The fifth master and Captain Chen took on the important task of digging a hole in a burial pit full of dangerous masked horseshoe crabs.

I fell asleep on the stone steps for a while, but I had nightmares and nightmares, and I didn't sleep for a moment, and finally I was woken up by the rain and found that Captain Chen had crawled back from outside, and brought us good news that the hole had been dug through.

However, Captain Chen told me that the thief cave does not lead to the ground, and I couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Where does the thief cave lead?" ”

Captain Chen only said to me, "You can go and see." Then he began to wake up the people who were still asleep on the stone steps.

The members of the Western Expedition team woke up in their dreams one after another, their faces were full of tiredness, and they all seemed to be sleeping very unsteadily, only the fat man was full of red light, obviously resting very well. After learning that the thief hole had been dug, everyone was extremely excited, and finally showed a long-lost smile on their faces.

I thought about what Team Chen just said, the thief cave doesn't lead to the outside, so where does it lead? Still, no matter where it leads, it's much better than staying in a burial pit full of strange masked horseshoe crabs and a large number of obscure and dry bones.

After the people of the Western Expedition were packed, they began to climb out of the stone steps and towards the mud burial pit. The crowd tried not to make too much noise, but as I passed the Fifth Ring Burial Pit, I heard a slight commotion behind me, and immediately urged everyone to speed up their climb.

Ropes were erected over the earthen wall again and again, and we crossed the towering earthen wall again and again, and finally came to the outermost level of the burial pit. At the bottom of the outer wall of the burial pit is a swarthy hole. Immediately everyone fell to the ground, ready to burrow into the dark hole.

At this time, the voices in the distance are getting louder and louder. It's getting closer. Acting together, it was hard not to alarm the sensitive masked horseshoe crabs. They're already coming towards us like a tidal wave again.

Chen Dong was about to take the lead in the thief hole, but was stopped by the rain, she turned her head and said to Ge Laojiu: "Ge Ye, you are not feeling well, so you will go into the thief cave to escape first, and we will take care of you later." ”

Now that time is pressing, I didn't think about it, so I immediately urged Ge Laojiu, who was still stunned, to get into it quickly. And the fat man immediately pushed Ge Lao Ji to lie on the ground, forcing him to be the first to get into the thief hole, and the fat man followed closely behind, and I heard the fat man's loud urging sound coming from the thief hole.

I volunteered to stay at the end, and then kept urging everyone to hurry up, everyone climbed into the thief hole, I glanced at the situation behind me, and immediately scared into the thief hole. A horseshoe crab in a mask like a tide. It's almost over.

The dark cave was small and narrow, and the air inside was very turbid, and the smell of heavy and damp earth came straight to my mind. Choked me with snot and tears. But fortunately, the small and dark thief hole soon came to an end, and I got out of the thief hole. He immediately swung the horn scimitar in his hand and slashed at the dirt above the earth wall. Because the horseshoe crabs in the mask have all burrowed into the thief hole. It's about to gush out.

Everyone hurriedly worked together to bury the hole quickly, but a few agile masked horseshoe crabs still came out. Remembering the pain they had suffered when they had punctured the boils in their masks, everyone stared at them with red eyes and smashed several of the horseshoe crabs into pieces without mercy.

After venting their hatred, everyone finally had time to look around, and when the flashlight light came on, everyone once again saw a scene that would appear in a magical world.

The place we are in is a mud cave, the square cave wall is inlaid with a large number of large and small fish stone totems, and in the middle of the center of the earth cave, there is a winter melon-sized thing suspended from the ground, everyone can't help but walk over curiously, and find that the fifth master who came in earlier has stood in front of the floating object.

When the light of my flashlight came close to the top of the floating debris, my eyes widened instantly, and my mouth opened in disbelief and I couldn't close it for a long time.

In front of my eyes was an irregular oval-shaped transparent container, and inside the container was a golden carp that shone with dazzling colorful light. There was nothing underneath the transparent container, and it floated in the air strangely and inexplicably. The gravitational pull of the center of the earth has nothing to do with the exquisite floating objects in front of you.

The fat man walked up to me and exclaimed in surprise, "How can there be a glass display case here?" ”

I stared intently at the transparent container floating in mid-air, and explained to the fat man: "This is not glass, but some kind of quartz stone similar to glass jadeite, but its clarity is already comparable to glass, there is no difference." ”

The transparency of glass jadeite is very high, but it is not up to the level of glass, but the transparency of the transparent container in front of you is indistinguishable from that of glass.

But I was amazed as to why the transparent container in front of me was suspended in mid-air, as if by magic. What surprised me even more was that the transparent container was the same as a whole, without any traces of opening and closing, so how did the golden carp that emitted colorful light inside fit in?

Suddenly, I had a very bold assumption that the transparent thing in front of me with a golden carp might be amber, just because of its appearance, it was very similar to pine resin amber.

Amber is a fossil of the resin of the ancient pine family, which evolved over a long period of time after being buried in the stratum. Amber comes in a variety of shapes, often with the strange textures on the surface that were created when the resin flowed, and air bubbles and debris from ancient insects and plants are often visible inside.

Amber has a very low hardness, light texture, translucent luster and a light fragrance. Although it is a fossil, it is very heat-resistant. Fire, hard blows, and exposure to the sun can damage it lightly, and even a slight scratch can force the amber to break.

Legend has it that some strange amber is coated with liquids such as water and living creatures, and I have never seen these strange ambers, but it is not difficult to draw an equal sign with what is in front of me. Nine times out of ten, I think the floating objects in this earthen room are amber with very high transparency. Thinking of this, I began to look at the amber in front of me curiously. As a result, when I turned the flashlight behind him, my eyes almost popped out of my eyes in horror.

The sight of the transparent amber's back was completely beyond my imagination. Viewed from the front of the transparent amber, the inside is a golden carp, but from the back, it is only a palm-sized fish scale, exuding an extremely dazzling and bewitching light.

I rubbed my eyes in disbelief and found that the transparent amber in front of me was indeed filled with colorful fish scales. Surprised, I strode in front of the transparent amber and found a golden carp leaping in the amber. And when I walked to the back again, it was indeed a palm-sized piece of colorful fish scales.

Dumbfounded, he looked at the magical scene in front of him, and said: Is this a trick? What's going on? How could such a fantastic thing appear in front of my eyes.

The amber looked inside from the front as a golden carp the size of half an arm, but when you looked behind the transparent amber, it was only a palm-sized scale. However, what fish has such large scales, and it also shimmers with dazzling and bewitching colorful light.

Everyone was very surprised to see my look and behavior, and they all came behind Amber, and when they saw what was inside, they all opened their mouths in astonishment, as if they had swallowed a boiled egg, and they couldn't close it at all.

The fat man looked at me in horror, I immediately shook my head, and said in my heart: I saw the bronze lotus petal disc suspended in the air before, and the strange and unpredictable mirror-like water surface in it, I was already confused and horrified. The transparent amber in this earthen room is even more strange and unfathomable, I don't even know what it is, and I don't even know what this thing is, or why it's floating here. I suddenly feel that there are so many things in the world, and there are so many things that are amazing and weird!

Captain Chen stood beside me, staring at the palm-sized scales for a long time, and then suddenly asked me, "Brother Xiaowen, do you know the story of the carp leaping over the dragon gate?" ”

I nodded, and said in my heart: The carp leaping dragon gate is a very widespread myth and legend, because the theme of the story is educational, I remember that it was also adapted into an animated film, which is very popular with children.

Legend has it that due to the turbidity of the Yellow River, ordinary fish cannot survive, and only the golden carp can survive well in the Yellow River. The carp with golden scales is impatient with the ordinary, and if it wants to transform into a dragon, it will go against the water.

To transform into dragons, carp must first jump over the dragon gate. "Longmen" is after Yu leveled Longmen Mountain during the flood control period, and then opened up the Longmen.

The school of golden carp starts from the Yellow River in Mengjin, leads to the Guò Luo River, and then follows the Yi River to the place where the Longmen water splashes. But there is no waterway on Longmen Mountain, and they can't go up, so they have to gather at the foot of the north mountain of Longmen. Tu Shannu asked to play the Jade Emperor, and whoever can jump on the gap can immediately turn into a flying dragon and soar into the sky. And the carp that falls down and has broken gills is born mortal and cannot transform into a dragon.

Therefore, the best who can cross the dragon gate will become a dragon and leap into the sky, and those who fall will only be mortal carp for a lifetime.

Captain Chen nodded in agreement after listening to my story, and then said to me: "Actually, you only know one of the stories of the carp leaping over the dragon gate, but you don't know the second, there is a more detailed explanation behind this story: according to legend, if the golden carp wants to successfully jump over the dragon gate, it must first practice for hundreds of years. When the carp grows its first dragon scales after years of continuous cultivation, it can transform into a human and continue to accumulate virtue and do good deeds in the world. When the carp grows three palm-sized dragon scales on its body, it is the time when the merit is complete, and it can leap into the dragon gate and transform into a dragon.

It is said that by grinding the dragon scales on the golden carp into powder, it can lead to immortality, and those who do not know water can float on the surface of the water and never drown. (To be continued......)