Chapter 61: The Moving Black Shadow

  I followed Jason's pointing direction and looked ahead, only to see a huge black shadow appearing about 100 meters away in the distance. From afar, it looked like a small mountain, but there were several lanterns hanging in front of it, casting some silver light on the water surface that was dazzling to the eyes.

  From the perspective of the light, it's not a mountain, nor is it a rock wall. It's something that moves.

  Realizing this, I hastily passed the flashlight over, and under its light, that dark shadow became clearer and clearer. Slowly but surely, a figure emerged before us. My heart skipped a beat as I felt an icy chill run down my spine. I wanted to scream out loud, but I bit back my fear, suppressing the turmoil in my chest, and calmly poked at the bamboo raft with my pole.

  "Hurry up and park to the side..." The old professor's face suddenly sank, he let out a terrified scream, as if realizing that the black shadow would be extremely terrifying, his whole body trembling.

  The old professor was telling the truth, and we all agreed. A few people gritted their teeth and rowed the two small boats to the side of the rocky cliff. Yu Gang was the first to jump onto the rocks protruding from the cliff, tying the two small boats to the rocks with a piece of hemp rope.

  "This place is eerie, let's be careful before we figure out what's going on." The old professor warned, looking at the black shadow two hundred meters away.

  I put both hands together and climbed up the rock, fortunately without slipping, stood firm on my feet, I used a flashlight to look at the rocks under my feet.

  This is a yellow stone, under the impact of river water, forming a golden color pigment.

  "This stone is so beautiful, just like Xinjiang's yellow jade." Yu Gang also noticed the huge rock under his feet and exclaimed in surprise.

  Xinjiang "Yellow Jade", is produced in the 100-kilometer radius of Wuerhe Devil City, Karamay, Xinjiang, China, including terraces, Gobi Desert and desert areas. The jade stone is golden yellow in color, similar to Fujian's Tianhuang Stone, also known as "Silicon Tianhuang". It mainly exists in secondary mineral deposits formed by long-distance river transportation, naturally sorted and formed into "seed material" with fine and dense texture. After carving, it has high ornamental and collectible value, and is a rare and precious jade variety unique to China.

  They were formed by the grinding of wind and sand, and the impact of stone flows; some have already formed a material, which was later transported to the Gobi beach by natural external forces such as movement, and then formed by the grinding of wind and sand, and the impact of stone flows.

  I crouched down and reached out to touch the stone under my feet, and a smooth sensation was transmitted through my hand. There were no sharp edges on the surface, but upon closer inspection, there were still some ripples remaining on it, with small holes of various sizes on top.

  "This is really a piece of Xinjiang yellow jade." I exclaimed with joy.

  This big piece of yellow 'jade', if I can get it out, I'll be rich. Not only can I open an antique shop, but maybe even a large-scale one.

  In Xinjiang 'jade', yellow 'jade' is the most valuable, its collection price is higher than other colors of 'jade', and the grade is also high.

  Xinjiang Huangyu, it fully embodies the Chinese people's revered national totem color of "valuing yellow" - beautiful luster; is so far the most colorful among all domestic jade varieties.

  It's hard to move this big piece of 'jade' away, it's a pity to think about it, and it's also good to knock a few pieces from here.

  "Who among you has a tool on them, I want to bring some of this stuff back?" I shouted at them. Now all we need is a tool and we can take away part of this 'jade' stone, although it's not much, but at least we can collect it.

  Ancient people said that gold has a price but 'jade' is priceless. Being able to collect a high-quality piece of 'jade' stone shows that I am a person with taste.

  Nowadays, beautiful girls all like men with taste.

  As soon as he saw me being so serious, he cursed and scolded: "You little brat's brain is full of shit, I think you're crazy about money, and you still want to get some jade stones back."

  I don't agree with Gang's idea, after all I'm a person in the antique circle, and I have a certain fondness for antiques. To put it bluntly, it's related to money, and I'm not a fool, why would I want to lose out on money? Besides, this Xinjiang yellow jade that's so hard to come by, wouldn't it be a waste if we didn't make the most of it?

  "Hurry up and bring out the tools, I'll just 'work' on a few pieces back home." I insisted on my own idea.

  Yu Gang was so angry that he wanted to hit me. He looked at me with a resentful expression and said, "Can't you see how big this 'jade' stone is? You've ruined a work of nature by drilling so many holes in it."

  "What destroyed the work of nature? When you built your house, didn't you say that it destroyed the land of nature? I just wanted to get a piece of stone." I looked up at him with anger, thinking that this guy was like a different person, and he didn't even think about how much money he had taken from Tang Guangze.

  Don't give me tools, I won't take them myself, I don't believe in this stuff anymore.

  I hastily stood up, walked over to him, and stretched out saying: "I'll take it myself."

  He was taken aback for a moment, seemingly not expecting me to be so stubborn. He opened his mouth and scolded loudly: "Still being so serious, can't you see what the situation is like now? Your life could be gone at any moment, and yet you still care about these things."

  "Shut up, Xiao Bo, hand me the flashlight and let's go take a look at what's going on with that light."

  The old professor glared at us and then said to Xiaobo.

  I shot a fierce glance at Yu Gang, then looked down at the stone under my feet, feeling extremely regretful.

  "Professor, why didn't that lamp go out? This haunted place, how can there be a lamp?" Huang 'Mao' muttered to himself, completely puzzled.

  I hastily shook my body and stretched my head to look at the black shadow, looking at those lanterns, with a puzzled mind, how could this place have electricity?

  Where does electricity come from?

  What's there, or who is there?

  "It's really strange, will that lamp keep shining like this all the time?" Yu Gang asked curiously, his brow tightly furrowed.

  The old man turned his body, gazing at the river surface, silently staring at the waterway he had come from, as if trying to figure something out. Suddenly, he let out a cold laugh: "There must be an underwater cable, they're using the water flow to generate electricity, and this kind of military strobe light bulb is also not easy to shatter."

  I thought about it, and there's only one possibility - 'sex'. The river water that flowed out of the fork earlier was fast and slow, if used to generate electricity, it would perfectly explain why those few lamps were lit.

  Who set up this small power station here?

  "During the anti-Japanese struggle, a group of Japanese who refused to surrender even in death ran to the Sahara Desert. These are the things left behind by the Japanese." The old professor explained, his eyes gazing at the lanterns, then he lowered his head in contemplation, as if thinking of something important. He hastily jumped onto the small boat and said to Huang 'Mao': "Untie the rope, I want to go ashore and see who's causing trouble here."

  Xiao Bo carried a bag and jumped onto the small boat, clearly wanting to follow and investigate. Huang 'Mao' felt that he had untied the rope and separated the small boat. Jason was also very curious, thinking of going on the boat to that black shadow, but was coldly interrupted by Xiao Bo saying: "You'd better stay here for now, wait for our signal."

  Jason looked at it with a reluctant face, and finally he stayed on the stone with us.

  I also really want to follow them in my heart, but thinking again, let them go first is not bad either, at least I don't have to take the lead.

  After all, what happened here, inside and out, revealed a strange atmosphere, where something like Xiaobu's situation could happen at any time.

  The old professor and Xiao Bo rowed the small boat together, slowly moving further and further away from us. Before long, their boat suddenly disappeared right in front of us.

  "Chen Cu, am I hallucinating? How can a huge ship just disappear?" Yu Gang shouted, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

  I slapped a palm and shouted: "They're gone, hurry up, let's go take a look."

  As soon as I finished speaking, I hurriedly went to untie the rope tied to the stone, and suddenly a gun was placed in front of me. Huang 'Mao' said with a dark face: "If you dare to row the boat away, I'll be the first to shoot you."

  I stared at the gun, at such a close distance, and instead of feeling even a hint of fear, I felt anxious. I said coldly, "They're all gone, are we just going to stand here?"

  Huang 'Mao' suddenly interrupted me and said viciously, "Bo Sis said so, let's wait for the signal. Before the signal appears, no one can get on the boat."

  I don't know why, but when I saw that boat disappear, my heart suddenly felt like it was missing a corner, as if something important was collapsing, and the empty feeling made me feel like I couldn't breathe.

  "Damn the crappy signal, Xiao Bo and Professor Lao are nowhere to be found. If something happens, you're responsible!" I'm furious, my heart is racing with anxiety, thinking that if anything bad happens, they'll die.

  Huang 'Mao' listened and remained unmoved, his face firm as he said: "No signal, no one is allowed to move. If you want to get on the boat, I'll take out each and every one of you."

  At this time, he came over to persuade him, saying: "Brother, put the gun away first. Accidental discharge is not good for anyone. Look at the situation now, they disappeared in front of us, it's not a trivial matter."

  Huang furrowed his brow and said in a firm tone, "Orders cannot be disobeyed."

  Damn it.

  Damn your orders! I really want to shout loudly, but the gun in front of me has not been put down at all, and I don't dare to make any sudden movements.

  If Xiaobo dies, what instructions can his mother still give?

  At that moment, I vowed that if there wasn't a gun pointed at me, I would definitely beat Huang 'Mao' up. It's come to this point, and you're still talking about orders or not?

  Yu Gang said: "Now they still care about what orders, they estimate that something has happened now, if we are late for a step, who will be responsible?"

  Just as the sound of his voice fell, a shrill cry came from that side, and it was a woman's voice. My heart suddenly tightened, throbbing with pain.

  I had just moved a step forward when Huang's gun was again trained on me, scaring me so much that I didn't even dare to stretch my neck forward.

  "Take one more step and I'll shoot." Huang's face flashed with a fierce determination, his eyes fixed tightly on me.

  The next second, I saw Jason holding a flashlight standing behind Huang 'Mao', fiercely hitting the back of his head with it. The force was probably very great, and before Huang 'Mao' could react, he had been knocked unconscious.