Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Lost!

I cannot describe my disappointment, there is hardly a word in human language.I was revived and was about to die of hunger and thirst.My feverish hand touched the soil on the ground, what a job! But how did I get away from "Hans Creek"?Now it's clearly not there anymore!No doubt I did not notice the disappearance of the spring when I first went astray.Evidently there was a crossroads in the tunnel, and I took one of them, while Hanns' Creek, following another capricious slope, carried my companions somewhere below! How can I find them? 2 My feet leave no footprints on the granite.I racked my brains trying to find a way out.But there is only one word to describe my situation, I am lost.

Yes, lost, lost in this unfathomable depth.These ninety miles of strata weighed heavily on my shoulders, and I felt like I was about to be crushed to death. I tried to remember something above ground, and I did it with great difficulty: Hamburg, the house on Koenigstrasse, my poor Grauben, all of which passed quickly in my frightened recall. skimming.Visions appeared before me, and I saw all the experiences of our travels again: the crossing, Iceland, Mr. Fritley, Sniffer!I thought to myself that in such a situation, if I had any hope, I must be crazy, and a sane man should despair! Is there any way to get me out of this huge dome that covers my head and get back to the ground?Who can show me the way to find my partner?

"Ah! Uncle!" I cried out in despair. I can only say these two words, and I cannot say anything else to reproach him; for I know that this unfortunate old man must be looking for me too, and he must be very sorry. When I saw that I couldn't get any human help, that there was nothing I could do, I thought of God.I recall my childhood and my mother.I began to pray, I thought of asking God for help so late, He might not listen to me, but I prayed fervently, and from praying, my emotions became calmer, and I was able to recall my situation more intelligently. I still have three days' worth of food and my water jug ​​is full.Even so, I must not stay here any longer by myself.But should I go up or down?

Of course you should turn back and go up!Always go up! So that I can return to the crossroads that destined my destiny.There are springs to guide me, and I can return to the top of Snaefer. Why didn't I think of this layer earlier?This is indeed a lifeline.The most important thing at present is to look for "Han's Creek". I stood up, leaning on my iron-clad stick, and began to walk back hopelessly and without hesitation, knowing that there was no other way to choose.For the first half hour, there were no obstacles.I want to know the way from the shape of the tunnel, some protruding rocks, and the unevenness of the ground.But I don't see any special markup.On the contrary, I soon saw that this road would not lead us back the way it had come: it was a dead end, and there was an impassable rock wall ahead of me.I fell on a rock.

I can't describe my fear and disappointment.I'm finished—my last hope is shattered on this granite wall.Lost in this impenetrable labyrinth, I was doomed to the most dreadful ways of death; and I began to have a strange notion that if my fossilized If people discover it, it will definitely arouse heated scientific debates. I tried to speak aloud, but only a husky voice came from my dry lips, and I stood there panting. At this moment of agony a new horror assailed my spirit.My lamp has broken.I don't have the tools to fix it, and the lights are dimming and going out soon! I watched the light slowly dim as the current in the filament gradually diminished.A train of shadows passed along the rocky walls of the tunnel.I don't want to bow my head for fear of losing this last fading light.At last only a faint red light remained; and I watched it till at last, when it had vanished altogether, and I was left in the very darkness of the interior of the earth, I uttered a cry of terror.

On the ground, even in the darkest night, it is not that there is no light at all, but the light is very small and weak.However, no matter how small it is, the human eye can still feel it.But there was no light at all here.I am totally blind to despair. Lost, I got up and fumbled with difficulty with my hands out in front of me.I want to escape.I hastened my pace and kept going down this sleepy maze.Running in the cave like a caveman.I yelled, yelled, yelled, got hurt by sharp rocks, fell and got up again, bleeding, trying to bang my head on some obstacle to die! Where am I going to run like crazy?I have no idea.A few hours later, I had no strength at all, and I fell to the ground like a dead man, unconscious!