The Mysterious Underground Palace

  Yang Shuo Ming let go of his wife's hand, and by the light of the torch, he took out his pocket watch to take a look. At this time, the pointer was pointing at 10:01. The couple had entered the cave around 9:10, so they had been inside for over an hour. In that hour, they had advanced a total of 500 meters, which could be considered a fairly cautious pace.

  At this time, the passage was still heading deep into the ground.

  "This hole is much deeper than we thought." Huang Yunzhi hugged Yang Shouming's arm, looking around at the strange rocky walls with some fear, "This is my first time coming to such a deep underground in my life."

  "Dare you continue walking down?" Yang Shuo Ming smiled and hugged her, lightly kissing her forehead.

  Perhaps this kiss gave her courage, she nodded, and a resolute and excited light flashed in her eyes.

  Yang Shuo Ming pulled her hand and continued to move forward, the passage rapidly extending downward. Before long, the wide passage began to narrow again, with only a narrow slit left between the stone walls that could accommodate two people passing through sideways. The slit seemed as if it could close at any time, squeezing people flat, looking very frightening.

  The passageway continued to extend downward, and soon it became wider. It twisted and turned, leading deep into the ground, reminiscent of a spiral staircase. Yang Shuo Ming walked carefully while observing the cliff wall closely. According to the "Super Computer Eye", he did not find any signs of human excavation here.

  After walking for about thirty minutes, the passage still didn't change much and continued to extend downward.

  Suddenly, Huang Yunzhi let out a short cry of surprise and pressed her body tightly against the stone wall.

  "What's wrong?" Yang Shuo Ming shielded her with his body, the hand that had been holding hers now resting on the hilt of the knife at his waist, his eyes rapidly scanning their surroundings.

  "In front... it seems like there's something..." Huang Yunzhi pointed ahead, stuttering as she spoke.

  "What did you see?" Yang Shuoming asked.

  "A yellow light... flashed by in an instant... like a will-o'-the-wisp..."

  Yang Shuo Ming stretched out the torch in his hand, gazing forward. Indeed, just as Huang Yunzhi had said, at a cave entrance not far ahead of them, there seemed to be a yellow glow flickering.

  Yang Shuo Ming waved the torch in his hand again and saw a golden light flash by quickly.

  Huang Yunzhi saw the ghostly light again, she raised the gun in her hand and was about to fire at Huang Guang, but Yang Shouming held down her hand.

  Huang Yunzhi looked at Yang Shuoming in confusion, and found that there was not a hint of fear in her husband's eyes, but instead, a gleam of excitement similar to that of a wolf seeing its prey.

  "As expected." Yang Shuo Ming patted her hand, signaling her to put away the gun and follow him.

  Yang Shuo Ming held up the torch and quickly walked towards the entrance of the cave, Huang Yunzhi put the pistol back into his waist holster and closely followed behind him, the two people entered the cave one after another.

  In an instant, the light around suddenly became brighter.

  This time, Huang Yunzhi didn't let out a scream. She stared at the scene in front of her, eyes wide with shock, and covered her mouth with her hand.

  What appeared before her eyes was an unbelievable scene. The entire world inside the cave was, at this moment, completely submerged in a sea of light, with only surging waves of light all around. Standing in the midst of this world of light, Huang Yunzhi's eyes were temporarily unable to adapt, and she even felt a little dizzy. She involuntarily hugged Yang Shaoming, just managing not to fall over.

  Yang Shuo Ming's eyes had already adapted to the light in the cave, and he carefully examined the cave, with the cursor in his eyes flashing rapidly, accompanied by a large amount of analysis data.

  In front of him, this cave is completely different from the one he just walked through. Its width is at least about 8 meters and its height is about 10 meters. It's more like an underground square than a cave. Moreover, it continues to expand in depth with this width. The entire cave is flashing with light everywhere, which is a kind of enchanting light. It comes from the walls, top, and ground of the cave, everything is glowing, making people feel like they have entered a dreamlike world.

  A palace of light.

  The glows in the cave made Yang Shuo and Huang Yunzhi's skin feel soft and warm, but visually they felt cold, as these glows did not contain any heat. From a holistic perspective, it was clear and transparent, yet permeated with rainbow-like colors, adding some warmth and elegance to the icy light.

  "What... exactly is this?" Huang Yunzhi's voice echoed softly in the cave, sounding exceptionally sweet and gentle.

  At this time, she was completely shocked by the strange scenery inside the cave.

  "This is a crystal of salt." Yang Shuo Ming stretched out his hand and patted her shoulder, explaining according to the hint in her eyes, "This is a kind of colorless transparent rock salt that extends endlessly towards the depths of the earth. The light you see is reflected from the crystalline salt on multiple surfaces, reflecting the light of the torches and forming this reflective phenomenon, so it looks like we've entered a palace of light."

  At this moment, Huang Yunzhi was deeply fascinated by the scenery in front of her. She couldn't help but measure this "Palace of Light" with her eyes, and a look of wonder appeared on her face. Yang Shaoming saw that even a circle of rainbow-like light appeared around her pupils, giving off an ethereal and dreamy feeling, and he couldn't help but smile slightly.

  Yang Shuo Ming held her in his arms and continued to walk deeper into the cave, accompanied by the dancing flames on the torch in his hand. The light inside the cave changed with it, presenting various beautiful colors such as red, purple, green, and yellow, constantly flickering and swaying.

  Soon, a fork appeared not far ahead. The two of them walked along the fork for another stretch, and in front of them appeared a wider underground space connected to this small path. Yang Shaoming knew that it was formed under the erosion of clear underground water day after day over tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years ago, creating such an "underground square". The surrounding passages were also naturally created through the same process of dripping water wearing away stone over countless years, resulting in such a strange landscape.

  The main road leading to the "underground palace" is relatively wider in the cave, directly leading to the rock salt layer, and then continuously radiating forward, with endless forked roads like a maze, making people feel confused.

  "What a beautiful underground palace..." Huang Yunzhi gazed around at the strange sights and murmured.

  "Then let's be the masters of this underground palace." Yang Shuo Ming smiled and teased her, "I'm the emperor, you're the empress. We'll have lots of babies here..."

  "Bad guy..."

  Yang Shuo Ming's embracing action and teasing words made Huang Yunzhi's body start to heat up, she blushed and struggled out of his arms, took off the coat Yang Shuo Ming had given her, and put it back on him.

  At this moment, the two were in an underground dimly lit world. The quiet and warm atmosphere made Yang Shuo have the urge to get close to her again, but he was just joking, and he didn't plan on being intimate with her here.

  In such an unknown environment, maintaining physical strength is still very important.

  For this couple, this underground palace can be said to be an unparalleled huge wealth.

  Before entering from the outside, Yang Shuoming roughly judged through the hole that was polished by the deer's body to be bright and smooth, that there should be an underground salt mine here.

  According to what I learned from the "Hunter's Forum", wherever there is a place with salt water flowing out, there will be more deer herds nearby. Only large groups of deer frequently visiting here would leave such traces.

  For Yang Shuoming, who crossed into this era with nothing to his name, the underground salt mine could bring him far more than just wealth and status.

  That's why he knew some adventures, but still took his wife to venture out.

  "Listen! What's that sound?" Huang Yunzhi said suddenly.

  At this time, Yang Shuo Ming also heard a sound, which seemed to come from the ground, a low rumble, transmitted from far away. Yang Shuo Ming cautiously pulled out his gun and slowly moved towards the direction of the sound, Huang Yunzhi also drew her pistol and followed behind him.

  Soon, in a corner of the underground plaza, they found another very narrow path continuing to extend forward. And those strange sounds were coming from that direction.

  Yang Shuo Ming and Huang Yunzhi walked one after the other, step by step in the direction of the sound. Yang Shuo Ming carefully observed his surroundings as he walked.

  As they walked, the sound grew louder and didn't seem to be man-made. It was a constant hum at a fixed frequency, getting higher as they approached. When Yang Shuoming and Huang Yunzhi reached a place about 300 meters away from the source of the sound, they finally heard it clearly.

  "It's a waterfall!" Huang Yunzhi exclaimed excitedly.

  Two people stood at the edge of a cliff, with a waterfall hanging high in front of them, reflecting a vast expanse of white and emitting a huge roar. Yang Shuo Ming looked up and saw that on the high cliff wall, there was a pile of rocks, which were not crystalline rock salt, but seemed to be hard granite. The waterfall burst out from that pile of rocks, falling down like a flying ribbon. The two stood still in front of the waterfall, feeling the water splashing onto their faces was so cool and refreshing.

  Yang Shuo Ming looked down and saw a high precipice under his feet, which was bottomless.

  The waterfall cascades down, reflecting the colorful glow of the rock salt layer, like a rainbow descending from the sky. The water flow is dyed with neon-like colors, and from a distance, it gives people a sense of mystery and harmony with the surrounding atmosphere, blending into one.