Endless route

Chapter 266 36. Void Iron Cable Bridge

A team of more than a dozen people accelerated and crawled in the mud, circling left and right in the third-level waterway. When the rope mark reached 1,200 meters, a slope suddenly appeared under them.

At the end of the slope is a circular shaft.

The orange-red rope and the iron rope were completely parallel and submerged into the well at the same time, extending into the endless underground mud.

As they guessed, Mr. Sun's team followed this iron cable and entered the unknown underground world.

Zheng Yun led the team to stop in front of the shady well. Li Wu, Xiao Wu and others immediately climbed in front. Everyone gathered around the shady well, groping for the cold brick wall of the shady well like a blind man groping for an elephant.

"There is actually a well here."

"I seem to be able to hear voices."

"Mr. Sun's team is below."

"Wait a minute, let me get the equipment and take a look."

The members of the archaeological team discussed in low voices. Except for a few young people who were brought down temporarily, everyone else was very calm. After observing the situation, Li Wu took something out of his backpack.

That's a special balloon.

Li Wu placed the balloon near the yin well, turned around and opened the gas and oxygen tank, and poured some kind of gas into the balloon. Within a few seconds, the balloon expanded rapidly and completely filled the yin well mouth.

The balloon is completely transparent.

After it separates the silt.

Everyone finally regained their sight.

As long as they put their heads in front of the balloon, the searchlight will completely illuminate the balloon. Not only can they see each other, but they can also see the well in front of them and even the inside of the well.

"Hey, who came up with this idea? It's really smart." Ji Dao watched the balloon expand in front of him, and then he could see Li Wu's face through the balloon.

"The ancients used to inflate the intestines to see things in the fog. This method is also imitated by the ancients." Li Wu continued to inflate.

The quality of this specially made balloon is excellent.

It continued to extend toward the bottom of the shaft, squeezing hard against the inner wall of the shaft, clearly revealing the orange-red ropes and iron cables.

"What sounds can be heard?"

Zheng Yun asked Ji Dao. Judging from Li Wu's continuous inflating action, it was possible that the balloon could expand more than ten meters downward and reach the ground below the shaft in one breath.

"The sound came and went. Occasionally it appeared twice, like someone was shouting, but it was not a scream, but like a chant." Ji Dao listened on the balloon.

Another advantage of this balloon is that it seems to amplify sounds in the environment. Li Wu also took out a sound detection device and placed it on the balloon to detect the location and specific distance of the sound.

"We are far away from the source of the sound, maybe a few hundred meters away, and the vertical distance is about 20 meters? The mud pressure under the shaft is much smaller than expected, only 2.9."

Li Wu looked at the device screen and read out the data.

Through the expansion speed of the balloon, the pressure coefficient of the silt can be calculated, but the final conclusion is extremely shocking. 2.9 atmospheres is only equivalent to thirty meters underwater.

If the Yinshao is the underground of the entire ancient city, then in addition to the pressure of the silt itself, there is also the gravity exerted by the entire ancient city, and it should not be so low.

"It looks like there is a gap below." Zheng Yun nodded. The only reason he could think of was that there was a hollow below the Yin Well, similar to a basin.

"It should be, let's go down and take a look now?"

Li Wu agreed with Zheng Yun's guess and asked aloud.

"Come on." Zheng Yun looked around. There were rock climbing nails next to the shaft, and the orange-red rope hung tightly on the nails.

The underground mud has no support at all. It is similar to a bottomless abyss and a swamp on the ground. If you jump without a rope, you will slowly sink into the mud and never be able to escape.

That kind of death is terrifying.

No one knows how deep the mud is, and the trapped people can only sink in despair and helplessness in the dark mud.

Unless someone comes to rescue.

For a well-prepared team like the archaeological team, everyone brings their own emergency equipment, such as special balloons, which can be blown up to float up when they fall into the mud.

Coupled with self-rescue equipment such as positioning and the professional rescue equipment of the archaeological team, it is not difficult to find someone in the mud.

Therefore, even if something happens to Mr. Sun's team, it won't be a big problem. As long as they are sure they are down there, they can find a way to save them.

Li Wu and others immediately took action, first retracting the balloon, and then taking out the bright rope and hanging it on the climbing nails.

The balloon deflates slowly.

The silt gradually recedes.

Zheng Yun led the team to change the rope and went down the well first. Li Wu asked Xiao Wu and other young people to stay at the mouth of the well to deliver the news.

After jumping into the well, everyone still climbed along the orange-red rope and iron rope, but the rope was vertically downward. They drilled headfirst into the depths of the mud, drilling for more than ten meters in one breath.

The underground of the ancient city is no different from the underground waterway in terms of senses, because they can't see anything at all. It's all black in all directions and they can't feel any difference.

But in fact, they were under the entire ancient city of Nanze at the moment. Compared to the foundation of the entire ancient city, they seemed extremely small, not even as big as a flea.

An orange-red rope

Hanging from the corner of the huge ancient city.

It's like there is a vellus stuck under a mountain, and they are at the end of this vellus, holding on to this vellus tightly, as if they are holding on to a life-saving rope.

They are like microorganisms.

Attached to this vellus hair.

If there were huge swamp creatures deep in the mud, it would be enough to swallow them all in one bite.

And they have nowhere to escape. They can only fight to the death with their opponents in the restricted environment of the mud.

So since they came down, they have been completely silent under Li Wu's suggestion, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

Suddenly at a certain moment.

The Yin soldier in front stopped.

"If there's a problem, stay alert."

Zheng Yun immediately became alert and ordered the ghost generals to be vigilant with swords. Then he groped the Yin soldiers' bodies, crawled over the Yin soldiers and continued downward to observe what was blocking the Yin soldiers.

Sure enough, there were obstacles.

It feels cold and hard to the touch.

This also seems to be an iron rope.

The first iron cable is vertically downward.

This iron cable is horizontal.

Continuing to rub along the iron rope, Zheng Yun soon touched the third iron rope, which was also horizontal.

"Master Yun, this is..."

Ji Dao also touched the new iron rope. He immediately climbed down and put his head on it to observe the situation carefully.

"It seems like a chain bridge?"

Zheng Yun stretched out his hand to explore. The third horizontal iron cable was all made of smaller iron cables. It was almost exactly the same as the iron cable bridge, except that the wooden planks on it were missing.

"It seems true."

Ji Dao came to the same conclusion.

"Li Wu, come here and take a look with the balloon." Zheng Yun groped his way up the iron cable bridge, stepped on it with his feet, and at the same time reached out and reached out, and sure enough he touched the fourth iron cable.

Li Wu also got in front, took out the balloon again and inflated it, quickly creating a void in the mud.

It is indeed a chain bridge.

About one meter wide.

Use small iron cables to make bridge decks.

They can step on this chain bridge.

Mr. Sun's orange-red rope is fixed on the handrail of the chain bridge and extends along the chain bridge into the distance.

"There is actually a chain bridge here."

Li Wu took a deep breath, took out the walkie-talkie and tried to contact Mr. Sun, but the walkie-talkie made a buzzing sound and could not connect.

So he immediately contacted Xiao Wu and asked Xiao Wu to retreat 900 meters, acting as a transfer station to inform Zhao Qiufu of the situation.

"What do you think?"

Zheng Yun turned his head and looked at Jidao.

"I don't know, Lord Yun. This chain bridge faces north and south, and I don't know where it leads. Why did the ancients build a chain bridge in the mud beneath the ancient city?"

Ji Dao looked forward with confusion on his face.

This bridge is really weird. The ancients actually built an iron cable bridge in the mud world beneath the ancient city. It came from the vast mud and extended into the vast mud.

Left and right, helpless.

Twenty meters from the bottom of the ancient city.

No one knows the beginning and the end.

The bridge was emptied across the mud, hanging deep underground far away from the rest of the world. They were covered in mud above and below, as if it was a ghost bridge leading to the underworld.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Mr. Sun and the others are walking along the bridge?"

The archaeological team members also felt a slight chill on their backs.

It’s not that they don’t have enough experience, but that no one has ever seen this scene. A bridge was pulled deep in the mud at the bottom of a swamp. Were the ancients capable of walking on this bridge?

"What's to the south?"

Zheng Yun sighed lightly and asked again.

"I don't know where the end of the bridge is, but the well we just came down from is directly under the Dusi Mansion, and the important places of Nanze Dusi are around the Dusi Mansion."

Noriichi didn't need to look at the drawings to reach his conclusion.

There is not only Dusi Mansion in Nanze Dusi. In the ancient city of Ming Dynasty, in addition to Dusi Mansion, Barracks Granary Port and other important places, there are also Star Observation Tower, Sacrifice Pavilion, Haiwei Office, etc., which are key places involved in the tricks of gods and ghosts.

But those important places are all in stuff.

There is no other important place directly south of Nanze Ancient City, unless this chain bridge extends to Area 234, which is not on the drawing and is suspected to be a dangerous place.

"Let's go ahead and take a look."

Zheng Yun saw that Li Wu had completed his report, so he led the team forward and let the Yin soldiers lead the way to continue exploring along the chain bridge.

The line moves slowly.

It was difficult for them to stand and walk in the mud, so they had to lie on the bridge and crawl forward. The team was stretched very long. The total length of a dozen people was 20 meters, and it was difficult to look at each other from head to tail.

Li Wu kept calling Mr. Sun.

They shouldn't have made a sound in this environment, but they had no choice at the moment and had to contact Mr. Sun as soon as possible.

Wow.

Wow.

A series of strange noises were heard.

Zheng Yun and others immediately looked to their right hands. The sound came from their right hands, but they couldn't see each other at all.

"Master Yun, there is something."

Ji Dao spoke quietly through the earphones, listened carefully for a moment and then continued: "It seems to be the sound of crushing the debris in the mud. Something is approaching us."

"Very big?"

Zheng Yun asked with a frown.

There are impurities such as branches in the mud, but only large objects can crush the impurities and make noise.

"It should be quite big. Let's prepare to face the enemy."

Ji Dao quietly took out the sword box from his back, gave Zheng Yun's blood-patterned emperor sword to him, and drew out the Tao sword himself.

"What do you mean, swamp creatures?"

Li Wu and others asked in low voices through their headphones.

"Do you think humans can be on our right?" Ji Dao asked in a low voice, and then slowly stood up holding the armrest.

"keep quiet."

Zheng Yun told others to be silent.

If you want to fight the enemy in this environment, you can only rely on the hearing of Ji Dao and Gui Jiang, and there is no other way.

Wow.

The noise is getting closer.

It kept ringing out from the darkness.

Everyone listened with rapt attention and their hair stood on end.

But at this moment, some very vague human voices suddenly sounded in their earphones: "...Is there anyone there? Who is coming? We are the archaeological team of the Palace Museum..."

Wow.

The sound amplified rapidly.

Although Zheng Yun couldn't see it, he could imagine that this thing suddenly launched from ten meters away. The speed was shocking, and it only took a few seconds to reach the vicinity of the cable bridge.

Boom.

There was a muffled sound.

The chain bridge beneath their feet shook.

Zheng Yun could feel the ups and downs of the chain bridge for a moment, right behind him where Li Wu was.

Then there was another faint sound.

Others had no idea what was happening. They could only lie tightly on the cable bridge and seek shelter from the cables.

Wow.

The chain bridge shook up and down.

"It's attacking me. I have emergency equipment. As long as I open it, I can create a safe space. Come closer to me. I will activate the equipment now."

Li Wu tried his best to stay calm and spoke.

"Do not talk!"

Ji Dao shouted and stabbed with his sword.

No one knows the result of this sword attack, not even Ji Dao himself knows whether he was hit or not, but he has a special hearing method and can hallucinate a snake shadow passing across the bridge.

Wow.

The ghost general suddenly takes action.

Follow the sound and slash with the knife.

Kara.

The sound of chopping bones sounded accurately.

The ghost general's sword must have hit him.

"Li Wu, don't come over. We have attracted a large number of swamp creatures and are trapped on this chain bridge. The situation is not optimistic now, but no one has died yet."

"Let the rescuers go back. It's very dangerous here. We are also trying to find a way to go back. You guys, hurry back to the Yinjing and pull back the wounded here first."

The voices of Mr. Sun and others sounded.

Their tone was very weak.

"Mr. Sun, did you use emergency rescue equipment?" Li Wu took out a shriveled air bag from his backpack and fastened the iron lock on one end to the iron cable of the chain bridge.

Stab.

呲呲呲.

Li Wu activated the emergency equipment, and a very rapid chemical reaction sounded, which instantly propped up a huge air bag, isolating ten square meters of mud in just ten seconds.

This is a huge airbag protection device containing countless air bubbles. It is similar to an air cushion to prevent jumping from a building, and it is also like those anti-fall bubble cushions in express delivery. The two are integrated together.

It is a hollow structure.

The volume can reach thirty cubic meters.

The number of vacuoles exceeds one thousand.

Twelve people can be provided with shelter.

Even if a swamp creature bites through a few bubbles, it won't be able to break through the entire air mattress, and each bubble contains chemical toxins that can repel the creatures that attack them.

"Yeah, we're trapped."

Mr. Sun's people responded through the intercom.

Zheng Yun watched helplessly as the huge air bag appeared, and Lin Kong appeared above the cable bridge, creating a safe space. There was a door on it, and you could get into the center by opening the door.

Modern technology is really powerful.

But it's really not that useful.

Once you get in, you can only wait for rescue.

They are here to rescue. If they get in, what will they do next? Wait for the third team to come to rescue?

"You guys wait here while we take people over to rescue them." Zheng Yun made a decision immediately.

"Zheng Yun, I know the situation is urgent, but we should discuss and report first. If something happens, we can't afford it." Li Wu said in a serious tone.

He also means well.

This bad situation cannot be saved by them. If they act rashly, they may die in vain. It is better to wait here and let the higher-ups send more people.

"I'm not on your team."

Zheng Yun's tone slowed down, and he helped Li Wu clear his responsibilities with one sentence, and then quickly led the Yin soldiers and ghost generals forward.

"Li Wu, ask if their diving suits are broken." Jidao asked and followed Zheng Yun.

He wants to invite the ghost figurines. As long as they are brought out, there will be no swamp creatures in this place that can act as monsters.

Because in the swamp ecosystem, everything that can move must have nerves. Things without nerves are no threat. As long as the ghost figurines come out, they can suppress all monsters and ghosts.

at the same time.

The ghost general suddenly handed something to Zheng Yun.

Before Zheng Yun could react, there was a black tail on his hand, which should be the severed limb of the thing just now.

About the thickness of an arm.

It feels extremely creamy.

When I got the periscope and took a closer look, I saw that it looked like a snake but was different from a snake. The skin was red in color and full of mucus. It looked indescribably weird, like a newborn arm.