When the miner's lamp above his head was pulled into the water, it only lasted for a few breaths before it flickered twice and went out. Chen Yulou felt that his whole body was involuntarily being pushed forward by the current. His pair of night eyes could hardly open in the turbulent current. He could only randomly grab the hand of the person next to him to avoid being swept away by the current.
After passing through a section of turbulent waterway, the current finally calmed down and entered a relatively flat section of the river. Chen Yulou poked his head out of the water and took deep breaths. Only then did he realize that there was something wrong with the 'hand' that he grabbed. There was a layer of slippery and sticky mucus on the skin of the hand, like that of a catfish. It was somewhat slippery and did not look like human skin at all.
Chen Yulou looked over with his pair of night eyes. The thing that he grabbed was still submerged in the water. Through the current, he could only see a white shadow that looked like a human, twisting its waist like a fish. The hand that grabbed it was cold to the touch. It did not have the temperature of a human body at all. Instead, it was like a corpse.
Chen Yulou became calmer in this situation. He still used his right hand to hold the 'person's' hand tightly, but his left hand reached into his pocket and took out a self-defense pistol. Like lightning, he pointed the box gun at the 'person's' face and was about to pull the trigger.
But after he pulled the trigger, the gun in his hand was like a piece of dead iron, without any reaction.
"Damn it! It's dead! " Chen Yulou knew that the gunpowder in the bullet had been soaked in water and died. He cursed in his heart. This gun was an original German gun, unlike those Shanxi military factory's imitation. He had also maintained it often, so it was better than a new gun. The bullets were also imported from abroad. Usually, the gun would be fine on rainy days, but he did not expect it to stop firing after soaking in water twice.
Chen Yulou had no choice but to turn the gun around and use the iron box gun at the back of the gun as a weapon to hit the white shadow's face. He had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and now that he was in a hurry, he used even more force. He felt that he had hit a soft lump of flesh, and then he heard a 'wah!' sound coming from the water, like a baby crying.
Chen Yulou's smash caused the 'person' to feel pain, and he immediately went crazy. Chen Yulou felt like he was grabbing a flood dragon, pulling his body down. He took a deep breath and plunged into the water. Only when he was underwater did he see what he was grabbing!
It was a salamander that looked like a giant salamander. It had the body of a fish and the tail of a snake. What he was grabbing was its right forelimb. It was like a frog, with four fingers without webbing. Its skin was like a human's, but it was wrinkled like a newborn baby's. It looked a little ugly. Its head was flat like a frog's, but it had teeth that looked like hard bones in its mouth. It was very fierce in the water.
Chen Yulou took out the dagger in his pocket and held on to its right forelimb with all his might. He clumsily but firmly stabbed at its head. He felt like he had stabbed into a soft and slippery rubber mat. He used all his strength, but he could only make a small cut. To this monster that was as tall as a human, the damage was no different from a mosquito bite. However, the monster became more and more frenzied as it saw blood.
It opened its mouth and bit at Chen Yulou. It was extremely agile in the water, and it was about to pounce on him.
The pounce was fierce and ruthless, like a tiger in the water hunting its prey. Chen Yulou was no match for its monstrous strength and was about to be pounced on and swallowed whole. Its mouth was like a frog's, and it could swallow something as big as itself. Even if he didn't die from its bite, Chen Yulou's breath was already at its limit. If he continued to tangle with it, even if he didn't get swallowed alive, he would drown.
With his life on the line, Chen Yulou used his feet to block its body and kicked back with all his might. However, the monster only tightened its grip, and its monstrous strength almost strangled him to death.
Just as the monster's pitch-black mouth was about to reach Chen Yulou's head, a crossbow bolt brushed past the side of Chen Yulou's head and nailed itself into the monster's mouth. Blood immediately gushed out. After suffering such a fatal injury, the salamander monster struggled even more desperately before it died. Its huge forelimbs slammed hard on Chen Yulou's body until five or six hands grabbed his shoulders and legs and pulled him out.
After surviving the disaster, Chen Yulou collapsed on the water, feeling a burning pain in his lungs.
In a daze, he saw Partridge Whistle raise a crossbow high and say to the others, "Carry Daokui Chen on the surface of the water. We need to get out of here as soon as possible. The strange fish we just killed looks like the Tiger Flood Dragon recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It's ferocious, and we don't know how many dangers there are in the water. Now that there's a Tiger Flood Dragon bleeding to death, it will soon attract other dangerous creatures. We need to swim away as soon as possible!"
After being carried by the others for a while, Chen Yulou regained some strength and choked out some pink blood foam. He sat up by himself and pushed away the others' support. Then, he heard Molle's worried voice, "Young Master, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. I just suffered some internal injuries. I know how to deal with them, and I've already recovered a lot."
The deeper they went, the faster the water flowed. They didn't even need to use any strength to be involuntarily swept forward. Fortunately, there was some space above their heads, which allowed them to breathe. The underground river rushed underground, and after a few big turns, they felt like they had traveled at least ten miles. Along the way, they saw a few creatures that were exactly the same as the Tiger Flood Dragon that Chen Yulou had encountered before. The largest Tiger Flood Dragon was the size of a horse carriage, and it could swallow an adult with its mouth.
It was the Partridge Whistle that made everyone hold hands, like a huge python that shook its head and tail, that made the Tiger Flood Dragon retreat.
These Tiger Flood Dragons were ferocious, and they had seen them eat their own kind. Big Tiger Flood Dragons ate small Tiger Flood Dragons, but the main food of these ferocious creatures was a kind of fish that had two fins that were half the size of a body. When they spread out in the water, they looked like wings, and their cries sounded like the cries of a baby. After Partridge Whistle saw that strange fish, he found a way to catch one when the water flowed to his side. They ate a raw fish. Although it was cold, it was quite delicious to the extremely hungry people.
The eight of them ate a strange fish that was as long as an arm, which whetted their appetites, but they weren't so lucky after that. Partridge Whistle took out a yellow-shelled water beetle from the water, bit open the shell, and sucked the juices inside. Laura and the others were a little greedy, but they also had doubts as to whether this beetle, which they had never seen before, could be eaten.
Partridge Whistle comforted them, "When I saw the strange fish with the body of a fish and the wings of a bird, I had my suspicions. When I noticed the yellow shell of the water beetle, I was even more certain. The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: Catfish, with the body of a fish and the wings of a bird, its voice is like that of a mandarin duck. It's very likely that it's the strange fish that we just ate. As for this beetle, it should be the 'Yellow Shell' recorded in the ancient books. It's a kind of beetle that catfish like to eat. Our ancestors have eaten both of them, and it's recorded in the oldest cookbook, the Classic of Mountains and Seas. You can eat it without worry. "
Chen Yulou, Commander Bai, and the others naturally trusted the Classic of Mountains and Seas. When the foreign devils saw that they were fine after eating, they also danced around and touched the Yellow Shell in the water. After tasting it, they found that the beetle's meat was delicious, not inferior to the mussels on the beach, and it was sweet when eaten raw.
They didn't know how long they had been washed in the underground river. Suddenly, they heard the roar of water in front of them. The loud echo woke them up. Chen Yulou looked up and saw an open cave in front of them. The sound of water was coming from there. At this time, Chen Yulou looked carefully and exclaimed, "Oh no, the exit in front is a waterfall!"
The few of them quickly held hands and swam towards the rock walls on both sides. However, the current was very turbulent, carrying them quickly towards the exit. Their attempts to climb up the rock wall failed twice. At this time, they were not far from the cave entrance. They could even see the bright stars in the sky outside the cave entrance. They might have already rushed out of the First Emperor's tomb and reached the belly of Mount Li.
However, even without Chen Yulou's night eyes, he could see and hear that the underground river rushed into a waterfall that was more than a thousand feet high. Even a group of living people would be smashed to death if they fell into the water.
The eight of them used all their strength to struggle to the side of the cave. Partridge Whistle stepped on Chen Yulou's body and stuck half of his body out. He opened the Vajra Umbrella and stabbed it into the rock wall beside him, jamming it into a crack. He threw a rope behind him, allowing Chen Yulou, Commander Bai, and Miss Hong to grab it. Laura, who was closest, also grabbed a rope. Molle and O'Connor were closer to the other side, so the rope was washed down before it reached them. Miss Hong threw a strand of silk towards Molle, but after trying twice, she didn't succeed.
While Chen Yulou and the others were filled with grief and indignation, Molle waved them goodbye and jumped into the waterfall, disappearing into the cave entrance.
Chen Yulou held back his grief and carefully climbed along the rock wall with Partridge Whistle to the cave entrance. Using the pickaxe, they carefully climbed out of the cave. Not far from the waterfall, there was a small protrusion that they could stand on. Beyond that was a cliff. The cliff was about a hundred meters high. If they were not careful, they would be smashed to pieces. Fortunately, there was no wind in this place, so they stuck close to the cliff and were relatively safe.
At this time, they noticed a shocking fact. They had not walked out of the First Emperor's tomb, but had actually entered the tomb of the First Emperor.
The starry sky in the sky was like a reflection of the real sky, so clear that it was hard to tell whether it was real or an illusion. The bright stars never twinkled, but Laura could see that this starry sky was closely related to reality, but also different. It was a replica of the starry sky above Xianyang two thousand years ago. The mountain wall they were in was a group of magnificent waterfalls, with countless galaxies hanging upside down.
In the vast space in front of them, there was a magnificent ancient city.
The walls of the city, the luxurious buildings, the crisscrossed streets, and the atmosphere of Xianyang Ancient City seemed to have transcended two thousand years and appeared in front of us. Every brick and tile, as well as the atmosphere of its soul, displayed Great Qin's tenacity, vastness, and grandeur. The majestic and majestic Xianyang Ancient City, the mountains surrounding the massive city, and the Heavenly Palace that seemed to be floating in the starry sky above our heads.
Between the mountains, there were four huge waterfalls. The galaxies hanging down from the waterfalls stirred up endless mist in the air. I wasn't sure if it was an illusion or a strange phenomenon of the dragon veins. In the absence of sunlight, the mist emitted seven-colored light, piercing through the stars and surrounding the heavenly palace. In the middle of the palace, there was a platform, a divine wall, a stele pavilion, a corner tower, a sacrificial hall, and a spiritual platform. The golden bricks and jade tiles were crystal clear, with carved beams and painted pillars.
Chen Yulou was speechless, and Laura could only open her mouth, like a fish out of water.
"This is the First Emperor's mausoleum?" Commander Bai said in a trembling voice.
"This is the Dragon Pavilion, the Heavenly Palace, and the Jade Pavilion. Even the Five Cities and Twelve Buildings in the Poetry Immortal's fantasy, and the White Jade Capital in the sky, can't compare to this!" Partridge Whistle couldn't move his eyes away. He suddenly had unprecedented confidence. If we can't find the treasure that can cure our clan's curse in this place, then there's no such thing in this world!
Everyone in the Grave Robbers League lost the ability to speak in front of this miraculous heavenly palace. They could only express the shock in their hearts. They were dumbfounded, and they even forgot that they had just lost their teammates.
In the city of Xianyang, countless terracotta soldiers gathered in a square formation. There were chariots, cavalrymen, and the invincible archers of the Daqin. They were densely distributed on the wide streets of Xianyang City, in front of the square of the Xianyang Royal Palace, and outside the city walls. They formed countless formations, and there were hundreds of thousands of them.
Near the heavenly palace in the sky, there were also terracotta soldiers floating in the air. They looked like the loyal guards of the First Emperor, guarding the heavenly palace where the Qin Emperor's coffin was.
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