Then he turned to the professor and told the professor the details of the river below: "Kansa has already taken a rough look, this river channel is about 60 meters wide, and the length is uncertain. The water depth of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is between one meter and one point six meters, and the upper layer has been covered with tall shrubs and various vines, and there are more silt leaves at the bottom of the water. He also saw a city wall made of boulders on the other side, but because he was attacked by a giant catfish, he didn't go to the other side to see it clearly. ”

When the professor heard that there was a city wall on the opposite side, his eyes immediately flashed with an unconcealable light, and the archaeological research of more than three years had finally been in vain, especially when he stumbled upon a Sanskrit stone tablet on Mount Kulun half a year ago recorded a place called Devarajasa monk Sālobura! It says it was the birthplace of the Brahmins of the Angkor Dynasty before the 13th century. It is very likely that this place is recorded in the inscription right behind this dense bush!

"The question is how do we get through this wall? Kansa said that the walls were at least 6 meters high, and that the water directly submerged the foundations. The walls are also covered with shrubs and vines, and it is dangerous to go straight above the bushes. Professor, can you tell me what exactly you're looking for? Is it just a relic of the Angkor dynasty? ”

Stern calmly analyzed the current situation with the professor, and in fact he wanted to ask the last question, because if it was normal archaeological research, more manpower and material resources would definitely be used. For example, if you drive a motorboat directly, you can avoid these dense jungles, and no matter how bad it is, you will have a clear purpose, and study the most labor-saving way to pass. It's not just going on blindly like now.

However, Professor Morrill didn't seem to hear what he was saying, "Well, Sergeant, you are too injured to go into the water, so stay here for now." Anne and Kansa and I went down to take a closer look at the ruins on the other side, and by the way, to see if there was any way through. ”

"And Donnie stays here to take care of the sergeant, if there is any change, you can deal with it first."

Donnie reluctantly replied, okay.

The sergeant looked at the professor who was already preparing to go down and wanted to speak again, but the professor seemed to know what he wanted to ask, and said to him, "I'll tell you everything when we pass the wall." After saying that, he followed the climbing rope and went down to the trench first.

"Donnie, do you know what the Professor is doing here or what he's looking for?"

"This ..... me ...... To be honest, before I set off, I only heard that the professor was going on a field trip, so I followed. You know, it's a lot better to be here than to stay in the academy, even if there are a lot of disgusting bugs here. However, I heard that the professor's expedition was related to a discovery he made at the temple of Preah Vihear half a year ago. I don't understand the rest. ”

"Preah Vihear Temple?" With a slightly puzzled expression, Stern went to the entrance of the cave to observe the situation below.

About two hours later, they appeared below the entrance of the cave, and the professor looked up at Downey and said, "There is a moat down here, and on the other side is the ancient city wall built during the Angkor dynasty. Donnie pack up the important equipment on it, leave the bulky things in place first, and we're ready to cross the walls from the other side of the river! ”

"What? Professor, what about Sergeant Stern? His leg was injured and he couldn't touch the water! The wound will become infected! ”

"It doesn't matter, you carry him over first, and Kansa is on the side. There's no time, hurry up, it's going to get dark soon! ”

So Donnie did as the professor instructed, and threw some of the equipment that he thought was redundant, and waited to get it later.

Stern didn't say anything, but his weight of more than eighty kilograms was not a small burden for Donnie, so he could only wronged Downey first. So one by one they went down the hole to the moat.

From time to time, a few spots of light were cast under the bushes, and from time to time the cries of birds could be heard from above. Several people were moving slowly in the water. Under their feet were a layer of soft rotten leaf silt, from which blisters appeared from time to time, and the blisters quickly rose to the surface of the water and gave off a rotting smell......

Professor Morrill at the head explored the road ahead with the light, Anne followed, Donnie walked in the middle of the line with the tall Stern on his back, Kansa carried most of the luggage, and did not forget to pull the Mekong catfish he caught to follow last.

Everyone was concentrating on exploring the underwater road, and at this time, there was a sudden sound of water splashing not far away, and Downey paused: "Professor, is this really safe?" What if those giant catfish come to attack us again? ”

Without waiting for the professor to respond to the sergeant, he said, "Giant catfish are not a threat, not to mention that they may not dare to attack after the movement just now, we have to worry about another, more dangerous animal." ”

In the dark, Donnie's expression twitched a little: "What? What other animal is more dangerous? ”

"It's nothing, since we're already down, let's hurry up and get through the city wall first, anyway, be vigilant." Stern was well aware of the danger of the animal, but he chose to pray silently in his heart that he would not touch it. Anne, who was walking in front, knew that the animal Stern was talking about was the Siamese crocodile, an underwater beast, so she held the dagger tighter in her hand in alarm.....

Half an hour later, everyone was a little out of breath when they leaned against a black boulder jutting out of the water under a sloping stone wall. The taller than human stone was the cornerstone of the wall, half of which was not yet under water, and there were many more like this one lined up on either side, supported by rows of stone walls. If you look closely, you can see that it seems to be carved with a simple relief, but it has become very blurred by rain erosion and moss parasitism, and it can be recognized as some strange animal being driven by naked people. And, of course, the ubiquitous roots and vines in the crevices, which were firmly covered by shrubs and did not miss a single ray of light.

Obviously, it was impossible to climb over the tall stone wall.

"Professor, which direction are you going now? We're going to hurry. Stefan asked in the dark, feeling that he was being swallowed up by some invisible darkness at the moment, and that his years of experience in jungle warfare had told him to evacuate this place where his vision was restricted as soon as possible.

"To the right, you can go to the junction of the moat and the main river, and walk against the stone wall to pass through this stone wall." The crowd moved slowly along the stone wall again.

After a while, the sound of water hitting the stones was heard in front of me, and some faint light was spilling out in front of me. It can be seen that this is the junction of the moat and the main river. However, they found it difficult to move an inch ahead—because of the light, the bushes that grew out of the stone wall in front of them were thicker, so dense that the roots and vines intertwined to form a natural curtain, and grew to the bottom of the water, probably because they would take root when the dry season came. As a result, they had to clear the obstacles above before they could move forward.

Stern asked Donnie to place him next to the stone wall, leaning on his strong arms against the stone wall and the roots of the vines to lighten Donnie's burden. Kansa took out a bush machete he had brought with him and followed the professor's instructions to chop vines and branches, and in a few moments, Kansa quickly cleared the spot. Anne and the professor were also in front to help cut off the vines on their heads, though not as fast as Kansa.

"Professor, can you come and see what this is?"