After calming down, Xiangyu asked me: "Zhou Cang, where is Chen Mo? Didn't he come down to find you first? Why didn't you see him?"
When Xiang Yu said this, I suddenly remembered that Chen Mo had been diving into the pool for quite a while.
He went into the water without any equipment, so it was impossible for him to stay underwater for such a long time.
"Chen Mo said there was something under the pool, so just before you arrived, he went into the water to explore." I said, thinking of my attitude towards Chen Mo just now, I couldn't help but feel less confident in my words.
"You mean, Chen Mo is in this pool?" Xiangyu asked, looking at me with a somewhat incredulous expression.
I nodded heavily.
At this time, the professor who was sitting on the ground to rest suddenly stood up when he heard what I said, staring at the pool, his brows twisted into a rope.
"Professor, it has been more than ten minutes since we saw Zhou Cang," Xiangyu said in a worried tone as she stood next to the professor.
"Professor, Xiangyu, my water quality is good, why don't I go down and have a look." Looking at such a calm water surface, I felt a little nervous.
"Okay, Zhou Cang, your water quality has always been good. You can go down and check the situation, but you have to remember that just because your water quality is good, you must not be greedy for time in the water. No matter whether the situation is good or bad, you must
Take care of your own safety first," the professor looked at me and said seriously.
I nodded, then took off my shoes and socks, ready to get into the water.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion on the water.
Is it Chen Mo who is coming up?
"Chen Mo, is that you?"
Among the three of us, Xiangyu was the first to react.
After the water surface gurgled a few times, Chen Mo's head came out of the water.
Chen Mo raised his hand and wiped away the water drops on his face.
He glanced around the crowd, and finally his eyes fell on my face. He actually raised the corner of his mouth, then nodded towards me, and said, "I'm fine."
I suddenly felt that I was judging a gentleman with a villain's heart.
"Professor, Xiangyu, I'm fine, don't worry."
Chen Mo then turned his attention to the professor and Xiang Yu, and also smiled at them.
After he greeted us, he swam over.
After Chen Mo landed ashore, he was all wet.
However, that spare set of clothes was used by me just now.
Seeing this situation, I asked the professor: "Professor, do you still have the spare set of clothes you are wearing? I just wore Chen Mo's set."
"Yes," the professor said, taking out the set of clothes from his backpack and handing them to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo looked at the set of clothes in the professor's hand and seemed to hesitate for a moment, but finally took the clothes and said, "Thank you."
At this time, I saw a touch of surprise and joy flash across the professor's eyes.
His expression made me a little surprised. Could it be that there was something going on between these two people?
However, along the way, there seemed to be very few conversations between Chen Mo and the professor, almost none at all.
Chen Mo walked to a place where the bonfire was not illuminated, quickly changed out of his wet clothes, and then returned to us.
"Chen Mo, what did you find under the pool?" Xiang Yu couldn't wait to ask before Chen Mo came over and even before he could stand still.
"Under the pool, there is a huge stone sculpture with the head of Capricorn." Chen Mo said, slowly sitting down, stretching out his hands that had been soaked in the pool and put them on the fire to roast.
"The stone sculpture with the human head and the Capricorn sunk in this lake." Xiangyu said with his eyes widened. "Chen Mo, what is the color of the stone sculpture? Does it visually look like it was carved from obsidian?
?”
"Yes, Xiangyu, have you ever seen that stone carving?" Chen Mo answered in a very unexpected tone.
"I've seen it in Andrew's previous video of Shennongjia using a drone, but the human-headed Capricorn stone sculpture in the video was standing in front of an ancient temple, not sunk in the lake. Could it be that there is another one inside Shennongjia?
A stone sculpture with a human head and a Capricorn carved from obsidian?" Xiangyu spoke a little slowly, as if he was thinking while talking.
These few words of Xiangyu sounded a little different to me.
I don't know why, but when I heard the word "ancient temple", I suddenly felt that the scene in front of me seemed a little familiar.
Eight years ago, we were the same people who performed the late-night ritual at the seaside. Of course, there was Zhang Jisheng at that time. However, after entering the ancient temple, in my subsequent memory, there is no trace of Zhang Jisheng’s actions at that time.
At that time, we seemed to have built a woodpile in front of the temple and then lit a bonfire.
The professor and Chen Moxiangyu didn't know what they were talking about, but I looked at the fire in a daze.
Could it be?
My heart was shocked.
Could it be that the me at that time had already traveled to this moment?
Thinking of this, I immediately pulled out a burning dead branch and took a photo of the surrounding area.
"Zhou Cang, what's wrong with you? What are you looking for?" Xiangyu looked at my abnormal behavior and asked.
"I'm looking for a temple." I said calmly,
"Temple? Zhou Cang, the temple I saw in Andrew's video. Although the human-headed Capricorn sculpture outside is also carved from obsidian, it is standing at the door of the temple, not sunken.
Huzhong, didn’t you understand just now?” Xiangyu’s hand supported my arm and explained patiently.
"Professor," my eyes fell on the face of the professor who was a little far away from me, his face was very calm, "I feel like we have come to the time when I was offering sacrifices at the seaside eight years ago.
In a fantasy world."
When I said this, I wasn't sure if the professor could understand.
However, as soon as I finished speaking, the professor's expression suddenly changed, and he walked towards me quickly: "Zhou Cang, are you sure?"
"I'm not sure. We have to wait until we find the temple." My eyes never moved away from the professor's face.
"Then act quickly."
Chen Mo, who had been standing by the side without speaking, suddenly bent down, pulled out a small dead branch from the bonfire, and then walked in the opposite direction to me.
He also understood the conversation between me and the professor.
Only Xiangyu is still a little confused.
"Zhou Cang, what are you doing? Didn't you say that the location where Capricorn appears in the video is in the same place as the one we found in front of you? Then what temple are you still looking for? Why is it the same place as eight years ago?
Did the ritual we simulated at the beach get hooked on?"
Xiangyu stood there blankly, watching the three of us walking in the same direction. He hesitated for a moment, but chose to follow me.
"Xiangyu, you will understand after a while." I answered perfunctorily, focusing all my attention on the darkness that could not be illuminated by lights.
Suddenly, Chen Mo's voice came from far away: "Here."
I turned around suddenly and saw that Chen Mo had walked a little far away from us, and the torch in his hand had shrunk into a small spot of light.
From a distance, I saw a small fire point in another direction at an angle of 90 degrees to me, moving rapidly in the direction of Chen Mo.
I know it's the professor's torch.
"Xiangyu, hurry up and go over and take a look."
I was actually very conflicted in my heart. I wanted to go there quickly and have a look, but I was also a little scared.
After all, the experience in the temple eight years ago was not a good memory.
But, this time, I won't let tragedy happen again.
Xiangyu and I almost ran over.
Therefore, the professor came to the door of the small temple after us.
"This, this, this is impossible." Xiangyu covered his mouth with his hand and said.
The temple in front of us, which looks to be of unknown age, is exactly the same as the temple where we performed a mock sacrifice at the beach eight years ago.
"I'm even a little doubtful now whether someone moved the temple on the seaside to Shennongjia," Xiangyu said.
After the four of us stood at the door for a short while, I took the lead and took the step forward.
After climbing the three mottled steps, he pushed hard and the bronze door slowly opened.
At this time, I suddenly remembered that it seemed that I had pushed open the door of the temple eight years ago.