During this period, Li Ang has been trying to explore the Jiuyou Dark River, trying to figure out whether his awakening of otherworldly memories has anything to do with Jiuyou.
However, the underground river is too deep and has an interfering spiritual energy function similar to that of Li Yuan. Once it exceeds seven thousand meters underground, the connection between Li Ang and Mo Si's clone will be disconnected and disconnected until it is completely disconnected.
As a result, the exploration process has not been smooth.
"Would it be better if we use living things that can move on their own instead of machines for exploration?"
Li Ang couldn't help but think. The creature can continue to move after breaking off the spiritual connection. If it encounters obstacles, it can swim upward against the current, establish spiritual contact again, and transmit information back.
The deep-sea fish from the endless sea have extremely strong vitality and should be able to afford the transformation of Mo Si.
After making up his mind, Li Ang immediately awakened the Mosi clone near the South China Sea, transformed into the shape of a small submarine, and sailed toward the southeast.
Search around at the junction of the regular sea area and the endless sea, looking for targets.
Thanks to the knowledge base of zoology in the academy, it didn't take much effort for Li Ang to find more than a dozen species of marine life, including moray eels, that met the requirements and could adapt to the shallow water environment and extremely strong water pressure.
Li Ang used ink silk to parasitize these creatures, forming a silk barrier on their bodies, controlling them to swim into the submarine, and then the submarine carried them back to the Central Plains water system.
The submarine traveled upstream along the river, returned to Yaozhou, then converted into a shield machine shape, drilled into the rock formation, and arrived at the well in Li Ang's hometown.
Pass the well entrance and enter the underground river.
On the way here, Li Ang had already used the moss silk at the bottom of the river to catch some fish and feed these endless sea creatures enough to sustain their activities for several days.
Therefore, after sensing that the signal from Mosi's clone was gradually weakening, Li Ang decisively asked the clone to open the hatch, let the marine creatures enter the Nine Nether Dark River, and gave them several instructions.
One is to explore around and look for suspicious places until death.
Second, every time you swim a certain distance, leave a small amount of ink as a road sign.
The third is to float as high as possible at the end of life and bring Mo Si's clone back to the place where there is a "signal".
After setting these up, the next thing to do is to wait.
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boom!
Deep in the dark and lightless underground, underground rivers flow rapidly. The Wanjun River water slapped heavily on the rock wall, making a loud noise.
This is a place where life is forbidden, not only because of the rapid water flow, but also the hot steam erupting from the gaps in the rock walls, and the billowing toxic smoke rising from the bottom of the river bed.
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Even at the corners of some underground rivers, you can see slowly dripping hot magma.
A moray eel about two meters long stretches its body and swims forward along the river.
The skin on its surface is parasitic with a "skin bag" made of jet black silk threads. It is this skin bag that can insulate heat and filter poisonous smoke, helping the moray eel survive in this extreme environment.
Brush pull.
The moray eel swung its long tail, flexibly bypassed a giant stalactite hanging from the rock wall and inserted into the underground river, and continued to swim forward.
This is already the fifth day that the moray eel has been exploring the underground river. Although the moray eel's tiny brain does not understand the concept of "days", it can feel that it is being entangled by hunger. The movement of swinging the long tail also slows down unconsciously.
There were dense stalactite clusters ahead again, but this time the moray eel turned its head and tail and swam against the current, slowing down.
When the speed slowed down to a certain level, the moray eel lay down on its side and became entangled in a stalactite column.
rustle--
The dark silk fabric on the surface of the moray eel immediately pops up dense and tiny barbs, helping the moray eel to climb up the stalactite pillars and come to the top of the water to rest and recuperate.
As if aware of the moray eel's hunger, the silk fabric immediately squirmed for a while, and a small, faintly smelly fish was delivered from the middle of the body surface - this was the last food.
After finishing eating, the moray eels entangled themselves in the stalactite pillars and rested for a long time. Then he turned his head and used his fangs to tear off a piece of jet black silk fabric and stick it on the stone pillar. He jumped into the underground river again and started exploring.
The moray eels encountered more dangers along the way, or were caught in the rapid tributaries and hit the rock wall faster than an arrow could miss.
Or suddenly encounter a rock burst, and almost be scalded to death by the lava.
Or being caught by the current and falling from a cliff with a vertical drop of up to two thousand meters - it is entirely possible to survive by relying on the jet black silk fabric to expand on its own and turn into the shape of a flying pancake, floating and falling from the air.
The moray eel, covered in bruises and hungry, marched tiredly along the river, and finally stopped slowly at a strangely shaped river bed where the water flow slowed down.
If a living person appeared next to this moray eel, he would definitely recognize that this so-called river bed was actually an artificial pier made of bricks and stones.
And far behind the pier, you can vaguely see lights as dense as stars.
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"Risheng, this is the test paper prepared for this year's Imperial Medical Office entrance exam. Please see if there is anything that needs to be improved in the questions."
In the small room of the Imperial Medical Office, Qiu Feng was holding the drafted test paper and showing it to Li Ang.
Li Ang was about to take the test paper when he suddenly sensed something and unconsciously clenched his left hand under the table.
The marine creatures that were previously released to explore the Nine Netherworld actually sent back signals of abnormality.
"Let me see... Well, there's no problem. Just use this set of papers."
Li Ang didn't change his expression and dealt with Qiu Feng with a smile. After the other party left the hut, he gradually stopped smiling and carefully sensed the signal from Mo Si's clone.
"It was actually discovered by a moray eel..."
Li Ang previously released eighteen marine creatures. These creatures either encountered accidents in the Netherworld, were seriously injured and were forced to surface, but failed to send back any useful information.
Or die directly, without even having time to recover Mo Si’s share.
Now Li Ang was preparing to arrange the second batch of marine creatures and draw a map of the Nine Nether Dark River by himself. Unexpectedly, the moray eel, which he had long put on the death list, actually sent back a signal. And so weird.
What Moray discovered deep in the underground river was an uninhabited temple.
Its material is stone and its structure is a square pyramid, similar to the pyramid in the memory of another world, but the interior is hollow and the area is equivalent to the entire Jinchengfang.
Although ordinary stone is used, the architectural style of the temple is very different from all civilizations in Li Ang's memory.
The lamp stand in its interior space is inlaid with a large number of luminous pearls. Judging from details such as the height of the lamp stand, the height of the door frame, and the size of the steps, it seems that this temple was built by either a group of children or a group of dwarves who were over one meter tall.
