Chapter 12 Chapter 9 The Cave

I looked at the flame with my eyes, and after just one glance, I felt that my head was extremely noisy, and there were many evil things running around, filling the entire cave. Cave, the English name is cave, cavern, or cavity.According to the definition of the International Association of Speleology, a cave is a natural underground space that people can enter and exit. Caves are an important part of the earth's natural landscape and a unique natural resource that is closely related to human production activities; the science of studying its formation, morphological characteristics, development and evolution, and development and utilization is speleology. English is called Speleology.

In the mainland, especially in the southern karst mountainous areas, the investigation, detection, formation, development and utilization of caves are of great theoretical significance and social and economic value.But there are not many famous caves near this city.Although the sinking pool is very famous, it is famous for its promise. As for whether the passage between the two mother-child wells is a cave, few people think about it, and few people think about exploring it. Yingshan was the first to enter the sinking pool cave and came out, which lasted three and a half hours.It can be seen that the passage between the two wells of the sinking pool is not difficult to walk, even beginners can easily get started.

When it comes to caves, we must mention several of its major types.There is no need to introduce the others. After all, it has nothing to do with this book. It is good to focus on the related types. According to the definition of a cave, a cave is actually composed of two parts: the cave space (cavity) and the surrounding rock mass, or (surrounding rock).There are many types of caves, which are classified according to the nature of the surrounding rocks they form: carbonate caves, formed by karstification, are the most widely distributed, largest in number and largest in scale on the mainland.

Gypsum caves are generally small in scale, and their distribution is far less common than that of carbonate caves.Conglomerate caves, formed in calcareous cemented conglomerate, are few in number on the mainland and are generally not large in length. Basalt caves are formed by the magma erupted by volcanic activity through differential cooling during the flow process. They are mainly distributed in the northeast of the mainland and the volcanic eruption area in Hainan. Sandstone caves, ice formed by differential weathering.The caves between the sinking pool and the mother wells are few conglomerate caves.

The seven of us swam out of the water and climbed onto a conglomerate platform, which was not big, only more than ten square meters.Where the light shines, I can see a narrow passage extending not far away, winding and bending, like leading to the depths of hell. Yingshan was the last one to come over, and a rope as thick as wool was pinned to his waist, emitting a faint silver light.Shi Yueying pulled it curiously, and asked, "What is this?" "This is a special plastic rope, which is used to indicate our position and prevent getting lost. One end of the rope is tied to me, and the other is nailed to the bottom of the mother well. If you can't find your way, you can follow the rope back. I I bought a length of 5,000 meters, which is enough." Yingshan explained.

"It's so thin, won't it break?" She asked again. "Of course not. It's a special plastic. It's very resilient and extremely elastic. It's not easy to break, and it's also hard to be cut by sharp rocks." Yingshan wiped off the water on his face with his hands, and used the miner's lamp on his forehead to look around. Scanned. The sandstone on the entire cave wall is ferocious, and there are stalactites of different lengths on the top of the head, dripping transparent liquid, like the saliva of a terrifying monster. "This place still hasn't changed, it's still so indescribably terrifying!"

"Let's go, continue." Yi Jiang carried the device on his back, "I've seen the map you drew, and the hole in front can basically be used for walking, right?" "Yes, the width and height of the cave are very suitable for beginners, the difficulty is small, and there are not many places to climb." Yingshan nodded, and took out an iron pick from his backpack, "I will lead the way, everyone will follow Go alone, be careful of the cave walls, sometimes the sandstone can be so sharp that it can easily cut the human body, and you will be injured if you don’t pay attention.”

Everyone filed slowly into the cave that could accommodate only one person. Yingshan was in front, Qin Han was behind, and I was in the middle of the team, walking unhurriedly, looking at the cave wall while walking.Sandstone is formed by weathering, denudation, transportation and accumulation of rocks in the source area in the basin. The rocks are composed of debris and interstitials. In addition to quartz and feldspar, clasts also include muscovite, heavy minerals, and rock debris.The interstitial materials include cement and clastic matrix. Common cements include siliceous and carbonate cements.

According to the definition of a cave, a cave is actually composed of two parts: the cave space (cavity) and the surrounding rock mass, or (surrounding rock).There are many types of caves, which are classified according to the nature of the surrounding rocks they form: carbonate caves, formed by karstification, are the most widely distributed, largest in number and largest in scale on the mainland. Gypsum caves are generally small in scale, and their distribution is far less common than that of carbonate caves.Conglomerate caves, formed in calcareous cemented conglomerate, are few in number on the mainland and are generally not large in length.

Basalt caves are formed by the magma erupted by volcanic activity through differential cooling during the flow process. They are mainly distributed in the northeast of the mainland and the volcanic eruption area in Hainan. Sandstone caves, ice formed by differential weathering.The caves between the sinking pool and the mother wells are few conglomerate caves. The seven of us swam out of the water and climbed onto a conglomerate platform, which was not big, only more than ten square meters.Where the light shines, I can see a narrow passage extending not far away, winding and bending, like leading to the depths of hell.

Yingshan was the last one to come over, and a rope as thick as wool was pinned to his waist, emitting a faint silver light.Shi Yueying pulled it curiously, and asked, "What is this?" "This is a special plastic rope, which is used to indicate our position and prevent getting lost. One end of the rope is tied to me, and the other is nailed to the bottom of the mother well. If you can't find your way, you can follow the rope back. I I bought a length of 5,000 meters, which is enough." Yingshan explained. "It's so thin, won't it break?" She asked again. "Of course not. It's a special plastic. It's very resilient and extremely elastic. It's not easy to break, and it's also hard to be cut by sharp rocks." Yingshan wiped off the water on his face with his hands, and used the miner's lamp on his forehead to look around. Scanned. The sandstone on the entire cave wall is ferocious, and there are stalactites of different lengths on the top of the head, dripping transparent liquid, like the saliva of a terrifying monster. "This place still hasn't changed, it's still so indescribably terrifying!" "Let's go, continue." Yi Jiang carried the device on his back, "I've seen the map you drew, and the hole in front can basically be used for walking, right?" "Yes, the width and height of the cave are very suitable for beginners, the difficulty is small, and there are not many places to climb." Yingshan nodded, and took out an iron pick from his backpack, "I will lead the way, everyone will follow Go alone, be careful of the cave walls, sometimes the sandstone can be so sharp that it can easily cut the human body, and you will be injured if you don’t pay attention.” Everyone filed slowly into the cave that could accommodate only one person. Yingshan was in front, Qin Han was behind, and I was in the middle of the team, walking unhurriedly, looking at the cave wall while walking.Sandstone is formed by weathering, denudation, transportation and accumulation of rocks in the source area in the basin. The rocks are composed of debris and interstitials. In addition to quartz and feldspar, clasts also include muscovite, heavy minerals, and rock debris.The interstitial materials include cement and clastic matrix. Common cements include siliceous and carbonate cements. The matrix component mainly refers to the particles deposited at the same time as the clast, finer clay or silty matter.The composition and structure of interstitial materials reflect the geological structure environment and physical and chemical conditions of sandstone formation.But from the sandstone here, I can't find any information about its geological structure.Bu Xiaoxin who was behind me seemed to have noticed this too. She poked my back with her finger and whispered, "Xiao Qiqi, do you find it strange?" Forget it, everyone knows this shameful name, so I can't even recognize it, damn Shi Yueying! I didn't turn my head, just knocked down a piece and looked at it, "It's really strange." "Right, sandstone is the most widely used building stone. Buildings decorated with sandstone hundreds of years ago may still exist today. The characteristics of this rock are sound insulation, moisture absorption, and resistance to damage. Weathering, insoluble in water, no moss growing on the stone, easy to clean, but look!" She pointed to some graying plants on the stone, "Although these plants are dead, they obviously existed. I'm afraid these sandstones are not worthy of their names." "Perhaps, there may be other substances in the sandstone that can keep the moss alive." I brought the stone to my mouth and licked lightly at the breach. "Tasted anything?" she asked. I shook my head, "The taste is very complicated, I can't taste it." At this moment, the person in front suddenly exclaimed. "What's wrong in front?" I tapped Shi Yueying's back.She shook her head, "I don't know, I can't see clearly." I frowned and looked around. There was a lot of space around, enough for me to squeeze through sideways, so I squeezed and moved forward slowly.It didn't take long to come to Yingshan's side, and saw a large platform not far away. There were a lot of sandstone blocks scattered around the platform. The fractures of those stones were very new, and it might not take long for them to fall. "What's wrong?" I asked Yingshan and Yijiang who were in a daze. Yingshan's voice was a little hoarse, obviously very disappointed, "The passage leading to the sinking pond well is blocked by rocks, and we can't move forward." After saying this, everyone was immediately extremely disappointed.Originally holding their own goals, they set off with great interest, but they didn't expect to go back home before halfway through the road. This feeling is really uncomfortable. "Forget it, maybe it's God's will. After we go back, let's find some explosives and blow up the two wells in the sinking pool, so that they won't come out again to harm people." On the rock at the point, "Everyone is hungry, eat something on the spot, we will go back in twenty minutes!" Everyone dispersed in disappointment. Shi Yueying and I didn't go to eat the simple food, but walked to a corner not far away, where Ying Shan pointed out that we should have moved forward.Sure enough, there used to be a hole that could allow people to enter, but unfortunately because of the earthquake, it was blocked by several rocks that could not be moved by manpower. I shook those rocks vigorously and then smiled wryly. Could it be that the sinking pool knew we were going to go there and deliberately blocked our way?Impossible, how can there be such an anthropomorphic cave. "We can't make it through." I turned around and said to Shi Yueying, "Is it very disappointing?" "A little, but I don't know why, I was a little relieved." She said honestly: "My heart has been hanging since I came in, as if I entered the throat of a huge monster, and now the throat leading to its stomach pouch It seems to be a fortunate thing to be blocked." This little girl is really good at metaphors. I asked: "But maybe there will never be a way. If you know the secret of the sinking pool, you may never know whether your sister and Niuniu are still alive." Shi Yueying was stunned for a long time before slowly saying: "Xiao Qi Qi, do you think sister and the others really still have hope of living?" "As long as the bodies have not been found and there is no strong evidence to prove that they are indeed dead, they are still alive in the legal sense, but they just disappeared for a while." I replied firmly. She sighed and leaned weakly on my shoulder, "Thank you, huh, I really hope that when I go home, I can see my sister suddenly appear and welcome us. When this damn sinking pool is about to blow up, I will Come on fire!" "The little girl's tone is really not normal." A voice came out from beside her, it was Bu Xiaoxin, "But, I like it." She looked at us with an ambiguous smile, "How long have you been dating? See Your girlfriend looks like a senior in high school." I was stunned, and speaking of it, Shi Yueying's age should be like a third year in high school, why have I never seen her go to school, and it's not summer vacation now. Shi Yueying glared at her, "I dropped out of school this year. Studying is boring. Before my parents died, I established a fund for my sister and me. I can live comfortably in this life." "Yo, so it's Miss Qianjin, I'm sorry." The adventurer who is said to be famous in the world had a sour tone for some reason, looked at me and curled his lips, "Xiao Qiqi, are you really dating? Not quite." "This kind of thing is our family business, so you don't need to worry about it." Shi Yueying seemed a little hostile towards her. "Okay, since it's his family's business, of course I won't take care of it, just go away." She walked away nonchalantly, knocking on the rock wall along the way.I smiled, "What's the matter, the tone is so aggressive." "I don't know, I feel uncomfortable when I see her. Although she didn't deliberately target me. But, I always feel that there is something wrong with her, like..." Shi Yueying turned her head and thought, "It's like she would walk away from me , as if snatching away my most important thing... From the first moment I saw her, I had this feeling!" "A woman's sixth sense?" I asked in surprise.Although I also find Bu Xiaoxin annoyed by her, it's just pure annoyance, and I don't think she's dangerous. On the contrary, she even makes me a little familiar. "Yes, it's a woman's sixth sense." Shi Yueying nodded vigorously, "It is said that women's sixth sense is the most effective. It seems that I must always be on guard against her." "Hey, there's no need to be so ruthless..." I was about to shout, but suddenly I strangled my voice in my throat, "Yueying, did you hear anything?" "Where is it?" She shook her head. "No, when Bu Xiaoxin knocked on the stone wall just now, there must have been some special sounds, I obviously heard it!" I muttered to myself, walking to the place where Bu Xiaoxin had just walked, knocking on it with climbing picks all the way, finally, a A hollow sound sounded from the stone wall.Immediately, I became excited and shouted: "Everyone, I'm afraid, I have a little discovery. Come here!" After a while, all the people gathered, some of them were biting compressed biscuits, some were holding water bottles, and looked at me inexplicably. I didn't bother to pay attention to their surprised expressions, I just knocked hard on the stone wall, "Listen, do you hear a certain sound?" Most people shook their heads. Only Yingshan and Bu Xiaoxin's expressions changed dramatically, their bodies trembled, and their voices trembled slightly with excitement. "There is a hollow sound, behind the stone wall, there is a cave behind!" "That's right, judging from this hollow sound, the stone wall is definitely not thick. Let's smash it hard with the pickaxes we carry, and we will be able to smash it open." I said loudly.Everyone became excited immediately, and they took out their pickaxes and smashed them indiscriminately. Sure enough, the stone wall was not thick, and a hole big enough for people to get in and out was soon smashed out.I poked my head inside and saw that it was pitch black, the darkness like ink, even the miners' lamp above my head was very difficult to illuminate. The cave is very deep and I don't know where it leads. "Now there is a question, can we get in?" I sat on the ground and looked at the other six people. "Enter!" Yi Jiang said decisively, "Maybe this is the passage leading to the tomb of the ancient emperor. If there really was such an emperor in the past, and there were symbols on the wall of the well, it would definitely be a big news that caused a sensation in the world. " "I'm on the same front as Yijiang." Photographer Qin Han expressed his opinion. "I want to find out the truth about my sister's death," He Xue said. "This is an unknown world from the beginning, but the sinking pool five years ago is also an unknown world to me. I like the feeling of exploration, so I will go." Yingshan thought for a while: "However, your I can no longer guarantee safety!" Shi Yueying looked at me and said hesitantly: "I want to know about my sister's whereabouts and life or death. Besides, I'll go as soon as you go." "Everyone is going, and of course I am going too. Human beings are group creatures." Bu Xiaoxin said with a smile.I slowly looked at everyone, and then looked at the secluded cave where some unknown secret was hidden, and my curiosity was burning violently for a while.Humans are such creatures who are unstoppably curious about the unknown. It's like a closed box is placed in front of you, and everyone tells you not to open it, but you also know that opening it will be dangerous.But the longer you stay in front of that closed box, the more you want to open it. I'm afraid I'm more curious about drowning pools than anyone else.But there was a voice in my heart, constantly telling myself, leave, the farther away from this cave the better. Faced with the choice of whether to go or not, my choice time is actually not long, only one second.No matter what, I want to go in and have a look, otherwise I will regret it for the rest of my life.Alas, maybe the self before amnesia is not, but also a daring adventurer! Everyone chose to go in without exception. Before going in, we followed Yingshan's advice and arranged our equipment again.He adjusted the position of the rope, and fixed the special plastic rope at the entrance of this new cave again, so that he could pull the rope back when he got lost. "This rope has a total of five kilometers. We have used up 1,100 meters, and there are 3,900 meters left." He looked at the scale of the rope and said, "For the sake of safety, we will advance 3,900 meters." After 10 meters, you must return, otherwise it is easy to get lost!" The rest of the people were obviously a little absent-minded, thinking about their own things. Yingshan, who is still the most experienced in cave exploration, walked in the front. He took the first step carefully, and then motioned for us to go in one by one. When my body completely entered the cave, I was immediately surrounded by a chill, a chill that penetrated into the bone marrow, constantly rushing from all directions, even the cold-proof clothing on my body could not block it. It didn't take long for this weird cold to recede like a tide, making people think that the chill just now was just an illusion. Bu Xiaoxin, who was still in line behind me, poked my back, "Did you feel very cold when you came in, and then the chill suddenly disappeared?" "Yes." I answered simply and clearly. "It's a weird feeling. At that moment, I thought I was about to be frozen, and my whole body seemed to be peeped by something. This cave is not simple!" She muttered. "Be quiet, we have to be more careful." My heart trembled, and I slowly looked around with the lights of the seven miners' lamps; A small opening in the stone wall. The inner stone wall is very straight and firm, about five meters high, one and a half meters wide, and extremely thin, as if the whole rock has been artificially cut into its current shape.The place we are in is very narrow and long, but the ceiling of the cave is very high, like a ray of sky. The darkness in the cave was very abnormal. I rubbed my eyes, and then I saw clearly with the light. It turned out that the surrounding rock walls were also pitch black, and everything I could see was black. I couldn't help being surprised and said: "Look, the rocks on the cave wall seem to be black. It may be gabbro!" There are not many pure black rocks in this world, and even fewer appear in large quantities.Although basalt is also black, basalt in nature generally has pores, almond-shaped structures and porphyritic structures.I didn't see this on the surrounding rocks.Gabbro is different. If gabbro has a very high content of black stone parent, it is very likely to be pure black. Everyone looked at the rock wall in amazement. These guys must have been too nervous, thinking about things one by one, and didn't even pay much attention to the surrounding environment. Bu Xiaoxin's face was a little solemn. She knocked off a rock with her hand, held it in her hand and looked at it for a while, then looked at her palm in a daze, and said in a daze for a long time: "No, these are limestone. It's just that the surface has been artificially smeared with a layer of charcoal. " Yijiang's eyes lit up, "You mean, someone before has entered here. It can even be said that this passage has traces of artificial processing, and it is very likely that it is the entrance of the emperor's tomb as we guessed!" Everyone was suddenly excited again, and their motivation to continue moving forward became stronger.I said nothing, and my expression was a little dignified. Sometimes adding charcoal to wood or coffins can dry out and prevent corruption, but I have never heard of any emperor's tomb where charcoal was used to smear the entire tomb once.Coupled with the completely incomprehensible and unknown symbols on the well wall of the sinking pool, it made me very uncomfortable. I hope there will be no problems. I secretly heightened my vigilance, carefully watching my surroundings as I walked.The passage is very long and straight, without too many ditches and sharp turns. It is very likely that it is a naturally formed cave and has been artificially carved. The flash of Qin Han's camera in front kept flashing, which made me even more irritable in this already dark and depressing environment. I don't know how long I walked, and suddenly my eyes suddenly opened up, and an oval-shaped space was exposed.We filed out, and as soon as we went out, we were shocked by the scene in front of us, and our bodies were petrified, and we couldn't close our jaws anymore.I saw that this oval space was more than ten meters high and more than two hundred square meters wide. In the relative center of the space, there was a huge iron-like copper container.The container is irregular in shape, six meters long and half a meter high, but the most surprising thing is that there is a kind of flame in the container, a kind of flame that is so weird that it is indescribable.The whole body of the flame was black and burning hot. But we who were standing not far away could not feel the heat at all, instead it was abnormally cold, as if the warmth on our body was like iron matter attracted by a magnet, draining towards the direction of the black flame.These flames are burning quietly, except for the eyes, all senses of the human body cannot feel its existence. I looked at the flame with my eyes, and after just one glance, I felt that my head was extremely noisy, and there were many evil things running around, filling the entire cave. Evil fire!It seems that there is only one noun in the world that can describe the thing in front of me.I shivered, and felt that Shi Yueying beside me was hugging my arm tightly, and my body was trembling uncontrollably. "Black flames seem to be found only in hell in western legends." After a long time, Bu Xiaoxin recovered from the shock and murmured. "I never knew that the flame can appear black, and I don't know what is in the container, which can make this black flame burn for a thousand years or even longer!" I still can't believe it.Qin Han was very excited. He kept taking pictures, getting closer and closer to the flame. "Be careful, don't get too close!" I warned. This big northern guy turned his head and smiled at me, "It's okay, I'll see if I can get a piece and take it out." "It's too dangerous. This unknown substance should stay away from it." I frowned and motioned for him to come back.He didn't listen at all, and walked over, "This thing is not as hot as the flames outside, so it shouldn't burn anything. Let me try!" Qin Han took out a roll of paper, grabbed one end, and threw the other end into it in the fire. As expected, the roll paper did not burn, and there was no trace of even a slight damage. It flew straight into the flames, as if entering the empty air.But through the strange black flames, nothing can be seen. "Look, there is no danger at all." He said proudly.At this moment, black flames suddenly burst out from the rolled paper in his hand, and the flames soared in an instant. The paper didn't curl up and turn into ashes as if it was being lit, but it seemed to wither. Yes, it is indeed withering. Those rolls withered in an instant, turned into fly ash, and fell to the ground.At the same time, Qin Han, who was stunned by this accident, suddenly screamed in pain, and rolled to the ground. He tightly grasped his right hand and rolled all over the ground in pain.I saw some black flames sprang out from his hands, and the flames jumped in his hands, more and more, covering his whole body within a few seconds.The four girls present couldn't help screaming. Inside the flames, a very strange scene was happening.Qin Han, who was surrounded by black flames, first withered from his right hand. His hand seemed to be sucked dry by the flames, and soon collapsed, followed by his body and head.He dried up quickly, and he couldn't hear the sound of the flames burning, only his heart-piercing screams. Soon, Qin Han was reduced to ashes, not even a single bone remained.There was nothing to burn, and the black flame gradually went out. The remaining six people trembled in this astonishing scene, no one was capable of helping him, they were just afraid, terribly afraid.After an unknown amount of time, Ying Shan said dryly, "What the hell are these things?" "I don't know, but it only incinerates organic matter and has no effect on inorganic matter." I boldly stepped forward and used a climbing pick to look through the things left after Qin Han's death. They were all metal instruments and things containing organic components. Already burned to the ground. "Damn it, let's go back right away. This kind of ghost place is not for ordinary people!" Ying Shan said harshly.Everyone's opinions were surprisingly unanimous again, we packed up the relics of Qin and Han, and returned home without hesitation.But at that time, no one thought that we would not be able to go back.When sinking pools lure us in, they have no intention of letting us out.It wants us to rot in its stomach...