Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen The Ecstasy Cube

Just when his spirit was on the verge of collapse, he vaguely heard footsteps coming from one end of the cube.The sound stepped on the wooden board, making a slight "creak-creak-" sound, which was particularly strange in the empty darkness. Yuan Sen's heart was suspended, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and the entire cube was empty. , how could anyone? Yuan Sen simply sat cross-legged by the lake, shining a flashlight on the fish cruising on the lake.Those fish are different from ordinary fish. They all have several colors on their bodies, as if painted with several different dyes. Under the light of the flashlight, they shimmer with luster.In the shallow waters of the Great Lake, you can even see the crimson lake bottom, which is exactly the same color as the red of the Flame Mountain.

He took out the walkie-talkie again and tried to search for Akailamu's unit, but the result of the search was that there was no available unit within the effective distance. When several attempts failed, he suddenly felt a change in the surface of the lake.Seeing circles of water being pushed away, Yuan Sen immediately realized that something was swimming over the lake, stood up quickly, and took a flashlight to shine on the lake.At the end of the flashlight, there was a black figure swimming towards the shore. It seemed that the speed was very slow, and because of the distance, it was impossible to see what it was.

Yuan Sen took out his pistol, and subconsciously felt that something in the water wanted to crawl out.He stared at the lake, watching the black shadow move forward one by one, and at the same time prepared himself well.In case that thing jumped up and hurt someone, he would shoot immediately and pre-emptively strike. Seeing the thing move closer and closer, and when it was tens of meters away from the lake shore, Yuan Sen finally saw clearly that it was actually a wooden raft.Yuan Sen was stunned for a moment, this kind of psychological gap that deviated from expectations made him very uncomfortable.He thought it was a lake monster going ashore, but he didn't expect it to be a wooden raft. In this underground space where there are no living people, how could someone use a wooden raft?

The wooden raft was pushed by the water and moved slowly.Yuan Sen saw that it had moved to a similar position, so he took out the climbing rope from his backpack, and fixed the safety buckle on the end of the rope. Once this kind of buckle was pulled open, it became a big hook. He threw out the climbing rope vigorously, and the hook at the end of the rope A wooden raft was hung at a distance of about seven or eight meters. Yuan Sen quickly pulled the raft over, and when he dragged it to the shore, he saw something stirring the water below.There are no big waves on the lake, so it is not realistic for such a big raft to swim over by itself. If the raft can swim over, it is probably because of the things underneath.

Yuan Sen pulled up the raft with all his strength, and the raft was extremely heavy due to the water pressure.He tried his best to raise the raft less than two inches before the raft fell down again.The things under the water were frightened and created a big vortex, then drew a waterline towards the center of the lake and fled away. Yuan Sen hastily took a photo with his flashlight, and the lake water was very clear. He saw a group of fish about one foot long swimming in a queue.When they swim, you can also see two barbs protruding from their mouths, which should be carnivorous fish. After the school of fish swam away, the bottom of the raft became quiet, but soon blood bubbles appeared around the raft, dyeing the lake around the raft red.

Yuan Sen knew something was wrong. It was not easy to lift the raft in the water, but it was easier to pull it to the shore of the lake.With all his strength, he dragged the raft to the shore, and saw a corpse floating by the lake where the raft had been placed before.The corpse was covered in blood, a bloody mass, and his siblings could no longer be seen, but the clothes on his body were the military uniform of the 755th Division, and he should be from the third communication unit. Yuan Sen was puzzled. The people from the third communication team disappeared mysteriously without leaving any traces. What did they do in the great lake?Since the raft floated over from the center of the lake, are the rest of the third communication team there?

The current situation is quite bizarre. The third communication unit disappeared at a speed of disappearing from the world.Could it be that what they said on the radio that they have found Professor Yang Jian is related to this great lake? Thinking of this, Yuan Sen felt that the focus was on this big lake.The most important thing at the moment is to find the large force of the third communication unit, so that all the mysteries will be solved naturally.He dragged the corpse in the lake to the lakeshore, buried it hastily, pushed the wooden raft into the water, used his hands as oars, and rowed towards the center of the lake.

The wooden raft is quite large, five meters long and four meters wide, and can accommodate five or six people.It was very difficult for Yuan Sen to paddle such a big raft with the strength of both hands. It took him a lot of effort to row less than 20 meters, which was not as fast as those piranhas pushing the raft. Before discovering the wooden raft, Yuan Sen had already run around the lakeshore. The shore was covered with bare rocks and red soil, and there was nothing to draw on.In addition, others were in the lake, and it took a lot of effort to go back. In desperation, Yuan Sen still struggled to paddle forward with his hands.

After another stroke, Yuan Sen turned on the flashlight, and could vaguely see a huge thing hanging on the water in the center of the lake. Because the distance was too far, it was impossible to see what it was.He wondered, could it be a big ship?Otherwise there is no other explanation.But the problem is that it is rare to find such a wooden raft in the underground space buried deep under the Flame Mountain. If there is still such a huge ship, then there is nothing that cannot happen in this world. Yuan Sen exhausted his eyesight, but he could only feel that the huge shadow was a cube-like thing. To be more specific, he couldn't understand why.The light from the military flashlight scattered when it was still some distance away from the thing, and it was impossible to measure the real distance at all.

Yuan Sen headed in the direction of the huge monster, using his hands as oars, and strenuously paddled the raft forward.He rowed for a while, and saw another corpse in the water. The corpse was wearing the military uniform of the 755 Special Division and should also be a member of the third communication unit.When the man died, he was still holding a long wooden stick. It was the buoyancy of the stick that kept him from sinking.Yuan Sen rowed over the raft, broke away the corpse's hands, and took out his pockets, and the clothes were completely shrunken.Yuan Sen was taken aback. It turned out that most of the body had been eaten by piranhas.

The pockets of the corpse were empty, and there was still a gun hanging on the belt, but it was useless.Yuan Sen took the wooden stick from him, and the corpse sank to the bottom of the water unsteadily without any support. Yuan Sen secretly wondered, what happened to the third communication team?Looking at the situation, there were two corpses he hit, and the actual dead must be more than these two.Both corpses had been eaten by piranhas, so there was no way to determine their identities.There are three of them, he and Ai Kaila are both in casual clothes, and Kang Basa is wearing military uniform. After Kang Basa flew away in the bureau, he disappeared. One of the dead bodies was his.Now they happen to bump into each other, but they can't recognize each other. I'm afraid Kang Basa will die in peace. Thinking this way, he took the long wooden stick of the corpse in his hand, used it as a pole, and drew water all the way, paddling quickly.As he paddled, he felt that the "squeak" sound in his ears was much smaller, and the discomfort that pierced into the bone marrow was gradually disappearing. Yuan Sen's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he has already gotten out of that bizarre and weird situation? After paddling for half an hour, Yuan Sen finally got close to the huge monster in the middle of the lake. When the flashlight was able to illuminate the thing clearly, Yuan Sen saw its entire appearance from a distance. That thing is a real cube, with neat planks on the outside, no doors or windows, about ten meters high, and no way to describe its length.You can only see it lying across the center of the lake, with both ends hidden in the darkness. At first glance, it looks like a set of huge shipping containers. Below the cube is a big rock like a hill, which is about three to four meters above the surface of the lake, so Yuan Sen looks at this lump from a distance, as if it is hanging on the lake. Yuan Sen was stunned to himself, what exactly is this thing?It's like a house, but it's not like that at all. Whose house will be built on the lake?And it was built like a big box, which made no sense at all.The underground space was the site of the beautiful people more than a thousand years ago. Although their lifestyle is weird, how can a wooden box built on the lake be corroded by water vapor day and night, how can it stand on the lake for a thousand years? Yuan Sen rowed the raft near the big rock protruding from the lake, turned over and climbed onto the big rock, and tied the raft.The stone was reddish-red granite, a large part was submerged under the water, and only a small section was exposed.The top of the big stone has been flattened to support a huge cube, which looks very spectacular. Yuan Sen climbed to the top of the big rock, and climbed around the part of the cube that was in contact with the stone plane for a long time, but he couldn't find a way to enter the cube.And the horizontal length of the cube seems to have no end, no matter how you climb forward, you can only see the cube at one end inserted into the dark space, as if it has been integrated with it.Yuan Sen climbed around the section several times, but found nothing. The cube is a completely enclosed space, and it seems that it is not ready for people to enter. Yuan Sen took a break, and really didn't understand the significance of building such a cube in the underground space.Yuan Sen guessed at first that this thing was a palace for the ruler of Qili to live in, but this straight-minded thing is completely contrary to common sense, there is no entrance, no door and no window, and he wants to light a torch to see the lake outside No scenery, how could it be a palace? Yuan Sensi thought about it, but he had no choice, so he took out his gun and shot at the cube.There was a crisp sound from the cube. It was the sound of bullets hitting metal. Yuan Sen was taken aback. The cube was wrapped in metal?He changed to a farther position and fired again. The bullet hit the face of the cube, made a crisp sound, and fell into the water. This strange cube is extremely large, and it is wrapped in metal, and it is also extremely hard. Even the special pistol in his hand can't shoot through it. I really don't know what it is.Yuan Sen only makes people feel that this thing is too bizarre to judge with normal thinking.It's like a magic box in front of you, you can't open it, you can only guess, and you have no clue. Yuan Sen came over with a wooden raft, but found no traces except for the two corpses. He kept thinking that something was wrong.The third communication unit disappeared collectively, it doesn't make sense that only two people acted alone, but where the others went is a mystery.Judging from the direction in which the body floated, it should have come from the center of the lake. According to his intuition, Yuan Sen felt that it had something to do with the cube.But it's just intuition, the outside of the cube is covered with wood chips, and the metal inside is impenetrable even to bullets. It's really impossible to guess what it is, and it's impossible to get in. It's really troublesome. He thought about it all the way, but he had no idea at all, so he had to use stupid methods to work from places he hadn't checked.After all, the cube is so big, the places he has seen are limited. Yuan Sen hung the climbing rope on the top of the cube, tightened it tightly, and quickly climbed to the top of the cube.He stood on it, and the tidal wind on the lake was a little stronger, and he already had a clear sense of wind.Yuan Sen used a dagger to pry open a wooden plank. Those wooden planks had been eroded by the water for a long time on the lake, and the decay was severe.Underneath the two-inch-thick wooden plank was a kind of pitch-black metal, and the dagger made a crisp sound when it was pierced, and it didn't look like iron.After Yuan Sen stabbed it a few times, the blade of the military dagger rolled up, but there was no dent on the metal. Its hardness was indeed frightening. Yuan Sen changed several positions to pry it open, and the wooden boards were covered with the same black metal.The metal is abnormally flat, and it is completely impossible to imagine how much of this kind of metal is needed for such a huge cube, and when and who built this cube. It seems somewhat unrealistic to say that it is the relics left by the ancient country of the Western Regions Qieli more than a thousand years ago.With their metallurgical technology at that time, at best, they could cast a sword, armor and shield. To do such a large-scale project, the technical requirements are extremely high, and the possibility is very small.But in such a closed underground space, if the cube was not created by the beautiful woman who is the owner of the underground space, who would leave it behind? Yuan Sen tried a few times, but the result was the same. It doesn't make any sense to go on like this. It seems that he can only patrol from one end to the other, and check carefully. No one is sure where the cube will leave a hole. He walked forward for about two hundred meters before he finished one end of the cube, then turned back and checked the other end of the cube, but found nothing. He originally only speculated that the cube was sealed, but now it has been confirmed that such a large building really has no entrance. Could it be that this thing was built on the big lake to ward off evil spirits and suppress beasts?It's not reliable to think about it. Yuan Sen stood helplessly in the middle of the top of the cube.The military flashlight in his hand went through this journey, flashed twice, and then turned off.The huge underground space suddenly became extremely dark. Standing inside, people felt a sense of loss of vitality, and felt that no matter how hard they tried, it was hopeless. In fact, Yuan Sen still had a few flashlights in his backpack, but he didn't take them out. He just sat on the side of the cube with his legs hanging down, his mind was in a mess, and he felt like he had thousands of clues, but he couldn't draw one out.There is no way to explain everything, everything seems to be a puzzle, but in fact it is a dead end, even the phone call from Professor Yang Jian, the third communication team, Akailamu and Kangbasa, all of these have problems, it seems that there is no problem It really did exist. Thinking of this, he suddenly recalled that when he was in the bureau, he found the black figure suspected to be Ikelam. The man desperately lured himself to cross the single-plank bridge, and he almost walked across it at that time.Thinking about it now, it was wise not to go on the single-plank bridge, but God knows what would happen if he got on that single-plank bridge and saw the real appearance of that shadow? He can definitely judge that the scene is just an illusion, just one of the mysterious temptations in the bureau?Obviously, he can't.If the scenes he saw in the bureau were just hallucinations, did the big lake and cube under his feet really exist?Can he be sure he's out of the game? Although after entering the water, the strange "squeak——" sound in his ears became much smaller and gradually tended to disappear, but he didn't have any definite evidence at all to prove that he was out of the game.The things he saw and touched were all real objects. If he was still in deep trouble and everything he experienced was fake, then where is he now?Is it just continuing to circle around the big rock where you started? Thinking of this, Yuan Sen broke out in a cold sweat, and his heart seemed to be hanging in mid-air.None of what he saw, heard, and thought of was convincing. All the foundations were based on a kind of uncertainty. Maybe the problem that made him despair now simply did not exist. Yes, how can this not drive people crazy? Just when his spirit was on the verge of collapse, he vaguely heard footsteps coming from one end of the cube.The sound stepped on the wooden board, making a slight "creak-creak-" sound, which was particularly strange in the empty darkness. Yuan Sen's heart was suspended, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and the entire cube was empty. , how could anyone? The voice was faintly present, gradually amplified, and seemed to be walking towards him.Yuan Sen was very suspenseful in his heart, feeling that everything here was full of weirdness, this feeling subverted his usual thinking mode, and made him bewildered. The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer to him. With sweat in his hands, Yuan Sen carefully took out a flashlight from his backpack, and put his other hand on the gun.He heard the man's footsteps, and the hand holding the flashlight trembled slightly. It wasn't because he was afraid, but because he was afraid that what the flashlight would shine on would completely subvert his beliefs. The person who walked over did not change his pace, as if he didn't know that there was another person in front of him.Yuan Sen judged that the person was approaching him based on his hearing, so he jumped up, turned on the flashlight, and a powerful beam of light tore through the darkness. Yuan Sen's eyes were narrowed by the sudden flashlight, and he saw a man standing more than 20 meters in front of him, wearing the uniform of the 755th Division.The man didn't seem to expect that there was someone in front of him, he was taken aback for a moment, then instinctively turned around and ran in the opposite direction.The man reacted extremely quickly, in the blink of an eye, there was no shadow, and the sound of him stepping on the wooden board could be heard in the distance. Yuan Sen hurriedly followed. The moment the flashlight came on just now, his eyes hadn't fully reacted, and all he saw was a hazy outline.Although I saw that he was wearing the military uniform of the 755th Division, but did not see his face, we could only deduce that this person was from the third communication unit.It is a good thing to see the same kind in the underground space, but as soon as that person saw the light, he ran away without asking who was opposite. What happened? The man ran extremely fast, and Yuan Sen's speed was not slow. He knew that the end was only a few hundred meters ahead. If the other party wanted to escape, he had no choice but to jump into the big lake.But there are piranhas in the lake, and they will die if they go down. He came before him, so there is no reason for him not to know the situation, so he should not be so stupid as to jump into the lake to escape for his life. Yuan Sen ran over and quickly caught up with Soi Ying.The black shadow ran to the end without stopping for a second, and then went down along the rope that had been tied in advance.Yuan Sen hurried a few steps, and ran to the place where the shadow fell, and saw that the man had already slid on the big stone supporting the cube, and was about to go into the water. Yuan Sen pointed his gun at the man and shouted, "Stop, I'll shoot if you don't stop." As soon as Yuan Sen spoke, the man plunged into the water suddenly, causing a big splash on the lake surface, and he disappeared.Since it might be a teammate, Yuan Sen naturally wouldn't shoot.He also lowered down the rope and climbed to the place where the man entered the water. He was puzzled and felt that everything was incomprehensible to him. The third communication team appeared strangely and then disappeared collectively. Wang Hui, who had been with him the longest, was insane again. After entering the Great Lakes, the first thing he came into contact with was the bodies of members of the third communication team.Now that he finally ran into a living person, he turned his head and ran away. It was as if he had seen a ghost when he saw someone, which was really outrageous. Yuan Sen shined his flashlight on the place where the man dived, and he could see a dark shadow deep in the water.The thing stayed in the water for about a minute, then disappeared, and there was a cloudy splash on the lake.Yuan Sen was puzzled, could that black shadow be the person who just dived?If it was that person, why did he stay in the water for so long if he didn't swim away immediately after diving?Is there something strange in the water? Carefully recalling the appearance of that group of black shadows, although it is relatively far away underwater, it does look like a big living person. What is he messing with below?Yuan Sen couldn't take care of that much anymore, and tied everything on his body tightly to prevent it from slipping off after entering the water. Then he turned on the waterproof headlight, and plunged into the big lake. The range that the headlight can illuminate underwater is limited, and its light intensity is not as good as that of a military flashlight, and it can only reach a sight distance of less than three meters.Yuan Sen dived for more than a minute, and swam to the position where the black shadow appeared. There was the base of the big rock, which was in the shape of an inner arch.Yuan Sen saw a stone slab on the ridge protruding from the bottom of the stone. He dived down hastily, pulled it, but didn't pull it, and then pushed harder. The stone slab opened like a door, revealing a space that only one person can drill. The little hole that goes in. Yuan Sen was about to run out of breath, he saw the black shadow dive here, then disappeared, most likely got into the cave.He couldn't think too much now, so he shrank his body and jumped in. After getting into the cave, Yuan Sen floated upwards, and after floating about six or seven meters, he finally came out of the water. He lay down on the exposed red stone platform and panted for a while. By the light of his headlamp, he saw this It is an irregular cave, which should be inside the big rock and under the cube. After resting for a while, Yuan Sen climbed up the stone platform.There are steps going up the stone platform. The steps are very irregular. It looks like they have been roughly processed on the original foundation of the stone. You need to climb up with hands and feet. There are new water marks on the steps, obviously left by the black shadow just now. This guy actually knows that there is a secret passage into the big rock hidden in the water. It seems that his understanding of the cube is obviously not superficial.When he bumped into him in the front, he showed his identity. The people in the third communication team must know that there is a number one person like him, Yuan Sen, so the black shadow should not escape again, right? Yuan Sen climbed up the upward steps for a while, and soon saw a vertical hole on the top. The vertical hole was narrow and long.Although Yuan Sen's physical fitness is good, it is still quite difficult to climb up with his elbows propped up. The vertical hole is more than ten meters deep, and it took him a long time to climb up. When approaching the entrance of the cave, Yuan Sen turned off the headlight, and quietly put his head close to the entrance of the cave, listening to the voices above to see if there was any movement.Now that the black film and television is his enemy, and he ran away as soon as he saw it, there must be a big misunderstanding.In the dark, if the opponent is prepared, they are special forces and their fighting skills are not weak. Once they sneak attack, they will suffer for no reason. He listened for a while, but didn't find any movement above, so he stuck his head out of the vertical hole, jumped out lightly, rolled on the ground again, and rolled into a corner.When he rolled on the ground, he found that the ground seemed to be covered with stone slabs, hard and flat. After Yuan Sen climbed out of the vertical hole, he didn't hear any other voices inside. Instead, he felt strange. In less than a moment, where did the black shadow go?This guy doesn't seem to have the slightest intention of staying, which means that he is very familiar with the situation inside, and has a plan in his mind about how to go. He must have been here before. Yuan Sen once inspected the entire top of the cube. At that time, there was no one at all. The person suddenly appeared, and he should have been hoisted up from one end of the cube with a rope.Yuan Sen climbed up the cube to find its entrance. Calculated from when he came up from the water just now and climbed up such a high vertical hole, he should have entered the inside of the cube by now.Since the man already knew where the entrance to the cube was, what was he climbing up the cube for? Yuan Sen was sure that there was no one outside the vertical hole, so he turned on the flashlight and looked around to take pictures, and he couldn't help being surprised. What is this thing?