Chapter 5: The Dark River Encounter (1) Human Skin Envelope Sohu Read Book Digging for a better look at Sohu

  I cautiously slipped into the "Mongolian yurt", which was pitch black inside, without a single ray of light. I took out my lighter and pressed the switch, but the flame was not very big and could only illuminate a few meters away. As I looked around, I suddenly felt a surge of excitement - behind this stone gate were also many roots of the same kind of wooden stick that had just been used.

  This is a great relief, I am overjoyed. But just at this moment, I heard Jin Douzi's cry of surprise. I hastily extinguished the lighter and ran out. Before I could run out, I felt dizzy, my stomach was nauseous, and my vision was a bit dark. I grabbed the stone gate with one hand and supported my head with the other, when my feet began to feel a strong shockwave.

  After a while, the dizzy feeling disappeared, and I crawled out to the outer platform. At this time, I was shocked to see that Jin Douzi's two hands were tightly grasping a wooden stick under his feet. Everything in front of me was shaking, and the water at the bottom of the sky pit was boiling like it had been boiled.

  Isn't it going to be an earthquake? Thinking of this, I immediately turned back to the "Mongolian tent", picked up a few wooden sticks and ran to the platform, shouting at Jin Douzi: "Hold on to the wooden stick under you, don't let go."

  I stood cautiously at the edge of the platform, exerting all my strength to insert the wooden stick into the groove, which was much more difficult than inserting it from below upwards. Since my body was leaning downwards, I had to be extremely careful not to slip and fall off, and with the swaying of the ground beneath me, my heart was racing with anxiety, so progress was extremely slow.

  It took me the strength of nine cows and two tigers to barely get the two wooden sticks firmly inserted into the grooves, Jin Douzi looked at me with a terrified face as I progressed slowly, but I didn't have time to look back at him now.

  "Ah!" Jin Douzi let out another loud cry, and I hastily lifted my head to look at him. At the same time, Jin Douzi's body rapidly fell downwards after his loud cry. Fortunately, this kid reacted quickly and hooked his hand around the wooden stick under his feet. Although he was only a few dozen centimeters away from the wooden stick below, because of his small stature, it took several attempts to reach it.

  "Jin Douzi, don't move! I'm coming right away!" As I spoke, I quickened my pace. With just three wooden sticks left, I would be able to reach Jin Douzi's location.

  What bad luck, just as I was about to insert the next stick, water began to flow slowly from that depression. I knew it wasn't good, perhaps because of the earthquake, the underground spring had surged up again. If we didn't hurry, it would be even harder to insert the sticks behind.