Huang Yixian smiled and said: "Hehe, Boss Wen, you are too careful, this cave is full of water, and it is strange that the cave wall is not sticky and wet!" ”

Wen Qingshan stared at the cave wall, waved his hand and said, "No! No! It's not just plain water, it's like some kind of animal fluid. ”

Huang Yixian was slightly stunned: "Body fluids? What animal are you referring to? ”

Wen Qingshan turned his head: "Reptiles, such as ...... Snake! ”

As soon as I heard the snake, I couldn't help but feel a stir in my head, the thing Seabeard said he saw underwater just now, isn't it like a giant anaconda, could it be that there is this thing in the cave!?

The cheap guy obviously thought of it with me, and he said tremblingly, "I...... Are we going to break into a snake...... Snake den, right!? ”

Huang Yixian frowned and said: "This is Tai Chi**, anything strange can happen, and the snake is a spiritual thing, in ancient times, there was a 'spirit snake treasure protection', maybe the person who hid the treasure deliberately used this feng shui treasure to domesticate the spirit snake to take care of the treasure of Dashun." ”

The cheap was originally afraid of snakes, but now when he heard Huang Yixian say that this place is indeed very likely to be a snake nest, he was even more frightened and pale, his lips were slightly open, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Seabeard, who is experienced in exploration, seemed very calm, he said: "You don't have to be so nervous, in fact, pythons are not so scary, there are so many of us, they generally do not dare to attack rashly, and pythons are solitary species, in order to ensure sufficient food sources, a python needs at least a kilometer or so of a radius of activity." In my opinion, there are only one or two pythons living in this cave at most! ”

After listening to Seabeard's words, Wen Qingshan smiled and said, "Brother Hai, don't be careless, what you are talking about is a Burmese anaconda." But what's in the hole isn't necessarily that thing. Anaconda lives in the tropics, as long as the temperature is lower than 15 degrees Celsius, it will enter a state of hibernation, this hole is cold and wet, I am afraid it is not suitable for anaconda to live for a long time. ”

Seabeard was slightly stunned for a moment, and nodded thoughtfully: "It seems to be so, but if it's not a water python, what is it?" ”

Wen Qingshan asked rhetorically, "I don't know if you have heard of the Black Water Snake?" ”

Seabeard shook his head, turned his head and asked Huang Yixian, "What is the Black Water Snake?" ”

Huang Yixian's face changed slightly, he looked at Wen Qingshan, and replied: "The Black Water Snake I know is a legendary spiritual creature, it is said that its size is very huge, its body is several zhang long, its body is as thick as a barrel, and its body is covered with very hard black scale armor, and the sharp sword is also difficult to penetrate. ”

Hearing this, Seabeard raised his head and smiled: "Haha, Master Huang, what you said is too exaggerated!" He apparently didn't think there could be such a thing. Actually, even I don't believe it, where is the snake described by Huang Yixian, it is simply a refinement.

Who knew that Wen Qingshan said: "What Master Huang said is not an exaggeration at all. There is indeed a record of the snake in the Southern Classic of the Great Wilderness: in the south of the black water, there is a snake and a deer. ”

As soon as I heard Heishui, I immediately asked, "Does Heishui mean Heilongjiang?" "In my impression, Changbai Mountain and Heilongjiang in the northeast are known as white mountains and black waters.

Wen Qingshan explained: "This black water is not the other black water, in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there are many references to the word black water, but it is not specified which river, only know that the black water originates in the Kunlun Mountains, passes through the vast land of Shenzhou, and flows into the southeast sea. For thousands of years, there has been a great controversy about which river the black water refers to, some people say it is the Yangtze River, some people say it is the Yellow River, and the more mainstream view is that the black water is actually just a fictitious river, and it does not exist at all, because according to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the black water crosses the boundary from life to death, from the underworld to heaven, according to which it is believed that the black water is actually the legendary Styx River that leads to the entrance to hell. ”

After listening to Wen Qingshan's words, Seabeard was even more disapproving, he said with a smile: "Hehe, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" originally recorded a large number of baseless myths and legends, and even Sima Qian bluntly said that its content 'Yu dare not speak', how can you believe what is said there, Third Brother Wen!" ”

Wen Qingshan smiled slightly and said, "Although the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" cannot be fully believed, it is also not completely unbelievable. ”

"Do you think Blackwater is a real river?" Seabeard asked rhetorically.

Wen Qingshan nodded and said, "Although the mainstream view is that Heishui does not exist, I have carefully studied the Classic of Mountains and Seas and a large number of related ancient books, and believe that Heishui not only really existed in history, but even today, this river is still flowing. ”

Huang Yixian frowned and said, "The river that flows through the Kunlun Mountains and eventually flows into the sea seems to be the only one that flows through the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. ”

Wen Qingshan shook his head and said, "No! Not one of them! To be exact, I have not yet found a specific trace of the river. ”

Everyone was confused, and Huang Yixian asked: "Boss Wen, why have you found no trace of the river, is this river invisible?" ”

Wen Qingshan said with a smile: "Master Huang is really good at laughing!" However, in a way, it is indeed an invisible river. ”

"What do you mean?" Everyone is getting more and more confused.

Wen Qingshan explained the reason: "Because according to my analysis, Heishui is likely to be an underground river!" ”

"What!? An underground river that flows into the sea from the Kunlun Mountains!? Isn't that thousands of kilometers long? Huang Yixian was taken aback, and several of us were speechless in shock.

After being stunned for a while, Seabeard asked, "Third Brother Wen, what is the basis for what you say?" ”

Wen Qingshan said: "First of all, from the point of view of the name, the most direct understanding of black water, in fact, refers to the dark water, the underground river does not see the sun all year round, it is a veritable dark water. Secondly, in terms of water volume, the amount of water formed by the annual snowmelt in the Kunlun Mountains is far greater than the water flow of the surrounding surface rivers, and most of the snow water actually seeps into the ground, even if only one-third of these groundwater forms an underground river, its flow is probably no less than that of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Therefore, it is not impossible that there is a huge dark river that extends for thousands of kilometers underground! ”

After hearing Wen Qingshan's words, Huang Yixian muttered: "If the black water is a real river, then isn't it possible that the black water snake is also a real spiritual creature?" ”

Wen Qingshan nodded: "Although the Black Water Snake may not be as powerful as the legend, it may really be a giant python that exists deep underground. It is likely to be larger than the tropical python, allowing it to adapt to the cold and cold conditions underground. ”

"Boss Wen, do you mean that what appears in this cave is the Black Water Snake?" I finally understood what Wen Qingshan meant, and immediately subconsciously looked around, but I didn't find anything.

Wen Qingshan said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out, there are historical records that after King Chuang invaded the capital, he had 'got a heterozygo, as big as the mouth of a bowl, with a hard shell, like a rock. I used to think it was just a fossilized dinosaur egg, or an ostrich egg. But now that I think about it, maybe it's an egg of a black water snake! ”

Huang Yixian frowned: "You mean, King Chuang used this egg to hatch the Black Water Snake, and then used the Black Water Snake to guard the treasure ......?" ”

Wen Qingshan said: "It's not necessarily that he deliberately used the Black Water Snake to guard the treasure, I think it may just be a coincidence." At the beginning, after King Chuang got this strange egg, no one knew what it was, and it was once considered a phoenix egg, which was regarded as a very precious strange treasure. Presumably, it was hidden here along with other gold and silver treasures, and the eggs were hatched because the damp environment in the cave was very similar to the environment in which the Black Water Serpent lived. ”

Huang Yixian thought for a moment, and suddenly raised his head: "If you say so, wouldn't the Dashun treasure be in this cave nine times out of ten!" ”

As soon as a few of us heard this, we all suddenly came to our senses, and the fear of the Black Water Snake in our hearts was suddenly swept away.

Wen Qingshan smiled and said, "Hehe, that's not necessarily, the above is just my guess after all, maybe it's not the Black Water Snake!" ”

"Then if it's really a black water snake, how big can it grow over the years? If we do, what are we going to do? "The lowly has always been afraid of snakes.

Wen Qingshan said: "It's hard to say how big it can grow, I'm afraid it will be much bigger than the average python, but you don't have to be afraid, I don't think it will attack us easily." ”

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Wen Qingshan pointed to the miner's lamp hat on his head and said, "According to my inference, this underground python has been living in a dark cave for a long time, and its eyes have been extremely degraded and cannot adapt to the strong light environment at all, so for thousands of years, there has almost never been a trace of the black water snake in the outside world, so that people think it is just a legend." ”

When he heard this, he hurriedly adjusted the brightness of the miner's lamp to the brightest.

I'm not that scared, comparatively speaking, I'm more afraid of bloody corpses, hair stiffs and other things, so I feel a lot more relieved to learn that the water monster may just be a python with degraded eyes.

I said, "Let's hurry up and look for the treasure, the fat cow is still waiting outside!" ”

"That's right, it's better to find the treasure as soon as possible." Wen Qingshan said, turned his head to Seabeard and said, "Brother Hai, you use a metal detector to probe and see if you will find anything." ”

Seabeard nodded, and immediately removed the metal detector from his backpack, and the group continued to walk into the cave.

After walking a short distance, two forks appeared in front of us, in order to prevent getting lost, Wen Qingshan marked the entrances of the two forks respectively, and Seabeard carried out GPS positioning accordingly, and we drilled into one of the forks.