The further you go, the narrower the road becomes. What kind of road is this? There is no trace of the axe and chisel, but it is just stepped on by the medicine picker. The stones are covered with dark green moss. Because it had just rained, the wild grass grew extremely luxuriantly, and there was a feeling of being indispensable.

For the first time, Zhou Geng felt the magnificence of this mountain, and he even felt that the desolation and decay in front of him were also very beautiful. Even after a few days of reading, he still couldn't think of any words to describe how he felt.

The road became more and more difficult to walk, but fortunately, Wu San carried an axe, and everyone took turns chopping and chopping miscellaneous trees and vines, so that they could move forward slowly.

That evening, the sky was completely clear, and a crescent moon hung in the sky.

Jinbao stared at the moon for a long time, motionless, and did not feel that the bread in his hand had fallen to the ground.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Zhou Geng quietly.

Jinbao did not respond.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhou Geng touched him and asked again.

"I miss home. Jinbao smiled awkwardly and hurriedly picked up the bread on the ground.

Zhou Geng clearly saw that there were tears on his cheeks.

Jinbao was a very strong person and optimistic, but he burst into tears. Perhaps, in this mountain, some of his emotions were triggered.

That night, the six of them rested on the mountain. Zhou Geng found that Wu Sanye actually looked at the moon like Jinbao, motionless, and he sat for half a night.

On the tenth day, the sun rose in the east, and Jinbao looked at the rising sun and regained his happiness. He didn't know where to pick a few wild fruits, distributed some to Zhou Geng, and said, "You taste it, it's very sweet!"

Zhou Geng swallowed it, and felt that the flesh was thick, glutinous, crisp and sweet, and it was really good. Even Wu Sanye joined them, tasted two fruits, and was full of praise.

After walking for another three hours, they finally arrived at their destination in the afternoon.

It's close to the top of the mountain, but because of the cliff on one side, it's hard to see an inconspicuous depression elsewhere.

This depression is only the size of three grass houses, and there are many shades around it, which is very hidden.

It's just that I don't know why this depression is surrounded by abundant grass, and there is not even a single grass here, not even snakes and insects, only black land.

Wu San told the five teenagers: "Our destination is here. You dig right here. Don't worry, you just have to dig down, dig or not to dig anything, and in five days, I will send you down the mountain. ”

There was a clear spring on the mountain, and Wu San and the others also brought enough dry food and dried meat, and five days was not very painful.

Immediately, everyone rested and started work.

They brought with them some tools, such as pickaxes, shovels, and some ropes, which were enough to deal with the excavation.

The five teenagers were relieved. It's just that if you dig the soil, it's not dangerous, and it's hard at most, but it won't be hard either. In addition, although the vegetation on the mountain is luxuriant, everyone does not see any tigers, leopards, bears and wolves, they are all ordinary snakes and insects.

However, when Zhou Geng lifted the pickaxe for the first time, he felt a huge earthquake in the tiger's mouth. The ground under your feet is as hard as a stone!

The rest of the teenagers didn't believe it, and raised their pickaxes and heads one after another, and the result was the same.

Everyone rubbed their sore hands and necks and tiger mouths, you look at me, I look at you, and finally understood why Wu Sanye hired the five of them to dig here. If it was ordinary soil, why did Wu Sanye spend so much money to find them?

"Don't rush, take your time, dig a little bit, be careful not to hurt your hands. Wu San had been prepared for this, and he was not surprised, but comforted the three of them.

Zhou Geng couldn't figure it out, it had rained before, why was this soil so hard?

I couldn't figure it out, but it piqued the interest of the five teenagers. If you dig down, you might be able to dig up some treasures!

In addition to the possibility that there is a treasure below, what else can explain Wu Sanye's behavior and the strangeness of this land?

The five teenagers stopped being brutal and carefully began to dig little by little with their tools.

At first, even a small piece of soil was difficult to pry, but Wu San didn't know where to take out a bottle of white powder and sprinkle it on the ground, wisps of white smoke would come out of the ground, and then the soil there would loosen somewhat.

At this time, pickaxes and first class will not play a role for the time being, but small tools such as shovels are easier to use.

In this way, in addition to eating and resting, the six men kept digging, and finally on the fourth day they broke through this layer of hard soil, revealing a pit that could accommodate one person to go down.

The soil at the bottom of the pit was much softer, but because of the small space, I still couldn't wield the tools, so I could only dig slowly by one person, but it was much easier.

So, the five teenagers took turns to go down, and so on for another half night.

In the early morning of the next day, it was the fifth day of the start of excavation, and it was Zhou Geng's turn to enter the bottom of the pit.

Zhou Geng dug for half an hour, and was about to exchange for Jinbao, but before he could get up, he felt that his feet were loose and he actually fell.

As he fell, he could still hear Campbell's shouts, but soon there was no sound, only darkness all around.

"Am I going to die?"

"Poof", Zhou Geng only felt a pain in his body, and then felt that he had fallen into the water.

Because of the constant struggle, he choked several more mouthfuls of water before he surfaced.

He couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, he could swim, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen to his death, and he would have drowned.

At this time, he realized that there was already a faint light around him. He looked up and saw that there were many points of light above his head, like stars. Especially in the middle position, twenty-eight points of light float in the air, corresponding to the direction of the twenty-eight nakshatras. Although Zhou Geng didn't understand the celestial phenomena, he only understood some changes in the stars and the moon because of farming, but after looking at it, he also felt that the starlight above his head was extremely mysterious, giving people an incomparably distant feeling.

Looking at the twinkling stars above his head, Zhou Geng gasped, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

He clearly remembered that he had fallen from a mountain, how could he have fallen into the water and a starry sky appeared above his head?

If that's the case, what is the starry sky and what is this lake?

Just when he was in shock, Jinbao's voice was faintly heard.

He listened intently, and the sound came from above the starry sky.

What's going on?

Did they drop the ropes to save themselves?

Zhou Geng couldn't help but shout loudly: "I'm below, I'm here!"

His voice echoed above the water.

With a "hula", he felt a loud sound of water in the distance. He then looked at the starlight, and couldn't help but be creepy. A monster of unknown origin was swimming towards him! The monster showed only two large eyes and a row of sharp teeth on the water. Look at its size, it looks like a buffalo!

Zhou Geng hurriedly swam in the opposite direction, and his heart couldn't help pounding.

Above his head, Jinbao's voice was heard again, leaving only the sound of Zhou Geng and the monsters behind him swimming in the water.

(End of chapter)