Chapter 121: The Source of the Stinging Water
Many of the things that happened in the ancient tomb of Zanglong Mountain were too bizarre, such as Uncle Dao, they were taken to the other side of the undercurrent by an unmanned unsinkable ship, and even they themselves couldn't tell what was going on, so they were taken to the other side in a daze, and now I also hope that a ship can bring us over directly, but unfortunately not.
"You can't swim over, why don't we go to the end along the river bank and go around?" Fat Bear said, holding his chin.
"Damn, it's not a small pond in front of us, how long will it take to go around like this!" Zheng Tian frowned.
"It doesn't matter how long he can go around, as long as he can get around, otherwise what else can you do? Do you really expect a special boat to pick you up? The fat bear lifted the backpack behind him and set off first.
This should be the most feasible way at the moment, our group of people turned on the flashlight, carefully moved forward along the shore of the water, the underground environment was dimly lit, and we could not see the five fingers, we had to watch out for the poplar forest on the right side, but also be careful of stepping into the air and falling into the river.
"Advisor Dian, what else do you know about this stinging river, can you share it?" Professor Wu suddenly asked me as he walked.
As a scholar, Professor Wu naturally has a great interest in this kind of thing that only exists in legends, and I also want to pretend to show off what I know, but the point is that I don't know anything about this sting pool, and the only source of information is the record in the book "The Secret Book of Heavenly Works".
It is recorded in the book that this kind of stinging water was first found in the barren sea of the Western Regions, which is dangerous and abnormal, often making the feathers not floating, and the boat is difficult to cross, and if people encounter it, they will turn into bones in an instant. I really can't say anything more useful than that.
I told me everything I knew, and pretended to regret it, saying that most of these ancient and mythical things were difficult to explain.
"Does that mean we're in the wilderness of ancient China's Western Regions? It is said that during the barbaric period, there were three tribes of gods, men and demons living at the same time. Professor Wu asked again.
"According to what is written in the book, it should be." I replied casually, after all, it's just a legend, so there's no need to be too elaborate.
"It's mysterious, it's magical." Alan Lin sighed in admiration.
"Cut, the names of places are all made by people, and that place sounds pretty awesome, but it's actually just a pile of sand." The fat bear in front of him turned his head and said.
The water was so large that the crowd walked for hours without stopping, until they finally saw the edge of the river, but at the same time we saw despair.
Because the edge of the stinging water is immediately next to the edge of the cliff, the road is completely blocked, which means that if we want to go around to the opposite bank, the only way is to climb over the cliff at the top, and in this cold and damp underground, the cliff is extremely slippery, and if we are not careful, we will fall into the stinging pool and be melted into slag.
"We've come full circle, and in the end it's a dead end?" Zheng Tian hung his head and said.
"It seems that the people who designed the tomb had the idea of using the river as a natural barrier to make it impossible for trespassers to go." Professor Wu muttered.
"Why don't we go back the way we came, out of this damn tomb." Zheng Tian suggested.
"No!" Ai Lanlin's attitude is still very firm at the moment: "I believe that Gan Feng and they are in front. ”
"Don't be Ganfeng all day long, Ganfeng, you will harm all of us by doing this, you must know that the purpose of our trip is to find the ancient city of Wanli, not to find that Ganfeng!"
"Gan Feng, they must have important information, find them, we can naturally find Luo Licheng!" Alan Lin said resolutely.
"Then you can tell me how this hellish place passed!" Zheng Tian pointed to the black water in front of him with a little excitement and said.
Ai Lanlin ignored Zheng Tian, but walked to the edge of the cliff with a flashlight, carefully studying the details on the cliff, hoping to find the mark left by Gan Feng and them. But alas, there is nothing on it.
"Over there...... What's going on over there? Just as everyone was at a loss, John suddenly pointed to the middle of the river and shouted in horror.
We all turned our heads together, and we were surprised to find that a dark fog had risen on the surface of the river at some point, and it was slowly approaching in the direction we were.
I suddenly thought that the stinging water that evaporated from the river can often make people hallucinate, the light one is drowsy for a while, and the heavy one is crazy for a lifetime, I was in the palace of the ancient tomb of Zanglong Mountain, I walked through this foggy road, and in a trance I thought that I had traveled back to the Republic of China.
"This fog is poisonous, everyone put on masks, retreat in the direction of the poplar forest first, and wait for the fog to clear before we leave!" I said nervously.
The fog approached little by little, and just as we were about to run backwards, Zheng Tian suddenly stopped us as if he had discovered a new continent and shouted: "Look at what seems to be something in the mist!" ”
Something? We all froze and looked nervously at the water, and sure enough, a sharp object gradually appeared in the black mist, and then a narrow body......
"I'm fucking afraid I've attracted a water monster!" The fat bear said in fear.
"What do you mean is that there are prehistoric creatures here?" John asked, his eyes wide.
I shook my head: "Don't listen to that fat man's nonsense, I don't think this thing is a water monster, but like, like a ......"
"It's like a boat." Professor Wu was straightforward.
When the thing was completely out of the fog, we saw that it was an antique wooden ship.
The wooden boat is about seven or eight meters long and more than a meter high, and can move freely in treacherous water, and the materials used must be unusual.
"In the ancient tomb of Zanglong Mountain, Uncle Dao told me that a ship took them to the other side, I was a little unconvinced at first, but now it seems that this kind of strange thing really exists." I exclaimed.
"The point is, why was the ship able to drive itself without a driver?" Professor Wu was puzzled.
"It can't be a ghost ship, right? Zheng Tian said.
By this time, the ancient ship had docked, and the fog had gradually lifted.
"Anyway, let's go over and have a look, this boat is the only way for us to cross the river." I proposed.
The rest of the people did not hesitate, and we all grabbed our weapons in our hands, and slowly moved to the side of the boat, which looked rather strange and motionless on the shore.
I walked to the side of the boat and looked at the boat carefully, it was indeed empty, and then Professor Wu glanced at the black axe, and the black axe immediately jumped onto the boat and walked back and forth to check it, and then beckoned to us: "safe."
Professor Wu nodded and was just about to walk up, when Ai Lanlin seemed to have noticed something and suddenly stopped him.
Zheng Tian was a little unhappy: "I was in a hurry to find your lover just now, why is it grinding again?" ”
Ai Lanlin didn't pay attention to Zheng Tian for a while, pointed to the ship and said, "I found a problem, it didn't move at all just now. ”
"So what? It shows that the ship is stable. Zheng Tian said casually.
"Stupid! The black axe has already gone back and forth on it, and normal ships will more or less shake on the water! Alan Lin said solemnly.