The sun had just barely revealed half of its face on the top of the mountain, and the preparations for the expedition team were already in place.
Before setting off, Professor Zhong took the trouble to go over the things that should be paid attention to from beginning to end, and especially emphasized that all actions must be obeyed. Captain Bayar is professionally responsible for this expedition, but in terms of organization and discipline, whether it is
Everyone must absolutely obey Han Feng's leadership.
Ellie's eyes widened, her mouth turned into a round English letter "o", her face was full of disbelief, she thought there was something wrong with her ears.
Xiao Bing smiled proudly when he saw Aili's appearance.
Captain Bayar, a forthright Northeastern man, came over, gave Han Feng a high-five, and said with a smile: "Brother Han, I hope we can unite sincerely and achieve success immediately!"
Han Feng also smiled, held Bayar's big hand, and said with a smile: "Captain Bayar is an expert in archaeology. I will definitely take advantage of this rare opportunity to ask Captain Bayar for more advice!"
Bayar couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
All the team members high-fived each other, and then, under the watch of Professor Zhong, set off for the holy Tanhu.
The team, consisting of ten male and female members, took two rubber boats and slowly rowed towards the Goddess Cave. Before that, the frogmen had successfully found the location of the Goddess Cave.
When they arrived at the predetermined location, Han Feng was the first to put on his diving suit, turn over and jump out of the boat, followed by Xiao Bing. Everyone saw this and followed one by one, jumping into the cold lake water.
The water in the lake is very clear. Through the diving goggles, you can clearly see many fish swimming around, enjoying themselves. As soon as you reach out, their tails swipe and they quickly slip away.
If it weren't for the mission, Ellie would have really wanted to have fun in the lake without restraint. It's so beautiful here, as beautiful as a pure fairy tale world: the bright sunlight penetrates the lake water without any hindrance, shining on the water plants at the bottom of the lake.
Above, swaying and colorful swimming fish are looming in this beautiful underwater "forest", just like birds flying freely in the sky.
As the depth of the dive increased, the light slowly dimmed. When everyone's surroundings became pitch black, a dark cave appeared in the light of the diving light, like a monster's giant mouth, ready to swallow these groups of people.
uninvited guest.
Han Feng did not hesitate and swam into the cave first, followed closely by Xiao Bing. Of course, Aili was not willing to lag behind, and the other team members filed in.
The hole became deeper and deeper, larger and larger, and seemed to extend upward in an inclined "L" shape. After swimming for more than half an hour, it finally surfaced.
Everyone came out of the water, took off their diving suits, put on their heavy hiking bags, turned on their wolf-eye flashlights, and continued walking up the cave.
Sometimes, the terrain is rugged and difficult, and everyone needs to hold hands to slowly climb up.
Two hours later, the expedition team arrived at an empty cave. The cave seemed as big as a small stadium, which was incredible.
Under the light of the wolf-eye flashlight, everyone was immediately stunned by what they saw: towards the entrance of the cave, a huge picture of the "Jade Girl Goshawk" was carved on the entire rock wall.
Flying high, stepping on the goshawk, dancing gracefully.
The whole picture is extraordinary and ingenious, leaving viewers in awe.
Do the images in the piano stone really exist?
Everyone was immediately overjoyed and rushed towards the stone statue.
Ai Li ran the fastest, but was suddenly picked up by Han Feng.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Ellie shouted loudly.
Han Feng didn't say anything. He put down Ellie and used his wolf-eye flashlight to illuminate the front.
After everyone saw it clearly, they couldn't help but gasped. It turned out that there was a dark sinkhole in front of the stone statue. It was as huge as an abyss and unfathomable. It was blocked by the protruding rocks just now, so no one noticed it. If it weren't for Han Feng's quick eyesight and quick hands
, Ellie must have lost her beauty all of a sudden.
Ellie stuck out her tongue in fright and smiled sheepishly.
After contacting Professor Zhong, everyone slowly separated under the command of Captain Bayar and carefully searched for clues.
What excites the expedition team is that there are many traces of human habitation and life in the cave: stone tools, animal bones, thick ashes, piles of shells, etc. In particular, the stone walls around the cave are full of mysterious and ancient inscriptions.
These rock paintings are extremely rich in content, including scenes of hunting, farming, fishing, divination and sacrifice, and even business transactions and wars. The earliest ones can even be traced back to three or four thousand years ago.
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Captain Bayar was overjoyed. Considering the value of these rock paintings alone, they were a great discovery, so he took pictures with his camera.
Most of the characters in the rock paintings are women, and even laymen Han Feng and Xiao Bing can tell this.
"These rock paintings fully prove that a thousand years ago, a daughter country did exist in this place!" Ellie came from the side and interjected.
"You said this is the legendary Weiyang Kingdom ruins?" Xiao Bing said half convinced.
"You are very smart! I am more and more confident in your IQ!" Ai Li never misses any opportunity to hit Xiao Bing hard.
"Really? You underestimate me. In fact, my eyes are better than my brain!" Xiao Bing teased slowly.
"You..." Aili knew that Xiao Bing was laughing at her recklessness just now, and she rolled her eyes at him angrily.
"Captain Han, how should we proceed with our next inspection?" Bayar was extremely polite to Han Feng.
"Tiankeng!" Han Feng replied very clearly.
"You mean, our next goal is to investigate this sinkhole?" Bayar was stunned.
"Yes, this is the only choice if you want to find the lost mysterious female country!"
"How do you know that Weiyang Kingdom must be under the sinkhole?" Ellie was confused.
"I don't know, it's just intuition!" Han Feng said lightly.
"What? Intuition?..." In such an important inspection activity, Han Feng actually took action based on intuition alone, which made Ali feel extremely incredible.
"What are you making all the fuss about? Boss's intuition often represents the truth. You are so rare!" Xiao Bing seized the opportunity for revenge this time, and his words made Ellie almost jump up.
"I agree with your judgment!" Bayar said simply and neatly.
Han Feng called everyone together and discussed the next action plan. The team members had no objections.
Under the beam of the wolf-eye electric light, a huge sinkhole appeared in front of everyone: the walls of the crater were cut vertically and extended downward. At the end of the light, there was endless darkness that could swallow everything. This sight was really creepy.
Xiao Bing brought a big stone and threw it into the pit. It took a long time before he heard a dull echo.
Han Feng looked at the watch on his wrist and said: "Judging from the time, the vertical drop of this pit is at least 300 meters. Of course, we cannot yet conclude that this is the depth of the pit!"
Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Could it be a bottomless pit?
Seeing everyone's hesitation, Bayar said boldly: "Don't say it's just a bottomless pit, even if it's a ghost gate, we have to break through. Please don't forget the important mission we shoulder!"
Han Feng smiled.
After resting for a while, everyone put on helmets, wrist guards, knee pads, gloves and other protective equipment, organized their equipment, and then the caving operation began.
The rocks around the pit walls are so slippery that they are almost impossible to climb. Even members with professional rock climbing training find it a headache.
Han Feng smiled and said, "I'll come first!"
He was carrying a backpack weighing more than 100 kilograms, but he still looked very relaxed. He grasped the rope tightly with both hands, without any protective measures, and slid down like Spider-Man. The speed was jaw-dropping. In the eyes of other team members, he was not at all.
It's not slipping, but flying, plummeting like a meteor.
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Xiao Bing smiled and thought to himself: "What is this? It's just a rope descent. For the boss, it's just a small skill!"
A cloud of confusion arose in Ellie's heart: What on earth does this guy do?
After Han Feng reached the bottom of the pit, he sent a safety signal to the team members above. The team members slowly climbed down one by one. Of course, these team members cannot be compared with Han Feng. Except for Xiao Bing, everyone else was like a snail.
, the movements and speed were incredibly slow, and because the distance was too far, when viewed from below, the thin beams of light above the team members were like fireflies in the night sky, distant and blurry.
Two hours later, everyone climbed down one after another.
Ellie was already panting from exhaustion and dripping with sweat.
Bayar looked at the numbers on the laser detector and smiled: "We are now 150 meters deep underground!"
When the team members heard this, they all felt inexplicably excited.
The area at the bottom of the pit is much larger than the top, and the surroundings and bottom are all made of hard granite.
Everyone actually found a lot of rough porcelain and human bones at the bottom of the sinkhole, and even more broken arrows, rusty swords and decayed armor.
Bayar picked up a rusty war knife, looked at it for a while, and said with certainty: "This knife is at least a thousand years old!" He picked up the fragments of a clay pot from the ground and said regretfully: "These
The porcelain is probably older than that knife!"
Everyone looked at each other.
What happened here a thousand years ago to turn the mysterious sinkhole into a huge cemetery?
Everyone stopped talking, but worked on their work seriously, hoping to find out the truth about this tragic scene thousands of years ago from the remaining traces.
There was a deep passage at the bottom of the pit, and the team members dived into the darkness without hesitation. Perhaps the excitement that the mystery was about to be revealed made everyone temporarily forget their fear.
In the passage, the team members found more skeletons and more weapons. From the tragic situation of the corpses, it was easy to infer the fierceness and cruelty of the war. Everyone's heart couldn't help but feel heavy. Could this be it?
A sudden war led to the destruction of Weiyang Kingdom?
The passage is rugged and difficult to navigate, with many bends and sometimes sharp turns. The team members often have to work hard to climb down slowly.
In the primitive darkness of the earth, it was an eye-opener for everyone: crickets that were as pale and skinny as skeletons, large centipedes with snow-white and transparent bodies, and especially small thread snakes with pure white bodies and eyes were unheard of: their bodies were as long and narrow as silver threads,
Their movements are erratic and strange, and they can fly in the darkness. What's even more frightening is that they are very aggressive and will swarm up when they encounter people. Once bitten by them, they will not let go, and they will slowly and slowly move around like leeches.