Underground cave 26

  Although the voice was very low, everyone present heard it clearly, and they immediately judged that it was Hai Chen calling for help. Even Peng Jianjun was wondering how Hai Chen had run to the bottom of the cliff? Not only was he lame, but his eyesight wasn't good either?

  While everyone was busy setting up the rescue for Hai Chen, he kept saying, "Be careful, there's something here and it's extremely dangerous."

  "What's there? What is it?" Peng Jianjun asked suspiciously.

  "Worms, many worms, they are like a puff of smoke, a black puff of smoke."

  Hai Chen's voice grew fainter, and Liao Dongfeng hastily shouted: "Don't talk anymore, conserve your energy, wait for us to come down and rescue you." After finishing speaking, he shone the flashlight in Peng Jianjun's direction. At this time, he clearly saw a black smoke suddenly dispersing. The black smoke was less than one meter away from Peng Jianjun at that moment. In his anxiety, he loudly shouted: "Junzi, be careful, that black smoke thing is near you." After finishing speaking, he turned his head towards Qin Leng and asked: "Do you know what this thing is?"

  "You don't know, how would I know? Don't talk about other things now, hurry up and save people."

  Hai Chen shouted in the direction of Peng Jianjun, and Liao Dongfeng listened carefully before wanting to come back and help. At this time, Peng Jianjun understood his intention and quickly stopped him: "Don't move, leave it to me. Don't you think one risk is enough? Trust me."

  After that, Peng Jianjun smashed four or five rock nails on the ground, fixed the rope, then put the safety rope on his body tightly and hung the 8-shaped descending hook to jump down. When he arrived near Hai Chen, he saw that Hai Chen was sitting crookedly on a protruding rock at this time. Peng Jianjun used his flashlight to examine him all around and found that Hai Chen's injury was not too serious, so he asked: "Can you still stand up?"

  "No problem, no problem, it's just that I don't dare move now because this stone has been moved once before and I'm afraid it will suddenly fall down."

  Hai Chen's voice revealed his fear, and Peng Jianjun also encouraged him, saying: "With me here, you won't die! Stop talking nonsense. I'll throw the rope down to you, then you wrap it around your waist three times, tie it tightly, and leave the rest to me."

  Hai Chen finished answering, and Peng Jianjun threw down the rope. At this time, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his face, as if something had bitten him, and then he scolded loudly.

  "Damn thing, stop bothering me."

  After he finished speaking, he took out a cold cigarette and lit it. Only then did they discover that the two of them were surrounded by that black smoke-like substance. The black smoke dispersed quickly when it saw strong light, and re-gathered around them once the light weakened.

  Peng Jianjun lit his second cigarette and shouted loudly at Hai Chen: "Are you done yet? Why is it taking so long?"

  "Alright, alright, you can come now."

  After finishing speaking, Peng Jianjun hurriedly climbed up and then pulled Hai Chen up with the rope.

  Hai Chen brought back a life, and naturally felt grateful to Peng Jianjun. At this time, Peng Jianjun touched his own face, only to find it was hot and sweaty, unsure whether it was sweat or blood. Coincidentally, Hai Chen also looked up at that moment, and was startled by Peng Jianjun's face, almost falling back into the abyss.

  "Blood, your face is all covered in blood."

  "Damn it, it was that damned bug that bit me just now. Now you have a chance to show your skills, hurry up and treat me."

  Hai Chen did not dare to slack off and hastily treated Peng Jianjun's wound.

  As the flashlight shone on Peng Jianjun's face, he found that a hole about the size of a small finger was bitten out of his cheek, and blood was oozing out.

  He didn't hesitate, took out the disinfectant alcohol and wetted a cotton ball with it, then quickly stuffed it into the small hole. This move made Peng Jianjun so painful that he cursed loudly until his cheek was numb. Only after that did Peng Jianjun say: "Damn, these bugs are fierce, their saliva is as corrosive as strong acid."

  Across the way, Liao Dongfeng saw Peng Jianjun and Hai Chen safe and sound, his heart finally at ease. He quickly called out, "If you two are okay, hurry over here!"

  Peng Jianjun heard the shout and waved his hand to indicate that he had received it, then asked Hai Chen: "Your legs are not convenient, can you get through?"

  "It's not that my legs are inconvenient, but rather my hands. No problem." Hai Chen spoke quite warmly this time, but Peng Jianjun felt a bit unaccustomed to it.

  Just as they were about to set off, Liao Dongfeng asked Qin the question he had been wondering about earlier: "What exactly is that insect thing? You're a researcher of ancient civilizations, do you know?"

  "I used to hear my grandfather say that in ancient times, large tombs often had unknown creatures guarding them, which he called 'black fog' or 'die on sight'. They moved in groups and their saliva was highly corrosive. However, as long as the numbers weren't too astonishing, they were nothing to be afraid of. I think these things should be it!"

  As they spoke, Hai Chen had already swung over first, and Liao Dongfeng and Qin Liang stabilized him. They then looked at Peng Jianjun, whose movements were so frightening that he could have given the two men a heart attack. He was worried that his weight would break the rope, so he desperately pulled downwards. Only when he was sure the rope was sturdy enough did he try to jump, but before he could even get off the ground, his feet suddenly slipped and he spun around in mid-air for half a day, letting out a piercing scream like a slaughtered pig.

  "Are you afraid of heights? I didn't notice it when we were catching mice in the cave that day?"

  "Stop messing around! I'm just testing if this knot is secure or not, you stupid egg hurry up and shut your mouth for me!"

  After finishing speaking, he stood firm on his feet, took a few steps back and then sprinted forward again, with a loud whooshing sound like a huge boulder crashing down.

  Just as he flew near Liao Dongfeng, the rope that was thought to be sturdy suddenly snapped with a loud crack, and the whole person rolled out several meters like a meatball, looking like it wasn't a light fall.

  Others also rushed forward to visit, and saw Peng Jianjun lying on the ground with his face up, only breathing in but not out, his face was very pale, and he occasionally rolled his eyes. Hai Chen also rushed over to press his Renzhong (a pressure point) after checking him, and it took a lot of effort to finally rescue him.

  After Peng Jianjun calmed down, two lines of hot tears slowly flowed down. Suddenly, he hugged Liao Dongfeng and exclaimed: "Damn it! I thought I was done for at that time. If the rope had broken in mid-air, you would be burning incense for me by now, you bastard! Can we avoid such things in the future?"

  Liao Dongfeng patted his head and cooed like he was soothing a child, "Good boy, calm down, calm down, isn't it over now? Let's not mention it again, let's not mention it! Good boy!"

  Peng Jianjun was still a mess, with tears and snot everywhere. It took him a while to calm down, but eventually the four of them gathered their gear and continued deeper into the cave.

  All the way, Peng Jianjun kept touching the wounds on his face from time to time. What he cared about was not necessarily the pain brought by the wound, but the shadow that lingered in his mind. In his view, that black smoke had always been very close to him.

  Five people walked in a line for nearly 10 minutes, and the space in front of them suddenly opened up. Feng Le Tian wiped out the cold cigarette butt and threw it far away.

  About 20 meters away from the four people was a huge stone platform, but between the platform and the five people was steaming hot spring water.

  Liao Dongfeng saw the hot spring water and immediately thought of the tiger pufferfish he had encountered before, his heart was really shocked. As expected, a young tiger pufferfish suddenly jumped onto the shore following the light from his flashlight in his hand, struggling and jumping wildly. Peng Jianjun saw this damned thing, stepped forward and kicked it until the little tiger pufferfish was crushed to pieces before stopping.

  "You think you're so great? That's all there is to it!"

  Liao Dongfeng was amused by this sentence and quickly added: "Awesome, go try it in the water?"

  While speaking, Feng Le Tian had already manipulated the virtual ghost chart for a long time. She said affirmatively: "This place should be on the same geographical plane as the hot spring living water we discovered earlier. If we were to dive in from the hot spring living water at that time, we should have arrived here by now."

  "Uh-huh, I agree with you. If I'm not mistaken, this must be the escape route left behind by ancient craftsmen. So, in front of us is the underground palace of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. There's running water here, so we won't lack oxygen, but to enter the inner chamber, I think it's better if we prepare our oxygen supply equipment first. After all, there are legends about mercury rivers and lakes; it's better to believe they exist than not. Also, let's get our diving gear ready. We need to isolate our skin from the outside environment, as mercury toxic gas can cause poisoning through skin contact."

  Liao Dongfeng reminded everyone to start preparing nervously, but he himself was still staring at the hot spring water where the big fish swam back and forth. Then he picked up a small stone and threw it into the water, judging from the sound that the water depth was less than one meter, which could be waded through completely. But how to avoid contact with the man-eating fish?

  As he thought of this, he lit a cold firework and casually threw it into the water. Sure enough, a large group of fish immediately rushed towards the cold firework. It seems that these man-eating fish are still fond of light, but why do they live in such a dark place?

  There must be only one reason, this should be their lair, in other words, it's their home. Even those half-foot-long tiger groupers should be underage small fish, if that's the case, where are their parents? How big are they?

  At this time, Feng Le Tian and others had already made preparations. She saw Liao Dongfeng still staring at the water, and hurriedly reminded him to prepare. At this moment, Liao Dongfeng suddenly turned his head and looked at everyone without saying a word. When everyone thought he was possessed by a demon, they heard him laugh loudly and say: "I have a way to cross the river safely, do you want to hear it?"