Chapter XVII
Why did the sound of water suddenly disappear?
I couldn't help but rub my ears, almost thinking I was having auditory hallucinations.
Majestic and soft, could it be that the dumb man moved his hands and feet?
It's incredible, how can one person change a river? I immediately pulled out my flashlight and ran to the river in a few steps to look out into the river. The range of the flashlight was not too far, but even so, through the dim halo, I could still see that the huge waves churning in the day had subsided at this moment, although it was still a little turbulent, but it no longer had the momentum of swallowing the sky and the earth, so the sound of the rumbling water had weakened a lot.
How did this river suddenly become like this?
I remembered the strangeness of the dumb man, and immediately returned to the fire, suppressed the shock in my heart, and said, "What is the matter?" ”
The mute sat cross-legged, covered in a layer of moisture, his black hair was extremely wet, and there seemed to be a layer of white mist on his body around the campfire. He didn't answer my words, just looked up at the sky, followed his gaze, I subconsciously looked up, and suddenly saw a bright moon in the sky, then I remembered that today coincided with the night of the full moon every month, I couldn't help but move in my heart, and said: Could it be that the river here will also be affected by the tides?
Just like the Qiantang River, the wind and waves are calm on weekdays, and when it comes to the eighth month of the lunar calendar, it will form a rare spectacle, which is affected by the bright moon and tides. It seems that the dumb man must have known about the situation here in advance, so he was so confident.
While the rest of the people were still asleep, I sat by the fire with the dumb man, and after about half an hour, even the faint sound of water disappeared. At this moment, the mute suddenly got up, and in the darkness, he shot a shot into the void, the gunfire pierced the night, the frightened birds flapped their wings, and everyone in the tent suddenly woke up, and one by one they rushed out nervously, thinking that something was wrong. At this time, the mute raised his chin slightly and said coldly: "Action." ”
Xiaoyu is probably already scolding her mother in her heart, how can she wake people up like this. But the dumb man couldn't help but listen to his words, so they put on their clothes and put away their tents, and only halfway through the work did they notice the abnormality, and they wondered why the rumbling sound of the water had disappeared.
While I was packing up my things, I told the tide about it, and Kuroko was speechless, looked at the dumb man in shock, and said, "He's so amazing." His eyes suddenly showed a look of adoration. I said, "It's great, but you'd better not provoke him, he's even more powerful when he kills people." Kuroko shrunk his neck when he heard this, and his expression showed a hint of strangeness and unease. It seems that he has discovered the difference between himself and us, and he has doubts in his heart.
After thinking about it, I asked, "How did you and Lu Su meet?" Why is he willing to bring you to work? ”
Kuroko trusted me more, thought about it, and was about to speak, but before he could elaborate, the rest of the people had already packed their equipment and were ready to leave. No, I had to suppress it, so I patted Kuroko on the shoulder and signaled that he would tell me next time he had time.
Immediately afterwards, everyone brought their equipment, pushed the raft into the water, and began to swim upstream.
At this moment, the river level is slowing, and even the water level has dropped a little, and it is not difficult for the raft to move, and Kuroko and another person who is good at commanding the boat by the code name of fire are in charge of the boat, and the rest of us are lighting it with flashlights, and by the way, we are on guard to prevent another python or something like that.
But the process of crossing the river this time is very smooth, all the way is calm, our raft turns around the bend all the way forward, gradually, the cliffs on both sides of the river gradually get closer, the waterway is getting tighter and tighter, at the end of the road, the original vast Nu River, almost only four or five meters wide, sandwiched between the two banks of a big river, the river water from the gap of four or five meters rushing, like the sluice flood discharge, its potential can be imagined. Fortunately, under the influence of the tides at this time, the level is calm, otherwise it will be absolutely insurmountable during the day.
Only then did it occur to me that the traction of this tide is not stored every night, if it is once a month, it means that the entire 'gate' of the tomb of the Giant Ear King will only be opened once a month at night. It seems that there is a reason why Lu Su and the dumb man will choose to fight at this point.
Lu Su has the information on the USB flash drive of the silk book in his hand, and it is understandable to know some key points, but how does the dumb man know? Bai Sanye sued him?
So how did Bai Sanye know the topography of the tomb of the Giant Ear King?
The previous speculation surfaced more clearly, and I am almost certain that maybe this Bai Sanye is likely to be the descendant of the flying knife Bai Laosi, because only Bai Laosi has successfully entered the tomb of the Giant Ear King, except for his descendants, who can know so clearly?
While thinking, I observed the surroundings, and soon passed the mouth of the pot, after the raft rushed out of the mouth, the current became fierce, we abandoned the raft and landed, looked at the time, it was already five o'clock in the morning, and soon after, at dawn, we could see the surroundings clearly.
We settled on the bank of the river, and we did not set up any more tents, but built a bonfire and sat around and waited for the dawn.
After about an hour, the distant mountains finally glimpsed the shadow of the sun. It was a towering snow-capped mountain, I don't know what it was called, bare, sharp and impossible to climb, like a big axe.
Only then did we pass through the three bends, and finally crossed the first gate of the tomb of the Giant Ear King, facing the rising morning light, only to see the snow-capped mountains in the distance, which is difficult to cross, and the green hills near are towering, and the dragons and tigers are dominant, unless we drive a helicopter, otherwise we must pay a lot of price if we want to reach here with manpower.
But soon, even the idea of a helicopter was rejected by me, because I found that our watches and compasses were all confused, obviously disturbed by the magnetic field, and I was afraid that the helicopter would only crash when it arrived here.
The dumb man didn't sleep all night, but he was in good spirits, and immediately led the team along the riverbank, looking for something, as if he was looking for something, but he didn't explain to us, and for a while, everyone only followed in confusion.
Bai Chopping Chicken obviously prefers Lu Su's partner, who is at the end of the way all the way, and when he is tired, Li Fatzi follows, and the two whisper from time to time, looking unkind, and they don't know what to think again. I followed the mute to see what he was up to, and after walking for more than an hour, the mute suddenly stopped.
I saw a stream in front of us, the stream flowed out from the mountains on the left, and slowly merged into the Nu River, and the dumb man looked up along the stream, as if to say to me, and seemed to be talking to himself, saying, "This is it." ”
I looked at this stream, it was unremarkable, but in the mountains, there are many such streams, what's so strange?
Could it be that the dumb man has been looking for it?
Immediately afterward, the mute said, "Follow it." ”
Feng Ghost Hand asked: "Could it be that if you follow it, you can find the tomb of the Giant Ear King?" The dumb man did not admit it, nor did he deny it, and his attitude was somewhat ambiguous. Everyone looked at each other, only feeling confused, but they still followed.
I noticed that the mute's steps had increased significantly, and his gaze had become colder and more determined, which others might not be able to see, but I could clearly feel the change in his feelings.
He was a little excited.
What exactly is the reason?
This stream is twisted and curved, we follow it all the way upstream, with the mountain, it is sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, sometimes rapids rushing, sometimes gentle, the water quality is clear, flowing slowly in the green mountains, is it possible to see swimming fish and crabs, occasionally the forest in the mountains moves, flashes the shadow of some beasts, makes people seem to have arrived at a paradise, suddenly forget the vulgar.
This walk was a morning, the mute had been walking ahead, he had not slept all night, and his spirit and body were a little too good. Around noon, the mute suddenly stopped, staring straight ahead.
I followed his line of sight, and there was nothing in front of me, except for a few large, irregularly shaped rocks standing to the west, eroded by water vapor and covered with blue moss.
What exactly is he looking at?
I looked at the front again, but I still didn't find anything abnormal, so I couldn't help but stretch out my hand and wave it in front of his eyes, saying, "What are you looking at?" The mute grabbed my waving hand, pressed it down, and headed for the big rocks.
The rest of us looked at each other, and at the end we could only look at each other and smile bitterly. Dumb people are like this, they don't take anyone seriously, they never bother to explain things to others, they do their own thing, and most of the time, they only have one thing to ask of their subordinates and teammates: obey orders.
Then the mute walked up to one of the large rocks, as if thinking about something, and after a moment he drew his dagger and began to remove the moss that had grown on the stones.
As soon as my heart moved, I immediately understood, but I was afraid that there was another mystery on this stone.
Immediately, I followed along, took out the dagger and scraped it together, and in a moment, the whole big stone was stripped away by us, but the dumb gaze was even colder. He took a sip, pointed to a few large rocks around him, and said, "Go on." ”
The rest of the men received the order and immediately began to work, only to hear the constant clatter of daggers rubbing against the surface of the stone. The green moss was shaved off by us in patches, and some of the moss had parasites crawling on it, scattering for their lives as we devastated it.
For about twenty minutes, the big rocks around him were bare by us, but the dumb man shook his head, his expression did not change at all, but I could see that he was a little disappointed.
What are the dumb people looking for?