Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Shooting the Moon

A hazy orb of yellow light, like a furry moon, drifted erratically at the end of the darkness.At this time, seeing shiny things in the cave full of jagged and strange rocks does not feel at ease, but feels a little chilly.Huang Qianshan couldn't help but think of several monster movies in his mind. The light spots that appear in the dark are usually the eyes of monsters. That kind of monster is as big as a hill, and can trample a group of people to death with one foot.Huang Qianshan thought about it again. Most of the monsters have two eyes. Now there is only one moon-like light ball, so it should not be a monster.

"It's not even night yet, the moon is out, it's much more diligent than the sun." Hao Dali said jokingly. "Use your brain, okay, where does the moon come from in the cave?" Cai Minmin said angrily. Liang Xiaoyu looked into the depths and said, "It's always a good thing to have light." Lao Yue felt strange seeing the yellow light ball, but time waited for no one, she was the first to go into the water when the underground river was clear.Hao Dali wanted to go into the water with him, but he was worried that the other two women would be left behind, so he let Cai Minmin and Liang Xiaoyu go into the water first, and he followed the three women, and he could help if anyone had an accident.Huang Qianshan looked at the bluestone sculpture at the bottom of the water, and at the ball of light floating at the end of the darkness. When the four people in front of him swam farther and farther, he took a deep breath and jumped into the water.Gu Changtian didn't go into the water, Huang Qianshan felt something was wrong after swimming a certain distance, so he turned his head and called Gu Changtian.

"Hey, brother Gu, are you coming or not, or you won't be able to keep up with the team!" Huang Qianshan called back. "Come right away." Gu Changtian kept stuffing greased paper into his clothes, fearing that the things in his arms would be soaked in water, but being disturbed by Huang Qianshan's urging, he got into the river nervously.There are unpredictable dangers lurking in many places in the cave, and the situation in the water is even more unknown, so everyone turns on the tactical spotlights on the lamp caps, so that no one can be found if anyone is in danger. At this time, it is impossible to save money. Otherwise, my life will be saved.

Some natural stone pillars in the water protrude from the water surface. After thousands of years of scouring, the surface is so sharp that if people hit it, they will definitely be split in half.Some places on the top of the cave are close to the water surface. When people swim in the underground river, they sink and float, and they seem to be knocked unconscious by the strange rocks on the top of the cave at any time.There are many roots of plants on the top of the cave, some of which are thicker than vines. When Huang Qianshan swam over, he bumped into many roots. The surface of the roots was as slippery as a loach. Sticky asphalt, and a rotten stench.

Huang Qianshan has been paying attention to the movement in the water. He can't see a single fish in the water. He always feels that the underground river is weird, and staying in the water for a long time will only increase the risk factor, so he swims very fast.However, the water gradually turned from cold to warm. At first, Huang Qianshan thought that he had adapted to the low temperature of the groundwater. Unexpectedly, the further he swam, the higher the temperature in the water. The temperature of the groundwater was close to the normal body temperature of a person just halfway through the swim.

Because he was worried that the underground water was not clean, Huang Qianshan kept swimming with his mouth closed and only breathed through his nose. He felt that something was wrong, so he wanted to shout to Lao Yue and others in front, telling them not to take it lightly and just swim forward.However, Gu Changtian, who was panting and swimming behind him, shouted first: "Brother Huang, wait, what do you see in my hand?" Huang Qianshan stopped, and after Gu Changtian caught up, he turned his head and looked at the thing in Gu Changtian's hand, it was a monkey bone.When Huang Qianshan saw the monkey bone in Gu Changtian's hand, he almost lost his breath. He didn't expect Gu Changtian to steal a piece of monkey bone. Didn't he say that he would bring a catty of monkey bone to Gu Changtian when he went back? It's nothing more than taking a sheep by the hand, but he dared to show it off blatantly.

Even so, Huang Qianshan still asked suspiciously: "Did you take it from the shore?" "No, look behind." Gu Changtian turned excitedly and pointed to the undulating water behind him. Huang Qianshan was dangling in the water. He looked back at the water behind him, and at some point there were many dry monkey bones floating on the surface of the river.After thousands of years of vicissitudes, the monkey bone has become as dry and porous as wood, and its density is much lower than that of water. It is completely possible to float on the water.Huang Qianshan clearly remembered that there was no rubbish on the water before he entered the water, let alone floating monkey bones.Could it be that the monkey bone became a spirit and grew legs and swam into the water with them, or someone threw the monkey bone into the water on the bank?

"You were the last to enter the water, did you accidentally kick the monkey bone into the water?" Huang Qianshan asked with a hot breath. "I didn't, how could I be so stupid, I called you because I didn't do it." Gu Changtian explained seriously. "Stop talking nonsense, you go first, I'll be behind." Huang Qianshan couldn't help but push Gu Changtian forward. The underground river did not know when it would end. Huang Qianshan was a little impatient. The monkey bone did not grow legs and ran into the water, nor was it thrown down by someone. The monkey bone will automatically drift with the current, rippling on the water surface.Huang Qianshan thought in his heart, it doesn't matter if the underground river water rises normally, if it rises rapidly, the groundwater will submerge the cave in an instant, then they will have nowhere to escape and drown here.

Huang Qianshan recalled his every move after entering the cave. Apart from standing next to the monkey bones for a short while, they didn't touch anything. Why did the groundwater suddenly rise? Is it a coincidence or another reason.At this moment, the speed of the five swimmers in front slowed down significantly. Huang Qianshan was feeling puzzled when he immediately discovered that huge blisters had emerged from the stone balls on the bluestone carvings at the bottom of the water.Bubbles exploded to the surface of the water, and the groundwater immediately felt like a pot of boiling water, making the six people in it tremble with fear.

"Why do stones in the water bubble up? Could it be natural gas?" Hao Dali shouted with difficulty. "Who told you that natural gas is drilled out of rocks, and they are stored underground..." Huang Qianshan was about to continue, but he smelled a fragrance in the bubbles, which was exactly the scent he had smelled earlier. There is almost no fragrance. "These stone balls are weird, let's not waste time, and swim ahead." Lao Yue's face turned pale, and she vaguely felt that there was danger lurking in the river based on her rich experience. "What are these stone balls? I hate balls the most. Next time I see footballs and basketballs, I will smash them!" Cai Minmin said angrily.

Liang Xiaoyu was exhausted and gradually fell behind. Seeing this, Hao Dali supported her to swim forward.Gu Changtian swam vigorously and quickly caught up with Lao Yue.Huang Qianshan fell behind, not because he didn't want to use his strength, but because his strength was slowly exhausted.This made Huang Qianshan feel surprised. He can swim a long distance even in winter swimming on weekdays. How come he can't do it after just a short section of water today? Could it be that he has lost his sun early in his prime. After thinking wildly, Huang Qianshan gritted his teeth and tried his best to move forward in the water, but his vision was blurred by the spray, but he had an illusion.In the depths of the dark cave, another hazy yellow ball of light rose slowly from the water surface. The two balls of light floated quietly in the air in the darkness, making people feel dizzy.Huang Qianshan thought to himself, he is not old enough to suffer from presbyopia, he is really in a bad way today. Unexpectedly, Cai Minmin panted in front and asked, "There is another moon in the cave...the ball of light, could it be something unclean?" After hearing this, Huang Qianshan realized that it wasn't because he was dazzled, there was indeed another "moon" in the cave.Throughout the ages, humans have worshiped light and feared darkness. In myths and legends, bright things represent justice, and dark things are often classified as evil.The six people in the cave gradually felt that the two "moons" in front of them were not good people. This was the first time they felt that bright things were so scary. This is an unknown feeling, but it has quietly penetrated into everyone's nerves. in the body veins. The frequency of bubbles in the water also unknowingly increased, and the six people wading in the water were slowed down by the bubbles.Huang Qianshan glanced at the bluestone sculptures at the bottom of the water in disgust. After the swaying water surface was reflected by the headlights, the bluestone sculptures seemed to come to life. The arrows they shot seemed to be about to leave the string and hit the stone ball.Huang Qianshan felt that the weirdness of the underground river must have something to do with the bluestone sculpture shooting the stone ball. The overconfident queen of the ancient Guo State put up a water formation, which must be alluding to something, so it is definitely not the simple answer of shooting the sun.The ball of light in the depths of the cave is not as dazzling as the sun. What it pours out is a soft light, very similar to the hairy moon.Huang Qianshan waved his arms, thinking in confusion as he walked forward, could it be that the bluestone sculpture and the ancient temple described "shooting the moon" instead of "shooting the sun"? "I feel like something is going to happen. Why don't you swim back and come down when you're all right." Liang Xiaoyu said nervously. "It's too late. I have already swam such a long distance. If something really happens, it will be futile to swim back." Huang Qianshan immediately denied, "Dali, take care of her, don't fall behind, maybe the shore is ahead." After Huang Qianshan finished speaking, he looked forward. Unfortunately, it was difficult to see if there was a shore in the distance when floating on the water. He was about to look away, but he saw a stone ball on Cai Minmin's head that was about to fall.The stone balls were fused to the stone wall through a special kind of clay in ancient times. There must have been countless stone balls in the cave at the time, and they would continue to fall due to the erosion of water vapor.Huang Qianshan saw that the stone ball was about to fall, but Cai Minmin didn't notice it. She was about to turn around and attack Liang Xiaoyu's cowardice, and she didn't care what was going on above her head. The stone ball dropped some dust, and Cai Minmin splashed the water, and the falling dust was washed away by the water, so she was still in a state of ignorance.Huang Qianshan didn't have time to remind, Cai Minmin was right in front of him, so he stretched out his hand and pulled Cai Minmin towards him.Cai Minmin slammed into Huang Qianshan with a blank face, and the stone ball also fell into the water at this moment, with a splash, which was many times louder than all the people swimming.Cai Minmin blushed and swam away from Huang Qianshan without saying a word. Huang Qianshan thought that Cai Minmin would scold and take advantage of her, but he didn't expect Cai Minmin to be so quiet. I don't know if the stone balls stayed in the cave for a long time. After one stone ball fell into the water, several stone balls fell off the cave roof and the stone wall one after another, and fell into the underground river.They couldn't avoid it in the water, and if the stone ball hit their head, it would swell a few bags even if it didn't bloom.Therefore, they had to stop and continue to swim forward. The stone balls were densely covered on the top of the cave, and only the places where the roots of plants were densely packed were not set with stone balls.Lao Yue found a place where the roots of the plants were as thick as pythons, and they fell into the water, so all six of them swam to the roots group, grasping the thick and slippery roots, panting. The stone balls fell more and more, just like a rain of stone balls in a cave, the water surface of the underground river was stirred up like a raging sea tide.The ball of light in the depths of the cave began to float over, but two more balls of light rose from the water in the distance. Huang Qianshan suddenly remembered something when he saw the ball of light, and realized that something extremely dangerous was about to happen in the cave. He shouted in his heart: I'm too careless. It turns out that the meaning of shooting the moon in the blue stone carving is so that these "moons" must be shot down, otherwise don't even think about getting out of the cave!