Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

The cave is completely closed, and you can't see the outside, so the inside of the cave is completely dark.

But Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang had already eaten the red berries, and Silver King and Ke Ke could see in the dark, so they were not affected.

The cave is very quiet, and the sound of their footsteps on the slippery ground is so clear that they can clearly capture the sound of water dripping from time to time.

After tens of millions of years of dissolution and deposition, the terrain inside the cave is rough and slippery. If you are not careful, you will trip and fall to the ground. If you happen to be knocked on a sharp stone pillar, you may be injured. hit directly.

This is not one of those treated caves on the earth that are specially used for tourism, so Xu Xin walked very carefully.

"Hey!" Ke Ke Xu Xin jumped off his shoulders and ran to the front by himself.

"Be careful, don't run around!" Xu Xin felt a little helpless. This little guy ran around every time. Although he could find something special every time, it really made him a little scared every time.

Yin Wang was very obedient and followed Xu Xin all the time. Its size is relatively large, and it is a little difficult to walk in such a rugged place with raised stone pillars from time to time, but it is still much more stable than humans walking on two legs.

"Hey!" Ke Ke responded in front.

Its stature is small, but it is easier to walk through the cave.

"Are we still in this circle of hills?" Ji Zhaoyang asked Xu Xin, holding a somewhat sharp stone pillar from top to bottom in front of him.

"Yes, it should be still in the hills." Xu Xin has been paying attention to the map. Their current location is in the hills, and the bending direction of this cave is also consistent with the direction in which the hills are connected. It should be a cave in the connected hills.

Of course, it may also be underground. After all, Xu Xin's map can only see the horizontal position, not the vertical depth.

Continuing to walk forward, both of them heard the faint sound of water flowing.

There should be running water flowing ahead.

However, they were not surprised. The cave was originally formed by water erosion. It is very normal to have flowing water in the cave, and it is not normal if it is not.

Soon, they walked forward for another hundred meters, and the two came to a very clear water.

The flow of water is not fast, it can even be said to be slow. This water flow came along the hole in front, but it didn't flow into the section of the hole where Xu Xin is now, but made a bend and flowed into a dark underground hole on the side.

There is no place for them to go.

Ke Ke was standing by the water at this moment, seeing Xu Xin approaching, immediately groaned and ran to Xu Xin's feet.

"This water flow is not small." Xu Xin visually measured the depth of the water flow, and it must be two meters.

Although the karst caves are formed by the erosion of rivers, there are no rivers around and inside the hilly protection area, only a lake with a relatively large area in the middle.

Could it be, an underground river?

Ji Zhaoyang squatted by the river and carefully observed the creatures in the water.

"There are fish in the river, and there are eyes. It's pitch black here. If it's a species that has been living in this dark hole, the fish eyes should not have degenerated." Ji Zhaoyang looked at a motionless black fish path in the water.

"That is to say, these fish came in from outside?" Xu Xin's eyes lit up, "Then as long as we go upstream along the river, we should be able to get out."

Moreover, the direction of the upper reaches of the river happened to be along the circle of hills towards the salt mine cave and towards the head of the giant.

If there is any secret, it must be by the head of the giant.

"Well, let's keep going upstream."

The river didn't occupy all the space in the cave, so Xu Xin and the others continued to walk along the river.

"Hey!" Ke Ke ran to the front again.

The ground became even more slippery at this time, and although there was still a road, it was already very narrow. Xu Xin and the others could only move forward more carefully. But in this way, their speed was much slower.

"You should know how to swim, right?" Xu Xin said to Ji Chaoyang, who was also walking cautiously.

The current speed is too slow, and it will be dark outside in a few hours. At this speed, I am afraid that we may not be able to find the exit tonight.

There are still a lot of things to do today. I still need to bring Li Yajun to Li Wenxi's tree house. I also need to improve the degree of decoration and the success rate of alchemy. I will try to make the coordinates before tomorrow to connect the tree house of the four people here.

Although Ji Zhaoyang also said that the possibility of ice and snow falling tomorrow is not high, he still needs to be fully prepared.

So they can't spend too much time here.

Moreover, if they haven't gone out and can't contact the outside world, the situation of Li Wenxi and Qi Xuefei is not very good, and they don't have mounts, so should they stay outside and wait, or walk back by themselves?

"Of course I can swim. During the rainy season, I was also the one who eliminated the tornado, although I was a step slower than you." Ji Zhaoyang sideways avoided a sharp stalactite pillar and turned to look at him, "Why, what do you want?" Up the river?"

"That's really my plan." Xu Xin glanced at the relatively slow river.

What he is wearing now is the purple-level scale armor, and it is also his home field in the water!

"...I don't have any problems." Ji Zhaoyang thought this proposal was good.

Although underwater may be dangerous, but the road is so difficult to walk, the risk factor is not less than underwater, and the water here is very clear, both of them also have night vision capabilities, and there is no obstruction of sight.

"However, does your Silver King know how to water?" Ji Zhaoyang looked at the Silver King who had been following behind.

"Aww!" Hearing Ji Zhaoyang's question, Yin Wang immediately raised his head and yelled, indicating that he had no problem.

Silver King's cry echoed in the cave, calling back all Ke Ke who ran to the front.

Coco ran to them and stood on the ground with her head tilted.

This little guy doesn't need to go into the water, it can move easily on the ground.

"Ke Ke, we're going to swim, you just follow on land." Xu Xin squatted down, touched Ke Ke's little head and said, "By the way, help us see what road is up there."

"Huh?" Ke Ke took a moment to understand Xu Xin's meaning, nodded her head, "Huh!"

Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang tried the water with their hands, and it was very cold, almost freezing water. If they were ordinary people, they would never choose to jump into the water.

But the high-end suits on both of them can resist part of the cold, and even if they get sick because of it, Qi Xuefei's medicine is covered, so basically nothing will happen.

The two looked at each other, and both jumped into the river.

"Oh!" Silver King followed them and jumped into the water.

"Oh, it's really cold!" Xu Xin shuddered. Although the temperature of the air is also very low, it is completely different from the feeling of being immersed in water.

"...Move quickly, or your hands and feet will freeze." After finishing speaking, Ji Zhaoyang plunged into the water and began to swim forward.

Xu Xin glanced at the Silver King, and found that there was nothing wrong with it in the water, so it plunged into the water and followed.

"Hey!" Ke Ke also followed on the shore.

The depth of this dark river is more than two meters, and the width is three to four meters, which is enough for them to move in the water.

Once the discrimination ability is opened, the underwater things can be seen at a glance.

There are some green-grade stones at the bottom, and some unknown plants, all of which are white-grade and green-grade, and there are not even any blue-grade aquatic plants.

After continuing to swim forward for a long time, there was nothing worth noting, Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang both came up for a change of breath.

He looked at Yin Wang, who was following them closely. His swimming speed was not too slow, and he could keep up with the two of them.

Ke Ke was also on the shore, saw him get out, and let out a "嘤".

"Here... where is it?" Ji Chaoyang was a little out of breath, but luckily, he ate apricots that could continue to restore his strength when he came in, and there was nothing serious about it.

"...This river flows in this circle of hills, and now we have swum around the hills for a little bit." Xu Xin has also been paying attention to the map.

The two of them swam very fast, faster than normal running.

In fact, his speed could be faster, but he was afraid that Ji Chaoyang would not be able to keep up, so he slowed down. However, this allowed him to have enough time to observe the surroundings underwater and above the water.

"Go on." Xu Xin plunged into the water again.

The two continued to swim forward.

After swimming for a long time, Xu Xin found that this dark river seemed to be getting wider and deeper.

The previous width was only three or four meters, and the depth was only about two meters. Now, the depth has reached three or four meters, and the width has directly reached five or six meters. Even the surrounding caves are much wider than before.

"Hey! Hey!" Coco suddenly cried out on the shore.

Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang got out of the water one after another.

"Hey! Hey!" Ke Ke quickly gesticulated with his little paws at the two of them.

Xu Xin understood what it meant, her heart tightened, and she immediately said to Ji Zhaoyang: "Let's go up, Ke Ke said that if we go further, there is danger in the river!"

Ji Zhaoyang didn't talk nonsense: "Okay!"

Silver King had already stepped onto the bank twice, shaking the water off his body.

Xu Xin swam to the shore, instead of going up first, she plunged her head into the water again and looked deeper ahead.

The water is very dark, but his scale armor and red berries allow him to see everything in the water clearly. He might be able to see something ahead.

The front is very clear, because the river has an arc, so you can't see very far.

Um? !

Xu Xin suddenly noticed that there were suddenly two red spots in the river.

Afterwards, the red dots suddenly became many, densely packed, and all of them were rapidly approaching here!

...Is that the eyes of mutant creatures? !

"Hey!" Coco shouted anxiously on the shore again.

Xu Xin suddenly got out of the water, supported her hands, rolled directly to the shore, and then got up quickly!

Ji Chaoyang was already on the shore at this time, and he was twisting the water on the leather armor. Seeing Xu Xin's nervousness, his expression tightened: "What's the matter, what did you see underwater?"

At this time, the karst cave was already very wide, at least a dozen meters wide, so the shore was also several meters wide. He picked up Cocoa and put it on his shoulder, and pulled Ji Chaoyang and Yin Wang away from the river to the cave. On the wall, looking at the river a few meters away.

On the map, many red dots lined up in the shape of a river in the hills, and they are moving rapidly to their positions!

Ji Chaoyang didn't ask any more questions, but also looked at the river, and took out the crossbow.

Both of them could already hear the sound of something swimming underwater in a large area!

"Oh!"

"Here we come!" Xu Xin also took out his crossbow and pointed it at the stream.

"Wow!"

Accompanied by the loud sound of water, a blood-red fish one meter long came out of the water!

Xu Xin's pupils shrank, and he and Ji Chaoyang both pulled the trigger.

"Boom!" Two overlapping explosions sounded, and the violent flames temporarily blinded both of them for a moment.

This big blood-red fish was directly blown into the water by the explosion.

But it didn't get any better!

At the same moment, three blood-red fishes nearly one meter long jumped out of the river, and bit straight at Xu Xin and the others!

That mouth full of sharp and irregular fangs makes people feel numb just looking at it!

It's a piranha!

Bigger piranhas than those in Xu Xin's lake before!