I squatted down and looked at the two bifurcated roads in front of me, extending into the unknown future. There wasn't even anyone around me who I could discuss with, and I really didn't know what to do.
On the stone walls on both sides of the bifurcated secret passage, as far as the eye can see, the reliefs on the walls are exactly the same, and there is no difference at all.
I took the hernia lamp and kept shining it on the two forked roads, hoping to find some clues.
Sure enough, as I watched, I saw some signs.
The fork on my right, in the middle of the blue brick steps, seems to be a little worse for wear than the one on my left, and it looks like it has been moved around more frequently.
A road that is more traveled by people should be safer, right?
I found an excuse for myself, then stood up and walked down the fork on the right.
The further you go down, the thinner the air seems to be and the temperature gradually gets lower.
Gradually, the surrounding stone walls seemed to have water droplets seeping out, and the entire dark passage was filled with cold and humid air.
The secret passage extends downward endlessly, and my teeth are already chattering with the cold.
Suddenly, as the stairs were coming to an end, a thick stream of water vapor hit my face, mixed with a salty smell, as heavy and turbid as the bottom of the deep sea.
Where did such thick water vapor come from? Does this water vapor have something to do with the river in the abyss in the cave?
The surroundings were filled with white water vapor, and the visual range of the eyes was extremely limited. Things about two meters away could not be seen.
I moved forward a few more steps, and there was a shallow layer of water on the ground, reaching about my ankles. I had to slow down and walk slowly in the mist with the light of the hernia lamp.
The air was still filled with that faint fragrance, mixed with the salty smell of water vapor, which made my throat feel particularly uncomfortable, as if there was thick phlegm sticking to my throat, and I kept wanting to cough.
The water level was getting higher and higher, almost reaching my knees. My calves had been immersed in the cold water for too long and were almost unconscious. It was extremely difficult for me to walk.
Suddenly, in the mist lingering in front, there was a vague shadow, dark, standing on the water.
My heart suddenly shrank into a ball, and I hurriedly turned on the power of the hernia lamp to the maximum and shined forward——
A black cloaked figure stood there with his back to me!
At this moment, I felt as if my heartbeat had stopped.
The black cloak must have noticed the light of my hernia lamp, but he didn't turn around and made a few gestures on the wall in front of him as if nothing had happened. In an instant, the wall made a clicking sound, slowly moving.
Moved to both sides, revealing a gap.
The black cloak ducked sideways.
It was a dark mess behind the gap, and nothing could be seen.
At this moment, fear was actually overcome by the thousands of questions in my mind. I almost instinctively quickened my pace to catch up, but something in the water seemed to be grabbing my feet. I stumbled and fell into the water.
At this time, I discovered that the water above my knees was full of rainbow river moss, but probably because there was no sunlight, these rainbow river moss were all black.
Rainbow river moss has extremely strong adsorption capacity, which is why it can grow on the bottom of the river without being washed away by the current.
However, the adsorption capacity of these rainbow river moss in the dark passage seems to have evolved dozens of times. As soon as I fell into the water, they immediately entangled me. The more I struggled, the more entangled these plants became.
The tighter.
At some point, a piece of rainbow river moss wrapped around my neck, strangling me until I could hardly breathe.
I could almost feel that my consciousness was a little blurry, my head was dizzy, and I urgently needed oxygen.
At this time, I finally freed my hand, took out a short saber from my backpack, cut off the rainbow moss around my neck, and then leaned against the wall, coughing violently.
I coughed for a long time and finally got my breath back.
I covered my heart that was beating wildly, and suddenly I thought of what my grandfather had said about the dangers of Wawu Mountain. I couldn't understand it at the time, but now I fully understand it. At the same time, the thousands of questions in my heart also emerged in my mind.
"What's going on with all of this?"
A huge sense of helplessness began to envelope my whole body. Looking at the dark space around me, I couldn't control my emotions and muttered to myself.
However, I suddenly found that my timbre seemed to have changed and I became a bit slurred.
I felt like there was something in my throat, so I coughed hard several times to cough out the thing in my throat.
But what I coughed up was hard to believe.
I saw a group of small milky-white creatures wrapped in my sputum squirming on the dark water.
Densely packed.
Fear and nausea made me hold my hand against the wall and keep retching, but I didn't vomit anything more.
I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but I still feel an indescribable strangeness in my throat.
I suddenly remembered what I had just said that I couldn't speak clearly, and I secretly wondered if this thing had affected my vocal cords, so I tried to say another sentence.
"what is going on?"
I shouted at the stone wall, but the sound came out as if my tongue was much bigger than my mouth, so when I opened my mouth, my mouth couldn't wrap around my tongue, and I felt like I was drooling all the time.
My feet softened momentarily, and it was a helpless feeling.
After a while, I decided to leave here quickly. I used a short knife to cut off the rainbow river moss wrapped around my feet, and then I kicked deeply and lightly towards the gap in the stone wall where the black cloak was opened.
Go.
When I got close to the gap, before I could stand firm, a strong light came in from the other end of the gap. My eyes had been in the dark for too long, and the moment I saw the light, I felt particularly stinging.
I couldn't help but block the light with my hands, but when I looked through the cracks in my hands, I saw a person——
It's a black cloak.
Gradually, I saw clearly the face of the person deeply hidden behind the black cloak and hat.