The second uncle smiled bitterly, "Big nephew, after a walk, the problem has returned to the starting point, just like what I said just now, who would like to take his children on the road of fighting back?"

I was a little excited, "Uncle Second, but look at this series of things, do you think I can still get out of here!"

Uncle Er sighed, lowered his head and remained silent. When I saw that Uncle Er was an old routine, he pretended to be deaf and dumb when he reached the key question. I sighed helplessly, and then said, "Uncle Er, then I will ask you another question."

Hearing me say this, Uncle Er raised his head and said, "You ask what questions you have."

I spoke, "Why did the secret of the route here appear in the ancient tomb of the island and the underground royal tomb of the ancient Shanhuan Kingdom? What is the connection between them?"

Uncle Er nodded, "This question is indeed quite complicated, but what I can tell you is that it is not the time to talk about this. We have been delaying here for too long, so the people below will be suspicious."

I was powerless to refute, so I nodded. Just as I was about to buckle the snap around my waist on the hiking rope, my second uncle suddenly stopped me again, "Big nephew, you think Lanxiao this time, um..." Uncle II hesitated and said, "How about Lanxiao?" Seeing that I was hesitant, he continued, "I mean can he trust?"

When I heard my second uncle ask, I was actually a little unhappy. After all, after returning from Gurbantonggut, Yuanxiao and I were born and died many times and went through dangers. I trust Yuanxiao completely unconditionally, and to a greater extent than at the beginning. But I also understand that Uncle II was so suspicious, not malicious, so I said, "Uncle II, I understand what you mean. I think there is absolutely no problem with Yuanxiao this time. I have been with him all the time. He cannot and does not have the chance to do something betrayal."

Uncle Er nodded and smiled, "Okay, I understand. After all, he used to be a member of the Tang family, so...but if you say that, I'll feel relieved."

After hearing what Uncle Second said, I immediately asked, "Uncle Second, do you suspect that the Tang family is making trouble behind this?"

Uncle Second shook his head, "I'm just guessing that after all, Tang Handong's death cannot shake the foundation of the Tang family." After that, Uncle Second patted me, "Okay, let's go!"

This time, I finally buckled the buckle around my waist on the hiking rope. I put on my gloves and held the hiking rope tightly. But when I looked back at the bottom of the cliff, I looked at the misty fog and imagined this bottomless sinkhole. A trace of fear suddenly flashed in my heart, and I looked up at my second uncle.

When the second uncle found that I was looking at him, he asked strangely: "What's wrong with you?"

I smiled bitterly, "Uncle Second, I don't know what is hidden behind this, but I want to know now, why do we continue like this and take such a risk, is it worth it?"

Uncle II stared at me for a while, then nodded heavily, "It's worth it!"

I smiled and nodded, "Okay, I will believe you!" After that, I jumped backward and slid down the rope.

The buckle at my waist controlled the falling speed so that I would not slide to the bottom all at once. I looked at the surroundings. The rock walls were very wet, and some plants and moss grew very densely. The small waterfall formed by the small river above blew down a large amount of water mist, and the splash formed by the water flow hitting the raised rocks, I hung in the air, as if it was raining above my head.

I wiped the water from my face, looked up online, and found that at some point, I could no longer see the upper edge of the rock wall of the sinkhole. I felt that I had fallen for a long time, but when I looked down, I could not see where the bottom of the sinkhole was. What made me even more frightened was that there would be a gust of wind from time to time, and sometimes the wind was still not small, so I was suspended in the air and the north wind was blowing around, which made my heart reach my throat.

I didn't dare to look around anymore, and I retracted my eyes and looked at the rock wall in front of me. But at the same time, I also found many traces of manual excavation on the rock wall. Obviously, the ancestors should not have to work as hard as we did when they came here. It was just that the things built here over the years have long been decayed, weathered and disappeared.

After falling for a while, I saw treetops appearing around me. I felt that I was about to land. Just as I was thinking, a sudden sticking branch was stuck on my butt. I grinned in pain, and then I looked down and found that Lantern Festival, Wen Mo and Anaduo were standing below waiting for me.

As soon as I landed, Yuanxiao complained while helping me unplug the equipment: "I said you are too slow. Sister has been down for a long time before you come down. We thought something happened to you!"

"No!" I shook my head and said, "It's just that there was something wrong with my snap on it just now." The lies I said casually did not arouse their suspicion.

Soon, the second uncle came down. Seeing that we were all safely escaped, Yuanxiao walked to the edge of the cliff, grabbed the auxiliary rope, and pulled it hard. The knot between the main rope and the big tree above was pulled open. Yuanxiao pulled the auxiliary rope hard, and the nearly 200-meter mountain climbing rope slid down and hit the ground with a "bang".

The vegetation below this pit is much denser than above, and the air is very humid, and the fog is even thicker. Various rotten branches and wet mud are piled up under our feet. We stepped on it and it was deep and shallow. No one has been here for about thousands of years. The thickness of the accumulation can be imagined. Fortunately, the deep part has hardened into part of the ground, but the upper layer is still very soft. When we walk on the soft ground, sometimes we even stand a little unsteady.

A few people gathered together, we sorted out the equipment, looked around, and in the lush jungle, it was dark and quiet. This rotten and damp smell came from the air. I was a little worried about whether the air here would be poisonous, but looking at Wen Mo and Uncle Er's expressions as if nothing had happened, I guess there should be no problem.

Since the sinkhole was just above, there was heavy fog filled with the sinkhole, and we couldn't see clearly what was going on below, so we couldn't use the advantage of condescending to plan the route.

I looked around and asked, "Which direction should we go?" I originally asked Uncle Xiang of the Second Uncle, but Uncle didn't say anything.

Yuanxiao took out the compass in her pocket, looked at it, but suddenly screamed, "Damn!" I hurried over and looked, and found that the pointer of the compass was turning constantly. I couldn't help but say in surprise: "Lanxiao, your compass has become an electric fan!"

Yuanxiao looked left and right, "It means the magnetic field here is extremely chaotic!" After seeing it, Anaduo couldn't help but frown, "What's going on? What's here has changed the magnetic field?"

To be honest, this situation is not serious. However, we couldn't help but have some changes. I couldn't help but worry about the journey ahead. Unexpectedly, as soon as I came in, this huge sinkhole gave us a warning!

The second uncle thought for a while and said, "I don't think we should go along one direction and head towards the center. If we encounter any situation in the middle, we will adapt to the situation, but everyone must be careful." After that, the second uncle looked at Wen Mo, "Wen Mo, what do you think?"

Wen Mo nodded, then pointed his hand in a direction, "Go here, the trees on these two sides have different growth conditions. This should be the scope of people's activities at the beginning."

Uncle II was stunned for a moment, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then nodded and said, "Okay!"

The three of us were completely stunned. Unexpectedly, Wen Mo's eyesight was so good. Among these entangled trees and vegetation, we looked like green, and Wen Mo could see the difference. This is the ability!

While walking, I asked Uncle Er, "Uncle Er, do you think the place we are looking for will be in this sinkhole? As far as I know, most of the sinkholes are formed in soluble rock layers, and the bottom is generally connected to or have been connected to the underground river. Although from the location we are now, the underground river here should have been redirected, but did the ancestors of that year really live here?"

The second uncle smiled, "You haven't turned around. We are not here to find where they live, but where they left behind. Before coming, I have also checked a lot of relevant information. Among the 100,000 mountains, Tengmen Mountain is very high at an altitude. Although it is not the highest peak, its height is definitely in the top three. However, the geothermal source below it is very deep, and it is the deepest peak among all the peaks of the 100,000 mountains."

I didn't quite understand the terms that my second uncle said, so I asked, "What does this mean?"

Uncle Er explained: "The altitude is high, but the geothermal source is very low, which means there are a lot of hollows and gaps below the mountain! And I think the underground river here has not been moved but has sunk!" Speaking of this, Uncle Er suddenly smiled, "The ancestors of ancient China always believed that the underground was the most suitable place to hide things! Therefore, people often say that more than half of the secrets in ancient China are still buried underground."

I have to say that Uncle Er’s analysis is also very reasonable. After all, there shouldn’t be a second in the 100,000 mountains of this scale, so this is the most suitable place to be close to the underground hollow. The ancient ancestors at that time should have also discovered this problem.

As we moved forward, we saw many large stones scattered on the ground, obviously the remains of some kind of building, but I was curious about where such a large stone was mined and how they transported it.
Chapter completed!