Under the dark river.
Qin Shu, who was swept into the underground river, slowly emerged from the water and saw a natural cave created by nature.
Qin Shu blinked and swam towards the lava on the shore.
“Huff—”
Qin Shu climbed onto the shore and breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, her eyes paused, and she stared in disbelief at the traces left by humans not far away.
——It was a pile of traces of a burnt fire.
Just as Qin Shu got up and prepared to observe closely, there was another movement on the water surface.
"Qin Shu!!!"
Xie Lanzhi caught up with her and called out Qin Shu's name with gritted teeth.
His handsome face was like a cold lake in late autumn, frighteningly dark, and his frightened and angry voice could hardly conceal his inner anger and displeasure.
Qin Shu, who was standing on the shore, had a guilty look on her face as she stared at Xie Lanzhi who was swimming towards her.
"Why are you here too? Are you okay? Give me your hand!"
Qin Shu leaned forward and extended a small hand towards Xie Lanzhi who was in the water.
Xie Lanzhi swam to the shore by himself, supported himself on the lava rocks with his powerful arms, and climbed up with swift movements.
Seeing that he was angry, Qin Shu stammered, "Well, I can explain..."
Without waiting for her to finish her words, Xie Lanzhi hugged her tightly in his arms.
"You're scaring me to death! Do you know that?"
Qin Shu pressed her cheek against the man's chest and heard his heart beating rapidly.
She felt the man's fear and nervousness, and the guilt on his face became even more intense.
Qin Shu said softly: "I'm sorry, I made you worry."
Xie Lanzhi's arms were tightly around Qin Shu's waist, as if he was embracing a treasure that had been lost and found again.
"You're not sorry for me, you're sorry for yourself! You're sorry for our child!"
"Why are you always so impulsive! What if something really happens?!"
Xie Lanzhi's angry questioning tone gradually turned into helplessness.
Qin Shu raised her hands, hugged the man's waist, and coaxed him softly: "I'm not impulsive, I heard grandpa's voice, so I wanted to come down to see the situation."
Xie Lanzhi let go of Qin Shu and looked down at her: "Grandpa's voice? Why didn't I hear it? Are you sure you didn't hear it?"
"It's definitely not hallucination." Qin Shu pointed to the burning fire on the shore: "Look, this is the trace left by someone. The fire is still very new. There must be other people here."
Xie Lanzhi glanced at the fire with cold eyes, cautiously pulled Qin Shu behind him to protect her, and scanned the surroundings with sharp eyes.
He narrowed his eyes and raised his voice to ask, "Is anyone there?"
…Is anyone there?
...Is anyone there?
……Are you there?
...?
The extremely long echo revolves in the huge natural space.
Qin Shu was startled, hugged Xie Lanzhi's waist tightly, and asked in a trembling voice:
"This place is so huge, there won't be any scary ancient creatures here, right?"
As soon as she said this, a gun was stuffed into Qin Shu's hand.
Xie Lanzhi's brows were dignified, and he said solemnly: "It's very dangerous here. You take this gun for self-defense. I'll go to the front to take a look."
In other cases, his advice is to evacuate the area immediately.
Unknown dangers are the most terrifying.
But it’s not possible, because Qin Shu’s life and death is at stake here.
"No!" Qin Shu returned the gun to Xie Lanzhi: "Either you take me with you, or you take this gun!"
"Ah Shu, be obedient. I'll go to the front to check the situation and come back soon."
"I don't agree! You are not allowed to leave!"
While the two men were arguing, the heads of the two guards floated out of the water.
"Sir! Madam!"
The voice was filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.
When Xie Lanzhi heard the voices of the two guards, he quickly covered Qin Shu's ears.
...Mr....Madam!
...birth...Madam!
……lady!
……people!
The ethereal and terrifying echo appeared again.
Qin Shu blinked her beautiful eyes and looked up at Xie Lanzhi who had an unhappy expression.
"Help is here, we can explore together to see how big this place is."
Xie Lanzhi nodded modestly, took away the hand that was covering Qin Shu's ears, walked to the shore and stretched out his hand to the two guards.
"Come up and speak more quietly."
The two guards stopped talking and just nodded.
A group of four people walked forward, stepping on the lava rocks under their feet and following the traces left by others.
They walked for a long time and saw many natural rock bridges and stone arches formed by long-term erosion by groundwater, which formed a unique and stunning landscape.
Qin Shu looked at the peculiar landforms, feeling the magic and magnificence of nature, as if she had entered another world.
Xie Lanzhi stopped suddenly: "Ah Shu, there is no way."
In front of them was a wall of dark lava stone.
Qin Shu let go of Xie Lanzhi's hand, walked to the wall, raised her hand and gently stroked the lines on it that were marked by time.
She murmured to herself: "It shouldn't be like this. How could there be no road here?"
There are some messy footprints around, indicating that there must be other people here.
Xie Lanzhi walked straight to the corner, picked up a piece of dead wood, and moved it among a pile of palm-sized rocks.
With a snap!
A piece of eerie white bone hit the stone, making a crisp sound.
“There are human bones here!”
Qin Shu walked forward, bent down and picked up the broken bones.
"It looks like he was a child of 13 or 14 years old. Judging from the marks on his bones, he must have been dead for at least 200 years."
She brought the bone under her nose, sniffed it gently, and added.
"This is very thick with preservative material, and the time of death may be shortened by decades."
"Ah Shu!" Xie Lanzhi took the bone from Qin Shu's hand and said, "Who knows if this thing is poisonous? Don't smell everything!"
Qin Shu looked at the man's serious expression and said with a smile, "It's not poisonous. I just want to confirm whether the deceased left any trace of survival here."
In fact, she did it out of inertia.
It is inevitable that medical students will play with bones. Only by long-term contact with human bones can one learn more professional knowledge.
Xie Lanzhi played with the bones in his hand and suggested, "Let's go back and look in another direction."
"Okay——" Qin Shu nodded in agreement.
The group of four returned the same way they came, back to where they started, and explored in the opposite direction.
After walking for nearly an hour, there was no road again.
Qin Shu was a little depressed, but she didn't give up and said, "Let's go to the other side and take a look."
The platform on the opposite shore is obviously larger than this one.
Xie Lanzhi looked at Qin Shu's furrowed brows and couldn't bear to reject her.
"Okay, but you have to come with me and never act alone again."
Qin Shu raised her hand and promised: "I will never be impulsive again!"
However, two hours later, Qin Shu stood in front of a lava wall, unable to hide the disappointment on her face.
She said angrily, "Why is this happening? There is no road here!"
Xie Lanzhi wanted to comfort her, but didn't know how to start.
He inadvertently saw something on the lava wall out of the corner of his eye.
"Ah Shu, there are words on it!"
"Where?!"
"here!"
Xie Lanzhi pulled Qin Shu forward and pointed at the crooked lines of words in the corner of the wall.
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