Huang Yixian smiled and said: "Haha, Boss Wen, you are too worried. This cave is full of water. It's strange that the cave wall is not sticky and wet!"
Wen Qingshan stared at the cave wall, waved his hand and said: "No! No! This is not ordinary water, but like the body fluid secreted by some kind of animal."
Huang Yixian was slightly startled: "Body fluids? What animal do you mean?"
Wen Qingshan turned around: "Reptiles, such as... snakes!"
When I heard about snakes, my mind couldn't help but be excited. Didn't the thing Seabeard said he saw underwater look like a giant anaconda? Could there be something like this in the cave too!?
Jianjian obviously also thought about it with me. He said tremblingly: "I...we must have broken into a snake...a snake's den, right?"
Huang Yixian frowned and said: "This is the Tai Chi Yin point. Weird things can happen. Moreover, snakes are spiritual creatures. In ancient times, there was a saying that 'spiritual snakes protect treasures'. Maybe the person who hid the treasure deliberately
Use this feng shui treasure land to tame spirit snakes to protect the Dashun treasure."
Jianjian was originally afraid of snakes, but now that Huang Yixian said that this place was indeed a snake nest, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, her lips were slightly opened, and she was speechless for a long time.
Sea Beard, who has rich experience in exploration, seemed very calm. He said: "Don't be so nervous. In fact, pythons are not that scary. There are so many of us, and they generally don't dare to attack rashly. Moreover, pythons are solitary species. In order to ensure sufficient food,
Source, a python needs at least a kilometer of activity radius. In my opinion, there are at most one or two pythons living in this cave!"
After hearing what Hai Beard said, Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Brother Hai, don't be careless. What you are talking about is the anaconda in Myanmar. But the thing in the cave may not be that thing. Anacondas live in the tropics.
, as long as the temperature is below 15 degrees Celsius, it will enter a state of hibernation. This cave is cold and damp, so it is probably not suitable for anacondas to live for a long time."
Seabeard was stunned for a moment and nodded thoughtfully: "That seems to make sense, but if it's not an anaconda, what is it?"
Wen Qingshan asked: "I wonder if you have heard of the Black Water Black Snake?"
Seabeard shook his head and turned to ask Huang Yixian: "What is the black water black snake?"
Huang Yixian's expression changed slightly, he looked at Wen Qingshan and replied: "The black water snake that I know is a legendary spiritual creature. It is said that it is very huge, several feet long and as thick as a barrel.
Moreover, the body is covered with very hard black scales, which are difficult to penetrate even with sharp swords."
After hearing this, Haibeard raised his head and laughed: "Haha, Master Huang, you are exaggerating!" He obviously thought that such a thing could not exist in the world. In fact, even I didn't believe it. What Huang Yixian described was
The snake has simply become a spirit.
Unexpectedly, Wen Qingshan said: "What Master Huang said is not an exaggeration at all. There is indeed a record about the black snake in the "Book of Mountains and Seas. The Great Wilderness Southern Classic": South of the Black Water, there are black snakes that eat squid."
As soon as I heard about Heishui, I immediately asked: "Does Heishui refer to Heilongjiang?" In my impression, Changbai Mountain and Heilongjiang in the northeast are known as White Mountains and Black Waters.
Wen Qingshan explained: "This black water is not that black water. In the "Shan Hai Jing", the word black water is mentioned in many places, but it does not specify which river it is. We only know that the black water originates from the Kunlun Mountains and crosses
The vast land of China finally flows into the southeastern sea. For thousands of years, there has been a big controversy as to which river the black water refers to. Some people say it is the Yangtze River, others say it is the Yellow River. The more mainstream view is
, the Black Water is actually just a fictitious river that does not exist at all, because according to the "Book of Mountains and Seas", the Black Water crosses the boundary from life to death, and from the underworld to heaven. Based on this, it is believed that the Black Water is actually the legendary Black Water.
The River Styx leading to the entrance to hell.”
After listening to Wen Qingshan's words, Hai Huzi was even more disapproving. He smiled and said: "Haha, "The Book of Mountains and Seas" originally recorded a large number of baseless myths and legends. Even Sima Qian bluntly stated its contents. "I dare not
Yan Ye', Brother Wen San, how can you believe what is said there!"
Wen Qingshan smiled slightly and said: "Although you can't completely believe "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", you can't completely disbelieve it either."
"Then do you think Blackwater is a real river?" Seabeard asked.
Wen Qingshan nodded and said: "Although the mainstream view is that Black Water does not exist, I have carefully studied "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" and a large number of related ancient books, and believe that Black Water not only really existed in history, but also existed even in ancient times.
Today, the river is still flowing."
Huang Yixian frowned and said: "It seems that the only rivers that flow through the Kunlun Mountains and finally merge into the sea are the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. According to you, does the Black Water refer to one of them?"
Wen Qingshan shook his head and said: "No! It's not one of them! To be precise, I haven't found any specific traces of this river yet."
Everyone was confused. Huang Yixian asked: "Boss Wen, what do you mean there is no trace of the river? Is the river invisible?"
Wen Qingshan laughed and said: "Master Huang is really good at joking! However, from a certain perspective, it is indeed an invisible river."
"What do you mean?" Everyone became more and more confused.
Wen Qingshan explained the reason: "Because according to my analysis, Black Water is most likely an underground river!"
"What!? An underground river flowing from the Kunlun Mountains to the sea!? It must be thousands of kilometers long?" Huang Yixian was shocked, and the rest of us were also shocked and speechless.
After being stunned for a while, Haibeard asked: "Brother Wen San, what's the basis for you to say that?"
Wen Qingshan said: "First of all, from the name, black water, in fact, the most direct understanding refers to the water of darkness. The underground river does not see sunlight all year round, and it is a veritable water of darkness. Secondly, from the analysis of the water quantity, Kunlun
The amount of water formed by the annual melting of snow in the mountains is much greater than the water flow of the surrounding surface rivers. Most of the snow water actually seeps into the ground. Even if only one-third of this groundwater forms an underground river, its flow rate is probably no less than
The Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Therefore, it is not impossible that there is a giant underground river extending thousands of kilometers underground!"
After listening to Wen Qingshan's words, Huang Yixian pondered: "If the Black Water is a real river, then isn't it possible that the Black Water Snake is a real spiritual creature?"
Wen Qingshan nodded: "Although the black water black snake may not be as powerful as the legend, it may really be a giant python that exists deep underground. Its size may be larger than that of tropical pythons.
This allows it to adapt to the cold, low-temperature environment underground."
"Boss Wen, are you saying that the black water snake that appeared in this cave is right?" I finally understood what Wen Qingshan meant, and immediately looked around subconsciously, but found nothing.
Wen Qingshan said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. There are historical records that after King Chuang invaded the capital, he once obtained a fraternal egg, as big as the mouth of a bowl, with a shell as strong as a rock." I always thought that it was just a sterile egg.
A dinosaur egg fossil, or an ostrich egg. But now that I think about it, it might be a black water snake egg!"
Huang Yixian frowned: "You mean, King Chuang used this egg to hatch the black water snake, and then used the black water snake to guard the treasure...?"
Wen Qingshan said: "It's not necessarily that I used the black water black snake to guard the treasure intentionally. I think it might just be a coincidence. When King Chuang got this fraternal egg, no one knew what it was. It was once thought to be a phoenix egg.
, was regarded as a very precious treasure. It must have been hidden here together with other gold and silver treasures later. Because the dank environment in the cave is very similar to the environment where the black water snake lives, the eggs were hatched.
.”
Huang Yixian thought for a moment and suddenly raised his head: "If you say so, then the Dashun treasure is most likely to be in this cave!"
As soon as we heard this, we all became energetic and our fear of the Black Water Black Snake was instantly wiped away.
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha, that's not necessarily true. The above is just my guess after all. Maybe it's not the Blackwater Black Snake!"
"Then if it is really a black water black snake, how big can it grow over the years? If we encounter it, how should we deal with it?" Jianjian has always been afraid of snakes.
Wen Qingshan said: "It's hard to say how big it will grow. I'm afraid it will be much bigger than the average python, but you don't have to be afraid. I don't think it will attack us easily."
"Why?"
Wen Qingshan pointed to the miner's lamp cap on his head and said: "According to my inference, because this kind of underground python has lived in a dark cave for a long time, its eyes have been extremely degraded and cannot adapt to the strong light environment. Therefore, thousands of
Over the years, traces of the Blackwater Black Snake have almost never been found in the outside world, so that people think it is just a legend."
Upon hearing this, Jianqian quickly adjusted the brightness of the miner's lamp to the brightest level.
I'm not that scared. In comparison, I'm more afraid of things like blood corpses and hairy zombies. So, after learning that the water monster might just be a python with degenerated eyes, I felt a lot more at ease.
I said: "Let's hurry up and look for the treasure. Fatty Niu is still waiting outside!"
"That's right, it's important to find the treasure as soon as possible." Wen Qingshan said, turning to Sea Beard and saying: "Brother Hai, use a metal detector to detect it and see if you find anything."
Seabeard nodded, immediately took out the metal detector from his backpack, and the group continued walking into the cave.
Not far after walking, two forked caves appeared in front of us. In order to prevent getting lost, Wen Qingshan marked the entrances of the two forked caves. Seabeard conducted GPS positioning accordingly, and we entered one of the forked caves.