All three have excellent hearing and good eyesight.
By this time, they had seen what fell from the plane.
That thing is not falling in a free fall, but floating.
"There's a parachute!"
All three of them felt this way.
"Boss, do you think the purpose of these people's coming is the same as ours before?" Ran Jie said in a deep voice.
"It should be." Zhu Yu nodded, "This plane has been circling here for several days, and it must have been looking for its target. The people and equipment that have landed now are probably people."
"Then what should we do?" Cao Dalong felt unwilling, "Should we take advantage of their unsteady footing and do something for a while?"
Zhu Yu shook his head and said:
"Farewell for now. Our main task now is to find Qin Fei. As for them... let's wait until they find Qin Fei."
If Qin Fei is found and the other party has not found the treasure, then Zhu Yu doesn't mind competing.
The world of geocaching itself is a winner-takes-all kind of thing. It is not impossible for the weak to prey on the strong.
Cao Dalong and Ran Jie looked at each other, somewhat understanding in their hearts.
Yes, the main thing now is to find Qin Fei.
We’ll talk about the rest later!
"Let's go look for it all night!" Zhu Yu suddenly said, "It's more troublesome during the day. Let's go up the river at night. Maybe we can find the breaking point of the river early and enter the underground river."
Although they think so, the three of them all know that such a possibility is possible, but it is not very high.
But since Qin Fei could enter the underground river quietly, they should also have a chance.
Zhu Yu even regrets a little now. He should have searched carefully at that puddle and maybe he could find the entrance to the underground river.
But it was too late to say anything. He was not sure if he had other thoughts when he decided to go up the river.
I hope we can really find a new entrance to the underground river.
The three people carried their bags and walked forward in silence.
After walking for more than a kilometer, I suddenly heard a dull rumbling sound!
"Boss, listen!" Cao Dalong suddenly became excited, "Is this an underground river?"
"Yes." Zhu Yu opened his eyes and saw the underground river water. The underground river here is a bay, and the water is a bit fast, so the sound came up.
Moreover, the underground river here is only five or six meters away from the ground, which is much shallower than before. This gives Zhu Yu greater hope!
"Let's go, keep moving forward, maybe if you keep looking, you can find the entrance!"
The three of them were very excited, and even their steps became much more brisk.
"Bang bang bang!"
Suddenly, several crisp gunshots in the distance made the three people stop.
"The gunfire was in the southwest, about five hundred meters away from here." Ran Jie reported the data in a low voice.
"That should be fine." Zhu Yu nodded, "Let's continue."
In fact, he was quite happy when there were gunshots.
This shows that they are not the only ones looking for the treasure now, but also the group that landed, and even unknown people.
They quit now, just in time for dog to eat dog.
The three people continued to move forward, but their footsteps were much softer.
None of them wanted to attract those people's attention. In fact, the three people have similar thoughts now.
"stop!"
Zhu Yu suddenly whispered.
Ran Jie and Cao Dalong stopped immediately.
"Hide close to the river bank!" Zhu Yu gave the order again, and at the same time he dodged to the side and leaned against the river bank.
The widest part of this river bank is less than twenty meters, and the bottom to the top of the river bank is only more than two meters. It seems that the water is not very big.
The three people leaned against the shore and remained motionless. After about a few minutes, rustling footsteps came from above their heads.
Zhu Yu could hear the footsteps of five people. They walked downstream along the river bank. After walking for a while, they turned back to a direction farther away from the shore.
After several minutes, Zhu Yu said:
"Okay, keep going."
"Boss, who are they?"
While walking, Cao Dalong asked.
"Maybe they are also treasure hunters. But some people are barefoot, maybe they are indigenous people in the desert."
Zhu Yu wasn't sure either. After all, he didn't raise his head or open his eyes before, so he didn't see the person coming.
Never mind them, there won't be any intersection for the time being anyway.
"The sound of the underground river has disappeared!" Cao Dalong suddenly said.
At this time, Zhu Yu and Ran Jie also noticed.
Zhu Yu looked at it with his heavenly eyes and said:
"It's probably because the water in the underground river has calmed down, so I can't hear it."
Tianyan saw that the distance between the underground river and the ground was closer, and the water flow was not large. However, the width of the underground river channel had increased, and the water flow was almost half a meter, so there was no sound coming up.
"That's good!" Cao Dalong felt slightly relieved.
He was still very convinced of Zhu Yu.
After walking a few hundred meters further, there was something black in front of him, and Zhu Yu suddenly became happy:
"Here, if you go down from here, you should be able to find the entrance to the underground river!" The terrain here is much lower, like a deep pit in the river. There is some water at the bottom of this deep pit. There is not much water, but it is very clear.
"There won't be anything strange in the water, right?" Although Cao Dalong and Ran Jie can't see as well as Zhu Yu at night, they are much better than ordinary people.
But they could only see that there was water in the pit, and they could not tell whether there was anything in the water.
"No." Zhu Yu said, "Let's go, we don't need to go into the water, you just follow me..."
Zhu Yu slowly walked down the deep pit. There were many footprints of wild beasts here, which made it easier for them to go down.
When he was almost at the bottom of the pit, Zhu Yu turned to the side and then entered a relatively hidden hole on the side.
"This place used to be a nest for crocodiles and the like," Zhu Yu said while bending over and groping inside. "But then it was probably because the river dried up and the crocodiles moved away or escaped, so this place became empty."
Ran Jie and Cao Dalong immediately followed in.
"You can't see anything here..."
Cao Dalong looked around. The hole was diagonally downward, only two meters deep and about one and a half meters high. It had a smell, but there was nothing there.
"Don't worry, just wait and see!" Zhu Yu smiled, then walked to the bottom of the pit and suddenly stamped down hard.
With this kick, a big pit suddenly appeared under Zhu Yu's feet, and then he fell down together with the soil under his feet!
Ran Jie and Cao Dalong were shocked!
They immediately ran to the pit and looked down.
"It's okay, you guys can come down too!"
Under the pit, about three or four meters away from their feet, Zhu Yu was stepping on the bank of the underground river and waving to them:
"Come down, let's go find Qin Fei!"
Ran Jie and Cao Dalong also jumped down immediately.
After the three people went down, Zhu Yu looked around and said:
"Qin Fei probably didn't come here, let's go back!"
"Okay!"
They walked back along the underground river, and at this time, the noise here also attracted the attention of some people.
Someone immediately ran over here. They arrived at the edge of the pit accurately, but found that the water in the pit did not move at all.
After looking for a while with a flashlight and finding nothing, they left.
The channel of the underground river is more than two meters high, and it is relatively humid, with water dripping down from time to time.
The two sides are slightly wider than the underground river, so there is some place to stay.
But it's not all like this. In some places, especially where the water is fast, the river occupies almost all the surface, and three people can only wade across it.
"Huh?"
Zhu Yu suddenly bent down and picked up a gold coin in the water.
"There are actually gold coins in here? What is the origin of this underground river?"
Cao Dalong and Ran Jie are in great mood now.
As long as the environment in the underground river is not very harsh, they believe Qin Fei will be able to survive in it.
After all, it seems from now on that at least there are no more ferocious animals in the underground river, and the water is drinkable.
So they relaxed and were more curious about Zhu Yu's ability to pick up gold coins.
"I guess the source of this underground river, or somewhere, has something to do with the treasure?" Zhu Yu said his thoughts, "After all, it is relatively close to the treasure..."
If it's gold nuggets or something, it's easy to understand. It means there is a gold mine somewhere at the source of the underground river.
But now it is a gold coin, which is obviously a minted thing. This can only explain one reason, that there is some source of gold coins upstream.
"No matter how many there are, find Qin Fei first." Zhu Yu said again, "If we find it, let's not go up yet. We go up the river. Maybe we can get the treasure first."
Ran Jie and Cao Dalong had smiles on their faces, which was naturally the best.
The three people walked down quickly.
"Huh? There's actually a fish in here?" Zhu Yu bent down again, and this time he touched a palm-sized fish.
This fish is translucent, with white eyes. It seems to have no holes. I don’t know if it is a deformity or if it evolved like this because it is in an underground river and cannot see the sun.
The presence of fish means there is a source of food, so if Qin Fei is down there, he will not be hungry.
There is air, water, and fish - survival is basically no problem for Qin Fei.
The hanging hearts of the three of them were half relieved.
"Another gold coin!" After walking a few steps, Zhu Yu picked up another gold coin on the edge of the river.
The river water was a bit turbid, and Cao Dalong and Ran Jie couldn't see anything underwater. As for Zhu Yu's harvest, they attributed it to Zhu Yu's eyesight being better than theirs.
It's normal to think about it, after all, Zhu Yu absorbed much more energy than them.
After a long time, Zhu Yu found nothing again.
The river gradually widened and the water gradually became deeper. Zhu Yu discovered that along the way, there were several small tributaries that merged into the underground river.
He guessed that there were other oases with underground springs in the desert.
This is not really a barren land, but the vitality is covered up by the yellow sand.
The three people's physical strength was far beyond that of ordinary people. They even ate while walking all the way down.
After walking for about two hours, they saw a place where the water was relatively strong ahead.
There was one before, which is where the rumbling sound was heard.
However, the deepest water there is only more than one meter, so just wade through it. But here it is almost like a cliff, and the water rushes directly down.
Maybe it was because a puddle had washed down below, so there wasn't much sound.
But when Zhu Yu looked over, this puddle was at least three meters deep!
The two sides are very narrow, only about ten centimeters. If you don't step on it well, you will fall into a deep pit.
The danger is not dangerous, but it would be quite embarrassing if you fell into it.
"Follow me!" Zhu Yu took the lead, "Don't make a wrong step, otherwise if you fall in, everything will get wet!"
Zhu Yu slowly stepped on the rocks beside the river, and then rushed over violently.
This time he jumped more than three meters away and fell directly into the lower river water with a height difference of nearly two meters - the edge was twenty to thirty centimeters deep, which was still acceptable.
"It won't be easy to come up later." Ran Jie took a look.
"Yes." Zhu Yu said hurriedly:
"You nail a rope to the side and make it strong. When we come back, pull the rope up."
Ran Jie and Cao Dalong immediately took out the rope from their backpacks. After looking at the terrain on both sides, they chose a place that was easier to climb on. They nailed a rope to the hard stone and soil cave wall on the side, and then threw the rope down the river.
Zhu Yu connected the rope there, then took out the engineering shovel from his backpack, shoved it directly into the wall next to him, and then wrapped the rope around it.
"Okay, come down." Zhu Yu waved to the two of them.
Ran Jie and Cao Dalong jumped down one after another.
Zhu Yu took a deep look at the deep pit created by the water, and then waved his hand:
"Let's go find Qin Fei!"
The three people walked forward quickly, and Cao Dalong couldn't help but say:
"I don't know where Lao Qin is now, or whether he will go up like us..."
"I guess so." Ran Jie replied.
"There are two possibilities. One is that he fell at that time and would find a way to climb up from where he fell.
Another possibility is that he found that he couldn't climb up, so he would go up or down with the current. "
"Then it will be troublesome if we go down." Cao Dalong was a little worried.
"It's impossible to go down. Let's come all the way. There's no way to get out from here." Zhu Yu continued to analyze, "It's only possible to go up."
Cao Dalong raised his head and looked up. At this moment, the top of the cave was already two or three meters away from them. It's really difficult to climb up.
"who?"
In the distance, someone suddenly shouted.
The three people were stunned for a moment, and then were ecstatic!
"Old Qin, it's us!" Cao Dalong reacted the fastest, shouting and rushing forward!
About thirty or forty meters ahead, the river suddenly became narrower and the water became faster, and a figure was just where the river was flowing rapidly to that side, where the river was relatively gentle.
"Old Qin, it's great that you are still alive!"
Cao Dalong ignored the rapids of the river and jumped directly into the water, wading forward.
"careful!"
Zhu Yu also followed, and when he saw Cao Dalong's movements, he quickly warned him.
However, this reminder was too late. Cao Dalong was wading in the water when suddenly he fell down with a splash.
There is a small bend here, and a deep pit of nearly two meters breaks out below, which is not visible at all from the surface!
Fortunately, the pit was not big. After Cao Dalong was flooded, he was quickly washed out by the water.
The gentle water below was no more than one meter deep. Cao Dalong immediately stabilized his figure, and Qin Fei over there quickly ran over and pulled him out.
The two hugged each other.
"I didn't expect you to be alive!" Cao Dalong shouted excitedly.
"Didn't you come down?" Qin Fei patted him hard, "I guess you will go up the river to find the entrance!"
At this moment, Zhu Yu and Ran Jie had also crossed the rapids and came to Qin Fei's side.
Qin Fei's clothes were full of water stains and mud. When he fell, he didn't bring his backpack, so he didn't even have any clothes to change.
"Are you starving?" Zhu Yu took out compressed dry food, chocolate and mustard from his backpack, "First, I'll give you some self-heating rice."
"I'm coming!" Cao Dalong finally reacted, "Old Qin, you are so awesome! Come on, sit down and have a rest and eat something. You can also tell us about the situation."
Ran Jie took out the clothes from Qin Fei's bag and asked him to put them on: "You have suffered a lot this time."
Probably because he had been holding it in the underground river for a long time, Qin Fei started talking more. While changing his clothes, with chocolate still stuffed in his mouth, he said with a smile:
"I was very happy when I saw the little deer was trapped. I went over to get it, but before I arrived, two big fish came to grab the thing. I was not happy..."
After swallowing what was in his mouth, Qin Fei changed his clothes and continued:
"The big fish was quite nimble and wanted to drag me into the water. I took a knife and cut open one of the fish, but the other two fish attacked me and dragged me to the bottom. I don't know how I got there, but I fell into the water. The more you struggle, the deeper you get in the mud.”
He sighed, sat on the river, bit into a piece of compressed dry food, and ate slowly:
"I thought I was going to die at the time, but I didn't expect that after sinking to the bottom, I fell. I was suffocating at first, but I woke up after being thrown!"
Zhu Yu and the other three secretly expressed their gratitude. If it hadn't fallen, Qin Fei's life would have been hanging there.
"I wanted to climb up at that time, but I couldn't get up without tools. Then I thought, since there is an underground river and air, there must be a place where I can get up."
"Here, eat something hot!" Cao Dalong had already prepared the self-heating rice and handed it to Ran Jie:
"Are you starving these past two days?"
"It's not bad. There are fish in the river. Although there aren't many, they can still fill your stomach." Ran Jie smiled, "It just doesn't taste good raw, and I don't know if there are any parasites."
Looking at his messy hair and haggard expression, and then thinking about the psychological hesitation of not being sure whether he can go out all the way, ordinary people may not be able to survive it.
Holding hot rice in his hands, Qin Fei restrained himself and ate not quickly. He praised while eating:
"I used to think this thing was just like that. Now it feels really delicious. I can remember it forever!"
"Okay, okay, don't slap me!" Cao Dalong's mood has returned to calm, "After such an experience, you have to be careful in the future. You are the most cautious among the three of us, but this time this time really made me Accident."
"It's a blessing in disguise!" Zhu Yu interjected, "Otherwise, we might end up facing off against those people!"
"Which group of people?" Qin Fei stopped the Kuai Zi in his hand and asked, "Is there anyone else up there?"
"There are people, and there may be more than one group."
Qin Fei smiled:
"Then you're not afraid of them!"
There are really people who have died once, like Qin Fei, who care about life and death!
