Chapter 97 Shell Painting
I was stunned.
Hexagram?
Now let alone seeing the six-pointed star, I just heard the weird guy say these three words with my ears, and a large area of goose bumps on my arms were raised. We are so familiar with this pattern and are too concerned. This is the logo of the Eastern Prince and Duke clan!
As expected, just like the legend of the boat, the white-haired prince of the East had already expanded its territory to the South China Sea.
The hexagram that appears in our eyes at this moment can’t be found at first glance. The weirdo stood in the center of the cave and was also standing in the center of the hexagram. Like Dr. Lin and I, who only stood at the corners, we would definitely not be able to see the complete shape of the hexagram, because the trajectory of the diesel ignited by my fire, leaking in the cracks in the ground, is connected to a hexagram pattern!
"Is this air cave a long time ago a temple for sacrificial rituals?"
Every step I take, I feel very depressed. This feeling is like returning to the sea in the North Pole. The two are so similar! But what is certain is that even if it was a temple or a sacred place like an altar, it has been abandoned for many years. Now it is completely a marine garbage dump for Mr. Zuoqiu. It is obvious that he is different from the Ari tribe in the North Pole. He is not a devout believer of the Eastern Prince.
“Diesel may be here…”
The brain-taking maniac followed the trajectory of the fire to the back of one of the garbage mountains. I followed that direction and saw a lot of things that were coiled up like snakes?
I was so scared that I shivered. When I saw the brain-taking maniac lifting the "snake", I realized that it was just a roll of hose for oil transfer!
We pulled it out of the garbage mountain and groped to the end. We saw that one end was placed outside and the outlet was covered with black oil stains, while we couldn't see the other section. It was stuck in an unburned crack and penetrated deep below the ground.
There was also a large bucket with a screwed lid hidden in the shadow of the garbage mountain. The strange man swayed for a few times, and the inside was almost dry. However, as soon as the lid was opened, the pungent smell of diesel almost smothered me!
The hose that penetrated deeper under the ground was very tightly stuck. We didn't know the situation yet, so we didn't dare to pull it out forcibly. It turned out that not all the cracks in the ground would be burned with fire. In fact, there were many gaps on the ground, and the only thing that burned was only the part that could form a hexagram!
I looked carefully at the hoses that were plated like snakes found by the brain-taking maniac. This thing is indeed used to transport diesel in the bucket. The dry black oil stains tasted very heavy and pungent. I remember that when I was driving a tractor, I used this kind of tube to help my neighbor's motorcycle get oil. When the oil was not able to be guided, I had to sip it with my mouth. The first and only sip of diesel in my stomach was accidentally drunk at that time. The taste... I really can't believe it...
When I recall the smell of oil, it was a bit disgusting, but now is not the time when I recall the years. Looking at the direction of these tubes, it is obvious that it wants to pull out the diesel here and transport it to somewhere invisible. The conveying end is here, so is the receiving end a burning hexagram?
But the place where the oil pipe extends is not within the range of the hexagram, otherwise the pipe will have to be burned!
I think there are two spaces under our feet!
Dr. Lin nodded and said, "The coral mountains in the shark city are so huge that our location may be equivalent to a two-story building. There is a floor above the ground below. Moreover, this floor is divided into at least two rooms, one of which stores oil and the other stores water."
Because here, we have lit up all corners, but only saw the flames but not the pool. Then the sea snake vine should be staying in the lower layer for its intake and excretion, and oxygen seeps through these difficult-to-see cracks.
As for the space under the burning crack in the ground, we will definitely not be able to reach it until the flames are extinguished. After all, the human body is so fragile that no one can get into the fire or the oil!
I rubbed my temples. At this moment, from where we were, there was only the circuit filled with laughter. If Dr. Lin’s view was correct, then at our feet, just avoid the hexagram and find the room with water source, you can find another exit that can lead to the ocean or to other caves!
What we say makes sense, but how can we see the space under our feet? We can’t start now and use the hammer head in the trash can toss the ground open!
In addition, there is a very difficult problem before us-
It is easy for me to light that fire, but it’s burning, how can we put it out?
This is not because its heat will burn us. On the contrary, with these firelights, we not only get a large range of lighting, but also can easily distinguish the two spaces in the lower layer so that we will not find a wrong way to cause fire.
But the combustion of flames requires a lot of oxygen! This is not as good as on land, and the air is inexhaustible. Our breathing is provided by small sea snake vines that contain large energy. However, this energy is not endless, not to mention that we are just breathing the leaking oxygen from the cracks in the ground like a wall and borrowing light. If this oxygen is to be supplied to such a large range of hexagrams in addition to the four of us, then... that would not be enough!
This incident was caused by me, so I was naturally anxious, but there was no water. Even if there was water, the water could not extinguish such a large range of fire, and it was a flame ignited by diesel!
The other people did not waste time. Dr. Lin and the weirdo immediately began to clean up the debris on the garbage mountain together. Although they did not have the spirit of Yugong moving the mountain, they had to at least check the ground below the garbage mountain. Maybe they would be like hiding a half-rolled hose, and the exit that could enter the lower part was also covered.
The brain-taking maniac was not idle either. He avoided the burning cracks along the corners of the hexagram and began to patrol the ground that had not been seen clearly under his feet inch by inch. If there was a gap that could lead to the lower layer, the gap should at least be large enough for people to drill down! While there is still a hint of the hexagram trajectory, it should not be difficult to find such a big hole!
My pupils seemed to have been dyed orange by the fire. The four of us searched for a long time but didn't find it out. I don't know if it was because of the psychological effect or because we were really sad. I felt that breathing became a bit difficult and the oxygen content decreased?
My heart was so irritated that something was wrong. Judging from the current situation, the crack that could go down to the first layer was either too hidden or did not exist at all. I really found all the ground outside the six-pointed star, and there was no such thing as at all. Do we have to jump out of the turmeric oil?
At this time, it is obviously too late to go back to Xiaoqi and return to the original corners. None of us is confident to use this body to fight Xiaoqi once again. And stay here, as long as the flames are not extinguished, they will continue to compete with us for precious oxygen. They are dead at all times?
I feel so frustrated, such as the Fourth Ocean Exploration Team, the Lunbozhou and the Dongwanggong. What's the use of knowing so much? How can I make up for the mistake of my fire?
I sat on the ground, moved my sore neck for a while, and suddenly I was stunned:
"Wait... Everyone, wait a moment, don't just look down and look for things. Haven't you looked up yet?"
When a few people heard me, they stopped searching, turned their fatigued cervical spine, looked up at the place I was pointing to—
Originally, there was a large area of darkness above the cave, and nothing could be seen clearly. Although the fire in the cracks in the ground did not reflect the entire top wall, at least it was outlined with the general outline of it hidden in the darkness.
Dr. Lin and I once found a strange decoration made of shell fragments on the farthest wall. Originally, we only saw shells two or three meters high, but now, the shell paintings extending upward can also see a rough look. Against the backdrop of the fire, the shell fragments can reflect a flash of light. This is indeed not Mr. Zuo Qiu was counting boredly. All the fragments continued to the top and formed a complete super-large picture!
Chapter completed!