"Xiangyu, what is this sound? It sounds like the water is bubbling." As soon as I heard this sound, I immediately became alert.
"Why does it sound a bit like a hot spring? Logically speaking, there should be no hot springs in this mining area." Xiangyu also looked confused.
"Let's take a look ahead. Have you noticed that the air is obviously much moister, and there is a fishy smell mixed with the soda?" I said.
"It's not too late, let's go quickly." Xiangyu said, taking the lead and walking forward with long strides.
It's still dark inside the tunnel, but you can feel that the width of the tunnel is getting wider, and the height seems to be slowly getting higher.
The concentration of water vapor in the air is getting higher and higher, but this humid air does not give people a comfortable feeling. The salty smell makes people feel as if they have entered a salt jar.
Suddenly, our eyes suddenly opened up.
Oh my god, there really was a small pool that looked like a hot spring in front of us.
And the top of the small pool is really bubbling, like a spring.
"Zhou Cang, turn on the xenon lamp to the strongest light, and then shine it into the center of the pool." Xiangyu stared straight ahead, and then said to me.
I didn't know what she found, but she still followed Xiangyu's instructions.
In this bright environment, my eyesight is much worse than in the dark.
Just when the beam of the hernia lamp in my hand hit the center of the small pool, a blue light was reflected.
I couldn't help blinking my eyes, and then I took a closer look. The azure astrolabe I saw in my long dream was floating squarely in the center of the pool, and around the blue astrolabe,
There are seven springs, gurgling water.
"Zhou Cang," Xiangyu excitedly grabbed my forearm and said, "I finally saw the blue astrolabe belonging to the Yufu clan. Do you know? After seeing the blue astrolabe belonging to the Xu family
Before seeing the fragments of the astrolabe, I had doubted the existence of this astrolabe countless times. Now that I see it with my own eyes, I feel really excited."
"It's just that I'm afraid it's so close that it's hard to reach the sky to get it." I looked at the pool of bubbling water in front of me and said a little worriedly.
"Are you afraid of any danger under the water?" After I said this, Xiangyu's face became wary.
"Based on the many battles we experienced from Shentang Bay to here, do you think your ancestors would let us get the astrolabe so easily?" I asked Xiangyu.
road.
"Zhou Can, what do you think we should do now? At present, it seems that the pond is calm," Xiangyu said.
"I'm sure that if there are no strange animals under this pool, then there will definitely be a problem with the water in this pool. Maybe it's a pool of concentrated sulfuric acid." I said to Xiangyu half-jokingly.
"It's not such an exaggeration," Xiang Yu seemed a little unconvinced, "If it's a strange beast under the pool, then I can barely accept it. If it's concentrated sulfuric acid, that's absolutely impossible, okay?
"Otherwise, judging from how boiling the pond is now, our respiratory tracts would have been corroded long ago. How could we still stand here and talk so much?" Xiangyu said.
"Let's try it first." I said, taking out the small iron rod from my backpack, and then inserted one end of it into the boiling pool.
However, the iron rod is in good condition and has not been corroded by the water in the pool at all.
It seems that there should be no problem with the water for the time being.
"Now there are only exotic beasts left. Zhou Cang, do you think there is a golden python at the bottom of this pond? After all, whether it is in Wawu Mountain or at the bottom of Poyang Lake, this golden python seems to be from these places.
Permanent population." Xiangyu said immediately after seeing that the water in the pool did not corrode my iron rod.
"Xiangyu, if there really is a golden python, it will be troublesome, because the space here is very narrow, and we don't have any weapons with strong lethality. It may not take two turns to turn into a golden python.
I’m full of food.” I said to Xiangyu.
Suddenly, two relatively large bubbles seemed to appear in the water in the pool, and the gurgling sounds suddenly became louder, which startled both of us.
"Zhou Cang, what should we do now? Should we give up this astrolabe?" Xiang Yu asked.
"Of course not. Although the water has not corroded the iron rod, we cannot completely judge that it is not toxic. In addition, we don't know if there are any strange beasts that guard the astrolabe in this pool, so I think it is best.
The best way is to see if we can pick up the object from the air and clamp the astrolabe silently." I said.
"Zhou Cang, this is unlikely." Xiangyu said.
"It's still possible." I smiled and took out the nylon rope from my backpack.
"Do you want to use this rope?" Xiangyu asked.
"Yes, tie the rope to both ends of the tunnel, and then we climb to the middle of the rope and clamp the astrolabe." I said, already thinking about where to tie the rope.
It will touch the water and won’t disturb the strange animals under the water, so I think it’s feasible.”
"Zhou Cang, but what if I fall down halfway?" Xiangyu said with a worried look on his face.
"Then it's a human life." I said, my voice suddenly became excited, "Xiangyu, look, we really found two protruding stones that can be tied to the body."
Xiangyu still looked a little worried, but still helped me tie the rope to a protruding stalagmite.
After tying it up, she suddenly said to me: "Zhou Cang, let me do it."
I didn't know if I heard it wrong, so I looked at Xiang Yu in shock and didn't answer.
"I am an expert in rock climbing in school and have participated in many international competitions. Therefore, I believe that my arm strength and coordination ability should be better than yours." Xiangyu said calmly.
"No," I said firmly before Xiangyu finished speaking.
"Zhou Cang, now is not the time to show off. Our ultimate goal is to get out safely after getting the astrolabe. As for the process, there is no need to care too much."
Xiangyu said, having already taken out a T-shirt from his backpack, and tied a knot on the nylon rope to make a ring.
Was she planning to use the sloping slope of the nylon rope to slide from one side of the pool to the other, and then take out the astrolabe floating on the water in the process?
Just before I understood everything, Xiangyu had already put a jar of something he carried in his backpack on the ring made of clothes. It was probably skin care products. I knew it was lubricated.
function.
Immediately, she pulled on the ring of clothes, then stepped on her feet and began to glide on the nylon rope.
However, she slid straight through the middle of the pool, with no intention of pinching out the azure astrolabe floating on the water.
"I'll practice first." She landed firmly on the end of the nylon rope over the pool, and then smiled at me.
Xiangyu still acts steadily.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
As she spoke, she took off the T-shirt on the nylon rope, and then walked around the pool back to her original position.
This time, I really wanted to take the astrolabe. I don’t know why, but my heart suddenly became nervous.
"Xiangyu," I called her and walked up quickly.
"It should be no problem," she looked at me and smiled knowingly.
Without any hesitation, Xiangyu grabbed the T-shirt on the nylon rope with one hand, kicked off his feet, and slid towards the center of the pool again.
Only this time, the speed was slower than the first time.
Soon they arrived at the center of the pool, and saw that Xiang Yu was moving very fast. She shrank her whole body, tilted her head under the pool, stretched out her other hand, and pinched the azure astrolabe gently with her index finger and thumb.
It's in her hands.
I almost cheered.
But at this time, an accident happened.
The two stalagmites tied to both ends of the nylon rope suddenly fell off the tunnel wall with a "squeak" sound.
The nylon rope loosened instantly.
Xiangyu, together with the blue astrolabe, sank into the pool.