Seeing that there was nothing else here, we got into the turtle neck, which is the narrower passage.
The walls of the cave here are full of horizontal folds, densely arranged. I don’t know what caused this kind of landform. General Ji scratched the cave wall with his knife. Those folds were extremely hard, and I just knew that under the thick layer of soft
Under the condition of box-shaped folds where rock and thin-layered hard rock are interbedded, when adjacent areas are uplifted or drifted, similar landforms may be produced at the contact location.
The rock surface at the bottom of the cave was covered with a thick layer of stuff, which made a crackling sound when stepped on. We lowered the torch to see that it turned out to be a thick layer of insect shells. Because the temperature here is not high, those who do not know how to die
Insects from that time were as dry as dead branches, but their colors were still lifelike. The sound just now was caused by their carapace limbs being stepped on and cracked.
We stepped on the thick insect carcasses and groped forward step by step, not knowing what else was ahead. After killing the giant snake, the caution that existed in our hearts seemed to weaken a bit. What else could be better?
Which snake is scarier?
This wrinkled cave was not long. Soon, we reached the end. General Ji and I discovered something strange at the same time. It was located at one end of the cave. Under the light of the fire, we were all surprised. It was a
Amazingly big eyes!
General Ji even took a breath of air. He pulled me with such force that I was almost pulled to the ground. In the haze, I could vaguely see those eyes, as big as a bronze mirror, as cold as ice, reflecting the torch.
In such a narrow place, how could a monster have such big eyes? For a thing with such big eyes, how big would its mouth be and its head?
For a long time, there was no movement. Apart from the crackling sound of the burning torch, there was also a slight sound. Listen carefully, it was like scattered insects on the wall. We couldn't hear the monster's breathing.
Without moving his eyes, General Ji signaled me not to move. He squatted down, holding a torch in one hand and a knife in the other, and leaned over. Not long after, he came back and told me that it was okay. But he said that the thing that reflected the light
I don’t recognize myself
Since it was said to be a thing, it must not be a monster. When I came to look at it, I said, this is crystal. I saw this piece of crystal, which is the size of a bronze mirror used by women for dressing. I was in Miss Tian Hua's boudoir that day.
The difference from the bronze mirrors I have seen is that this crystal is extremely pure, with a bulge in the middle, and some rose-colored impurities slowly appear on the surrounding areas where it is connected to the rocks. It becomes more obvious towards the edge, and finally merges with the surrounding rocks.
Integrated into one, I took the knife in General Ji's hand and used the tip of the knife to pry along the edge of the spar, but it was seamless.
Crystal is a colorless and transparent quartz crystal with a chemical composition of silica. It is mainly derived from lateral secretion Alpine veins in sandstone or limestone, as well as from geodes or remnants of hydrothermal quartz veins, granitic pegmatite veins, etc.
There are many types of crystals in slope and alluvial placers, mainly including: amethyst, citrine, yellow and transparent crystal, which is as valuable as amethyst, and its color is due to the presence of ferric ions, and hibiscus stone, also known as
Hibiscus jade, Xiangnan jade, that is, the rose red color of crystal is caused by containing pigment ions, tetravalent titanium or manganese, and is a relatively precious gemstone or jade carving material.
There are also bristle crystals, citrine crystals, etc., but this crystal embedded in the rock is a bit strange, like a natural convex lens.
At this time, General Ji said "Hey", and I found him leaning on the rock wall on one side, holding a torch and carefully identifying something, which seemed to be two lines of words carved on the stone. I also leaned over to look at it.
The two lines of characters were inscriptions. Each one was as big as the palm of your hand. It was extremely clear. I was dumbfounded when I saw it. They were all seal characters. I could only understand one of the characters, but later I learned that I also recognized this character wrongly.
Got it
But General Ji recognized it, and I heard him read: "The turtle lives long and the snake is yellow, the mirror falls out of the ocean, the waves are flat, China has no borders."
Although General Ji recognized it, he did not understand its meaning. He muttered: "Huaxia, Huaxia." After he finished reading the words on the wall, I seemed to understand. Another General Ji said, "This word is an ancient word, and I also
I just recognize it, but I don’t know what it means.”
I said, "Since the general said it is an ancient word, it means that the yellow snake here was kept here by the masters of the previous generation just for me. But we only found the snake, where is the turtle? Could it be?"
"If it's not this cave?" General Ji said, "Tian Zong, look at this cave. When we first entered, the cave was long and narrow. Doesn't it look like a snake? Later, it became short and wide, with a rounded dome and a deep mesh.
Does the pattern look like the back shell of a giant turtle?"
When he said this, I looked like a turtle shell, but the inscription on the wall mentioned turtles and snakes. We saw the snakes, but they were real snakes. They almost ate me and General Ji. What about the turtles? The ancients talked about everything.
They all correspond to each other. It can't be that the shape of the hole corresponds to the turtle and the snake, but in fact there are only snakes and no turtles? I said to General Ji:
"I think there must be another turtle here. Let me look for it again."
We followed the buzzing sound and looked up, and found that at a height of one person, there were two long and narrow holes on the left and right, only big enough for one person to crawl in, and the position formed an inverted triangle with the crystal mirror. If this was that
On the turtle's head, the crystal is undoubtedly the mouth. So, aren't those two eyes?
My general Ji grabbed a mouthful and climbed in separately. The torch was held by General Ji, so I took out the snake pill from my arms and held it up in front of me to illuminate it. I don’t know why, but the pill’s
The color seemed to have become a little lighter, and the soft feeling when I first touched it was a bit weak. I didn't think about it, and tentatively climbed forward. The hole was very low, but it was straight, and I had to put my chin almost against the hole.
At the bottom, I raised my eyelids and looked up. There were some scattered beetles in the cave. When they saw the light of the snake pill in my hand, they stumbled over in a hurry, fluttering their wings and making a sound when they hit the cave wall.
After a while, I climbed seven or eight meters away. I moved forward and became cheerful. I poked my head out and found that not far away, parallel to me, General Ji's torch was also stretched out. We were at the same time.
I found the other party, but I didn't expect General Ji to stretch out two fingers at me and make a victory gesture. I was shocked. It turns out that this gesture has been around since ancient times and was not invented by later generations.
I leaned out of the cave, but I didn't know how to get down. My upper body had come out, but my waist and legs were still in the cave and I couldn't get enough strength. However, there was a blur in front of me. Looking down, I saw that it was not too high from the ground, but it was General Ji.
He set an example for me. He was like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis. He stood up and moved, letting himself fall directly to the ground with a thud. When I saw it, I had no choice but to do this and imitate him.
I rolled down the hole. However, General Ji later told me that you can’t just learn something superficially. Didn’t you see me curling up in a ball when I landed on the ground? I also had to make a forward rolling motion in order to remove the fall.
I'm not as strong as you. I'm lying head down, as if giving birth to a baby. I'm so embarrassed.
Looking back, I realized that if I had fallen from such a height before, I would have suffered internal injuries.
I was just prompted by General Ji's behavior, and I only dared to do it when I saw that he was fine.
But I moved my arms and legs. Not only was it okay, but it seemed that being a little higher wouldn't matter. I tried to jump up, trying to touch the entrance of the hole that was two people high from here, and I touched it gently and skillfully.
At that time, I saw the crystal again. It also looked convex to the touch, just like over there.
When I took a closer look at the shape behind me, I couldn't help but feel happy. I, General Laji, looked at it too, and he laughed:
"Turtle head!"
The crystal convex lens is held in the mouth of the turtle head and is embedded tightly.
The scene in front of me is something I have never seen before. I really can't find the right words to describe it. I can't even find a word.