pappabearbooks Chapter 2079: Dead end?
Chapter 2079: Dead end?
The location of the cave entrance was too high, and the mountain wall was very smooth. Xu Ning couldn't climb up even if he tried.
There are three stories below, so trying to climb up will only hurt your body.
Lin Ran decided that they should explore along the underground river first.
The group of people took searchlights and headed in the opposite direction of the river, at least that side was higher.
It looks like this is a natural underground river with a long history.
Lin Ran noticed that the surrounding rock walls were extremely smooth and showed an extremely rare bluish-black color, which was different from ordinary mountain rocks.
Roughly judging, the water level of the underground river should have dropped a lot, and it should have been able to reach the height of the cave before.
The wall surface looks so smooth after a long period of erosion.
Moreover, the color of the surrounding rock walls can also support his guess.
This was definitely not a tunnel built by invaders. They were probably just conducting geological surveys and wanted to tap resources. By chance, they found such a natural cave, Jiuzhan Nestle.
The group of people walked forward in silence, covering a distance of about two or three kilometers.
Lin Ran suddenly noticed subtle changes in the surrounding rock walls.
As their flashlight shines through, it's like there is glass embedded in the stone, emitting a faint light.
And the further you go, the more obvious this phenomenon becomes.
Lin Ran walked to the rock wall to observe, and sure enough he saw some different stones, which should be pure natural ores.
"Everyone, don't go to the wall." Lin Ran said to the others.
At the same time, he immediately squatted down and washed his hands with the river water.
He remembered reading in a book that most of the luminous ores were radioactive.
They glow because they are radiating energy.
Radiation is harmful to the human body.
Of course, he is not an expert in this field, and he doesn’t know if there is any scientific basis for it.
But combined with the mutated animals outside, this possibility is very high.
The further we walked inside, the denser the light became, and we no longer even needed the light of a flashlight.
Not only the rock wall, but also the stone wall on the top has a faint light.
As they walked on the stones of the underground river, they felt as if they were walking by the river.
Unknowingly, the feeling of terror became less intense.
But because Lin Ran mentioned the radiation, everyone's pace became much faster. They just wanted to leave this ghost place quickly.
We walked forward for about 10 minutes.
On the rock wall on the side, a stone door unexpectedly appeared.
There is no pattern on the door, but the stone door is made of square shapes, which is obviously artificial.
Lin Ran quickly walked to the door and observed with a flashlight.
He looked back and saw that although the slope was not very obvious, they should have been extending upwards.
There are no fancy patterns on the door, but there are some rough patterns on the edge of the door as decoration.
I thought it would be extremely difficult to open, but I didn't expect that the door would fall backwards with just a slight touch.
There was a muffled sound of "Bang!"
"Brother Lin, are you so strong?" Wang Jinpeng joked.
Lin Ran smiled slightly and did not reply to him.
Pick up a flashlight and shine it into the door.
Inside is a dark tunnel with no end in sight.
"Want to go in and take a look?" Lin Ran hesitated.
He didn't go in directly because the moment the door opened, he heard some faint rapid breathing.
But this breathing sound is simply like the painful breathing sound of an extremely obese guy who is squeezed into a narrow space.
Lin Ran asked other people, but they did not hear the sound.
He didn't think he heard it wrong. He was very sensitive to sounds.
There are probably mutated monsters inside.
That's why he stood at the door, afraid to go in.
While he was still thinking, Wang Jinpeng was already holding a flashlight and took the lead in stepping through the door.
He is very courageous.
After stepping directly in, I found that there was actually a carefully carved passage inside.
The top is carved into an arc.
Lin Ran also entered and observed the tunnel.
Although the inside has been processed, the wall surface is not smooth enough and looks a bit rough.
It was in sharp contrast to the avoidance of being washed away by the underground river that they had seen outside.
This means that the builder's level is not high enough and it should be an older tomb.
Now that they were all in, they decided to explore ahead.
I originally thought that this might be the road leading to the main tomb, but the passage was not too long, and it only took a few hundred meters to reach the end.
What appeared in front of them was a stone room of about thirty square meters.
Others were shining their flashlights around.
Only then did Lin Ran see the entire stone chamber clearly.
The walls are made of the blue-black stone from outside, but each piece is cut evenly.
There is a stone bed built against the wall, with cloud patterns carved on the sides.
The bed is made of white stone, which contrasts sharply with the wall.
"Is this a tomb?" Wang Jinpeng looked at the stone bed, which was sealed underneath.
Lin Ran felt that it was not that simple, so he glanced at the ground.
Unexpectedly, a fish bone was found on the ground.
He took out his gloves and carefully picked up the fish bones.
The texture is still quite tough.
Lin Ran showed the fish bones to others, and everyone reacted instantly.
This is not a tomb, but someone lives here!
Lin Ran was also more certain that he had heard correctly just now, and there should indeed be a creature inside.
They suddenly became alert, but looking around, there were no other items in the stone room except the stone bed.
It can only be described as rudimentary, and no other access was seen.
"Let's leave quickly." Lin Ran felt there was something strange here.
This is obviously a place where other "people" live.
But now that there is no one there, it most likely means that the owner has gone out.
As for who the owner is.
The first thought in Lin Ran's mind was the huge monster they saw while trapped underground.
If you look carefully, the stone bed is much larger than the bed that ordinary people sleep on, so Jin Peng thinks it is a tomb.
Seeing that there were no items worth studying inside, the others followed Lin Ran and quickly left the stone room.
They plan to keep going.
But not far away, they all stopped.
Because, they actually reached the end of the road!
In front of them was a rocky mountain with no end in sight, and the same was true on the other side.
It's like a dam, with both sides blocked and only the river flowing through the middle.
Lin Ran took a flashlight and kept shining it up to make sure there was no way.
There may be a chance on the opposite side, but the current here is extremely fast and more than ten meters wide. It is not easy to swim across.