Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven What I See at the Bottom of the Cave

I nodded and said, "That's the place I've been to, there must be an underground river, but what did you see?" Ruan Yao took another breath and said, "I was standing, and a light suddenly appeared in front of me." I was stunned for a moment, and said: "A piece of light, then, you should see clearly where you are?" Ruan Yao shook his head, and said: "No, just in front of me, there is a piece of light, square, about Measured six feet by eight feet, and amidst that light, was darkness—" I listened attentively, but I really couldn't understand what Ruan Yao said. He said "there is a piece of light", which is easier to understand, but what is meant by "inside the light is a piece of darkness"?Moreover, since he had seen a piece of light, why couldn't he see clearly the environment in which he was hiding!

I was a little impatient, and said loudly: "Calm down, and explain what happened clearly!" Ruan Yao smiled wryly: "I've said it clearly enough." I shook my head: "But I don't understand the phenomenon you're talking about, can you make a metaphor?" Ruan Yao took another sip of wine, thought for a while, and then said: "Yes, the situation is like watching a movie in a dark room. The light is like a movie screen, but there is no light around, except The light before my eyes!" Ruan Yao said that, I can naturally imagine what he saw at that time.

I nodded: "Then. What do you mean by what you said just now, that there is darkness in the light?" Ruan Yao stared: "When we watch a movie, sometimes there will be a night scene on the screen, which looks completely dark? What I saw is just like this, a piece of light, and a piece of darkness in the light!" I forced a smile, because I was quite nervous when I saw Ruan Yao's expression, so I told a joke: "You mean, at the place where you and I met, someone showed a movie for you to watch?" But my The joke failed, because Ruan Yao was still staring, obviously he didn't find it funny at all.

He said solemnly: "The so-called movie is just a comparison. In fact, it is certainly not a movie. It may be a video tape. In short, it is a record of what happened in the past. The phenomenon I saw for the first time, I can even conclude that it is a flight record, believe it or not is up to you!" I sat on the chair and straightened my body: "You haven't told what you saw later, how do you know I don't believe it?" Ruan Yao said: "At first, in the light, there was a darkness, there were many strange shapes, things that looked like rocks, some were shining, some were turning, I just felt that the darkness was extremely deep, as if... ..."

I said, "According to what you said, it's like outer space." Ruan Yao immediately said: "It's not bad at all. I think it's the situation recorded by a spaceship traveling in space from the window of space." I frowned and nodded. Ruan Yao said: "That phenomenon lasted for quite a long time, and then, I saw... saw..." When he spoke up to this point, he paused for a while, gasped for breath, and looked at me: "Don't laugh at me!" I hurriedly said, "Why should I laugh at you? What did you see?" The muscles on Ruan Yao's face were twitching slightly, and he said: "I saw Saturn, because of the big ring, so I can be sure that that huge planet is Saturn. You have to know, everything in that piece of light, is moving, so, as if I were myself, sitting in a dark spaceship, flying in a spaceship, I saw Jupiter, and I felt that within extremely close range of Jupiter, Skip quickly!"

I didn't smile, not at all, just looked at Ruan Yao, and asked a question that made me feel inexplicable afterwards, I asked: "That spaceship flies fast?" Ruan Yao didn't laugh at my question, he said: "Yes, very soon, from the time I saw Saturn to the time I saw Jupiter, it took about fifty minutes." I froze for a moment and stood up abruptly. Ruan Yao said: "Thirty minutes, or longer, or less, but no matter what, it's always up and down." I took a breath: "I think you made a mistake. You recognized Saturn with a large ring, but why did you recognize Jupiter?"

Ruan Yao cried out: "With its nine satellites, do you think I don't even have this bit of astronomical knowledge?" I still shook my head: "I still thought you were mistaken. The distance between Jupiter and Saturn is about 403 million miles. No flying object can fly over such a distance in half an hour. , even at the speed of light, it will take nearly an hour." Ruan Yao's voice became very high-pitched: "I don't know the exact time, but I do know that it was about half an hour." I waved my hand: "Okay, there's no need to argue anymore, and then, what did you see?"

Ruan Yao looked at me for a long while before saying: "Next, about half an hour later, I passed by Mars—I mean, in that light, I saw Mars first, and Mars rapidly became larger, and then swept away. Get over it, really, that's Mars." I didn't say anything more, we both stayed for a while, and then I said: "According to what you said, this spaceship has passed Saturn, Jupiter and Mars, so it is flying towards the earth?" Ruan Yao said: "Yes, shortly after passing by Mercury, I saw the earth──Of course I recognize the earth. Among the big planets I have seen, the earth is the most beautiful!"

I hurriedly said: "After that, what did you see?" Ruan Yao looked very sad, he said: "You will never believe me, I──" I caught his shoulder, and the two of them took a big sip of wine together: "Just talk!" Ruan Yao said: "I saw the earth, the spaceship must be flying towards the earth, the surface of the earth became clearer and clearer, I saw mountains and rivers, faster and faster, I believe the spaceship has rushed into the earth's atmosphere, I I saw the buildings, those buildings are all old-fashioned, about a hundred years ago, and it is a rather large lake──”

I lost my voice: "One pond! Wujiatang!" Ruan Yao's voice seemed very hasty: "It may be Wujiatang. My impression is that this spaceship fell straight into Wujiatang. After that, it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything." I hurriedly said, "What else did you see?" Ruan Yao said: "No, I only heard a few sigh-like voices, and then my sanity became a little blurry. Later, when I regained consciousness, I was already by your side!" I stayed for a while longer before I said: "Ruan Yao, after listening to your narration, I have a hypothesis, I wonder if you agree or not?"

Ruan Yao looked at me in a daze, and I said, "First of all, let's assume that the phenomenon you saw was recorded by a spaceship flying! This spaceship is traveling at or above the speed of light. It's going on!" Ruan Yao nodded again. I took a breath: "Where did the spaceship take off from? We don't know. What you see starts from space beyond Saturn. It may come from Uranus, or it may come from a farther place, outside the solar system. In order to save time, I will show you the part close to the earth!" Ruan Yao nodded in agreement. I said again: "Spaceships can't fly by themselves, there must be "people" controlling them──" When I got to this point, Ruan Yao yelled: "They are still here, living underground. They will not leave after they arrive on the earth. They have been living underground, and they are still there now!" I waved my hand unconsciously: "It's also possible that they couldn't leave even if they wanted to, I think. This spaceship fell straight into the Wujiatang. This deep hole may be formed by the high-speed collision of the spaceship, and the deep hole Formation, of course the terrain has changed, and a large amount of soil will inevitably rush to the ground, so Wujiatang was filled up!" Ruan Yao murmured: "That's right, Wujiatang disappeared overnight, that's why." After staying for a while, I said again: "At the bottom of the cave, I also heard a sound similar to a sigh. That sound must have come from them. They couldn't communicate with us verbally, so I will Let me show you this flight record, so that you can understand that they came from a very remote place, and they have been living underground!" Ruan Yao's expression was as if the weather was frighteningly cold: "Then, how did everything happen next?" I kind of don't get it: "What's next?" Ruan Yao said: "Why did my great-grandfather have this piece of land? Why were there so many granite stones laid on that passage? Why did our family become rich? How did Rollo know this secret and draw a map? Professor And doctor, why did you die?" Ruan Yao asked so many questions in one breath, and I couldn't answer any of these questions. I could only smile wryly, but at this moment, there were calls from several servants outside, and a servant appeared at the door and shouted loudly: "Mr. Ruan, a lot of water has come up!" Ruan Yao scolded, "Why is there so much water coming up?" The servant said: "That deep hole, there is water gushing up from the deep hole, all the way to the entrance of the hole!" Ruan Yao and I glanced at each other, ran out together, ran to the garden, came to the edge of the deep hole, looked down, and saw that the deep hole looked like a well, full of water, The water just came to the mouth of the cave, and it was still surging upwards, like a small fountain, however, the water level did not rise anymore, which looked very interesting. Under such circumstances, it can be said that no one can go down to the bottom of this deep hole anymore! Ruan Yao and I stared blankly for a long time before I said, "They must not want anyone to harass them." Ruan Yao nodded, looking a little sad. In the next month, Ruan Yaoling built a wall beside the deep hole with the granite stones dug out. If you stand on the top of the wall and look down, it looks like an extremely large Bowl, but there is a fountain at the bottom of the bowl that is constantly bubbling water. I did not tell Colonel Jack what happened to Ruan Yao and I at the bottom of the cave. Colonel Jack has been here a few times and looked at the fountain, but he has nothing to say. It seems that he is no longer interested in this matter! Ruan Yao repeatedly discussed with him the questions he raised that day, but there was no result—not to say that these questions had no results.After two months, there were some answers. After that day, about two months later, at night, suddenly a man in his thirties with a very dark complexion and a resolute expression rang the doorbell of my house, looking for me. I don't know him, but I never refuse strangers who come to see me. I let him in, and after asking him to sit down, he said: "My name is Wu, Wu Zijun, and I am the captain of a cargo ship." As I looked at him, I could see that he really looked like a very experienced and qualified seaman. I said, "Mr. Wu, what advice do you have?" Wu Zijun paused for a moment, rubbed his hands, and said, "Mr. Wei, I'm very presumptuous here, but I have to come to you. Do you know a great adventurer, Mr. Luo Luo?" I raised my eyebrows: "Yes, he is dead!" Wu Zijun sighed: "Unexpectedly, the profession of sailing has one disadvantage, that is, after you leave a place, when you come back, you will often be completely different!" I was very puzzled and asked, "Mr. Wu, why did you mention Luo Luo to me?" Wu Zijun said: "Luo Luo and I are good friends. When I left last time, I asked him to investigate something──" I kept silent and waited for him to continue. Wu Zijun spread his hands and said, "It's boring to talk about. It happened more than a hundred years ago. I just want to find out what happened, nothing else. intention." I stayed there for a while, what happened more than a hundred years ago, Luo Luo, this person is also surnamed Wu, could it be—— before I could speak, Wu Zijun said again: "This happened in my great-grandfather's generation—" I couldn't wait to ask: "Ling's great-grandfather's name is──" Wu Zijun glanced at me: "My great-grandfather's name is Wu Hui." Involuntarily, I closed my eyes.Wu Hui, although it is the first time I have heard of this name, I am not unfamiliar with this name at all. This Mr. Wu Hui is the mysterious person who appeared several times in the diary of Ruan Yao's great-grandfather. figure! When I opened my eyes again, Wu Zijun looked at me with a surprised expression. That was of course because I closed my eyes suddenly just now, and my expression looked very strange. I made up my mind: "Go on, Luo Luo is not a private detective, why did you entrust him to investigate the matter?" Wu Zijun said: "Because he knows a playboy who lives off inheritance, Ruan Yao." When he mentioned Ruan Yao's name, there was an extremely disdainful look on his face.Before I said anything, he said again: "You will definitely ask me, what does this matter have to do with that Ruan Yao, right?" I nodded. Wu Zijun frowned, and said: "Once, I found a batch of documents by accident. That batch of documents... can be said to be very interesting and very strange. They are some diaries and some letters. They were left by my great-grandfather. , from this batch of documents, it can be seen that Ruan Yao's large property was originally a pond called Wujiatang, which belonged to my great-grandfather. Later, it seemed that some strange things happened, and this pond became Pingdi, my great-grandfather said in his diary that he immediately invited a good friend named Wan—Ruan Yao’s great-grandfather—to look at it together. Later, somehow, the land became the Ruan family’s, and the Ruan family immediately After making a fortune, my great-grandfather died in depression!" I said loudly, "Where is that batch of documents?" Wu Zijun said, "I handed it over to Luo Luo." I hurriedly said, "You don't have a copy left?" Wu Zijun's eyes widened: "Copy? I didn't think of this at all, and I didn't want to recover that piece of property. I just wanted to understand how a big pond mentioned in the document turned into flat land, Luo Luo After reading these documents, he promised to look them up for me. If you want to see those documents, I heard that you are the one responsible for handling Rollo’s relics, so I’ll do it as soon as I find them!” I smiled wryly, and said, "There are four people handling Luo Luo's belongings. Luo Luo's last order is to burn all his belongings, and there is nothing left!" Wu Zijun asked in surprise, "Why?" I said: "Mr. Wu, Luo Luo has seriously investigated this matter for you. He once stole into the family library of the Ruan family and found the diary of Ruan Yao's great-grandfather—" I stopped here. Wu Zijun said with great interest: "Is that so? He already has a result? How is the result?" I couldn't help laughing bitterly: "As a result, he drew a map, a map." I repeated "a map", but Wu Zijun was baffled. I stood up and said, "Mr. Wu, this matter and its future development are beyond your expectation. I think the two of us should not Talk alone, I want to ask someone to come and talk with me." Wu Zijun raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, who are you looking for?" I looked at him: "Ruan Yao!" Wu Zijun immediately frowned, his reaction was already in my expectation, because when he mentioned Ruan Yao's name for the first time, he had a look of contempt. I added: "Ruan Yao, he is a very interesting person. If you meet him, you will definitely not hate him. Moreover, the development of this matter has the most direct relationship with him. You must find him!" Wu Zijun spread his hands: "Okay, if you insist, then I don't object." I immediately went over to call and told Ruan Yao to come to me immediately.Twenty minutes later, Ruan Yao arrived in a hurry. As soon as Ruan Yao arrived, I first introduced him and Wu Zijun to each other, and immediately explained Wu Zijun's identity. Ruan Yao stayed for a long while before saying, "Mr. Wu, that's really great. I think you might be able to help us solve some mysteries." I repeated Wu Zijun's speech just now, Ruan Yao's reaction was also expected, he seemed very angry: "Luo Luo is really not a thing, why didn't he come to discuss with me early in the morning?" I said, "Of course, this is Rollo's fault. Maybe he thinks there are industrial disputes involved, so he did it secretly!" Ruan Yao snorted: "Joke, what does this industry mean to me?" Wu Zijun's face also became ugly, and he also said coldly: "For me, it's even more worthless!" I hurriedly said: "We are not talking about these things now, we are here to solve mysteries, Mr. Wu, listen to me tell you what happened, Ruan Yao, I have missed something, you can add it!" Ruan Yao forced a smile, so I started talking about Luo Luo's death again. Ruan Yao didn't make a sound, Wu Zijun also kept silent, waited until I finished speaking, Wu Zijun said with a strange expression: "This is impossible!" I was stunned for a while, but before I made a sound, Ruan Yao said, "What do you mean by that, Mr. Wei is lying?" Wu Zijun stood up and said angrily: "I didn't say that, but someone from outer space came to the earth, hey, this is the usual theme of ninth-rate science fiction novels." I looked at him, made a gesture, and made him sit down: "Mr. Wu, let me tell you a few facts that have nothing to do with our affairs, and listen to them, or you will change your mind." Wu Zijun sat down and said coldly, "Speak." I said: "In 1891, in Morrisondale, Illinois, USA, there was a Mrs. Kip who was adding coal to her stove. A piece of coal fell on the ground and broke. Among them, a golden chain fell out together." Wu Zijun said: "What's so strange about a gold chain?" I said: "Gold smelting is not uncommon, but experts estimate that the formation of coal is a matter of tens of millions of years. The gold smelting in the middle of coal naturally has a longer history!" Wu Zijun blinked and said, "What do you want to explain?" I made gestures and said: "I want to explain that the gold chain will not form naturally, it is in the middle of the coal, there are only two possibilities, one is left by the 'people' from outer space when they came to the earth: two, It is left by the "previous generation" of the earth. The "previous generation" I refer to means that there was a great destruction on the earth. We are the people who have evolved gradually after the great destruction. of!" Wu Zijun was silent. I said: "There is a second example. Forty years ago, the scientist Sir David Pauliste conducted research on the quarry in Jingodisi, Berthshire, England." Both Wu Zijun and Ruan Yao looked at me, waiting for me to continue. Because I usually firmly believe that in the vast and boundless universe, there must be advanced creatures on other planets, and I also suspect that our generation of human beings, all the creatures on this generation of earth, are not the first generation of creatures on the earth, because the earth Compared with the history of human beings of our generation, the distance is too far. Therefore, I usually pay attention to the reports of some unexplainable things. At this time, it is very easy for me to cite a few examples based on the records I have read in the past. After a short pause, I said, "The gravel mine that Sir David Pauliste studied is estimated to have a history of 10 million years. In the center, some flat-headed steel nails were found!" Wu Zijun frowned and remained silent. I added: "There is a third example. In 1852, the American magazine "Scientific America" ​​reported a strange incident. There was a five-inch high silver bell carved with patterns. This silver bell came from It was found in a large stone weighing hundreds of tons, and the formation of this stone was at least hundreds of millions of years ago." Wu Zijun seemed to be having difficulty breathing. He untied the knot of his tie and took a deep breath: "What does this mean?" I said: "It means that a long time ago, when there were no human beings on the earth, someone came to the earth. Someone came a long time ago, and there will be someone coming now, because besides the earth, among all other planets, there are It is possible for the planet to be occupied by humans!" Wu Zijun shook his head: "This kind of thing is always very ridiculous to me!" Ruan Yao obviously didn't have a good impression of this Mr. Wu, he said coldly: "We didn't have to ask you to believe it!" Wu Zijun glared at Ruan Yao immediately, and I shook my hand: "Don't be nervous, there is another interesting thing, which is a recent example. Ten years ago, a dwarf tribe was discovered in the Beirenzu Ula Mountains on the border of China's Tibet. The tribe is called the Duliba tribe." Wu Zijun interrupted: "The more you talk, the further you go!" I smiled: "The Duliba people live in caves. In the caves where they live, there are many stone pictures engraved with inscriptions that are difficult for the world to understand. These words, according to the Duliba people, are records Looking at their ancestors, about 12,000 years ago, they landed on the earth from space. At that time, their heads were thinner than now, and their bodies were small—” Wu Zijun laughed: "Most of the backward tribes have similar legends!" I smiled and said: "Maybe, but scientists have unearthed some skeletons near the cave where the Duliba people lived. Those skeletons have big heads and small bodies, which are quite different from people on Earth!" Making another sound, he lit a cigarette and sucked it hard. I patted him on the shoulder: "These, or your request, are not helpful—" Wu Zijun put out his cigarette: "You mean, Mr. Torolo's investigation, he already has an idea!" I said: "Yes, I think so, but because this matter is too mysterious, when he was dying, he didn't want anyone to touch this matter again, so he ordered us to burn everything! " Wu Zijun took another deep breath: "You... think they... are still living deep underground?" Ruan Yao and I glanced at each other and nodded. Wu Zijun shouted: "Then why don't you inform the relevant authorities and find them out!" I spread my hands: "Why do you want to do that? They are underground and have no trouble with us. I believe they are very peaceful 'people'. In this regard, since Mr. Ruan and I returned to the ground safely, It can be proved." Wu Zijun said: "But, in this matter, two people have died, the professor and the doctor—" I frowned: "I believe that one of their deaths was indeed a heart attack and the other was an accident!" Wu Zijun straightened his body: "Okay, then I'll take my leave!" He stood up and walked towards the door. After reaching the door, he turned around and pointed at Ruan Yao: "But, I don't understand why his great-grandfather suddenly became a rich man!" Ruan Yao seemed afraid that people would mention this question, so he also stood up abruptly. I immediately said: "About this point, Mr. Ruan's great-grandfather's diary must have detailed records. Unfortunately, these diaries were taken away by Luo Luo and burned by us. It may become a mystery forever." Wu Zijun said, "What speculation do you have?" I frowned: "My guess is that at that time, Mr. Ruan's great-grandfather and Ling's great-grandfather had seen them—that is, those people from space, those astronauts must have told them some knowledge about how to get rich, Or give them something very valuable." Wu Zijun nodded and said, "It's reasonable, but why did my great-grandfather die of depression?" Ruan Yao said angrily, "Then who knows?" Wu Zijun sneered and said, "I know, your great-grandfather used despicable means to rob him of everything!" Ruan Yao roared angrily, and rushed over to beat Wu Zijun, but Wu Zijun had already opened the door, closed the door with a "bang", and left! Ruan Yao shouted angrily: "Rogue!" I comforted: "Ruan Yao, his appearance at least gave us a better understanding of the matter. Now, the deep hole is full of water. It must be those people from the ground. I don't want anyone to go down." Ruan Yao was stunned for a long while before he said, "Who do you think they are?" I shook my head: "I don't know, no one will ever know!" Ruan Yao spread his hands, showing a helpless expression. I also spread my hands, also helpless. Really, not everything in the world has a definite answer. It is already very good that this matter can have such a result, isn't it?