Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 526 I've Seen Here

"Sound of water?" Hearing the faint sound of splashing water, the advancing team stopped, and several experienced people moved forward, pointed their ears at the direction in front of the crack, carefully listen.

The sound of the water coming over was a bit muffled, like the sound of thin streams of water falling into the jar. If you listen carefully, the sound of the water is quite mixed, as if many jets of water fell into the jar at the same time.It seems that the flow of these water flows is not large, but the number is very large, so the sound of water is connected together.

"It seems that the flow of groundwater here is much larger than we imagined. Judging from the sound, there may be a pool in front. I don't know if the water will destroy the Dragon Vessel Dungeon." Liu Cong said worriedly.

"Probably not. There are many cracks in the mountain here, and all of them have been artificially polished. If there is a water pool in front of it, it also existed when the Dragon Vessel Underground Palace was built. It is impossible for the builders to not consider the factor of water. Go ahead and take a look when you get there." Chen Benzhong knocked on the stone wall on one side of the crack and said confidently.

The more you walk forward, the louder the sound of the water flow, and there are some rumbling sounds mixed in with the sound of falling water, which sounds like the sound of water flowing in the water hole.

These water sounds are very different, some sound like water splashing on stones, some sound like rain, all kinds of water sounds are mixed together, very messy.

When everyone came here, they found that the ground of this crack in the mountain was no longer horizontal, but sloped downward, with a big slope.

Judging from the sound of the water, this place is relatively close to the pool, so the ground in the cracks of the mountain has become very slippery. Coupled with the large slope, the people in the team can only cling to the wall on one side. The tools in his hands cling to the side walls of the crack, so as to use his strength to prevent himself from slipping.

The person who walked most easily in the whole team was Chen Sanjin.Chen Ziyang noticed that the several cylindrical spikes on the front end of Chen Sanjin's pair of fine steel shoes had been bent downwards, and these spikes directly pressed against the slippery ground, giving people a very firm feeling.

With this pair of fine steel shoes, Chen Sanjin walked on such slippery ground as if he was walking on flat ground, and he was not affected at all, so gradually, he became the person who walked in the front of the whole team.

"Click...click..." Chen Sanjin's shoe tips and the tools in everyone's hands kept hitting the stone wall in this crack, but these crisp sounds were quickly drowned out by the sound of rumbling water.

Chen Sanjin, who had reached the end of the crack, stopped and kept shining the flashlight in his hand.The few people behind Chen Sanjin saw that Chen Sanjin's flashlight beam seemed to be swallowed by the darkness ahead, and nothing was illuminated at all. It seemed that the space ahead was very large.

All of a sudden, everyone in the team cheered up.Chen Benzhong had guessed before that there should be a very huge underground space here, and there is a high probability that it is the location of the Dragon Vessel Underground Palace.Now a huge and incomparable space appeared in front of everyone, that is to say, it is very likely that everyone is about to reach the location of the Dragon Vein Underground Palace.

After the slope of the crack reached the end, it became flat again. A dozen people lined up on the edge of the crack, looking forward.

This is a very large shaft. The cracks in the mountain under everyone's feet are above this shaft. Not far from the heads of several people is a huge hemispherical rock top.

The top of the rock is like a cauldron, covering the top of the shaft. There are many rocks protruding unevenly from the top of the rock. If you look carefully, some iron bars are faintly exposed between these rocks. thing.

It seems that these strips are artificially placed on the top of the rock, and their function is to be stuck between the raised rocks on the top of the rock to strengthen the strength of the top of the rock. It didn't collapse under the squeeze, it should be these iron bars that are working.

The depth of the shaft is very deep, about 100 meters. Everyone's flashlight beams shine on the bottom of the shaft, and you can vaguely see the shaking water below the shaft.

Then the members of the team shone the beam of the torch toward the side wall of the shaft.Because the area of ​​this shaft is very large, it took a while for everyone to have a rough look at the side wall of the shaft.

The side walls of this shaft are covered with jagged rocks, as well as mountain cracks of various shapes. These cracks may be large or small, thin or wide, and it is unknown how many there are.

Some streams of water come out of the cracks, these streams are larger or smaller.The big one formed a small waterfall, while the small stream trickled down drop by drop into the pool below.

In addition to these cracks in the mountain, there are also holes with relatively regular shapes on the side wall of the shaft. Some of the holes are approximately circular in shape, and some are approximately square.And the size of these holes is not very large, the largest is only two meters square, and the smallest diameter is even less than one meter.

"It's too strenuous to look at it this way, let's use a flare." Chen Benzhong said in a trembling voice. Obviously, this centenarian old man was very excited. Even with a lifetime of experience, it was difficult to suppress the excitement in his heart.

"Bang... Chi..." Following Chen Benzhong's order, a flare rose into the air with a stream of white smoke. After drawing an arc in the air, the flare exploded suddenly, lighting up the huge deep well.

When the dazzling white light appeared, the eyes of all the people in the team were a little hurt from the strong light, and they had been walking in the dark. Seeing such a bright light all of a sudden, everyone felt a little uncomfortable.

But all the people in the team didn't close their eyes to avoid the strong light. Instead, they opened their eyes wide. Regardless of the stinging pain the strong light brought to their eyes, they all looked around greedily.

The flares illuminated the deep well, and the entire shaft was clearly visible to everyone.The cracks and holes on the side walls of the shaft are well arranged, like rooms, and there are several floors on the side of the shaft. At first glance, the entire shaft looks like a building.

The strong light from the flare illuminated the pool below clearly. The pool was not very deep, and the light from the flare directly penetrated the pool and shone on the bottom of the pool.

The water in the pool is very clear, and with the bright light, everyone can directly see the rocks at the bottom of the pool.There are also some water holes around the pool, and the water in the pool flows in all directions.

The bottom of the pool is covered with pieces of gravel. If you look carefully, the surface of these gravels is relatively smooth, with sharp edges and corners. Some of the gravels have very regular edge shapes.It looked like a piece of stone brick fell into the pool and was smashed to pieces.

At this time, the flare had burned out, and the light from it was gradually weakening. Others were still hurrying to watch desperately, but Chen Ziyang was so surprised that his eyes widened and he froze on the spot.

At the moment when the flare bomb exploded just now, the rock cracks and regular holes in the entire deep well were reflected in his eyes at the same time, and suddenly a very familiar feeling emerged from Chen Ziyang's heart, as if it was the hole in front of him. He had seen this scene with his own eyes.

After this feeling suddenly appeared, Chen Ziyang didn't even bother to check the things in the deep well.He turned his brain rapidly, thinking desperately, trying to remember where he had seen the picture in front of him.

"Where is it... Where exactly is it?" This question kept shaking in Chen Ziyang's mind.Right now, he felt a little numbness in his spine, and the goosebumps all over his body had already swelled up at this moment. This feeling made him clearly know that he had indeed seen the scene in front of him.

Just when Chen Ziyang was racking his brains and couldn't figure it out, he suddenly touched the four mountain range models in his breast pocket, as if a thunderbolt exploded in his mind, Chen Ziyang shuddered, thinking up.

He had indeed seen the scene in front of him, not in other places, but when he robbed the tomb for the first time, he saw it in the tomb of Cardinal the Shallow Water Fish Transforming Dragon King.

When they were in the tomb of Cardinal Wang, the three brothers Chen Ziyang were trapped in a stone room, and there were several wall carvings in that stone room.At that time, there were two pieces that impressed Chen Ziyang deeply, and they were the last two pieces of the whole set of wall sculptures.On the penultimate wall carving, it is exactly the picture he sees now.

The mural depicts Cardinal Wang standing close and looking into the distance. Behind him, many people are busy, apparently carrying out a large-scale project. Thinking about it now , the picture should depict this deep well.

When he saw that wall sculpture, Chen Ziyang came up with an idea. This wall sculpture means that Cardinal Wang is supervising the progress of a project, and the scale of this project is very grand.Later, according to his speculation, this project is very likely to be the construction of the Qing Dynasty Dragon Vein Treasure.

Now it seems that my speculation at that time was very correct. It was Cardinal Wang who carved the picture of the construction of this deep well on the penultimate wall sculpture.

Immediately afterwards, on the last wall carving, Cardinal Wang was depicted sitting in silence in front of the Fengshui Treasure Cave of Fish Transforming into a Dragon in shallow water.

"I understand!" Just as Chen Ziyang was lost in memory, Chen Benzhong's words interrupted his thoughts.

"Have you seen the slate-like things that were broken at the bottom of the pool? If I'm not mistaken, those slabs were originally placed on the side walls of this deep well, in those relatively regular holes or some Surface of relatively small cracks.

These stone slabs should be like valves, which can control the opening and closing of the holes or cracks on the rock wall, but because they are relatively old, these stone slabs have fallen from the side wall of the deep well, so they shattered at the bottom of the pool .

There are many cracks in the entire shaft. It is very likely that when it was built here, some of the cracks were used for water diversion, and a large amount of water was injected into this deep well.

Through the opening and closing of these stone slabs, the water volume in the deep well can be controlled, and the height of the water surface is constantly changing with the opening and closing of the stone slabs, so as to connect other relatively wide cracks with different heights.

To make the water level higher, they closed all the stone slabs, and when the water level rose to the height they wanted, they opened some of the stone slabs to let the water in the deep well flow out.

As long as the number of open and close slabs is controlled, the amount of water injected can be equal to the amount of water discharged, so as to maintain the water surface at a fixed height.

And when the builders wanted to lower the water level, they either closed the water injection port with stone slabs, or opened more stone slabs to increase the drainage.

It can be said that this deep well is an elevator.It's just that this elevator does not need electricity, and is controlled by the water volume in the deep well.

These wide cracks, including the one we walked through, should be the passage for transporting materials.And the rising and falling water surface connects these cracks of different heights. As long as the wooden rafts floating on the water surface are used, the materials can be freely raised and lowered in this deep well.

Ingenious workmanship, this is really ingenious workmanship.The person who designed and built this place really has great wisdom. He must be a person who has a very deep understanding of mechanics. This person should be a master. "

After listening to Chen Benzhong's words, the others suddenly realized that there are so many mysteries hidden in this seemingly ordinary deep well.After figuring out the function of this deep well, everyone was in admiration.

"Hmph, master, isn't he just a master? This master has turned into a corpse monster and even made me blind in one eye." After Chen Ziyang quietly said that this place was built by Cardinal Wang , Yang Lei gritted his teeth, and whispered in Shuai Sanshi's ear.

"Shh..." Gazing at Yang Lei, Shuai Shi made a silent gesture and looked at Chen Ziyang who was standing aside.

The current Chen Ziyang's eyes are full of excitement, but the reason for his excitement is not because he admires the ingenious structure here, but because he finally matched all the clues.

For some reason, after realizing that this deep well was the picture that Cardinal Wang carved on the mural, Chen Ziyang had a feeling, a feeling that everything was about to settle down.

"Look there!" Liu Cong pointed to a crack in the mountain below, and said loudly.

With the light of the flares that were about to disappear, the people in the team looked around, and there was a relatively wide crack in the mountain in the direction of Liu Cong's finger.A very regular-shaped object was exposed in the crack.

The object looked like the corner of a cube, with three straight sides.However, the reason why Liu Cong shouted in surprise was not the regular shape of the object, but the pattern on the object.

On the exposed corner of this object, there are regular lines of horizontal and vertical staggered textures, just like the lines on a brick wall.

With the background of these lines, in the eyes of everyone, this object is clearly a corner of a section of the city wall.

(End of this chapter)