Tomb Raider: Marry Shirley Young at the Beginning

"Plop……"

There was a clear sound of falling into the water, and everyone looked towards that place with their flashlights. They vaguely saw countless shadows swimming towards there quickly.

Apparently, it was the knife-tooth salmon that was attracted by the sound of falling into the water.

Su Mu looked at his palm and saw that the knife-toothed salmon had been biting him with its sharp teeth.

The saw-like teeth were extremely sharp. If his defense hadn't reached the level of a silver corpse, his hands would have been mutilated with blood at this moment.

Even now, there are a few white scratch-like marks left on his palm, which are all left by the teeth of the knife-tooth salmon.

It can leave marks on its own skin, which shows how terrifying the attack power of the knife-tooth salmon is.

Su Mu's recovery power was astonishing. In the blink of an eye, the marks on his palm began to fade away. Su Mu didn't care and continued to fiddle with the floating corpses blocking his way.

The progress of the bamboo raft was not very fast, but it still advanced a long distance without any danger.

At this time, the floating corpses on the water were no longer as dense as before.

Therefore, relatively speaking, there should not be as many saber-tooth salmon in the water as before. This made everyone's high-spirited hearts slightly relieved, but they did not dare to let go.

Mengyoubo's flashlight shone around and above his head. Although the light was not strong, it still allowed people to vaguely see what the surrounding environment looked like.

I saw countless stalactites hanging from the top of the cave wall.

The stalactites vary in size and length, and the shapes of those stalactites are all weird.

Some stalactites are like a conch, and some stalactites are like sharp arrows. Water droplets will fall from those stalactites from time to time. When they are densely packed, the silent cave space is like hearing the sound of rain. Same.

Some water drops dripped on the rock wall, and accumulated over the years, countless stalagmites were piled on the rock wall. Those stalagmites stood scattered on the rock walls of the shallows along the coast, like fangs..

Some stalagmites grow in strange positions, growing diagonally. Therefore, when some floating corpses drift to the edge of the shoal, they will be stuck by the growing stalagmites, and then pile up directly in those places.

"There are so many stalactites here."Fat Wang murmured.

Others were also looking at the surrounding environment and did not pay attention to what he was talking about. It was not clear from a distance. The light-absorbing material in the hole made it almost impossible to shine the light of the flashlight. As for any effect, everyone just made a general observation and stopped paying attention to it.

"Use bright flashlights sparingly."Menyouping reminded me

"ah? Ah, yes, you can't leave it on for a long time, it's too wasteful……"

Hearing this, Hu Ba and the others nodded and turned off the Langya flashlights in their hands.

Strong searchlights consume a lot of energy and cannot be used for long periods of time.

And in this kind of cave with light-absorbing materials, only strong searchlights can have a little effect. So everyone decided to open it every one or two minutes to check the surrounding environment.

The bamboo raft was drifting at a constant speed. Even if there were not as many saber-tooth salmon in the area where they were now as before, they did not dare to speed up and leave.

Everyone waited quietly, and from time to time they would use strong flashlights to illuminate the road ahead. They all cooperated tacitly, and they walked out safely from the dense floating corpses.

Seeing that they were about to leave the floating corpse area completely, everyone was very happy.

"Where are we now?"

Shirley Yang looked around while turning on the flashlight, but the almost identical environment did not give her any judgment.

"Why do I feel like we have been drifting for a long time?……"Hu Bayi also whispered.

They have been moving forward in the darkness. Although the flashlight occasionally brings some light, it is still easy to ignore the passage of time because of the darkness.

No one knows how long it will take to get out, not even Peacock. She has never been in, so naturally she can't give them any answers.

The bamboo raft was still drifting slowly, and everyone discovered a problem. It seemed to be getting colder and colder as we drifted inside. From time to time, there would be a cold wind blowing, and we didn't know which direction it was blowing from. People feel chilly

"Look, what is that?"

At this moment, Peacock suddenly pointed to the distance and exclaimed. After hearing the words, everyone looked towards the place she pointed, and saw that there were little green flames flickering and beating in the mid-air in that direction.

"It's... it's a will-o'-the-wisp! Peacock looked carefully, and suddenly he was so frightened that he hid behind Su Mu and shouted in panic:"There... there is a ghost over there."……"

"Don't be afraid yet, there are no ghosts over there."Su Mu helplessly comforted the peacock and said.

Ever since the peacock heard Su Mu say that he was the messenger of the Yin soldiers and believed what Su Mu said, he believed every word of Su Mu.

Now. Su Mu comforted her and said there was no ghost. Peacock tried his best to calm down his fear and stuck his head out to look at the place where the fire was dancing again.

"Those are will-o'-the-wisps, the elders said... They are the soul lamps that guide the soul after death. If you see the will-o'-the-wisps, those will-o'-wit fires will follow that person, and that person's soul will follow them to the netherworld.……"Peacock said tremblingly.

Su Mu laughed and said:"Those rumors are all false, how could it be something that attracts souls?"

"ah? Fake?"Peacock was surprised.

Shirley Yang on the side couldn't stand it anymore and explained:"The so-called will-o'-the-wisp is actually the phosphorus fire produced after death."

"wildfire?"The peacock looked confused.

"That's right, it's phosphorus fire." Shirley Yang continued to explain:"Phosphorus fire is a very common substance in nature. It usually appears in cemeteries or places with dead people on dry days in summer, but occasionally it also appears in cities. That's not something that guides ghosts, but the body undergoes changes after decay, producing phosphine, which is a gas that can spontaneously ignite. Phosphine has a very low ignition point, so it can easily ignite on its own."

"As for the will-o'-the-wisp that you said will follow people, it's easy to explain. The gas is very light and will move when the wind blows. When a person walks past the will-o'-the-wisp, the tiny airflow brought about by walking can drive the phosphorus fire. , which is why superstition says that will-o'-the-wisps follow people.……"

Shirley Yang's explanation was very detailed, and it also opened a door called science to Peacock. At this moment, she suddenly shattered what she had believed in for many years.

It was also the first time for others to hear such a detailed explanation, and they were also surprised that the will-o'-the-wisp came from this way. However, they were surprised, but they were not like the peacock, who felt like their world view was shattered.

As the bamboo raft drifts along the river, there are more and more will-o'-the-wisps along the way. There are often three or four green clumps of green will-o'-the-wisps dancing in the shallows along the river bank. They really look like ghosts in the dark cave. The dance makes people feel a little scared.