The dawn dispels the darkness, and a rising sun slowly rises from the eastern sky, creating a brilliant glow in the sky.
Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu's breakfast was still cactus leaves. Although it was unpalatable, there was no other option.
After a night's rest, the wounds on Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu's feet were all scarred, and walking was no longer so uncomfortable. Therefore, after setting off again, the speed of the two was faster than yesterday.
The valley is long and narrow, and as you go deeper, more and more plants appear.
At first, Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu only saw yellow weeds on the hillside. Later, shrubs appeared, one here, one there, and some even gathered together more than a dozen to form a small shrub forest.
These trees gave Ning Tao hope. He longed to see a forest with small animals in it, such as rabbits and deer. In that case, he and Bi Mingzhu could survive in the forest and then plan the next step.
The forest did not appear, but a dense bush appeared, large and small, the big one was two or three meters high, the small one was about one meter high, and it was covered with red fruits. Under the morning light, it hangs on the branches like rubies.
"What kind of fruit is that?" Bi Mingzhu asked excitedly.
Ning Tao recognized it just by looking at it: "That's a wolfberry, a shrub of the Solanaceae family."
"Can I eat it?"
Ning Tao said: "This wolfberry is a medicinal material in my hometown. It nourishes yin and yang, and is good for men's kidneys. People in my hometown love to drink it in water."
"Then you should eat more." Bi Mingzhu said.
Ning Tao: "..."
When will it be the God’s turn to eat wolfberry to nourish the kidneys
However, he still ate a lot, not to replenish his kidneys, but just to replenish his physical strength.
There were many weeds growing in the wolfberry forest, and he pulled some out.
"Old Sang, why are you pulling weeds?" Bi Mingzhu asked curiously.
Ning Tao came over with a bunch of weeds: "Sit down."
Bi Mingzhu sat on the grass as told and looked at Ning Tao. Her eyes seemed to be guessing whether Laosong wanted to tell a story, but she didn't say it out loud.
Ning Tao squatted down, holding one of Bi Mingzhu's feet, then put wild grass on the sole of the foot, and twisted the wild grass into a simple rope to reinforce it, and in a blink of an eye, it was made into a simple straw shoe.
Now Bi Mingzhu understood what Ning Tao was doing. Without waiting for Ning Tao to greet her, she lifted up her other leg and handed a dirty jade foot in front of Ning Tao, waiting for him to give her a hand. Make your own straw sandals.
This posture with one leg crossed moved Ning Tao inexplicably.
After making a pair of straw sandals for Bi Mingzhu, Ning Tao also made a pair of straw sandals for himself and put them on his feet, and then continued walking along the river bed deeper into the canyon.
I think back then, I couldn't even look down on the lotus silk walking on the clouds, but now I am reduced to wearing straw sandals. There is no one with this gap.
The afternoon sun was strong, and Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu arrived at the end of the canyon.
At the end of the canyon stands a large mountain, which is steep and visually estimated to be five or six thousand meters high. If such a big mountain is placed on the sacred mountain, it will be like a small stone at most. But here, it is an insurmountable existence. There is no magic power to step on the divine cloud, and there is no flying sword to move around. If you want to climb over with just one pair of legs, the chance of falling to death or maiming is more than 80%.
Ning Tao didn't find any water until he reached the end of the canyon. The river bed of the canyon was interrupted at the foot of the mountain. Its source is on a cliff. Judging from the characteristics of the rock wall, it is not difficult to see that there used to be a waterfall on the rock wall, but now it has stopped flowing, leaving only rocks polished very smooth by water.
Ning Tao came with high hopes, but the scene in front of him disappointed him.
There was no forest, no water, and only some wolfberries and cactus, and he and his dissatisfaction could not survive for a few days.
I want to continue moving forward, but this mountain has become an insurmountable obstacle. He and Bi Mingzhu didn't even have a pair of shoes, water or food. How could they climb such a steep mountain
I think back in those days, you could travel through the three realms at will. You could go up to the sacred mountain or down to the underworld. Wherever you went, thousands of people knelt down and worshiped...
What a waste of time.
Now it seems that most of those spells are also programs, right
It's like special effects in a movie.
Iron Man can never fly, his armor is just a prop.
The Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying Knives are actually made of plastic and cannot kill anyone at all.
In the real world, a truth explains everything.
Bi Mingzhu collapsed on the ground and said in frustration: "Lao Sang, don't ask me to climb this mountain. I can't climb it. Don't climb it either, you'll fall to death."
Ning Tao didn't speak to her, he walked towards the cliff under the waterfall.
"Laosong, do you really want to climb?" Bi Mingzhu climbed up and followed Ning Tao, "Don't go, you will really fall to death."
"There is something there." Ning Tao said, and he raised his hand to point Bi Mingzhu in the direction.
At that place there were several rocks that were shelved together, with a triangular hole in the middle. It looks like rocks that fell from the mountain and were held together. There is a gap between the rocks in the middle. There is nothing special about it. But Ning Tao discovered that the sunlight was not refracted after it was admitted. It was not an ordinary small hole.
The God of Delivery used to use an earth-seeking inkstone to find holes, but now he finds holes based on experience.
"What's in there?" Bi Mingzhu asked.
"I don't know, just go and take a look and you will know." Ning Tao said, a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.
The two came to the shed cave and looked past several half-height rocks piled at the entrance. They saw a dark cave, but it was not a natural cave. The inner wall was inlaid with alloy, but it was painted black. No wonder there was no cave. Light refraction.
"Let's go in and take a look." Bi Mingzhu was a little anxious.
Ning Tao thought for a moment: "Mingzhu, we have to make some preparations before we can go in. You go pick some cactus leaves and wolfberries, and I'll pick some firewood. We need torches and food before we can go in, otherwise it will be very dangerous."
The two of them split up.
Half an hour later, the two met at the entrance of the cave.
Bi Mingzhu picked more than twenty cactus leaves, but no wolfberries. There were a lot of wolfberries in the canyon, but she had no pockets, so she couldn't pack them in. She could hold more than twenty cactus leaves, which was her limit.
Ning Tao not only broke off a large bundle of firewood, but also lit a torch by drilling wood to make fire.
"Laosong, if you want to eat wolfberries, I will pick them for you when you come back. I can't pick them up now." Bi Mingzhu also specifically explained to Ning Tao.
What do you mean I want to eat wolfberry
Ning Tao was a little speechless, but without saying anything, he led the way into the cave.
After stepping over the large rocks that were stuck together and entering the mountain, the cave turned into an artificially constructed passage. It was about three meters high and about three meters wide. It was a circular passage. Such a passage is definitely not used for flying airplanes and cars, but more like a pipeline for water diversion. Combined with the dry waterfall outside, this guess is very likely to be true, but there are no other possibilities, such as cable ducts or something.
There was a thick layer of dust in the passage, and two lines of deep footprints were left behind where Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu walked. This also saves the need to leave records.
No. trouble. If there is nothing inside and it is not worth exploring, then they can follow the footprints back to the canyon and continue to be a pair of Adam and Eve eating cactus and wolfberry.
The passage was straight at first, but later it became diagonal and extended downward. However, the slope was not very large, only about 30 degrees. It was easy to go down, but it was definitely very laborious to go back.
After walking about a thousand meters, the torch went out. Ning Tao used the bush firewood on his back to pick up a new torch, held it in his hand and continued walking forward.
In this way, after lighting three torches, Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu walked out of the end of the circular passage. The light of the torch spread out, and what came face to face was a huge water tank, hundreds of meters high and several hundred meters wide, as well as huge pumps and pipes for pumping water, as well as ladders for maintenance.
The sink and pipes are made of alloy and are not rusty and are in good condition, but the water pump and water pipes in the sink are not and have long been in decay. There was a pile of rust piled next to the water pump and under the water pumping pipe, and even the rust was completely weathered.
Fortunately, the ladder was also made of alloy and was not rusty, but showed signs of weathering. Otherwise, Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu would not be able to climb up with bare hands.
"Laosong, this place is so strange." Bi Mingzhu sighed.
Ning Tao said: "There are sinks and water pumps, which means that this place is inhabited. I guess it is probably an underground city. There are ladders there. Let's climb up and have a look."
"Yeah." Bi Mingzhu responded.
Ning Tao held a torch and came to the bottom of the ladder. He stretched out his hand and pulled it. Some dust fell from the ladder, but it was still strong. There were no signs of falling off or shaking that would make people afraid to climb.
Then Ning Tao made some preparations. He opened the bundle of firewood on his back, sandwiched the cactus leaves in Bi Mingzhu's hand among the firewood, then tied them up again with a straw rope, and finally carried the bundle of firewood on his back. on the back.
These cactus leaves are not only food for him and Bi Mingzhu, but also their lives and cannot be abandoned.
"Mingzhu, follow me up and be careful." Ning Tao warned.
Bi Mingzhu simply came over and kissed Ning Tao's cheek: "You should also be careful."
Ning Tao's heart felt a little warm. He had a hunch that the next time he had a full stomach and rested, he would have to tell her a story.
Ning Tao bit the torch in his mouth, then grabbed the ladder and climbed up.
It may seem like a simple matter of climbing a ladder, but it's actually very dangerous. Ordinary people, how many people dare to climb a hundred-meter-high ladder in the real world, going straight up and down? If you're not careful, you'll fall down and die. And I don't know how long this ladder has been built, so there's no guarantee that nothing is loose.
This is the real situation after rebirth. There are no dazzling special effects spells or exaggerated magic weapons. All Ning Tao can use is his hands and feet. The danger that can kill an ordinary person can also kill him. So he climbed very carefully, but did not dare to go too slowly, because the torch would not stay burning.
This fucking real world.
The 100-meter ladder soon reached the end. Ning Tao climbed up. He didn't bother to look at the situation outside the water tank. Then he turned around and reached out to pull Bi Mingzhu.
Bi Mingzhu also climbed up.
Ning Tao then held up the torch and walked towards the edge of the water tank platform.
When they reached the edge of the water tank platform, the fire light spread out, and part of the scene in the dark space came to them. The two people standing side by side were stunned on the spot.