Chapter 160 The end of chapter nineteen

Looking back, the tunnel stretching for thousands of miles is actually in front of me, because the strong light is shining at a corner, and I know that as soon as I turn the corner, the exit will appear.The turning point is less than ten meters away from me. In this way, the end of the tunnel is actually in this spring. No wonder the tunnel here is so humid.Just as I was about to walk forward quickly, the ground suddenly shook, and the sound of waves rushed towards my face. This was the sound of hot springs surging.I understood instantly. I had heard the sound of water droplets and waves in the tunnel before, thinking that the tunnel led to the ocean, but now I finally understood that it was the sound from Quanhua.

As I walked, I wondered why the end was at Quanhua, and what was the mystery?I walked anxiously around the corner, wanting to know the answer from the end, and after the turn, the end was just a dozen meters in front of me.However, I saw a person sitting cross-legged in the tunnel, who seemed to be the one guarding the end.I was a little timid, but then I thought, I am tall and big, and that person seems very thin, so I braved up and walked over.Because there was light pouring in from the end, I couldn't see that person clearly against the light, and my eyes felt stinging.I made a loud noise on purpose, but the man didn't move at all. Could it be that he is sure to defeat the enemy?

"Hello?" I stretched out my hand and pushed that person as soon as I approached, who knew that as soon as I pushed, he fell down and fell apart. I was startled, so I calmed down, opened my eyes wide, and was startled.It turned out that this person was not a human being, but just a set of bones, probably severely corroded by water vapor, so it would disperse as soon as it was touched, which shocked me who was unprepared.Although this person's clothes are rotten, the style can still be seen.The team members outside are still talking. I know that the person who spontaneously combusts must die, so let's take a look at the person at the end first.This skeleton is not wearing modern clothes, but official clothes of the Qing Dynasty, which seems to be no more than a hundred years old.I was very confused. Were any officials from the Qing Dynasty sent here? How could there be officials from the Qing Dynasty?I picked up the official's bones and saw that there was no trace of fire, and it was decomposed naturally. In this way, it should be a natural death, not a spontaneous death. But if a good official does not work, why go to a desolate place?

I squatted down to look at it for a while, and felt that I didn't quite understand it. I was about to go out from the end to see if there were any clues left by the spontaneously combusted team members, but I found some words in front of the bones.Looking down, it turned out to be those mysterious words, and they were densely packed, probably written by this Qing Dynasty official.I haven't had time to take a closer look, in fact, I can't understand it even if I look carefully, but at this time, something unexpected happened again.The sound of birdsong suddenly floated into the tunnel, and it came from the end. I heard the sound gradually approaching, and I was shocked: Isn't this damn bird going into the tunnel?As soon as I guessed it in my heart, the group of flame birds appeared at the end of the tunnel, which shocked me.I didn't dare to look at the bird or the phoenix this time, I just turned my head and ran away.The bird didn't chase me, and finally climbed up from the collapse of the tunnel, only to find that the team members had already carried Xiao Li back who had been charred.

"Where did you go just now, we have been worried." Chen Jing said anxiously. "I..." I opened my mouth and didn't know how to describe what I had encountered, so I closed my mouth again. "It's strange, this person is spontaneously combusting again, did you see a ball of fire floating in the spring just now?" Yuan Yu covered his nose and mouth, speaking in a strange tone. "Put Xiao Li away first. Remember, you must have two or three people when you travel. I have emphasized many times. As for this Quanhua..." Professor He Kai explained again, "Everyone wants to move around Quanhua. Don't go too deep, for fear of something dangerous inside."

"Professor, it's best if you have one. Aren't we here to investigate? If we all discover what we already know, then what's the point of coming this time?" the team members questioned. "There must be dedication." Someone in the team echoed. "You're right, but try to avoid danger. After recording the surrounding environment, everyone will go in and check it together, okay?" Professor He Kai knew that he was in the wrong, so he had to give in. Everyone was talking about it, but the third child pulled me aside and said that he had something to talk to me about.I thought to myself, why I almost forgot, the father and son recognized each other just now, and I didn't have time to tell Chen Jing, she must be very happy.The third child took me to a place far away from the crowd with a serious face, and said, "You just said that I am your father. You misunderstood what I said."

"What's wrong, you want to deny it again?!" I was very disappointed and angry. "No, I didn't deny it, you really misunderstood!" The third child hastily defended. "You know the name Chen Lin, and you know the birthmark on my body, and I think your face is familiar, yours..." I hesitated for a while, and said, "Mom died because of that bird again. You came to Qiangtang not to be with me. Is it related to the mysterious bird?" "You really misunderstood!" The third child said again. "Then tell me, where did I misunderstand?" I said excitedly.

"Hey, how can I tell you that you look like this, you can't accept it, your mental quality is too bad!" The third child was also very disappointed. "Then tell me, what do you know, tell me, I can accept it!" I desperately knew the answer. "You came here to find your parents. I don't know why you came here, but I know you..." The third child got stuck at this point. He looked at me seriously, and finally swallowed the words inside. "Why did you run so far, come back quickly, if you run into those poachers, it will be terrible." Professor He Kai folded two team members, so when she saw that we were far away from the camp, she hurriedly told us to go back.

If the third child encounters amnesty, he will run away immediately, ignoring me who is sad and disappointed.I trudged back to the camp, feeling very hopeless.At this time, Xinhong came over as if fleeing for his life, and immediately said when he saw me: "Finally got rid of that Tashi guide, who has been pestering me all the time, so wordy." "You are so lucky. You are popular everywhere. You should be glad that Guide Tashi only talks to you!" I said with a wry smile. "What's the matter, what's wrong, you seem to be...?" Xinhong suddenly saw that something was wrong with me.

I stared at Xinhong, thinking about his color blindness, and remembering that the third child is also color blind, and I felt very depressed, why so many people are color blind.Xinhong is even more powerful, he has been hiding it from everyone, but how can a person born with color blindness know that he is color blind when he was a child?I read Xinhong’s secret booklet, he started recording it in 1990, and 1991 was when my parents disappeared, and I moved in with him at that time.At that time, I was still immature, Xinhong was really unpredictable, he was so careful at such a young age.Unless, he was not born color blind, how could such a young child understand what color blindness is?I'm a person who can't hold back my words for too long, and I can't stand a friend who is like a brother hiding things. I was provoked by the third child just now, so I lost control of my mind and immediately said: "Xinhong, do you have something to hide from me?"

Xinhong probably thought that I would answer his words, but who knew that when he heard my answer, he was stunned for a long time before he said, "What did you say?" "Stop pretending, Xinhong. I know you are colorblind, and I won't look down on you because of it, and I won't tell others." I said unhappily. "You..." Xinhong was at a loss for words for a while, unable to speak. "Don't you, me, I've read your brochure, don't quibble, I have long suspected that you have a problem with your eyes, it was weird when you mentioned the birthmark last time." I said very excitedly, but The voice was kept very low, for fear that others would hear it. "What are you talking about, so excited?" Chen Jing walked over, and Xinhong and I stopped talking immediately. "By the way!" I thought of the things in the tunnel, which could temporarily resolve the embarrassment, "Do you know that the end of that tunnel is here!" "Oh? It's so long?" Chen Jing pretended to be surprised, but I could tell she wasn't surprised at all. "Really, there is still a corpse of a Qing Dynasty official there." I whispered what happened just now, but omitted the fire bird, subconsciously thinking that I shouldn't say it, probably because they were worried that I would meet the fire bird Gouging out my own eyes again. After Chen Jing heard my narration, she immediately clamored to go down to have a look, but I stopped immediately, because I was afraid that the bird was still at the end.Now, let alone going into the tunnel, I dare not even go up and down the spring. If the bird finds out, I will die.I am now sure that the spontaneous combustion of the human body is definitely related to that firebird. It would be great if I could capture it safely, but how can I ensure my safety? After lighting the fire and finishing cooking, we ate big mouthfuls. Although it was half-baked and had a weird taste, we didn't feel full after eating a big pot.As night fell, Professor He Kai told everyone to stay in the camp and go out to do research tomorrow. Don't go out at night. If you want convenience, you can only do it nearby.I found it funny when I heard that, if someone's shit is particularly smelly, then we will suffer.After Xinhong was revealed to be colorblind by me, he kept avoiding me, and the third child did the same, he didn't want to talk to me at all.I felt wronged, and I was very depressed. Fortunately, Yuan Yu talked a lot, so I kept listening to him. There were only Yuan Yu and I in the tent, and Xinhong and Zha Xicuo were chatting outside by the bonfire, and the third child also deliberately joined Professor He Kai. I was extremely bored, and remembered that Yuan Yu was studying paleontology, so I asked: "Do you know?" Is it a phoenix? Is there any mention of a phoenix in paleontology?" "Hehe, you are asking the right person. You see, everyone likes to describe dragons and phoenixes as fictional animals and deny them, but is it true that things that have been passed down for five thousand years or even longer are really fake? I have never heard of it. , Facts speak louder than words, thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years of history, are they all fake?" Yuan Yu said angrily, saliva splashing all over the floor. "Then what do you think?" I asked with great interest. For the first time in my life, I felt that what Yuan Yu said could still be heard. "Of course there are, you think, everyone denies dragons and phoenixes, and even says they are composed of several animals. I dare not say dragons, but I think phoenixes really existed." Yuan Yu said, " You are a student of archaeology, and you should be clear about many ancient records. From the last record about the birth of a phoenix seen in the early Western Zhou bronze inscriptions to the legend of the rediscovered phoenix by the Chenwei family in the Han Dynasty, there is a gap of nearly two or three thousand years. .” When I heard it, I thought about it carefully, and it was really the case, but I never discovered it.In the two to three thousand years of history that Yuan Yu mentioned, there is indeed a large gap, and the record about the phoenix is ​​completely zero. Could it be that there is any secret hidden in this gap?