Chapter 438 Yunhai Yushan
Things went surprisingly smoothly, and the unknown creature climbing on the outer wall of the grotto did not move in the process.
But just when Chen Ziyan was about to go down, a larger black shadow suddenly appeared in his sight that had not yet been completely withdrawn.
This made Chen Ziyan's movements freeze instantly. When he looked carefully, he found that the new black shadow appeared exactly in the middle of the two previous black shadows.
At this moment, one of Chen Ziyan's legs had already stepped into the stone well. He was thinking that he would go to the bottom of the well later, and it didn't matter whether he would alert the other party. Even though his heart was crossed, he aimed at the new The dark figure appeared and pressed the flashlight switch.
The moment the flashlight beam lit up, Chen Ziyan could see clearly the specific situation above his head.
The first thing that catches the eye is the full view of the top wall of the grotto. This top wall is the same as the surrounding cave walls, full of that incredible sense of distortion. It is precisely because of the influence of this factor, The three black shadows above are very blurry. Even with the blessing of light, you can only see the specific outlines, but not the entire black shadow.
However, it was not without discovery. Chen Ziyan discovered that the black shadows on both sides did indeed look like palms, but they had more obvious characteristics of beasts, and the black shadow that appeared behind was a The giant face was a bit out of shape because it clung to the outer wall, so it was impossible to see it more clearly. However, Chen Ziyan could see some familiarity from the vague outline, as if he had seen it somewhere before. .
But for a while, he really couldn't remember where this strange feeling of familiarity came from.
After Chen Ziyan deeply remembered the scene he just saw in his heart, he did not dwell on this issue too much. With a slight exertion on his arms that supported his body, he entered the stone well.
The passage in the well is about 45 degrees, and overall it is quite spacious. However, there are some stone steps at the beginning, and there are almost no steps below. If you are not prepared, you will not be able to stop the car, and you can only go straight to the bottom like taking a slide. .
But this is for ordinary people. With Chen Ziyan's balance ability, he naturally does not have this kind of trouble. He only restored the balance of his body with a slight exertion on his legs, and stopped in a tilted posture. Seriously on the ladder.
After he stabilized his body, Chen Ziyan discovered that the passage underground was also an underground natural geode, with the overall shape being an arc
After he stabilized his position, Chen Ziyan discovered that this passage was also an underground natural geode. Below is an underground geode with a narrow mouth and a wide bottom, but the stone wall of this geode is different from the previous one. It is smoother than the surface of a mirror. Chen Ziyan looked around and found that his figure was everywhere, and there was a sense of excitement. It feels like a mirror passage.
When Chen Ziyan came out of the passage, he saw that everyone who had come down first was blocking the outside, apparently wanting to catch him.
This made Chen Ziyan puzzled for a while. He was not a child, so he didn't need to be so cautious, right?
Seeing the puzzled look on his face, Hu Bayi explained the reason to him. It turned out that the location they were on was a long and narrow platform. There was a right angle turning downwards a few meters outside the entrance of the passage. If you are not prepared, it is easy to rush down due to inertia.
Wang Kaixuan almost got hit just now. If Chen Wenjin hadn't had quick eyesight and quick hands, and used a nine-claw hook to catch him at the critical moment, the fat man might have been there now.
In order to prevent Chen Ziyan, who was unaware of this, from making the same mistake again, they waited for him at the exit of the passage after they recovered.
After learning that everyone was thinking about himself, Chen Ziyan first expressed his gratitude, and then came to the edge of the platform to check the situation.
It can be seen from the edge of the fault that this is probably caused by stratigraphic fractures. Their current location is the edge of an underground geode, and there is an extremely vast space in front of it.
In this regard, Chen Ziyan guessed that this was probably a deeper underground space.
Looking far away, on the dome that is tens of meters high in this underground space, there are clusters of spar that spread downwards. Water droplets will seep from time to time on the sharp edges of the spar. It's like a lake hanging upside down above your head.
Apart from the fault cracks under their feet, they could not see the specific situation clearly in front of them, because outside the geode where they were, there was a vast white cloud. This cloud looked like white mist, but There are also some characteristics of water vapor.
Shirley Yang observed for a while and said: "This should be the stone smoke produced by the dissimilation of crystals during the orogeny. The density is lower than ordinary crystal dust, and it is odorless and tasteless, condensing and not dispersing. , can maintain a constant height and will never change without external influence. ”
"Is this special stone smoke harmful to the human body?" Chen Ziyan asked.
He is more concerned about this than the principle of this substance.
"That's not clear. This kind of substance is basically invisible to the outside world." Shirley Yang shook her head first, and then said after thinking: "The molecular structure of stone smoke is very stable, and it should be similar to Just like ordinary dust, it may be harmful to the respiratory system.”
Although the latter point is her guess, Shirley Yang feels that this is something that does not need to be verified.
The density of this kind of stone smoke is lower than that of ordinary crystal dust, so it should have the characteristics of other stone powders, and there is no distinction between good and bad.
"If that's the case, then everyone should put on their masks to be prepared." Chen Ziyan thought for a while and said.
Since it is just a physical hazard, there is no need to use an oxygen cylinder. The respiratory filtration system of the mask is enough to cope with it.
After they were ready, everyone came to the edge of the stone platform.
The upper part of this underground space is unobstructed. There is nothing of value, and even if they are there, they can't get through. After all, they don't have wings.
So they naturally placed their next exploration target in the lower half of the space that was obscured by stone smoke.
"Eh? Mr. Chen, Lao Hu, look over there, is there something there?" Just as Chen Ziyan and Hu Bayi were studying where to fix the climbing rope, Wang Kaixuan, who was doing nothing next to him, suddenly shouted .
The two of them looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that there was indeed a very conspicuous yellow dot in the white sea of clouds.
The color of this sea of clouds is so pure that any abnormalities are easily discovered.
Chen Ziyan saw a little yellow in the white sky, and suddenly thought of something he had ignored, that is, they did not seem to need to go down to the sea of clouds. In the center of the sea of clouds, there was a yellow jade peak, and the rock they were on There is a road leading to Huangyu Peak.
After recalling this, Chen Ziyan looked at the edge of the stone platform. He wanted to find the road leading to Huangyu Peak.
But after scanning back and forth several times, Chen Ziyan found no trace at all, and there was no extraneous part on the edge of the stone platform.
This made him a little confused, and he began to wonder if there was another change here.
Shirley Yang noticed Chen Ziyan's situation and came over and asked: "Have you discovered anything?"
"A little, but it needs to be verified." Chen Ziyan pointed to Wang Kaixuan in the distance The discovered topaz peak said: "That place seems to be on the same level as the platform we are on, so I suspect there is a direct road from here to there."
Chen Ziyan put the information he got from his memory, After Changing expressed his guess, he wanted others to help him think of a solution. It would be great if we could find the way to Huangyu Peak. Even though the distance between the two is not that far, it is a straight-line distance.
If they can't find the passage here, they need to go down to the bottom of the underground space first, and then go from the underground to the location of Topaz Peak, which is equivalent to several times longer distance.
If the terrain along the way is more complicated, or if they encounter some vicious creatures, the time they need to spend will undoubtedly increase.
“The road leading over there?” Shirley Yang looked at the edge of the stone platform with some confusion.
She did not doubt Chen Ziyan's words, but she needed evidence to completely believe him.
If there is really a passage connecting the two, then even if the passage is destroyed due to accidents, some traces should be found on the edge of the stone platform.
"Wait a minute..." Just after this thought flashed through her mind, Shirley Yang's eyes suddenly fixed on the edge of the stone platform.
According to what she knew, this was most likely caused by stratigraphic fractures. Coupled with the thick stone smoke here, it undoubtedly supported this guess.
But what if things are really not like this?
She had overlooked one point before, that is, in addition to stratigraphic fractures, there is another situation where such fractures occur.
That is, the edge of the stone platform was originally a whole, but it was broken due to some unknown reason. It is also possible that such a break would appear.
Based on Chen Ziyan’s speculation, Shirley Yang suddenly felt that there might have been a passage here before, but it was much wider than she imagined.
“You are saying that the width of that passage is probably the same as the stone platform?” Chen Ziyan was also a little stunned after hearing Shirley Yang’s words.
This is a bit exaggerated!
In his memory, it was just a beam from the sky, not this kind of avenue to the sky.
But thinking about it carefully, Chen Ziyan suddenly felt that this setting was more reasonable than the narrow sky beam in his memory.
After all, one of the main functions of this road is to transport slaves as sacrifices. The kind of narrow road that needs to be passed one by one, and if you are not careful, you may fall down. At most, it looks more Mysterious, but the actual effect is not as good as a wider road.
“Use a flare!” Hu Bayi thought of a way at this time.
He remembered that Shirley Yang said that if there was no external force, these stone smoke would remain in the same state and height forever, but this also meant that these stone smoke would be affected by external forces, and they would also There is no need to let the sea of clouds composed of stone smoke change forever.
We only need to clear the area between them and the yellow object for a short time, and we will know whether there is a road between the two?
Chen Ziyan immediately understood what Hu Bayi meant and nodded: "This is a good method. Fatty, you are right. Let's take a shot and see the effect."
"Yes!" Wang Kaixuan naturally disagreed. He would refuse such a thing, so he immediately took out his flare gun, looked at the location of the yellow object and pulled the trigger.
Chen Ziyan said that his aim was accurate. This was really not a compliment, but his marksmanship was indeed very impressive.
I only saw the signal bomb draw an arc in the sea of clouds, and then hit the yellow object directly.
Due to the high temperature carried by the signal flares and the airflow caused by the flight, it was easy for the sea of clouds in front of them to move to both sides.
When the signal bomb fell into the depths of the sea of clouds and no shadow could be seen anymore, the specific appearance of the yellow jade peak also appeared in front of Chen Ziyan and the others.
Just like what Chen Ziyan remembered, it was a topaz mountain. The platform at the top of the peak was flush with the platform they were on, and there was indeed a suspended stone bridge between the two, but this stone The bridge had long since broken. There was still a part of it on the top side of the Yellow Jade Peak, but nothing was left on their side.
Chen Ziyan frowned slightly when he saw this. This was in line with Shirley Yang's conjecture. The break on the edge of the stone platform was the width of the stone bridge, but where did the sky beam in his memory go?
If the suspended stone bridge can be used, then everything will be fine. But now that the stone bridge has obviously been scrapped, it is very important whether the sky beam exists.
At least with this Tianliang, they can directly lead to the Huangyu Peak in the sea of clouds opposite, without having to go down to the sea of clouds.
There is a huge difference between the two.
While Chen Ziyan was looking for Tianliang, he suddenly heard Hu Bayi say: "Is this... the legendary Dragon Pill?"
This attracted Chen Ziyan's attention. , he looked at Hu Bayi and asked: "Old Hu, what is this Dragon Pill you are talking about?"
He had an impression of Huangyu Mountain Peak, but he really didn't know about this Dragon Pill.
“There is a saying in the Dragon Searching Jue that there is a dragon elixir condensed under the ancestral dragon peak, which means that at the source of the strong dragon veins, there will be a chance to give birth to a strange peak that is blessed by heaven and earth. You see, this peak looks like jade. It's not jade, it's definitely not a mortal thing. I think this is most likely the legendary dragon pill," Hu Bayi said slowly after organizing his words.
Although there is no clear evidence yet, he feels that the yellow jade peak in the sea of clouds in the distance is the Dragon Pill mentioned in the ancient Dragon Searching Secrets.
And he is now 80% sure that the Demon Kingdom Altar they are looking for along the way is there, because even if it is not the legendary Dragon Pill, this strange peak must be a top Feng Shui treasure land, absolutely. The perfect choice for setting up an altar!
"Then let's find a way to get there quickly!" Wang Kaixuan said impatiently after hearing Hu Bayi's words.
He didn't expect that much. His knowledge reserve didn't allow it. He just felt that something could be discovered in such a treasure land and it shouldn't be missed.
Hu Bayi said helplessly: "I can get there in just one step, but the problem now is that the road has been cut off. We have to think of new ways to get there."
"Otherwise, let's go down. Since the direct way is gone, let's find another way." Chen Ziyan said decisively after searching to no avail.
Since Tianliang did not appear in the memory, they can't waste time here. Even if it takes more time, it is better than continuing to do nothing.
(End of this chapter)