The night was dark, and the three of them continued to rush towards the holy spring.
After walking for more than ten minutes, we finally arrived at our destination.
Looking at the sunken land, Xiaohua was still confused even though she had prepared herself mentally before coming here.
He fell to the ground and murmured softly: "How could this happen, how could this happen..."
The mouth of the spring was as thick as a child's arm. Wen Xi lay down and stretched his hand as far as he could, but there was no moisture at all. There was an unconcealable disappointment in his eyes.
He Tingyan pulled her up and carried her aside, then took out a small bag from his arms and opened it.
Inside these are the wilderness survival tools that Ren Ying gave them at the farewell party at Taoran Pavilion that night.
As the successor of the He family, he has undergone rigorous training since childhood and has strong hands-on ability. He can respond quickly in any extreme environment.
He took out a flashlight, turned it on, poured out all the tools, and started picking out what he needed.
Wen Xi, who had calmed down, watched silently for a while, quickly understood his idea, and took out the survival kit from his backpack.
The three people divided the work and cooperated with each other. They quickly surveyed the area of the nearby medicine mountain. Not to mention medicinal herbs, they didn't even see a single wild grass.
Wen Xi was unwilling to accept this.
Soon, they assembled a simple detection device.
The spring mouth leads straight to the underground without any complicated direction. The instrument was placed at the bottom and there was no response. The same result occurred in the surrounding area.
Within a few miles, centered on the spring, the entire area dried up.
After some investigation, He Tingyan concluded, "The loud noise was probably caused by the subsidence of the geological layer. The spring water is likely lost to the sea."
"Then can we purify the seawater around the island?"
"It's useless. To be effective enough, it must be pure enough without any impurities. We have tried it a long time ago." Xiaohua said weakly, shattering Wenxi's last hope.
Wen Xi frowned.
Is there really no other way?
After He Tingyan packed up his tools, he came to her side and said, "If this road is blocked, find another one. Let's go back first."
"Um."
Wen Xi raised his wrist to check the time. They had been out for quite some time. If they were discovered, it would inevitably cause trouble, so the three of them returned the same way.
The next day.
Captain Ling asked the captain and his men to stay where they were, while he led the expedition team, Wen Xi and others to the location marked on the blueprint.
"Everyone must be careful. We have prepared dinner and are waiting for you to come back safely." Before leaving, Cheng Ruolin waved goodbye to Ling Liang and his group.
Ling Liang nodded, very satisfied with her proactive move to avoid suspicion.
The map drawn by Sheng Qingfeng was simple, and with the guidance of Xiaohua, a native, the journey was generally smooth and they did not go astray.
The weeds were overgrown and half a person's height. Although there were no signs of large wild animals, we still had to be wary of poisonous snakes, spiders and other venomous creatures. Fortunately, no one was a squeamish person, especially the men who were leading the way at the front of the team. They held tools in their hands and cooperated tacitly, and quickly cleared a path.
Compared with others, Gou Qing, a geologist, played basically no role throughout the whole process. Instead, he delayed a lot of time because of his slow pace.
Ling Liang was patient and supported him as he followed everyone.
The island is not very big and cannot even be found on satellite maps. It looks like a short line on the map, but it is quite far away when you walk there.
When the sun was at its zenith, everyone took out the dry food and drinking water they had brought with them and ate them. They rested for a while before setting off again.
After one o'clock in the afternoon, a huge cave finally appeared in front of everyone.
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