Chapter 59: The Boulder

After the rain, the sun finally appeared in the sky over Hexiang Town, and the water in the town had not subsided in just one night. At present, there are only three people in the entire Hexiang Town, and it seems to be extremely quiet.

Ever since that suspicious back appeared last night, Lu Qianmo decided that he couldn't leave Shen Ling in the other courtyard and went to the cave alone.

Waking up early in the morning, Lu Qianmo went around the courtyard and finally let her find some planks, ropes, bamboo poles, and some tools. After returning to the courtyard, Lu Qianmo and his uncle used ropes and other tools to put together the wooden planks, hoping to make a simple floating board that could travel on the water.

After nearly two hours of busy work, the two finally put together the tablet, and then brought the dry food and other necessities prepared in advance, and the three of them set off from the other courtyard.

Lu Qianmo asked Shen Ling and his uncle to sit on the plank, while he walked forward with light skills. First, because this plank can't bear the weight of three people, and secondly, because Lu Qianmo wants to conserve his physical strength, so he can't take two people with light work.

Since none of the three had ever been to the mountains on the northwest side of Hexiang Town, and they didn't know the route or shortcuts, they could only judge their own direction and move towards their goal.

The 'boat' spliced of wooden planks moved slowly, and Lu Qianmo often stopped moving forward in order to wait for them. Although Lu Qianmo couldn't wait to reach the stone peak that Yun Moxi said in the next second, reason told her not to rush, lest the gains outweigh the losses.

Heading northwest, they were flooded with stagnant water and filled with various items floating in the river, some of which even blocked their path and had to take some time to deal with. Fortunately, traces of stagnant water can still be seen in a sea of water, and this small town known for lotus will eventually make a comeback.

After many obstacles, the three of them finally approached the mountains before noon, and saw the stone peak in Yun Moxi's mouth. However, the low-lying areas of the mountains are also full of water, and many of the places where the rain has receded have become muddy ground, and the soil on the mountains has become loose after being irrigated by rainwater.

The closer to the mountains, the more unsuitable it is to use the plank as a tool for advancement, and in the end, the three of them still chose to walk on their legs, and Shen Ling was carried forward by the uncle, at this time, Lu Qianmo was a little glad that the person Yun Moxi left behind was a strong man, not the lady in charge of the food, which saved her a lot of effort.

Due to the difficulty of the road, the uncle accidentally fell twice during the period, but fortunately he was not injured. But after these two wrestlings, Shen Ling insisted on refusing to let people carry him on his back and wanted to go by himself. Lu Qianmo found out for the first time that no one could do anything about this little guy when he got up. If you can't screw this matter, you can only respect him, after all, Shen Ling's original intention Lu Qianmo still understands.

Xu was trying to prove himself to Lu Qianmo, Shen Ling walked very firmly step by step, and he didn't talk to anyone along the way, focusing on his own world. Lu Qianmo felt that the little kid was quite stubborn, but she was also relieved, and in her opinion, this was also a kind of growth. Shen Ling, who had walked around from the ghost gate, was more sensible than before.

Two major accidents in a row have allowed this seven-year-old boy to grow up rapidly. Although, he hoped that Shen Ling could slowly take charge of himself, but the setbacks he encountered were too great, and Lu Qianmo now hopes that God can be more tolerant of this child and not let him suffer too many things that he should not bear in his childhood too early.

Against all odds, the three of them finally reached the foot of the stone peak and found the hole of the stone peak on the left. Due to the low terrain of the stone peak, there is water around it, and the same is true for the inside of the cave, but fortunately, the water here is not deep, and the depth of the water is roughly to the knee when measured by Lu Qianmo's height.

Since the three of them were a man, a woman and a child, the uncle volunteered to enter the cave to investigate the situation, and Lu Qianmo agreed after thinking that there was no danger.

Pulling up his trouser legs, the uncle groped his way towards the cave. After entering the cave, the uncle found that the water in the cave was similar to what they had predicted, and in addition, there were many items scattered in the cave, presumably thrown down when the personnel were transferred. However, after turning around, he still couldn't find a hole that could lead to the cave on the right, and he even wondered if they were in the wrong place, and if there were two other connected pinnacles in the mountains.

The uncle was just about to give up and was about to withdraw from the cave when he tripped over a rock, but fortunately he was quick and did not fall. However, this stumbling point made the uncle find that there were many stones of different sizes distributed in the area he was currently in, and then found that the stone wall in front of him seemed to be an independent boulder inlaid on it. There were some gaps in the top of the boulder that did not fit perfectly with the stone wall, and the uncle curiously groped for the underwater part of the boulder with his hand, and the result surprised him.

After the uncle came out, he told Lu Qianmo about the situation in the cave. I didn't expect something to happen! But who is the one who blocked the entrance to the cave with a boulder? If you want to move the boulder quickly without being discovered by Yun Moxi, either a person with deep internal skills, or they are a group of people. Thinking of the back that appeared last night, Lu Qianmo frowned slightly, that person seemed to have deliberately let himself find out, and the other party didn't seem to have any plans to be unfavorable to them.

Could it be the same guy last night who blocked the hole with a boulder? If not, then there are others in Hexiang Town!

No matter who it is, the top priority is to move the boulder away, but it will definitely not work to rely on the three of them without tools, Lu Qianmo clearly knows that his internal strength is not enough to push the boulder away. Something is wrong, even if you can't, but with Yun Moxi's internal force, you must be able to, but now the boulder is blocking the entrance of the cave, which shows that ...... Lu Qianmo didn't dare to continue to think about it, she was afraid that more negative thoughts would continue to pour out.

After that, Lu Qianmo asked the uncle to go into the cave again to see if there was anyone behind the boulder, hoping to get in touch with the people inside and find out what the specific situation was inside. It's a pity that the uncle returned unsurprisingly.

After all, it's summer, and the days are as hot as usual after the rain and sunny days. Lu Qianmo, who didn't think of a way for a while, asked everyone to hide from the scorching sun under a big tree, and then took out the dry food prepared in advance to replenish their strength. This lunch was very quiet, Lu Qianmo was thinking about how to enter the cave, at least get in touch with the people in the cave first, and Shen Ling and the uncle saw that she was thinking intently, and the two tacitly chose to be silent to avoid disturbing her.

Lu Qianmo thought about two or three plans in her heart, and finally she decided to climb the stone peak on the right side and go to another cave to have a look. Making this decision was a gamble for Lu Qianmo, and it was the most time-saving for her to investigate in person, after all, she was less and less sure how much time could be wasted on the safety of the people in the cave, and the lives of the people in the town were no joke.

If she went in person, she would definitely not be able to take Shen Ling with her, and the consequences of leaving Shen Ling here were unpredictable. The two evils are the opposite, she decided to take a gamble, she bet that even if the people in the shadows are enemies, they will not kill Shen Ling immediately, because this has no benefit to them, so ...... Since the other party would not kill Shen Ling immediately, then she was confident that she could rescue Shen Ling.

"Ling'er, during my trip to investigate the situation, if there is any accident, you must not touch it hard, if you can't outwit it, give in first, and try to leave me a clue, I will definitely save you, you know?" Lu Qianmo didn't explain to Shen Ling the reason for leaving him alone, after all, this could be regarded as leaving him behind, and she didn't want to find an excuse to seek the other party's understanding.

Shen Ling carefully wrote down what Lu Qianmo said, then nodded and said, "Ling'er understands, Ling'er is here waiting for you to come back." ”

"Good!" Lu Qianmo simply cleaned up, and then instructed the uncle a few more words, and then prepared to leave. Before leaving, she couldn't help but instruct Shen Ling again: "It doesn't matter if you can't leave clues, the most important thing is to save your life, my sister will definitely find you." "No matter how smart Shen Ling is, he is only a seven-year-old child, if the other party finds out that he has secretly left clues, he may be annoyed and angry, and kill people.

"Ling'er understands." Although Shen Ling responded to Lu Qianmo's words, he was a little disappointed in his heart. Sister Mo seems to think of herself as a child who doesn't know anything, but I'm not a child who doesn't know anything anymore, and I can also protect Sister Mo!

"Then I'm leaving." Lu Qianmo didn't notice Shen Ling's inner activity at all, said goodbye to the other party gently, and then left.

Seeing that Lu Qianmo's figure disappeared quickly, Shen Ling looked at the direction in which the other party was leaving, and muttered, "Sister Mo, Ling Er is waiting for you to come back!" ”

The mountains of these two stone peaks are rugged and steep, and the process of Lu Qianmo's ascent of the mountain is not easy. About two-thirds of the pinnacle is basically bare rock walls, and only about a third of the way from the summit does a large area of vegetation begin. I remember that Yun Moxi said before that the entrance to the cave as seen from the inside of the cave was covered with dense vegetation, so Lu Qianmo's goal to reach the peak was at least two-thirds of the height.

The environment at the top of the pinnacle is very different from the environment below, and when she reached the peak, Lu Qianmo found that many herbaceous and woody plants grew here, and due to the sparse population, the weeds were particularly deep and the barrenness below was a strong contrast, which also made it more difficult for her to find the cave.

At present, Lu Qianmo has not found the entrance to the cave. From her position, there was nothing to be found along the way, presumably because she chose the wrong direction. So if she's unlucky, she needs to circle all of this peak, and if she's lucky, she won't have to say.

After an hour of looking for it, Lu Qianmo began to count how much he had memorized recently! Because she had searched all week, and there was still no trace of the hole. The sun is scorching, and the water in her body evaporates quickly, especially when she is constantly exercising, so she plans to replenish some water before continuing. And at this moment, there happened to be a boulder in the position she was in, and Lu Qianmo flew up, wanting to sit on the boulder and rest for a while.