Meng Chao thought for a moment and said, "In this case, there should be an underground water source injected into the well." ”

"Underground water sources?" Feeling a little strange, I asked, "Could it be an underground river?" ”

Meng Chao shook his head, "This shouldn't be, from the situation around here that we saw yesterday, there should be a layer of mineral rock under our feet, and the performance of the ground is those mudstone rich in iron and carbon." If there is a flow of groundwater, the flowing water will naturally avoid the hard strata and turn to the sand or soil layer that is relatively easy to scour. Therefore, it is not an underground river that is connected to the outside well, but I consider that in this case, it is more likely that the gap in the rock layer is connected to the dark river in the distance. The level of the dark river determines whether or not water flows into the well, which also explains your question. ”

I nodded knowingly, "Makes sense, it should be like this." There was still some water bottle left in my hand, and I turned my head to look at Wu Zhijun, who was still lying in the corner.

I walked over and squatted down and touched his head with a water bottle, but Wu Zhijun didn't have any reaction, which made me feel a little nervous, and quickly reached out to probe his snort, and when I found that he was still alive, I was relieved.

I turned my head and found that Su Man was looking at me, so I smiled and said, "I can't let him die now, call the police when I go out, and I can help you testify." With that, I put the water bottle next to Wu Zhijun.

Su Man snorted lightly, "I don't care if this kind of garbage is dead or alive." As he spoke, Su Man picked up the two water bottles beside him, "I'll go get some more water, who knows when the well water will be gone again." With that, he pushed the door open and walked out.

I looked at Wu Zhijun lying next to me, and I had a feeling in my heart that I couldn't tell whether it was disdain or pity.

After about ten minutes, no one saw Su Man come back, and I couldn't help but be a little worried, she went to the well to get water at night, there should be no accident. Thinking of this, I quickly stood up and planned to go out to have a look.

Just as I was about to reach the door, Su Man pushed the door and walked in, and when he saw me, he couldn't help asking, "Where are you going?" ”

"Ugh." I said, "I see you haven't been back for so long, so I want to go out and have a look." ”

Su Man looked at me with wide eyes and smiled a little playfully, "Why was the hero addicted to saving beauty just now?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and remembered that just now where was the hero saving the beauty, whether it was a hero or not, it could be regarded as a beauty saving the hero, and I was not a hero at all. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, grinned and stepped aside.

Suman looked at me and smiled, picked up a bottle of water in his hand and handed it to me. I nodded and took it.

I was just about to sit down, when Su Man suddenly called me, "Zhuo Ran! ”

I turned my head to look at her suspiciously, and Su Man hugged his shoulder, "It's a little cold, help build a fire." ”

I nodded, this leaky hall is indeed a little cold. I went to the hut by the well, removed some sticks from there, and carried them back to the main hall. I stepped on the wooden strips and put them together. But when I touched something on my body, there was no fire.

I looked at Su Man and Meng Chao, "Which of you has a lighter?" ”

Su Man shrugged, and Meng Chao pointed at Wu Zhijun, "He should have it in his pocket." ”

I walked over, and sure enough, I found half a pack of cigarettes and a lighter in Wu Zhijun's pocket. I saw that Wu Zhijun hadn't woken up yet, so I asked Su Man, "Sister Su, this guy won't be beaten by you and won't wake up, right?" ”

Su Man glanced at Wu Zhijun with slanted eyes, "It's okay, I'm serious." He'll wake up tomorrow. ”

Meng Chao gave me a few information pages as materials for ignition. Soon the fire was rising. The red flames danced, and the hall instantly warmed up.

Suman gave me a thumbs up, looked at the time, and then approached the fire to keep warm.

I also moved a little closer to the fire, picked up the water bottle Suman had just given me, lifted it and took a sip. As the water bottle swayed, I saw by the light of the fire the stones used for weights in the water bottle, and one of them looked very strange.

I took the bottle and put it in front of my eyes to look closely, and found that the stone was not a fiery red mudstone, nor was it bluestone left over from the construction of the temple. In particular, there seem to be some lines on it.

When Suman saw my actions, he asked, "What's wrong?" Isn't the water clean? ”

"Oh, no," I waved my hand, after all, this bottle of water was brought back by Suman, and I was afraid that she would misunderstand me and dislike it, so I casually said that it was nothing.

Su Man pursed his lips, "To be honest, the water in the well this time is not as clean as when it was first hit, there are some gravel and sand grains, I beat it several times before I left these two bottles clean." ”

Meng Chao opened his mouth and said: "It should be the water flow that brought some gravel from the well and in the crevices of the rocks. ”

I smiled, "It's nice to have water to drink in this environment, so let's eat some sand and gravel." I took a sip of water, picked up the bottle again and looked at the strange stone inside, this gravel, almost the size of a red date, should have been washed into the bottle by the flow of water, as Suman said.

Looking at it, I suddenly noticed that the lines on it seemed unusual, not very natural formation, and when I looked closely, I was surprised to find that there were some traces of artificial carving on it.

I was shocked, and quickly drank all the water in the bottle and poured out the gravel inside. I took it in the palm of my hand, rubbed it vigorously, and then leaned over to the fire, looking at the pattern carefully.

Soon I made an astonishing discovery, not only did I confirm that the pattern was artificially carved, but I was no stranger to it. Although the pattern on the gravel is incomplete, I recognize it at once.

This pattern is the symbol that resembles a turtle's shell, and it has appeared in both the ancient kingdom of Shan Huan and the ruins of the underworld, and I still don't understand the meaning of it. What I didn't expect was that it would reappear here.

I stood up suddenly, Su Man and Meng Chao were taken aback by my actions, Su Man raised his eyes to look at me, "What's wrong with you?" ”

I took out the gravel in my hand and asked Suman, "Was this stone washed into the water bottle when it was fetched water?" ”

Su Man looked up, tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Well, it should be, anyway, I didn't put such a human stone in the bottle." ”

Listening to Su Man's words, my heart couldn't help but churn a little, if these gravels came from the cracks in the rock layers underground, then it means that there are traces of man-made carving there, why did the predecessors carve there? There's a good chance there's something out there! So I concluded that this well must be unusual.

Thinking of this, I walked towards the door of the main hall, and just as I wanted to open the door, Meng Chao hurriedly asked, "Brother Zhuoran, where are you going?" ”

I casually said, "I'm going to see that well in the yard." ”

"What's there to see about the well?" Hearing me say this, Meng Chao looked at me in surprise, and it was incomprehensible for a while.

I didn't think to hide anything, so I just replied, "I think there's something wrong down that well!" ”