endless route.

Chapter 393 3. There are lakes and five ancient ships in the mountains

The cliff appeared suddenly. One second they were moving forward normally in the cave, and the next second a cliff rift appeared. The steep rock wall was almost vertical and the depth was forty to fifty meters.

The space ahead is very vast.

The depths of the entire mountain are completely empty. Not only are there dozens of meters of height below the feet, but there is also a thirty-meter steep dome above the head.

Yin soldiers and ghosts will flood into the cave.

A large number of lights completely dispelled the gloom.

Looking at the entire rift valley, it looked like a meandering underground river, flowing in front of them from right to left, and beneath their feet was the transfer lake of this river.

The transfer lake is quite large.

The length is more than 200 meters.

The width is also fifty or sixty meters.

As for the depth of this underground lake, Ji Dao had already measured it by throwing it down with a rope tied to a stone. The depth at the edge of the cliff exceeds 100 meters, and the center area is 150 meters.

Such a huge underground rift can actually appear inside the mountain. It is really amazing the creation of heaven and earth.

There is no sea but mountains.

There is a lake in the mountains.

I have seen similar terrain before, in the iceberg rift valley of the extremely cold glacier, but it was an iceberg after all, not a huge mountain like the one in front of me, which was really made of huge rocks.

And this is not a dead place.

There is life everywhere.

The surfaces of all the steep rock walls in front of you are smooth and moist in a natural state. During the period when various plants that like shade and humidity are distributed, a large number of bryophytes cover the surface.

There are also swimming fish looming in the water.

If the mountain master can eat grass and fungi, then it will never starve to death. The plants in the rift valley alone are enough for it to eat, and occasionally it can catch some fish to satisfy its appetite.

"Master Immortal, this place is connected in all directions."

Ji Dao took a searchlight and pointed in several directions.

The rift valley suddenly tightened two hundred meters to their left, turning into a low river mouth no more than ten meters high and forty meters wide, leading to a dark and unknown land.

There are also many small estuaries.

Distributed throughout the underground lake.

These estuaries are all dark and gloomy, and some are only half a meter above the water. If you want to row a boat through them, you need to be possessed, and their length is unknown. No one knows how deep the estuaries are.

Maybe the river mouth is a dead end.

Just like the water burial in the folk customs of some places, people are put on boats and floated into water caves. These river mouths are similar to water caves. Maybe there are coffin boats left by ancient people inside.

"This kind of terrain... I'm afraid it's not just in this mountain, but it exists everywhere in the boundless cliffs."

Zheng Yun looked around for a week and came to a conclusion.

Within a thousand miles of Boundless Cliff are mountains and rivers. Steep mountains can be seen everywhere. There are probably many rift valleys inside, extending in all directions to build a network of underground rivers under Boundless Cliff.

Because according to what Ji Dao said before.

There are many large-scale mountain waterfalls near Wubian Cliff. Within a radius of thirty miles, there are countless springs and caves, which turn into hanging waterfalls during the rainy season.

Including the place where the Immortal Gate is located.

It is also a river flowing from the mountain.

Based on these clues, it can be inferred that there are two sets of light and dark rivers in the boundless cliff, one set in the valley on the surface, and another set in the rift valley in the mountain, which are connected to each other.

But not here right now.

This underground lake is truly a dead end.

The water in the underground lake is basically stagnant water. Master Shan is trapped in the underground lake and can only wait for heavy rain and high tide to get out.

"Master Immortal, if that's the case, the ancient Ming Dynasty ship on the lake in front of you is a sea guard that sailed in the underground river and sailed into the depths of this mountain from other places in one go?"

Ji Dao stuck his head out and asked.

Zheng Yun looked down after hearing this.

Those ancient ships were right at their feet, in the blind spot of their sight, and they couldn't be seen unless they took half a step forward.

Searchlights pointed crosswise.

The ancient ship of the Ming Dynasty appears.

There are five ships in total, one large and four small. These ships are not ancient treasure ships. They are not as large as treasure ships. Even the largest one is only a few dozen meters long.

The remaining four are even smaller.

The length is probably only thirty or forty meters.

Zheng Yun also recognized the name of this kind of ship. It was an exploratory ship among the ancient navy guards and was responsible for exploring the way forward.

The scale of the ancient navy was huge. Depending on the situation, a navy consisted of one hundred to two hundred ships, each with different sizes and uses. They formed a ship formation when sailing.

These ships are pathfinder ships.

The one-year-old and the four children are also a path-finding combination.

Several ancient ships are very old, and the wooden hulls are generally intact, but the masts have rotted and fallen, the cabins are covered with moss, and the sides of the ships are completely covered with green algae.

There are natural plants everywhere.

It almost turns the ancient ship into a plant ship.

It can be seen from the posture that the hulls of the boats are leaking. Two of the boats have turned sideways, and one boat is leaning against the rock wall. If it were not for a few iron chains anchoring the hull, it may have sunk to the bottom of the lake.

It looks very weird.

These boats have been trapped in the underground lake for hundreds of years, but the main bodies have not been completely damaged and can still float on the water.

Maybe there are still corpses inside.

There are traces left by Triton.

"This should be the only explanation. These boats were brought here by sea guards along the underground river. Later, a sudden change occurred and the entrance and exit were blocked, so they had to abandon the boats and go ashore."

Zheng Yun roughly guessed.

These ancient boats could not have come in from the cave. No matter how hard the rain fell, the water level could not be high enough to submerge the village and allow the sea guards to sail in from the cave.

Then there is only one way left.

The ancient ship entered this place along the underground river. As for why it was left here, there is currently no clue.

"Is it because of Mr. Shan?"

Ji Dao then thought about it and had some guesses.

How could Triton abandon ship for no reason? It must be that in order to trap Mr. Shan, the front and rear roads were cut off, and several boats were trapped in the lake. It can be said that they abandoned the boats to catch the monster.

"Not necessarily."

Zheng Yun shook his head gently.

"Master Immortal, what do you mean?"

Zhang Ergou looked at Zheng Yun curiously. He and Jidao came to explore the rift valley and only dared to put forward various speculations. They never dared to make any firm conclusions like Zheng Yun did.

"Things need to be connected."

"Not only is there this underground lake around here, there is also a rift valley filled with the wreckage of the boat division not far from the mountain village. More than one boat division was ambushed nearby and the whole army was annihilated."

"Perhaps these boats were from the same period as the boat division that was wiped out, or even belonged to that boat division. They fled here from the mouth of the Shanti River when the boat division was destroyed."

Zheng Yun mentioned another strange area.

When talking about ancient ships, we must mention the wreckage of the boat master next to it. There must be a certain connection between the two.

"Master Xian means that these ships were forced to sail here to survive, and the reason for cutting off the import and export was to avoid the enemy's pursuit?" Ji Dao found it difficult to accept it for a while.

This guess is equally reasonable.

But it was completely contrary to his guess.

In his guess, Haiwei had the upper hand and chased Mr. Shan all the way to this place. Then he cut off the road and abandoned the ship, trapping Mr. Shan at the bottom of the lake and never being able to escape.

Xianye's guess is that the sea guard was defeated by the enemy and the large ship could wait for death on the spot, cover a few small boats and escape into the mountains, and cut off their own retreat to avoid pursuit.

All have their own reasons. Mr. Shan is indeed trapped in an underground lake.

It is true that the entire fleet of the nearby boat division was wiped out.

Which one is the truth? In other words, these two speculations are not the truth, or even the truth?

"What will Haiwei do when he encounters a strong enemy that is no match for him?" Zheng Yun asked, changing the topic.

In fact, he doesn't have much clue right now.

He agreed with Ji Dao's guess. The possibility was indeed very high, but other clues could not be ignored.

There were at least two navy divisions with two to three hundred ships and tens of thousands of sea guards on the other side of the wreckage of the navy division. However, such a huge fleet was sunk in that valley in a very concentrated manner.

This in itself is very weird.

Judging from the traces at the scene in the valley, the navy was no match for the enemy. The sunken ships all had huge scars, some were cut in half or ripped open, and the deaths were horrific.

But won't the boat master run away if he can't defeat him?

Do we have to wait there to die?

Even if they can't escape in the end, as long as the boat master tries to escape, the sunken ships will not be concentrated in one place, but scattered in several nearby valleys, leaving traces of escape.

But there was no sign of escape at the scene.

The density of the wrecks was frighteningly high, almost from bow to stern, and from hull to hull. The last time they explored the wreckage, it was like walking in a crowded alley.

Why is this happening?

Zheng Yun's understanding is that the shipwreck was to cover the escaping boats, leaving hundreds of ships in the valley to resist the enemy attack.

There are extremely important boats trying to escape.

Even if the enemy's methods are extremely terrifying, every move is like a storm, and a warship can be sunk with a casual move. The large warship will not retreat even a step, and will defend the mouth of the river behind it.

In the end, all the warships were destroyed.

Only a few boats managed to escape.

"Master Immortal, there are few records of this kind of boat master's defeat in ancient books. I don't know what this situation will be like..."

Ji Dao was speechless for a moment.

The boat divisions were not destroyed once or twice. There were many wrecks of the boat divisions on the endless route. For example, the 'Shipwreck Strait' that we had visited before was intercepted and destroyed by the sea monster.

But that’s not a huge defeat.

But in the extreme environment of the Sea of ​​Mist, they were killed by endless sea monsters. Although the boat master eventually sank, the sea monsters they killed must have been more than the casualties.

This situation cannot be counted as a win.

But it definitely can’t be called a big defeat.

I don't know what the situation is like in the abandoned place, but at least in all the records of Tiangong Sutra Pavilion, there are only a handful of defeats where Haiwei was unable to fight back, or even almost none.

Jidao simply couldn't imagine why the boat master would be defeated so tragically. Haiwei had magical skills at his disposal. What exactly happened to him that caused him to be completely defeated?

"Have you gone down to see it?"

Zheng Yun no longer dwells on the details.

In fact, you only need to go down and take a look inside these ancient ships to know which kind of guess it is.

"Not yet. This ancient ship was just discovered. The immortals and Taoists are not here, so I don't dare to go down and check it rashly."

Zhang Ergou looked serious and shook his head.

Zheng Yun looked at Zhang Ergou's face, and then looked sideways at the little Taoist priest and Tiangong Taoist priest beside him. They were all worried and fearful of the ancient ship below.

They've been listening.

Listen to Zheng Yun Jidao's analysis and guess.

Hearing this, they all felt a strong sense of awe towards Wuhaixianzhou. The underground rift in front of them was no longer a rift, but the battlefield where Haiwei fought hundreds of years ago.

"Then go down and take a look. No one is needed to go down. Bring all the unmanned exploration equipment in the secret realm."

Zheng Yun withdrew his gaze and made a decision.

There is also an elusive mountain master nearby. I don’t know how much it weighs and what its methods are. If it is attacked by a sneak attack after getting down, the Yin soldiers will be lost in vain.

Or refer to the exploration of Tianji Lighthouse.

Contemporary supervisors must also embrace modern technology.

Whenever there is a situation where drones can be used, you must use unmanned equipment first to see if you can find Mr. Shan.

"it is good."

Ji Dao took out the black jade pillow.

The fairy gate is in their hands. They only need to find a place with water to open it, and it only takes a few minutes to get the equipment.

"Go out and drive again. Let's get some air and discuss the specific plan." Zheng Yun turned around and walked towards the entrance.

As he turned back.

The little Taoist priest and others all breathed a sigh of relief. This place was really too depressing and terrifying. They all missed the cool rain outside. At least it was much more comfortable than in this cave.

Suppressed emotions require buffering.

The same goes for Zheng Yun Jidao.

They need to collect their thoughts.

In the past, dangerous places with ghosts and ghosts, no matter how dangerous they were, were all places controlled by Triton. No matter how weird the methods of ghosts and ghosts were, they were all defeated by Triton.

From Hades to Heaven.

There are never exceptions.

They are all Triton ruins.

Hanxian is an immortal technique that is controlled by Haiwei, and Qili Guimeng is Nanze's town-protecting magical technique. Even if you encounter difficulties and fierce murderous intentions during exploration, you will not feel too oppressive.

Because Triton did it.

Zheng Yunhui subconsciously had the idea that since the ancients could do it, he should do it too, and he would definitely be able to do it, even if he had to find his own way out.

But it will be different from this time. Now that they enter the Forsaken Land, any gods, ghosts and fairies they encounter are likely to be things that even the Ming Haiwei are helpless to deal with.

The ancients didn't do it.

Not even an opponent at all.

Even the Ming Dynasty Haiwei, who possesses magical powers, can only be forced to isolate a continent. Can he and others do it?

Zheng Yun was unsure.

No one knows what will happen.

Wuhaixianzhou is not essentially a lost place, but a buffer zone between lost places. However, the dangerous places of ghosts and ghosts in this kind of place are also beyond the control of Haiwei.

Think twice.

This sentence must be kept in mind at all times in the Forsaken Land.

Not long after, everyone returned to the corridor outside the cave. Ji Dao chose a place to open the fairy gate, took out a large amount of exploration equipment and camp facilities, and unfolded them under the eaves of the corridor.

"Set up surveillance first."

"Deploy a command room."

Zheng Yun frequently ordered everyone to take action.

Ji Dao had previously used Yin soldiers, ghost generals and Tiangong Taoist priests to guard the cave. This was obviously not enough. Once an emergency occurred, the person guarding the cave might die instantly.

They simply can't get the message across.

Technology is more effective in this regard.

Come to think of it, even if the mountain master has some ink in his belly, he is still an old hat who doesn't recognize the camera. If you put the camera on its face, it may not be able to detect anything abnormal.

Move some batteries out for monitoring.

First seal off the entire underground lake in the cave.

Then sit in the command room, remotely control the unmanned exploration equipment, and thoroughly explore the underground lake, including the depths of the lake and the inside of the ancient ship.

(End of this chapter)