Fuck

Although the White Lotus Sect that was entrenched here was almost destroyed after its defeat, this branch deep in the Qinling Mountains survived for a long time. Even the gunpowder factory that made saltpeter continued to work until the entire White Lotus Sect collapsed.

Therefore, a large amount of gunpowder that had not yet been sent to the front line was stored here.

And all the gunpowder was now piled in front of Li Heng.

This was the last thing this predecessor had to do.

Without the mysterious [Dragon Pressure], the "Poisonous Dragon Turns Over" has become unstoppable. Once this huge amount of deposited poisonous gas pours out, not to mention the underground space, the Qinling Mountains above will also be shrouded in poisonous mist!

At that time, villages, villages and even mountain roads within an unknown number of miles will be trapped by the "poisonous dragon", countless lives will be killed, and the casualties will be unimaginable.

Therefore, he had no choice but to use a large amount of gunpowder to blow up the rock wall where the cliff was located, and then caused the underground cavity to collapse to block the crack and "suppress the poisonous dragon" again.

I have to say that this is an extremely bold idea, and it is also his last ditch effort.

However, it is also an idea that cannot be successful.

It's still too late to leave now. With his current strength and speed, it's easy to escape from here.

Thousands of fucking lives!

The condensed breath in Li Heng's chest was suppressed.

Although he was unable to complete the last step until his life was exhausted, leaving him with a hundred years of regret, but judging from the result, maybe it was actually a good thing?

"The time interval has become shorter and the decibel frequency has become higher. This proves that the pressure is increasing every time the gas is compressed and released... No way?"

If nothing else, it’s raining heavily outside right now!

Because he stayed underground for a long time, he was not only completely unaware of the climate changes on the surface, but the dark and deep environment also made his perception of the passage of time unclear.

At this time, Chen Zhouhe's words rang in Li Heng's mind -

Li Heng's eyes widened and he suddenly looked upward. There was the top of the underground cavity and there were layers of thick rock walls, but Li Heng's eyes were not on the rocks.

Where does this sound of water come from?

etc!

He cursed angrily and came back with a serious face.

At this moment, above his head, a loud noise came again, which was the movement of rats.

"I saw in the weather forecast that the weather is going to change in the next few days and there will be heavy rains. You should hurry down the mountain and come to my house to take shelter..."

Without detonators and explosives, even if several kilograms of gunpowder were detonated together, it would be difficult to shake the solid rock walls.

You may call him a saint or you may call him gentle, but he just can't let go and can't bear to see everything and live alone.

This was not the first time he heard this noise, he had vaguely heard it on the altar not long ago.

Just as he passed the dried rickets corpse, his steps suddenly slowed down, and he stopped after three steps.

The gunpowder accumulated here was all wrapped in dry cloth, packed into powder packets the size of traditional Chinese medicine packets, and stacked next to the rock wall, like a hill.

Li Heng noticed something was wrong with the bursts of noise.

What started it all?

Decades ago, the reservoir was in disrepair and was flooded by heavy rains. After that flood, there was an infestation of rats.

That's right, they are the indigenous people here, and it is natural for them to sense environmental changes immediately.

However, the reality is cruel. First of all, these gunpowders are made using a very traditional folk method of refining saltpeter. It is a slightly higher-quality black powder, because Li Heng saw some moldy gunpowder when he was in the gunpowder factory before.

Cotton wadding.

There is no way that the bits of debris and rubble that would be blown apart by the force of the explosion could fill up and block this thousands-meter-long crack.

This is not the case. The rats deep underground will not be hit by the so-called flood on the surface and have no place to return.

"grass!"

We can't delay any longer. We need to leave here immediately. Once the "poisonous dragon turns over", these harmful gases will quickly explode and fill the entire underground cavity. Even if Li Heng can hold his breath for a long time, without protection, it is difficult for him to be sure that he can survive.

Get off the surface.

The simplest and most direct understanding of people at that time was that the floods hit the rat nests in the mountains and forced the rats out.

Although this number sounds huge, as if it is indestructible and can blow up everything, maybe the seniors back then thought so too.

His eyes seemed to penetrate the rock walls and thick strata here, all the way to the ground and to the sky!

This shows that the White Lotus believers at that time already knew that adding a small amount of cotton fiber could enhance the burning efficiency of gunpowder.

It is conservatively estimated that the total weight is likely to be several thousand kilograms. It is not known how long he worked alone and alone underground to complete this huge workload.

Li Heng turned around and walked towards the hanging ladder, preparing to climb back up the rock wall.

But its explosive power is still far less than that of smokeless gunpowder that appeared later, let alone compared with modern high explosives.

It should be just an accident that I entered this place. Although this "poisonous dragon" has long been out of control, it has been holding on for at least eighty or ninety years. It couldn't be such a coincidence that it would explode at this time, right?

Li Heng was speechless and helpless, but even with the surging mist below and the slight airflow changes in the air, Li Heng could detect that the air pressure was gradually breaking the original balance.

At this moment, Li Heng clearly heard the sound of "dragon's breath" coming from not far away. It was the sound of gas gradually expanding due to pressure imbalance. This narrow crack in the ground was its "dragon's birthplace"

place!

He remembered the story the old man told again, but of course it was no longer a story but a fact.

In fact, he has been exploring underground for nearly two days, and the amount of heavy rain during this period may have exceeded the carrying capacity of mountain streams and underground water systems, and has penetrated into this layer.

It seemed that even they sensed something was wrong.

This time even he felt surprised and uncomfortable.

It's the sound of running water...

But heavy rains and floods will cause the groundwater system to overload, and then excess water will seep into the ground, and the water will flow to lower places. Where is the lowest?

This is the crack in the ground where the "poisonous dragon" is!

Once the water flows into the underground cavity filled with geothermal heat, it will immediately be evaporated into water vapor and mixed into this huge gas group, strengthening the body of the "Poison Dragon" and further disturbing the air pressure balance.

Until he heard another sound, which was a very weak sound mixed with the expansion and contraction of the air flow-tick, tick...

Could it be that some kind of obscure disturbance occurred after I came in, causing this imbalance to worsen?

Li Heng had no choice but to think this way, and guessed that he was the butterfly flapping its wings, lifting the shackles of the "dragon".

Isn’t it just that the poisonous dragon turned over and the poisonous gas is flooding? Isn’t it just that all life within a radius of dozens of miles is devastated? Isn’t it just that the ecological environment is severely damaged? Isn’t it just that thousands of lives are lost? Isn’t it just...

He also knows that there is really no benefit in doing so. This is the real world, not the mythical world. Even if he does any good deeds, there is no merit at all, and no one will know about it.

The world doesn't even know this happened.

But, didn't he do the same thing?

Li Heng's eyes fell on the face filled with regret and urgency.
Chapter completed!