I said that the owner of this note is not playing tricks, foreigners are generally like this, and when they see something a little novel, they will inevitably scream, and they will tell God at every turn. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

I asked Yang Xue to bring me the notes, and after a cursory look, I found that the sketch was very concisely drawn, full of lines, and people who didn't understand thought that he was drawing the root system of a tree. However, it seems that he broke into this sinkhole by mistake from another cave system, and the part of the sketch here is not depicted, and probably this person did not find out the specific distribution shape of this cave, so he was misguided.

At this time, I suddenly remembered a very important thing, and couldn't help but say to Yang Xue:

"The date I read this note, about three years ago, reminds me of one thing......

Three years ago, the Sino-British joint cave expedition team conducted a scientific investigation of a bottomless sinkhole on the border of Guizhou, which is not known to most people, but I was very keen on outdoor sports and caving at the time, and joined several online forums with more detailed information. One of the cave exploration forums described the expedition, saying that the sinkhole was only discovered in recent years, hidden in the deep mountains and dense forests, the diameter of the pit mouth is not large, about 200 meters, but the depth of the sinkhole is very terrifying, reaching 1500 meters, this depth of the sinkhole, is rare in the world.

They first made observations near the mouth of the pit for a period of time, and when the continuous rainstorm passed, there was no sign of water accumulation at the mouth of the pit, which showed that the sinkhole had a natural drainage system, and the underground river must be interconnected with the outside world. I compared the sketches of this note and found that the outside of the sketch was indeed a vertical straight line, which was used to represent the shaft of the sinkhole. After they went down, they found a longitudinal cavern, it seemed that no one had entered it yet, as caving experts, they couldn't suppress their excitement and excitement about this unknown cave system, so they walked along this cave and went inside. In the meantime, they found several rare plants on the platform at the bottom of the pit, some of which were extinct prehistoric plants, and one of them had a plant that caused severe allergies when it came into contact with the hands, and they also recorded this. The further they went, the more they noticed that the cave was getting bigger and bigger, some places were hundreds of meters high, and the largest hall was 100,000 square meters.

According to the account in the forum, the expedition conducted a ten-day scientific expedition to the cave at the bottom of the sinkhole, visiting almost all the branch caves, and at the end, they entered a very large hall, and the next road was flooded by an underground river. At this time, there was a disagreement in the team, and some people suggested going back to repair, saying that they had been trekking in this cave for ten days in a row, and their physical strength had long exceeded the limit of human beings, and it was very unwise to go cave diving in a state of fatigue. But more people have been completely fascinated by this huge and complex cave system, and they don't want to go back to anything, they have to explore to the end, this obsessed state is uncontrollable.

In the end, they finally made the adventure they regretted so much, because two members of the team had gone missing during the cave dive. Regarding the specific content of the disappearance, the forum did not make a detailed record, saying that the person concerned was secretive about the matter, as if deliberately concealing some important clues, but only that he was attacked by unknown creatures underwater, stirring up the sediment, and when the sediment dissipated, a member of the Chinese team and a member of the British team had disappeared without a trace.

Later, they searched for a long time until they ran out of oxygen and did not find the missing team members, so they had to accept the fact that they had been killed and gave up continuing the search and rescue.

I told Yang Xue about it again, and her face was not very good-looking, and she said to me:

"There's a very famous saying about cave diving, which says that you never have to rush during a search and rescue because you're just searching for a few bodies......"

Yang Xue continued: "The meaning of this sentence is that if you get lost or go missing while diving in the cave, then the death has already been pronounced, and the team members did not continue the search and rescue, which is also a helpless move." It seems that the owner of this note is probably one of the two missing team members, and you said that they were attacked by unknown creatures underwater, and I speculate that it may be the mutated giant salamander we encountered, or ......"

"Or other creatures that even mutated giant salamanders are afraid of," I couldn't help but interject, "Due to the deliberate concealment of the person concerned, the forum did not give a detailed description of the attacking creature, only that it was huge and extremely ferocious......"

Yang Xue said: "It's a pity that this sketch does not record the cave at the moment, although it is interconnected with the cave system they entered, but judging from the sketch, the distance is too far, with our oxygen reserves, it is impossible to reach." ”

We discussed this matter for a few more minutes, and I told Yang Xue that according to China's practice, it is impossible to respond to this kind of beginningless and unfinished matter, let alone allow the media to report it, and the owner of the forum still has some relationship with the parties, so I learned the general story of this matter, and as for the details, the parties may be under some pressure and dare not say more. After all, the accident in China involved a British, and for the sake of political correctness, there are some things that cannot be published publicly.

In the end, we decided to bring this backpack with us, there are many equipment in it, maybe we can still use it, Yang Xue said that all kinds of signs indicate that we must be very dangerous to go, let me be mentally prepared, no matter what situation I encounter, I must try to stay calm and make a favorable judgment. I said that after this incident, my psychological quality has improved by leaps and bounds, and even if I encounter alien creatures, I can accept it calmly.

Yang Xue saw that the more I talked, the more boundless she became, so she walked to the side of the water eye and motioned for me to follow her and continue to dive to find an exit.

But at this time, for some reason, she stood by the eye of the water, looked underwater with her headlamp, as if she was fascinated, looked at it for a few seconds, and suddenly the whole person stepped back, showed an incredible expression, pointed to the water, and said with a little hesitation: "I saw that there seemed to be a white shadow passing under the water." ”

After a while, her brow furrowed, and she denied herself again:

"Maybe I was overnervous and hallucinating......"

She walked over to the eye again, took one last breath of air, put on her mask and secondary head, and plunged into the water, where she soon vanished. I watched her disappear from my eyes, staring blankly at the calmed ripples, and suddenly had a sense of foreboding.