Modern Onmyoji

Chapter 98 Find a way out
"What's the matter?" Long Xingchen looked at me strangely and said, "It's very boring for you to delay like this."

"It's not that I'm delaying time, haven't you noticed that the temperature has increased?" I said hastily.

After I said this, several other people subconsciously felt the temperature around them.In the end, they all looked at me strangely, obviously not feeling it.It's not their fault either. Humans' judgments on temperature are mostly based on comparisons.For example, if you put one hand in cold water and the other in hot water, you will feel different when you take it out after a while at the same temperature.And my five senses are excellent, and I can be the first to notice such subtle changes.The temperature was indeed rising at a steady rate, and as expected, after five or six minutes, several of them also felt it.

"What's going on?" Long Xingchen subconsciously looked at me.

"Do you believe me when I say there is magma in it?" I looked at him and said.

"Of course I don't believe it," Li Dazhuang said first, "There are no volcanoes in Xiaoxing'an Mountains, where did the magma come from?"

"But don't forget that we are between 400 and [-] meters underground." I said.

"That's impossible." Long Xingchen said, "If it's really magma, it's impossible for the temperature to have such a simple process. The increase in temperature will not change with time, but with the distance between us and him." Variety."

"Yeah, but what if it's a magma that just appeared." I said.

Long Xingchen's face became a little ugly, "You——what do you mean by saying that! Don't be a fool."

"My deduction is not wrong, magma is fire, and fire is Li!" I said, "We should be on top of a magma layer now, and the monster that escaped just now must have destroyed the crustal structure here in a panic, causing underground explosions. The magma came up, maybe it didn't flow to the surface, but just heating the water in the underground river can reach a high temperature."

"You mean we can still rely on magma to escape, you've read too much "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Long Xingchen said.

"Of course not. What is "Journey to the Center of the Earth"?" I said, "But I know that the environment over there must have been destroyed. That water monster can't stand the high temperature, so it will definitely choose to leave. We just need to Follow him and you may find a way out."

"It's certain that the water monster will escape. But how can you be sure that it will escape to the outside?" Li Dazhuang said.

"You have also seen his big body. With that kind of strength and body, he must eat a lot of food. So it is impossible for him to live underground for a long time. There must be a place with a huge ecology system, as the top of the food chain, it has a full ecosystem. Where do you think this ecosystem will be?"

They were all stunned by what I said, "Although it sounds a bit nonsense, I can't seem to find any reason to refute you." Long Xingchen said, "Sichen, is there any big water system in Xiaoxing'anling?"

"The rivers in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains mainly include the Xunbiela River, Zhan River, and Wuyun River that belong to the Heilongjiang River System, and the Hulan River and Tangwang River that belong to the Songhua River System. They constitute the watershed between the Heilongjiang River System and the Songhua River System." Long Si Chen immediately understood what Long Xingchen meant, and continued, "Among them, the Hulan River is a tributary of the Songhua River, located in the central part of Heilongjiang Province. It originates from the Xiaoxing'an Mountains and is called the Lan River after the confluence of the Keyin River, Numin River and other tributaries in the upper reaches. It flows in the southwest, and after meeting with the Tongken River from the north, it turns to the south and enters the plain area. The river channel widens and the meanders develop. It flows into the Songhua River in Hulan District. It has a total length of 523 kilometers and a drainage area of ​​3.1 square kilometers. Some low-lying areas on both sides of the main and tributaries are covered with swamps, and the area is relatively large. It cannot be ruled out that this is the underground tributary of the Ulan River, and it is not impossible to raise such a water monster based on the water flow of the Hulan River."

Sure enough, after he said this, everyone's faces showed the dawn of hope.But Long Xingchen immediately said, "Don't change your mind, what does this have to do with us solving Su Xiaoxi."

"Now that the way to get out has been clarified, then his so-called drag on us is no longer valid." I said hastily, "As long as we operate properly in the future, we won't encounter too much trouble. We have to go All I need is to take her and follow that water monster."

At this moment, Long Sichen and Li Dazhuang both looked at Long Xingchen.Obviously he is the leader of these people.I saw that Long Xingchen's eyes were uncertain, he didn't know whether he was weighing the possibility of taking Su Xiaoxi out, or whether he was thinking about whether to take this opportunity to build a good impression in my heart.Finally, seeing him wave his hand, Long Sichen, who was close to Su Xiaoxi, withdrew the dagger in his hand.I also breathed a sigh of relief.Without further ado, we hurriedly packed up our equipment, Li Dazhuang carried Su Xiaoxi on his back, and we hurried to go deeper.

This time, as expected, after walking more than ten kilometers inside, I saw that the space here has become wider.Going further inside, you can see more tributaries converging here.Some are big and some are small, but I know there must be one that leads to the outside.After walking inside for a while, we saw the water monster that attacked us before.

With the faint light, I can clearly see what kind of giant it is.He looks like a lizard, with a body length of more than 30 meters, just like a dinosaur.The difference is that there are four tentacles on top of his head.Like a snail's eyes, like a lion's mane.

"No!" Feng Yiyi said suddenly at this time, "Look at the caves here, they are all too small! There is no one that can allow a body of his size to pass through freely!"

When she said that, I also realized that something was wrong. "Is there any way to illuminate a large area?" I asked Long Xingchen.

"We still have a few flares, but I'm afraid they will be discovered by it as soon as we use them." Long Xingchen said, "Once the flares are fired, it's time to start a war with him."

"It shouldn't be, there must be some way out around here, otherwise, what would he eat if he only lives here!" I couldn't accept this situation, "If you look carefully, there must be some way out."

The others were obviously unwilling to accept this result, and began to look around with flashlights.At this moment, I heard a slight voice, "Zhao Jue! Is that you?"

When I heard this voice, my whole body trembled. This voice was none other than Ling Xue!I almost jumped up from where I was, and hurriedly pointed the flashlight at the source of the sound.Sure enough, she saw Ling Xue rushing over from the darkness.He immediately hugged me, and I also hugged Ling Xue tightly.I have never been so eager to see Ling Xue like this time.Only after parting will I feel missing.In fact, we haven't been separated for too long, but the desire to see Ling Xue in my heart is burning like a flame.

"What's going on, why are you here? Where's Sun Dasheng?" I looked all over Ling Xue's body to make sure she didn't have any missing arms or legs, and my hanging heart was relieved.

"I don't know, I just followed Sun Fuyuan, and then the water got bigger and bigger, and we were washed here. Sun Fuyuan—he was injured! It seems that his leg is broken, you go and see Let's go." Said Lingxue hastily led us to a hidden corner.Sure enough, he saw Sun Fuyuan leaning on a rock.He also looked at all of us in surprise.

Now it's better, our group got together again, but it's a pity that Su Xiaoxi's legs are gone.But I'm also a little lucky, if Ling Xue followed me, then it should be Ling Xue who lost both legs now.We briefly talked about each other's situation, and Sun Fuyuan said, "Your thinking is correct, that water monster did come here from a branch of an underground river. Just now I saw him run away in a frenzy. When I came back, the rock formation was really broken by its huge force, and there was unimaginable high temperature below, but it was blocked by him with bigger gravel."

"Then where is the way he came in? We can leave from there." Long Xingchen said hastily.

"When it went mad just now, it knocked down there." Sun Fuyuan shrugged and said helplessly.

(End of this chapter)