Endless route

Chapter 375 15. Re-enter the ancient river channel and the Triton forbidden area

While the two were talking, they kept working on their hands. The off-road vehicle drove to the sea, picked up the assault boat at the beach to transfer the exploration equipment, and then transferred to the kayak to continue to Nanze Lighthouse.

No matter how special the lighthouse is.

Their mission is to take a look and investigate suspicious risks to prevent the ghosts and ghosts remaining in the lighthouse from being leaked, harming ordinary people, or falling into the hands of others.

There are no other plans at the moment.

We can only take one step at a time.

"Master Immortal, is the picture on this screen the surveillance system deep in the lighthouse?" Jidao sat in the cabin, holding the tablet to check. The three-headed Bodhisattva statue was on the screen.

"Yes, have you found any information?"

Zheng Yun drove the kayak into the river.

"I found some, but I couldn't find out the origin of this Bodhisattva. This thing should be made of copper and iron, not a physical body or a rare material, so it can only be a seismometer."

"There is a similar seismometer in the Heavenly Palace, and it has exactly the same three heads and eight arms. But I, the Taoist immortal, worshiped it in an attic, and I didn't find anything unusual."

Ji Dao still maintains his opinion.

There is such a thing in the Heavenly Palace. In ancient times, many seismometers were made like this. The immortals and gods carved were all mortals, most of them local people. After they became immortals, they were sealed in place.

"Is there something similar in the Heavenly Palace?" Zheng Yun asked.

"Yes, I have seen this object when I was a child. It is nine meters high and hidden deep in an old attic. It has never been moved for so many years. If I hadn't seen it this time, I would have almost forgotten it."

"That pavilion is at the west gate of the Tiangong. Master Xian, we will pass by it every time we go out from the west gate. It is the pavilion next to the city gate tower. It is connected from top to bottom."

Ji Dao nodded and recalled carefully.

"The seismograph of the Heavenly Palace and all the magic tools in the hands of the statues should be there, right? Have you not looked at the origin of those magic tools?"

Zheng Yun continued to ask. There were only two or three magic weapons left on the eight palms of the statue deep in the lighthouse. The others fell to unknown places, which always made people feel something was wrong.

The seismometer plays the role of a mortal becoming an immortal, sharing the responsibility of inspecting the world for the immortals and gods. So is the magic weapon in its hand real or fake? Just some make-up decorations, or are they really magical artifacts?

It's hard to say.

Just look at what the ancients thought.

"Master Immortal, the Heavenly Palace is huge in area and has many buildings. The total number of palaces, palaces and attics is at least thousands. I have only taken a look at many places once or twice, so I don't remember much about them."

"I only remember now that the statue is nine meters high. You have to carry a ladder to put the statue up in order to go up. From below, you can see the back of the statue's hands across the statue, but the magic weapons should be different."

Ji Dao frowned and shook his head.

There are too many strange and weird places in the Tiangong, and I don’t know what they are used for, because the ancestors of the Tiangong have their own ways and are tinkering with unheard-of methods all day long.

Those who succeed will be recorded in the Tiangong Register.

Those who fail will remain anonymous.

After hundreds of years of accumulation, there are countless methods of successful research and development, but more will ultimately fail, and future generations will not demolish the former homes and hard work of these predecessors.

Over time, there are a lot of strange and strange places in the Heavenly Palace. The attic of the ancestors, the deep villa, and the cave dwellings in the mountains, each one is more dangerous and unpredictable than the last.

Most people don't dare to open the door and go in. Who knows what the ancestors have tinkered with inside. It's all full of ghosts and ghosts. If there are any residues, today's methods will be broken.

"Everyone is different..."

Zheng Yun muttered a few words.

After a short time, the assault boat finally arrived in front of the ancient river. Passing through the tropical rain forest on the riverside, you can enter the backwater river. Beyond that is the submerged lighthouse.

The Zodiac was parked by the river.

The lush rainforest is relatively quiet, but the sky is full of tiny flying insects, and the plants by the river grow randomly, with all kinds of vines and swamp trees entangled, and some "gray-black flesh nets" hanging there.

I have seen the meat web several times. It looks similar to a spider web. It hangs from the tree trunk. It is sticky and dirty, covered with insect corpses, and emits a stench that can continuously cover hundreds of meters.

It looks like a shroud.

But it is only an insect-catching plant. Its stink attracts flying insects, which are then stuck with mucus and finally slowly digested. There is currently no data on how it can prey on and digest large animals.

"There are so many bugs."

Ji Dao raised his hand and waved, took out a sachet from somewhere, put it in the river, rinsed it, and then hung it on the bow of the boat.

The sachet exudes a refreshing fragrance.

The mosquitoes all over the sky immediately dispersed.

Zheng Yun took out the closed diving suit and gave it to Ji Daoguijiang, asking them to change on the boat, then get off the boat with their exploration equipment, and open a path for the assault boat to enter the ancient river.

A few people carefully walked into the rain forest and used machetes to cut off the vines and fleshy webs in the forest. One foot was deep and the other was shallow. If they stepped into the mud, they had to immediately grab the tree trunks to break free.

Walked more than a hundred meters.

Only then did they see the ancient river channel with their own eyes.

The ancient river is hidden under the dense rain forest. The turbid black-green stagnant water is dirty and putrid. There are some foam and mosquito larvae floating on the surface of the river, and the water is full of rotten and black plant remains.

Zheng Yunjidao stood leaning on a tree, looking through the tall swamp plants and looking at the smelly ditch in front of him.

They both fell silent.

What a stinking ditch.

The river surface under the shade of the trees is black, but the river surface illuminated by rays of sunlight is green, with a little bit of steaming water mist floating there, and groups of countless small mosquitoes.

The shape of ancient river channels is straight.

Standing on the edge, you can see into the depths. The plants on both sides are like welcoming trees, isolating this dim and quiet river from the world, and turning this stagnant water into a home for mosquitoes.

"Master Immortal, this..."

Ji Dao's expression was twisted and worried.

They have seen ancient buildings that have been abandoned for a long time, and have also been to a messy Triton ruins, but this is the first time they have seen such a miserable and dirty place.

He stepped on the top of his feet into the river.

The originally black closed diving suit was actually dyed a black-green color and smelled like grass.

"What do you dislike? In ancient times there were dung pickers, in modern times there are river cleaners, and we have closed diving suits. What do they have? Aren't they all putting up with it in order to support their families?"

Zheng Yun glanced at Jidao lightly.

What worries him is not that the ancient river is dirty and smelly, but that the water quality is too turbid and he cannot see the specific conditions under the water surface.

The ancient rivers can be deep or shallow, with the deepest being twenty or thirty meters deep. If something evil were to lurk, it would be difficult for them to detect it in advance.

"I'll carry the boat over."

Ji Dao sighed and returned to the river.

With two ghost generals, he picked up the assault boat, carried it on his shoulders and went into the rainforest. It submerged into the depths in a moment. The riverside returned to its natural state, and no trace of human beings could be seen from the outside world.

Zheng Yun was not idle at the same place. Although the data had been detected at least seven hundred and seventy-eight times last time, there were still some data that had not been tested. It was just right to test it with the newly learned technological methods.

Wait for Ji Dao to come back.

Zheng Yun was testing the toxicity and threw several test bottles into the water to observe whether the color of the bottles changed.

"Master Immortal, give me that diving detector later. There is water under the cottage. You can search for Master Shan. If you put some poison on it, you might be able to poison it to death."

Ji Dao looked at the detector with some envy.

If you add some magic tricks to this thing, wouldn't it mean that the combination of powerful forces can be called invincible? No one even needs to go down.

"This is the equipment of the archaeological team. We can report the damage and take it away. We can take as much as we want, but we have to bear the corresponding losses, and these things are expensive."

Zheng Yun answered while taking the test.

"How should I bear it? Master Xian, I don't know these ways. How can I exchange it for antiques? Or do I have to work again?"

Ji Dao squatted next to Zheng Yun.

"This kind of thing is not expensive at all. It should be exchanged for ancient objects. Just trade it directly with Xu Yu. We took away a lot of diving suits last time and we have to compensate for it."

Zheng Yun guessed.

"Antiquities exchange? Then why are you hesitating? Master Immortal, first exchange the archaeological team's personal equipment for 300 sets, as well as off-road vehicles, kayaks, etc., and buy dozens of them."

"Does the archaeological team have an excavator? If we can exchange the antiquities for an excavator, we will just exchange it for twenty or thirty."

Ji Dao's eyes lit up and he said.

"Why do you need to ask the archaeological team to exchange the excavator? You can buy it with money. We only exchange the archaeological instruments that are not sold to the outside world. Everything else can be purchased from outside."

Zheng Yun glanced at Jidao.

Ji Dao is now like a prodigal son with a rich family, and of course he is, sitting in the entire heaven. When it comes to the exchange of antiquities, no one in the world is richer than him.

What's more, there is a Wuhaixianzhou now. Going there to buy some things can be enough to sell tens of millions of dollars in modern times.

But this is no magic trick.

If you can find rare metal mines in Wuhaixianzhou or Tiangong, you will become rich overnight. There are many mines in W-07, just pack a waste mine and sell it across the sea.

There are so many ways to make a fortune.

I just don’t have time to leave.

After chatting for a while, Jidao put the assault boat into the ancient river, and several people got into the boat again. However, Zheng Yun did not start the engine, but asked the people to paddle forward with paddles.

Boating is relatively quiet.

Can cause less trouble.

The Zodiac boat moved slowly forward on the backwater river, shuttling through the tropical rain forest. The scenery of the quiet and silent river was unspeakable, but there were special animals and plants that had never been seen before.

The water surface ripples.

The boat gradually entered the depths.

The ancient river channel is like a landscape lake in the backyard of a merchant. It was left unattended after the family was broken down and everyone died. It has gone through wind and rain for decades, leaving only a few strange rumors about wives and daughters jumping into wells or merchants hanging themselves.

The river in front of you gives people this feeling.

Tiger Liu Ming had also speculated before that the bottom of the river might be full of corpses, otherwise it would not be able to support so many creatures.

No one knows the truth.

Zheng Yun didn't want to know, so he looked around cautiously. As he got closer to the lighthouse, the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger. He always felt like someone was peeping at him.

But where do people come from?

Surrounded by rainforest? Backwater river bottom?

"Master Xian, do you have a feeling that something is wrong? Like something is following us?"

Ji Dao suddenly spoke in a low voice.

He expressed similar feelings.

As soon as he said these words, Zheng Yun's back felt a little cold. This feeling is so mysterious that it cannot be known without personal experience, and it cannot be detected by drones and detectors.

According to science, humans do not have eyes behind their backs, nor do they have corresponding sensory wonders, so it is difficult to have the feeling of being watched, but in the dangerous land of ghosts and ghosts, everything is possible.

"Indeed, stop first."

Zheng Yun asked everyone to stop the boat.

At this moment, Ji Daogui subconsciously pulled out his sword and looked at the surrounding rainforest and river bottom, especially the latter. The depth could not be seen with the naked eye. Who knew if there was anyone below?

"I'm afraid there are ghosts and ghosts lurking around here. Master Xian, why don't I bring my oxygen bottle and go into the water to have a look?"

Noriichi requested to appear.

"With your water nature, I'm afraid you may not be able to understand it. Moreover, the water is so turbid that you can't tell the truth even if you look at it."

Zheng Yun shook his head to stop Ji Dao, then took out a submersible detector and threw it into the river to observe with a camera.

The picture on the screen was spinning. After the detector stabilized, the bottom of the kayak appeared in front of him. Zheng Yun quickly adjusted it and let the detector rotate in circles to observe.

"Master Xian, look over there, I feel that something is right in front." Ji Dao pointed to the river in front of the bow.

Zheng Yun did as he was told and let the submersible move forward.

This place is estimated to be only more than 300 meters away from the Nanze Lighthouse, the Tianji Lighthouse. If it were placed on the ground, they should have been able to see the entire Nanze Lighthouse.

Such a close distance.

The threat may come from the lighthouse.

The submersible swam forward, Zheng Yunjidao stared at the screen, but after walking a hundred meters forward in one breath, no abnormalities appeared on the screen, at least not within the detection range.

"Master Immortal, see if the eight-armed Bodhisattva reacts. Maybe this weird feeling is caused by the Bodhisattva?"

Ji Dao suddenly made a guess.

What he said was really shocking. They had just arrived 300 meters away from the lighthouse, and the Eight-Armed Bodhisattva could sense it? And he also responded by warning himself and others not to get close?

Zheng Yun did not dare to deny it. He switched the detector screen to the depths of the lighthouse and saw the two strange big faces of the eight-armed Bodhisattva. Half of the face was hideous due to peeling skin.

There is no change in the Bodhisattva form.

There was no strange expression.

The other seven arms and the body of the Bodhisattva are dimly submerged in darkness and cannot be seen from the screen.

"It shouldn't have taken action, then this would be really weird." Ji Dao looked around and then looked at the bottom of the river.

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's search slowly first. You should be alert to the surroundings in case the gods and ghosts suddenly attack." Zheng Yun continued to control the submersible and kept descending to search nearby.

Ji Daogui will keep an eye on the surrounding area.

The longer you stay here, the stronger the feeling of being watched in the dark. As time goes by, this feeling almost turns into reality, as if your eyebrows are being pointed at.

Along with it comes a sense of threat.

An overwhelming death threat, accompanied by changes in the sense of voyeurism, also lingered around the assault boat.

The eyes that secretly peer into their eyes seem to be angry. It deliberately displays a sense of voyeurism, warning them not to enter again, and may take action at any time after seeing their stubbornness.

"Master Immortal, why don't you take the initiative? I'll jump to the shore and roar, and see how deep this thing is first?"

Ji Dao couldn't hold himself back.

"Wait, what do you think this is?"

Zheng Yun raised his hand to call Jidao to him, adjusted the brightness of the screen to high, and magnified a strange picture in the corner of the screen.

The depth is now twenty-seven meters.

It has reached the silt layer at the bottom of the river.

In the mud below, there is an ancient object that looks like a stone tablet, part of which was poked out from the depths of the mud.

The ‘stele’ is very wide.

Sitting south and facing north, it stands upright.

The height of the part exposed from the mud was two meters high, just enough to reveal a pair of dark red characters. However, the mud covered the characters and they couldn't see clearly what the characters were.

"Huh? What is this? This thing stands next to the lighthouse and has writing on it? But where did the stone tablet next to the lighthouse come from? Is it the sea survey tablet that marks the water level?"

Ji Dao was also full of doubts.

There are not a few existing lighthouses in the ancient port. There is no monument near any lighthouse, and it is such a big monument.

"I'll take a look further."

Zheng Yun asked the detector to move forward.

The camera was almost attached to the stone tablet, and the pair of large red characters were finally revealed even though they were obscured by mud and sand.

The two of them saw the two words clearly at the same time:

Wrong, good.

This seems to be Triton's stone tablet. They have seen it many times before, and they can say those two lines with their eyes closed:

Anyone who enters by mistake will be shot without mercy.

Any trespassers will be killed.