the white light followed closely behind him, and at the moment when Ma Sanyuan was still about three steps away from the Yongdao crossing, the white light had already caught up with him.

"Third master, don't look back, jump!"

Ma Sanyuan didn't know what was going on behind him, but after hearing Su Wenxing's heart-rending shout, he also realized that something was wrong. Almost without any consideration, at the moment when Su Wenxing's 'jump' exit, Ma Sanyuan used all his strength to eat milk and jumped up from the bridge. White light flashed under him in an instant.

Ma Sanyuan soared in mid-air, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that there was a pitch-black abyss under him, and he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and his body immediately fell down. He was still a little short of the Yongdaokou, and his hands were waving in midair.

A large hand grabbed his wrist in the air.

Immediately after, a huge force pulled Ma Sanyuan to fly forward, and Peng fell to the ground with a bang.

Frightened, he lay on the ground while waving his hands and shouting loudly.

"Third master, get up, it's okay!"

"Ahhh......h

Hearing Su Wenxing's voice, Ma Sanyuan finally came to his senses. He didn't care about the pain in his body, turned over and sat up, "I'm okay?" Am I all right? ”

Josie snickered beside him, while Su Wenxing shook his head with a smile and dragged him up.

"Third master, when you go back, you really have to exercise, so you can get rid of some of the fat on this body."

"You know!"

Ma Sanyuan roared angrily, and then laughed again.

He pressed his chest and let out a long breath as he looked across the cliff.

The bridge has disappeared, and on the opposite cliff, the torrent of 3,000 feet rushes out from the Yongdao crossing, falling straight into the abyss, making a rumbling sound.

"Xiao Su, what the hell is going on?"

Su Wenxing wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

This place is weird, but even if it's weird, we have no way back but to keep going. ”

As he spoke, he took out a pistol from his waist and handed it to Ma Sanyuan.

Ma Sanyuan's rifle was lost in the river channel in the cave just now, and now he is empty-handed.

"I'll open the way in front, Miss Qiao, you are in the middle, and the third master is in the back.

Everyone be careful, it's weird here, let's take care of each other, don't be careless. ”

In the dark, Su Wenxing saw that Josie and Ma Sanyuan nodded.

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In the corridor, it was very dark.

Su Wenxing's condition is better and he can see the road clearly.

Josie's situation was not bad, but Ma Sanyuan was unlucky.

He didn't have the ability to see at night, so he had to take a foot deep and a shallow foot, and at the same time determine the situation by the footsteps in front of him.

"Miss Qiao, you support the third master."

Seeing that Ma Sanyuan almost fell down several times, Su Wenxing couldn't help but speak.

Josie agreed, walked a few steps slowly, and when Ma Sanyuan followed, he reached out and held his arm.

"Xiao Su, can you see the road?"

"Hmm!"

"Miss Joe can see it too?"

"Yes, but not exactly."

Ma Sanyuan said: "It's really ...... Xiao Su, I remember you before, but I didn't have this ability. ”

Su Wenxing's figure paused slightly, and he continued to walk forward.

He was a little hesitant, not knowing how to explain this matter to Ma Sanyuan.

To be honest, so far, he doesn't know exactly what has changed in him. I only knew that he was infected with the 'Cow Ghost' virus before, and he was about to die. But after being injected with that 'original gene embryo' by Josie, not only did the virus disappear, but her body also changed.

For example, his speed has increased, his strength has increased, and his physique has also improved.

In addition to these changes, Su Wenxing made two other discoveries.

His six senses have become extremely sensitive, especially the perception of danger, which is extremely sensitive.

At the same time, he also has the ability to see at night......

But how to explain these changes to Ma Sanyuan? Su Wenxing didn't want to hide anything from Ma Sanyuan. Because he could feel that Ma Sanyuan had no ill will towards him. It's just that he really doesn't know how to explain it? So far, even if Josie has explained, he is confused about it.

"Third master, let me explain this matter."

seemed to know Su Wenxing's difficulties, so Josie spoke: "Brother Xiao Su doesn't really know about this matter.

As I told you before, in ancient times, human beings had very strong powers. But with the change of the times and the change of the environment, people with great power have also begun to be excluded by the environment...... Well, the third master knows the Tao Te Ching. In the Tao Te Ching, there is a concept of 'Tao', and all things and all laws are within the scope of Tao. If you are detached from the existence of the Tao, you will be punished.

For example, the dinosaurs hundreds of millions of years ago, their existence belonged to the category beyond the 'Dao', so they were destroyed by the 'Dao'. The same is true for human beings, as the power of the Tao continues to increase, and the number of people with great power is slowly decreasing. In our view, human genes are constantly degrading under the rules of the Tao. But for the Tao, this kind of degradation is actually a kind of evolution. ”

Ma Sanyuan understood a little this time.

"So, the 'gods' are gone?"

"Maybe it's gone, maybe, they've found another way of being.

In fact, in the process of human evolution, the number of chromosomes has decreased, but it has not disappeared. The power of genes is hidden by certain rules, or rather, limited by the Tao...... But this gene, always there. Somehow, it can be stimulated, reappeared.

As a result, in the past history, although the 'gods' have disappeared, people with great power have appeared from time to time. My research project is how to stimulate the latent genes of human beings. ”

At this point, Josie paused.

Although Su Wenxing walked in front to explore the way, he also paid attention to Josie's words.

He handed over a kettle, Josie took it, naturally unscrewed the lid and took a sip of water, and returned the kettle to Su Wenxing. The movements of the two are carried out in the dark, which is very natural.

Ma Sanyuan didn't see it, but he could feel it.

On his chubby face, a strange smile appeared, and he didn't poke it.

"As I said before, the Japanese have been secretly researching the modification of human genes since the Meiji Restoration, and they have achieved certain results. Previously, Xiao Su Ge encountered the 'cow ghost' warrior transformed by the Japanese and was infected with the cow ghost virus. This is also the reason why he looked weak before.

Last night, the cow ghost virus broke out on Brother Su's body.

I happened to be with him at the time, so I injected him with an embryo with the original gene. That's a pair of chromosomes that I extracted in Japan. To be honest, I don't know if this original gene embryo is useful, it's really a rush to the doctor, and there is no other choice. Luckily, I got it right! The pair of chromosomes really cured Xiao Suge's disease, and at the same time, his body was modified. ”

"You didn't know what the outcome would be?"

Su Wenxing walked in front and suddenly asked.

"Yes, I don't know."

Josie said: "Because the original gene embryo was secretly cultivated by me, I didn't dare to take it out and use it at all." Moreover, I only cultivated two embryos. Before you, there was only one experiment. ”

"Only one experiment?"

Su Wenxing was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted and said softly: "You injected yourself?" ”

"Hmm!"

Josie, smiled.

"I can't say anything, but I have to experiment," she says.

At that time, there was no other choice but to experiment with myself. It's just that after I injected the embryo at that time, nothing changed, not like you at all, and there was an immediate reaction. Even the ability to see at night only appeared in me after injecting you with an embryo.

Judging from the current situation, the original gene embryo does have an effect. But I still need to keep watching and see what happens in the future. Brother Su, if I can, I want to ask you for help, I don't know if it's okay? ”

Su Wenxing turned his head and glanced at Josie, his eyes were shining, scorching.

When Josie said that, her cheeks burned and her heart beat faster.

"Okay!"

Su Wenxing said: "After that, please!" ”

"Hmm!"

Josie felt an indescribable joy in her heart, and she couldn't help but smile brightly.

And Ma Sanyuan, who was beside her, was shocked to hear it.

"Miss Qiao, you ...... I don't know what to say, you're so bold! ”

He vaguely understood what Josie meant.

The so-called 'protogenetic embryo' is actually a virus.

Josie used herself to experiment when she couldn't do it? This is not ordinary guts, Mo said that Josie is a woman, even if it is a man, I am afraid it is difficult to make such a decision.

Lunatic!

This is Ma Sanyuan's evaluation of Josie.

It's crazy that in order to confirm the effect of the virus, you don't hesitate to try it yourself?

Ma Sanyuan just wanted to give Josie a thumbs up at this moment and say: Girl, you are really a man.

Bang!

Just as the three of them were talking softly as they walked, an explosion was faintly heard in the distance.

Su Wenxing immediately stopped, squatted down, and raised his fist at the same time.

However, when he raised his fist, he remembered that Josie and Ma Sanyuan behind him probably didn't understand what he meant. So, he turned around and was about to explain, when he saw that Josie had pulled Ma Sanyuan and squatted down.

"When I was at Columbia, I played in Camp Joseph Pershing three times."

Joseph Pershing, full name John Joseph Pershing, was a famous American general with extraordinary prestige.

When Su Wenxing was in the Great Presidential Guard, he had heard of Pershing, so he was no stranger.

But, Ma Sanyuan didn't know.

"What camp?"

"Pershing Battalion, a kind of military training activity. John Joseph Pershing was an American four-star general with great prestige. The Pershing Battalion is a military training activity organized in the name of General Pershing, which is held once a year in the summer for a month to conduct various military training for the participants. ”

"Who can participate?"

"Hmm!" Josie said: "But it should be divided according to age, there are children's camps; Junior Camps and College Student Camps. I participated in the college student camp, and my grades in every training were excellent. ”

"Okay, don't talk."

Ma Sanyuan was very curious about this kind of activity, so he wanted to ask again.

However, before he could speak, he was interrupted by Su Wenxing.

I saw Su Wenxing stand up, make a gesture, and then carry a gun and continue to move along the road.

Ma Sanyuan couldn't see Su Wenxing's movements, but Josie could see it.

She patted Ma Sanyuan's arm, then pulled out her pistol, bent on her waist, supported Ma Sanyuan with one hand, and followed closely behind Su Wenxing.