Dragon's Origin

Chapter 726: Tracking (Part 1)

How much discharge would it take to make a lake with a radius of hundreds of miles drop 40 meters in just one day and night? The mouth of that discharge definitely wouldn't be small.

In Wang Sheng's opinion, even the discharge outlet of the Three Gorges Dam on Earth probably wouldn't have such efficiency. According to Wang Sheng's estimation, it would take at least dozens of huge culverts of unbelievably large sizes to achieve this.

The problem is, this is the Yuanhun world, and there are no huge construction machines like on Earth. How can such a huge project that would be astonishing even on Earth be accomplished?

Arriving at the area Wang Sheng had predetermined, Wang Sheng put away the snowmobile and then put on a pair of shoes that also had airbag waterproof protection formations. The bottom area of the shoes was large enough to ensure that Wang Sheng wouldn't sink into the mud.

In the air, Wang Sheng definitely didn't see any huge holes or anything like that with his naked eyes, but he could see many things that others didn't notice. For example, the traces of water erosion.

Since the lake water flowed away from a certain place, the water flowing from all directions would inevitably leave a huge flow mark. These marks should all point in one direction, and the place where several directions converge is the underground entrance Wang Sheng is looking for.

Following the water flow marks, towards the direction of the water flow, Wang Sheng walked for about a few miles and soon discovered something different. In the area ahead, it was also mud, also various tree debris, but there was no trace of water flow at all.

This was obviously abnormal. Either this area had always been calm, or there was a large-scale camouflage here.

Walking forward, Wang Sheng noticed the formation fluctuations. Yes, this area looked normal from the air, and it looked normal from a slightly farther distance on the ground. It was obvious that it was because of the camouflage formation. Unfortunately, the camouflage was not perfect, and it didn't camouflage the water flow effect, so Wang Sheng discovered it from a distance.

It was only Wang Sheng, whose Nine Character Mantra 'Line' word formula had been used so skillfully, that he could discover this huge formation.

That's right, a huge formation. This formation was at least 500 meters in diameter. This entire area was covered by this camouflage formation. Of course, the formation also had a certain protective function, so a large amount of mud and various dead branches and leaves and messy things were covered on this formation. Water could flow in, but these things couldn't enter. It was truly a ingenious design.

If ordinary experts walked over and didn't pay attention to the water flow marks on the ground, they would probably only think that this was a muddy area that was no different from other places. They could still step on it, they could still walk, and they would still sink into the mud if they were supposed to. There was no shortage of rotten things that should be in the mud. How normal?

At least a grandmaster level, or someone with a very sensitive formation detector, would be able to discover such a huge formation.

Wang Sheng now strongly suspected that these formations were not created by the various families 500 years ago. They couldn't have had so much time and such large-scale experience in using formations, otherwise, how could their descendants have been trapped outside the Thousand Absolute Land for 500 years without knowing how to enter?

Wang Sheng suspected that everything here was the work of the Lin family, the work of the girl in his dream. But now Wang Sheng had no evidence, so he could only go in and see.

Passing through the formation was no longer a difficult thing for Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng easily dug open a piece of mud at the edge of the formation, found the formation, and easily used the 'Line' word formula to pass through the formation. His body was instantly underground.

It was dark underground. Wang Sheng didn't directly use the flashlight of his individual combat terminal, but lit a torch that he had prepared long ago.

Even if the underground was a completely sealed place, it had just experienced such a large water flow, so there couldn't be any stale air.

The torch was lit, easily illuminating the area around Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng's enhanced vision quickly adapted to this dim light, and he could see the surrounding situation clearly.

As Wang Sheng expected, the place where he was now was a huge space. Above his head was a cover with a diameter of about 500 meters. That was the camouflage and protection formation. The place where Wang Sheng was standing was a slope, because he had slid down from the very edge, so he was still on the slope. If he had passed through the formation from the middle, he would have fallen directly down.

The slope was very slippery. If Wang Sheng hadn't been prepared, he might have already slid down. The slope had very clear water flow marks, and the ground that had been washed by water was also covered with a layer of mud, extending all the way down into the darkness.

The light of the small torch couldn't illuminate such a far place, and neither could the individual combat terminal. From time to time, there were bursts of huge rumbling water sounds in the cave. Obviously, there was still a large amount of water flowing somewhere in the distance, otherwise it wouldn't cause such a big commotion.

This made Wang Sheng directly think of the slow-flowing places inside the ice lake he saw in the air. It should still be a long distance away from here. But Wang Sheng was sure that it wasn't the end point he was going to.

The underground was a vast space. Wang Sheng had not expected that it would be so large. Even if the eight great families had 500 years, they would not be able to create such an underground world. Wang Sheng was now very sure that this was definitely formed naturally, and then modified by the Lin family. It had absolutely nothing to do with the eight great families, otherwise their ancestors would not have recorded a single word about such a large project, would you believe it?

Carefully sliding down the slope, Wang Sheng controlled the speed of the slide. He felt that he had descended at least 1,000 meters before he felt that the ground was no longer sloping.

Judging from the road he had passed, it was a huge culvert, natural. In some places, Wang Sheng could still see many broken stalactites, which should have been broken by the water flow. It would be strange if this scene was not formed naturally.

Wang Sheng held up the torch and explored forward along this natural giant cave. The goal he was looking for was very clear, that was the energy source of the formation that sealed the girl in his dream in ice above. It might be a piece of underground lava, or it might be a forever flowing underground river. Wang Sheng couldn't say for sure what it was now, but Wang Sheng had to find it. Whether he could break the seal of the ice pillar formation depended on whether Wang Sheng could cut off the energy source of the formation.

While Wang Sheng was carefully moving forward underground, a large number of experts had returned to the Song family's camp. Of those who went out and died in the battle with super beasts, 80% of the rest had returned.

There was also a girl in the camp. If Wang Sheng was there, he would be surprised, it was A'Qi.