The temperature here is much higher than before. General Ji and I were sweating. We unpacked our backpacks, took out the anti-venomous snake powder, and spread it on our clothes. There was a smell of sulfur. To be honest, if we went further, it was because I had not passed by.
There was a vague feeling of fear in my heart
General Ji seemed to see my concerns. He pulled me behind me and walked in front. I found that he had a special characteristic in his walking. He didn't like to bend down. For example, the ceiling of the cave in front of him was very low. He just tilted his head.
It's rare to see him bend over, I don't know why
After walking for a while, General Ji suddenly stopped walking. He turned around and asked me, "Do you know how to swim?"
Without thinking, I said, "Yes!" When I walked over and took a look, I regretted it again. Right in front of us as we walked along the cave, there was a pool of water. We didn't know how deep it was. The top of the cave was diagonally inserted into the water not far in front of our heads.
Inside, the water surface showed a faint blue color under the light of the torch.
I saw General Ji squatting down, reaching out to pick up a handful in the water, and put it in his mouth to taste it. I was puzzled.
He said, "This water is not salty, which proves that it is not connected with the sea water." I secretly admired him, but common sense told me that judging from the blue water color, the water was not shallow. General Ji took off the rope from his shoulders,
One end was tied to my waist, and the other was held in his hand, signaling me to enter the water.
I hesitated for a moment and said, "It seems there is no road ahead, why not..."
He widened his eyes and looked at me in confusion, "The King of Tian sent us to explore this cave. How can we go back if we can't see the bottom of the cave?"
I said to myself, "I dare you not to go into the water, to put it lightly." General Ji said, "If I go down, I am not afraid of death, but if I go down, can you hold me back?" I looked at his body and had to worry.
After a while, I had no choice but to go down first.
In fact, the water was very clear. I had a rope tied around my waist, and I was pulled by General Ji and slowly submerged into the water.
The water above my head reflected a circle of muddy yellow torch light. The water was bone-chillingly cold. I only felt a little heat where the rope was tied around my waist, but my feet didn’t touch the bottom of the water. I didn’t know how deep the water was.
I thought about what General Ji just said. His meaning was very clear. It was not a matter of whether he would die or not, but whether he could complete King Tian's mission. If he had to die to complete the mission, I think he would.
A burst of heroic spirit came from the bottom of my heart. I resisted the biting cold, touched the roof of the cave submerged in the water with my hand, and swam forward. I was almost out of breath, but I still swam forward. Anyway, even if I couldn't
Yes, and General Ji will drag me back. If I go back now and do it again, I think I won’t be able to stand it. The water is too cold.
I pulled the rope forward. Apparently I had been in the water longer than General Ji expected. I could feel him trying to pull me back once, but I kept moving forward.
Just when the air in my lungs finally ran out and the cold water was about to rush in, I felt that the ceiling of the cave suddenly moved upwards, and the depression in the darkness was relieved. I splashed over and my head popped out.
After reaching the water surface, it turned out that the cave made a downward U-shaped bend on the water surface, passed through the water for a while, and then returned to its original height.
I don’t think it’s strange for this kind of terrain. Islands are the product of geological processes in the ocean. According to the origin of islands, they can be divided into continental islands, oceanic islands and impact islands.
A continental island is an island formed by the continental massif extending to the seabed and emerging from the water. It is generally the result of crustal movement. Its characteristics are generally very similar to those of adjacent continents. For example, Taiwan Island in my country was influenced by the Himalayas after the middle of the Tertiary Period. The mountain was uplifted into land due to the influence of orogeny. It was not until the early Quaternary period two or three million years ago that the earth's crust rose violently again to form the current island of Taiwan.
Zhangdao, Chedao, and Zhedao are undoubtedly mainland islands. It seems that the cave in this island should also be the old path of an underground river. It can be seen from the smoothness of the cave wall.
However, I clearly saw that the entrance to the hole was a little above the high tide line, but the hole continued to extend downward. That means that my current location should be just below the sea level.
If this is a former underground river, where does the water here go according to the location of the exit of the underground river?
There is only one explanation: the bottomless water I just dived into should be the final destination of the remaining water in the underground river, but where did it go? Even though I am a geology college student, this
This phenomenon cannot be explained
I got out of the water, climbed up to the opposite bank in the dark, and lay down on the water, panting. It was pitch black, but I could breathe air in the darkness, which proved that there was a path ahead.
At this time, I suddenly felt a strong force coming from the rope around my waist. It seemed that General Ji was worried about me. After all, I didn't come up for a long time. He wanted to pull me back, and he almost pulled me back into the water.
inside
I quickly exerted my strength, stabilized my body, and pulled the rope three times and loosened it three times at the same time interval to let him feel that I was still alive.
After I don’t know how long, I felt the rope loosen. After a while, I heard the sound of bubbling and rolling in the water, and I heard the sound of General Ji emerging from the water. As soon as he came out of the water, he asked:
"Tian Zong?"
"General Ji!"
There was a sound of dripping water, and with a snap, he lit the fire, and after a while, the torch was also lit. I saw General Ji's figure dripping with water, and the items we brought with us were all
He brought a lot of them here, but I don’t know how he managed to keep the fire from getting wet. It’s really a mystery.
The situation in front of me can be seen clearly. The hole is still the same size as the previous one, but it no longer goes down, but goes parallel and forward. Even if there is a change in direction, it always turns left and right, and the cave wall no longer
The stone was smooth, and jagged edges began to appear. As he walked forward, General Ji bumped his head several times, but he didn't say a word.
As he walked, he said, "It's really new, Tian Zong, how could you be so lucky, you fell into such a small hole? This is the first time I have seen such a strange terrain. If you want to lay an ambush, you can hide everything."
Soldiers are not a problem”
I said to myself, what does this mean? If you heard that there is oil in the sea that can ignite fire, you wouldn't pop your eyes out.
The total number of ocean islands in the world is more than 50,000, with a total area of about 9.97 million square kilometers, accounting for about one-fifteenth of the total land area on the earth. There are so many islands, and there are only a few with caves in them.
Strange, but I didn't say it. I was afraid that if I did, General Ji would have to ask me to explain again. Just for the word "world", I don't think I can find a suitable explanation that he can understand at once.
, I’m afraid I’ll have to spend a lot of time talking to him about Copernicus and geocentric theory.
As we walked further, the entrance to the cave suddenly became extremely narrow. The torch that General Ji was holding in his hand was whirring and falling in one direction. He stopped, didn't say anything, and just kept looking at me with his eyes.
The hint, which I didn't understand for the moment, was that General Ji dug a hole in the ground with his saber. It turned out that after diving past the water pass, the ground here became moist and soft. He inserted the torch into the side of the cave wall, and a
Pull my hand and we lean down against the cave wall on the other side
I was about to speak when I saw him staring at me again and stopping me with his eyes.
We lay quietly on the ground, motionless. Only the torch was burning against the cave wall on the other side. Once we calmed down, I could see clearly. It turned out that the flame was going deep into the cave.
Falling down, as if something is sucking it in front
We were facing each other, and I saw General Ji blinking at me, raising a finger slightly to point at his nose. I understood what he meant, and when I lifted my nose to sniff, a fishy smell came to my face.
By the light of the torch, I could vaguely see a bright shadow approaching us about a dozen steps away from us. To be precise, it was approaching the glowing torch. It made almost no sound.
I secretly admire General Ji's agility. They say that as a general, you can see all directions and listen to all directions. Today I have seen a lot.
When the thing got closer to the light of the fire, I finally saw its true face. I was so frightened that half of my body was numb.