Chapter 7 Docking
"The entrance should be here, right?" said to himself White Cliff, a little unconfidently. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In front of him was a heavily weathered building, which looked like a small house with three entrances. Now, of course, all they have left is a little bit of foundation, and a few ruins that are no more than knee-high, so they can only be guessed.
After thousands of years of changes in the earth's crust, no one knows how big and fragmented it has become.
However, there is no doubt that Pingbagang is still at the center of it, because over the years, the most relics have been unearthed and the treasures are of the highest value. Looking at the appearance of that "shopping street", it seems that a kind of treasure hunting culture has been formed here.
It's just that the Bank of China's 99th dock is too scattered, and there are many entrances to Pingba Gang, and there are many new entrances almost every hundred years.
Some of these entrances only lead to an enclosed docked warehouse, which is empty except for rats and cockroaches. There are also entrances that lead in all directions, connecting several treasure corners.
Of course, such real treasure entrances often stretch for hundreds, if not thousands, of miles underground. Don't be too surprised to see a small empty cavern no less than the county capital, or a raging underground river and underground waterfall.
When the White Cliff crossed, he had already known that the Shenzhou World was not a planet, but a bubble-shaped plane. The ground of Shenzhou is a world, and there is also a world underground.
"Boom~" Bai Ya slapped with one palm, and a corner of the weathered mansion collapsed, revealing a dark and secluded hole.
A few Jianghu guests scattered nearby in the distance just glanced at this side and stopped paying attention.
There are too many underground caves like Pingbagang, and if it weren't for the area they were familiar with, these people wouldn't have followed them at all. Because there is probably nothing down there, but the danger level is not less than the area you are familiar with.
There are many Jianghu tourists who have been engaged in treasure hunting in Pingbagang for many years, and even in the most intense years of crustal movement, there are many busy "worker bees" here.
Of course, during that time, they don't go too deep into the ground, but only move in layers of soil less than a mile above the ground. If they're lucky, they'll get something out of it.
The treasure map in Bai Ya's hand is often made by these people, and they can be said to make a living from it.
There are many such treasure maps, both made by individuals and used within treasure digging organizations, and the purchase price varies depending on the level of detail.
Although his treasure map is not as good as that of the little beggar, it is generally very detailed.
However, because the Bank of China Ninety-Nine Dock will change every hundred years, the importance of the treasure map will also decline a lot, and whether you can gain something depends on your own strength and luck, and the most important thing is naturally strength.
Why not luck?
Because although luck can allow you to find the treasure, it cannot allow you to send the treasure back to the surface, and the underground world of Lianwu has neither the immortal oath nor the rules and regulations of the six doors.
The only rule here is that the strong is king, and the strong here in many cases does not refer to the strong martial arts, but to see who is more familiar with this place and can better take advantage of the unique geographical environment below.
After all, the people who will come here to hunt for treasures are basically martial artists with aura and artistic conception. For the situation and the innate martial artist, the opportunities and risks below this are disproportionate, and it is not worth risking your life.
"Master, I'll go down first. ”
Seeing the entrance of the cave, Bai Tong jumped down without hesitation and walked in front of the white cliff.
White Cliff will naturally not stop it, and in the underground environment, the combat power of the silver corpse will increase exponentially. In fact, only the underground is the most suitable geography for zombie activity.
Their physical bodies, though identical to those of humans, are in fact two kinds of life.
Zombies do not have the usual facial features of humans, no sense of pain, no sense of touch, no sight, no sense of taste, but the sense of hearing and smell is very developed, and there is a sense of qi that humans do not have, and can form something similar to an image in consciousness with the breath of various living beings.
They usually have Earth and Fire talents, and prefer the dark underground, as well as the scorching heat of the desert. These two environments may seem diametrically opposed to humans, but in the eyes of zombies, they complement each other.
Bai Ya followed the silver corpse into the cave, and then felt a strange aura rush into his nose.
The smell at first smelled like the fresh, moist air of dawn, then felt a little putrid stench, and finally turned into a smorgasbord of cold smells.
The cave was narrow at first, and the surrounding area looked like a lair dug by some kind of large beast, with no artificial traces, and it didn't look like the route of a treasure map.
However, Bai Ya knew that this was only a hundred years ago, and the treasure hunter had just begun to dig the dirt road, and he had to go hundreds of meters deep to see the remnants of the 99th dock of the Bank of China.
He didn't use a torch in this place because there wasn't enough oxygen here. He only followed behind the silver corpse, almost walking in the same way as a blind man.
Listening to the slight sound of the soles of his shoes rubbing against the soil, Bai Ya felt extremely depressed in his heart, and the slippery soil layer seemed to be squeezing over all the time, as if he was going to bury him alive inside.
Thankfully, the distance wasn't long, and just as he felt like he was about to lose his patience, fresh, dry air finally blew in front of him.
White Cliff sprang out of the soft, damp dirt passage, greedily gulping in the fresh air. There was still a stale smell in the air, but he could still feel the oxygen increase.
"Snort~" He took out the torch from the Divine Hidden Ring and lit it, and at first glance he saw Bai Tong standing quietly in front of him, and then he raised the torch and looked around.
Outside the dirt road is a large cave, about 10 meters high, more than 10 meters long and wide.
It seems to have been ruined for a long time, and on the left half is a thick layer of vegetation, which glows faintly green in the light of the fire. On the right is a wall made of boulders, which looks gray and weathered.
The top of the cave is densely packed with stalagmites, which look like the head of the Buddha, the ground is uneven, and there is a small pond on the left that is quite deep in water, showing the water quality in the light of the fire.
The pond leads to the back of the cave and is connected to an underground waterway.
It may have entered the reach of the dock, but apparently there is no treasure left.
Bai Ya took out the map and looked at it carefully, slowly frowning.
This section of the map is marked as a distorted dotted line, which was originally unknown and now appears to refer to the waterway to which the pond is connected.
"Do I still have to go into the water?"
Bai Ya was a little resistant in his heart, this kind of place still has to go into the water, which is a bit beyond psychological expectations.
"Master, shall I explore the way first?" Bai Tong tilted his head to look at Bai Ya, it was in touch with Bai Ya, and he had already felt the hesitation in his master's heart.
"Forget it, it's all here, let's go!" Bai Ya sighed, slowly walked to the water's edge, tested the temperature and slid into the water, raising the torch and walking into the depths.
The water was about chest deep, and he quickly entered the waterway behind the cave. The environment here begins to narrow, the top is higher, dripping slowly downward, and the walls of the cave are wet vegetation on both sides.
Time in the cave seemed to pass extremely slowly, and White Cliff soon lost its sense of time and direction.
At this time, he finally felt the difficulty of this treasure hunting expedition, and the role of martial arts in this kind of place was compressed to the extreme, if it wasn't for the fact that he still had a map in his hand, he would have wanted to quit.
It's a terrible feeling of being on a nervous strain all the time, but not being able to grasp your fate!
However, after a while of trekking through the waterways, he didn't expect anything worse to happen. The front of the waterway was blocked, leaving only a narrow gap knee-high and less than two meters wide, and half submerged in the water.
"Do you still have to climb in?" Bai Ya looked at the map again and again, and felt that the waterway here must have changed in some way, and the map did not specifically indicate the situation of this gap.
He only felt that his heart was extremely crooked, so he lay down and tried his body posture, and immediately found that it was not possible to crawl on his stomach, because his head and face would often be buried in the water.
He could now only climb by grabbing the top of the gap with his hands so that it would not affect his breathing, but he couldn't look up at the front of the gap because the back of his head was sinking into the water like a backstroke.
"There's no need for the next time, I'll never go underground again. Bai Ya reluctantly extinguished the torch and put it back into the Divine Ring.
Perhaps after a few hundred meters of hard work, this gap was not long, and after climbing hundreds of meters, the waterway in front of it suddenly widened, and the water flow was also rapid.
However, White Cliff has information provided by the silver corpse, and knows that this is the second large cave recorded on the map.
"Huh~" He lit the torch again and climbed up from the waterway. This cave is different from the previous one, with a waterway on one side and high ground on the other, similar to the topography of a riverbank.
"If the map is correct, haven't I been walking for nearly six hours?"
After going ashore, Bai Ya finally felt hungry, and finally came back to his senses, finding that he had been soaking in the water for a long time.
"There's a treasure chest marked on the map, maybe it's a treasure storehouse, I wonder what's left inside?"
However, he was tired and hungry now, and he did not intend to go there immediately, but at least to rest here for a few hours and eat something.
"Bai Tong, you go around and take a look ......"
Sending the silver corpse to explore the environment, Bai Ya took out the dry wood that had been prepared from the Divine Hidden Ring to make a fire. Underground exploration is no better than survival in the wild, and firewood is an important substance, not only for hot food, but also for conserving body heat.
"Master, come and have a look!"
When Bai Ya was busy, Bai Tong's summons came from his consciousness.