Fortunately, the drop of the river fault is not large, only about 10 meters, and we did a 10-meter platform similar to the movement.

Once in the water, I swam as hard as I could and quickly poked my head out of the water. The flashlight hanging from my wrist was still there, and I held it up and shone it on the water around me, looking for other people's traces one by one.

The current here was much lighter than just now, and after a while, Kong Xue, glasses, and Tan Yaokun all floated up. But I couldn't see the Lantern Festival, I craned my neck to look for the water farther away, and then I heard a faint cry for help, "Help!" Help me! ”

I followed the sound and looked over, and sent down the raft, which was continuing to flow down, and behind the raft there was a man up and down.

It's the Lantern Festival! I swam over, grabbed him, and cut the rope with a short knife from my waist. Lantern Xiao was supported by me, lifted her head out of the water, coughed violently, and spit out a few mouthfuls of water.

I asked curiously, "You're about to die, why can't you cut the rope?" ”

"You think I don't want to cut?" Lantern Xiao wiped a handful of water on her face, "I wanted to cut it before it fell just now, but I didn't expect my body to slide with a shake of my hand, and the knife fell off, and I blamed myself for being tied too tightly by the knot on my waist, so I almost drowned." Lantern Xiao looked at me, "Thanks, buddy!" ”

I nudged him, "Thanks what!" Let's go! ”

We swam towards the shore together, and Tan Yaokun and glasses pulled us ashore. After the toss just now, I was already exhausted, and I suddenly lay on the ground, gasping for air. I noticed that the place we were staying on was a very flat stone platform. Curious, I reached out and touched it, and was surprised to find that this stone platform seemed to have been dug out by hand.

I looked up in surprise and found that Tan Yaokun was looking at me, he should have understood what I meant, and before I could speak, he said to me, "Nephew, you are right, this place under our body is indeed artificially chiseled. ”

I nodded and said, "So, we're in the right place?" ”

"Yes." Tan Yaokun replied.

The glasses took out the folding stove from the backpack and tore open the plastic bag and took out a few pieces of solid fuel. Soon a warm fire was lit. Lantern Xiao took out the filter pot, drew some water from the river, threw in a few disinfectant tablets, and put them on the fire.

We sat around the fire, roasting our clothes. I made a few more cups of tea and held them in my hand, which quickly dispelled the chill on my body.

Lantern Xiao looked around, "Where are we now?" It's not far from the ancient country of Shan Huan, right? ”

I nodded, "It should be almost!" ”

We picked up some dead wood by the river, roasted it in the fire, and then raised a fire, and we ate something while drying our clothes.

At this time, more and more water is rushing down from the river fault, and it is clear that the water level is still soaring. A lot of splashes had already splashed under our feet, and everyone was almost rested at this time, so we cleaned up and moved on.

We followed the platform we were on in the direction of the current, and not long after we walked out, we noticed a stone staircase on the stone wall, and the stone steps went up the stone wall, separated from the river at an angle, and went deep into the darkness above.

We went up the stone steps, which were very narrow, and we walked carefully.

We walked up for a few moments until the sound of the water below seemed a little farther away. The darkness around us made us feel a little lost, and I shone my flashlight downwards to realize what a height we had reached. I immediately felt weak in my legs, and quickly pressed my back against the stone wall, and at the same time reminded everyone that everyone subconsciously approached the inside of the stone steps.

Walking on this stone step, I had the illusion that I had returned to the stone steps leading to the Tibetan temple in the Qilian Mountain Gorge. The two feel very similar, except that the only thing missing is the wind and snow.

I looked down, and at some point, the river glowed green, as if something was emerging from the water. I saw a white mist mixed with the fluorescent green light, which did not disperse, as if it were in the shape of a person. There are more and more such fogs, and they form a mighty line in the river, moving forward.

I froze, a little unable to believe my eyes. I rubbed my eyes vigorously and looked at them again, and sure enough, those things were still there.

"Is this ...... hallucination, I turned my head to look at the others, and found that it was not just me, they were all stunned, looking down with surprised faces.

Kong Xue leaned towards me, "What's down here?" How can this place always have such a thing? ”

I whispered, "This is a place of evil in itself. I turned my head and asked Tan Yaokun, "Uncle Kun, what's down here?" ”

Tan Yaokun shook his head, "I don't know, I've never seen anything like this." But," he said after a pause, "I have a feeling that I don't know if it's right, that something down here is unreal, and it doesn't seem to be real." ”

"Unreal?" The glasses wiped their glasses, "Could it be that it is really our hallucination?" ”

"Hallucinations?" Lantern Xiao sneered, "It's impossible, or you go down and take a look." The glasses waved their hands again and again.

"But why do I think this scene sounds so familiar?" Lantern Xiao recalled it carefully, and then said to us, "Zhuo Ran, Kong Xue, do you still remember the Styx River under Qilian Mountain?" ”

After Lantern Xiao's reminder, I immediately remembered, "Yes! That's right!! It's really like there! Kong Xue also nodded vigorously.

"Why is the same situation happening here and in Qilian Mountain?" I don't understand.

"Not necessarily," Lan Xiao frowned, "separated by hundreds of kilometers, one is a mountain and the other is a desert, how can such the same situation occur in any similar place." Think of the serpent we encountered in the desert sea. ”

After the Lantern Festival, my heart couldn't help but move, raised my hand and took off the watch on my wrist, this watch was bought for myself after I came back from the 100,000 mountains, a professional outdoor watch, waterproof and dustproof.

I took out a climbing rope and tied it to the strap of my watch, threw it down the river below. The fluorescent light on the watch changed an arc and fell directly into the glowing green light on the surface of the river.

Tan Yaokun didn't understand what we were doing, "Virtuous nephew, what are you?" ”

"Uncle Kun, we've encountered a similar situation before, so we suspect that this place and below are not in the same time and space." It may sound like nonsense, but that's the only explanation at the moment.

Tan Yaokun nodded, "It's so complicated." ”

Kong Xue helped me record the time, and after about ten minutes, I pulled my watch up. The watch's hands tick and rotate normally, but when compared, the time slowed down by ten minutes.

Sure enough," I put my watch back on, "there was something wrong with that." ”

"But," Kong Xue frowned, "I don't quite understand, why is this happening?" ”

I thought for a moment and said to her, "I'm not a physicist, I can't explain it very professionally, but I've heard a saying that we are in parallel space, and we are in different times and spaces, and we are on different parallel lines. Parallel lines never intersect with each other, which means that space-time is never misaligned. However, scientists have also proposed some possibilities to achieve the intersection of space-time, one of which is the black hole theory, which is to open a channel between two parallel lines of space-time. ”

"I guess I understand." Kong Xue interrupted my tirade, "Are you saying that the underground time and space of Qilian Mountain and the underground time and space of the Shan Huan Ancient Kingdom are connected?" ”

I thought about it for a moment and nodded, "That's probably what it means, but it's also possible that it is connected to other planes, but we don't know it yet." ”

"Okay, okay," Lan Xiao waved his hand, "Everyone, academic discussion is not the purpose of our trip, this time we are here for only one purpose, that is, to cure diseases and save people!" After speaking, Lantern Xiao patted me, "Big brother, is it good that you have points in your heart as a party, let's hurry up, don't look back, you faint again, it may be that, do you understand!" ”

"Understood, understood!" I nodded again and again, "Let's go, let's go." ”

Tan Yaokun looked at us and smiled, and continued to walk forward. We didn't go far to the end of the stone steps, and when we walked up to take a look, we saw that it was a passageway.

Tan Yaokun looked around, "This was originally also a river. It's just that the geological structure has changed, and it's become like this. ”

Kong Xue leaned into my ear and whispered, "Hey, do you think this is the place we walked last time?" ”

Actually, I also feel this way, if that's the case, then the underground royal city of the Shan Huan Ancient Kingdom is right in front.

Freedom from the threat of the river, we breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone relaxed a little.

Tan Yaokun looked at us and said with a smile, "I really envy you, you are not afraid of anything at a young age, and it was the same when I went out with some of my peers in my family to do errands, but now that I am older, many things have changed." ”

As soon as Tan Yaokun's words fell, someone suddenly spoke in front of him, "Brother Kun, are you missing me?" ”

The sound was familiar, and I immediately heard that it was the voice of a bald head, and immediately became nervous, reached out and pulled out the gun, pulling the bolt and aiming it at the darkness ahead.

Suddenly, several flashlights lit up in the darkness on both sides of the passage, illuminating us a little too much to open our eyes.

Tan Yaokun covered his eyes and snorted coldly from the side, "The bald head covers your head, it's too bright!" ”

"Haha!" The bald head walked out from behind the flashlight, "Brother Kun, you're not interesting enough!" I didn't say a word when I left, so I thought you were missing, and I was worried for a long time, but I didn't expect you to come here by yourself, why do you want to eat alone? ”

Tan Yaokun glared at his bald head, "You don't fart less!" Let's just cooperate, make it clear in advance, when we get here, you do your business, and I do my business! ”

The bald head smiled, "We are all surnamed Tan, so we will see the outside." As he spoke, the bald head turned to look at us, "Yo! You're there too. The bald head turned to look at Tan Yaokun, "Brother Kun, did you deliberately bring them to me?" Or, "The bald head suddenly raised his gun at Tan Yaokun, "or you eat inside and out!" ”

Lantern Xiao and I immediately raised our guns and pointed them at the bald head, "Put the gun down!" "At the same time, more than a dozen guns of Tan guys also raised their guns and aimed them at us.

The bald head looked at us and raised his hand, "Okay, I'll put it down, but," said the bald head, walking back to his buddy's side, reaching out and pulling out a man from behind, and we fixed our eyes on Suman, her hands were trapped and her face was still injured.

The bald head put the gun on Su Man's head, "Brother Kun, you think I don't know she's your person?" Originally, the two of us cooperated, I just opened one eye and closed one eye, but now you want to fly solo, I can only ......" said, and the bald head made a shooting pose.

Tan Yaokun hurriedly stopped, "Wait! Bald, what do you want? You let her go, I can work with you! ”

The bald head roared suddenly, "Now you want to cooperate with me, you brought a few of their little cubs here, talking and laughing, what about me?" I've worked so hard to get here, and half of my men are dead!! You know the route but don't tell me, you cheat me!! The bald head shouted, "Put the gun down for me!" ”

Tan Yaokun looked at us with some embarrassment, "Nephew, you put down the gun first." "I was a little reluctant, but I hesitated and prepared to put down my gun.

"Why?" Lantern Xiao suddenly said, "The person who designed to arrest Zhuo Ran was this woman, why should we put down the gun for her." ”

Tan Yaokun explained to us, "Actually, she did it for me, so you should help me once." "Actually, when the river swelled in the river before, it was indeed Tan Yaokun's method that saved us, so I wanted to agree to his request.

Lantern Xiao was still unmoved, "Bald, let me tell you, I don't care about this woman's life or death." You'd better not stop us! ”

The bald head sneered, "I'm scared to death!" I'm so scared! However, you have to figure out the situation, you only have three guns, and I have a dozen, otherwise we will shoot, I will exchange the lives of three guys for the lives of the three of you, ah, no, it is the lives of five of you, three for five, it's worth it! After saying that, the bald head suddenly dodged and hid behind, "Let's shoot now and see who can't afford to lose!" ”

I hurriedly reached out and pulled Kong Xue behind me, "Lantern Festival, don't resist hard, there's no way!" ”

Lantern Xiao gritted her teeth, "It's really TMD,!" Reluctantly, he put down the gun.

The bald man smiled and waved at his men. The guns of the three of us were immediately snatched, and not only that, but our short knives and other equipment were taken away. Lantern Xiao looked at Tan Yaokun with complaint, I patted him on the shoulder, Lantern Xiao's mouth moved, and the ugly words didn't come out in the end.

The five of us plus Su Man were eventually held hostage by the Tan family and continued along the river. The bald head followed behind, and said lazily to his buddy: "Everyone is optimistic about them, there will be a thunder job in front of them later, let them go!" ”

We listened to our fists clenched tightly in front of us, but we were helpless.

After walking forward for a while, we gradually noticed that everything around us became a little hazy.

The glasses whispered, "What is this?" Smoke or moisture? ”

I also lowered my voice and said to him, "It's foggy now, and it will get thicker after a while, so watch my eyes and act." The glasses nodded knowingly and followed me.

Kong Xue and I looked at each other, and I understood what the other party was thinking, because we had experienced this together.

Sure enough, the fog in the river became thicker and thicker, but despite this, the Tan family's men stared extremely closely. I couldn't find a chance to escape.

"Stop!" The bald head suddenly spoke, and we thought he had found something abnormal, so we all turned our heads to look, but he just smiled, "I'll go and make it easier." ”

The bald head walked towards the edge of the river, untying his pants as he went. Soon the mist obscured his figure.

The rest of us could only wait where we were, and I wanted to take a look around, but I was stared at tightly by the Tan family's guys.

At this moment, a figure emerged from the fog behind us, and when we looked closely, the man who came turned out to be bald, and in his hand he was carrying a lantern, and strangely the light of the lantern was green.

The bald head waved at us people, "Come here, I've found a lot of strange things here!" ”

The guy from the Tan family immediately walked over there, I felt that something was wrong, but before I could figure it out for a while, the guy behind me reached out and pushed me, "Let's go, go over!" ”

"Push TM what!" I turned my head and glared at him, and when I turned again, it occurred to me why I felt that something was wrong, mainly because of the green lantern, but not because of the strange color of the lantern, but because I remembered that when we were here, there were some unknown things in the fog, they were walking with green lanterns, and now the lantern was in the bald head's hands.

I subconsciously stepped back, and the Tan guy behind me grabbed me, "What are you doing!" Come on! ”

"Can't pass!" I shook my head and said, "There's a problem, something will happen in the past!" ”

But no one from the Tan family listened to me, and they all followed their bald heads into the fog one by one, and the guys who looked at us were still urging us to move forward.

At this moment, the bald head whistled and tied his pants as he walked over from our side, and we were stunned for a moment, and the guy who had just urged us suddenly grew his mouth in surprise.

The bald head looked at us and was a little surprised, "Hey! What about people! Where have they gone? ”

"Didn't you call me away?" A fellow replied with a shudder.

"I told you to leave?" The bald head immediately scolded, "Fart! When did I call it? ”

"Oops!" The guy behind me said a word, and ran with his gun up into the fog ahead.

"What about people? Are you there? The bald man asked, and the guy looked around and shook his head, "No one, no one knows where to go?" ”

"I'll go!!" The bald head scolded, "Then you ......"

Before the bald man finished speaking, the guy who had just entered the mist suddenly disappeared.