Whoosh!
A rope shadow shot out and plunged into the nearly 90-degree vertical cliff. Ning Tao grabbed the end of the herb-gathering rope and jumped up. With a thought, the herb-gathering rope quickly shortened and took him flying towards the rock wall. When he paused again, he was already on a cliff a hundred meters above the ground. Then he kicked off his feet and fell into the hole on the cliff together with the rope.
This is the beauty of the medicinal rope, the exclusive magical tool of the owner of Tianwai Clinic. With it in hand, there is no cliff that he cannot reach, and there is no spiritual material on the cliff that he cannot collect.
Ning Tao stood at the entrance of the cave and looked into the cave. The cave was filled with water mist, but he could only see a section. It was pitch black in the depths, and he couldn't see what was going on inside. A stream of dark wind blew out of the cave, and even he felt cold.
Boom!
There was a knocking sound on the rock wall.
It was Jiang Hao who threw a stone to remind Ning Tao that it was time to pick them up.
Ning Tao withdrew his gaze, turned around and looked down at Jiang Hao and Qing Zhui who were still under the cliff, then waved and threw the herb-collecting rope down.
The herb-gathering rope was plunged into the ground, and a rock burst open with it, sending fragments flying everywhere.
Qing Zhui and Jiang Hao grabbed the herb collection rope, and Jiang Hao tugged on the rope. After all, at a height of more than 100 meters and in the dark night, she felt that Ning Tao couldn't see her and Qing Zhui clearly. This is indeed the case. Without using his telescope, Ning Tao really couldn't see clearly Qing Zhui and Jiang Hao below, but he felt Jiang Hao's strength pulling on the rope, and he followed up and took the medicine rope away. .
The medicinal rope was quickly retrieved from Ning Tao's hand. Qing Zhui and Jiang Hao soared up like a rocket, and then crashed into Ning Tao's arms.
Ning Tao stretched out his hands and put his arms around the waists of Jiang Hao and Qing Zhui, helping them eliminate the inertial force on their bodies. This time, Jiang Hao didn't freeze his arm.
"Come on, let's go in and take a look." Ning Tao let go of Jiang Hao and Qing Zhui's waists, retracted the rope, and walked into the cave. After putting away the medicine-gathering rope, he put the medicine-gathering rope into the small medicine box, and then took out a tactical flashlight from the small medicine box.
A bright beam of light shone into the depths of the cave, and the three people's vision suddenly became brighter, and the environment hidden deep in the darkness was clearly presented before their eyes.
The Earth River flowing from the depths of darkness occupies one-third of the cave floor. The widest river is about ten meters, and the narrowest place is five or six meters wide. The water of the Dihe River is clear and transparent, and the stones and sand in the river bed can be clearly seen through the river water. However, as the three of them went deeper, the water in the river became deeper and deeper, and gradually the stones and sand in the river bed were no longer visible. The river surface is also getting wider and wider, from the first five to six meters, ten meters to finally turned into a reservoir!
The walkable land on both sides of the river extends to the left and right, but the terrain is becoming more and more complex and difficult to walk.
"Is it left or right?" Jiang Hao asked aloud as he walked to the gap where the "reservoir" flows out of the ground river.
"Don't worry, let me see what the Xuntu Inkstone says first." Ning Tao squatted down, opened the small medicine box, took out the Xuntu Inkstone, and then poured 30 ml of ink into the Xuntu Inkstone. While waiting for Xuntu Inkstone to give guidance, he bit his finger and drew a blood lock on the rock wall.
From what we can see so far, this cave is also a huge karst cave with complex terrain. It is impossible to explore it all in one go. There is spiritual energy here, which is suitable for ordinary cultivators and demons to practice. So leaving a blood lock here will become a Necessary choice.
After Ning Tao drew the blood lock, Qing Zhui originally wanted to suck Ning Tao's finger, but when he saw Jiang Hao standing next to him, he suppressed this idea.
Ning Tao dipped his bitten finger into the water of the Dihe River and rinsed it. When he picked it up again, the bleeding had stopped and the wound was healing quickly without leaving any scars.
In the soil-seeking plate, the ripples of ink surged toward the center, and the ripples trembled very violently.
Ning Tao said excitedly: "This place is really a treasure!"
Qing Zhui glanced at the earth-seeking plate and said, "It points to the middle of the reservoir. I'll go into the water and have a look." As she said that, she was about to take off her clothes.
Ning Tao held her back: "Don't be impulsive. Let's go around and have a look before we make a decision. If you go down hastily, wouldn't it be very dangerous if there is some vicious monster under the water?"
Jiang Hao said: "Yes, let's go around and take a look first. If you need to go into the water, I will freeze the water first without taking off your clothes."
Qing Zhui: "..."
Ning Tao handed the tactical flashlight to Jiang Hao to light, and he walked forward from the left holding the Xuntu inkstone. The reservoir was larger than imagined, and the cave changed into an oval shape as it changed. The ink ripples in the Xuntu inkstone continued to shift as he went deeper, always pointing in the direction originally pointed.
After walking about a kilometer, a body suddenly appeared among a pile of rocks. The clothes on his body were almost weathered, with only a few parts left. His flesh and blood had also been dried, turning into a skinny mummy. Only his hair is relatively well preserved, and you can tell at a glance that he is a blond Caucasian. His body shape also proves this. He is very tall in front of him, at least 1.9 meters tall.
Jiang Hao said: "Could he be a member of the Western expedition team that Fan Huaying mentioned?"
Ning Tao said: "It's very possible."
The three of them walked over and found two rusty oxygen bottles among the rocks, as well as diving goggles and frog shoes, but they were almost weathered.
These equipment point clues to the dark reservoir. There is only one expedition member on the shore. Could the rest of them dive underwater and then fail to come back up
Jiang Hao began to search the body of the mummy. She took out a money clip from the tattered pocket. The money clip was rotten beyond recognition. She opened it carefully and found a pile of tattered paper inside. .
"It's US dollars, it should be American." Jiang Hao said, she pulled out the rotten money papers, and finally pulled out a small gadget from the wallet. She glanced at it and suddenly threw it away as if it was pricked.
"What is it?" Qing Zhui asked curiously: "Why did you throw it away?"
Jiang Hao's face was full of embarrassment: "Don't ask."
That's a condom.
Ning Tao said: "There is only some change and no identity information, which is in line with Black Fire Company's style. Their agents go out to perform tasks and will not bring anything with them that can detect their identity information."
Jiang Hao said with emotion: "Aren't the agents of Black Fire Company the ones who attacked the botanical garden of Blueprint Biotechnology Company? How could Black Fire Company know this place and send agents here?" Ning Tao said: "Me too I don’t know, this is just a guess on my part, maybe not, maybe it is, but no matter what the result is, one thing is certain that these people are definitely not simple.”
Qing Zhui said, "I'll go into the water and take a look." Before Jiang could say anything, she added, "I won't take off my clothes."
Jiang Hao looked very calm, but there was a bit of embarrassment on his face.
Ning Tao thought for a moment and then said: "What Fan Huaying said was that a group of people came in and none of them went out. But there is only one body here, wouldn't the rest of them all die under the water? Don't think about going down for the time being. There is definitely something in this reservoir. The more precious the treasure, the more likely it is to be guarded by something ferocious. "
Qing Zhui was a little depressed: "What should we do?"
Ning Tao said: "Let's go deeper and take a look before talking."
The three of them continued walking along the edge of the reservoir.
After a distance, the reservoir slowly narrowed, and Jiang Hao used his tactical flashlight to shine on the cliff at the end. The rock wall cuts off the reservoir in the middle like a gate, but it is obviously not a gate that blocks water. It has many holes. Those holes are not big, the largest is only half a foot in diameter. If there was water behind it, it would have seeped through long ago. However, given the diameter of those holes, it is impossible for anyone, not even a child, to get through them.
Jiang Hao moved the tactical flashlight to the opposite side of the reservoir. At a glance, he could see the rock wall on the opposite side and the rocky "road" that could be walked under the rock wall, extending towards the entrance of the cave.
"That's it. There's nothing." Qing Zhui said gloomily, "It seems we can only find out if we go down and take a look."
Ning Tao looked at the Xuntu inkstone in his hand. The ripples of ink in the Xuntu inkstone were still pointing to the center of the reservoir. He had a headache in his heart. It seemed that only by diving into the bottom of the reservoir could he know what treasures were hidden here. However, the horrific legends of the Black Horn Tribe and the expedition team who died here made him hesitate. indefinite. Qing Zhui is a snake demon and can dive into mire, let alone diving, but he doesn't trust her to take risks.
Ning Tao left another blood lock on the "gate" at the bottom of the cave, and then said: "Let's go back from the other side and go to the corresponding position of the corpse first."
The three of them walked back from the other side of the reservoir. The terrain along the way was still rugged with strange rocks, but there was nothing except ordinary rocks. The Xuntu Inkstone has always been locked in the direction of the center of the reservoir. The closer it is to the middle of the reservoir, the stronger the ripples are.
Almost half an hour later, the three of them arrived at the middle of the reservoir. Jiang Hao used his tactical flashlight to shine on the opposite side, but could not shine on the body. Based on the distance measured by footsteps, this reservoir located in the middle of the mountain has a circumference of at least three kilometers and a diameter of at least 1.5 kilometers in the middle. At such a distance, it was impossible for a tactical flashlight to illuminate the body.
"Brother Ning, do you have an idea?" Qing asked, as if she couldn't wait to go down and see what treasures there were, and then dig them out for Ning Tao. She always wants the best for Ning Tao, including herself.
Ning Tao said: "Let me think about it again."
At this moment, there was a sudden noise above the head, like a mountain collapsing!
Jiang Hao hurriedly raised the tactical flashlight and shined it towards the top of the cave.
Suddenly, a black shadow struck down like a dark cloud.