Chapter Seventy-Five: The First Step
"Look, there are still fish in the water!" I followed my finger and saw a strange fish playing in the water.
"That's cod, commonly known as baby fish, it's very nutritious, we can catch a few when we come back!" Zhang Yang explained.
"Okay, I've heard that baby fish is delicious for a long time, and today is a chance!" As soon as he heard that there was a fish, Uncle Li immediately came to his senses, stood up and said: "Okay, since it didn't rain, it means that the goddess of the snow mountain has forgiven us, so let's set off towards the snow mountain now!
"Well, how can there be a wooden house there?" When he came to the foot of the snow-capped mountain, Zhang Yang found that there was actually a house behind a boulder by the lake.
A hut sits behind a boulder not far away, and has remained undiscovered due to its seclusion.
With some doubts, they came to the front of the house, and found that the hut was very rudimentary, apparently hastily built.
The doors were closed, and the windows were so paper-pasted that you couldn't see inside.
Tie Zhu stepped forward and knocked softly, but there was no response, and with a strong push, the door opened.
When everyone entered the house, they were immediately surprised, only to see all kinds of electric hammers and drills and other excavation tools placed on the ground, and even a diesel generator, a hint of foreboding suddenly rose from my heart, could this be the tool left by the old man in black to dig up the treasure?
Nervous, everyone began to carefully search every corner of the room, and found that in addition to the digging tools, there were actually two wetsuits and a small box of detonators, and it seemed that the group had been fully prepared before the operation.
Looking at the tools in front of me, I was very worried, "Zhang Yang, will anyone here come here to mine some ore or something?"
Zhang Yang thought for a while, "Probably not, I've never heard of any mineral deposits on this mountain, and besides, there are no such tools in the nearby villages, and these things may not be available in the town!"
"It seems that the other party made careful arrangements before the operation, it was premeditated, and all indications indicate that this should have something to do with the old man in black!"
After Uncle Li finished speaking, he walked out of the wooden house, and the others followed.
The icy mountain wind, with the breath of snow-capped mountains, gently hit my face, but it couldn't cool his anxious mood.
If the magic lamp has been taken away by the old man in black, and there is a vast sea of people, where should I look for it?
After deliberation, several people finally decided that although the old man in black had probably come here to look for the magic lamp, it was not known what the result would be.
Since the other party has brought so many mining tools, it will definitely leave traces, and as long as these traces are found, the situation at that time can be inferred based on their condition.
Inferring from the wetsuits found in the cabin, the location of their operation should be related to the water, which narrowed the scope of the search, and here, in addition to Laichun Lake, there are seven or eight large and small ice lakes.
So everyone began to split up, however, after more than an hour of searching, no trace of excavation was found.
No, the drill bits and other wear and tear tools in the wooden house are obviously missing half a box, indicating that the other party must have used them, so where exactly were they excavated?
"Zhang Yang, in addition to what we looked for just now, are there other places like lakes and springs around here?" I asked.
Zhang Yangzai shook his head, "It seems that there is no more, except for this place, the top of the mountain is relatively flat, and the rest of the place is very steep, and there is no way to store water at all, and after the snow on the top of the mountain melts, the waterfall will gather here first, and then flow down the mountain." ”
"Judging from the location of the wooden house, the location where they dug is near here, there must be a place that we missed, everyone is looking for it!"
After Uncle Li finished speaking, everyone started a new round of search centered on the wooden house, but there were still no clues.
Suddenly, a loud shout came from the direction of the waterfall: "Come here, there is a waterhole here!" Everyone went over to take a look, and it turned out that this waterfall poured down from the top of the snow peak, first fell on a platform, and then fell into the lake from the platform, and the platform was about ten meters from the ground.
At this time, Zhang Yang pointed to the platform and said to everyone: "Look, that platform must be a pool after a long-term waterfall washing, should we go up and have a look?"
After being reminded by Zhang Yang, it dawned on me that the more obvious the place, the less noticeable it is.
I forgot about such an important place.
So the iron pillar reported its courage and climbed up the steep rock beside the waterfall, and soon came to the vicinity of the stone platform, and found that there was indeed a pool of water on it, and the water surface was like a pot of boiling water under the impact of the waterfall, which was constantly churning, and finally overflowed from the front of the stone platform and scattered into the lake below.
Iron Pillar climbed up the stone platform, and his face was immediately wet with the mist from the waterfall, but he didn't have the heart to pay attention to this, all his attention was attracted by a cave in the stone wall behind the waterfall, only to see that on a platform next to the cave, there were the same digging tools and two diesel generators as in the wooden house, yes, this is it, finally found.
After coming down, the iron pillar explained the situation on the stone platform to everyone, I was first excited, and then became very heavy, that is, I hoped that this was the entrance, and I was afraid that the magic lamp would be the first to be taken, and my heart was very conflicted, but at this point, I had to go up to make sure.
After discussion, due to the limited environment on the stone platform, it was finally decided that the two of us would go up by the iron pillar first, and then discuss the next step after finding out the specific situation. In order to investigate more thoroughly, I took out my wetsuit from the cabin, put it on with my brother, and climbed onto the stone platform.
"Master Li, will it be dangerous for the two of them to go up?" Seeing the two of them climb onto the stone platform, Zhang Yang asked worriedly.
Uncle Li squinted his eyes and smiled slightly, "You don't know their abilities, hehe, with their current ability, they are much stronger than me, even if they encounter danger, it is still no problem to protect themselves, you can rest assured! By the way, do you often come here?"
"Well, I come up every year to look for Snow Lotus, and then go to the town to sell some money to support my family. ”
Speaking of this, Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "You must not tell others that there is a snow lotus here, otherwise I may not be able to pick it!"
"Haha, don't worry, I will keep it secret for you, does Snow Lotus grow on a snowy mountain?" Uncle Li said with a smile.
"Yes, it's near the cliff on this snowy peak, although it's a bit dangerous, but I can pick it every time!" Zhang Yang said with a smirk, looking very honest.
"It's really hard for you, you have to bear a lot of responsibility at such a young age!" Before Uncle Li finished speaking, he saw a figure flashing on the stone platform, and the two of me, Tie Zhu, began to climb down.
"Why is it so fast, there must be something to discover, right?" Seeing that the apprentice came down so quickly, Uncle Li was very surprised.
When the two of us came down, our faces were gloomy, and I let out a long sigh: "We already know the hidden meaning of the poem, and it is indeed the entrance above, but now it has been blocked!"
It turned out that after the two of us went up, because we had diving equipment, we dived into the water, and conducted a comprehensive search behind the waterfall, in addition to the excavation tools, we also found that there was a huge secret door on the underwater stone wall, and the characters and patterns engraved on the guò door were quite old.
Seeing this door, I suddenly understood the meaning of the poem "cut off the water dragon snow dragon", in which the water dragon refers not to the Yangtze River, but to this waterfall, as long as the waterfall is cut off, this door will naturally be revealed, what a wonderful design!
However, he was not the first to discover such a wonderful design.
The cave on the surface of the water must have been a shortcut made by the old man in black because he could not open the gate engraved with the charm, and this hole must be connected to the underwater gate.
The two of us took out our flashlights and went into the cave one after the other, and the inside was indeed connected to the stone gate, so we walked along the passage behind the door to find out.
But after walking a few steps, I found that the front had been blocked by a boulder, judging from the shape of the stone, it was a falling rock caused by the mechanism, and it seemed that it must be the old man in black who caused the mechanism here.
"Hehe, it's not so easy to get the magic lamp, maybe they're already dead inside, haha!" Hearing my brother say this, my nervous mood also relaxed a lot, although the road ahead is blocked by a boulder, but I can find a way to clear it, as long as the magic lamp is still inside, there is still hope.
So the two turned around and were about to go out to discuss with the master, and suddenly found that there was a box next to the passage, I walked closer, squatted down and took a closer look, immediately trembled, sat on the ground, and the iron pillar hurriedly followed, under the illumination of the strong flashlight, I found that there were three words written on the box: treasure box.
The same box also has one in the hands of Guan Er Ye in the underground cave of Dalong Mountain, and Tie Zhu immediately understood what this meant, it seems that the red sand lantern has been taken by others.
Looking at the broken stone box, Uncle Li was also very disappointed, now that there is a vast sea of people, it is too difficult to find the old man in black.
"Let's look for it again, maybe we can know their whereabouts from the clues they left behind!"
Zhang Yang's words reminded everyone once again that it seems that this guide is on the right track, not only familiar with the local terrain, but also able to make important hints at critical moments.
So, with the last glimmer of hope, everyone conducted a detailed search for the wooden house and its surroundings.
In addition, there was a large simple wooden bed with a few quilts on it, and the packaging bags of various foods were thrown on the ground in a messy manner, which shows that the excavation conditions at that time were also very difficult.
This time, a carpet search of the house was carried out, but still no valuable clues were found, and it was getting dark, and if you didn't go down the mountain, you would have to spend the night here.
"Okay, there's no point in staying here anymore, let's go down the mountain!"
As soon as Uncle Li said this, I knew very well in my heart that it was difficult to find the magic lamp again, thinking of the fairy who had been looking forward to him in the distance, the depression in my heart finally broke out at this moment, and I picked up a sledgehammer and smashed it frantically on the ground with an electric drill and electric hammer, and the others understood his mood at this time very well and did not stop it.
"Click!"
The plank bed was broken in half under the impact of the sledgehammer, and I threw down the sledgehammer and lifted the broken wooden bed with both hands, as if I had to tear down the whole wooden house in order to vent my feelings.
"Okay, let's go down the mountain quickly, and go back to the village to find a way!" Uncle Li was almost done, and hurriedly comforted. But I didn't seem to hear it, and crouched on the ground without saying a word.