While we were at a loss, there was a sudden noise outside the door.

All three of us were nervous.

The sailor said, "Hurry up and hide." They're definitely back. ”

He Xuanya and I stood against the wall by the cave door again.

At this moment, there was a "click" sound on the door panel, as if someone was fiddling with the door lock.

I walked gently to the table, picked up the wooden candlestick, and went back to the door and stood against the wall.

After a while, the door of the cave opened with a bang, and a dark figure poked its head into the chamber, and I held the candlestick and was about to smash it on the shadow's head.

The sailor who was standing in front of the door suddenly shouted, "Xiao Yuan, don't fight." ”

My hand stopped in mid-air.

The black shadow stood in the doorway and "babbled".

I took a closer look and was greatly surprised, the black shadow at the door turned out to be the mute Zhiyong in the village.

I pulled Zhiyong in, closed the door, and asked softly, "Zhiyong, why are you here?"

Zhiyong "babbled" again, gesturing with something in his hand, but it was too dark in the hole to make it clear what he wanted to express.

Seeing that the explanation was not clear, Zhiyong pointed to the door, pulled the sailor, and then looked at He Xuanya and me, and kept "babbling" in his mouth.

He Xuanya understood what Zhiyong meant, and said, "Zhiyong told us to run away quickly. Let's get out of here first. With that, he opened the door, poked his head out to look, and bowed out the door. He walked out the door and waved back to us.

The three of us followed her.

At this time, there was only a pile of charcoal embers left in the square of the sinkhole, and the unburned charcoal cubes were still glowing dimly red. The monsters and the Xi royals were all gone.

The monsters snore thunderously from the large holes where they live.

We slowly descended to the second-floor platform and saw that the cave of the pennant was still lit. He should be waiting for news from me and He Xuanya.

We lightened our steps again and descended to the surface three times in turn.

He Xuanya walked in the lead, straight in the direction of the entrance waterfall where we had been brought in.

Zhiyong passed behind me, stopped He Xuanya, pointed to the left side of the square, and walked in the direction he pointed out.

He Xuanya looked back at me and the sailor, and followed Zhiyong away. The sailors and I followed.

Zhiyong led us to the edge of the sinkhole, where the gurgling sound of running water could be heard.

We walked along the curved cliff for a quarter or twenty meters, and a small river with a broken head appeared close to the cliff, and the water bubbled down the cliff.

I looked upstream along the creek and saw that it was the same river under the waterfall. The water that flows down from the waterfall used to flow from here.

I thought to myself, what did Zhiyong bring us here?

Before I could react, Zhiyong jumped into the water with a thud.

He stood in the water and beckoned us vigorously and beckoned us to go down.

The three of us stood on the shore and looked at each other. Zhiyong was so anxious that he screamed "ahhhh

I said, "Sister Xiaoya, sailor, let's jump too, and see what Zhiyong is going to do." ”

Then, three people jumped into the water one after another.

Zhiyong pinched his nose at us, took another deep breath, then pointed to the bottom of the cliff, and then pinched his nose and plunged his head into the water.

It dawned on me and exclaimed, "Is there an exit under this water, and Zhiyong wants to take us out?"

When the sailor heard this, he was surprised and said, "Ahhhhh ”

Only then did I remember that the sailor was afraid of water when he was young, and when a few of our friends frolicked in the creek on a hot day, he could only look at the clothes on the shore every time.

He Xuanya said, "It's okay, you just hold your breath, and I'll pull you over." ”

He Xuanya is the main member of the school's swimming team, which is really not a problem for her.

But the sailor still hesitated: "I don't know how long it can be closed, and I don't know how long the waterway below is, what if I haven't swam out yet, I can't hold it back?"

As he spoke, Ji Yong suddenly emerged from the water.

He began to babble again. While shouting, he gestured with his hand to swim, and then waved his hand again.

I asked Ji-yong, "Are you saying you don't have to swim to get there?"

Zhiyong nodded repeatedly.

I said, "Wait, and I'll go down and see." ”

After saying that, he plunged his head into the water.

I vaguely saw a black round hole in the rock wall at the bottom of the water, about a meter wide. I swam towards the round hole, but when I entered the hole, I found that there were stones all around, and I kicked it up, but my head popped out of the water with a thud.

I looked around, and it was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything, but there was the sound of running water on the side. I reached out and saw that the water was flowing out of the surface of the water, where the water sounded.

I judged that this was a shallow pool, and that it was only as deep as my chest.

I swam back to the opposite side, got out of the water and said to the sailors and He Xuanya: "Zhiyong is right, you don't need to swim at all, just hold your breath, squat down, walk through the hole below, and stand up and you'll be fine." ”

We pinched our noses in turn, held our breath, passed through the round hole, and climbed out of the shallow pool.

In the direction of the underground stream formed by the water flowing out of the pool, there is a tunnel more than one person high that leads to the bottom.

We followed Zhiyong and walked along the tunnel.

After about half an hour of walking, the stream flowed into the bottom of a boulder and came to an abrupt end along the tunnel of the stream.

When we were at a loss, Zhiyong pointed to a black hole in the upper right side of the tunnel, babbling again, and gesturing with his hands.

It took me a long time to understand and asked, "You just fell out of this black hole?"

Ji-yong babbled and nodded violently.

I said, "So this black hole can go outside?"

Zhiyong nodded again.

I stepped on the rocks protruding from the edge of the tunnel, climbed to the edge of the black hole, and looked inside, the cave was very steep and the walls were unusually smooth.

I thought to myself, how can this climb out.

Seeing me lying at the entrance of the cave stunned, He Xuanya shouted below, "Xiao Yuan, what's wrong with you?"

I said, "This hole is too steep, the walls are still very smooth, and it is difficult to climb up." ”

Zhiyong began to nod his head again, he echoed my statement.

At that moment, I heard a faint ding-dong sound from the black hole, like the sound of chopsticks hitting dishes.

I turned my head and pricked up my ears to listen.

Suddenly, I felt a surge of air gushing out of the hole, and I threw my head back, slipped under my feet, and fell off the top of the tunnel.

At the same time, a large mouth burst out of the black hole and bit into the air with a click.

My heart trembled, and then I was afraid that if I hadn't fallen from above, my head would have gone into a bloody mouth.

After the big bite was closed, there was a "quack" sound in the mouth, and a pair of big red eyes stared at the four of us.

Only then did I see that it was a snakehead, but there was no tongue sticking out of my mouth.

He Xuanya pulled me up and said softly: "It turned out to be a snake cave, and I am afraid it will be difficult to get out of that hole this time." Ready, pull the sailors and Zhiyong and run back, I can fend it off first. ”

I said, "I'll deal with it with you." ”

He Xuanya said: "I am the general person in charge of this trip, you have to listen to me, hurry up and pull the two of them to run, it's too late." ”

After speaking, he clasped his thumbs together, put his eight fingers together, put his hands to his mouth, and began to mumble the mantra.

I understood that she was going to perform her miracles, so I ran back down the tunnel with the sailor in one hand and Zhiyong in the other.

Behind him, there was a continuous and compact sound of bamboo planks colliding.

We had just run a few meters away when we heard He Xuanya shouting, "Order!"

Then, a loud bang was heard, and several pieces of rubble from the top of the tunnel were shaken down.

The three of us stopped, and when we looked back, we saw a huge thing lying under the boulder into which the stream flowed, and it was so dark that we couldn't see what it was. He Xuanya stood still, staring at the thing.

I shouted, "Sister Xiaoya, run." ”

He Xuanya turned around and shouted at us happily: "Come here, come here, we have found something good." ”

The three of us looked at each other in disbelief, not daring to go forward.

He Xuanya shouted anxiously: "Oh, don't be afraid, this guy is very cute, it won't hurt people." ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward to approach the behemoth.

I thought to myself, He Xuanya must have been stupid by something.

I said to Zhiyong and the sailors, "You stand still, if something is wrong, run quickly, and I'll go see what's going on with Sister Xiaoya." ”

As he spoke, he moved towards the behemoth step by step.

As I approached me, I saw something like a snake and a lizard curling under the boulder. The front half of the head was like a snake, but the back half was like the head of a calf that had just given birth to horns, with a pair of small wings behind the ears and a pair of large winged hands on its back.

He Xuanya was touching the head of the thing, and the thing was still a little dodgy at first, like fear, and like shyness, and after a while, he twisted his neck and rubbed his head on He Xuanya's hand, like a puppy who was coquettish in front of his master.

He Xuanya turned around and saw me standing not far away looking at her stupidly, beckoned to me and said, "Come here!"

I went up with my head struck.

He Xuanya pointed to the strange thing and said, "Do you know what this is?"

I shook my head.

He Xuanya said: "It is recorded in ancient books that in ancient times, there was a strange beast in the world, with a head like a snake, and like a young deer with newborn horns, with four wings on its body, and its cry was like the sound of hitting a jade chime,—— which was similar to the sound of knocking on a bamboo board. This strange beast is fierce but not fierce, fierce but not cruel, and extremely intelligent. At that time, people domesticated it, the people used it to protect themselves, and the army used it to attack the enemy. This thing is very docile to its master, but it is extremely fierce in the face of enemies, and often does not give in to the death in battle. ”

I pointed to the behemoth and said, "Is this what you're talking about?"

He Xuanya said excitedly: "Yes, this strange beast has not appeared in historical records for thousands of years in addition to the classics of the ancient period. I thought they were long gone, but I didn't expect to come across them here today, which is really unexpected. ”

I asked, "What the hell is this thing called?"

He Xuanya said, "Singing snakes. ”