Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Underground Beast (Part II)
"See, that is the source of the water in this circular river, if we continue to follow this river, we will definitely return to the original point, we must go out from this small hole, only when we reach the underground river outside, can we float to the place where Longmu is!" After Uncle Li finished speaking, I picked up another shovel, and the two of them controlled the boat, one left and one right.
The water flow in the small hole is obviously more turbulent than in the river, Uncle Li and I struggled to row the water with the shovel, but we only rowed the bow of the boat into the hole, because the shovel is far less than the real oars, so it is very difficult to go against the water.
"No, master, the river here is narrow, the current is too fast, and it is too hard to move forward, so I have to think of a way!" I said as I paddled.
Uncle Li looked at the stone walls on both sides, "Okay, as long as we go a little further, we can use an iron shovel to walk forward on the stone walls on both sides, that will be much faster, Iron Pillar, you keep an eye on the front, and notify everyone immediately if there is anything unusual." ”
"Well, don't worry!" Iron Zhu finished speaking, carefully inspecting the environment in front of him with a miner's lamp.
Suddenly, he saw a lot of stalactites hanging from the cave not far ahead, and he took out the rope from his bag, tied it to a looper, and threw it with one hand.
"Haha, my brother is still powerful, this trick is too powerful, it seems that I will have to practice hard in the future!" I said very happily when I saw that my brother's method was very effective.
"With your rope, even if we don't row, we won't be washed back, which is much more convenient, okay, now let's row the boat outside!"
As a result, with the assistance of the iron pillar rope, the speed of the boat against the water was significantly increased. As we continued to move forward, the sound of the water flow increased significantly. After a while, I saw the exit ahead.
"Work harder, and you'll be out soon!" Uncle Li finished speaking, and Tie Zhu used a rope to lassoze a stalactite above the hole in front of him, and began the final sprint.
Suddenly, as if the bow of the ship had hit a dark stone in the water, it was lifted upwards suddenly, and the iron pillar hurriedly used the miner's lamp in his left hand to look under the water to check the situation, but as soon as he poked his head out, two thick tentacle-like hook-like objects separated from the water and hit the head of the iron pillar.
"Not good!" Iron Pillar shouted, and hurriedly leaned back, the two tentacles as thick as the mouth of the bowl, were smashed on the rope in the stalactite in front of Iron Pillar's hand, because the force was very strong, after the corner was on the rope, it smashed into the bow of the boat, and the Iron Pillar was also carried forward by the rope, and the whole boat began to shake violently.
"Everyone be careful, that hidden guy has finally appeared!" Uncle Li picked up the shovel and slashed at the two tentacles from the side as he spoke. After the two horns hit the bow of the boat, they quickly retracted into the water, and Uncle Li hit the iron sheet on the left side of the bow of the boat, and suddenly burst out with a little spark.
In the face of this sudden attack, the three of us couldn't help but be a little flustered, especially the boat kept shaking up and down, which made their mood even more nervous, but fortunately, Tie Zhu still held the rope tightly in his hand, otherwise the boat would definitely float back down the water.
For the sake of safety, Tie Zhu quickly tied the rope to the gluttonous copper ring at the bow of the ship, and then pulled out the "painting shadow" with his right hand, and held the miner's lamp high with his left hand to carefully check the situation in the surrounding water.
"What's that?" "What is that?" As I pointed in the direction of my finger, we saw two points of turquoise cold light under the water in front of me, which appeared and disappeared with the fluctuation of the water surface, which was extremely weird.
Suddenly, the cold light moved, and the two horns came out of the water behind the boat and smashed vertically at me at the stern of the boat.
I hurriedly swung the shovel and went up with all my might, only to hear a "click!", the shovel hit the "tentacles", the huge impact broke the shovel, and the upper part of the shovel immediately sank to the bottom of the water, leaving only half of the shovel handle in my hand, and my hands were numb from the shock.
The horn, blocked by the shovel, changed direction and smashed diagonally into the water on the left side of the boat, causing a splash that soaked the clothes of all three men.
"Brother, are you alright?" Tie Zhu asked eagerly.
"Don't worry, I'm fine, what the hell is this guy, why is he so powerful!" I threw down the shovel handle, pulled out the spikes, and stared at the water behind the boat.
"It seems to be a troublesome guy, the iron pillar is staring at the front, I am staring at the back, I will stare at the left and right, don't panic in my heart, don't fall into the water!" After Uncle Li finished speaking, the three of them quietly observed the movement in the water.
Those two points of cold light still stayed quietly in front of the water, as if they had never moved. "Master, look at this blue light, what is it, how can it have such thick horns?"
"That one just now is just a part of its body, and I can't tell what it is based on these, but everyone should be careful, it's not good, this thing is very powerful!"
Before Uncle Li finished speaking, the two horns came out from the left side, and quickly swung horizontally, sweeping from the bow to the stern.
The iron pillar at the bow of the ship found that this time it was fierce and could not fight hard, so he hurriedly shouted loudly: "Lie down!"
The three people who were originally sitting in the boat hurriedly leaned back, and as soon as I lay down, I felt a bad wind blowing from above, and my face was blown painfully, which showed the fierceness of this blow.
But as soon as he got up, the tentacles swept back from behind, and I hurriedly leaned forward, the tip of my nose touching my knees, and the tentacles brushed his back and swept back.
"His grandmother's!" I cursed in my heart, just straightened up, the thing swept over again, now he was really anxious, while lying back, both hands clenched the sky thorns, slightly stretched out, immediately swept by one of the "tentacles", the huge impact almost made me let go, fortunately only slightly stretched out, if it was higher, swept both hands, it is likely that even I will be taken to the water, this trick can be described as extremely risky.
However, this time it seemed to have worked, and the "tentacles" did not continue to sweep back after sweeping over, but sank directly into the water and disappeared, and the two points of blue light under the water in front of the bow of the ship also disappeared.
All around, the original tranquility was restored, except for the sound of rushing water, there was no movement. The three of us stared at the water, and the "tentacles" didn't make any moves.
"Haha, it's scratched by my thorns!" It took me a while before I realized that I had some sticky blood on my hands.
"Brother, it's a good job, as long as it has blood, it must be some kind of animal, so we don't have to be afraid, I guess you this time, it must have run back to the nest to recuperate, haha!" Tie Zhu smiled.
"Well, but that guy is fierce enough, my hand was almost broken by it, I don't know what kind of monster it is!" I said.
"Okay, we'll discuss this later, let's hurry outside, it's too cramped here, it won't be good if it comes back!"
As soon as the two of us heard this, the iron pillar hurriedly untied the rope tied to the bow of the boat, and pulled it with his brother, and soon the boat came to the front exit, and a wide underground river immediately came into everyone's eyes.
The world we live in is very wonderful, and everyone's understanding of the world is only a small part of what they perceive.
For example, if a person has lived in a small mountain village all his life and has never come out, then even if he has heard many wonderful stories about the outside world, the world in his heart is still only this small village that he is familiar with.
The more things and circumstances you experience, the bigger and wider the world in your mind.
With the continuous development of society and the continuous improvement of the level of science and technology, people's horizons are getting broader and broader, and their understanding of the world is becoming more and more extensive, but in this world, there are many mysterious areas that human beings can perceive but have not discovered, such as the world in the deep sea, the realm in the depths of the strata, each of which is another strange world that people can't imagine.
The underground river channel, criss-crossed in the ground where people live more than ten meters to dozens of meters, but the world above the ground is completely different, after thousands of years of river washing, even if it is a very ordinary stone, it has become very strange, and the stalactites hanging upside down are even more strange shapes, a little light, immediately become colorful, gorgeous, will be immersed in the darkness of the beauty of thousands of years, all released in an instant, the whole river into a strange and beautiful world.
Uncle Li took us to this mysterious underground world in search of the legendary Green Dragon Tree.
After a narrow stretch of channel, a wide underground river runs directly in front of the outlet.
"Luck, let's just go along the river!" Before rowing the boat out, Uncle Li took out the compass and measured the direction, which was reassured.
After our last efforts, the boat finally got out of the cave and drifted to the wide main channel.
The speed of the river is obviously much faster than in the circular river, and the boat is moving along the water, and Uncle Li is holding a shovel and gently sliding in the water to keep the boat moving in the correct direction.
"Master, how sure are we that we can find a treasure spot if we go this way?" Looking at the winding river, I began to feel a little uneasy.
Uncle Li took out the compass and went in the right direction.
"As long as the verse is correct, if the dragon wood is indeed surrounded by water, then it must be able to go around there, because the pattern of the Nine Dragons is a few hundred meters ahead, and the underground rivers should be connected.
However, we have only determined the approximate location, and the specific location needs to be carefully searched!"
"I don't know where this green dragon wood is hidden, if it's just hidden in a small cave, it's too hard to find!"
The miner's lamp, in this wide river, is not very effective, and most of the surroundings are still in the dark, as if it is not easy to find some traces.
"By the way, master, can you use the method of "looking for the dragon" to determine the location of the treasure in a moment?" I asked.
"Are you kid looking for a fight, it's really that pot doesn't open that pot, knowing that my trick doesn't work and asking, this "looking for the dragon" method is practiced by a lot of practical experience, only those who specialize in treasure hunting or tomb robbing will practice this ability, for the teacher I have been bright and upright all my life, never do these things of stealing chickens and dogs!"
After hearing this, the two of us laughed secretly in our hearts, this old guy is obviously not good and still finds so many glorious excuses, he is really old-hearted!
It seems that the location of the treasure can only be judged by the environment below.