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The flood came and went so fast that in just ten minutes, the height of the river returned to its original position, and I couldn't help but ask Ansari: "Did you just blow up a reservoir?" ”

Li Dong took over the conversation: "Maybe what he blew up was the nest of these strange fish, which may be a confined space, so even if the water level is higher than the river outside, it will not flow out, just like a connected device at one end, the water level is high inside and low outside." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After the flood passed, the river flowed slowly and unhurriedly. The strange fish was gone, as if it had never been seen before.

Unexpectedly, Ansari seemed to be an unintentional mistake, but it directly lifted the threat of the strange fish, and we continued on the road, but now the speed has decreased a lot, because the river bank has just been washed by the water, and the road under our feet has become slippery, and there is still a lot of stagnant water in some low-lying places, and we will fall into the river if we are not careful.

Everyone was walking one foot deep and one foot shallow, and Ansari suddenly shouted: "There is someone ahead!" ”

Like frightened birds, we immediately stopped and drew our weapons. In the distance, next to the cave wall, it seemed as if a man was sitting against the hollow.

Due to the distance, the water vapor in the cave is too heavy, and it is impossible to see who it is, but it does not look like a living person. We approached cautiously and slowly, and finally got a good idea of what was going on over there.

The person half-sitting on the ground over there was really not a living person, but a dry skeleton, I don't know if it had been there all along, or if it had just been washed by the flood.

Seeing the dry bones huddled in the corners of the cave wall, Ansari scraped the skeleton with his short sword, and then said, "This skeleton has been soaked in the water, and it was washed here by the water just now. ”

I glanced at the dry bones and said, "I don't know how long this man has been dead, there is nothing but bones, no clues...... Hey? What's on his wrist!? ”

I suddenly saw that on the left wrist of this dry bone, there was also a black thing, somewhat similar to a bracelet, but a layer of rust was attached to it, and I couldn't see the specific appearance.

Ansari crouched down to take a closer look, scraped the rust off with her dagger, and said to us, "It seems like a watch, or one of those old-fashioned watches with metal elastic straps." ”

Li Dong also squatted down and looked at it, and said: "Sure enough, it's a watch, look at the degree of decay of this watch, if it has been soaked in water, it has been almost decades, I estimate that this person should have died here thirty or forty years ago." ”

I asked, curiously, "Oh? Thirty or forty years ago? How did you know for sure? ”

Li Dong pointed to the watch and said: "Look at this strap, this kind of metal elastic strap is rare now, our country has not been introduced for a long time, and it was only more popular in the sixties and eighties of the last century, and in the nineties, not many people have used it." ”

I asked on a whim: "If this person is a foreigner, or if he wears a foreign watch, isn't it difficult to judge this era?" ”

Ansari laughed, "You didn't look closely at this skeleton, it should be the skeleton of an Asian male." The main reason for distinguishing Asians from other races is to look at the front teeth......"

According to Ansari, Asians are basically yellow people, also known as Mongolian, Asian, and Asian. It is very different from other races in terms of teeth, the teeth are arranged in a parabolic line, the incisors are shovel-shaped, and the teeth are smaller.

And the height of this dry bone, which is more than 180 centimeters by sight, should be a male.

Li Dong added: "If this person had been dead for more than 100 years, the watch would have rotted long ago." So I judged that he must have died thirty or forty years ago, did you think of anything? ”

Thirty or forty years ago...... I exclaimed, "Pengamu!? ”

Li Dong said: "I can't judge this, but at least it can prove that someone came here during that time." ”

I nodded, "Yes, after analyzing it this way, it is very likely that this is ...... Discover that mysterious spot where Pisces Jade Pendant is located. ”

Let's go on, and as for the dry bones, let him stay there quietly, and this cave will be the place where his bones are buried.

After a few more bends, a huge karst cave appeared in front of him, the road ahead was suddenly interrupted, and it had reached the end of the cave, while the underground river next to it was unrestricted, still hitting the cave wall, and then forming a huge whirlpool, flowing into the ground.

No way! No way! ……

I don't know where this underground river leads, even if I have a water spirit bead, I don't want to venture into the underground river, it's too risky.

I couldn't help asking, "If this leads to somewhere, then there must be another way out, let's look for it, because we can't all go in and out with the water spirit beads." ”

Ansari nodded in agreement, "That's right, let's take a closer look around." ”

In addition to the underground river on the right side of this cave, most of the strange stones piled up by lava on the left side are full of drooping stalactites, like an upside-down sword mountain and sword sea, and some are like ice hanging under the eaves in winter, sharp as a cone. Walking underneath is a thrilling experience, and there is always the illusion that you will fall off at any moment.

The left side of this cave has a size of several hundred square meters, and it shines into it with a flashlight, and the strange rocks are craggy and the shadows are longing.

The ground is high enough to seem unaffected by the flood, so we carefully navigate the raised limestone rocks so as not to slip and slip after stepping on them.

Li Dong suddenly stood down, pointed to a thick stalactite in front of him and said, "It seems that people often pass by here. ”

When I looked closely, the stalactite was as white as jade, but in the middle part, there were obviously some traces of dirt. When we got closer, we found that next to it was a tall stalagmite, which was just in the way of the road, and if we wanted to pass through here, we had to hold on to the stalactites and pass sideways.

The stain on this stalactite should be the result of being touched by people a lot. I almost lay on top of the stalactite, and looked closely under the strong light, and sure enough, I found a lot of fingerprints on the track, and there were also traces of people often trampling on the ground here.

"There's a road ahead." Ansari came to this conclusion.

Sure enough, as he said, just at the end of the cave, we found a cave, the entrance of the cave is open in the ground, about two meters in diameter, the whole cave is round and smooth, like a cave dug by earthworms, but magnified a thousand times.

How did this cave come to be? It doesn't look like it was dug out by hand.

I've never seen a passage like this before, and I couldn't help but say, "Could this cave have been dug by some prehistoric monster?" I'm a little unsure. ”

Li Dong said: "You think too much, there must be people walking here, and there is really danger that others have already encountered." ”

I thought about it, but I don't have to worry about ambushes in such caves.

It's still the old rule, Ansari opens the way in front, I walk in the middle, and Li Dong breaks behind. To be on the safe side, we turned off the flashlight and turned on the thermal imaging camera, so that we could be prepared in advance if we encountered an enemy.

The water vapor in the cave is not large, and the ground is much smoother than above, and the air in the cave is relatively thin, but it does not affect normal breathing.

After only a few tens of meters away, we had a problem because four staggered passages appeared in front of us.

The intersection of these four passages is not big, it is a natural cave of dozens of square meters, we are standing in the center of the cave at this time, there are a total of eight passages before and after, left and right, except for the way behind us, the others are leading to unknown directions.

To put it simply, these four passages intersect in the same place, and if a plan is drawn, then it is a network of underground passages in the shape of a "meter".

After some discussion, we decided that the three passages going back could be disregarded, one of which was the way to come, and the other two should be other entrances.

Of the remaining five passages, two on the left and right may also lead to the outside world, and only the first three are the focus of our attention.

After a closer look, we decided to take the passage on the left, because we found a notch in an inconspicuous corner of this passage.

This is a pattern carved with a knife, which is a line pattern of a flower with four petals, each of which is a heart.

I recognized it with just one look and blurted out, "Clover!" ”