Time passed minute by minute, in the quiet cave, the wheezing of the four people became heavier and heavier, the poker face walked in the forefront, and from time to time turned back to help Yu Yue, Yu Yue was physically exhausted and accepted it calmly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ah Shen carried the heavy Batur on his back, and at first he kept scolding and swearing. Walking and walking, he no longer had the strength to speak, but slowly followed Poker Face and Yu Yue.

After walking for about an hour, Yu Yue looked at her watch, "Why have we walked for so long, and this hole is still so wet?" ”

"Fuck it!" Ah Shen finally couldn't help it, let go of his hand, and unloaded Batur from his back, "We won't go to the maze again!" ”

There was only a faint flame left in the torch in Pokerface's hand, and he poked forward with the faint light of the fire, "The fire is going to be extinguished." ”

Yu Yue's heart was beating faster than ever, and even if Ah Shen was around, she couldn't be afraid. In such a narrow hole, there is no end to the front and back.

"Sit down and rest for a while."

Yu Yue didn't care too much, and as soon as her legs were weak, she sat down on the mud floor. Ah Shen slid down beside Yu Yue and looked at Batur, who was still unconscious, "What happened to him?" I haven't woken up for so long. ”

"It's just a knockout." Pokerface said, "You stay here, I'll go and have a look." ”

Yu Yue held up the flashlight, Ah Shen simply threw the torch, and by the light of Yu Yue's flashlight, the two began to rest. Yu Yue, who was sitting next to Ah Shen, suddenly lost her nervousness, and the expression on her face eased a lot.

Poker Face turned and walked forward.

"It's like you can't finish these holes." Ah Shen said casually.

Ah Shen and Yu Yue sat next to each other on the ground, Yu Yue was still a little scared, and suddenly she sneered.

At this time, this girl can still laugh, but he still looks down on her. "What are you laughing at?" He has always been uninhibited and unruly, and after his amnesia, his temperament has not changed, but he will have scruples about poker face and this girl.

"I remember, you used to have a project in Xinjiang, which was about Loulan. The institute sent you here to study the jade coffin that has just been unearthed in the Sun Tomb. Before you left, I pestered you to tell me some things about the ancient country of Loulan and Xinjiang. You told me that there are thousands of karez wells that run through the underground of Turpan, and the locals call it the 'Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles Underground'. Yu Yue lowered her head and smiled, her face full of Huaichun's shyness.

Ah Shen's face flushed, he didn't know what Yu Yue said at all, "Do you really think that I am Ah Shen?" ”

"Ah Shen, what are you talking about? I'm never going to mistake you. Yu Yue stared at Ah Shen's eyes and said very seriously.

Ah Shen's face was slightly red, but fortunately it was dimly lit. As soon as he looked up, he realized that Poker Face had appeared at the front of the tunnel.

Ah Shen hurriedly stood up, a little weak-hearted, "How's it going, front?" ”

"Didn't see any difference. Let's go first. ”

Ah Shen and Yu Yue exchanged glances, stood up and left. Poker Face remembered something and asked, "What about Batur?" ”

"There." Shen pointed to the place where Batur was lying, which was empty, "When did he not see?" Ah Shen and Yu Yue were completely unaware that Batur had slipped away.

"He must have gone deeper into the cave. Leave him alone. Poker Face looked at Ah Shen, his expression was complicated, "Ah Shen, can you judge, where are we now?" ”

Ah Shen thought for a moment, "It should be on the southwest side of Ayding Lake." If we're going back, we're going to be back to the northwest of Lake Aydin, in this direction. ”

"Southwest ......" Poker Face fell into deep thought, and then asserted, "It is recorded in the book that when the Xinjiang people developed the qanats, in order to make the water of the qanats flow and save water, they deliberately developed a culvert on the periphery of the qanats, which leads directly to the Tianshan Mountains. ”

"In other words, the water from the Tianshan Mountains flows into the qanats, and finally flows to this culvert?"

Poker Face nodded, "It's just that maybe because of the development of the economy, the use of qanats is getting less and less, so this culvert is abandoned." Remember the underground lake we just passed? The water that flows into the underground lake is supposed to come from the qanats. "I've always wondered why the qanats are an underground passage, and based on your description of the location and the direction of this passage in the stratum, I remembered that this should be a culvert." ”

"After talking for a long time, how on earth should we get out?" Ah Shen listened for a long time, and only understood that the place where they were was not the right way of the qanats. "What does the culvert have to do with us getting out?"

"If I'm not mistaken, we're not going in the wrong direction, because the culvert doesn't fork. But just now Batur was able to plug the mouth of our shaft, most likely the last two. We have to find another shaft to get out, at least a few dozen kilometers away, and it is possible that there will be no shaft in the future passage that goes straight to the ground. ”

Yu Yue didn't interject, and listened carefully, lest any important information be left behind.

"Dozens of kilometers, we can always walk in two days, and then we can go to the ground. There is no shortage of water in the ground, and we will not starve to death for three days. Ah Shen became excited.

"Is there any difficulty...... Yu Yue asked cautiously when she didn't react to her poker face.

In the pale light of the flashlight, Pokerface raised his eyes and said word by word, "We don't have time......

"What do you mean there's no time?" Ah Shen was anxious, but in the face of the calm poker face and Yu Yue, who was trying to restrain himself, he couldn't have a seizure, so he could only suppress himself and ask.

"It turned out that this passage, we didn't get so wet all the way. Originally, I thought it was because we were gradually going underground, so I didn't care. But after walking back for so long, the ground is still wet. I just walked a little further and I could already hear the sound of water. It means that we are not far from the underground lake. But why is it so humid in the passage? ”

Ah Shen didn't know why. Yu Yue replied slowly, "It's because this culvert was originally used to drain the water of the qanats." ”

Pokerface blinked in agreement, and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, soon, this culvert will be flooded." ”

"Why?"

"Probably because the full moon is coming."

Yu Yue took the poker face's words, "When the moon is full, the moon and the sun exert gravity and produce a tide...... However, the condition is that there must be a lot of water underground......" As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Yue interrupted himself, "Tianshan ......"

The Tianshan Mountains are a natural frozen reservoir, and when the moon is full, the surface is calm, but the bottom is turbulent.

The faces of the three of them became ugly, "Then what should we do?" ”

"We can't go up the culvert, we can only go up through the shaft of the qanat, the qanats extend in all directions, there are many shafts, and we must be able to find the shaft before the big water comes."

I don't know why, Yu Yue has become extremely determined at this moment. Although the man in front of him is young, he has the same profound knowledge as Ah Shen, and his knowledge of geography can also be compared with Ah Shen. She couldn't help but take a closer look at the poker face.

Seeing that Yu Yue no longer hesitated, Ah Shen gritted his teeth even though he had been feeling furious in his heart, "Death is death!" Let's go! ”

Soon, they came to the place of the underground lake, the water level had risen significantly, and the place that was originally land was gradually being flooded.

"Can you swim?" Poker Face looked at the calm but hidden turbulent waters of the lake.

Yu Yue nodded, she had learned to swim with Ah Shen since she was a child. Ah Shen began to shake his head and retreat, "I won't ......"

Yu Yue was surprised, "You can't swim?" ”

"I just won't." Before Ah Shen finished speaking, he was already pushed into the water by Poker Face. The poker face nodded at Yu Yue, Yu Yue understood, and jumped into the water together.

Water crept into Ah Shen's body through every crevice, and he instinctively kicked his legs a few times, gulping out bubbles, and soon his whole body began to stiffen and sink.

Poker Face and Yu Yue scooped him up, controlled Ah Shen's head on the water, and swam forward.

"Lao Tzu...... Lao Tzu is gone...... I said......" Ah Shen slowly woke up, coughed up a few mouthfuls of water and began to weakly break his thoughts, "This is really more difficult than going up the knife mountain and going down to the sea of fire, I knew earlier, Lao Tzu shouldn't have gone down that damn well, I knew ......" Ah Shen choked on several mouthfuls of water one after another, still unwilling to stop.

Yu Yue and Poker Face were desperately swimming against the water on both sides, and they had to drive Ah Shen, the two of them worked harder, and their speed gradually slowed down. Suddenly, Yu Yue struggled twice, and then sank into the water.

"Lao Tzu is most afraid of water in his life, although Lao Tzu has amnesia, but ......" Ah Shen's left and right arms released the force successively, he sank downward, and before he finished speaking, a mouthful of water choked straight into his throat, and he grinned in the water. He threw his arms outstretched, but he still felt like he was sinking down.

At this time, the poker face had already grabbed Yu Yue, who was sinking, Yu Yue was a little out of strength, her legs were entangled in the aquatic weeds, and she couldn't break free, the poker face touched the aquatic weeds along Yu Yue's legs, pulled it away with all her might, and helped Yu Yue to the side. Yu Yue poked out of the water, leaned on the stone wall with one hand, pushed away the poker face with the other, and signaled him to hurry up to save Ah Shen.

Poker Face didn't answer, turned around and sank into the water.

The three of them floated on the water, and the sound of the water poured down over their heads. Three meters above the head is the qanats. "How do I get there?" Yu Yue asked.

"Climb up the tree roots and over the fence of the qanats." Ah Shen suggested.

Poker Face thought for a moment, grabbed the root of the tree with his hand, and slowly brought his body up.